The former king of spain, juan carlos, has left the country, weeks after he was linked to an investigation into alleged corruption. His destination is unknown. He made the announcement in an open letter to his son, felipe, who became the monarch, six years ago. President trump has insisted the coronavirus outbreak in the United States is receding, and criticised one of his top medical advisers, for saying the disease is now a greater threat than when the outbreak first began. The us has the biggest number of reported covid infections and deaths, in the world. Key figures in the Northern Ireland Peace Process have paid their tributes tojohn hume, the catholic politician who has died at the age of 83. He received a nobel prize, for his efforts in bringing about the good friday Peace Agreement in Northern Ireland. Its about half past two in the morning. Its time for a look back now and fridays bafta awards. Hello. Im your high energy host for the Bafta Television awards extra time, where
Aid officials and the un are saying up to 6 Million People in yemen are being denied desperately needed aid because Houthi Rebels are blocking it. The houthis, supported by iran, have been fighting the government backed by saudi arabia, the us and uk for five years. Chinas leader has made a public appearance to highlight the governments efforts to combat the coronavirus. Speaking to medical workers, xi jinping called for more decisive measures to combat the outbreak. At least 1,000 people have died so far, 42,000 cases have been confirmed. The us state of New Hampshire is in the spotlight as voters get ready for tuesdays primary election. Analysts see this as a vital moment for former Vice President joe biden, and some of the other democratic candidates, to boost theirflagging campaigns to become the partys nominee to fight donald trump for the presidency. A 58 year old man has died in hampshire after a tree fell on his car during storm ciara on sunday. Weather warnings remain in place
The headlines quarantine squads in wuhan in china are detaining people suspected of being infected by the new coronavirus. And the authorities in beijing have banned large social gatherings. The number of deaths from the epidemic has risen to more than 700. That surpasses the toll from the sars outbreak almost two decades ago. Democrat Party Candidates vying take on President Trump have held their latest debate in New Hampshire ahead of the primary election to be held on tuesday. The current front runners are mayor Pete Buttigieg and senator bernie sanders. Two key witnesses in Donald Trumps impeachment process have been removed from their government posts. Lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman has been sacked from his white housejob. The Us Ambassador to the european union, Gordon Sondland issued a statement saying he was being recalled from his post. The tv presenter, Phillip Schofield, has revealed hes gay. Hes been married for almost 27 years and has two daughters. He decided to go
One area of one area of concern as particularly one area of concern as we have a severe warning here. Severe gales, take your pick, basically. The uk underneath this area of low pressure, we are all in for it in one form or another. The strongest winds still to come for some areas this afternoon, perhaps the peak will be across scotland this evening, it could get up to 85mph. My graphics appear to be going backwards, and that is really not helpful for you. But it doesnt really matter which way they go to day, the picture is pretty bleak. We have got a line of squally showers and for england and wales, that means the stronger winds to come to the south later on. For central scotland, and on we go through the evening, and storm ciara is off into scandinavia but the winds are still strong. The showers are turning white across scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. Colder air is flooding into the uk on what is still a strong westerly or
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In the american state of iowa, voters have gathered for caucus meetings to choose a Democratic Party contender to take on donald trump in novembers president ial election. A good performance in iowa can provide Important Campaign momentum and it often helps a candidate secure the partys nomination. Hong kong has reported its first death from the coronavirus. The Chinese Health Authorities Say 64 people have died from the new strain of coronavirus in the past 2a hours, bringing the total number of dead to 425. British ministers have announced emergency legislation to end the automatic Early Release of terror offenders from prison. An islamist extremist stabbed two people in london, before being shot dead by police, ten days after being released from prison. Two people were killed in a similar attack in december. Now on bbc news, the travel show. Coming up on this weeks travel show, were going to sicily, home to europes biggest volcano, to find out about the risks and rewards of taking a