To help provide relief in the u. S. Epicenter. And in sport theres a new date for the tokyo some of the big games to my 202021. In just the last hour the World Health Organization has expressed optimism that italy which has been hit hard by the corona Virus Outbreak may soon see some stabilization as a result of the strict measures the government has put in place were expecting an update from actually within the hour on the situation there meanwhile for the 3rd consecutive day spain has recorded coronavirus deaths in excess of 800 means that more than 7300 people have died there since the outbreak began the number of new infections there is also rising steadily in israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is entering sell for. Isolation after one of his aids tested positive hes expected to be screened in the coming months while in the u. S. At the sent to new york relief has arrived as i mentioned in the form of a Naval Hospital ship that has 1000. 00 beds on board and we have 2 corresp
Ceasefire resolution passed by the united nations. Chair order, order. Welcome to this session of the liaison committee. We are taking evidence from the Prime Minister. Welcome, Prime Minister, and thank you for being with us. We have two particular overriding, or rather underlying, themes to the discussion today. One is the pressures on public spending and the challenge of squaring the circle between all the demands on public spending, particularly the rise in threat and Security Issues and the pressure on the defence budget and the need to control public spending something that no doubt preoccupies you every hour, Prime Minister. The other is in the context of our ongoing inquiry into how parliament and select committees in particular can promote better Strategic Thinking in government. And so in this session, we will start with a postbudget section on the economy and Public Services. We will move on to global issues, and conclude with a few questions about scrutiny of Strategic Thin
Details later. Its thursday 19th october. Around 20 trucks of aid are expected to enter gaza after a deal announced by President Biden. Egypt has agreed to let the humanitarian supplies enter via the Rafah Crossing but its unlikely to happen until friday. Announcing the agreement, the us president warned that the aid would be stopped, if any supplies were taken by hamas, which is regarded as a Terrorist Organisation by the uk. Rishi sunak will also arrive in tel aviv this morning, as part of a two day visit to The Middle East. With the latest, heres our correspondent wyre davies. As trucks carrying aid queue on the egyptian side of the gaza egypt border, the un and aid agencies have been increasingly alarmed at the unfolding humanitarian crisis. On a visit to israel which lasted barely a day, while reaffirming his steadfast support, joe biden also pressed the case for aid for gazas 2. 5 million palestinian citizens many of whom are struggling to get access to food, water and medical su
People taking exercise. Good morning. Coronavirus is still biting hard on town centre trade. Hospitality revenue is down. Im looking at what happens if workers arent sitting back at their desks soon . Good morning. The benefits of not being at the olympics tom daley gives us his positive spin on spending time away from the pool during lockdown. Good morning. Yesterday many of us had a good day of winter, friday will be a good day of summer. I have all of the details later in the programme. Good morning to you. Its tuesday, the 28th ofjuly. The government is facing growing criticism of its decision to include the balearic and Canary Islands in its advice to avoid all but essential travel to spain. Travel Companies Say theyre deeply disappointed by the announcement, because the islands have not been affected by the surge in cases of coronavirus seen in parts of the mainland. We can get more now from keith doyle, who is live at gatwick for us. So many peoples plans are having to change. M
In a supermarket, 30 odd years, i dont think ive known it this busy at christmas time. It really has been manic. Panorama asked other minimum wage workers to get in touch and, across the country, people responded. Im rhys, im a 25 year old porter, i work at colchester general hospital. Hi, im steph, im working a 15 hour shift today with natasha. Its been a busy morning, probably done about a 25 drops or so, been all around the sort of da rtford, millions fighting the disease on a minimum wage. Richard bilton, bbc news. You can see more on that story and the low paid workers keeping the country going on panorama lockdown uk. Thats on bbc one tonight at 8. 30pm. Now, a soprano singerfrom ipswich was due to take part in the London Landmarks Half Marathon last weekend. That was cancelled, for obvious reasons. Not one to be deterred, fiona wilson came up with a plan b. She cant do the run in london, of course, so. She cant do the run in london, of course, so. She has decided to run over 13