To try to boost peoples job prospects. Who do you think would win out of a lion, a hippopotamus and a rhino . Sir David Attenborough takes questions from the children he says hold the hope for the future in their hands. And coming up this hour. The water saving toilets wasting billions of litres every week. More than a Million People around the world are now known to have died with coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. The United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres called it an agonising milestone and a mind numbing figure. Johns Hopkins University has recorded over 1. 1 million lives have been lost to coronavirus. The us has the worlds highest death toll with about 205,000 fatalities, followed by brazil on 1a1,700 and india with 95,500 deaths. And the total number of deaths from covid 19 in the uk is 42,001, according to department of health figures. 2 Million People in large parts of north east england are facing a legal ban from tomorrow on people mixing with other hou
Good news for tourists as spain ends its lockdown and welcomes visitors from europe. And two of britains airports reopen for commercial passenger flights today after being closed for nearly three months because of the pandemic. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after three people were stabbed to death in a park in the english town of reading. Police say its not currently being treated as terrorism, although theyre keeping an open mind about the motive. They said there was no indication it was linked to a black lives matter protest, which was held in the park a few hours earlier. John mcmanus reports. An air ambulance descending to the centre of reading in response to reports of a brutal attack. The first alert came at around 7pm yesterday evening with witnesses reporting a lone man attacking random members of the public in for
A lwa ys on the whole, my view is that it is always better to trust peoples sins to give them a clear sense of what is wise in individuals and businesses are responding well to that. President trump finally wears a face mask in public as the United States posts another daily record for new coronavirus cases. Home secretary priti patel and her french counterpart sign an agreement on intelligence sharing in an effort to tackle people smugglers. Three generations of bollywoods bachchan family test positive for coronavirus. Closing in on victory, they need just 31 runs to win. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Seventy three people have tested positive for coronavirus at a farm in herefordshire. About two hundred people work as pickers and packers at the farm in mathon between hereford and wo rce rste r. During harvesting, they live in mobile homes on site, so as a precaution, all workers there are being asked to self isolate within their households. The director of Public Health for
To extend their lead at the top of the premier league to 13 points with a game in hand. Bell tolls. Getting ready for the new year, restoration work on londons big ben will pause for one night only, so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade. And later on i will be looking at the stories we have covered from britains coastal towns this year. Thats in half an hour, with me, simon mccoy. The american president , donald trump, has called the knife attack at a jewish celebration in new york state horrific. Mr trump tweeted to say, the country must come together to fight, confront, and eradicate the evil scourge of anti semitism. Five people were injured, two of them critically, during a hanukkah gathering, at the home of an orthodox rabbi. A man has been arrested. In recent weeks, police have stepped up patrols in jewish neighbourhoods, following a series of anti semitic hate crimes. Our washington correspondent, Chris Buckler, reports. Members of new yorks largejewish community had ga
In saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. The former love island presenter Caroline Flack has pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at herflat in london. The professional Footballers Association has called for a government inquiry into racism in the sport after the chelsea player, antonio rudiger, complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterdays premier league match at tottenham. Our sports correspondentjoe wilson is at tottenhams stadium. The stadium behind me is a gleaming addition to the british sporting landscape in itself, an advertisement to the power and wealth of the premier league, but far from futuristic, what happened here yesterday seems to be another worrying indication that things are going backwards. Professional footballer telling the referee, telling the world, he has heard monkey chants. Not on a distant football pitch in eastern europe, this was Chelseas Antonio Rudiger at tottenham hotspur, in englands capital cit