Doctors to decide whether to release him from hospital just a day after a surprise and risky short strenth by the infected u. S. President s. One of 10 people worldwide may have contract aids the coronavirus a stock estimates by the World Health Organization. And the scientists behind the discovery of the hepatitis a sci fi risk at the 2020 nobel prize for medicine and in sports the miami heat hit by king game 3 of the n. B. A. Finals heat beating the bron james in the l. A. Lakers to revive their hopes of winning the championship. But 1st for the 9th day in a row the battle between armenia and azerbaijan over nagornokarabakh is escalating. Cities and towns are coming under attack stepparent here its the disputed regions largest city has come under sustained bombardment and both sites are accusing each other of killing civilians there azerbaijan says forces have attacked the cities of ganja and ninja chevre with missiles meanwhile iran has warned the warring parties that it will not to
And Nobel Peace Prize lets return to the Northern Irish winner, has died. Politician and Nobel Peace Prize winnerjohn hume, who has died at the age of 83. A bbc investigation finds the number of deaths an architect of the northern from coronavirus in iran is nearly ireland Peace Process, he was regarded as one of the most three times higher than important figures in recent the government claims. Irish political history. Earlier, we heard from the bbcs former ireland correspondent Islamic State militants denis murray, who paid tribute in afghanistan say theyre behind an attack on a prison in the city to the life ofjohn hume. In my opinion, he wasntjust a of jalala bad thats left at least 20 dead and hundreds of prisoners giant of irish politics, he was a trying to flee. Nearly two years giant of irish politics, he was a giant of irish politics, he was a giant of uk politics and i think it on from the collapse of genoas morandi bridge, was a giant of World Politics, as killing 43 people,
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In ireland, all of the talk earlier this year was of a political earthquake. The radical nationalist Party Sinn Fein won the most votes in irelands general election. They promised to smash the status quo. Well, so much for that. In fact, irelands two Old Established parties formed a grand coalition, and they are guiding the country through the covid i9 pandemic and brexit. My guest today is Mary Lou Mcdonald, the leader of sinn fein. Has her party missed its moment . Mary lou mcdonald in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. After the february election, when you and your party did remarkably well you won the most first preference votes in irelands general election you talked about a revolution at the ballot box. Well, five months on, whats happened to that revolution . Well, five months on, we are into really uncharted and unprecedented times, no more than yourselves, with a global pandemic, with the Public Health eme
A border town struggling to survive amid a dispute between rwanda and uganda. Hello south korea has raised the alert level for the southeastern city of daegu thats after the countrys 1st death and an increase in coronavirus cases so medics have confirmed 156. 00 infections or 30 say dozens of them are linked to one church in daegu and the Prime Minister says special measures will be taken to stop the virus from spreading meanwhile china reported 118. 00 more deaths on thursday and confirmed more than 800 new infections which is more than double the number reported the day before theres also been an increase in the number of infections reported outside the outbreaks epicenter province and 2 australians evacuated from this cruise ship that had been under quarantine in japan have now tested positive for corona virus after returning home or theyre being isolated so lets get an update from katrina you joining us from beijing and we begin with the ongoing concern katrina of the rising number
Party to ensure there is a process now of reflection. The snp strengthens its hold on scotland gaining 13 seats including that of the liberal democrat leaderjo swinson. A trip to the palace this morning for the Prime Minister where the queen invited him to form a new government. And coming up on bbc news, ferrari confirm theyve held social well be drilling into all the numbers from the night. We will pick out the patterns and well show you where this election was won and lost. Good afternoon from downing street, where borisjohnson is in number ten after his decisive victory in the general election. With one seat left to declare, the conservatives have a majority of 78, their biggest since 1987. They captured a swathe of traditional labour strongholds, withJeremy Corbyn calling it a very disappointing night, and saying he wont lead the party into another election. There was also disappointment for the liberal democrats, with their leaderjo swinson losing her seat. Shes stepping down as