Of White Supremacists some giving nazi salutes held A Torch Lit Rally yesterday at the University Of Virginia to protest against a decision to remove a statue of the confederate civil war general, robert e lee. A local State Of Emergency has been declared in two districts. In the past hour, President Trump spoke to the media about the events in cha rlottesville. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and filers on many sides. And filers. It has been going on for a long time. It has no place in america. What is vital now isa place in america. What is vital now is a Swift Restoration Of Law And Order and the protection of lives. On the line is the bbcs joel gunter, whos been at that rally today. Things had calmed but we have had news of that horrific Car Ploughing into people and we understand one person has lost their life. What else do we know . That is about all we know. I was down at the scene earlierjust we know. I was down at the scene
A coronavirus recovery fund. Details of a new proposal have just been released but not yet agreed. And well round up all the latest coronavirus developments from around the world. Welcome. We start with some good news on the search for a vaccine for coronavirus. This is an editorial in the medicaljournal the lancet and the title says it all encouraging results from covid 19 vaccine trials. Two sets of results were published today one from the Jenner Institute at Oxford University and one from chinas academy of military medical sciences and Cansino Biologics in wuhan, china. Both appear safe and trigger an immune response. The lancet says, the results of both studies bode well for phase 3 trials, where the vaccines must be tested on much larger populations of participants to assess their efficacy and safety and that, overall, the results of both trials are broadly similar and promising. Heres the lead researcher on the chinese study speaking to state media back in march, just before Cli
And russian opera singer Anna Netrebko is admitted to hospital with coronavirus. The number of officially recorded coronavirus cases across the globe has climbed above 30 million. According to figures from Johns Hopkins university, in the us, more than 940,000 people worldwide have died with the disease since it first emerged in china late last year. The worst affected countries remain the united states, india and brazil. But theres been a surge in positive tests across europe in recent weeks. Figures from the World Health Organization show that new weekly coronavirus cases in europe exceeded those reported when the pandemic first peaked in march. Well, lets look at some European Countries spain recorded almost 5,000 new infections in 2a hours, up from just over 3,000 the previous day. Almost 2,000 were in the madrid region, which is planning targeted lockdowns. In france, 10,593 cases were recorded on thursday marking the highest single day count since the pandemic began. In the uk, t
On so long. Like, people cannot get a test. It is extremely stressful on hate speech. And we are already dealing with the none upsetting time, and people are being treated poorly. Theyve onlyjust gone back to class a french court has ruled that but already hundreds of pupils are sent home over covid lamine diack, the man who ran fears Teachers Want world athletics for 16 years, is corrupt. Hes been given a four year prison sentence. Here he is entering court today in paris. And he was found guilty of accepting bribes from russian athletes who were suspected of doping. He took money to help cover up positive test results, allowing the athletes to keep competing. And this the guy in charge of the whole sport remember. Heres our Sports Reporter alex capstick. Imean, i mean, this man was a powerful figure in Global Sports notjust in athletics where he was president between 199090 2015. But also in the ioc between 199090 2015. But also in the 10c where he was a senior member. People looked
Hashtag. The other headlines. Care home staff in england are to be given personal protective equipment until march as part of government plans to protect them and patients over the winter. A group of uk mps say the home office has no idea what its £400 million a year Immigration Enforcement unit achieves, meaning it is unprepared for brexit. Us president ial candidatejoe it is unprepared for brexit. Us president ial candidate joe biden condemns trumps handling of the pandemic is close to criminal, accusing him of deliberately playing down the impact of the virus, leading to thousands unnecessary deaths. And seven years after leaving the club, gareth bale is expected to fly to london today to com plete expected to fly to london today to complete a season long loan from real madrid to tottenham. Hello and a warm welcome if you are watching in the uk or around the world. Stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The uk government is considering taking