And in sport, boxing fans call for newly crowned World Champion tyson fury to fight anthonyjoshua. Furys camp say it would be the biggest sporting event since england won the world cup. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00am. We start with coronavirus news. Austria is considering imposing border controls with italy, which has the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in europe. A train from venice was temporarily denied entry to austria last night, because of two suspected cases on board. 152 cases have now been confirmed in italy and four people have died. Officials are yet to find the first carrier of the virus in the country, and in an effort to control the outbreak, around 50,000 people across northern italy have been put into quarantine. Meanwhile in the uk there have been four new confirmed cases amongst Cruise Ship Passengers who were flown back to britain on saturday. Its been confirmed they caught the virus on the diamond princess liner injapan. Theyve now been transfe
So, what help, if any, is reaching those trapped by the fighting, on what could the last major front, of the war . Also tonight. Four more britons contract the coronavirus, diagnosed after returning to the uk from a cruise ship injapan. Meanwhile italy restricts the movement of tens of thousands of people, in towns near milan and venice, to battle the virus. The gypsy king a remarkable sporting comeback. Tyson fury is once again, a world heavyweight champion. And, england end irish grand slam dreams, with a bruising win, in the six nations. Good evening. Following a ferocious military campaign by forces loyal to president bashar al assad, the United Nations says the greatest exodus of civilians in the civil war is taking place in North Western syria. The fighting is in the province of idlib, the last major rebel stronghold in the country, where about a Million People are trapped. Government forces backed by russian warplanes, have been pummelling the area, since last december and while
The british boxer, tyson fury, has won the wbc world heavyweight title in las vegas, producing a devastating display to beat the american, Deontay Wilder, in their highly anticipated rematch. Fury twice knocked his opponent to the floor, before the fight was stopped in the seventh round. After the fight, fury thanked his team and all of the fans who travelled to america to support him. A big shout to andy lee and my brothers and my family came to support me. And everybody from around the world who came and supported me tonight. What a ring walk, patsy cline, who weather would have thought it equation . Crazy. Tonight look like a night when you are so tonight look like a night when you are so at home here and you knew this was going to be a special night. This was written in the stars, i million miles away. Before i was ever born, it was written that i would do what i did. It was the icing on the cake. I have completed everything in boxing and there is nothing more to complete. But if h
Our guidance remains two metres at this point, and that should be reflected in the way that we go about our lives until such time as the scientific advice allows us to say otherwise. Jk rowling reveals she experienced Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault in her 20s. Another statue targeted us protestors pull down a Confederate Monument in virginia, as President Trump rejects calls to remove pro slavery figures and symbols. Here, a statue of scouts founder, Robert Baden Powell, who was accused being a hitler supporter, is to be taken down by bournemouth council. And filming returns on the uks most watched soap. Corrie scriptwriters insist coronavirus wont dominate storylines. Hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im annita mcveigh. For the First Time Since lockdown began 11 weeks ago, millions of People Living alone in england will be able to stay overnight in another persons house. The new measure, described by the Prime Minister, as the support bubble will come into effect from sa
As thousands face redundancy. Workers tell bbc breakfast the airline is being callous and brutal, while ba says it is trying to save as manyjobs as possible. And its been described as britains biggest boxing bout ever. Heavyweight world champions anthonyjoshua and tyson fury agree a deal to fight twice next year. And while it feels more humid when the sun comes out over the next few days, strong winds in the short term and still some heavy and thundery downpours. Ill have all the details here on breakfast. Its thursday, the 11th ofjune. Our top story former cabinet members are among those calling for the government to relax the two metre social distancing rule in england in order to kick start the economy. Meanwhile, for the First Time Since lockdown began 11 weeks ago, millions of People Living alone in england will be allowed to stay overnight in another persons household. The new measure, described by the Prime Minister as a support bubble, comes into effect on saturday. Our politic