This is bbc news. Welcome if you are watching here in the uk or around the globe. Im james reynolds. Our top stories the gunman in the thai mass shooting has been shot dead by Security Forces. The serviceman killed 20 people and injured dozens more in a shooting rampage. In other news the coronavirus is now more deadly than sars, as the death toll in china exceeds 800. Too close to call exit polls in irelands general election point to a three way tie between the Prime Ministers fine gael and two opposition parties. Ahead of the oscars and its long running diversity debate, film director spike lee tells us why hollywood still has such a long way to go
within the past hour, police in thailand have said that a soldier who went on a rampage in a Shopping Mall in the city of nakhon ratchasima, killing at least 20 people, has been shot dead by Security Forces. He wounded more than a0 other people, ten of them believed to be critically injured. He had taken cover in the terminal 21 Shopping M
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The uk government issues an easter message urging people to remain at home this weekend as governments across the world ask people to stay indoors to stop the spread of coronavirus. The british Prime Minister is spending a sixth day in hospital after leaving intensive care. His father urges him to rest. Eu finance ministers agree a 500 billion euro rescue package to help countries worst affected by the pandemic. New york starts to bury some of its dead in mass graves with nearly 160,000 people infected with coronavirus across the state. And a bbc investigation reveals british businesses have lost nearly £2 million in coronavirus related
fraud buying nonexistent Medical Equipment online. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Im joanna gosling, bringing you all the latest covid 19 developments here in the uk and globally. As the easter weekend begins, we are all being reminded
The Prime Minister is moved out of intensive care as the uks death toll rises sharply again another 881 people have lost their lives to coronavirus. Borisjohnson is spending his 5th night in hospital after being moved to a ward doctors say they are monitoring him closely almost 8000 have now died among them tony wilkes who broke his arm and caught the virus in hospital. It was just so dreadful that no one was able to visit him for three weeks and no one was able to be with him in his final hours and minutes. Police step up checks on social distancing as the government says its too early to lift restrictions and urges everyone to stay at home over the easter weekend. Lets not undo the gains we have made, lets not waste the sacrifices so many people have made we musnt
give the coronavirus a Second Chance to kill more people and to hurt our country. Still at work just. Warnings about the huge impact that virus could have on the uk economy. And hundreds of nhs workers, carers and key staff
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Mass walk outs and strikes spread across belarus as the unrest over the disputed president ial election grows. The president warned of the Financial Hardship people will face if they dont return to work. Translation you should explain to people that this is the only chance to save their companies. If you save your company, youll be able to feed your family. In the capital, minsk, some 10,000 protesters descend on a government building in the centre of the city. Meanwhile, eu Foreign Ministers consider sanctions against belarus. A desperate dash to the french port of calais as britons scramble to get
home before the uks new quarantine measures on france come into force. And President Trump stokes a patently false theory that Kamala Harris doesnt qualify to serve as us vice president. European union Foreign Ministers have moved a step closer to imposing sanctions on belarus. Theyre reported to have agr
This is bbc news. Im shaun ley. These are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. Tempers flare as truck drivers, stranded in southern england are told they need a test and a negative result before they can travel to france. England told me i have to test, and then i can go to france. But i dont see a test. President trump refuses to sign a 900 billion Coronavirus Relief package agreed by both sides of the us congress, described by him as a disgrace. Calls for more people to be vaccinated with a single dose, rather than fewer receiving the required two jabs. How much immunity would one dose give . And with virtually no new daily cases, it looks as if coronavirus has been kept at bay in singapore we look at how they did it. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Rail, air and sea services between britain and france have restarted, after the french government agreed t