Will go back into a nationwide lockdown. Im afraid. The basic message is that the. State. Can save lives. And. The screen. Of the age of 90 unique insights into the scots life from a. Former scottish 1st minister alex. This is our National Thomas with us we start with news from the. Greek orthodox priest has been shot and injured side of his church the gunman fled the scene however police now have a suspect in custody. Reports. A suspect is in custody but its not been confirmed that this is definitely the perpetrator behind this attack which saw a 52 year old Greek Orthodox priest shot in the stomach you know the priest who is attended to by medics at the scene was able to give a description of the perpetrator and he has been named the priest that is by the greek government is being Nicholas Akaka the luckiest no there is some suggestion that this may be a small speech but ill tell you more about that in a minute lets 1st of all lets have a look at what are you witnesses accounts saw a
Another man on a jet ski also helped with the rescue. Well done by them. Day one of the newlook nba playoffs is done, and all the socalled home teams came away winners in orlando. The top performance, utahs donvan mitchell, 57 points in the jazzs loss to the Denver Nuggets but thats the third best in nba playoff history. Todays schedule opens with title favorites milwaukee taking on the orlando magic. Turning to the nfl and the big announcement from the washington Football Team. The franchise is making nfl history, naming jason wright the leagues firstever black Team President. Heres abcs janai norman. Reporter as the nfl prepares to kick off its season in just a few weeks, the stakes are at an alltime high for washingtons Football Team following months of turmoil. Owner dan snyder in the hot seat facing mounting pressure to sell the team after a series of scandals shook up the franchise formerly known as the redskins. Snyder, who had once vowed to never change the controversial name,
We dont know if we could get it past him right but we got it passed and i think its probably one of the great things that weve done in this administration tens of thousands of jobs billions and billions of dollars being brought into areas in neighborhoods that would never ever ever be taken care of monetary only areas that didnt have 0. 10 put them in him for years and decades and now people are investing thriving in the jobs have come back we achieved the lowest black hispanic and asian unemployment rates in American History and we will do it again. Well do it again were fighting for School Choice which really is the civil rights of all time in this country frankly School Choice is the civil rights statement of the year of the decade and probably beyond because all children have to have access to quality education a child zipcode in america should never determine their future and thats what was happening so were very very strong on School Choice and i hope everybody remembers that and
Resignation and his resignation does say that of the supposedly warm words ofjeremy corbyn, it is very telling that i wish to see you in number ten now that the differences have been broad document. Strengthening the grip on the party. Also worth noting is that they were going to go after tom watsons seat. In the most brexit part of the country where he was a well known remainder, they were sitting on their hands and momentum did nothing for him and he is heavily tainted from the paedophile scandal where he acted quite scandalously and never apologised. The cocktail of this thing led to him resigning and someone was thing led to him resigning and someone was speculating that maybe youre going to see him go into the jungle, talk about his diet and have a career after this but a big blow for labour and also signifying the end ofan for labour and also signifying the end of an era. More moderate people leaving the party. There is this continuing lurch to the hard left. For is kind of a com
Bbc. Co. Uk news and the news app. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Hong kong violence flares. How the ongoing unrest threatens to push the Asian Financial hub deeper into recession. And yahoo japan mergers. They confirm its plan to create the countries exist internet company. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. We start with hong kong because police have moved on hundreds of protesters occupying a University Campus after a long stand off. University campus after a long sta nd off. Protesters a re Polytechnic University have been hurling petrol bombs and shooting arrows at police from behind barricades and that comes in the latest fla reu p barricades and that comes in the latest flareup of Anti Government demonstrations that have convulsed the city for over five months. The u nrest the city for over five months. The unrest has already pushed hong kong into its first recession in a decade with concerns that the ongoing protest will trigger a longer an