A legit state sponsored torture begins in germany. A standoff in the South China Sea the u. S. And a stray away into a dispute between china and malaysia. And in sports the n. F. L. Draft gets ready to go virtual the games best Young Players will be selected remotely millions of fans watching. Lets begin in the United States where figures released just hours ago paint a devastating picture of the economy in just 5 weeks tens of millions of jobs have been wiped out take a look at the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits thats fewer than the week before when more than 5300000 registered for jobless support but the scale of these weekly figures is unprecedented in all more than 26000000 americans have now applied for Unemployment Benefits since the end of march that was when President Donald Trump made the 1st of his coded 19 outbreak declarations. I want house correspondent kimberly house joins us live from washington d. C. Rising unemployment kinle
At the world darts championship. We have had more rain on already saturated ground. Plenty of Flood Warning and plenty of mist and fog. Essentially, a day of sunshine and showers. More detail on that in the next half hour. Its sunday the 22nd of december. Our top story the authorities in australia are warning people its still not safe to return to areas devastated by wild fires, even where the flames appear to have been extinguished. The countrys Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, who was criticised for going on holiday during the crisis, has now conceded that Climate Change could be have contributed to the fires. Our sydney correspondent, Shaimaa Khaliljoins us now from balmoral in New South Wales. Good morning. We can see behind you, these fires still have a hold on the countryside . Good morning. Balmoral has been one of the worst hit villages from saturdays fires and many people have been told it is still extremely dangerous for them to come back and you can see why. Just behind me, l
Losses. Shipping industry lays out plans for a Research Fund to help cut its Carbon Dioxide emissions. And im we hearting with all of your sports liverpool leave their reserve team to suffer a big defeat back at home as they focus on wednesdays Club World Cup semifinal in qatar. Hello indias top court house postponed hearings on a new citizenship law thats provoked protests and violence nationwide more demonstrations have broken out in new delhi after the decision well the Supreme Court judges want to get more details about the legislation from the government before considering petitions so the law makes it easier for people from afghanistan bangladesh and pakistan to gain citizenship but it excludes muslims critics say thats blatant discrimination by a government they accuse of driving a hindu nationalist agenda of 4 people have been killed in demonstrations since that law was introduced Prime Minister there were modi is refusing to back down. The hill raman spoke exclusively with a S
39 people found dead in a refrigerated truck in essex. The snp launch their Election Campaign, saying they would try to form an alliance with other parties, to lock the conservatives out of power. An 18 year old boy is jailed for minimum of 12 and half years, for the murder of his former girlfriend. In a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first, a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc. After this evening on bbc. Borisjohnson is accused of misunderstanding after borisjohnson is accused of misunderstanding his own exit deal in relation to customs checks in the Northern Ireland. We hearfrom our reality check correspondence. As floods gripped the north of england we examine the catastrophic effect it is having on farms in warwickshire were in some areas the soil has become so sodden they cant plant any crops. And at 8 45pm, we go through the cinema releases. Thats all coming up. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im jane dougall. A R
To take on germany. Good morning. It has been the cold est good morning. It has been the coldest night of autumn so far temperatures and parts of scotland close to minus seven degrees. After a frosty start some will see rain today, hopefully not too much for those areas that have had such major flooding. I will have all the details later here on breakfast. Its saturday the 9th of november. Our top story. A clean up operation is underway in parts of Northern England afterflooding caused by a months worth of rain which fell injust one day. In derbyshire, one woman has died after being swept away by floodwater. There are currently seven severe flood warnings in place along the river don near doncaster. The River Derwent peaked at record levels last night, causing fears it would break its banks and flood the city of derby but levels have since dropped. Jane Frances Kelly reports. Normal life has been put on hold here in matlock which was hit hard by the torrential rain. Dirty brown water f