Defends his military campaign against palestinian militants in gaza, as hostilities between israel and hamas continue into a tenth day. The family of a 24 year old woman from london, who was murdered in pakistan, call for her killers to be brought tojustice. New york s prosecutor has launched a criminal inquiry into donald trump s property company. And boom bang a bang! eurovision fans gather in rotterdam to celebrate the return of the song contest. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson had defended the government s policy on foreign holidays, after the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said ministers were presiding over a hopeless system , which threatened to let new covid variants into the country. Speaking at prime minister s questions, mrjohnson insisted the government s advice was very clear that people should not be taking holidays in so called amber list countries such as spain and greece. Recent comments from ministers have led to confusion about whether people should be booking f
hello there and welcome to tuesday in parliament. on this programme, former chiefs of defence staff give their verdict on plans to reshape the uk s armed forces. we can t have it both ways. this is something that is matching money to credible ambition. scotland s first minister survives a motion of no confidence put down by the conservatives. how can parliament have confidence in the words of a first minister whose words have been found to be false. if you think you can bully me out of - office you are mistaken and you misjudge me. i and discrimination concerns over the possible use of vaccine certificates, allowing people to travel overseas. it would be throwing open the floodgates for us to become a checkpoint society. a former chief of defence staff has told mps that cuts to the armed forces will mean the uk is less able to deploy to conflicts at scale. lord houghton was giving evidence to the defence committee following the integrated defence and security review and confi
not particularly looking forward to the next not particularly looking forward to the next 11 days, but, yeah, just hoping the next 11 days, but, yeah, just hoping it the next 11 days, but, yeah, just hoping it goes back quickly. the prime minister s former aide, dominic cummings, tells the high court that he didn t ask for a company to be awarded a government contract because its bosses were his friends. victory for west ham over sheffield united see them climb above liverpool in the premier league and into the top four. and coming up, a tale of slow mail. how a postcard sent by a royal navy recruit during the second world war has only just reached its destination. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister says science is in the ascendancy over covid, but he wants any changes to the lockdown in england to be cautious and irreversible. borisjohnson is due to set out his promised roadmap for relaxing the restrictions next monday and hopes to give some
in million 911,978 doses have been given overall. since yesterday, 9938 people are reported to have tested positive for coronavirus. as of the 22nd of february 2021, 16,803 people were in hospital with coronavirus. that s down 20% from the week before. sadly, of those who have tested positive for coronavirus, across all settings, 121,747 are reported to have now died. that s an increase of 442 fatalities since yesterday. our thoughts are very much with the families of those who have lost loved ones to this virus. on monday, the prime minister outlined the road map out of lockdown and gave us the news that we ve all been waiting for. we can now plan for the return of the pupils to schools colleges, as part of a road map for leaving lockdown. i want to say once again a massive thank you to our incredible teachers, leaders, support staff and childcare workers. you have been going above and beyond to keep schools and colleges open for vulnerable children and children of critical