The headlines the emerging crisis of the hidden pandemic deaths in care homes. The uk government pledges a new coronavirus testing regime. The virus blame game. President trumps decision to cut us funding for the World Health Organisation gets international pushback. Back to school for children up to 11 years old in denmark as more European Countries relax their lockdowns. Elmo, i think i have figured out my phone finally. How do i look now . Plus, social distancing sesame street style. The us tv show is helping kids adapt to these unsettling times. Those are the latest headlines here. Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. Joining me are the whitehall correspondent for the financial times, sebastian payne, and the chief leader writer for the observer, sonia sodha. The front pages, starting with. The times leads with comments from englands chief medical officer, who says he believes that the number of new cases of coronavirus reported
Between police and protesters, who are angry at the governments response to tuesdays massive explosion. International donors have pledged 300 million for rebuilding the capital. Anti government protests have broken out in cities across belarus, after exit polls reported a sweeping victory for the long time, authoritarian president alexander lu kashenko. The police say getting the situation under control. Opposition leaders have accused the president of rigging the election, and denounced the expected result as a joke. British teaching unions have criticised borisjohnson for saying there was a moral duty to get children in england back into school at the start of setember. They urged him to boost coronavirus testing and tracing in order to reopen schools safely. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The covid 19 pandemic has inflicted huge economic damage, but it has offered the Natural World a little bit of respite room to breathe. But what wil
This is bbc news. The headlines President Trump was escorted from a White House Briefing after Us Secret Service agents shot an armed man. Minutes later, he returned and told reporters a man was taken to hospital after the shooting. The president said he did not think the white house fence had been breached. Anti establishment protests on the streets of beirut are continuing even though the entire lebanese government has now stepped down after last weeks catastrophic explosion. The prime minister, hassan diab, blamed a corrupt political establishment for the countrys many problems during an angry tv interview. In belarus, clashes have continued between police and protesters, angry at sundays disputed president ial poll. Police say a demonstrator has died in the second night of protests after an explosive device went off in his hand,
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After the window was put up in westminster abbey. We loved it here, and i suggested tojp this would be a great place to draw and paint the arrival of spring. There are apple, pear, cherry and plum blossom, with hawthorn and blackthorn. East yorkshire only had blackthorn and hawthorn. We found this house with a large garden that was cheaper than anything in sussex. We bought it. I began straight away, drawing on a japanese foldout book. I drew all around the house and then i drew the house itself. These were exhibited in new york in september 2019. Being a smoker, i do not care for new york, so i never went. We came back here to normandy on march the 2nd. I began drawing the winter trees on my new ipad. Then the virus started. I went on drawing the winter trees that eventually burst into blossom. This is the stage were at right now. Meanwhile, the virus is going mad and many people said my drawings
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The white house has been placed on lockdown after Us Secret Service agents shot an armed man outside. President trump was suddenly escorted from a White House Press briefing by an agent, but returned minutes later and told reporters a person had been shot and taken to hospital. The president said he did not think the white house fence had been breached. Protests on the streets of beirut are continuing, even though the entire lebanese government has now stepped down. In an angry televised address, the Prime Minister blamed last weeks catastrophic explosion and the countrys economic problems on a corrupt political establishment. Coronavirus cases have now surpassed 20 million world wide, with the official number of global deaths standing at more than 730,000. The us and brazil have suffered the most fatalities. Many nations are being forced to re introduce economic and social restrictions as the disease continues to spread. It is about liz30am. Now its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardt