Secretary of state mike compare arrives in the u. K. I made tensions with china over hong kong and 5 g. Technology. And mollys opposition calls for a pause in protests calling on the president to step down while regional mediators try to end the crisis and people seemed with the sports Human Rights Watch school only unishe premier league to take saudi arabias human rights record into account when considering the countrys take over good from new calls the United States. Thank you for joining us our newly released Intelligence Report has found the British Government actively avoided looking into evidence of russian interference in the u. K. Politics it says the government failed to take action even after evidence emerged that moscow tried to influence. 2014 Scottish Independence referendum the report also indicates the kremlin meddled in the 2016 brecks it vote but its hard to prove while the u. K. Was slow to recognize this threat and the report warns russias cyber capability pauses wha
A running mate. Waiting for news that bella reuss thousands are still in prison after protests against sundays disputed election. Homes and schools damaged beyond repair and a severe shortage of hospital beds when we called from the beirut blast cleanup effort to reveal the extent of the devastation. Reports of a social media post considered offensive to islam sparkle violent protests in southern india. All the sport the European Champions League return to action with an all new format 8 teams are in portugal for knockout tournament that will decide this seasons winners. Sen comedy harris has described this years u. S. President ial election as a battle for the soul of the nation the day after being chosen by joe biden as his candidate for Vice President biden and harris will make their 1st appearance together at a Democratic Campaign event in just under 2 hours time harris is the 1st black woman to be included on a major partys president ial ticket the 2 will deliver remarks in wilmin
A result of the pandemic claims of espionage and state secrecy the diplomatic dispute between the u. S. And china intensifies in. The 1st friday prayers at Istanbuls Hagia Sophia after its controversial change of status from a museum to a mosque. In School Football 100 students of friends after a 4 month break caused by coronavirus a limited number of fans were allowed into the stadium. In the french cup final. Welcome to the news hour more than 6 months since the corona virus was 1st detected in china the pandemic is still ripping through the world that record rates more than 284000 new infections have been reported in the last 24 hours thats a record rise according to the World Health Organization nearly 10000. 00 people have died in that same period the biggest spike since the end if april across the planet the virus has killed more than 635000 people more than a 5th of those fatalities are in the us the worlds worst hit country a new hot spots in the south and west have pushed the
Hidden education emergency more on the millions of children will miss out on school because of the pandemic. Im joining with the sports. Played to play next seasons Champions League cup winning their appeal against a 2 year ban. While the political shift towards the right in Eastern Europe has got yet another boost with polands incumbent on to do the nominally winning the president ial runoff he secured just over 51 percent of the vote in a close race against the liberal wausau mayor ruffle toss coffee to this party already controls parliament and this result means it can press ahead with its conservative agenda alexey obrien reports. It was a vote seen as a. Basle for polands future and the results show a country divided but by a tiny margin andrzej duda will stay in office. Hes been there for 5 years propped up by the rightwing law and Justice Party yet for all the control they wield in poland due to filed to secure a comfortable when they are not a bad example i want to make it clea
As International Cricket gets set for its return ben stokes readies himself for his first outing as england captain. Two time World Champion Fernando Alonso is coming back to formula 1 after stepping away in 2018. And, the half a billion dollar man. Patrick mahomes signs the most lucrative contract in the history of american sport. Welcome along to sportsday. Lovely to have you with us. Football, golf, even some tennis theyve all been able to return in some form already since the lockdown and now, the wait is almost over for cricket. Tomorrow in southampton, england and west indies will get under way in the first test of their three match series. Its all behind closed doors and in a bio secure bubble. Ben stokes will also captain england for the first time as regular skipperjoe root is on paternity leave. Very exciting times. Really looking forward to it. It is a different situation to what we are use to as a group with being in lockdown and every thing else that has came along with it