At a hospital in an area with the highest covid rates in the country. The doubters out there who dont believe in it, its here. And this is very busy, the nurses dont stop. I personally dont cope well in the lockdown situation, i hate every minute of it, but id be the first to say that our restrictions now are probably not tight enough because were getting too many patients coming in. Hopes that families will be allowed to visit residents in all care homes before christmas after successful trials for Rapid Testing of visitors. A bbc investigation uncovers evidence of an underground network in kenya, that snatches babies from their mothers and sells them for a profit. Three, two, one, zero. Ignition. Launch of the space taxi a private rocket carries four astronauts to the space station. And saves nasa billions of dollars. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A second Coronavirus Vaccine has been found to be highly effective at preventing covid i9 infections. Interim results suggest it
To double the countrys daily coronavirus Testing Capacity, by opening two new megalabs. A crucial week for brexit trade negotiations with eu leaders hope to sign off on a deal on thursday. And if you want to get in touch on any of todays stories, please do you can tweet me rebeccajonesbbc or with bbcyourquestions. The head of the International Olympic Committee Says hes confident the postponed tokyo games will go ahead in front of spectators next year. Three, two, one, zero. Ignition. And coming up. Taxi for space . The new era for extraterrestial travel as the space x capsule heads into orbit hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Iam i am rebecca jones. 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 conservati
Caribbean first of all, the record breaking season continuing, this aircame record breaking season continuing, this air came strengthening, catastrophic category five, half a metre of rain, winds of 190 miles an hour, making landfall in Central America tonight. Moving towards the uk, we draw in tropical air, for us, that means we have higher temperatures than normal, lots of cloud, is whether france will focus the rain. This one getting stuck in western scotland in the next few days, threatening some flooding by mid week. This afternoon there may be some weak sunshine for the east, to the west cloud thickening, getting some patchy rain coming in, temperatures around 11 or 12 degrees. Through this evening and night we see this patchy rain pushing further east across the uk, the rain really setting in a western scotland, through the highlands, and into argyll and bute but if anything overnight, with milder air coming m, overnight, with milder air coming in, temperatures rising, 12 14 by
In our community tomorrow, there would be very few people who would line up to get that vaccine. People want to know do i sign up someplace . Is this going to cost folks anything . I cant wait until we can get back to the way it used to be. Are we ever going to get to that place . We want children to be able to go to school. We want to be able to keep businesses open. We will get there. I think thats the promise of 2021. A special edition of dateline. Good evening. Im lester holt. It is the moment the world has been holding its breathe for literally, vaccines for covid19. But getting them into the arms of millions of americans may be as difficult as it was to create them. There are challenges with distribution, demand and fear. Are the vaccines safe and effective as scientists say, and when will you be able to get one . These haunting scenes will stay with us forever, the before and the heartbreaking after of covid19. The pandemic has claimed more than 270,000 american lives, a Stagger
A loss of smell or taste. And ten weeks on from one of the worlds most stringent lockdowns bars, restaurants and hairdressers begin to open again in italy. Welcome. The us has launched a scathing attack on the World Health Organization at its annual meeting of the Member States. Us Health Secretary alex azhar said the who had failed to obtain the information that the world needed which cost lives in the pandemic. Have a listen. In an apparent attempt to conceal this outbreak, at least one member state made a mockery of their transparency obligations with tremendous cost for the entire world. We saw that who failed at its core mission of information sharing and transparency when Member States did not act in good faith. This cannot ever happen again. The status quo is intolerable. Who must change, and it must become far more transparent and far more accountable. The who hasnt yet responded to those allegations. And although the us Health Secretary didnt name the country explicitly previo