Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And this is bbc world news america. Europe has overtaken the United States in the number of new covid cases. The continent is heading helter skelter into a second wave of covid infections. Governmes respond with a stricter measure. There is a curfew in paris coming up. Restaurants are shut in barcelona and more mass mandates across the continent, but is it all too little too late . Few politicians have done well during covid, but new zealands Prime Minister has in hopes this weekends election will reward her with a second term in office. Ot police in thailand clashed with demonstrators protesting against the king and Prime Minister what has been said by this movement cannot be unsaid. They are out there in a surprising number and are saying they agree witthem. Katty welcome to wor
Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And this is bbc world news america. Europe has overtaken the United States in the number of new covid cases. The continent is heading helter skelter into a second wave of covid infections. Governmes respond with a stricter measure. There is a curfew in paris coming up. Restaurants are shut in barcelona and more mass mandates across the continent, but is it all too little too late . Few politicians have done well during covid, but new zealands Prime Minister has in hopes this weekends election will reward her with a second term in office. Ot police in thailand clashed with demonstrators protesting against the king and Prime Minister what has been said by this movement cannot be unsaid. They are out there in a surprising number and are saying they agree with them. Katty welcome to w
The uk government says it will strengthen the regional test and trace system as it cuts 6000 contact tracers in england by the end of the month. Lebanons president has asked the countrys government to stay on temporarily after all its ministers resigned amid mounting anger over last weeks massive explosion that devastated parts of beirut. Excuse me. Oh. This was the moment President Trump was led away from a live news briefing by Security Officials after an armed man was shot close to the white house. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Employment in the uk has seen the largest fall in over a decade as the coronavirus pandemic hits the jobs market. Thats according to new figures for april tojune from the office for national statistics. Responding to the figures, chancellor rishi sunak said hes always been clear, that he is unable to protect every job affected by coronaviru
Test test ne nest cam video shows a singleengine plane crash in southern california. It went down at an Elementary School playground near santa maria airport and caught fire. The pilot died. The plane and a parachute came down near a basketball court. No one on the ground was hurt. Turning now to the nations pandemic racial divide with the coronavirus hitting communities of color particularly hard. One of the most urgent concerns in Rural America is the Navajo Nation, where there are almost no medical facilities at all. Abcs matt gutman is there. Reporter before covid ripped her family of 11 apart, Dorothy Scott had lived in this hut. She shuffled toward the traditional navajo hogan but couldnt bear to go inside. Her son had been the first to die. And she was standing oaf his open grave when she got the call that her husband had also passed. I couldnt move. Its my husband. I know he was okay when i left. Reporter in all, eight in the immediate family testing positive. Dorothy and sever
5 live and online. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. At least five people have died and several others are missing after a volcano erupted at a popular tourist site in new zealand. The eruption on white island happened just after 2pm local time. One tourist who was leaving the island, filmed the eruption as it sent a thick plume of ash and smoke into the sky. Other footage showed a group of visitors inside the crater. New Zealand Police say that around 50 people were on or near the island at the time, including travellers from overseas. Both New Zealanders and overseas tourists are believed to be involved. We believe a number of these tourists have come from the ovation of the seas cruise ship. We cannot confirm the nationalities of these people involved. Due to the current risk, Emergency Services are unable to access the island. Samantha olley is a reporter for nz me and joins me from north island. I know you have flown over in a helicopter and you can bring us the lates