FIrst, the latest news. The PrIme MInIster has saId that the KIngs Speech marks the start of a rejectIon of what he called the Snake OIl charms of populIsm and the begInnIng of a natIonal renewal. He was speakIng In the commons after the kIng had laId out labours plans for Its fIrst months In offIce. GrowIng fears that another war may erupt In the MIddle East as Israel and the lebanese armed Group Hezbollah Keep TradIng FIre across the border. PolIce In thaIland say sIx vIetnamese natIonals found dead In a Luxury Hotel SuIte In bangkok On Tuesday were probably poIsoned wIth cyanIde In a suspected murder suIcIde case. AuthorItIes are InvestIgatIng possIble motIves. The PrIme MInIster of bangladesh has warned that those responsIble for the death of sIx people In a wave of Student Protests wIll be punIshed regardless of theIr polItIcal affIlIatIon. Many oppose a law under whIch a thIrd of cIvIl servIce posts are reserved for relatIves of Bangladeshs Independence fIghters. It Is day three
And rockets overnight. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. Travel rules for british tourists heading to europe could be released today. It comes as borisjohnson has said that people should not be taking holidays in most European Countries. Eu ambassadors will today consider whether to allow visits from travellers who have been fully vaccinated against covid 19. The ambassadors are also expected to lift the current ban on Nonessential Travel from the uk. Their meeting comes as the government here has been accused of causing confusion with conflicting advice over its own Traffic Light System. Meanwhile, Surge Testing is being stepped up in areas where there are concerns about the india variant. Later today at 5pm, uk time, the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, will be holding a downing Street Coronavirus Briefing. Our Europe Correspondent, jean mckenzie, has the latest from brussels. What we are expecting here in Brussels Today is for Eu Ambassadors to make t
Of the former Prime Minister David Cameron for the collapsed firm Greensill Capital mps vote today on whether to hold a parliamentary inquiry. The family of a pregnant nurse who died with covid 19 hasnt received any money from a Fundraising Campaign which is now at £186,000, even though it was set up to support her husband and children. Young black people have been hit hardest by unemployment during the Covid Pandemic, according to new research. The Resolution Foundation think tank said that over the past year, the jobless rate for young black people rose by more than a third to 35 , compared with 24 for young people of asian descent and 13 for young white people. The foundation said that covid had widened existing gaps between ethnic groups. It added that young people had borne the brunt ofjob losses in lockdown between the second and third quarters of 2020 the Unemployment Rate among 18 24 year olds rose from 11. 5 to 13. 6 . I can now speak to Kathleen Henehan, whos a research and
Offers an answer. Its eight in the morning in singapore, and 1pm in tonga, which remains virtually cut off from the rest of the world after an underwater volcano erupted on saturday, damaging an underwater communications cable. Surveillance flights from australia and new zealand reported significant damage in the capital, nukualofa. Tonga has a population of around A Hundred Thousand the red cross estimates that about 80 per cent of them may have been affected. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes has the latest. These pictures of the hunga tonga hunga haapai Volcano Erupting are from last friday. This is just a foretaste of what was to come a day later an eruption many, many times larger. This is the Volcano Poking above the oceans surface last week. And today, its completely gone. It has now been confirmed the huge eruption severed the main cable linking tonga to the outside world. This morning, new zealand dispatched aircraft to try and find out what is going on. Some of those i
And hundreds line the streets in southend to pay tribute to the conservative mp sir david amess, who was stabbed to death last month. Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the Bbc News Channel. Back in the frame. Is Mauricio Pochettino the long term answer for Manchester United and will he leave psg mid season . Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The Prime Minister has defended his plans for reforming social care in england, as mps prepare to vote on his proposals tonight. Borisjohnson called his plan incredibly generous and said it would help tackle what he calls a long standing Social Injustice over cost. The government unveiled its proposals in september, which include an £86,000 cap on personal care costs. But an amendment to the plan said Support Payments from councils will not count towards the cap. Charities have warned it will mean some of the less well off will be unfairly hit. Its thought some backbench tory mps could rebel when they vote later. Heres our