they are close to an agreement. fleeing the conflict in ethiopia, as the un warns of a repeat of the devastating famine of 1984. and coventry gets set to launch itself as the uk city of culture. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: chasing a record equalling 24th grand slam title, serena williams moves into the fourth round of the french open. good evening. the number of people who had covid 19 in the uk went up by two thirds in one week, new figures from the office for national statistics suggest. the north west of england had the highest proportion of positive cases. meanwhile, scotland s first minister said cases today were the highest since february. it comes as the uk medicines regulator approved the use of the pfizer biontech vaccine in children aged 12 15, although the vaccines committee, thejcvi, has still to decide whether children should get the jab. for our first report tonight, here s our health editor, hugh pym. come on in. thank you very much. come o
here is another army ambulance bringing in more covid victims. itjust gives you a sense of the pressure on nepal that covid is taking on their city. authorities in hong kong crack down on any attempt to mark the anniversary of the tiananman square massacre thousands of police are patrolling the streets. and no place to hide rich nations inch towards a deal on taxing big corporations. facebook has suspended former us president trump from all of its social media platforms for at least two years. he s been banned from facebook since january for his posts about the storming of the us capitol by his supporters, but last month a review criticised the open ended penalty. his profiles on facebook and instagram will only be reinstated if the social media giant believes his accounts are no longer a threat to public safety. in a statement, mr trump said the ruling was an insult to every person who voted for him. 0ur media editor amol rajan has been examining facebook s changing ro
in the past month. here is another army ambulance bringing in more covid victims. itjust gives you a sense of the pressure on nepal that covid is taking on their city. joining forces to tax global corporations g7 finance ministers say they re close to an agreement. and hundreds of people are evacuated, after wildfires break out along norway s west coast. emergency services say they could burn for days. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we re covering all the latest in the uk and around the world. here in britain and globally. first, facebook has suspended former us president trump from all of its social media platforms for at least two years. he s been banned from facebook since january for his posts about the storming of the us capitol by his supporters, but last month a review criticised the open ended penalty. his profiles on facebook and instagram will only be reinstated if the social media giant believes his accounts are no longer a threat
at how that is working here. from the swimming pool to the strictly ballroom, it s been quite a year for adam peaty. the olympic champion will be here to tell us how he wants to inspire people to achieve the impossible. the world cup dream is over for england s cricketers. they had looked on course for the t 20 final on sunday, until a dramatic fightback by new zealand in abu dhabi crushed england s hopes in a whirlwind finale. good morning. for many of us this morning, it is going to be mostly cloudy, there is some rain in the forecast and limited sunshine but once again it is going to be mild. the wind strengthened in the west heralding the arrival of some heavy rain. all the details later. it s thursday 11th november. our main story. unacceptably long waits for ambulances across the uk, are putting lives at risk. that s according to the college of paramedics. in some cases, people thought to have had strokes or heart attacks are waiting hours for help to arrive. the latest