Alibaba raises 21. 8 billion dollars in its share sale. Welcome to countdown on this historic day. Lets get straight to the history, the top story in edinburgh for the scottish vote story on the independence. The votes are being tallied. Early vote tallies put the no campaign ahead. And that edwards anna edwards is there live. Shes been up since the wee hours. 1 30 a. M. The numbers started to trickle through. We started to see an early lead for the no campaign. 32 counts, six in the know campaign. The 32 counts of reporting. We have a great deal about the story now. The no campaign. Not means it looks as if the campaign has done enough here and its to remind you that this is no to independence, no to breaking up the United Kingdom. No or no thanks, he says he has been humbled by the amount of support the team has seen. The Scottish National party leading the yes campaign. Alex hammond on twitter congratulating the people in glasgow voting yes to independence. They did make some big wi
The british Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has said the government will proceed with maximum caution when coronavirus restrictions are eased. Boris johnson is due to announce his plans for england in a speech on sunday. Ministers have insisted any short term changes to lockdown measures will be modest. Theres been another big jump in the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits, as the us grapples with how to emerge from the coronavirus lockdown. A further 3. 2 Million People filed claims this week. The numbers identifying as homeless have also reached record levels. The french government has announced more details of how it will ease one of the harshest lockdowns in europe. Authorities have issued a colour coded map of the country, outlining areas that can lift their restrictions depending on the rate of infection. That is it from me and the team. Coming up next now, the week in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament, a week when the uks pandemic d
This is bbc news. The headlines the british Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has said he will continue to lead the governments handling of the Coronavirus Crisis despite contracting the disease himself. Mrjohnson said he was suffering mild symptoms and was isolating himself. Britains Health Secretary also has the virus and the chief medical officer is showing symptoms. President trump has signed into law a 2 trillion emergency spending package to relieve the impact of the coronavirus on the us economy. Its the largest such programme in modern american history. The us has now reported more than 100,000 cases of the virus. More than 900 people have died in italy as a result of coronavirus in a single day, pushing the number of dead to more than 9000. Pope francis has spoken of the thick darkness that has enveloped italy as it is stricken by the pandemic. Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. A wetware Boris Johnson told us to stay home t
Now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament. As the uks coronavirus death toll tops 30,000, questions for the Prime Minister. That is not success or apparent success. Can the Prime Minister tell us how on earth did it come to this . A returning Boris Johnson acknowledges the scale of the crisis. There is an epidemic going on in care homes which is something that i bitterly regret. And history is made in wales. Translation this is the first meeting of senate and the Welsh Parliament. All that to come and more. But first. As the uk became the first european country to record 30,000 coronavirus deaths, the Prime Minister told mps he bitterly regrets the coronavirus epidemic in care homes. In his first appearance in the commons since march, borisjohnson also said he found shortages of personal protective equipment enraging. And with the government having failed to meet its testing target on several days this week, he set a new target of two
Hello this is bbc news. Im tim willcox. The headlines borisjohnson says people should stay at home as much as possible ahead of outlining a road map towards easing lockdown restrictions in england. But the government is forced to defend its decision to update its core message for england after accusations the slogan stay alert is confusing. Airlines say theyve had no clarity from the government on the future of the industry after holding talks earlier today. It follows reports a m day quarantine would be introduced for all passengers arriving into the uk. President trumps handling of the pandemic is called a chaotic disaster by his predecessor, barack obama. And south koreas president warns of a second wave of infection, as a new cluster of cases is confirmed. Now on bbc news, we take a look back at the week in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament, a week when the uks pandemic death toll became the highest in europe. A returning Prime Minister admitted the sca