half hour. the us defence secretary once in a dangerous moment in the middle east as america prepares to respond to the reigning attack that kills three us personnel warns of a dangerous moment. the kills three us personnel warns of a dangerous moment. the president will not tolerate a dangerous moment. the president will not tolerate attacks a dangerous moment. the president will not tolerate attacks on - will not tolerate attacks on american troops and neither will i. european leaders agree a 50 billion euros aid dealfor ukraine. meanwhile, ukraine s ministry of defence says they ve sunk another russian warship in the black sea. footage released shows that being sunk by several see drones. and the double oscar winner sparked controversy by using ai double oscar winner sparked controversy by using al to recreate the voices of two dead singers. we will talk live to the composer. first, let s round up all the business use of the day. ty kenwright has joined us. focusi
Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump has confirmed that the us food and Drug Administration the fda has authorised the emergency use of an experimental anti viral drug, remdesivir, as a treatment for coronavirus. A recent Clinical Trial suggested the drug shortened Recovery Time for people who fall seriously ill with the virus. As we head into the weekend, more than 30 us states are at least partially re opening their economies. President trump, who is keen on getting the us economy started again, insists the drug will make a difference. I am pleased to announce that gilead now has a eua from the fda for remdesivir, you know what that is because that has been a hot thing also in the papers and media for the last little while. An important treatment for hospitalised coronavirus patients, and something i spoke with the doctors and deborah about it. It is really a very promising situation. We have been doing work with the teams at the fda, nih and gilead for spearheadhing this p
Coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. But we bring you some breaking news first but it is not about the coronavirus pandemic. The north Korean Leader kim jong un is reported to have appeared in public for the first time in nearly three weeks. The countrys official news agency said he had opened a fertiliser plant near the capital, pyongyang. The report cant be independently verified, but its been carried by south korean media. With me is our reporter rich preston. We do know that getting any kind of news out of north korea is extremely difficult but what do we know . We have had very little verified, this was printed by south korean media but it was quoting state radio, we have not seen pictures and all we have is the north korean line via south korea so we have to treat it with a huge amount of caution and it is with the underlying for the past 20 days there has been nothing but wild speculation about what has happened to kim jung un, speculation about what has happen
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. We begin in the United States where, a short time ago, President Trump confirmed that food and Drug Administration has authorised the emergency use of an experimental anti viral drug, remdesivir, as a treatment for coronavirus. The measure is not the same as final approval, but the regulator said it believed the benefits outweighed the risks. A recent Clinical Trial suggested that the drug shortened Recovery Time for people who fall seriously ill with the virus. President trump, who is keen on getting the us economy started again, says the drug will make a difference. Iam i am pleased to announce that it now has a eua from the fda for remdesivir, you know what that is because that has been a hot thing also in the papers and media for the last little while. An important treatment for hospitalized coronavirus patients and something i spoke wit
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