The second day without power, and roughly 3 million of them are now looking at their second night with no heat. Many people are angry, they are frustrated asking how this could have happened. What started as rolling it to stave a strange power grid has turned into Something Else entirely. I cant cook anything, most things are closed or i dont want to risk going out because people are not able to drive in the roads that are not treated properly. We watched the Temperature Drop at her house. 55, where at 53 now. Were going to go Sit In The Car for a little bit to keep warm. Energy providers say because of the equipment failures, too much demand, not enough supplies, they can tell people when the power will go back on. Just because there is a danger people freezing. At least four people have already died in houston, two suspected Carbon Monoxide deaths, to others, exposure to the elements. At the cold also canceled Covid Vaccine operations there and across the state as Power Outages threa
Efforts and some public transport International Travelers will also be required to quarantine when theyre arriving in the u. S. We get to dismiss overnight its going to take months 1st to turn things around but let me be equally clear we will get through this we will defeat is pandemic and to a nation waiting for action let me be the clearest on this point help is on the way today today i would be only the National Strategy on covert 90 and executive actions to be to spend. To panel has denied reports says considering counseling the take pics the games have already been delayed by a year and now a state of emergency is in place in the capital because a Record Number of covert cases the Times Newspaper says the government has privately concluded the games would need to be called off. I sill has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in the iraqi capital 32 people have been killed more than 100 injured iraqs Prime Minister reshuffled several top Security Officials following the
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The uk government has said its too early to talk about donating some of its vaccines to other countries, amid a dispute with the eu over supplies. There have been calls for the uk to consider giving some of the jabs to a neighbouring eu country such as ireland. The total number of people who have had a first dose of the vaccine in the uk now stands at 8. 3 million the aim is to have 15 million jabs done by the 15th of february. And if the government is to reach its own targets all care home residents should be vaccinated by the end of today. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Nearly 8. 5 Million People in the uk have had a Coronavirus Vaccine dose. Ministers believe the roll out is going well and could be a way out of the restrictions on our lives. In the eu, though, there have been delays. Brussels had wanted to use Emergency Powers from the brexit deal to introduce controls between Northern Ireland and the republic. But it ditched the pla
Subjected to online racist abuse following his clubs draw at arsenal he called it humanity and social media at its worst. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Supporters in russia of the Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny have been demonstrating across the country, in defiance of warnings by police not to join protests demanding his release. There are a large number of arrests in moscow where demonstrators have come out in large numbers despite a heavy Police Presence in the capital. Monitors say at least 1,000 people have been detained across the country. This is the scene in central moscow, where police have been making arrests. Rallies like this one have been under way across the country including in the eastern cities of vladivostok and yakutsk, where temperatures have been as low as 42 celsius. 0ur correspondent Sarah Rainsford is in central moscow. Bring us up to date with whats happening. Well, im with a huge crowd of protesters north of the city cen