Antonio gutteres has expressed great concern over rising Political Tension in myanmar. The armed forces are contesting the results of the election last november, which was overwhelmingly won by the Ruling National League at 10 00, Sophie Raworth will be here with a full round up of the days news. First do black lives matter in brazil . In the first half of 2020, more people were killed by the police in Rio Dejaniero state than in the whole of america. 75 were black brazilians, many of whom were just teenagers. We must give a strong warning that this programme contains Graphic Violence and very distressing images, from the outset. Sirens wail. They chant. The police stand accused of inflicting brutal violence. Most often seen to be hurt are young black men. They chant. Police brutality here is often horrific to watch. Shocking violence causing terror and fear every day. But given how often it happens, there are no mass protests, no backlash in the media, nojustice. In the year that blac
The big Silicon Valley Tech Companies had a hugely successful 2020, prompting more questions about their overwhelming dominance in financial and business terms. From san francisco, James Clayton reports. There have been winners and losers from this pandemic, and some of the biggest winners are also some of the Richest Companies in the world, based around san francisco. Take here at apple, last week, the Company Posted record Quarterly Sales of more than £80 billion. At that rate, during this 2. 5 minute news report, apple will have done 1. 5 million worth of sales. Big tech has had an astonishingly profitable pandemic. We all turned to technology more during the pandemic. Its as simple as that. We were doing more things online than ever before, from gaming to shopping, to seeing our doctor, you know, theyre not charities. Laughter you know, they are making money out of, you know, what theyre enabling. But some believe that making so much money at a time of Economic Hardship shows that
Now on bbc news, britain has one of the highest death tolls from covid 19 in the world. Clive myrie s film follows staff at the Royal London Hospital as they try to cope with a second wave. A warning this programme contains content which some viewers may find distressing. Shes young. Shes someone s relative. This is something precious that were holding and were trying to do. My wife lost her fight for life. Nobody wants to go through this. I wouldnt wish this on anybody. The coronavirus pandemic has hit the United Kingdom hard. I think the public want to do the right thing, but i dont feel they understand fully the scale of the problem. This is the story of one of the hospitals in the eye of the storm. So were now going to run into a problem because we havent got any beds. Weve got patients on 12 floors in total. Weve returned to the royal london, to witness for ten days the full force of the second wave of covid 19. Staff are tired, and then we have to ask them to do more and more and
Thousands of people across the uk have been taking part in traditional boxing day swim dips braving a swim in chilly waters. Some events were called off because of strong winds. But as Rebecca Ricks reports from the south west of england even blustery conditions didnt stop eccentrics and the christmas spirit. Weather it is to cure a festive hangover, raise money for charity or just because. A swim in the sea, the activity of choice for hundreds of west country folk this christmas. It was not as cold as i thought but i cannot feel my toes it was really exhilarating but not too bad. I cannot feel my toes it was really exhilarating but not too badm catches your breath but you have to do it. For many swimmers in painting this is a boxing day tradition. We have been doing it every year for the last couple of years and it was like a baptism but much colder we have done this for 10 years sol think have done this for 10 years so i think this was the warmest year we are doing this for our great
Spanish police have named a british holidaymaker and his two children who drowned in a simple in the costa sol on christmas eve. Gabriel diya who was 52 and from london died with his 16 year old son, praise emmanuel and his 9 year old daughter comfort. An investigation into what happened is underway. Helena wilkinson reports. This is gabriel diya, the 52 year old father who died trying to rescue his daughter. And here he is with nine year old comfort. They were on a family holiday when on christmas eve, she got into difficulty in this hotel swimming pool. Despite her fathers efforts, she also died, as did her 16 year old brother, praise emmanuel, who also tried to help. Postmortem examinations confirmed that all three drowned. A 14 year old girl, the childrens sister, raised the alarm. Today in south east london, neighbours of the family have been speaking of their shock. They were just beautiful, lovely people. Im absolutely devastated. Yes, its shocking, shocking, to hear somebody di