Were cancelled. Wales sees the further easing of lockdown restrictions today with the reopening of some tourist accommodation. Frustration for englands cricketers. Theyre under pressure in the first test as west indies take a healthy lead into the second innings. And as the equestrian sport of venti gets under way this weekend for the First Time Since lockdown, we are behind the scenes at the barbary horse trials. And if you are planning to get out and about this weekend i have good news for you, because it looks generally dry for us this weekend. There will be some spells of sunshine and it should be getting a bit warmer as well. Its saturday, the 11th ofjuly. Our top story tougher rules on wearing Face Coverings could be on the way in england, after the Prime Minister said a stricter approach may help stop the spread of coronavirus. Its already mandatory to wear a Face Covering in shops in scotland, and ministers are considering whether to follow suit in england. The government has p
They cant now pass man citys total of 100 points. And it is another great start to the day, but a greater chance of sunshine coming through and for all, it should feel a bit warmer. The full forecast is right here on brea kfast. Its thursdayjuly 16th. Our top story. Twitter has been the subject of a massive hack targeting some of the biggest names in the United States including prominent figures in business and politics as well as celebrities. The list includes bill gates, kanye west, as well as barack obama and joe biden. As part of the scam, fake tweets were posted from verified accounts, asking people to make donations to a Bitcoin Cryptocurrency account. Alanna petroff has the details. Famous tech billionaires can buy themselves almost anything, but it seems no amount of money will help with cyber security. Elon musk, jeff bezos, and bill gates were all victims of a major hack on twitter. Their popular accounts were used to promote a cryptocurrency scam, sending out tweets like thi
Hello, welcome to bbc news. The European Union is now reporting more covid cases than the us more than india and more than brazil. The World Health Organization warned today that european governments must impose tough new restrictions in order to save lives. In france, that means a curfew will come into force on saturday in nine cities, including paris and millions of french people wont be allowed to leave their homes from 9pm to 6am. From paris, Lucy Williamson sent this report. Time moves slowly in the cafe around the sorbonne will stop at student social life, virtually unchanged for centuries, has accelerated infections in cities like paris, marseille and lille. Mattel is studying management here, and agrees that this curfew is for them, but will it work . I dont think that it will it work . I dont think that it will work. If i didnt have a test, i think will work. If i didnt have a test, ithinki will work. If i didnt have a test, i think i will go out with people and do parties at
President trump and his challengerjoe biden have been holding two rival tv town hall events. Theyre instead of the second tv debate which was cancelled due to the president getting coronavirus. The Biden Campaign had its own virus scare on thursday with aides to kamala harris, the Vice President ial nominee, testing positive. All this, as early voters rush to the polls. Lets speak to our north america correspondent ben wright. An interesting evening there in the states, both rival candidates on their the same time. What has been happening . They were meant to be taking pa rt they were meant to be taking part in the debate, this was meant to be the night of the second president ial debate which was scrapped in President Trump refused to take part in a virtual debate which the broadcasters suggested as an alternative because he was still, at that point, recovering from coronavirus, so this is very much a second best option, to networks going head to head with these two rival townhall eve
Than the us and india. Hundreds of yemeni fighters return home after the largest Prisoner Exchange swap since the conflict began. They were meant to go head to head in what should have been the second of three president ial debates tonight. Instead, President Trump and his challengerjoe biden answered questions from the public in two rival tv town hall events. Donald trump became agitated and some times combative as he was questioned about his handling of coronavirus and his refusal to condemn extreme right wing groups. Joe biden at his event in philadelphia said mr trump was still in denial about the scale of the pandemic. Theres been criticism that nbc chose to show mr trumps appearance at the same time as mr bidens event meaning few americans got to see and contrast the two men. So lets give you a taste of the two events. First President Trump during his appearance on nbc news answering a question about qanon, the conspiracy theorists. Let me ask you about qanon. It is this theory t