Coronavirus cases as its death toll passes 70000. And japan is battered by its 2nd powerful typhoon in a week with the Korean Peninsula forecast to be hit next. Im really well into the sports news including a huge story at the u. S. Open tennis in the past hour world number one and top seed Novak Djokovic charles been kicked out of thats all that meant after striking a mine judge with the ball. Will begin in belarus where Security Forces have beaten and detained dozens of protesters at a massive antigovernment rally in the capital minsk tens of thousands of people defined warnings from president Alexander Lukashenko holding protests across the country and demanding he step down but accuse the author of terror and leader of rigging an election last month our correspondent Bernard Smith isnt allowed to enter the country because of reporting restrictions imposed by the government it is following the story from neighboring a few ania. There is still some safety in numbers for the 10s of th
Air borders public gatherings are banned. And. Difficult for millions of people. And. Major league to be heading toward town. Hall and go on for now. While the numbers get more alarming by the day if not every region of the world is affected by corona virus this sunday we have indonesia and thailand reporting new infections thailand with its biggest jump yet europe remains our focus the most shocking numbers came in on saturday when they reported nearly 800 deaths in one day spain has just raised its death toll by nearly 400 this is how it looks on the overall track which you know from Johns Hopkins university in the u. S. Over 307000 confirmed cases with 13000 deaths and as i always say dont forget the well its coming on for 100000 people isnt it whove actually recovered from coronavirus look at it on the map. You get the feeling yes it has hit every part of the world now but very much you can see that cluster of red in europe which is very much the epicenter now were going to look at
Palace on the day that prince harry announced his engagement to his american girlfriend Meghan Markle. They are to be married next spring. The couple, who will live here at Kensington Palace, became engaged in london earlier this month. The queen and the duke of edinburgh said they were delighted, the Prime Minister theresa may offered her warmest congratulations. Ms markle, who is 36 and divorced, describes herself as a strong, confident, mixed raced woman. The prince, whos 33, complained that shed been subjected to a wave of abuse and harassment when news of their relationship became public a year ago. We start this hour with this report from our correspondent richard lister. Well watch it had been anticipating this for months. Prince harry and Meghan Markle made their first appearance as an engaged couple in the garden that had been a favourite of his mother diana, princess of wales but today is all about them. Congratulations from all of us. How are you both feeling . Erm, proud. A
A missing activist is identified in argentina well tell you how that it could affect the outcome of an upcoming election. Hello there for the southeastern parts of china the weather is quite quiet at the moment for most of us there should be clear skies as we head through sunday and monday you can see the winds though theyre feeding down from the north and that means for some of us its going to get cooler over the next few days so shanghai on sunday getting to around twenty two but on monday a little bit lower probably no higher than twenty towards the west where theres more in the way of unsettled weather here some very heavy rain has been working its way across bangladesh now is edging its way towards the northeast it is gradually easing though so less heavy showers as we head through into monday and force in bangladesh the weather is clearing but certainly this is tim has brought us some very very heavy downpours in fact some parts of bangladesh have reported over one hundred forty
Im in southeast china, a manufacturing hub where they prepare for christmas all year round. Orders are down and its not just chinas slowing economy thats to blame. We begin with a tense situation in bethlehem in the occupied west bank. This is the scene there now. Relative calm has returned. There it is, tear gas smoking up from the streets, but many of the palestinian protestors have withdrawn and there are just a few Israeli Soldiers. Earlier, palestinians had been hurling stones at Israeli Security forces, Israeli Soldiers firing tear gas in response. It started after a funeral for a palestinian shot dead by Israeli Forces on tuesday. Lets bring in hodor from the west bank. Tell us what happened today. There was a funeral early on, a 27yearold man died during the clashes yesterday at that same spot where today, you saw those violent confrontations. After the funeral where there is a large show up of people there, after the funeral, a group of young people from what we understand, be