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president biden said there will be enough to vaccinate every american by the end of summer or early fall. that s a remarkable that s good news. it s a remarkable goal. let s hope we can get there. the president has a detailed plan, one based on science. the question is, what will it mean, especially for communities of color suffering from unequal vaccination rates so far. urgency is clearly growing and january we now know is the deadliest month from covid yet in the united states. more than 79,000 lives lost to the pandemic so far this year. a stunning rise in deaths per month from november. the white house is holding its first official covid briefing of the biden presidency. that will happen a little later today. and that is where we begin at the white house. jeremy diamond joins us. good morning. transparency has been promised from this administration. what can we xhectexpect today? you ll remember last week when president biden laid out his national strategy fo ....
let us know on twitter using the hashtag bbcyourquestions. as the virus continues to spread, business groups ask for more government help as customers cancel bookings. schools says they are prepared to switch to online learning if they have to next term as more pupils stay at home because of covid. four children have died and five others are injured after falling from a bouncy castle that was blown into the air in australia. pulled away and pulled away with disdain. and, in the ashes, england under pressure as australia start well in the second test. think carefully before going to pubs and restaurants this christmas and don t mix with people you don t have to. that was the message from the prime minister and england s chief medical officer, as covid cases soar. borisjohnson and professor chris whitty made the warnings as the uk recorded more than 78,000 new infections yesterday the highest figure since the start of the pandemic. but the hospitality and entertainm ....
business leaders here about the solution for hospitality and other sectors affected. the government is hoping to encourage recently retired school teachers to return to work to help with staff shortages due to coronavirus. the bank of england increases interest rates from 0.1% to 0.25% as inflation hits its highest level in a decade. good luck, rose. and more people signing up to learn sign language, since the deaf actress rose ayling ellis appeared on this year s series of strictly come dancing. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the uk has once again reported a record number of coronavirus cases as fears over the spread of the omircron variant continue to grow. 88,376 new cases of covid 19 have been recorded today which is nearly 10,000 more than yesterday s figure. with a highly infectious new variant, one of the biggest concerns is what will happen when as seems inevitable large numbers of staff fall ill, while at the same time hospital admissions linked to the virus a ....
it it has made it ten times worse. having to face bills, there is not anything that has not gone up and it is going up again. millions of people are already feeling the squeeze and i am in leicester speaking to businesses and consumers about the rise in the cost of living. with all these price hikes on the horizon lt us know how you re planning to cope with the increases. on twitter, it s @annitabbc or #bbcyourquestions. also this hour. the brexit trade arrangements for northern ireland are thrown into confusion after a unionist minister orders his staff to stop checks on goods coming from the rest of the uk. at the winter olympics, team gb s mixed curlers continue their perfect start to the games with victory over canada. and a vaccine that could save the lives of young elephants vets at chester zoo embark on a world first trial. hello millions of households facing a spike in energy costs will today find out how much they will have to pay. the energy regulator ofgem ....
a terrifying moment for passengers as a door flew off a brand new alaska airlines boeing 737 max eight january. the incident plunged boeing into a crisis, raising questions about its attitude to safety. now the boss, dave calhoon, says he is stepping down. he was appointed at a desperate time for the company. bad design and corporate failures had been blamed for two tragic accidents involving the 737 max, in ethiopian and in indonesia in which 346 people died. mr calhoon promised change but critics say that hasn t happened. yet opportunity that hasn t happened. yet opportunity to that hasn t happened. yet opportunity to make changes as member of the board. he had opportunities. it has been one failure after another so i can t say there has been any successes under dave calhoon. humanitarian worker sam pegram died when ethiopian plane crashed. ., ., , ., , crashed. not only does poor safety kill crashed. not only does poor safety kill people crashed. not only d ....