france is shutting its borders to most british travellers from saturday, as it tries to slow the spread of 0micron. the chancellor is cutting short a work visit to california to talk to business leaders worried about the impact of rising cases. the bank of england raises interest rates for the first time in more than three years, amid warnings inflation could hit 6% by april. in north shropshire, the polls have just closed in a by election that is being seen as a crucial test of boris johnson s being seen as a crucial test of borisjohnson s leadership. and another disappointing day for england s cricketers at the start of the second ashes test in adelaide. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. covid causes chaos in the premier league liverpool s match at anfield one of two this evening going ahead. good evening. the number of new covid infections across the uk hasjumped again to a new record close to 90,000 cases in the past 2a hours. the uk s chief medical
panel found he d bullied his fellow rider bryony frost. scotland s last coal fired power station comes crashing down, as the snp and the greens lay out plans in the budget to tackle climate change. and heading into day three of the ashes england are desperately looking for inspiration with the hosts firmly in control. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, leicester city falter at the final hurdle and fail to qualify for the next round of the europa league, beaten by napoli. good evening. the prime minister is facing yet more scrutiny tonight, over claims about christmas parties and fresh questions over whether he misled an investigation into how refurbishments to his downing street flat were paid for. the conservative party has been fined nearly £18,000 for failing to keep accurate records of a large donation which helped cover the cost. meanwhile, more details have emerged about a christmas party at number ten last year. it s understood downing street s head
accused of killing ahmaud arbery. we re live in brunswick, georgia, with the latest, ahead. welcome to meet the press daily i m jarrett hake. holiday travel back to near pre-pandemic numbers. the picture abroad is worsening on a near daily basis. today that remains true. that s before an estimated 53 million americans travel for their holiday gatherings. the nation is averaging nearly 100,000 new cases every day, again, an increase of more than 35% since we hit a low point end of october. cases among children are on the rise, too. increasing 32% in november, even though vaccines are now available to kids over age of 5. in total, 30 states are seeing a rise in infections with largest increases centered in the upper midwest and new england, despite the region s high vaccination rates. from michigan to maine, hospital workers spread thin, and beds once again becoming scarce. while deaths and hospitalizations are driven largely by the unvaccinated, breakthrough infections are
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the swedish climate activist greta thunberg has accused world leaders of deliberately postponing much needed drastic action against global warming, and says they are fighting instead to keep the status quo. addressing thousands of young people at a rally in glasgow, she called the cop26 climate summit a failure and little more that a celebration of business as usual . more than a celebration of business as usual . the bbc s sarah smith sent this report from glasgow. a rare opportunity for protesters to loudly deliver a message almost within earshot of the global decision makers gathered in glasgow. greta thunberg, who inspired the fridays for future movement, says those leaders have so far failed to deliver. young kids, inspired by greta, have drawn their own pictures of her. i know that she put out a sign and then everybody else started following her, just like this. how do you talk to children this age ab
a year on from the start of the war in ethiopia, the government claims to be on the brink of victory but tigrayan fighters are advancing towards the capital. and yorkshire cricket club is suspended from hosting england matches amid a row over racism. it s 8am in singapore and midnight in glasgow, at the cop26 climate conference, where the british government says the end of coal is in sight . that s after more than a0 countries promised to phase out the fossilfuel in the coming decades. poland, vietnam and chile are among the fast growing economies, that now say they ll reduce their coal use. but as our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports, other big users of coal such china and america haven t signed up to the deal. a dinosaur on the loose at the united nations, but with a message for humanity. listen up, people, i know a thing or two about extinction. going extinct is a bad thing. if we want to save our planet and ourselves, we ll need to stop climate change, but