A lwa ys on the whole, my view is that it is always better to trust peoples sins to give them a clear sense of what is wise in individuals and businesses are responding well to that. President trump finally wears a face mask in public as the United States posts another daily record for new coronavirus cases. Home secretary priti patel and her french counterpart sign an agreement on intelligence sharing in an effort to tackle people smugglers. Three generations of bollywoods bachchan family test positive for coronavirus. Closing in on victory, they need just 31 runs to win. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Seventy three people have tested positive for coronavirus at a farm in herefordshire. About two hundred people work as pickers and packers at the farm in mathon between hereford and wo rce rste r. During harvesting, they live in mobile homes on site, so as a precaution, all workers there are being asked to self isolate within their households. The director of Public Health for
European ally stocks flying high Departure Time for aig standing down after more than a decade at the top. China confirms the vice premier will travel to the u. S. To engage the preliminary trade deal as washington and beijing coordinate closely over the arrangements for the signing ceremony welcome to the program, President Trump says tensions between iran and the u. S. Are easing and are standing down after it launched multiple missiles against the target and reiterated the demand other world powers should abandon the nuclear deal with iran its worth looking at how and where looking at the map of the region here, of course, youve seen the location for these attacks in iraq on the iraqi bases that house american soldiers weve had conflict in syria in many parts of the country. Youve had hezbollah here in lebanon in large part by the forces in tehran in terms of the palestine process with strong links to the iranian government as well a few attacks on the saudi facility weve heard in t
Spending your money this year. Good morning from Blenheim Palace and youre listening to the oxford gospel event choir. Alice in the palace here, some wet weather but mild compared to as of late. More details later. Its monday, december 23rd. Our top story there are calls for a government inquiry into racism in football. Its after the Chelsea Player, Antonio Rudiger, complained of racist chanting during yesterdays premier league match at tottenham. The professional Footballers Association said it was disgusted by the reports, and insisted urgent action was needed. Heres our sports correspondent, andy swiss. It was a day english football was once again overshadowed by racism. Chelseas Antonio Rudiger clearly showing hed heard abuse from the crowd an hour into his teams game against tottenham. He informed his captain, who in turn told the referee, and after he spoke to both managers, for the first time in the premier league, a warning was made over the public address system, twice repeate
The intervention from the chief rabbi has prompted a leading Muslim Organisation to criticise the conservatives for their handling of claims of islamophobia in the party. In other news. Dont give this man your vote because of his brexit policy thats the message from former tory cabinet minister lord heseltine. A present senior minister hit back. Michael i think advised people to vote liberal democrat in the european election. So in that sense he is consistent. But i do think he is wrong on this. A bleak outlook, says the un on Climate Change. The world has to act much faster to avoid Dangerous Levels of global warming. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with ben croucher. Ho isato ho is a to lead Tottenham Hotspur at home for the first time tonight. He says he likes the love his fans give their side. And andy murrays thoughts on retirement. Thanks, ben. And another ben ben rich has all the weather. We have had some cloud and outbreaks of rain. It has been mild. That will change
Phase one could be coming soon. The fast fashion sector is under the spotlight today, as one of its leading players gets ready to tell us its latest financial results. The british giant primark helped spearhead the rise of the industry, and its performance will come in for major scrutiny as the sector faces increasing pressure. British mps have scrutinised fast fashion and made a series of recommendations. These include a penny tax on every garment sold, in order to help fund more recycling, and moves to ban the incineration of unwanted clothes. In the uk alone, consumers send around 300,000 tons of clothes a year to incineration or landfill. The Environmental Campaign Group Friends of the earth says up to 64 of fabrics we wear are now synthetic, and these are damaging when burned or sent to landfill. The fashion sector employs around 60 million workers. The Walk Free Foundation estimates a0 Million People are living in modern slavery today, many of them in supply chains of western clo