As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, putting the country technically into recession. The World Health Organisation says up to a quarter of a billion people in africa could catch coronavirus this year. But says the outbreak is likely to be less deadly than in europe and the us cafes a nd restau ra nts have begun reopening in many parts of australia, but with limits on the number of customers allowed in. And calls for nhs workers in the uk whove treated coronavirus patients to get the same Mental Health support as soldiers returning from war. It would be like having, you know, 15, 20 patients who are really on the edge who are going to die in the next few hours if you dont do anything every 12 hours. That is how bad it is. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak in the uk and around the world. Here, unions representing teachers and school staff will meet the governments top scientific advisors today, as they dem
Female liberal democrat leader, after decisively beating sir ed davey in a poll of party members. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Iran tensions escalate. Oil holds is gains. India to billion dollar co living market, how the millennial s are changing the traditional concept ofa are changing the traditional concept of a home. Good morning asia, hello world. Glad you could join us. Lets start off with the Global Energy market and oil prices, as you can see, are basically sustaining their gains overnight. As a tensions with iran escalates, iran says it has arrested i7 spies who it says were working with cia and the sentence some of them to death. The suspects they say have been gaining information on the military and nuclear operations. President trump dismissed the accusations as a totally false. The tensions have escalated no doubt and probably the highest i can remember in two decades covering the oil markets but concern is probably not the word i would use.
And coming up in business indias crypto crackdown. Why the country could soon ban bitcoin, ripple, and other digital currencies. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. It will get extremely hot here in Central London with temperatures rising above 30 celsius but also it will be very heated when it comes to the politics. And you can be part of the conversation. Send us your comments and questions about the the conservative leadership contest. Ill be talking to Iain Anderson and putting some of your points to him. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. So, it is a momentous day here at westminster. After several weeks of campaigning, the new leader of the Uk Conservative Party will be announced in just a few hours. That person will also be moving into number 10 as britains new Prime Minister. It will be one of these two men. Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, or the current foreign secretaryjeremy hunt. Mrjohnson is th
Catch everyones attention. Markets. Its a huge day for uk politics, because in a few hours from now, the conservative party will have a new leader. The markets and investors will be keeping a close eye on developments, to see how the change of leadership will effect post brexit trade negotiations. So far, the uk has agreed continuity deals with 12 countries and regions. These include a group of countries from south america and the caribbean, and agreements with norway and switzerland as well as others. The total value of these deals is around 91; billion. Injune, the uk signed an outline Free Trade Agreement with south korea, which would look to maintain the current deal. Trade between the two countries is currently around 10 billion a year. Mutual recognition agreements have also been reached with the united states, australia and new zealand. These deals are not Free Trade Agreements, but similar to current deals these countries have with the European Union. Last year trade between th
Women and children. Also the silent, growing anger and frustration in israel with thousands, a gathering in tennessee, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister benjamin miss young. Im drawing a hole in front of the Union Buildings in pretoria with it being celebrations of south africas 1st free and democratic election, the prose, Nelson Mandela and the African National congress to power 30 years ago. Im trying to get as real as go with the sports roughly madell gets the biggest when it has come back so far. The 22 time grand slam champion these i like the middle in the drange for his 1st victory over top of 2012 in nearly 2 years. The thank you for joining us. We begin in the us ways to, to, in demonstrations against the war on guys i have spread across the country, encampments and demonstrations have sprung up from the us capital to both coasts. But they ongoing efforts by University Officials and police to enter the protests. Police are detained about a 100 people. Why sharing a