An isolated island despite concerns from the un and Rights Groups. But some backlash and boycotts the nikkei adverts that has provoked debate about diversity in japan. And im here to stay with your sports olympic organizers say the games will cost an extra 2400000000. 00 because of the delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic. But more than one of a half 1000000 people have now died from cave in 1000 worldwide and a 3rd of those deaths happened in just the last 2 months several countries have been reporting Record Numbers of deaths and new cases among them is italy which just did its highest daily death toll on thursday since the start of the pandemic. Its introducing new restrictions including limiting movement between regions and in the worlds worst affected country the United States hospital admissions and fatalities have also reached you hives the president elect joe biden says he will make masks mandates during his 1st 3 months in office is on the 1st day i am on our grade to say
A moment of reckoning at the u. N. General assembly, word leaders convene for a special session, is there a multilateral way out of this pandemic . And the number of deaths in russia suggest the virus is taking a far greater toll than the government is admitting, we will meet an undertaker who tells us he is overwhelmed. A key architect of the European Union and the g summit dies from covid19, former french president led france during the 1970s and laid the foundation for europes single occurrence currency. To our viewers all around the world welcome, we start tonight with the latest from the pandemic here in germany and the news is not good, the head of the countries of look Health Institute says that germany is still nowhere near bringing the second wave of Coronavirus Infections under control. A partial lockdown in place since november has stabilized numbers, but those numbers remain too high. The coronavirus pandemic is not yet leading up in germany. The head of the countrys federa
The 11th to perish on the mountain this season, after reports of overcrowding the hit series gavin and stacey will return to our screens for a Christmas Special later this year, almost a decade after it last aired. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im shaun ley. One of the conservative leadership contenders has warned that a no deal brexit would cause what he called political suicide for his party. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said any such move would trigger a general election, risking the extinction of the tories. One of his rivals, the environment secretary michael gove, has pledged to allow eu nationals who were in the uk at the time of the referendum to apply for citizenship free of charge. The housing minister, Kit Malthouse, has become the tenth mp to join the race to succeed theresa may. He says the Leadership Campaign cannot be about the same old faces. Lets get more on this from norman smith, our assistant political editor. Hello. This one is shaping up nicel
giving us wet, windy weather but those temperatures will continue to rise for many of us going into double figures. thanks, simon. and that s bbc news at six. now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. thanks, sophie. hello and welcome to sportsday. it isa it is a huge night for the england lionesses, but even a win might not be enough for their nations league and olympic ambitions. chris wilder answers the sos call at sheffield united he s returned to try and keep them in the premier league. as manchester united ban some media outlets from their news conference, erik ten hag says he hasn t lost the dressing room. also coming up on sportsday: no ordinary keepy uppy the tricks and flicks that have made this teenager the world s best freestyler. and we meet the volunteer coach and inspiration for children with cerebral palsy. we meet one of this year s unsung hero award winners. thank you for making me an inspiring me to do good for other children. even
Testing capacity by opening two new megalabs. Talks to agree a post brexit trade deal resume in brussels today, with both sides calling for compromises to be made. A new pilot, giving family members access to regular testing, starts at a number of care homes in england. What impact will this have on you . Are you hoping to visit loved ones in care homes this christmas . Do get in touch you can tweet me rebeccajonesbbc or with bbcyourquestions. Three, two, ten. Ignition and coming up this hour. Taxi for space . The new era for extraterrestial travel as the space x capsule heads into orbit hello and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister is to carry on working from downing street after being told to self isolate by the nhs test and trace system. Borisjohnson says he was pinged as he put it because of a meeting he had last week with conservative mp lee anderson whos since tested positive for covid 19. Mrjohnson said in a video message that he felt great and was bursting with anti bodies