Lesbos. And well take an in depth look at the continuing row between australia and china with journalists expelled from beijing and now chinese academics having their visas withdrawn in australia. The European Union is threatening to take legal action against the uk over its controversial new brexit bill. The uk government wants to ignore parts of last yea rs Withdrawal Agreement, specifically on issues concerning Northern Ireland. The eu says that would be unacceptable. This is the European Commissions Vice President Maro Sefcovic in london today. He flew in for emergency talks with the senior uk cabinet minister michael gove. They dont appear to have resolved anything. When those talks concluded the European Commission issued a very sternly worded statement, saying. The Commission Says the proposed legislation. Well explain why the eu believes that to be the case in a moment, but first, heres chris morris on that statement. The message from the eu is very clear. And i spent several y
Between australia and china with chinese academics having their visas withdrawn in australia and australian journalists expelled from beijing. The European Union is threatening to take legal action against the uk over its controversial new brexit bill. The uk government wants to ignore parts of last yea rs Withdrawal Agreement, specifically on issues concerning Northern Ireland. The eu says that would be unacceptable. This is the European Commissions Vice President Maro Sefcovic in london today. He flew in for emergency talks with the senior uk cabinet minister michael gove. They dont appear to have resolved anything. When those talks concluded the European Commission issued a very sternly worded statement, saying. Well explain why the eu believes that to be the case in a moment, but first, heres chris morris on that statement. The message from the eu is very clear, and i spent several years covering the eu in brussels wading through statements of incredibly dense and dull prose. This
Social gatherings in scotland will be limited to six people, from no more than two households, as fears grow about infections there. The roof of a school bus is sheared off in a crash in hampshire three children are in hospital with serious injuries. Wildlife is dying out at a rate never seen in Human History according to a stark new report from the World Wide Fund for nature you are full of surprises, contests. So are you, mr bond. The actress Dame Diana Rigg famous for her roles injames bond and the avengers has died at the age of 82. Tributes have been pouring in for the star. The eu has demanded the government withdraw its plan to override parts of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement, calling it an extremely serious violation of International Law. The European Commission warned it was ready to take legal action against the uk, and said the governments internal market bill had damaged trust between them. In a statement issued, the European Commission said. If the bill were to be adopted
Speaker, im going to part from a script here because i have heard the naysayers before and ive heard those on the other side complaining that we will never get testing going in there the same old voices. The same old voices, they oppose the 100,000 tests and did we deliver that . Yes, we did. What about testing and care homes . Be delivered the test to care homes earlier this week. They are against everything thatis week. They are against everything that is needed to solve this problem for this country and they would do far better to support their constituents and get with the programme. You heard matt hancock mention care homes there. Well, there is concern about rising levels of infection in many parts of the uk joining me now is andrew winstanley, ceo of berkley care group, who have locked down their seven care homes again as a result of the rising number of cases. A huge blow to the residence you have. It feels like a much easier call to make than the one we made in early march. I
Tributes to the actress dame diana rigg. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. Im kasia madera, stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The west coast of the United States is waking up to some of the most devastating wildfire damage the region has ever seen. Flames have been driven by extreme winds and high temperatures, and at least seven people have died. 0verall, nearly a hundred fires have been burning through the western states over the past few days. They stretch from Portland Oregon to los angeles, california some 1,300 kilometres away, from where our correspondent david willis now reports. Across the american west, historic wildfires are devouring everything in their path. Unnaturally hot weather, combined with bone dry conditions and warm winds, have created a meteorological perfect storm, leaving firefighters inundated. Record high temperatures this last weekend led to this series of fires on the outskirts of