annita mcveigh or bbcyourquestions the Us State Department calls for serious consequences for china after a bbc report alleging women were systemically raped and tortured in uighur camps. But china calls it lies and disinformation. The uk and eu agree to work intensively to sort out problems with post brexit trade in Northern Ireland. Myanmar s military blocks facebook after protests continue to spread against mondays Military Coup. And coming up this hour tennis Officials Say the Australian Open will start as planned on monday, despite hundreds of players and staff being forced to isolate again in melbourne. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. A new trial has launched here in the uk to look at the impact of giving people different Coronavirus Vaccines for their first and second doses. The mix and match approach could provide more flexibility in the event of any Supply Problems. Scientists say its possible that having different vaccines might even provid
Now on bbc news Tuesday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Tuesday In Parliament. As the Health Secretary promises to come down hard on a new coronavirus strain. Our mission must be to stop its spread altogether and break those chains of transmission. But is there light at the end of the tunnel in scotland . We may be able to begin looking towards a careful and gradual easing around the start of march. And the death of a hero, tributes to captain sir tom moore. He brought joy to the nation. He was an inspiration to everybody in this country. But first, the Health Secretary has faced calls from mps for stronger Border Controls after the outbreak of the South African strain of coronavirus here in the uk. Amid concern that the new variant is spreading in the community, matt hancock said it was critical that people in areas singled out for enhanced testing stay at home. The Health Secretary did have some good news, more than 10 million doses of vaccines have been given in the uk, bu
Dozens of former thomas cook employees say theyre struggling to access benefits and pay bills three months after the travel chain collapsed. Also this hour, catch up on all the latest gadgets, games and computer Industry News with click. There are calls for a government inquiry into racism within football after the Chelsea Player Antonio Rudiger complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterdays premier league match at tottenham. The professional Footballers Association said it was disgusted by the reports and insisted urgent action was needed. Heres our sports correspondent, andy swiss. It was a day english football was once again overshadowed by racism. Chelseas Antonio Rudiger clearly showing hed heard abuse from the crowd an hour into his teams game against tottenham. He informed his captain, who in turn told the referee, and after he spoke to both managers, for the first time in the premier league, a warning was made over the public address system, twice repeated
Five people are sentenced to death in saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. We will bring you some of the highlights of the Victoria Derbyshire programme over the last year, including election highlights and an interview with the new zealand Prime Minister lucinda ahern. In the last half hour, five people have been sentenced to death by a court in saudi arabia for the murder of government critic Jamal Khashoggi in istanbul last year. Three more have been givenjail sentences totalling 2a years. The prosecutor said saoud al qahtani, an important aide of crown Prince Mohammed bin salman, had been investigated but not charged and was released. The country faced International Condemnation for mr khashoggis murder in the Saudi Embassy in turkey last year. Saudi arabia blamed it on what they called a rogue operation. We hope to have more on that in the next few minutes. We hope to have more on that in the next few minutes. There are calls for a government inquiry into