Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments nationally and globally. In the daily press briefing, the uk home secretary priti patel said she was sorry if anyone felt there had been failings over the supply of personal protective equipment for health workers. It comes as the British Medical Association issued a stark warning that many medics are unable to access the ppe they need to keep themselves safe. Priti patel also announced the government would be giving £2 million to Domestic Abuse services to combat an increase in cases since the start of the lockdown. Meanwhile, the coronavirus outbreak in the United States has become the deadliest in the world, surpassing italy to record over 20,000 deaths in total. Andrew cuomo, the governor of the worst affected state, new york, has said the death rate there was stabilising, but at a horrific level. And spain has recorded its lowest number of daily deaths for nearly t
At the end of the month. The home secretary calls on facebook to rethink plans to encrypt messages across its platforms. Walking out former conservative leadership contender rory stewart resigns from the party and plans to stand for mayor of london coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with olly foster. Encouraging progress for andy murray. He was quite chipper today, he says hes been playing his best tennis yet on the singles comeback trail. Thats despite a quarterfinal defeat in china today. And theres been a big win for south africa over italy at the Rugby World Cup. Thanks olly and helen has all the weather. Wet conditions set to continue. U nfortu nately, yes, unfortunately, yes, thats right, martin, as storm lorenzo is approaching quite rapidly, we look for the next significant rainmaker coming up. I will have the details just before the bottom of the hour. Hello, this is afternoon live, im martine croxall. A damning report has strongly criticised the metropolitan police for
Rishi sunak s plans have not yet come to fruition. Our Political Correspondent, hannah miller, has this report. Labour won mayors, councils, and police and crime commissioners. Rishi sunak left clinging on to just one mayor in the tees valley. Even his majority diminished. This morning, the former home secretary, and one of the Prime Ministers biggest critics, warned of a total wipe out for the conservatives. I despair at these terrible results. There is no spinning these results, there is no disguising the fact that these have been terrible Election Results for the conservatives, and they suggest that we are heading to a labour government. Her prescription for the pm. He needs to actually lower taxes in a way that people will feel, not tweaking round the edges. If he is serious about migration, he needs to put a cap on illegal migration, he needs to take us out of the European Convention on human rights. In defeat, the now former conservative mayor of the West Midlands, andy street, s
There are today 7000 more doctors and 21,000 more nurses than there were a year ago. Than there were a year ago. Tens of thousands of people each year are fleeing the welsh run nhs. Sorry , the labour run nhs in sorry, the labour run nhs in wales to have treatment in england. England. Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick is calling for a cap on net migration, saying its the only way to restore voters trust. Mr jenrick says he wants a far more restrictive system allowing less than 100,000 people a year, writing in the sunday telegraph, he said the governments recently passed rwanda bill will join the graveyard of policies that failed to tackle illegal migration last 30 years. Politicians of all stripes have promised controlled and reduced immigration only to deliver the opposite and the pubuc deliver the opposite and the public are rightly furious at whats happened. Its placed immense strain on housing, on pubuc immense strain on housing, on public services, on community cohesion.
Kinnock, says his party will crush the smuggling gangs and make sure that those with no right to be in the United Kingdom are swiftly returned. The alba party has been placed on an election footing as motions of no confidence in scotlands first minister make a general election. There look increasingly likely. Their only msp , ash regan, hasnt confirmed msp, ash regan, hasnt confirmed if shell support humza yousaf , if shell support humza yousaf, but its thought that her vote could be crucial. Mr yousaf is asking leaders of rival parties to find Common Ground after the collapse of the snps power sharing deal with the greens. Sharing deal with the greens. Well, for the latest stories you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code. Its on the right hand side of your screen right now or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now lets go to free speech nation. Students occupy buildings at Columbia University. Humza yousaf is teetering on the brink and the nhs says that it will use the