France has confirmed that a chinese tourist, who was in his 805, has died from the coronavirus, the first covid 19 death in europe. The death came as the head of the who told a security conference that its still too early to say whether the coronavirus outbreak will become a global epidemic. Canada a global epidemic. Is leading a renewed call for iran canada is leading a renewed call for iran to hand over the black boxes from an airliner brought down over tehran in january. From an airliner brought down over tehran in january. More than 176 people on board were killed. Much of western europe is being battered by a storm front thats causing severe travel disruption. In britain, winds have been gusting at up to 120km h. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled and in the the north of england, troops have been deployed to assist with anti flood measures. A year on from the death of bbc presenter dianne oxberry, her friend and colleague Annabel Tiffin investigates Ovarian Cancer. Annabel, w
Tonight at 10pm. The policy of social distancing will be needed until at least the end of the year, according to the governments chief medical advisor. The forthright message is that highly disru ptive social distancing will need to be in place for really quite a long period of time. I think we have to be very realistic that if people are hoping that it suddenly going to move from where we are now, in lockdown, suddenly into everything is gone, that is a wholly unrealistic expectation. Well have more on the impact of the pandemic in care homes, and the immense pressures on the staff involved. And the governments experts warn there is only an incredibly small chance of a vaccine or treatments being ready for use this year. Also tonight. Cancer charities are warning that
thousands of new cancer cases could be going undetected every week because of the ongoing crisis. Because of the lockdown, victims of Domestic Abuse are unable to seek the help they need, unable to flee abusive partners.
Tonight at ten, the world looks on as americas polling stations prepare to close in the stormy contest for the us presidency. Donald trump, seeking a second term, has struggled to defend his record, on fighting the pandemic. You know, winning is easy. Losing is never easy. Not for me, its not. The democratic challenger, joe biden, whos 77, has been taunted for months that he doesnt have the energy for thejob. It aint over till its over, and when its over, were going to win pennsylvania because of you. Well be reporting from the key Battle Ground states, including pennsylvania, where the race for the white house will be settled. This is a state donald trump barely
won in 2016 by less than 1 . Joe biden is feeling confident but it could all depend on turnout. And well be live in washington, with the latest on the mood in the rival camps, as the voters verdict is awaited. Among the politicians there is apprehension and amongst the voters there is capitation, over what comes next, whoever
This is bbc news, im carrie gracie, the headlines at 9am. Scientists warn that Contact Tracing in the uk isnt good enough to prevent a second even bigger wave of covid 19 once schools reopen for the new term. The government says its improving. This is not something weve had to do before, and the lancet are absolutely right to say that this matters, but dont underestimate what we have achieved here. Pupils in scotland find out what grades theyve been awarded after coronavirus forced their exams to be cancelled for the First Time Ever. I got exactly what i was hoping for, so it means im going to university and, yeah, im just so happy, i cant believe it. The oil company bp announces record losses and cuts its dividend in half, after the pandemic sent demand and prices plunging. The australian state of victoria
imposes tougher punishments for people who breach coronavirus rules and deploys more military personnel to fight the spread of the virus. On at least three or four occasions in the
denticola thinks kennedy can bring americans together and isn t worried about him taking votes from biden or trump a person like bobby kennedy who is really a messenger of unity, a message for all people i think that s why he s going to actually pull a lot of voters from both sides that s back on deal s farm. i shared desire for unity to address a deeply divided country. if we don t make some changes and find somebody who has creative solutions and somebody we can trust who wants to bring us together? we re gonna be on a world of hurt even rfk junior seemed to be pulling more votes away from biden or trump based on who you spoke to anderson kennedy s coalition of voters, they ve really span the political spectrum polling data does indicate the largest contingent could actually be those who didn t support either candidate in 2020. a lot of his support comes from the so-called double-haters. those holding unfavorable views of both biden and trump anderson, even mechan thanks