This is bbc news. Im Samantha Simmonds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The suspect in the multiple stabbings in britain was already known to the Intelligence Services having come to their attention last year. A big spike in the virus reproduction number in germany following two localised outbreaks. And questions about numbers in india Health Workers tell the bbc that virus infection statistics are being deliberately minimised. Saudi arabia reopens mosques in mecca, but theres still no word on whether the hajj will go ahead. A man being held on suspicion of killing three people at a park in the english town of reading on saturday has been identified as a 25 year old originally from libya. Khairi saadallah had come to the attention of mi5 last year, but was not considered to be an immediate risk. The fatal stabbing is being treated by police as a terror incident. One of the victims has been named as 36 year old teacher james furlong. His family descr
Tonight at ten moments of silence and moving tributes to the Three Friends stabbed to death in reading on saturday. All three have now been named. They and many more were enjoying an evening in a town park when the attack happened others were injured. Among many tributes was this gathering at the school, where one of the victims taught. Pupils past and present were there. He wasntjust a teacher, he was a human being and he had family and friends that loved him just as much as we do. I think everyone should remember mr furlong as the lively teacher, the person who tried to put a smile on everyones faces. Well have more from reading, where police are Still Holding a 25 year old libyan man under the terrorism act. Also tonight. Im not allowed to go out or go shopping. Measures to protect people in england shielding from coronavirus are set to be relaxed from the end ofjuly. In new york, once the global epicentre of the pandemic, shops are re opening, as life emerges from lockdown. We repo
This is bbc news im simon mccoy. The headlines. Leicester faces more time in lockdown. It could be the uks first city to have restrictions extended for an extra two weeks. We have to remain vigilant, we have to continue to do the basics. Washing our hands and all that. Plus, we need to have local lockdown is and local whack a mole strategies where necessary. Spending on infrastructure the government plans to spend a billion pounds on schools in england over the next decade further easing of restrictions across the rest of the uk as schools in wales and high street shops in scotland reopen. Planning to get away . The government prepares to give more details on where we can go on holiday this summer. A socially distanced chorus line how choirs are trying to find harmony 2 metres apart. Good afternoon. Leicester is preparing to be the first place in the uk in the past fortnight. The Prime Minister said the government is concerned about the situation there and the move would mean that curr
Of the official numbers. So how many deaths are occurring in india is probably vastly underestimated. So if you look, for example, at the Million Deaths study a very warm welcome. Results on how many pneumonia deaths in adults occurred, if we just relied on the records from the urban reporting areas, there is about a three to fourfold underestimation. We begin today in germany, the Health Authorities have reported the reproduction number of coronavirus, this is bbc news with thats the number of people the latest business that on average one person and we think that, for covid, headlines for viewers in the uk its at least that. Infects, has risen sharply. In a vast country with many and around the world. This has been fuelled by localised outbreaks layers of government, of covid 19 in a meat packing plant and at an the true scale of the toll that the uk government clamps down on foreign takeovers apartment block. Coronavirus is taking in india by changing Legislation Police reinforcemen
Before we start lets take you to the white house now and show you these live pictures were receiving. It is just about 11 at night there, as you can see, a lot of protesters out there. Interesting things have been happening, at first we have got people wondering whether President Trump was planning another walkout to Lafayette Square, but in fact what happened just a couple of hours ago is that all the press were suddenly removed from the white house grounds at almost no notice and with no explanation. That is very unusual, there has been speculation that the president was again being moved to the bunker below the white house, although none of that is confirmed. Certainly there are quite a few practice there, there is suggestion on social media that there have been attem pts media that there have been atte m pts to media that there have been attempts to remove the statue of Andrew Jackson which is just now at the white house, well known for many things among others and perhaps most val