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for news, we ll look at how the social network is increasingly going head to head with national governments and it s not always going the way of the countries. and lady gaga has offered half $1 million reward after a gunman shot her dog walker and carried her dogs away. we start with the stuttering roll out of vaccines in the european union. leaders have met to work out how to speed up the process. they re facing a combination of problems: lower than expected supply, bureaucratic glitches, and reluctance to take the british astrazeneca jab. european union leaders are holding a virtual meeting to address speeding up the distribution of coronavirus vaccines. the european commission has been heavily criticised over its vaccine mainland europe is lagging far behind the uk, where 27% have had at least one dose of vaccine. spain, germany, italy, belgium and france are all at between five and 7%. and look at this from germany s biggest selling newspaper. dear britain, we envy ....
all adults on the learning disability register will be prioritised for vaccine. and india thrash england by ten wickets in an bizarre third test to take a 2 1 series lead. good evening and welcome to bbc news. after last year s exam fiasco, when grades were decided by an algorithm, this year the government has opted to pass the responsibility of gcse and a level grades on to teachers. with so much term time lost and exams cancelled, pupils in england will be assessed only on what they ve been taught. there are several ways in which teachers will be able to determine grades from mock exams, coursework, essays and optional tests provided by exam boards. results will be published earlier in august to allow more time for the extra appeals that are expected. today s announcement follows similar moves in scotland, wales and northern ireland, but there are concerns about the fairness of the approach, and that vexed issue of grade inflation. our education editor branwen jeffr ....
also in the programme. the former president donald trump will meet conservatives at their annual conference in florida this weekend, to declare he is still the presumptive nominee for 202a. but not everyone is on board. you are going to play the high school fight song and this is a high school fight song and this is a high school band. take it away! and, we ll talk to the band who ve come up with an ingenious way of keeping the music playing, during a pandemic. hello. i m laura trevelyan in new york city, christian fraser is in london. there are mass vaccination sites opening across new york, and on this day 39 of the biden administration the president s already halfway towards his target of 100 million shots in 100 days. it s a very different picture in europe. so far, just 5% of eu citizens have received a jab, compared to 27% in the uk. there are wide disparities within the eu. but, while 50 million doses had been delivered to the member nations, not even half ha ....
and he s back, as the much loved sitcom frasier is set to get a reboot. we take a look at a few other shows that are set to get a second life. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i m kasia madera. european leaders have agreed to take steps to speed up the vaccination programme and get millions more eu citizens vaccinated. the eu has been criticised for its slow vaccine rollout compared to the us and the uk. 29 million people in the region have had at least one jab so far, just 8% of the adult population. leaders also discussed proposals for a basic vaccine passport to help revive the tourist industry. the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, struck an optimistic note about speeding up the rollout programme. we are confident that we are able to reach our goal that at the end of the summer, we will have offered to 70% of the population the vaccination, the adult population. these are 255 million people in the european unio ....
ajury in new york begins deliberations in the sex trafficking trial of ghislaine maxwell. sport in wales moved behind closed doors, as the premier league pushes on with the festive fixture schedule despite the grip of covid. good morning. a chilly start to the day. some of us waking up to a touch of frost. a fair bit of cloud around and more sunshine than yesterday. tomorrow, milderand more and more sunshine than yesterday. tomorrow, milder and more unsettled. the details later in the programme. it s tuesday december the 21st. our main story. the government is under fire from the hospitality industry for failing to clarify what and when covid restrictions will be introduced. yesterday, the prime minister stepped back from announcing tighter measures in england, but said the government was not ruling anything out as cases of the virus continue to soar. our political correspondent damian grammaticas has more. under the microscope now, not the virus, but the government s ....