Local restrictions imposed across europe as france records the highest number of coronavirus deaths in 4 months the u. K. Also warns of new curbs. Chinese on tech talk and we chat wont be downloadable in the u. S. From sunday though President Trump says hes still open to a deal. And we begin with breaking news from the u. S. For a Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has died of complications from pancreatic cancer the 87 year old had been a champion of womens rights and the leader of the courts liberal wing her death gives President Trump a chance to dramatically expand the courts conservative majority at a time when america is deeply divided and the president ial vote is just over 6 weeks away and estabrook begins our coverage of Ruth Bader Ginsburgs life and legacy. Physically Ruth Bader Ginsburg was diminutive but she loomed large on the u. S. Supreme court begins for it was a bloody talking liberal who often challenged her conservative colleagues on the bench born to jewish i
To speak to a man tortured by authorities in baton rouge since the un condemns attacks on up to 7000 people. And times up for ticktock the Us Government will ban downloads of the chinese owned up from sunday. Im sorry higher than of all the sports by munich it does a good title defense with a massive win the champions thrashing stroker 8 snail. Follow france is seen a Record Number of new coronavirus cases with more than 13000 infections registered in the past 24 hours the Health Ministry says 154 people died in hospital on thursday thats the highest number in 4 months the u. K. Government is considering whether to impose a 2nd National Lockdown of the daily cases in england nearly double still around 6000 in the past week israel is back in nationwide lock down for a 2nd time following a spike in numbers there its come at the height of the jewish Holiday Season and many European Countries are introducing new measures movement is being limited in spains capital denmark is applying a cur
Universities write to the uk education secretary calling for more money to help with the cost of taking in extra students following a government u turn on a level grades. And coming up this hour, the three victorian forts originally built to defend england against the french going up for sale. Hello and welcome. If you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The number of people being randomly tested in the community to track the prevalence of covid 19 is to be incased up in england. From october, 150,000 people will be tested every fortnight as part of the office for National Statistics programme which is separate from the Mass Testing Programme of people who have symptoms. The figure is up from the 28,000 in england who are currently sent a home testing kit. Testing will also be expanded in scotland, wales and northern ireland. The health secretary, matt hancock, says the expansion of testing in the
Emergency for tokyo, osaka and six other prefectures. Last week the government canceled the nationwide declaration for the other 39 prefectures. Officials are focusing on infection statistics in tokyo as well as in osaka where one new case was reported on monday. Amid the decline in new cases the government is urging people to maintain social distancing measures to prevent the second wave of infections. In total more than 16,300 people have tested positive for the coronavirus here in japan. Now, face masks made by members of japans new minority are in high demand. They gained nationalal attenti after the cabinet secretary wore one. It beaars patterns that the ain people believe wards off bad things. They have a backlog after receiving orders for around 1,200 masks. Translator we have received emails from people across the country and its their wish to avoid bad luck. Im glad theyre embracing our culture. It takes at least one hour to stitch the pattern by hand. The pandemic is having a
We the people podcast and i cant wait to share her work and her insights with you. Lindsay, welcome to americas town hall. Thank you so much for having me. And Edward Larsen holds the hue and hazel darling chair in law and is University Professor of history at pepperdine university, he is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in history and coauthor of 14 books, several of them on George Washington and the founders and his newest book is franklin and washington, the founding partnership. It is great to welcome you to the National Constitution center. Thanks for having me back if only virtually. Well it is just great. And im so eager to learn from both of you and with both of you in the spirit of louie brandize, let us reason together, let the learning begin. Okay. Ed, lets begin with you because you have this powerful pairing of the two founders you consider the first among the founders, washington and franklin. You note that they are labelled first and second in the most famous portrait o