Trust at the centre of a baby deaths scandal in shropshire. Hundreds more cases are now being investigated. Celebrations with no social distancing followed the end of lockdown in arrows owner, but the price, lengthy use for coronavirus testing. A decision to turn one of the worlds most famous buildings, hagia sophia, back into a mosque divides opinion. The forces sweetheart, Dame Vera Lynn, makes herfinal journey, as shes laid to rest in east sussex. And in the sport on bbc news england are under pressure in the first test after west indies took a first innings lead of 114 on day three in southampton. Good evening. Borisjohnson says he may have to tighten the rules on Face Coverings in england, encouraging their use confined spaces, like shops. At the moment theyre only mandatory on public transport, but the Prime Minister says the scientific advice on masks has shifted. Speaking during an online question and answer session at downing street, he also urged people to go back to work if
Hello. President trump has commuted the prison sentence for his friend and advisor roger stone. Mr stone had been due to start a three year and four month prison sentence for lying under oath during the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 us election. The white house said mr stone would have been at serious risk of covid 19 in prison. Our north america correspondent david willis has the latest. Well, roger stone, james, is a political operative, someone who has almost rejoiced in the reputation as a dirty trickster. Now, he hinted during the 2016 president ial Election Campaign that he was in touch through an intermediary with the wikileaks founderjulian assange, and boasted that he was knowledgeable about the release to wikileaks of thousands of e mails hacked from the server of the Democratic National committee. He was sentenced to more than three years in jail and been due to report to prison in georgia before next tuesday. Well, now, he wont be going to jail at all
Hello. President trump has commuted the prison sentence for his friend and advisor roger stone. He was due to start a three year and four month prison sentence for lying under oath during the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 us election. The white house said mr stone would have been at serious risk of covid 19 in jail. Within the past hour, mr stone has been speaking to the media. Heres some of what he had to say. I am going to do three things i will write a book, another book, about the experience, because people need to understand the extraordinary abuses in ourjustice system. I will help general flynn to get exoneration, because the refusal of the judge to dismiss it and drag it through the summer is outrageous. And i am going to do everything i possibly can, on an independent basis, to get the president re elected, which i think is crucial. A short time ago, our north america correspondent david willis gave this update. Roger stone, james, is a political operativ
The World Health Organization has reported a record daily total of global coronavirus infections. Nowhere has been hit harder than the United States. The countrys Top Health Official for Infectious Diseases now says some us states should delay ending their lockdowns. This graph shows the number of daily cases since the start of the pandemic. The number had been falling towards the end of last month, but now theres a steep rise, topping 60,000 in recent days thats the highest single day tallies for any country since the pandemic began. The states in darker blue have had the most cases per head of population in the last week, with the worst hit being south carolina, with an average of 305 daily cases per million people, louisiana with 321, and florida with 423. But the state with the most cases is arizona, from where our correspondent, sophie long reports. Music plays. When the governor of arizona lifted the states stay at home order, people partied, pre pandemic style. It was a joke to
Who helped the raf, beat the luftwaffe. Total of global coronavirus infections, and nowhere has been hit harder than america. The countrys Top Health Official for Infectious Diseases now says some us states should delay ending their lockdowns. This graph shows the number of daily cases since the start of the pandemic, the number was falling towards the end of last month, but now theres a steep rise, topping 60,000 in recent days, the highest single day tallies for any country, since the pandemic began. The states in darker blue have had the most cases per head of population in the last week, with the worst hit being south carolina, with an average of 305 daily cases per million people. Louisiana with 321 and florida with 423. But the state with the most cases is arizona, from where our correspondent, sophie long reports. Music plays when the governor of arizona lifted the states stay at home order, people partied, pre pandemic style. It was a joke to us. We werejust like, covids fake n