Bollywood actor irrfan khan, who starred in Slumdog Millionaire and life of pi, has died at the age of 53. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im victoria derbyshire. The Coronavirus Testing Programme is being expanded by the government. It will include all care home staff and residents, and anyone over 65. The government says the 100,000 target set by the Health Secretary is due to be met by tomorrow. Downing street is this morning still declining to say whether Boris Johnson will appear at Prime Ministers questions in the commons this lunchtime following his return to work. A recession on an extraordinary scale is predicted by spains Prime Minister following the outbreak. Over 58,000 us citizens have now died from covid 19. Thats more than the number of americans killed in the vietnam war. Almost 18,000 more people could die from cancer over the next year in england because of the impact of covid 19, according to researchers. Well have more on all those stories shortly. 0urfirst re
Good to have you with us. In the United States, there is growing concern that officials are rushing to reopen the country, even as the coronavirus continues to claim more lives. So far, it has killed more than 58,000 people nationwide. And in the coming days, the death toll is expected to surpass 60,000. This would exceed the maximum number of deaths that u. S. President donald trump predicted just last week. Despite the grim numbers, the president insists the worst is over. And when pressed about it by reporters, he again claimed that the virus will go away. It will go down to zero, ultimately. But americas top expert on Infectious Diseases isnt as optimistic. He says the pandemic could linger for many more months, if were not careful. Its not going to disappear from the planet, which means as we get into next season, in my mind, its inevitable that we will have a return of the virus, or maybe it never even went away. When it does, how we handle it will determine our fate. If by that
Federal law prevents those convicted of a crime and in prison for more than a year from owning a gun. Goulet slipped through a loophole because the judge gave him two oneyear sentences for his two gun crimes. More than 1,000 firearms were taken off the streets today through a new Gun Buyback Program in santa clara. Todays event was the largest gun buyback in county history. Depending on the type of weapon, those who turned one in received 100 to 200 apiece. The money came from the privates county funds and money seized by the d. A. s office. Heres what happens next to those weapons. We will destroy the firearms. They either get chopped up or melted down. We have to take them to a certain place that does it. We pay to have them destroyed. What we will also do is determine if they are stolen, we will also then determine, return them to the Rightful Owner if they are stolen, and well take them out of the Computer System, so the Computer System will show this gun has been destroyed. At lea
About this case, they do want to hear from you. Call san jose police. Kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. Thanks very much. Early this morning Daly City Police killed a suspect in San Francisco. It began with a stolen car chase. During the chase, the driver and his passengers jumped out moving car on bayshore boulevard. The passenger immediately surrendered, when officers caused up with the suspect, he allegedly raised that gun, a officer fired killing the suspect. A shocker in santa cruz, where a man has been arrested for stealing a bouquet of flowers from the memorial for two slain officers. 53yearold kenneth mcfay is caughted with vandalism and public intoxication after a Woman Told Police she saw a man steal the bouquet from in front of the Police Department and leave in a taxi. Officers stopped the taxi and no explanation to where he had gotten the flowers. This happened yesterday, the first day back on the job for Santa Cruz Police officers following tuesdays killing of Sergeant B
Approach my front door to see if anyone was home. You must be unnerved by the situation to see all the Police Presence and hear the gunshots. Yeah, its been a bit unnerving. I really dont know what to say. Its been a stressful day. I can imagine. Thomas, thank you for letting us hear what you heard. Stay safe and hopefully the Police Activity will end in your neighborhood very soon. We are also following another breaking story to tell you about, this one coming out of the east bay, talking about a body found at the dump in pleasanton. Police received a call just before noon saying they found the body of a man among trash and recycleables at the transfer station on bush road right off valley just south of the iron wood development. At this point police arent saying whether they have an identification, whether there was a person missing or if its a homicide or not. We have someone going through the scene and we have more information. A little too cozy. The Inspector General wants to know