Newcomers to the world of politics. And the price of exclusive travel five times last week, the Us Health Secretary swapped commercial flights for his own private jet. At what cost to the taxpayer . Hello and welcome. Im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. There are two huge natural disasters at the moment. Were going to start in mexico where parents are right now waiting outside a school to see if rescue workers can find their children in the rubble caused by the quake that struck yesterday. We know at least 200 have died in the earthquake we dont know how many more are still trapped. Rescuers across the capital are working anxiously, in some place they are removing debris by hand and from time to time pausing to listen for any signs of life. A lot of the focus is on that Primary School where 20 children and five adults were killed when their classrooms collapsed around them. 30 more students are still missing. Aleem maqbool sent us this report from mexico city.
I think its a watergate size and scale. We need the facts, its obvious there are people out there whio want to harm the president. We have an obligation to carry out our oversight regardless of which party is in the white house. Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in 42 years, but wages arent keeping up with inflation. Chelsea manning, the former us soldier, who Passed Hundreds Of Thousands confidential diplomatic documents to wikileaks, has been released from a Military Prison in kansas. And items worn by one of televisions best Loved Characters, Coronation Streets busybody hilda ogden, have sold for more than £4,000 at auction. Its five oclock. Our main story the Liberal Democrats are putting another Eu Referendum at the heart of their General Election manifesto which was launched earlier today. The party said it would let the people decide Whether Brexit happens, once negotiations have finished. The partys leader tim farron says the decision to leave the eu could wreck the
To become mandatory. Parts of the us are still struggling to get on top of the pandemic. If florida were a country, the number of new cases there in one day would put it fourth in the world. And Manchester City have overturned a two year ban on playing European Club football that would have seriously harmed their finances and their chances of keeping their best players. Welcome. The head of the World Health Organization has repeated his warning that the pandemic is getting worse it says too many countries are heading in the wrong direction. This is from its latest briefing. We need to reach a sustainable situation where we have adequate control of the virus without shutting down our lives entirely. Lurching from lockdown to lockdown. Which has a hugely detrimental impact on societies. I want to be straight with you, there will be no return to the old normal for the foreseeable future. One of the fundamental challenges of this pandemic is how little we know what covidi9 is doing to the
Thank you forjoining us. Beirut is a disaster zone, 300,000 people have had to leave their homes, and a two week state of emergency has been declared and that desperate situation is compounded by accusations of incompetence, factional in fighting and an economic mess inflicted on lebanon by its own governing elite. The huge explosion on tuesday, which killed at least 135 people and injured thousands more, was caused by the ignition of 2,700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate being kept in the port area of beirut, despite the risks. The government has placed some officials under house arrest. Quentin sommervilles report contains scenes which you may find distressing. In a country long battered by shock, a fresh, unnatural disaster has seized lebanon. The fires burned long here at the port. The cause a powder keg of unstable chemicals, left to rot in the very heart of beirut. The shock could be felt in cyprus, syria and israel. The 2500 tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate fertiliser was the equivalent of a
Because of safety concerns. At the inquest into the death of Caroline Flack, police deny treating the tv presenter differently because she was a celebrity. And, after 400 years beavers are being allowed to live in the wild again in england. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Our top story this afternoon the economic slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic wont be as deep as first feared, but the recovery will take longer than anticipated, according to the bank of england. The bank expects the economy to shrink by 9. 5 this year. While this would be the biggest annual decline in a century, it had predicted the economy would shrink by 14 . The bank warned that the jobs Market Recovery would take longer as it held Interest Rates at 0. 1 . Unemployment is expected to rise to 7. 5 at the end of this year as government funded support schemes come to an end. Heres our economics correspondent andy verity. The fortunes of this used car dealership in richmond, yorkshire closely mirror what