10,000 arrivals at heathrow. _ there, write? 10,000 arrivals at heathrow. you _ there, write? there, write? 10,000 arrivals at heathrow, you would fill the - there, write? 10,000 arrivals at l heathrow, you would fill the hotel is up in one day. bud heathrow, you would fill the hotel is up in one day-— heathrow, you would fill the hotel is up in one day. and when due -- where do — is up in one day. and when due -- where do you _ is up in one day. and when due -- where do you put _ is up in one day. and when due -- where do you put people - is up in one day. and when due -- where do you put people who - is up in one day. and when due --| where do you put people who arrive the next day? ella, it has been a beautiful day across much of the country with sunny skies. these guys will mitt remain clear through this evening at night and that means it is going to be another cold one. frost and ice on the way, especially where that snow has melted during the day it is going to refreeze tonight and tomorrow morning. so, these skies remain clear crossings and wales, however, wintry weathe

for a global button, you need a third runway at heathrow. —— fora you need a third runway at heathrowmand to fly in the uk. —— growing global markets. the problem as there are not many places you can fly to, and we have these quarantines and testing regimes in place that make it difficult for anyone to travel. but we will get through this and if we are successful in rebuilding the uk economy, then within the next decade, we will absolutely need an expanded heathrow to help make britain the vibe and successful outward looking nation we all want it to be. religious to talk to you, john, thanks for your thoughts this morning. —— really good to talk to you. maybe a message for all of us to ta ke you. maybe a message for all of us to take out of that, we will get through this. so testing it, and before you go away, before you return to the uk as well, that should start to open up the travel market. but as you are hearing, lots of details still need to be ironed out, and also whether there will be an international standard. the boss of heathrow saying that all countries need to coordinate t

booths ready to test arrivals at heathrow airport.cheme was ready to go, but never given the green light by the government. until today's announcement, the uk has not required anyone arriving in the country to show that they have recently tested negative for the coronavirus. but things are about to change. from next week, international arrivals, including uk nationals, travelling to england and scotland will need to show that they have a negative covid—19 test, taken up to 72 hours before they travel. it applies to everyone arriving by boat, plane or train, but not to hauliers or children under 11, and it won't apply to anyone travelling within the uk or ireland. even with a negative test, arrivals from countries not on the travel corridor list will still have to quarantine. many in the aviation industry have been calling for testing since april last year. they hope that, in the long term, testing can be used instead of quarantine. is this all too late? we would have liked to see it earlier. what it demonstrates is that there is a way

back at london heathrow, this 25—year—old 747 is about to make its very last journey.ional. you know, i have flown these for 20 odd years now, it's just the scale of it is unbelievable. i remember the first time i actually came to fly it and walked around and thought, "wow, this is incredible. "how does it fly?" nearly 400 tonnes of it that gets up in the air. it's incredible. ba's india victor delta is checked and ready to go. 0nly memories fill her 345 empty seats. how is it going to be flying this off on its last flight? that's a really sad thing for a pilot to see aeroplanes that can still fly. i personally find it quite emotional, that you land it, then you taxi it, and then you shut it down. i remember, iapologised to one once. it was like, "i'm really sorry." "i've just delivered you to end your life, as it were." this has been an absolute part of british airways history for over 50 years. the modern aircraft are more fuel efficient, so it makes sense on those thinner routes at the moment to fly those modern aircraft. with 50 million miles on the clock, india vi

heathrow airport this afternoon — amid fresh concerns about new variants from abroad, the prime ministerns tighter measures may be needed to protect the uk's borders. also on the programme tonight, there's good news from the vaccination programme. almost five and a half million people have now had at least one dose of the vaccine, including more than 70% of people over 80 devastation in brazil — more than 200,000 have already died, we report from the epicentre of the country's worrying new coronavirus variant. removing dangerous cladding — more than three and a half years after grenfell, fewer than half the residential tower blocks identified as dangerous by the government have had work completed. and a wedding in intensive care — a happy ending for the nurse and herfiance as hospital staff help them to tie the knot. and coming up in sport on bbc news... three wickets forjames anderson, but england are made to work hard on the opening day of the second test against sri lanka. good evening. the prime minister says there is some evidence that the new variant of coronavirus spreading across

there is no immediate testing at heathrow. and whether they have the facilities, as we do at heathrow, to allow people to have whatever the tests are that are required by the government. some will have it and others not. in terms of achieving an international standard, which is something you spoke about to ben earlier, how tricky do you think that will be? and would you anticipate that travellers, when people begin to travel again, will be choosing destinations based on countries they feel confident we'll be able to offer them quick and accurate testing before travelling back to the uk? yes, i think people will choose countries that are easy to get to. there is a massive and pent—up demand to travel for a number of reasons, visiting friends and family, going on holiday or business. the problem is there are not many places you can actually fly to and many places you can have such time restrictions with quarantines and tests that it is just impractical to be able to use it. if we can move to a common international standard where

. _ of huge cues in the arrivals at heathrow, allegations that the lecture — heathrow, allegations thatt know whether that is— checks come i don't know whether that is true — checks come i don't know whether that is true but if so people will be concerned. —— electric gates. we expect— be concerned. —— electric gates. we expect the _ be concerned. —— electric gates. we expect the country come if we will be expect the country come if we will he going _ expect the country come if we will be going through further weeks and months _ be going through further weeks and months of— be going through further weeks and months of lockdown, that anybody coming _ months of lockdown, that anybody coming into the country has also got significant _ coming into the country has also got significant controls on their movement and that included britons coming _ movement and that included britons coming back. unfortunately. if you can afford — coming back. unfortunately. if you can afford to go abroad, you can afford _ can afford to go abroad, you can afford to— can afford to go abroad, you can afford to pay

holidays until an announcement is made let's talk now to china and the live for us this london's heathrow airport so charming on the one hand that the knock on effect here for the airline industry could be huge but hotels need to make money and it can't just stay with airport hotels because of the number of people would be talking about. yes some traveler experts estimate that we could be seeing 15000 people a day arriving in the u.k. needing to be put into a hotel so it wouldn't just be airport hotels that they'd fill up very quickly would have to be hotels further outside the perimeter of the airports too but they've got a shooter is still waiting with bated breath for an announcement and hopefully that will come later today or tomorrow it seems that ministers are divided some ministers are looking for at blank measures for all arrivals into the u.k. similar to what happens in australia where. for the past a hotel for us to spend 10 days in isolation so that rain expends other ministers including the transport minister is saying that that is too strict it should be more specific just me

the chair of the home affairs committee raised recent pictures of long queues at heathrow airport. for months, people have been waiting for hours in those queues in unsafe circumstances, and is it true that the border force lifted some of the checks that she just said were being applied to 100% of passengers because those queues were unsafe? those queues materialise because of the compliance checks the border force have put in place. the border force in particular are there to enforce the checks and, as they are doing now, achieve 100% coverage. and they are also now working with london heathrow airport's assistant organisation, their contractors, who are also working as a triage function to make sure that people are being checked. given the chief scientific adviser has said that - coronavirus is going i to be with us forever, are the measures that have been contemplated expected to be - permanent to deal with that i permanent risk of a mutating variant of the virus - that the vaccine can't deal with or temporary? measures are always under review. the right honourable gentleman und

but 1st let's join charlie angela who's at london's heathrow airport so charlie brooker's government talking about bringing in mandatory quarantine hotel quarantine for anyone to riving that. yes we're waiting to hear an announcement by the later today or tomorrow it seems ministers are a little bit divided on what form these measures to take some ministers are saying it should be a blanket approach to all travelers coming into the u.k. similar to what they have in australia where arrivals the bus straight to apple hotels and of course to quarantine for 10 days at their own expense other ministers are looking for a more targeted approach saying it should only apply to u.k. residents and u.k. citizens returning from the more high risk countries so that south africa and brazil but they do also include portugal because a lot of direct flights coming to push school from brazil and then into the u.k. now these measures wouldn't either way wouldn't come into place immediately it will take hotels a couple of weeks to get back up and running because a lot of them have been closed during the

at hotel airports, for example it is understood that there are only about 10,000 rooms close to heathrowwhich is about the same number of people who arrive at that airport per day, or arrive in the country, should i say, per day. let's talk this through with simon calder who is a travel expert and a regular here on bbc news. what do we think might be announced? i what do we think might be announced?— what do we think might be announced? ~ ., ., announced? i think we are now re announced? i think we are now pretty sure _ announced? i think we are now pretty sure from _ announced? i think we are now pretty sure from the _ announced? i think we are now pretty sure from the various i pretty sure from the various links that are coming from various parts of government and also from what people are not saying, for instance, at a briefing about 12 hours ago the health secretary matt hancock refused to say if he was in favour of everybody being put into hotel quarantine which seems to suggest that the bbc�*s reports that the staff are hearing are correct and that is that anybody coming in from an

charlie angela will join us from london's heathrow airport harry forceable be live in west jerusalem dominic cain will join us from berlin and step vasant is live in amsterdam 1st this report from jessica washington in jakarta indonesia are now supporting 1000000 cases of covert 90. on indonesia's most populous island java hospitals are stretched to their limits he's covered 900 patients were able to get treatment but many others are missing out added to the not fastened on among we have rejected so many people in the hospital reject patients every day because there's nothing else we can do the doctors having to reject critically ill patients is a heavy burden for the new well i gotta say and it makes me so sad to turn down patients i read the files of patients who are referred to our hospital they can hardly breathe but we cannot help them. the indonesian hospitals association says hospitals on the island of java and bali are close to collapse doctors are forced to turn away patients because of a lack of intensive care unit beds and a shortage of health care workers. indonesia's cov

these images of dreams of voyages to faraway places the world over london's heathrow and indonesia years island. from on high in photo book. over. to me. the world the journey begins and ends at the airport. as everything in between. that's why they're so fascinating to me. and various fact there is a former air traffic controller he's also worked on military bases around europe he didn't take any of the photos in the book himself he just collected them they ranged from international like munich's to. remote and exotic fields like kang. in greenland and strip height in the french alps planes can only land on the short runway. the readers to get the feeling that they can travel the whole world without having a conscience so they can satisfy their desires and it's all climate neutral. face masks. the coronavirus pandemic the skies over ports like munich international have been very quiet the airline passenger figures have plummeted 2019 munich had about 48000000 passengers in 2020 it was just one quarter of all that's left of the dreams of far off place is. the most thrilling and exciting

molly, let me go to you at heathrow airport in london where that negative test requirement for peopleeks but now the president's executive order means everybody flying here from around the world will have to test negative before flying, quarantine after they get there. how has the testing requirement been working so far where you are? >> reporter: hey, hallie, that's right. so it is working on onus is on the travelers and onus is on the airline. as an american citizen of course i can return home, we should be clear that british citizens, european citizens of course this executive order only applies to people who can traveling and brits and europeans are not allowed in the u.s. right now but as an american if i go get a pcr test, have a negative pcr test, go to heathrow i have to show the airline either electronically or on paper my negative test and the airline verifies it before letting me on board. on the u.s. side he have to self-isolate or quarantine for that cdc recommended ten days. hallie, it's basically exactly how it works over here in the uk. so anyone coming into the uk fro

covid-19 has devastated air travel and a major loser is london's heathrow, dropping from the top spotrope. a new airport in istanbul is now the continent's leading up with charles de gaulle in paris and heathrow coming in third. all european airports fell. their combined 23 million passengers would equate to ranking outside the 2030 -- top 30 in a normal year. powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, i am karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. kathleen: president trump has stepped up his campaign against china in the final days of his administration. now with joe biden preparing to take over, the question is whether he will preserve his predecessor's strategies, relax them, or rethink relations entirely. >> the trade war, delisting chinese companies and banding transactions with mainland connected apps. some of the policies joe biden must decide whether to overturn. among his decision-making team, incoming secretary of state tony blinken. he's already indicated the pressure on china will continue, at least over the crackdown on democracy in hong kong

can she tell me why we saw crowded scenes at heathrow on friday at the _ crowded scenes at heathrow onf passengers because those queues were unsafe? the chair— because those queues were unsafe? the chair of— because those queues were unsafe? the chair of the select committee will be aware that the advice from government was to stay at home and clearly the point of that was not to travel. she has asked rightfully about the scenes at heathrow airport at the weekend and the fact of the matter is those queues were, they materialised because of the compliance checks border force have put in place. i do want to emphasise, mr speaker, and i would like to thank heathrow airport because the chair of the select committee will also be aware that we, colleagues and borderforce committee will also be aware that we, colleagues and border force work with the airport operators in terms of social distancing measures at the airport. that is a giant piece of work that takes place at all airports take responsibility for their work and how they manage their overflows and border force there are two and forc

, which business _ hotel rooms around heathrow, which business people usually use, choppy, but withinand having to stay in their hotel rooms. they will have to pay for it themselves — rooms. they will have to pay for it themselves but apparently here the security— themselves but apparently here the security guards will be paid by the taxpayer — security guards will be paid by the taxpayer. just security guards will be paid by the taxa er. , , , security guards will be paid by the taxa er. , , ., security guards will be paid by the taxa er. , , , ., ., taxpayer. just been hearing from matt hancock — taxpayer. just been hearing from matt hancock in _ taxpayer. just been hearing from matt hancock in the _ taxpayer. just been hearing from matt hancock in the last - taxpayer. just been hearing from matt hancock in the last hour, i matt hancock in the last hour, saying 77 cases of the south african variant covid have now been identified in the uk. all of them connected to travel from south africa and also nine with the brazilian variant. the issue of travel, that is very much at the top of

some airports including heathrow had set up testing centres.hs ago. there is also criticism over the way that the uk is managing the quarantine process. it is not as strict as countries like australia, where people are taken directly to the airports, they are taking to the hotel and then they have to stay there for two weeks and not allowed to leave. it is managed completely very strictly. aviation officials, transport bosses, they are calling for more funds from the government, calling for grants to be paid out to try and help them get through these next few months, which are eerie quiet. next few months, which are eerie cuiet. , ., , ., ., quiet. there is virtually no one here in the _ quiet. there is virtually no one here in the terminal. - quiet. there is virtually no one here in the terminal. how- quiet. there is virtually no onej here in the terminal. how long quiet. there is virtually no one - here in the terminal. how long have you been told you have got to stay there today?— you been told you have got to stay there today? well, we are

out is really driving this policy and charlie thank you very much charlie angela there at london's heathrow airport ok let's turn our attention to another huge story today here on the news india there tens of thousands of farmers have traveled to the nation's capital new delhi it is their biggest show of strength yet against the government they've breached the nation's most prominent landmark the red fort where the indian flag is hosted by the prime minister every year to celebrate independence from britain's colonial rule but now it's a site of unprecedented scenes of anger and defiance against not render a modis government protesters broke through police barricades meant to stop them from reaching the city center all this at a time when a large military and cultural parade was underway to mark india's republic day. our aim is that this money government should take these 3 laws back so that the farmers get their rights back the government has posed these laws without any discussions without any thought it is as if they've imposed the government should revert all the laws. except where they

heathrow, they pay 120 million a year in business rates. temporary stricter self—isolation rules have been in place before. early last year, some travellers returning from wuhan in china were housed in nhs hospital facilities after police escorts. today, the foreign secretary was asked if the government would now require arrivals to quarantine in hotels. i think there is a challenge in its workability, its deliverability, but we need to look at that very carefully, you're right, based on the experience of other countries. i don't accept that we've been too slow in this. we're broadly the same pace in terms of canada and germany. obviously, we'll keep other potential measures under review, but they've got to be workable. a requirement for travellers to show a negative covid test before travelling to the uk also kicks in tomorrow. the travel industry accepts the public health need for tighter rules, but it says a pathway out of the crisis needs to be mapped out. katy austin, bbc news. a group of business leaders has written to the treasury an

these robots have been deployed at heathrow airport.isinfect using uv light to kill off viruses. scientists also turned their attention to sewage. by testing waste water, they could see if signs of coronavirus were present, creating an early alert for a new outbreaks. and in italy, a new way to stay socially distanced. visitors to florence cathedral are asked to wear these sensors, and if they get too close to someone else, they buzz. for hundreds of years, astronomers have been coming here to gaze up at the heavens, discovering the wonders of the cosmos. many of them must have asked themselves that big question. is there any of life out there? this year, a new discovery suggested the answer could be yes, and it was found in a most unlikely place. it's one of earth's closest neighbours. but until now, venus has been seen as inhospitable. this year, though, possible signs of life were found. astronomers detected a gas called phosphine, a chemical associated with biological activity. and researchers think it could have been produced by ti

these images of airports dreams of voyages to faraway places the world over london's heathrow and indonesia's island. from on high in photo book group a from over and from of for me seems to me. the world journey begins and ends at the airport. and it includes everything in between. that's why they're so fascinating to me. angriest factor is a former air traffic controller he's also worked on military bases around europe he didn't take any of the photos in the book himself he just collected they ranged from international like munich's to. like. in. remote and exotic fields like kangaroo. in greenland and think strip high in the french alps trains can only land on the short runway. i'd like the readers to get the feeling that they can travel the whole world that having a conscience. they can satisfy their globetrotting desires and it's all climate neutral. face mask. the coronavirus pandemic the skies over munich international have been very quiet. passenger figures have plummeted 2019 munich have about 48000000 passengers in 2020 it was just one quarter of that all that's left of the dreams o

hampshire south of london earlier today we were talking to charlie when she was out in the cold of heathrow airport and she was there because the british government was discussing the possibility shelley of imposing a mandatory hotel quarantine for all arrivals into the u.k. . yes and just keeping an eye on the rest of that press conference from the prime minister because we are expecting an announcement either later today or tomorrow it seems there's been lengthy discussions because ministers are a little bit divided on what these measures should look like some a cooling for something similar to what is happening in australia where all arrivals a past 2 hotels and forced into quarantine for 10 days at their own expense other ministers are looking for a more targeted approach where only you can resident or british citizens returning from south africa or brazil are forced to quarantine in hotels and that's because those are countries that are considered high risk with the number of cases of those new variants but no decision yet but what the aviation industry says is that any measures are go

istanbul now the leading hub of the continent with heathrow third, and charles de gaulle second.is your first word news. haslinda: it is a risk on tuesday, as investors await comments from janet yellen, that could pave the way for the market, investors tending also for the upcoming earnings season. ahead of the biden relief plan, expectations are they can be taper down. the rally in global stocks stocks. the msci up 1% no. klci trading of announcing virus project to help the economy counter the effect of a surge in cases. 1.1 percent of gdp suggesting the fiscal space is limited. here are movers we talking today. china ever grand, planning to redeem $2 billion of convertible bonds early, topping internal funds to pay it off, a test for liquidity. hsbc rising 2.2% now, plenty to accelerate expansion across asia, and what is seen as a long-awaited overhaul. china mobile higher, raised to a buy at dbs with a target price of 61.50 hong kong dollars. pharmaceutical in focus as hong kong is taking more information from the company that is marketing a pfizer biontech vaccine, which repo

crowded scenes like this at heathrow today will no doubt fuel the debate on whether further measurespublic of the extreme pressures on the nhs and the impact of the virus. hugh pym, bbc news. henry �*hank�* aaron, the man who broke babe ruth's major league home run record in the face of rampant racism, has died aged 86. aaron made his last public appearance just 2.5 weeks ago, when he received the covid—19 vaccine. eno sarris, a baseball writer for the athletic, told me more about his legacy. what really kind of sums it up for him is that he was an all star 25 times — that is a record that may never be broken again. the average career in baseball lasts five years, so he was an all star five times in the time that an average player would even play in the league. he just combined athleticism with great contact and patience at the plate, and longevity — which in the face of all the racism he encountered is even more impressive. and do you think it was natural talent or was it a lot of training? you know, he had a lot of athleticism. he had one year where he hit 30 home runs and stole 30

crowded scenes like this at heathrow today will no doubt further debate on whether further measures are this evening aims to ram home the message to the public of the extreme pressures on the nhs and the impact of the virus. hugh pym, bbc news. professor calum semple is a specialist in outbreak medicine at the university of liverpool. he's also a member of the government's scientific advisory group sage but spoke to us earlier in a personal capacity when he explained further what the research is indicating at an early stage. what's been seen here is using data from the community and thinking at the testing and overall death, a very small but important rise in death has been noted. this means that for a typical 60—year—old male for example with typical health risks that that person has, their risk of death is roundabout ten in 1,000. and with the new variant, it's increased to 13 in 1,000. so, we're not talking about bodies in the streets. we're not talking about breakdown of society. but for the people at risk, there's a small but a significant rise in risk. so, the message here now is

heathrow, they pay 120 million a year business rates.the enforcement _ year business rates. government has said the enforcement of _ year business rates. government has said the enforcement of quarantine l said the enforcement of quarantine will now be stepped up. temporary stricter isolation rules have been in place before, in delhi last year, some travellers returning from wuhan in china or houston nhs hospital facilities after police escorts. today, the government was asked if they would now require arrivals to quarantine in hotels.— quarantine in hotels. there is a challenge _ quarantine in hotels. there is a challenge in — quarantine in hotels. there is a challenge in the _ quarantine in hotels. there is a challenge in the workability - quarantine in hotels. there is a| challenge in the workability and deliverability, but we need to look at that_ deliverability, but we need to look at that based on the account of the experience — at that based on the account of the experience. i don't accept we have been _ experience. i don't accept

heathrow airport handle just over 1 million passengers on —— in november. ., , ., �* , earlier. lots of the british tublic earlier. lots of the british public will _ earlier. lots of the british public will say _ earlier. lots of the british public will say look, - earlier. lots of the british public will say look, we're really worried about the variant in other countries, other countries have taken other countries have ta ken measures. other countries have taken measures. we were slow to it and they will be wondering why this didn't happen sooner and why the delay now.— this didn't happen sooner and why the delay now. during the summer. _ why the delay now. during the summer. the _ why the delay now. during the summer, the travel _ why the delay now. during the summer, the travel industry i why the delay now. during the i summer, the travel industry saw travel corridors is a lifeline that kept people going on holiday. today, many say they support the suspension so long as travel corridors can come back later this year. if as travel corridors can come back

crowded scenes like this at heathrow today will no doubt further debate on whether further measures are further measures are needed. a new government ad campaign launched this evening aims to ram home the message to the public of the extreme pressures on the nhs and the impact of the virus. hugh pym, bbc news. governments around the world are counting on the vaccination programme to get us out of lockdown but there's one vital question that scientists can't yet answer — will people who've had the jab still be able to pass the virus on? 0ur science editor david shukman looks at the current evidence surrounding transmission. rolling out the vaccines at a gathering pace marks the first big turning point in the pandemic, each one creating more protection against the disease. but there is something crucial that we don't yet understand — if you've been vaccinated, can you still get infected? you'd be safe if that happened, but could you spread the virus to others? we don't know for sure at this moment in time whether an individual is infected after receiving the vaccine they can transmit that

this was heathrow airport last friday.essential work, education and medical treatment. after weeks of increasing travel restrictions, the government has announced it will bring in quarantining in hotels for some. we will introduce a new managed isolation process in hotels for those who cannot be refused entry, including those arriving home from countries where we have already imposed international travel bans. they will be required to isolate for ten days, without exception. the policy will include those travelling from high—risk countries including portugal, all of south america, and many countries in africa. existing restrictions mean that only uk and irish nationals and those with residency in the uk can travel from those countries at the moment. they'll be taken directly from the airport to government—provided accommodation, and quarantine will last ten days. passengers will need to pay the cost themselves. scotland and wales have already said they follow it but they want the government to go further. while the scottis

heathrow, they pay 120 million a year business rates.travellers to show a negative cocoa that has before travelling to the uk also kicks in tomorrow and the government has said the enforcement of quarantine will now be stepped up. temporary stricter isolation rules have been in place before, early last year, some travellers returning from wuhan in china or houston nhs hospitalfacilities after police escorts. today, the government was asked if they would now require arrivals to quarantine in hotels. there is a challenge in the workability and deliverability, but we need to look at that based on the account of the experience. i don't accept we have been too slow in this, we are broadly the same pace as canada and germany. we will keep other potential measures under review, but they have got to be workable. travel businesses from airlines to eurostar a struggling while traffic remains at extremely low levels. the industry accepts the public health need for tighter rules but says a pathway out of the crisis needs to be mapped out. in the las

further tests on arrival, and will be able to go straight- onto the public transport system from heathrowely i to still be thousands of people each day, and does she thinks that is wise? - priti patel replied that people should not be travelling. border force have given me examples where even at saint pancras, people have been showing up with their skis. that is clearly not acceptable. we see plenty of influencers on social media showing off about which parts of the world that they're in, mainly in sunny parts of the world. going on holiday is not an exemption, and it's important that people stay at home. the home secretary, priti patel. you're watching wednesday in parliament. the government has been accused of a staggering lack of urgency in addressing the human rights situation in russia and the jailing of the opposition leader, alexei navalny. mr navalny was arrested on his return to moscow, months after he was almost killed in a nerve agent attack which he blamed on president putin. last weekend, thousands of opposition supporters defied police to take part in mass rallies across the

crowded scenes like this at heathrow today will no doubt fuel the debate on whether further measuresg aims to ram home the message to the public of the extreme pressures on the nhs and the impact of the virus. hugh pym, bbc news. a night time curfew comes into force in the netherlands for the first time on saturday, as part of further measures to contain coronavirus. the stay at home order runs from 9:00 at night to 4:30 in the morning. anyone outdoors within those times will need a valid work reason, backed up with a letter from their employer, or it must be an emergency. anna holligan reports from the hague. this is a reflection of how serious dutch politicians see the threat posed by these mutated strains. they are now bringing in new rules they previously ruled out as too draconian and excessive for a rule—abiding nation. the curfew is designed to reduce social gatherings. since bars and restaurants closed last month, there's been a significant increase in the number of house parties and underground raves. flights are now banned from areas considered high risk, where the new vari

heathrow airport this afternoon — amid fresh concerns about new variants from abroad, the prime minister the programme tonight, there's good news from the vaccination programme. almost five and a half million people have now had at least one dose of the vaccine, including more than 70% of people over 80 devastation in brazil — more than 200,000 have already died,

book some of the cations until an announcement is made charlie angela reports now from london's heathrow airport. it seems ministers are a little bit divided on what form these measures to take some ministers are saying it should be a blanket approach to all travelers coming into the u.k. similar to what they have in australia where arrivals the bus straight to apple hotels and of course to quarantine for 10 days at their own expense other ministers are looking for a more targeted approach saying it should only apply to u.k. residents and u.k. citizens returning from the more high risk countries the allied industry is saying that this measure any measures will essentially be closing the ukase of borders and they say that the policies u.k. has already already enough at the moment as it stands arrivals into the u.k. have to provide a negative posted test before they depart and on arrival they have to self isolate for 10 days so they say the government says that is not being properly enforced flights from south africa and brazil have already been banned but the u.k. is saying that this risk

crowds at this in heathrow will for the debate on whether further measures are needed. launched this evening aims to round the message to the public of the extreme pressures on the nhs and the impact of the virus. professor calum semple is a specialist in outbreak medicine at the university of liverpool. he's also a member of the government's scientific advisory group sage but spoke to us earlier in a personal capacity when he explained further what the research is indicating at an early stage. there we re were when i talk about bodies in the streets or a breakdown in society. but for the people at risk, there is a small but significant rise in risk so the message here now is if you are in a high—risk group and you are called for vaccination, please take on that vaccination, please go and get it and if you are not in the high risk groups to get called you, please pay —— pay particular attention to social distancing, mass, handwashing or ventilating your rooms. brazil has the second highest coronavirus death toll in the world and the country is struggling with a new vari

fact, it's tightening them that's coming next here at the border, after pictures like this from heathrowt is expected to make people arriving from high—risk countries stay in hotel for ten days at their own expense. this will apply at the very least to foreigners, maybe everyone. chris mason, bbc news. let's talk to our political correspondentjessica parker in westminster. so, really, they want a timetable, some conservative mps and others? yes, they do want a timetable, a route map or more specifically a set of milestones, criteria by which the government says when we reach this milestone, we will look to do x for example. for example, reopening schools. ministers have repeatedly said reopening schools is the number one priority when it comes to lifting lockdown but it is not clear at the moment when that will be, so of course you have children missing out on school. we have parents who are trying to juggle both work and home schooling as well, so a lot of pressure on families up and down the country. so it does feel there is a renewed push from conservative mps this morning to put pres

spread of covid—19, a former british ambassador has shared an image of what he says is a crowded heathrow04. a further 865 new cases have also been reported, and a total of 151,039 first doses of the vaccine have been administered. dr tom black is the chair of the british medical association in northern ireland. thank you so much for your time. bring us your reaction to another day of difficulty for northern ireland when it comes to the desk. we have seen a lot of deaths over the last few weeks in northern ireland due to the coronavirus. we have seen a lot of infections building up in the new year. the number infected each week is now starting to go down. unfortunately we have a lot of pressure on our medical wards and hospitals and that is reaching a peak in the medical wards. our is reaching a peak in the medical wards. 0ur concern is reaching a peak in the medical wards. our concern is that due to the lag period that next week we will see the biggest pressure probably on our intensive care units so that is ahead of us still. tote so that is ahead of us still. we have heard — so that is

and pictures like this from heathrow airport have added pressure for firmer measures at our borders,he world. on monday, ministers will discuss the possibility of enforced quarantine on arrival in designated hotels. look them in the eyes and tell them that you're doing all you can to stop the spread. but the key message to most of us remains the same. stay home, protect the nhs, save lives. dan johnson, bbc news. dr chaand nagpaul is the chair of the british medical association. very good to speak to you again. thank you for being with us on bbc news. this is obviously difficult time for doctors. they are in the process of carrying out the vaccination programme as we speak. they have been very, very busy with this. did you have any reservation about sending this letter? was the kind of a bit of internal debate about whether it was light to do that and publicly? i about whether it was light to do that and publicly?— about whether it was light to do that and publicly? i want to say, first of all. _ that and publicly? i want to say, first of all. i— that and publicly? i want to say, fir

it's easy enough if i turn up at heathrow and i have a paraguayan passport and i havejust at heathroweek has had to fill in a passenger locator form and self—isolate at home. that will continue but it looks to me as though a couple of hundred people every day are going to have a rather more rigorous and expensive experience. you to have a rather more rigorous and expensive experience.— to have a rather more rigorous and expensive experience. you detail the australian system. _ expensive experience. you detail the australian system. do _ expensive experience. you detail the australian system. do you _ expensive experience. you detail the australian system. do you know i expensive experience. you detail the australian system. do you know how| australian system. do you know how they believe that in australia to make sure people stay in hotels? yes, they have security guards. the whole thing is very military. you touch down, there are probably only about 30 people on your flight because they are restricting admissions so much. you then get a police escort to the hotel, then there are secu

heathrow airport handled just over a million passengers in december, down nearly 83% on last year.ism that this policy would have been more effective if it had been introduced earlier. ., , ., �* , , , . earlier. lots of the british public will say that _ earlier. lots of the british public will say that we _ earlier. lots of the british public will say that we are _ earlier. lots of the british public will say that we are really - earlier. lots of the british publicl will say that we are really worried about the variant in other countries. other countries have taken measures. we were slow to it and they will be wondering why this didn't happen sooner and why the delay now until monday.- didn't happen sooner and why the delay now until monday. during the summer, delay now until monday. during the summer. the _ delay now until monday. during the summer, the travel _ delay now until monday. during the summer, the travel industry - delay now until monday. during the summer, the travel industry saw. summer, the travel industry saw travel corridors as a lifeline. it kept people going on

heathrow airport for example is saying you are effectively shutting britain down, the economic consequences be helped, do you think? we have said all along that there are restrictions imposed by government that it is part of government's responsibility to ensure that businesses affected are supported as well. look, the whole air industry across the world has been impacted by this and i think that unless we do get the virus under control, which does mean we are much more vigilant in terms of new strains coming into the country, it will continue to be affected, so we have to take strong action now. we have been too slow so far, so we need to get on and to do this. fin to need to get on and to do this. on to schools. need to get on and to do this. on to schools- the — need to get on and to do this. on to schools. the prime _ need to get on and to do this. on to schools. the prime minister - need to get on and to do this. on to schools. the prime minister today says frustratingly schools will be reopened as soon as we can and however frustrating reopened as soon as we can and howeverfrustrating

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