Hotspots including the north east of england, which is facing new restrictions later this week. Also tonight. Children in england should only be given a coronavirus test if they display the known symptoms thats the government advice. In south america, the Amazon Region is once again suffering more devastating fires as the brazilian Government Faces more calls to protect the rainforest. And we go to germany to find the syrian refugee who crossed europe in her wheelchair five years ago. Coming up in the sport on bbc news, an early everton goal in the carabao cup, so has Michael Keane spoiled the party for league 2s salford city . Good evening. Theres more evidence today of the severe problems being faced by people who need a test for coronavirus and of thousands of results being delayed. The Prime Minister blamed the shortage on what he called a colossal spike in demand with the re opening of schools being the prime cause of the spike. Borisjohnsons critics say its also the case that the
Orange and red which is an indication that 23 states are seeing a rising trend of new cases including 5 with 50 more new infections compared to last week and this rise is happening as the weather is getting colder, driving people indoors where coronavirus at a much higher risk of spreading and flu season is weeks away and the u. S. Stuck at nearly 40,000 cases a day. There is encouraging news on this race for the vaccine. Moderna ceo saying that his attempt could know by november if his vaccine candidate works. He is the second ceo, the other one being pfizers, to suggest a target date before the year is over. Base plan, most critical plan is november. Thats what we are saying for many months, our best possible outcome would be october. Calculate how many people will get the disease with a vaccine, how many people get the disease on placebo to calculate the efficacy and 50 efficacy in the vaccines to consider the application for approval. There are more than 196,000 deaths from the cor
Iam i am alive in pontypridd where a local lockdown will be imposed tomorrow after a surge in coronavirus cases. The bereaved of the Manchester Arena bombing we hear tributes from those who lost their children and parents. All i can do now is help my mums memory live on, and be there for my sister and family. My mum lit up all our lives and is missed every hour of every day. Shot. Excellent shot. And Jonny Bairstow helps england to set a tricky target for australia in the deciding one day cricket international. And coming up on bbc news, dark days for Macclesfield Town as one of footballs oldest clubs is given its winding up orders. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Whether its teachers or doctors, local government officials or Health Experts all of them are united today in warning that the coronavirus testing system is at breaking point. Even in bolton, which has the highest infection rate in england, there are reports of delays and confusion. Lets look at bolton 196 pe
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. The us House Speaker nancy pelosi has repeated her warning that congress will veto a us uk trade agreement if brexit undermines the good friday agreement, which secured peace in Northern Ireland. In a statement after she held talks in washington with the uk foreign secretary dominic raab, she said. Mr raab earlier told congressional leaders that the good friday agreement was under threat from the politicisation of Northern Ireland by the eu. And shortly after ms pelosi issued her statement joe biden, the democratic candidate has tweeted this. These comments by nany pelosi and joe biden come a day after four members of the us congress have written to Prime Minister borisjohnson threatening to veto any trade deal between the two countries if the uk fails to uphold its commitments to Northern Ireland. The bbcs katty kay spoke to one of the representatives behind that letter congressman richard neal, who is the democratic chair
Lives and could still save over 100,000 lives the next few months. The longer donald trump is president , the more reckless he gets. We dont have to be held prisoner by this administrations failure. We can choose a different path. We can do what americans have always done. Come together and meet the challenge with grit, compassion and determination. Today im going to tell you exactly what i plan to do if i have the honor of be elected your next president. Ill immediately put in place a National Strategy to position our country to get ahead of the virus and get back our lives. Ill reach out to every governor in every state, red and blue, as well as mayors and local officials during transition to find out what support they need and how much of it they need. Ill ask the new congress to put a bill on my desk by the end of january with all of the resources necessary to see how both our Public Health and our economic response can be seen through the end. What is needed. Look, a pandemic does