that the government has decided that all we can afford is the 1%. new figures show the number of people with coronavirus fell by about a third last week across the uk. the mystery person who tested positive for the brazil variant of concern in the uk has been found following a nationwide hunt. from monday, passengers travelling internationally from england will need to carry a new form setting out that their trip is permitted under current restrictions. cyprus says any britons who ve had both doses of a vaccine can travel there without quarantine, from may 1st, even though foreign holidays will still be illegal. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in half an hour, we ll bring you the latest coronavirus briefing from the government, led today by the health secretary matt hancock. first, today s main news. unions are calling it a kick in the teeth nhs staff in england have reacted angrily to the government proposal of a 1% pay rise. ministers say it s what s affordable
i haven t looked aligning with that position? i mean, i haven t looked in aligning with that position? i mean, i haven t looked in detail aligning with that position? i mean, i haven t looked in detail at - aligning with that position? i mean, i haven t looked in detail at the - i haven t looked in detail at the current legislation, but if you are going retrospective, then you certainly should do it by alleged reform and make the argument make the argument for it. otherwise, you will be on the receiving end of more courtjudgments. i would will be on the receiving end of more courtjudgments. iwould have thought, though, that the overwhelming priority at the present moment in the future. the legislative basis going back to the policy would be the only way you could do it, but certainly it is not speculation as to what happened to the policy that originated in november and december 2017. we know that from thejudgment november and december 2017. we know that from the jud
republican senators to vote to convict. members of the party are now faced with the question about whether a former president impeached twice is still the best representative for their party. you still believe president trump is the best face for the republican party? yes or no? i think he s the i think, yeah. i think donald trump s policies served the country well. i think donald trump has to rehabilitate himself as a politician. cnn s senior washington correspondent joe johns joins us on capitol hill. joe, we heard from a number of republican senators today about the odds trump will be impeached or convicted i should say. what are they saying? reporter: 48 hours ago we re really starting to see a refinement of the arguments especially from those members of the united states senate who are probably most likely to vote against convicting the former president and from lindsey graham one of the most interesting things i heard him say today is something playing in the
historic swearing in. former mayor pete buttigieg becomes the first openly gay cabinet secretary to be confirmed by the senate. new video tonight of three officers involved in george floyd s death forcibly arresting an innocent man weeks earlier, raising questions about previous patterns of behavior. women and the pandemic. what you need to know about misinformation being spread about covid vaccines and fertility. also tonight, why this chart-topping country music star s songs will no longer be played on major radio stations. and, grid-iron girls. the trail-blazing women that will make history during super bowl 55 on cbs. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin tonight with that new astrazeneca vaccine, which now appears to not only prevent people from getting severely ill from coronavirus it may also slow the spread of
never knew you had. those peripheral relationships we are missing in the time of lockdown. hello, i m laura trevelyan in new york city, christian fraser is in london. it s almost four weeks since supporters of president trump stormed capitol hill, claiming the election was stolen and today, house democrats laid out their case for convicting mr trump of inciting that insurrection accusing him of being singularly responsible for the events of january the sixth. the impeachment trial will be in the senate next week. in the memo they submitted, the nine impeachment managers say the president incited the attack but had laid the groundwork for what they describe as the big lie, well before the election in november. they say the speech he delivered onjanuary 6th whipped his supporters into a violent frenzy. and quoting directly from the constitution and its framers they say the senate has the jurisdiction to impeach a former official. in the last few hours mr trump s lawye