This is bbc news im Maryam Moshiri with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The uk records the highest number of deaths, linked to coronavirus of any european country. Ministers say, its too early to compare. One of the british governments Senior Scientific advisers, stands down after breaking social distancing rules. President trump confirms the white house is planning to wind down its Coronavirus Task force despite the high number of cases in the us. Singing. And we meet the choir that comes together online to fight isolation, and support each other. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First, daily figures out of the uk show that it now, has the highest official death toll from coronavirus in europe and the second highest in the world after the United States. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, said 29,427 people had now died during the outbreak
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im rajini vaidyanathan. The taj mahal stays locked down as indias number of coronavirus cases reaches a record high. A partial lock down returns to melbourne as Australian Hotel quarantines are ignored, leading to a spike in infections. Why turkey is using its influence in libya to further its ambitions. We have a special report. Ankara wants to be a key player in the future, whatever emerges from the chaos in libya, and its flexing its muscles across the middle east. India has now overtaken russia to become the country with the worlds third highest confirmed coronavirus infections. A sharp rise in new cases in recent days has taken the total Health Ministry figure to about 690,000. More than 19,000 people have died in india so far. Anbarasan ethirajan reports. Coronavirus india has imposed one of the most stringent lockdowns of the most stringent lockdowns of the world to contain the outbreak in lat
Hello, its monday, its ten oclock. Im victoria derbyshire, and were live from new broadcasting house. Our exclusive story today parents in this country are being wrongly arrested and their kids taken into care because of fears that they will carry out female genital mutilation. The police came to my house to remove our children. They arrested my wife, and they put our children into foster care. We did not know what the allegations were. Nobody asked anything, nobody said anything. It was just really a shock. Yousef and his family have since received an apology. Campaigners say families like his are being racially profiled. Showdown at sandringham the queen, Prince Charles, Prince William and prince harry are meeting together for the First Time Since harry and meghans bombshell announcement. How royal do they want to be . What paid employment will they get . This footage has emerged of harry telling the boss of disney that his wife was up for voiceover work. This author tells us meghan
Hello, its wednesday, its ten oclock, im Victoria Derbyshire and were live from new broadcasting house. Today, we can exlusively reveal that more than 100 different types of mesh implants are being sewn into hernia patients by nhs in england and scotland and many of them havent been properly tested. I hope that somebody can fix me, somebody can help. If i was told this is the life for me and there was nothing they could do, i dont think i want to live it. There are claims that patients are being treated like guinea pigs because certain types of mesh implants which are permanent are being used based on little or no medical evidence. There might be Something Like five rabbits. And youve taken a bit of the mesh. Youve thrown a bit of the mesh inside the rabbit and youve left it
there for five days. If there is no immune reaction, you pass the test and thats it. Nearly 300 people contacted us after our programme on hernia mesh back in 2018. Athletes who can no longer compete, parents who c
Hello, youre watching afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm British Airways files a complaint with the European Commission over the government bail out of struggling Airline Flybe. Ba says its a blatant misuse of public funds. The government isnt in the market to bail out private companies. What we do on a case by case basis is look to see whether a business is viable. In the case of flybe, it is a viable business. The duchess of sussexs father, Thomas Markle, is prepared to testify against meghan in her legal battle with the mail on sunday. At least 60 people many of them children are treated for breathing problems and skin irritation, after a passenger plane dumps fuel over schools in la. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with katie shanahan. Good afternoon, simon, and some of tenniss biggest stars have raised over £2. 5 million in a Charity Event to help those affected by the australian bushfire crisis. And the weather has stepped in. Yes, we will look at what has b