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
Very bullish and effervescent Boris Johnson with a big majority to play with. This is our election special. Good afternoon. You join us live in westminster where borisjohnson is beginning a new term as Prime Minister after the conservatives won their biggest majority since 1987. The tory leader returned to downing street earlier after visiting Buckingham Palace to ask the queen for permission to form a government. Overnight his gamble to hold a december election paid off. He now has a majority of 78 and a mandate, he says, to leave the eu. With this mandate and this majority we will at last be able to do what . Get brexit done labour perfomed poorly, losing 59 seats many of them in places theyve held for decades. Jeremy corbyn says hell stand down as leader early next year. I think the responsible thing to do is not to walk away from the whole thing and i wont do that. I will stay here until there has been somebody elected to succeed me and then i will step down at that point. A strong
Im afraid, with this case. The queen hails the bravery of passers by yesterday, who restrained the attacker before he was shot dead by police. When we were all kicking him and holding him to the ground, we we re we were trying to dislodge the knife from his hand so he couldnt hurt anybody else. The guys that were there were just amazing, absolutely incredible people. In other news, millions of commuters will have to pay an average of 2. 7 more for rail tickets in the new year. And, at 4 30pm, the highlights from this weeks Victoria Derbyshire programme, including the latest in the series of election blind dates. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc news. In the next few minutes, we hope to have an update from new Scotland Yard, the home of the metropolitan police, where the assistant commissioner, the National Lead officerfor commissioner, the National Lead officer for counterterrorism for the police in england and wales, will be making a statement. He gave way yesterday and we are expecting
Years in the house. New figures reveal uptake of all 13 routine vaccinations for the under fives has fallen in the last 12 months. Strong words from the duke of sussex on a tour of botswana prince harry takes aim at Climate Change deniers. It is a race against time and one in which we are losing. Everyone knows it, there is no excuse for not knowing that, and i think the most troubling part of it is i dont believe there is anybody in this world that can deny science, undeniable science and facts. And coming up, the uks new Polar Research ship, originally due to be called Boaty Mcboatface, is launched, now named after Sir David Attenborough. Good morning and welcome to westminster where borisjohnson is facing calls to moderate his language after the commons witnessed some of the most furious exchanges its seen in recent years last night. A number of conservative mps, including a cabinet minister, have urged him to pick his words carefully, after he accused his opponents of surrendering
A third man is being treated for shock. After the hong kong protests, chinas Ambassador Says his countrys relationship with the uk has been damaged over what china calls interference. Obesity now causes more cases of bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver cancer than smoking according to Cancer Research uk. At the cricket world cup englands bowlers make steady progress as they take on new zealand hoping for a place in the semi finals. A match winning moment, maybe hello, good afternoon. Our main story at five the baby of a heavily pregnant woman who was stabbed to death in south london at the weekend has died. Kelly fauvrelle, who was 26 and eight months pregnant, was attacked in her home on saturday night. Her baby, named riley by her family, was delivered by paramedics at the scene, but died in the early hours of this morning. The police have released footage of a man seen running away from the house that night. They say they are still unclear about the motive. Sarah campbell has sent this