I returned from the British Virgin islands where i saw the scale of destruction and the ordeal that have affected the people across the caribbean and in florida. To provide heavy lift for their aid effort. Theres help with overseas territories and in addition the government will match every pound to a maximum 3 million. Later today im going to chair cobra ii check on the progress of our response. The minister for the commonwealth is arriving tonight to assess the situation on that british territory. Once the emergency is over the overriding need will be for longterm reconstruction to get our caribbean territories back on their feet and in that effort written, france, the u. S. And the netherlands will be working sidebyside. I met with this the secretary tillerson and their colleagues from egypt United Arab Emirates and france. Libya is a frontline in our common struggle against terrorism and illegal migration and we all share of vital interest too countries stability. Our shared goal i
The morning after the night before. In a major upset for the political establishment, the eu victory fornded in the leave Campaign Carried it was a humiliation for David Cameron. It was not meant to be like this. 30 months before, David Cameron had been triumphant, winning a general election outright against the odds. One month before, the queen had come to parliament in the time honored pattern to set out the government. The conservative government, barely in its stride. The legislation will be introduced to prevent radicalization. Our government will continue to work to offer services seven days of the week. For a british bill of rights. In england, further problems will be devolved. My government will hold a referendum on membership in the European Union. The first there from minutes of parliament. James joins us now in the studio. Thinke 18th, how do you Prime Minister cameron saw the script continuing at that point . There was a huge sense of expectation. The referendum was about
Youre watching bbc news. Im simon mccoy. As the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus rises to nearly 2000, the nhs in england is to cancel all routine surgery and sent home as many patients as possible in order to free up beds. The governments chief scientific adviser said it was reasonable to estimate that 20,000 people could die from catching coronavirus in the uk. If we can get this down to numbers 20000 and below, thats a good outcome in terms of where we would hope to get to with this outbreak. But its still horrible. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, advises uk citizens against all nonessential Global Travel for an initial period of 30 days. The government is set to announce emergency measures to support the economy after warnings that the latest restrictions could put firms out of business. The archbishop of canterbury calls for church of england churches to put public worship on hold and become a different sort of church in the coming months. And uefa confirm that euro 2
just not quite as much as president zelensky might have hoped for. james landau, bbc news, vilnius. james landale joins us now from the lithuanian capital vilnius. frustration from ukraine yesterday. what are the other main talking points on the idea that today? agenda will stop i think the alliance will go some way to try to repair the diplomatic fallout from yesterday. repair the diplomatic fallout from esterda . , , yesterday. president zelensky will actuall aet yesterday. president zelensky will actually get the yesterday. president zelensky will actually get the chance yesterday. president zelensky will actually get the chance for - yesterday. president zelensky will actually get the chance for the - actually get the chance for the first time to sit around the nato table as an equal partner when this new organisation, the nato ukraine counsel, holds its first ever inaugural meeting. in other words, nato is deepening its institutional connections with ukraine. and at the sam