The uk government says it will strengthen the regional test and trace system as it cuts 6000 contact tracers in england by the end of the month. Lebanons president has asked the countrys government to stay on temporarily after all its ministers resigned amid mounting anger over last weeks massive explosion that devastated parts of beirut. Excuse me. Oh. This was the moment President Trump was led away from a live news briefing by Security Officials after an armed man was shot close to the white house. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Employment in the uk has seen the largest fall in over a decade as the coronavirus pandemic hits the jobs market. Thats according to new figures for april tojune from the office for national statistics. Responding to the figures, chancellor rishi sunak said hes always been clear, that he is unable to protect every job affected by coronaviru
And very comfortable evening on the way. Barely in the 70s by 7 00. Well see how long it lasts coming up. San mateo countys economy could take another hit this week. Right now the county is not on the states watch list, but that could change. And the economy of course is one of the areas that were focusing on in our effort to build a better bay area especially during this pandemic. So for weeks, hair salons, nail salons and gyms have been open in San Mateo County. Julian glover is live with the new worry that Business Owners face. Good morning. This is the last thing that those Business Owners wanted it hear. For the last few days, they were among just a couple counties here in the bay area not on the states watch list because were hearing now that that could soon change. County leaders believe that it could happen as soon as tuesday, tomorrow. So if that were to happen, churches, hairsalons, gyms, tattoo parlors, they would all have to close. Business owners sharing their frustration.
Deadlock. Egypts parliament accuse president for approval to deploy troops to neighboring libya to defend National Security. Antigovernment protesters once again descend on the mali and capital determined to remove the president from power. And theres been a breakthrough in the urgent search for a Coronavirus Vaccine here in the u. K. A candidate treatment developed at unprecedented speed by a team at the university of oxford has shown promising early results Scientists Say its safe for humans and triggered the critical immune response which could stop the virus in its tracks on the findings are encouraging larger trials still need to be done over and begins our coverage from oxford. Phase one really could have gone much better for the oxford team early positive signs now confirmed in the published research this is an important milestone on the par but were now moving rapidly forwards to try to evaluate whether the vaccine actually protects the population. By conducting large scale tri
Ill be back tomorrow. Mike will be here at the top of the hour. Now on bbc news. Hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The International Outcry prompted by chinas imposition of a draconian new National Security law in hong kong has been long and loud, but will it make any difference . Inside the territory itself, protests have been muted and the main pro democracy activist movement, well, its disbanded itself. My guest today was one of the founders of that movement, nathan law. He is now in exile here in london. So, is chinas hardline hong kong strategy working . Nathan law, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for the invitation. Lets begin with your current situation. Why did you decide to flee hong kong . Well, as we all know, the hong kong government, well, at least accepted, or the Central Government directly enacted, the National Security law in hong kong, which. It is written in such a broad and fake term that could well possibly be used as a legal weap
Migrant rescue ship allowed to dock in italy since the pandemic began aid groups say theyre concerned many more will follow. The rate of covert 19 infections in the u. S. Has surged across southern and southwestern states new cases of the virus spiked with bars restaurants and other businesses reopened early there are questions over whether struction 7 lifted too soon rob reynolds reports from los angeles. 29 u. S. States and territories are seeing a spike in coronavirus cases several including arizona california oklahoma and texas reported record high single day infections governor rhonda scientists says worrying numbers of new cases involve young people who were previously thought to be at lesser risk huge huge numbers of people particularly in that 20 to 30 cohort who are testing but then testing positive 62 percent of all new cases in florida for the week of june 7th are under the age of 45 decentest says some younger people have let down their guard i think that weve started to se