But businesses will be asked to pick up some of the costs. The World Health Organisation says the americas are now driving the pandemic and some countries failed to take its warnings about the disease seriously. The world pays tributes to the foot soldiers in scrubs battling covid 19 for International Nurses day. Welcome. Lets start in the us, where the scientist leading the response to coronavirus has warned the senate of serious consequences if the country opens up too soon. Dr Anthony Fauci said there could be new spikes of covid 19 and conceded the number of deaths is likely to be higher than the offical number. Heres a little of what he had to say. Some areas cities, states or what have you jump over those various checkpoints and prematurely open up without having the capability of being able to respond effectively and efficiently. My concern is that we will start to see little spikes that might turn into outbreaks, so therefore i have been very clear in my message to try to the b
Minister flailing around, trying to blame others. Last week he was telling the house that it was not yet safe for kids to go back to school. This week, he is saying not enough kids are going back. A dire forecast for the Global Economy the biggest downturn in peacetime in a century, with the uk hardest hit of developed countries escape from lockdown human beings will be allowed out to visit zoos and safari parks from next week. Councils under pressure to act as other controversial statues are targetted by protestors. Applause and calls to celebrate the nhss 72nd birthday and thank key workers for their support during the pandemic with a nationwide clap next month. Boris johnson has been forced to defend his plans for re opening schools in tetchy exchanges during Prime Ministers questions. After the governments u turn on getting Primary Schoolchildren in england back before the summer break, labour leader sir keir starmer told him he needed to take responsibility for a mess and accused
For flouting the governments own guidelines. Also tonight businesses will have to pay around a quarter of the wages of furloughed workers from the start of august. And guernsey will become the first part of the British Isles to lift nearly all its lockdown restrictions. Good evening. The Prime Ministers top aide, Dominic Cummings, is facing calls to resign after travelling more than 250 miles with his wife, who had suspected coronavirus, to be near relatives during the lockdown. Downing street says that he drove from london to County Durham, where there was family to help with childcare if he also became unwell, and that it was in line with lockdown guidelines. Mr cummings was unapologetic, saying hed done the right thing, and had behaved reasonably and legally. Cabinet ministers have indicated their support for mr cummings, and the transport secretary, grant shapps, said he had the full support of the Prime Minister. It comes as 282 more deaths were announced in the past 2a hours. It
As long as progress in containing coronavirus continues. And spain says its going to reopen its borders, lifting the two week coronavirus quarantine requirement for foreign travellers from july the 1st. Welcome. If youre in the uk, theres one story everyone has been talking about all weekend. Thats borisjohnsons chief aide Dominic Cummings taking a 400 kilometre trip to durham at the height of lockdown restrictions. Today we heard from him in a rare public media appearance. He said he wont resign despite growing calls for him to and that he didnt regret his decisions. He says he took them because he and his wife feared becoming too ill to take care of their child. Heres some of what he said. I can understand that some people will argue that i should have stayed at my home in london throughout. I understand these views. I know the intense hardship and sacrifice the entire country has had to go through. However, i respectfully disagree. The legal rules inevitably do not cover all circums
To re open from monday. The announcement comes a day after the government abandoned plans for all Primary Schools to return before the summer. The same voices that last week were basically supporting, you know, people who were saying, do not open up the schools, are this week criticising us for saying, well, well take it deliberately carefully. A warning from National Health Service Leaders in england ten Million People could end up on hospital waiting lists by the end of the year. More than 30 years after the assassination of swedish prime minsiter olof palme, Police Identify the main suspect as a man who died 20 years ago. After another slave trader statue is removed, Labour Councils in the uk plan a review into public monuments. And theres a warning that almost 300,000 children in india could die, due to severe malnutrition and a lack of essential services, amid the coronavirus lockdown. After another slave trader statue is removed, Labour Councils in the uk plan a review into publi