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Hello to you. President trump has threatened not to sign the covid relief bill that passed congress on monday night at a very torturous process. The president urged lawmakers to amend the 900 billion stimulus bill to increase payments to 2000 each for most american citizens. In a video posted on twitter he claimed the bill is a disgrace and again tried, falsely, to suggest that he is the winner of the recent election, notjoe biden. Im asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low 600 to 2000 or 4000 for a couple. Im also asking congress to immediately get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items from this legislation and to send me a suitable bill or else the next administration will have to deliver a covid relief package and maybe that administration will be me and we will get it done. Thank you very much. Our north america correspondent peter bowes told me mrtrump correspondent peter bowes told me mr trump australian intervention will cause consternation, not ....
Our darkest days in the battle against covid are ahead of us, not behind us. Europes chief brexit negotiator says talks are at a crucial stage , but with just nine days to go until britains transition period ends, theres still no agreement on fishing singing. And how to sing safely this holiday season, with a little bit of help from scientists. France has re opened its borders to britain, allowing thousands of stranded drivers the chance to cross from dover to calais but conditions apply. Only eu citizens or residents, freight drivers, fishing crews and some others will be allowed in. And drivers must produce a negative coronavirus certificate issued in the past 72 hours. Thats led to angry scenes in dover, where drivers argued with police. France imposed a two day ban after a new highly infectious variant of coronavirus was identified in britain. In addition, more than a0 Countries Worldwide have stopped flights coming in fr ....
Plus, an executive order from the outgoing president if youre constructing government buildings, make sure theyre beautiful. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. An agreement has finally been reached between the uk and france to restart the flow of passengers and freight between the two countries. The french closed the border on sunday amid growing concern about a new variant of coronavirus spreading to all parts of the uk. There are now almost 3000 lorries stuck waiting for the green light to cross the English Channel to france. 0ur transport correspondent Caroline Davies has more. Parked nose to bumper, almost 3000 lorries stranded in kent. This is 0peration brock in action, a way of keeping kents roads moving by diverting lorries to an empty airstrip. This is manston airfield, and as you can see, theres just been a steady stream of lorries ....
President trump has threatened not to sign the covid relief bill that passed congress on monday night at a very torturous process. He urged lawmakers to amend the 900 billion stimulus bill to increase payments to 2000 per american citizen. He called the bill a disgrace. And again tried falsely to suggest that he was the winner of the president ial election, notjoe biden. I am asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low 600 to 2000 or 4000 for a couple. Im also asking congress to immediately get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items from this legislation. And to send me a suitable bill or else the next administration will have to deliver a covid relief package and maybe that administration will be me, and we will get it done. Thank you very much. A north american correspondent has told us that it will cause consternation. What is really happening, this is either a bluff on the part of the president or a major bombshell just before christmas with those many m ....
Well have the latest on the talks between britain and france, which have restarted in the past hour. Also on the programme the intense pressure on hospitals across the uk as Scientists Say the new variant of the virus demands even tougher measures. I actually think the whole country needs to be in tier 4, because we have to get ahead of it, and were not ahead of it right now, were behind it. The plight of homeless young people in the pandemic, as Charities Call for more Government Support for food and shelter. And we talk to world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua, who warns that amateur boxing clubs are struggling to survive. And coming up on bbc news the premier league will boost covid testing, while the efl will review their protocols, as several clubs have to postpone matches because of outbreaks. Good evening. ....