to put some distance between its foreign policy and the eu's foreign policy, dominic raab is quite clear in his statements earlier today that he didn't like the way the eu was doing things at the moment, particularly with regards to an investment deal that the eu is sorting out with china. >> india's supreme court has ordered a pause in the implementation of controversial new agricultural laws. farmers have been protesting since november, angry the changes could undercut prices for their goods. the government says the reform of the agriculture sector is overdue. >> farmers continue their protest on a major highway connecting india's most populous state to the capital region of delhi. they've stopped all traffic on this and other key roads for nearly seven weeks and says they won't stop despite the supreme court suspending the implementation of three farm laws they have been protesting against. they are not hopeful about the top committee that the high court has formed to take a look into the laws. >> the members of the committee are pro-government people who have supported the farm laws

tonight the foreign secretary dominic raab condemned the deccision dominic raab condemned the decisionre for navalny," it says. "alexei, alexei," they shout. mr navalny�*s supporters came to the police station where he was being held. a makeshift courtroom had been set up inside. it would rule on whether the kremlin critic should be sent to jail. in a freezing cold russian winter, piping hot tea was a welcome relief. it's bitterly cold here, it's —20, and supporters of mr navalny are waiting for the result of the court hearing and shouting, "let him go." in a video message from the court room, mr navalny denounced the hearing as a mockery ofjustice. after he was ordered to be kept in custody for 30 days, he called on russians to take to the streets and not stay silent. alexei navalny is the russian opposition leader most capable of organising large—scale anti—government protests. it's why the kremlin sees him as a threat. navalny was and is danger number one for vladimir putin in russia. it's very difficult to fight against massive public protests. mr navalny is convinced it was the kr

there wasn't a huge amount of new data from the foreign secretary this morning, but dominic raab did government has set on the lifting of restrictions being no more specific than to say that the prime minister has said previously it would be a big bang, once the most vulnerable groups are vaccinated, the government hopes by mid—february, and likely a return to the tiered approach of what started out as three tiers that became four before the current national lockdown in england and the other nations of the uk. dominic raab did give some indication of when the government hopes to have offered the first of three jobs to all adults in the uk. the plan is to get the first 15 million — the plan is to get the first 15 million most vulnerable people vaccinated with the first dose by the middle of february. we then want to get— the middle of february. we then want to get by— the middle of february. we then want to get by early spring and another 17 million — to get by early spring and another 17 million. at that point we will have _ 17 million. at that point we will have 99% _ 17 million. at

dominic raab.o feed children from some of england's poorest families who would normally get free school meals. but the contents of some parcels were so meagre, the prime minister described them as "an insult to the families that "have received them". the footballer and campaigner marcus rashford highlighted the problems. once again borisjohnson phoned him, and said the food didn't meet government standards. but at prime minister's questions, the labour leader thought he knew who was to blame. we've all seen images on social media of disgraceful food parcels for children. costed at about £5 each. that's not what the government promised. it's nowhere near enough. so, can i ask the prime minister would he be happy with his kids living on that? and if not, why is he happy for other people's kids to do so? well, mr speaker, i don't think anybody in this house is happy with the disgraceful images that we've seen of the food parcels that have been offered, they are appalling, they're an insult to the fami

mps welcomed the measures, but dominic raab faced cross—party anger that they didn't go further.detention, political re—education, forced labour, torture, and forced sterilisation. all on an industrial scale. it is truly horrific. barbarism we had hoped lost to another era being practised today as we speak in one of the leading members of the international community. mr speaker, we have a moral duty to respond. labour accused him of tinkering round the edges. the government had trailed long—awaited sanctions in the media on officials responsible for appalling human rights abuses in xinjiang. we have waited months. he briefed the papers that he was planning to announce this today. what has happened to this announcement, and who in government has overruled him this time? cracking down on businesses and their supply chains - is vitally important. however, in this week- of the holocaust memorial, surely magnitsky sanctions . should have been in this list. i happen to believe that my. right honourable friend wants this to happen. so, i wonder who it is in- government that is blocking

this morning, the foreign secretary dominic raab has been speaking about the vaccine rollout and whenngland might be eased. we've also been hearing more about the pressure on the nhs. with me is our political correspondent, jonathan blake. what has the government been saying about the vaccine roll—out? the what has the government been saying about the vaccine roll-out?— about the vaccine roll-out? the uk has set hugely _ about the vaccine roll-out? the uk has set hugely ambitious _ about the vaccine roll-out? the uk has set hugely ambitious targets . about the vaccine roll-out? the uk| has set hugely ambitious targets for vaccinating the population far quicker than most other european countries and other countries around the world. nevertheless there is huge scrutiny on what is being done and just how quickly the vaccinations are being given out. this morning the foreign secretary cast any doubt on a sudden lifting of the that of course england is under in its national lockdown and other parts of the uk are under similar lockdowns well. come mid february, when the government hopes to

dominic raab.response to it. the defence secretary told mps that almost 5,000 personnel have been deployed on tasks as varied as testing for the virus in schools or driving ambulances and oxygen tankers. almost 10,000 more are held at "high readiness" and available to respond rapidly to increasing demand. but some mps thought they should've been more involved in tackling the pandemic. we might not be on the front line of this particular fight, but we are with them in the trenches. and since last year, in increasing numbers. in fact, defence�*s contribution to the covid response now represents the most significant domestic resilience operation in peacetime. and more personnel are committed on uk resilience tasks today than at any time since the pandemic. as is well—known, the uk armed forces have helped build nightingale hospitals around the country and distributed vital ppe, delivering more than 6 million items to hospitals and clocking up enough miles to circumnavigate the world ten times. i know

dominic raab fair. cases. it's a small country, but it's seen one of the worst outbreaks in the arab world. the bbc�*s carine torbey reports from beirut. hospitals in lebanon are overwhelmed and operating on full capacity. many have had to reject patients. the staggering increase in the number of coronavirus cases is bringing the whole health system to its knees. with their beds filling up, many hospitals in the country are forced to improvise. until a few days ago, this was a hospital cafeteria. now it has been converted into a makeshift ward. in other hospitals, emergency rooms have been turned to receive patients. and for almost everywhere, several awards have been shutin everywhere, several awards have been shut in order to redirect all resources to the overstretched covid—19 teams. translation: figs covid—19 teams. translation: is infection sword, medical teams were phoning in sick with covid—19 as well and because of the worsening economic situation, many doctors and nurses had to leave lebanon in

according to the telegraph, foreign secretary dominic raabe will be making a statement later today inctured under duress entering the uk, so basically the government wants companies to make sure that no—one in their supply chain has been pa rt their supply chain has been part of a forced labour tra nsfer part of a forced labour transfer scheme, there will be heavier fines on companies that breached the terms, tougher export controls or even possible sanctions on chinese officials believed to be instrumental in the abuse. of course, if they were to be, it is rather inevitable that china will not be happy, so we will see. all right, thanks. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: january should be a boom time for gyms. we find out how this industry is trying to stay healthy amidst covid—i9. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry and it's one of its biggest. but the industry is nervous of this report, this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigare

david davis, dominic raab, david barclay, david frost...as a whole. in 2017, theresa may lost her parliamentary majority. a year later, she was still trying to manoeuvre towards a deal. the eu was sometimes in step, but often not. there is no room whatsoever for renegotiation. eventually, the two sides settled the uk's final bill, citizens‘ rights and the solution for avoiding a hard border on the island of ireland. but the british parliament rejected the deal three times, much to the fury of brussels. i've been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan on how to carry it safely. by the summer of 2019, theresa may's time was up. with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. new pm borisjohnson finally rammed home a brexit deal after winning a snap election. british meps said goodbye to the european parliament and, in january this year, the uk officially left the eu, although would abide by the rules in the transition perio

what you have seen, in the words of dominic grappa, ——in the words of dominic raab, it is been used toen foretold, this is what would happen. this has been a cranking up. to answer the question, there was an almost echoing silence across many european capitals when this came in because it came in immediately after the eu and the chinese had signed a big investment deal that had been a long time coming. it was widely seen in diplomatic circles that the chinese timed this crackdown to come after the deal. about how they will work with systems that threaten democracy. and the situation in china will change due to what is happening in the us and that could change what happens in the uk too. but the chinese econonic might is vast and growing. you asked if democracy comes at a price or is it negotiable and i think it always has been and always will be. the pandemic and the economic hit that western democracies are taking now and will continue to take over the coming months, will make things more potent. the eu assigned this big investment deal with china. in the context of the economic colla

that's dominic raab talking about various government targets for the roll—out, culminating with septemberng way away. right now, at the moment the national health service is under immense strain and in danger of being overwhelmed. it is, and from what we heard this morning from sir simon stevens, the chief executive of nhs england, that pressure shows no sign of letting up. he painted quite a stark picture of the state of things at the moment in terms of incidences of the virus, cases of the virus increasing among some parts of the population and in some geographical areas still, and that is placing further pressure on the nhs across the board. but he did have some more optimistic words to say about the number of people being vaccinated, around 140 jabs per minute, he said, that they aim to have vaccinated across the board 1.5 million people within the past week. but in terms of admissions to hospital there is no let—up. i think the facts are very clearand i'm not going to sugar—coat them. hospitals are under extreme pressure and staff are under extreme pressure. since christmas day we ha

speaking to the bbc, the foreign secretary, dominic raab, said he hoped all adults in england would bered a first dose of the vaccine by september. let's get the latest from our health correspondent, jim reed. the pressure on hospitals this winter shows no sign of easing up. the person in charge of the nhs in england said the service is now in the most precarious position in its 72—year history. since christmas day, we've seen another 15,000 increase in the in—patients in hospitals across england. that's the equivalent of filling 30 hospitals full of coronavirus patients. and staggeringly, every 30 seconds across england, another patient is being admitted to hospital with coronavirus. new figures show of the 100,000 nhs workers off sick in england last week, half either had the virus or were self—isolating. tomorrow, this vaccination centre at blackburn cathedral will open, offering thousands ofjabs a day to nhs staff, as well as care workers and those over 80 — all by invitation only at this stage. we felt it would be really appropriate to offer this space up as a place where people c

the foreign secretary dominic raab has condemned authorities in russia after police there detained moret of the jailed opposition leader alexei navalny. large gatherings took place across russia, including the eastern cities of vladivostok and khabarovsk. in the siberian city of yakutsk, protesters braved temperatures of —50 degrees. the main demonstration was in the capital, moscow, from where our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. in moscow, you can feel the anger. police had warned people any protests would be broken up, any protester risked arrest. but thousands came to pushkin square to support the kremlin�*s fiercest critic, alexei navalny. "freedom to navalny," they cried. and, "russia without putin." on her way to the protest, mr navalny�*s wife, yulia, was detained by police. so were hundreds of others — for taking part in what the authorities called an unsanctioned gathering. for years, the russian authorities made out that alexei navalny had minimal support across the country, that he was in no way a threat to them, but these scenes of riot police and detentions suggest t

the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has called on wealthier countries to support global access to covid—i9 a visit to eastern africa, mr raab said britain had provided £500 million to aid the distribution of inoculations across the world. of course every country wants to vaccinate their own people, but we all have a shared interest in making sure that we are all safeguarded from this appalling virus. that's why we're collaborating on a bilateral level, astrazeneca 0xford, with the trials you're having here in kenya. that's also why the uk is one of the leading funders of gavi and covax, which of course is the leading international body and organisation for making sure that we get the virus, a billion doses, to the countries that need it most, and that group that will benefit from covax includes kenya. a full lockdown and 24—hour curfew is in place in lebanon, in a bid to slow a surge in coronavirus cases. it's a small country, but it's seen one of the worst outbreaks in the arab world. carine torbey has sent this report from beirut. 0ne—year—old hamad fell sick. for three days, his family

the biggest mass clinic so far and we have heard dominic raab giving a specific date by september alle been offered a first dose. in the run up tow that, by spring, all over 50s, this could all be thrown out by supply disruption, it is not in anybody�*s control but there is certainly confidence there, and from tomorrow in england, there will be over 70s starting to be offered their first dose, but on the other hand, there is still this extreme pressure on the nhs, sir simon stevens saying it is the most it has faced in its history, cases have been coming down, that is new infections in most parts of the uk. but there is a delay, hospitaladmissions parts of the uk. but there is a delay, hospital admissions carry on going up for longer, and certainly outside london, there is a feeling that the pressure will carry on building, so that the week ahead could well be even tougher than what the nhs has seen so far. qm. could well be even tougher than what the nhs has seen so far.— the nhs has seen so far. 0k, thank ou. the leading critic of the kremlin, alexei navalny, has been detained by po

a former government law officer has told mps it would be "unlawful" for the foreign secretary, dominic raabment announced in november that it would reduce aid spending from 0.7% of national income to 0.5%. ministers accepted they would have to change the law to do this because the higherfigure is in the international development act. but there's speculation they may try to introduce the cuts before parliament has agreed any change in the legislation. the letterfrom lord garnier, a former solicitor general, was quoted by one mp when the foreign secretary appeared before the international development committee. until parliament changes the law in its statutory duty to meet the 0.7% target, the government must aim to hit it — and it cannot deliberately aim off orfire blanks. he goes on to say, until the statute is amended, the government is subject to that law. so i wonder, foreign secretary, how do you think acting unlawfully and flouting a clearly legal obligation will affect your reputation both as a lawyer and the uk's international standing? we're not flouting the legislation, we're takin

the foreign secretary, dominic raab told mps there was clear evidence that more than a million uighursties are being held in camps where they face forced labour and torture on an industrial scale. mr raab has been outlining the measures the government will take to ensure companies are not complicit in or profiting from human right violations in the region. ouraim, put simply, is that no company that profits from forced labour can do business in the uk, and no uk business is involved in their supply chains. let me set out the four new steps we are now taking. first, today the sdto have issued new robust and detailed guidance to uk businesses on the specific risks faced by companies with links to xinjiang and underlining the challenges of conducting effective due diligence there. a minister led campaign of business engagement will reinforce the need for uk businesses to take concerted action to address that particular and specific risk. second, we are strengthening the operation of the modern slavery act. the home office will introduce fines for businesses that do not comply with their t

border between the irish republic and united kingdom, but there is now this mechanism, although dominic raab says he has had assurances from the eu they have no reason to block vaccine distribution but they have the ability to do it. >> thank you, melissa bell, in paris. >>> now i want to bring in an associate professor of molecular virology who joins me now from new castle in england. thank you so much for joining us. i want to start with the growing concern about the new variants. vaccine makers are adjusting their formulas, trying to keep up, but a doctor i was just speaking with she tweeted this, i want to read it out, quote, is it feasible to create a new booster every three to four months? we must take a step back and evaluate before entering an endless cycle of this cat and mouse game. what do you think? are we destined to be playing this forever game of catch up here? >> well, if we take flu as an example of another virus that mutates pretty quickly, possibly, yes. i would join my colleague in saying that the covid zero strategy is actually the best strategy, there is a paper in the

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with every adult as we heard yesterday, dominic raab, the foreign secretary, saying by september, everynk it's fair to say so far, so good.— planned. but i think it's fair to say so far, so good. hugh pym, thank ou. new controls on travellers entering the uk have come into force to try to keep out variants of coronavirus from other countries. people will be asked to produce evidence of a negative covid test taken within 72 hours and almost all those arriving will be required to spend time self—isolating. fewer workers are now exempt. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies has more. no queues, few suitcases. a near empty gatwick airport this morning. it is noticeably incredibly quiet inside gatwick airport today. to give you an idea of quite how quiet it is, the airport says that they are averaging around 20 flights a day during the course of this week. now, that's by comparison to, say, a normal november, where it would be about 600 flights a day. anyone arriving to the airport from abroad today will have to show that they have a negative covid test taken less than 72 hours before

the foreign office told the bbc that dominic raab did raise the case with his indian counterpart during family about his well—being. but his brother remains concerned. in august last year, he was joined by dozens who protested outside downing street. jagtar sinthohal�*s case has attracted international attention. his supporters say they won't give up until he's back home. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. the stationery chain paperchase has been rescued in a deal that will secure around 1000 jobs. it's thought that around 70% of stores will be retained by the new owner, but 250 jobs at the chain will still be lost. paperchase has blamed the cumulative impact of lockdowns and restrictions on a collapse in sales. a licencing hearing has been told how the singer rita 0ra's team offered a restaurant £5000 to break lockdown rules for her 30th birthday. police also said the pop star's security team asked for cctv cameras to be turned off during the party at casa cruz in notting hill on the 28th of november during the second virus lockdown. cctv hard drives were wiped two days later, the h

the foreign office told the bbc that dominic raab did raise the case with his indian counterpart duringracted international attention. his supporters say they won�*t give up until his back home. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. and that he will remain behind bars. the prudent critic appeared in court via video link. he was arrested on arrival from germany where via video link. he was arrested on arrivalfrom germany where he had been treated... he�*d announced today�*s court proceedings as illegal. translation: i illegal. translation: , ., , , translation: i understand my rights. i want to draw— translation: i understand my rights. i want to draw the _ translation: i understand my rights. i want to draw the attention _ translation: i understand my rights. i want to draw the attention of - translation: i understand my rights. i want to draw the attention of the - i want to draw the attention of the court that since the detention, i�*ve not had a single opportunity to meet with my defenders and private. not a single one. neither of the police station or the detention centre. the stati

the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has called on wealthier countries to support global access to covid all have a shared interest in making sure that we are all safeguarded from this appalling virus. that's why we're collaborating on a bilateral level, astrazeneca oxford, with the trials you're having here in kenya. that's also why the uk is one of the leading funders of gavi and covax, which of course is the leading international body and organisation for making sure that we get the virus, a billion doses, to the countries that need it most, and that group that will benefit from covax includes kenya. the tour operator, saga, has said anyone going on one of its holidays or cruises this year must be fully vaccinated against covid—19. the company, which specialises in holidays for the over—50s, said it wanted to protect customers' health and safety. it will delay restarting its travel packages until may to give travellers enough time to getjabs. the headlines on bbc news... president biden gets to work by reversing a number of his predecessor's key policies and signs more than a dozen ex

i support what dominic raab had to say. see. one last question, if i may - huawei's chinese - us to see. one last question, if i i may - huawei's chinese employees may — huawei's chinese employees have treen— may — huawei's chinese employees have been forced to leave the country — have been forced to leave the country as ex—pats in europe and married — country as ex—pats in europe and married. this is an action normally seen _ married. this is an action normally seen in _ married. this is an action normally seen in people working for a government or intelligence agency. does this— government or intelligence agency. does this confirm the concerns many of us _ does this confirm the concerns many of us have _ does this confirm the concerns many of us have had that huawei is not a free company butjust of us have had that huawei is not a free company but just another branch of the _ free company but just another branch of the chinese state? free company butjust another branch of the chinese state?— of the chinese state? well, th

foreign secretary dominic raab wrote on twitter:. mr navalny�*s arrest... "an offence to the international community". he wrote on twitter:. us secretary of state mike pompeo said he is "deeply troubled by russia's decision to arrest aleksei navalny." jake sullivan, the new us national security adviser tojoe biden, added that he should be "immediately released". it's being claimed the youngest victim of the manchester arena attack might have survived, if she'd received better first aid. saffie roussos, who was eight, died in the bombing in may 2017. now experts appointed by her family to investigate what happened have found she was awake and talking for some time after the explosion. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz has been speaking exclusively to saffie's father andrew. we should warn you that her report contains distressing details. she could have been saved. how do we carry on living with this information? how can we carry on breathing with this information? i can't look at saffie's picture. since i've read this r

the paper also reports that the foreign secretary dominic raab said the current lockdown could be easedexpress cites the prime minister as saying 140 vaccinations are now being administered every minute. there's also a picture of the presenter denise van 0uten, who dislocated her shoulder afterfalling during rehearsalsjust for the show dancing on ice. and the washington post has tweeted this story and striking image. it says the fbi is screening us troops for possible insider threats ahead ofjoe biden's inauguration on wednesday. would it be fair to say we are probably more grumpy than normal today? we are not normally grumpy. not grumpy, i think down. down is a good description. today is blue monday. it is the gloomiest day of the year. it has cheered me up knowing that, because it makes me feel slightly better. people are urged to check in with friends and family on what is described as the most depressing day of the year. it is known as blue monday, viewed as a time when people's mood might have dipped after the festive season. bills may have arrived with payday some way off and the

the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has called on wealthier countries to support global access to covid that group that will benefit from covax includes kenya. a british man who was diagnosed with a terminal form of cancer two years ago has completed the first stage of a bicycle ride that he is hoping will take him all the way to china. luke grenfell—shaw set off from bristol on a tandem injanuary. our correspondentjonah fisher caught up with him as he made it to ukraine. i am cycling with the knowledge that my cancer could come back at any time. in 2018, luke grenfell—shaw was told he had an advanced form of cancer that very few people survive. the primary tumour that was beneath my left shoulder blade, which was the size of an aubergine, it was enormous, that had spread to my lungs. the 24—year—old underwent chemotherapy and then surgery, keeping his spirits up by running and riding long distances — and dreaming of adventure. the day that i was diagnosed, i realised that if i could only do one more thing with my life, then i want to cycle around the world. adventure ahead. a year ago,

the foreign office told the bbc that dominic raab did raise the case with his indian counterpart duringaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. the road to recovery from coronavirus can be long, with many experiencing ongoing symptoms. but now a joint venture between the english national opera and imperial college london is trying to help those with long covid. they've been teaching them breathing techniques more commonly used by professional opera singers. david silitto joined a zoom lesson. sing it with me. when it comes to zoom meetings, this is as stress free as it gets. a lullaby, some singing, and a lesson. iam breathing in. a lesson in breathing. i am breathing out ten. that was the best thing that happened to me after covid, it was a breath of fresh air. i am breathing in nine. finally i found somebody. who understood a little bit about where i was coming froml and the difficulties i was having. they vocalise and this is what it is all about, these vocal exercises i am being given to do our part of the breathe programme, and taking me through my paces is susie from english national opera w

i'm speaking to the foreign secretary, dominic raab, and the veteran cnn commentator, julia borja about for the first time to simulate the sls rocket�*s rise into orbit for the first manned trip to the moon in decades. and here they go. gearing up to one day reach 8.8 million pounds, or to those in the know, 39.1 meganewtons of thrust, to make it the most powerful rocket ever to fly to space. and to put you out of your misery, this is what lift—off should look like. later this year it is hoped these rockets will send nasa's next—generation orion spacecraft for an unmanned spin around the moon. the artemis missions should eventually lead to the first woman on the moon, in three years or so, to search lunar soil for earth—shattering scientific discoveries with economic benefits too. but back on earth, this joint nasa and boeing test, already years later and billions over budget, quickly lost its sparkle, as it was aborted early. and we've got a shutdown. seven minutes early, in fact, afterjust a minute or so, just when we were going to see the rocket start to pivot. no—one ever said trave