By boat since thursday. A public apology by the operator of the stranded japanese tanker that leaked tonnes of oil into the indian ocean off mauritius. Japan remembers the victims of nagasaki, 75 years after the atom bomb was dropped on the city. And bbc arabic investigates if a tutankhamun exhibition in london broke egyptian law designed to protect the priceless artefacts. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Borisjohnson says it would be morally indefensible to keep schools in england closed, and has pledged to make reopening them a national priority. In a newspaper article, the Prime Minister insists it is safe to send children back to class next month. Its understood he wants schools to stay open as long as possible in any future local lockdowns. Our Political Correspondent matt cole has more. All children were meant to be back in classrooms like this in england before the summer holidays, but that plan failed. Now, the Prime Minister is making clear his commitment that things w
And stop illegal raves. Tens of thousands of Anti Government protestors have again taken to the streets of minsk for a third sunday, angry at the re election of the belarusian president alexander lu kashenko. There have been clashes with riot Police Seeking to stop them entering the capitals main independence square. Steve rosenberg reports from minsk. In minsk, they headed to independence square. Protesters keeping up the pressure on alexander lu kashenko. But this time the police were waiting for them and moved in. There were chaotic scenes. Some protesters were detained, others tried to free their comrades. We found sasha wandering alone, completely confused. Wheres my husband . She says. The police took him, but where is he . Was he in here . No reply. Further down the avenue, there were more scuffles, todays protest feels very different from the protests on previous sundays. As you can see, a lot more police, much tighter security, the police determined to stop this protest. It wa
Social distancing may have to be maintained until a Coronavirus Vaccine is available, says a Senior Scientist advising the government. The warning comes as ministers are expected to extend the coronavirus lockdown for another three weeks. Unbelievably large numbers followed the rules, very few infections, and i dont want to put all of that good effort to waste, because if we just relax all the measures now, the virus would run rampant again and we cannot let that happen. Well have the latest from our medical correspondent and from westminster. Also this lunchtime senior social care officials criticise the governments handling of the pandemic. They say the provision of protective equipment has been shambolic. Europe owes italy an apology, says the president of the eu commission,
for not helping enough at the start of coronavirus. President trump prepares for an easing of the us lockdown to get the economy moving in the face of opposition from state governors. And more than £13 million
Hello and welcome to bbc news. There are now more confirmed cases of covid 19 in the United States than in any other country. According to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins university, the us now hasjust over 83,000 cases, overtaking both china, and italy. It comes as the total number of confirmed cases around the world has now passed half a million. In terms of lives lost, countries in europe continue to be worst affected the death total in italy is more than 8,200. There was a jump in deaths in spain too. Meanwhile, another 115 people have died in the uk after testing positive for the virus, taking the total to 578. There are now approaching 12,000 confirmed cases. Lets begin our coverage with the total number of cases in the us. Heres our north america correspondent peter bowes. Now, the global epicentre. More positive test for covid i9 than any other country. In some communities, the number of cases is doubling every three days. More than a quarter are in new york city. Whether
Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up mps demand the government allow them to continue voting by video link. And say the new giant queuing system isnt working. It all looked more like exercise in a category c prison for white collar criminals rather than the mother of parliament. Labour hardens its attack the government over its handling of coronavirus, but borisjohsnon reckons the country wants to see a united front. I really do not see the purpose of the endless attacks on public trust and confidence. I have supported the government openly and taken criticism for it but boy does he make it difficult to support this government. And an mp defends changes to the abortion laws in Northern Ireland. One reason why this house stood up for the rights of all women in the United Kingdom was because it was too difficult does not mean that their rights should be denied. Mps returned to westminster after their whitsun break with a governme