Sides of culture and commerce that enrich all of us and make our countries stronger. Translation] we have a wide range of issues that we share and have discussed in the past in various forms. But, today our focus was on what has been a significant challenge and for families that have been at risk as a of children leaving the homes in Central America and making the journey that poses great dangers to themselves. [spanish translator] all of us recognize that we have a shared responsibility to correct this problem. President molina hosted Vice President biden to look at steps that could be taken to alleviate this challenge. And, today, what i did was share with my counterparts the efforts the United States has in our containing response, including resources at the border, more facilities to care for these children that have more resources for immigration courts to process the claims of these children in a way that is orderly and timely, that protects due process and expedites the length o
New security law in the territory which led to mass protests. Could we see an extension of the countries we can travel to . Dozens more could be exempt from the governments quarantine rules to allow people to go on a foreign holiday. Over the castle on the hill. A star studded list, featuring the likes of ed sheeran, sir Paul Mccartney and annie lennox call on the government to do more to protect the uks live music venues. Hello, good morning to you and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh and you can get in touch with me about any of our stories today on twitter. Schools in england will be told to stagger break times, Group Children into bubbles and focus on core subjects when they return to the classroom in september. The government is expected to confirm safety plans based on reducing contact, rather than social distancing. For gcses and a levels, most pupils will be expected to continue with all of their intended subjects. Attendance will be compulsory, with the threat of penalty
Democrats say the cost cutting measures are slowing mail delivery. Many americans are expected to use the mailin Ballot System because of the coronavirus pandemic, though they say postmaster general louis dejoy and President Trump are trying to sabotage the election, so say the democrats, President Trump and dejoy say thats not so. The house says the bill is an overreaction. The president says the democrats are trying to steal the election. Democrats say thats not so. In the middle of all this on the hill is chad pergram as we await the vote. Reporter we think the vote will come sometime in the next hour, hour andahalf. Theyve got a little ways to go yet here. Democrats are very concerned about vote by mail. They believe the president and the postmaster general are trying to undermine vote by mail ahead of the november election. Heres House Speaker nancy pelosi. Dont pay any attention to what the president is saying. Because it is all designed to suppress the vote. Hes going to have La
The World Health Organization has called for more wealthy countries tojoin has called for more wealthy countries to join its global vaccine agreement. It aims to distribute future vaccines against covid 19 in a fair and equitable way. At least 150 countries are signed up to the scheme. That represents around two thirds of the worlds population. The us and china, though, have declined. The covax facility will help to bring the pandemic under control, save lives. Ensure that the race for vaccines is a collaboration not a contest. This is not charity, it is in every countrys best interest. We think we swim together. The Senior Vice President and dean of Clinical Affairs in houston told me the programme is designed to ensure all countries have fair access. Here we have been pinning all our hopes on a vaccine to get us our hopes on a vaccine to get us out of this mess and imagine a world where there are countries that are habits and countries that are habits and countries that are habits an
Hello. Just the past couple of hours its been announced that all pubs and restaurants in england will have to close from 10pm from thursday onward. Table service only will be allowed the governments chief scientific adviser warned that without action there is a chance that 50,000 people could becoming infected with the coronavirus every day. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. No one wants to see another huge wave of covid cases in hospital, with nhs staff working round the clock in ppe. But the governments key advisers on the pandemic delivered a sombre warning although hospital cases are lower now compared to april, that could all change. If we dont do enough, the virus will take off, and at the moment, that is the path that we clearly are on, and if we do not change course, then we are going to find ourselves in a very difficult problem. Its thought the epidemic is doubling in size in the uk every week. Now, if that was to happen for the next four weeks we could have nearly 50,