Controversial comments. Also this lunchtime i dont have anger issues. Actorjohnny depp gives evidence to a defamation hearing over newspaper claims that he assaulted his ex wife. A Green Recovery the government sets out details of a £3 billion plan to cut emissions and support jobs. Serving more time three pubs which re opened at the weekend have had to close, after customers tested positive for covid 19. Lockdown in oz five million residents in melbourne are told to stay at home for six weeks, amid a surge in coronavirus cases. Well its very nice to have you here and i think youre the boss, not me and camilla, the duchess of cornwall, opens the doors of Clarence House to 5 live and describes how shes been missing the hugs of her grandchildren during the lockdown. And coming up on bbc news ex England International eni aluko has called for a target of 30 of people from black, asian and minority ethnic backgrounds at the top level of sport. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at
Top of strong rally yesterday. The dow industrials having biggest oneday point gain ever, 11 and a third percent. S p up 9 , 209 points higher yesterday. President trump says he wants the country opened up and raring to go by easter. The white house quarantine for those People Living new york which has more than half of all cases in the United States right now. The private sector stepping up against its fight. 3m chairman and ceo with teaming up with ford and General Electric to make respirators and ventilators. India on lockdown. 1. 3 billion people ordered to stay home. Mornings with maria live right now. We want to check Global Markets this morning. In Europe Senate agreement of stimulus plan leading to green across the board. Check up the markets, s p up and overnight similar story, finishing strong, take a look at the asian markets. Best performer in japan, kospi in korea up almost 6 . Oil prices this morning on upswing extending gains a third section in a row. Twentyeight cents a
Also u. S. Lawmakers reach a deal on a 2 trillion dollar rescue package to help people and businesses deal with the economic strain of the pandemic this is a wartime level of the past and you are no. And dozens of hostages are freed at least 20 killed after a siege at a secret center in the Afghan Capital is brought to an end. Welcome to the program spain has now surpassed china in the overall number of krona virus deaths latest figures coming in so that 738. 00 people have died taking the total to almost 3500. 00 more than 42000 people are fighting the virus the country the death toll is 2nd only to italy is live for us in madrid real concerns about this sharp rise in the spanish death toll. Yes of course. We remember that there are santa warrants years these days we can say the wars was still to come so this is becoming true because spain jams to 47610. 00 coronavirus cases and the death toll of our 3434 being madrid again the region more affected 573038 people have died in the last
Conditions. President trump wants to roll back social distancing guidelines by easter in order to get the economy back on its feet but not everyone agrees. With this epidemic on the move in the united states, our economy will not be normal anyway. There would be an extraordinary amount of sickness and pressure on hospitals in a way that we havent experienced before. I think its just important for everyone thinking about both options. Keeping these measures in place or considering changing them that we really all understand what the consequences of both will be. Well, as the president considers rolling back social distance guidelines measures, doctors are encouraging everythieveryone to stay home. That includes the kids. Amy hollyfield has advice from a pediatrician. Amy . Hi, reggie. Playgrounds like this one are closed for a reason. This is heather farms in walnut creek. People are tempted to come and let their kids play and be outside, but Officials Say the shelter at home order appl
City sees a dramatic rise in the number of private 19 cases. We were looking at a Freight Train coming across the country were now looking at a bullet through. Because the numbers are growing up there were. Dozens of hostages freed at least 25. 00 killed after a siege as a sikh center in the Afghan Capital was brought to an end. Of december the school has a limp the course is trying to reorganize tokyo 2020 i. O. C. President thomas bos describes it as a beautiful jigsaw puzzle does not rule out holding the games in the spring rather than the summer. Spain has had its west day yet of the coronavirus pandemic with more than 700 new deaths it is now past the death toll of china just in the past 24 hours the number of deaths has such to almost 3500 nearly 48000 people have been infected there and only italy has now seen a great loss of life in india 1300000000 people are under orders to stay in their homes the National Lockdown there will last for 21 days india has only seen around 600 co