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welcome to those watching in the uk and around the globe. we start with growing concerns over the emergence of a new strain of covid 19 in south africa. the world health organisation has in the past few hours classified it as a variant of concern and named it the greek letter omicron. meanwhile european union leaders have agreed to suspend travel from affected areas after belgium detected the first case in europe. the us have also announced they will bring in restrictions from monday. south africa has denounced the measures taken against the country, calling them unjustified and draconian . here s the statement from the world health organization. mcron is named as a variant of concern because mcron is named as a variant of concern because it mcron is named as a variant of concern because it has mcron is named as a variant of concern because it has concernin- concern because it has concerning properties. it has a large number of mutations and some of them ha ....
facebook whistle blower, frances haugen, tells mps that the platform puts growth over safety. the real thing we re seeing here is facebook accepting little, tiny additions of harm, like when they way off how much harm is worth how much growth for us? but facebook has told the bbc it has rules against harmful content, and has halved the amount of hate speech on its site. the prevalence of hate speech on facebook is less than a fifth of a percent. that s less than .05%. and that s a result of the progress we ve made in developing technology to find and remove that kind of content. a key spending pledge to help some of the world s poorest countries cut their carbon footprint has not been met, days before world leaders meet in glasgow for the cop26 climate summit. when s your birthday? may 5th, why? oh, i m just making a list of people s birthdays. 0h, mine s december. yeah, whatever. and tributes pour in for james michael tyler who starred as gunther in friends and h ....
good morning. petrol prices are close to record highs, piling - close to record highs, piling further pressure on household budgets after rises in gas and food bills as well. a look at why prices are going up. exciting times for scottish cricket fans. they re through to the main draw of the t20 world cup for the first time in their history, after comfortably beating oman by 8 wickets. it s friday, the 22nd of october. the queen spent a night in hospital on wednesday for preliminary investigations, after cancelling a trip to northern ireland. the 95 year old monarch returned from the private hospital in central london at lunchtime on thursday and is said to be in good spirits . as our royal correspondent sarah campbell reports. it was the day after hosting this reception at windsor castle that buckingham palace announced that on medical advice the queen wouldn t be travelling to northern ireland on wednesday afternoon. she d been advised to rest for the next few days but was ....
the rail operator southeastern is stripped of its franchise, after £25 million of historical payments were not paid to the department for transport. delegates at the labour conference will vote on a minimum wage of £15 an hour. andy mcdonald quit the shadow cabinet in protest at the opposition of the leadership to the proposal. liverpool legend roger hunt has died at the age of 83. james bond is back. the much anticipated final performance from daniel craig premiers in london tonight. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the transport secretary, grant shapps, says after days of fuel shortages at the pumps, there are indications the situation is stabilising. the petrol retailers association says anecdotal evidence from its members suggests demand on forecourts is still significantly higher than normal but not as high as it was this weekend. the government is still putting the army on standby to drive tankers but mr shapps said the measures already put in ....
good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. sir keir starmer is heading for a conference showdown with labour s left over changes he wants to make to the way the party chooses mps and leaders. earlier, he was forced to drop plans to scrap one member one vote for leadership elections. but other measures will go to a conference vote on sunday after they were backed by labour s ruling body. we will be hearing labour deputy leader, angela rayner, speaking at the labour conference in brighton very shortly, but first let s listen intimate dame margaret beckett, former secretary and mp for derby south. listen in to dame margaret beckett. south. listen in to dame margaret beckett. ., ., ., ., beckett. brighton pavilion, we have come to conference beckett. brighton pavilion, we have come to conference knowing - beckett. brighton pavilion, we have come to conference knowing that i beckett. brighton pavilion, we havel come to conference knowing that the first of the black doctor ....