a headquarters and. also coming up accuse the for inciting and insurrection the impeachment trial of donald trump a set to begin next week growing concern that a highly contagious u.k. variant of cope with 19 may also be more deadly. forced from their homes 2000000 people displaced in africa some have the region the u.n. says aid agencies are dangerously overstretched. thanks for joining us millions of americans struggling to pay their rent bills and afford food because of the pandemic are set to get an economic boost president joe biden has signed $2.00 executive orders to fast track checks to needy families increase food aid for children and double minimum wage for federal workers biden says the country s in a national emergency and he s looking for a bipartisan support in congress to pass a wider stimulus package worth one point $9000000000.00. i don t believe democrats or republicans are going hungry and losing jobs i believe americans are going hungry and losing their jo
. person says britain s prime minister is saying that the new variant of the corona virus discovered in the country could prove more deadly than the previous strain. the games must go on japan dismisses talk of canceling the olympics and says they ll be a symbol the world has overcome the coronavirus. a welcome to the program out top story u.s. president joe biden has targeted the economy on his 2nd full day in office signing a series of executive orders at the white house he warned that the u.s. economic crisis was deepening he said that the government needed to act decisively and boldly now to help americans who have seen their paychecks reduced and are in his words barely hanging on. folks who were able to still keep their job many have seen their paychecks reduced and they re barely hanging on and wondering what s next sometimes the anxiety about what s going to happen next is more consequential than what actually happened but this is happening today in america and this c
and coming up two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. good morning welcome to bbc newsroom live. more disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterday s high temperatures caused extensive damage. network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterday s extreme heat. but with speed restrictions in place that didn t happen. what did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when they sagged in the heat, sparking some line side fires. this left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. repair work has been ongoing but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed meaning a significantly reduced service is in place. and there s still disruption there today as well as other stations as seen here in leicester. east midlands trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. it
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is to launch a last ditch attempt to gain approval for her brexit deal, with what she calls a bold offer to labour and conservative critics. theresa may says mps should look at her withdrawal bill, the legislation needed to take britain out of the eu with fresh pairs of eyes. but labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he does not think the bill will be fu nda mentally a ny different and therefore his party won t be supporting it. our political correspondent ben wright reports. the ayes to the right, 286, the noes to the left, 344. mps have already rejected theresa may s brexit deal three times, but the prime minister plans a final throw of the dice before she quits number ten. the deal agreed with the eu will not be reopened, but writing in the sunday times, mrs may promises a new, bold offer to mps across the house of commons, with an improved package of measures that she believes can win new support. theresa may s offe
much more mild, but in scotland and northern ireland, grab your brolly, it isa northern ireland, grab your brolly, it is a wet start to monday. i will have your full forecast here on brea kfast. good morning. it s monday, november the fifth. our top story: the rules on foreign fighters in the british armed forces are to be relaxed to try to ease the worst recruitment crisis in a decade. currently, citizens from commonwealth countries can only sign up if they have lived in the uk for five years, but the ministry of defence is to lift this requirement so they ll be able to join without ever having lived in the uk. simon clemisonjoins us now to discuss these proposed changes. good morning. this is a big change, isn t it? good morning. yes, it is. it is part of the process of trying to boost recruitment. you might have seen the advert on tv looking at people who want to serve. they might not feel they can. so if you are gay in the armed forces, if you are muslim and want to pract