Within the next week as his choice to replace the Supreme Court judge, ruth bader ginsburg. Anti government protesters in thailand call for reform of the political system and the monarchy. A fly past over Central London marks the 80th anniversary of the battle of britain, following a Memorial Service at Westminster Abbey. And as the us president ial Election Campaign gathers momentum, we have a special edition of talking movies devoted to cinema and politics. Good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. The Health Secretary matt hancock says further National Lockdowns cannot be ruled out if people fail to follow the rules on tackling coronavirus. He was speaking amid growing concern at the rise in the number of infections in the uk. Yesterday fines of up to 10,000 pounds were announced for those who repeatedly fail to self isolate if they test positive. Labour said the governments test and trace system was near collapse. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. Rules and restricti
Across europe, coronavirus cases have been rising and governments have introduced various governments have introduced various measures to governments have introduced various measures to try to contain the virus. Catherine burn s reports. The intensive care unit in marseille, one of the worst affected areas of france, a familiar sight across the world in spring and one becoming more common in parts of europe as winter approaches. In spain, this neighbourhood of madrid and many others will go back into lockdown tomorrow. People are concerned. I think there is an awareness or a realisation that we relaxed too much, as many other countries did. The question is, how do we compare to other countries across europe . Well, over the last fortnight, if you look at cases for every 100,000 people, spain is on the highest at around 300. France is approaching 200, belgium and the netherlands are just over 100 and were lower than that on 69 cases for every 100,000 people. But other countries are much
We need to go to a transition protects workers jobs but also creates a new green economy. We mentioned before but we need to change now. The best solution is not ta ke change now. The best solution is not take carbon out of the ground it is stopping taking fossil fuels out of the ground in the first place not just taking it from the atmosphere. The fossil fuel industry is so entrenched in White Supremacy and oppression to many indigenous groups as well. You never know, he might be listening and may get in touch with us listening and may get in touch with us foran listening and may get in touch with us for an answer. Listening and may get in touch with us for an answer. You listening and may get in touch with us for an answer. You have talked about some of the issues that were debated. We saw some of them in the report. What are some of the practical suggestions that emerge from this summit that perhaps people watching can put into practice to make a difference . One thing that we talke
Throughout this second wave of the pandemic ministers have been keen to ensure that unlike the spring Lockdown School children do not miss out on time in the classroom. Almost half of secondary schools in england sent home one or more pupils because of covid incidents last week. Our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, reports. This is chesterfield high in crosby. Head teacher kevin sexton is faced with the daily pressure of educating children who are absent from school. 0k, we are going to go into year ten now to see some of the kids that have come back from being isolated, just to see if they are ok. Bonjour this week he has had to send him 400 children to self isolate. Almost a third of pupils at the school. Weve got some of our year 11s on the second round of two weeks now, theyve missed. Theyre going to miss four weeks out of seven. Ive got a member of the english team who has only seen his class for five hours out of 28 in the last seven weeks. We have had students and staff
The Supreme Court judge, ruth bader ginsburg. The proposal has triggered a battle, between republicans and democrats about chosing a replacement before the us president ial election. The British Government says its going to impose stiff financial fines on people in england who fail to quarentine themselves, as part of coronavirus restrictions. Anyone who tests positive for the infection or is contacted through the test and trace system will be legally required to self isolate. Tens of thousands of people have taken part in one of the largest Anti Government demonstrations in thailand in years. Protesters close to the royal palace in bangkok demanded the resignation of the prime minister, Prayut Chan Ocha the army general who led a coup six years ago. A new Cancer Task Force set up by nhs england,
will meet next week, to support Cancer Services following the coronavirus pandemic and to try and increase the number of referrals. The charity, Cancer Research uk, estimates there were 350,00