President trump says hes only willing to go as high as 1. 5 trillion. Signs of the pandemic getting more prominent. The u. K. Reporting a Record Number of virus cases today. With more on how it is playing into the markets, Abigail Doolittle in new york. Tech shares going back and forth but tech leading the way out of the red. Walk us through the day. Abigail another amazing one, but probably more so than a reason days because of the whiplash. The nasdaq 100 at the lows early on, down 1. 1 . It was at one point, up nearly 2 . Just about flat and then closing higher by about 6 10 of 1 . What that volatility tells you on the day, the week, the month and on the year uncertainty. No one knows. When you have firm control from the buyers or the sellers that you can make the case between february and march, the sellers were on control around the uncertainty around the pandemic. The buyers took control but on the year, just about flat for the s p 500. It is a real stalemate as we go into the el
Universities write to the uk education secretary calling for more money to help with the cost of taking in extra students following a government u turn on a level grades. And coming up this hour, the three victorian forts originally built to defend england against the french going up for sale. Hello and welcome. If you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The number of people being randomly tested in the community to track the prevalence of covid 19 is to be incased up in england. From october, 150,000 people will be tested every fortnight as part of the office for National Statistics programme which is separate from the Mass Testing Programme of people who have symptoms. The figure is up from the 28,000 in england who are currently sent a home testing kit. Testing will also be expanded in scotland, wales and northern ireland. The health secretary, matt hancock, says the expansion of testing in the
Overnight we saw a 50 reduction in a candidate for Vice President. 00v as new zealands largest city is put back into lockdown your projects, live projects were investigate whether coronavirus could have actually being put on hold, so that re entered the country through freight shipments. Sport now. And for a full round up, was quite difficult, having to deal from the bbc sport centre, with that vanity business was heres holly hamilton. Working perfectly up until that good afternoon. Point. This weekends super League Matches todays figures show that involving hull fc and salford hard times are here. Have been postponed, hundreds of thousands of people have after six hull fc players and two already lost theirjobs, and sadly many more will. Members of their Coaching Staff senator Kamala Harris makes history tested positive for coronavirus following their game on sunday. After shes named asjoe bidens president ial running mate five of those hull fc players the first black woman to be a can
And Nobel Peace Prize lets return to the Northern Irish winner, has died. Politician and Nobel Peace Prize winnerjohn hume, who has died at the age of 83. A bbc investigation finds the number of deaths an architect of the northern from coronavirus in iran is nearly ireland Peace Process, he was regarded as one of the most three times higher than important figures in recent the government claims. Irish political history. Earlier, we heard from the bbcs former ireland correspondent Islamic State militants denis murray, who paid tribute in afghanistan say theyre behind an attack on a prison in the city to the life ofjohn hume. In my opinion, he wasntjust a of jalala bad thats left at least 20 dead and hundreds of prisoners giant of irish politics, he was a trying to flee. Nearly two years giant of irish politics, he was a giant of irish politics, he was a giant of uk politics and i think it on from the collapse of genoas morandi bridge, was a giant of World Politics, as killing 43 people,
75 years on from devastation the people of hiroshima mark the use of the First Nuclear bomb with silent prayers. And coming up this hour. Beavers are given the right to remain in england 15 family groups are given permisssion to stay, 400 years after the animals were hunted to extinction in the country. Hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Aid from around the world has started to arrive in lebanon after the devastating chemical explosion in the port area of beirut on tuesday. The death toll now stands at 137 people, but is expected to rise. More than 5000 people were injured in the explosion. The country is begining three days of National Mourning as a two week state of emergency is declared in the region. And as leaders from around the world pledge their support for the relief effort, the french president Emmanuel Macron is due to meet his lebanese counterpart this mornin