There were misunderstandings from the beginning but we should forget about them and focus on our vaccine being one of the best. Donald trump is accused of summoning a mob and aiming them like a Loaded Cannon at the capitol according to pre trial documents from democrats were pushing for his impeachment. And tributes are pouring in for Captain Sirtom and tributes are pouring in for captain sir tom moore who has died at the age of 100. He is remembered for raising tens of millions for Coronavirus Workers in the uk. We begin in russia, where a court has ruled that Alexei Navalny will go to jail. A three and a half year suspended sentence for fraud from 2014 has been converted to a custodial sentence. Hes expected to spend over 2. 5 years in prison that allows for time previously spent under house arrest. This is Alexei Navalny arriving in court to hear the verdict he used his appearance to castigate President Putin, and said hed go down in history as someone who poisoned people. This was
workforce of 8,000 might be reduced by as much as half. many twitter staff have been finding out via email that they no longer have a job. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of employees laid off today. instead he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff woke up locked out of their work laptops. they were later told by an email to the personal accounts that it was the last working day at the firm. some have been told they will be paid until february next year, getting some sort of certainty after months of uncertainty. a mixed range of emotions, certainly upset, certainly frustrating, certainly some angen frustrating, certainly some anger. also in some cases some relief, right? because this was a thing that played out over the course of the majority of this year. there were, understandably, lots of emotional tweets. another said. for others it was simply by. elon musk ma
hi, dodd. not seen you for a while. how have you been, you big giraffe? sally laughs. good morning. with one game to go before the world cup begins, how gareth southgate s future s the spotlight, a year after leading england to the euros final. good morning. we ve currently got some rain in the south east which will clear away and for all of us we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers and a noticeable wind too, and feeling chilly in that wind. i will have all the details about this mornings programme. good morning, everybody. it s monday 26th september. our main story. the pound has fallen to its lowest level against the us dollarfor 50 years. the record slump came after the government unveiled tax cuts funded by huge increases in borrowing. let s talk more to nina about this. how did this all start? a drop to around $1 how did this all start? a drop to around s1that s how did this all start? a drop to around $1 that s the how did this all start? a drop to around $
all over the world, but bethlehem, where our saviour was born, this is where we wanted to be this year. hello and welcome to bbc news. tens of millions of people in the united states are in the grip of a major winter storm, with blizzards and record low temperatures sweeping the country. around 60% of the us population is currently under a weather warning, on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. the storm extends from quebec to texas. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. the authorities say at least 19 people have been killed so far. nomia iqbal reports. for much of america, this is the coldest christmas eve. millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. but the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing car accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. the warning is, don t travel unless you need to. don t travel under these conditions unless you have to. because an
strikes across the country. and, a victorious comeback. brazil s former president, lula da silva, beats his far right opponent, jair bolsanaro, to win his old job back. labour is demanding that the home secretary, suella braverman, addresses mps today about worsening conditions at a migrant processing centre in kent. many migrants that arrive in small boats are processed at the port of dover. but some are moved to a holding facility further north in manston where there is overcrowding, and there have been reports of a diptheria outbreak. let s take a look at what s been happening in more detail. over the weekend there was a petrol bomb attack at a home office migrant centre in dover. hundreds of people were then taken to a migrant processing centre in manston. last week, the independent border inspector, david neal, told mps he had been left speechless by the really dangerous situation at manston. the government said it was controlling immigration and deterring traffickers