Here in the u. S. May not have a serious impact on the countrys food supply after all but what about distributors were going to discuss all right its time to boost your news i. Today marks a 105 years since the start of the Armenian Genocide horrors in which 1500000 armenians were massacred by Ottoman Turks however turkey a successor of the Ottoman Empire denies the deaths constitute genocide claiming the toll has been inflated and that those who were killed were simply victims of a civil war but a new page in history has turned highlighting what historians have said all along that these atrocities were in fact genocide and the 1st one of the 20th century r. T. America producer joe ritchie brings us the story. Overheard. The army general sides on the floor and they were both unanimous except which is like. We seem to believe in miracles you know. Yet here. Today marks 105 years from what is considered the traditional start date of the Armenian Genocide when over 200. 00 intellectuals w
Suspended at one point on wall street as stocks plummeted again despite the announcement of massive stimulus plan. The World Health Organization says its concerned some countries still arent doing enough testing to prevent the spread of corona virus more than 8000 people globally and now confirmed to have died after catching the virus the number of reported cases this past 200000 italy has reported 475 new deaths the highest death toll for a single day of any nation since the 1st case was detected in china late last year malaysia is racing to track down potential corona virus carriers after its confirmed cases jumped to 790. 00 nearly 2 thirds of those a link to a religious gathering late last month that spread the virus to at least 6 other countries and despite many governments announcing massive stimulus packages asian european and u. S. Markets have plummeted again as well as oil prices u. S. Markets were suspended for 15 minutes for the 4th time in a month the team barbara has more
In the american state of louisiana, where there are warnings of life threatening floods. Novak djokovic is one set up in the final of the mens singles at wimbledon this is live from centre court, where Roger Federer is seeking a ninth title. And at half four another chance to see an extended version of Laura Kuenssbergs interview with theresa may, as she prepares to leave downing street. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The mail on sunday has published more leaked diplomatic correspondence from britains former ambassador in washington defying warnings from Scotland Yard that Media Organisations could be prosecuted for doing so. In one of the cables, Sir Kim Darroch suggests that President Trump pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal last year to spite barack obama. Our Political Correspondent Helena Wilkinson reports. May last year, borisjohnson as foreign secretary goes to washington and meets his us counterpart. His mission, to persuade the us president to soften his stance and s
Celebrate victory on derby day, but theres no shaking off the holders Manchester City, who remain hot on their heels. Good morning. Some heavy rain in Northern Ireland this morning. That will push north and east during the course of the day. It is the south east that will hang on to the driest and silliest conditions for longest. All of the details later on in the programme. Driest and sunniest. Its monday, the 29th of april. The Irish Government says it will pass Emergency Legislation to return rising numbers of Asylum Seekers arriving from Northern Ireland, because theyre fearful of being sent to rwanda. Irish ministers estimate that 80 of recent arrivals have come to the country via Northern Ireland but the uk government says it wont accept any Asylum Returns from the eu via ireland. Our Political Correspondent helen catt reports. The border between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland is designed to be easy to cross. But the Irish Government says its recently seen an influx
He says none of this happened. He says he didnt do anything wrong here. Today we are expecting for the former publisher of the National Enquirer to be back on the stand, because he is someone who was integrally a part of all of these transactions that are said to have been made in order to sort of catch and kill stories that looked unfavourable to the former president or to the then candidate trump at the time. So he is going to be back on the stand. The defence, the former president s legal team is going to be questioning him as they continue to try and poke holes in some of these arguments that the former president , again, orchestrated this scheme illegally to disclose some of those payments. A Primary School teacher who stabbed her boyfriend and buried his body in the garden of their Terraced House in northampton has pleaded guilty to murder, during her second trial at the old bailey. Fiona beal, whos 50, was arrested last year after police found a notebook containing her plans to