A three-year-old girl has been pulled out alive after being trapped under rubble for 65 hours following a powerful earthquake in Turkey.
Mongolians battle to keep culture alive in China – BBC News
Ethnic Mongolians battle to keep their language and culture alive in China Close In recent years, the Chinese government has faced damning criticism over its handling of ethnic minorities like the Uighurs and also...
Desperate search for missing victims of earthquake in Turkey and Greek islands – BBC News
Rescue teams are continuing to search for around a hundred people missing since a powerful earthquake struck off Turkey’s Aegean coast — causing widespread damage in the city of Izmir.
CBI chief says second lockdown is a “body blow for business”
CBI boss Dame Carolyn Fairbairn says the second national lockdown is a “body blow for business”. She says the country needs to do “everything we can to minimise the impact”.
David Miliband: ‘Biden feels Brexit has reduced the influence of the UK’
The former Labour foreign secretary David Miliband says Joe Biden will be “warm” towards the UK but will also be “very realistic” about issues that the country is “struggling with”.
Coronavirus: PM announces second national lockdown
Pubs, bars, restaurants and non-essential retail will close from Thursday for four weeks across England, with furlough payments at 80% extended for the duration of the new measures.
Coronavirus: The risk to the NHS without a lockdown in England
Sir Patrick Vallance and Prof Chris Whitty explained the need for a lockdown and warned of a second wave even deadlier than the first.