Welcome to world news america, on pbs and around the globe. Its a crucial moment for a trade deal between the European Union and britain. Officials say the two sides are very close to reaching an agreement. But it hasnt been signed just yet and time is running out. They only have until december 31st to reach a deal. Our uk Political Correspondent rob watson joins us from oxford. Weve been hearing all day the deal is imminent. There isjust a few things left and it will be happening in the next few hours. What is the holdout . We dont know, but i guess you might say after four and half yea rs you might say after four and half years or however long this man come if it is another foreign half hours perhaps that is not the end of the world. But what is significant is that up until now, this meant either one side or the other. A bit discouraging. This time that is not happening with the deal. Were getting close to the deadline. The real deadline is the 31st of december. But i think it is pre
Least 30 other bay area Law Enforcement agencies who now use this automatic license plate reader, which in palo altos case is four cameras mounted on top of just one patrol car. As that car drives around town, those cameras scan and read every license plate within roughly 30 feet and alerts the officer if hearn has come across a stolen vehicle or a car, lemon say, registered to someone with an outstanding warrant. Police say this is much more efficient and i lous officers to keep their eyes on the roads. Starting august 26th, Santa Clara Sheriffs Office will Start Holding onto the information at least a year that would be a database invaluable for investigators trying to lets say track the past movement of a known criminal, but not every car stored in that database obviously belongs to a bad guy. Most are innocent civilians, which raises questions about privacy. Thats obviously something we are concerned become why we are evaluating it now. I think necessary steps are going to be taken
Where he is presented with an mbe by the queen for raising tens of thousands for a memorial to honour his fallen comrades. Good morning. Rain across england. Brighter skies, north east scotland. I will have more in 15 minutes. Its wednesday, the 4th of march. A major new Public Health campaign is being launched today to promote handwashing, to try and contain the spread of the coronavirus. It comes as hospital bosses in england are asked to see more patients by video link, increase the number of intensive care beds, and draw up plans to segregate infected patients, if theres an escalation in cases. This report from jon donnison. With the Health Service already stretched, there are fears hospitals could be overwhelmed if there is a surge in coronavirus cases. The nhs is now urging doctors to carry out more consultations with patients at home, via video link. The aim to keep hospitals free for the most serious cases. And today, a new nhs video will go out on social media, promoting the i
Hello and welcome to the programme. We start with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak in the uk and globally. More than 4. 5 million cases have been officially detected across the world with more than three quarters of infections in europe and the us. As italy eases more of its lockdown restrictions people will be allowed to travel in and out of the country from june third. The us house of representatives has passed a democratic bill aimed at halving the heavy economic and human toll of the pandemic. In the uk, the infection rate has gone up and is close to the point where the virus is starting to spread rapidly thats according to the latest government scientific advice. And moscow has launched a mass Screening Programme for coronavirus antibodies, inviting people chosen at random from various age groups to clinics across the city. Brazils Health Minister has resigned after less than a month in thejob following disagreements over the governments handling of the countrys
And lock down in the tower we meet the beefeaters maintaining one of londons most iconic sites. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Democrats in the us house of representatives have passed a 3 trillion stimulus bill if enacted, it will be the largest fiscal boost to the American Economy so far all because of the coronavirus pandemic. The bill made it through a narrow vote in the house with m democratic representives breaking ranks to oppose the plan. The proposed so called heroes act would see the direct payments being sent to households in the us increase to as much as 6000. A third of spending would go to the budgets of state and local governments governors have warned they have been significantly depleted by the virus. The bill includes a raft of other pledges, including 3. 6 billion to fund voting by mail in novembers general election. The bill will face an up hill struggl