Its believed 1 in 400 outside of hospitals and care homes have caught covid 19. Lets go, well start cutting at 12 01, so come on in. People queue at midnight for much needed haircuts, as new zealand reopens thousands of businesses at the end of lockdown. When tiers are in your eyes. And the hospital choir whose bridge over troubled water got a shout out from paul simon. Good afternoon and welcome to viewers on bbc one and the bbc news channel ahead of the daily downing street coronavirus update. The government has announced that a further 428 people have died with the virus in the uk bringing the total number of deaths in hospitals and the Wider Community to 33,614 people. The news comes as Scientists Say a new blood test, which detects whether someone has had coronavirus, is a major step forward. The test looks for antibodies which could indicate some immunity to covid 19 in the future. It was approved last night by Public Health england, and ministers say they want to roll it out as
Later in the show. Maciaela is on assignment and were following two stories. Wolf blitzer is on the ground in israel as they launch a ground offensive. The military trying to close off tunnels. Well get back to wolf in just a second. Hell cover all of that for us. But, first, we must begin with the stunning realization according to a senior u. S. Official that it was a missile that brought down flight 17 over a rebelcontrolled part of Eastern Ukraine. 298 people were on that flight when it was shot from the sky. Most of the passengers have been identified. None so far are american. Ukrainian officials now calling for justice. They accuse prorussian separatists of shooting down the plane. But russian president Vladimir Putin is pointing his finger at ukraine, blaming its military campaign against the separatists. This disaster may only inflame the already whitehot tensions between the u. S. And russia, as well. That is for sure. Well put to work the full resources of cnn into this break
Rescue workers and firefighters trying to put out the flames. The boeing 777 was flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. It disappeared from radar over Eastern Ukraine. The jet exploded midair, fell to the ground in pieces. The charred wreckage stretching for kill pleerts. A senior u. S. Official said radar detected a surfacetoair missile right before the plane went down. The u. S. Is analyzing the trajectory of the missile to try to determine where exactly it came from. The selfproclaimed Prime Minister of the donetsk peoples republic visited the craft site late on thursday. There is him there in the middle of that picture. Prorussian separatists denying firing a missile at plane. Russian president Vladimir Putin said the military offensive against rebels in Eastern Ukraine is to blame. But ukraines president said this is a terrorist act. Translator ive just finished a conversation with the Prime Minister of the netherlands, and expressed my condolences. On behalf of ukraine, i invited
Sophisticated equipment and sophisticated training and that is coming from russia. Reporter the russian president is pointing his finger at ukraine. Not many buy that. Two questions hang over the tragedy. Who and why . Nearly since the plane vanished from radar, many have pointed fingers at pro russian rebels. Is this the smoking gun . Video released by ukrainian intelligence of an ann aircraft battery driving off with one missile apparently missing. Was it the one that brought flight 17 crashing down . The second question, why . Was it all a mistake . Ukraine says this proves it was the work of rebels. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] learning who did this and why wont bring back the victims. 298 souls gone leaving behind hundreds of grieving families. Youll hear those victims stories and a sharp debate over who did this and what it means this hour only on cnn. Cnn news live at the place where the flight crashed. Well go there in just a moment. First lets get you up to speed on the la
In america. How addiction is crippling a generation of kids leaving granld parents and foster families caring for the children left behind. Good afternoon, Everyone Welcome to the the lead. Im jake tapper. President trump began first ever u. N. Assembly saying United Nations has not reached full potential. And saying he wants to make the world great. Not great again. Just great. President trump has long been a critic of the international body. Today he says no one nation should shoulder too much on its own. And of course he took the opportunity to tout trump tower which is across the street. Now at the u. N. For us is our correspondent. He spoke with two World Leaders. But tomorrow is the big event. Hell address the world. Do you haveny idea what message hell try though deliver . Reporter well, jake, certainly a chance for President Trump to fill in more of the blanks still evolving trump doctrine. Tomorrows chapter im told begins with north korea. The main message is make the United N