And in half an hour here on bbc news, lockdown babies. We follow three expectant mothers from three countries, as they cope with the challenges of being pregnant during a pandemic. The ministry of defence has been asked by the government to see what it can do to support the uk border force to intercept migrants crossing the english channel. The government also wants the authorities in france to do more. France said today that ten times as many migrants were intercepted last month compared with july last year. The crossings have been continuing today, as gavin lee reports from calais. The beach at gravelines by day. A tourist hotspot, half an hours drive from calais. This was the scene at first light this morning. More than 20 migrants with a rubber boat and motor which they carried from the dunes to the shore. Children at the back, holding hands, before they set off. These men, who appear to be in charge of the crossing attempt, start to leave the beach. But the boat is in trouble alre
End of school exam results. A lot of children who have worked incredibly hard have been devastated by a system thats been completely flawed. 90 million doses of two more experimental coronavirus vaccines have been secured by the uk government. Belarus releases some of the thousands detained in protests against alexander lu kashenkos disputed election victory. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. A two week quarantine is being imposed on people arriving in the uk from france and five other countries which have experienced sharp rises in coronavirus cases. The decision comes after the french Prime Minister acknowledged infection numbers were going the wrong way. The full list of countries is france, netherlands, malta, monaco, and the caribbean countries turks caicos and aruba. 160,000 uk tourists are thought to be in france at present, according to the british government. Th
The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutionsglor americas ted needs. And by contribations to this pbs n from viewers like you. Thank you. Anchor n this is bbc wors america. Reporting from new york city, im laura trevelyan. Orthe u. S. Avirus outbreak sets a new record with more70 tn 00 new cases in the last day alone. The United States of america has been hit very severely by this. You just need to look at the numbers. Laura uerto rico, covid19 is the latest disaster after hurricanes and earthquakes. We speak to the islands top heal official. And the coronavirus saliva test. Goes on trial in the u. K could this be the way to track and control e pandemic . Laura l to you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. U. S. Coronavirus outbreak has shattered another record, 70,000 infections in a single day. The biggest daily figure in america since the crisis began. There is still no National Strategy on how to slow the sprea
Bringing a warning from the world health organisation. 16 million. Buy one, get one free deals will be banned and junk food adverts restricted as the uk government tries to tackle obesity in england. Britains chief rabbi has accused twitter and facebook, which owns instagram, of lacking responsible leadership in their response to anti semitic posts from the grime artist wiley. The memorialforjohn lewis is under way in washington. Politicians and the public will pay their respects to the late civil rights leader and us congressman. And the rescuer gets rescued how a st bernard found herself in trouble on englands highest peak. Hello, and welcome. We start with the uncertainty facing tens of thousands of british holiday makers following the governments abrupt decision to impose a two week quarantine on people arriving in the uk from spain. In the past hour, the Uk Foreign Office has confirmed its also advising against all nonessential travel to the canary and Balearic Islands in addition
The freeman foundation. By judy and peter pursuing solutions for ameras neglecteneeds. And by contributions to this pbs station om viewers like you. Thank you. Anchor this is bbc world new reporting from new york city, im laura trevelyan. The u. S. Coronavirus outbreak sets a n m record withore than 70,000 new cases in the last day alone. The united statesf america has been hit very severely by this. You just need to look at the laura puerto rico,9 covid theas latest dister after hurricanes and earthquakes. We speak to the islands top health official. And the coronavirus saliva test goes on trial in the u. K. Could this be the way to track and control the pandemic . Laura to all of youatching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. U. S. Coronavirus outbreak has attered another record, 70,000 infections in a sing day. The biggest daily figure in america since the crisis began. There is still no naonal strategy on how to slow the spread of the virus. Governors and ma