The testing has gone very well. In italy 60 Million People are threatened with fines or even jail if they travel without good reason. In the worst hit areas, doctors say they are making life and death decisions. Also on the programme globally, airlines are under immense pressure. Some have been running empty flights to keep the precious slots at key airports. Today the eu said it would change the rules to help the industry. And mark rutte of the netherlands gives a press conference with some sage advice for everyone. Stop shaking hands. Hello, im Michelle Fleury in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. 60 million italians are tonight living under curfew. Restaurants, bars, cinemas, the piazzas that make italy what it is, have all been closed as the government tries desperately to stem the coronavirus outbreak. Other European Countries have been taking their own stringent measures. Austria and denmark imposed travel bans on arrivals from italy. Greece, the czech republic, and spain
Police in the uk have launched a Murder Investigation after three people were stabbed to death in the town of reading, west of london. Three other people were seriously injured. Police were called to the scene in forbury gardens in the centre of reading around 7pm on friday evening. A 25 year old man from the town was detained at the scene and has been arrested on suspicion of murder. 0ur news correspondent Helena Wilkinson reports from the scene in reading. Thames Valley Police say that a man was arrested at the scene. The bbc understands that he is thought to be libyan. He is in custody at the moment. And, also, the Prime Minister, boris johnson, has responded to what happened here on saturday evening. He has said in a statement my thoughts are with those affected by what he describes as an appalling incident in reading and he goes on to thank the Emergency Services on the scene. And we spoke to one eyewitness who was in the park, he saw what happened. And he told us he saw a man go
Contrast to the creativity exhibited by others who have a similar need to attract crowds. Somewhere that the nba will soon play an abbreviated schedule. And players will have the option of wearing a smart tech ring that could provide Early Detection of covid19. Or consider the fact that on july 18th, comedian jim gaffigan will perform in a scranton casino in the parking lot. Billing himself as a drivethrough comic, patrons will be placed in drivein cars. Couples with wedding dates. Thats another example. Wedding dates that fell amidst the pandemic had to deviate from their plans. Like the washington heights, new york, couple was married in the street officiated by a friend hanging outside of a fourth story window. I myself had engagements cancelled due to covid. So i recorded my speech. None of that ingenuity will be in evidence tonight, why . Because presumably the president views that as weakness. He wants a split screen, that shows thousands while joe biden is speaking to empty room
The discussion and the debate. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The uk government has said it will make an announcement next week about the two metre social distancing rules in england amid growing speculation they will be relaxed. Pubs and restaurants are due to reopen at the beginning ofjuly, and the uk Hospitality Industry has warned hundreds of thousands ofjobs could go if the guidelines are not changed. John mcmanus reports. Its now been nearly three months since most of us were able to set foot in bars and restaurants. But is the entertainment drought about to end . In england, the government says it will make an announcement next week on whether the two metre distancing rule should be relaxed. We have committed to reviewing the two metre to one metre rule, and we will be concluding on that shortly. Within a few days we will get the outcome. One conservative mp says
For coronavirus in just over 48 hours to ten. Eight Campaign Staffers and two secret Service Agents. Despite the cases, despite the warnings from one Health Official after another about even holding the tulsa rally. The president shows no signs of slowing down. Tomorrow he heads to phoenix in arizona for an event at a church that can hold 3,000 people. This is a state where hospitalizations are on the rise. Masks are not mandatory at Trumps Campaign event in the church though the city of phoenix has made them mandatory. The president flaunting the rules that apply to everyone else in the city he is visiting. It all comes as trump is under fire for saying he asked officials to slow down testing to basically have fewer cases reported. When asked about the comments today, trump didnt deny it. Did you ask to slow it down . If it did slow down, frankly, i think were way ahead of ourselves if you want to know the truth. Weve done too good a job. The president asked point blank if he asked to