True all of the country new yorks mayor criticizes the trumpet ministration over a lack of Virus Testing kits. And other hears the taliban releases 20 state prisoners hours after more of their faces a set free by the afghan go. More than 75000 people died in europe after being infected with the coronavirus its the worst affected continent but there are signs of hope its only has recorded its lowest number of new deaths in more than 3 weeks although more than 430 people died on sunday that was a drop of almost 200 from the day before in spain the number of new deaths has risen but thats off the 3 days of declining fatalities officials there say its evidence that lockdown measures are working when im dead in the u. K. Has continued to rise crossing 10600 from minister Boris Johnson has been released from hospital he says his 3 days in intensive care could have gone either way. In the last 7 days i have of course seen the pressure that the n. H. S. Is under ive seen the personal courage n
True all of the country a new york smack criticizes the trumpet ministration of the u. S. Record the highest number of coronavirus related deaths in the world. And in other news more taliban prisoners are released by afghanistans government raising new hopes for a delayed exchange deal. And im peter sims with the sport british motor racing legend Stirling Moss has died at the age of 19 that and more coming up later in the program. We start with coverage of the british governments daily updates on the coronavirus situation and this is Health Secretary matt hancock speaking checkers i hope everyone has seen his message of love and thanks to all those who supported his recovery and to the n. H. S. Colleagues whove had for him so brilliantly thomas hospital. I know that they have cared for him as they would kaffir anybody in this country and its one of the things that makes me so proud that the n. H. S. Is there for all and can give its very best to every Single Person and has been able to
Welcome to outside source. Bbc news for viewers in the u. K. And aroundldhe wcovering the lids developments here in britain in globally when it cmes toonavirus covering the latest developments. A number of coronavirus cases around the world is set to hit one million whin the nextew days. Europe is the continentost badly hit with a Record Number of deaths in sin. While there are signs of improvement in italy, we have a special report on the toll on health care workers. S italy i still far from defending this virus and deaths are still soaring, among them doctors. Amid growing criticism, g the u. K. Ernment promises to increase the ntsber of teso the hundreds of thousands within weeks. And w will have the latest from the u. S. The number of confirmed cases the has passed 200,000. Hello and welcome. Europe is now the continent artist hit bcoronavirus. New years released show covid19 has now killed more than 30,000 peop with ree quarters of those deaths occurring in either spain or italy.
It has been a day of high drama and declaration. 0n the floor of thousand representatives. What is at sta ke thousand representatives. What is at stake is Donald Trumps legacy. In all likelihood, he will be known as the president who was impeached. 0nly the president who was impeached. Only the third in american history. The president himself is called impeachment an ugly word. Impeachment is no less than accusing the elected president of the United States of what the constitution calls high crimes and misdemeanors. But a skilled life to the floor thousand representatives. This is the scene as people are debating this is what they have been debating. 0ne republican laying out their case in defence of the president and then a democrat accusing the president and back and forth on this of power and abuse of congress. It has been going on all day and by most estimates, there been about two more hours to go before they vote on those articles of impeachment in congress and will be 11 capitol
Manchester united are losing 2 1 to sheffield wednesday. Full details in sports day in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson has launched the conservative partys election manifesto, promising to get his brexit deal passed by parliament as soon as possible after the election, if he wins. In a speech in telford in shropshire, he offered what he called a route map to take the country forward. For the nhs in england theres a pledge to add 50 thousand more nurses and restore nursing grants thats on top of an existing promise to pump tens of billions more into the Health Service. He said thered be no rises in income tax, National Insurance and vat for 5 years. And he pledged to raise the threshold at which people start paying National Insurance, to £9,500, a saving of £85 a year, per person. Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg was at the manifesto launch, and her report contains some flash photography. Ahead, but farfrom clear. Feeling optimistic . Tories out the