As we come on the air, the outbreak is getting worse in some parts of the country. At the same time, other areas are lifting stayathome orders. Tonight texas is allowing people into state parks, and geoias pe ayetrictionmond and tennessee says its back to work for the majority of its businesses on may 1st. All of this comes as protests against social distancing are sprouting up with the support of the president. And that is angering some state leaders who say they desperately need help with a nationwide testing strategy before lifting their orders. Well, today the Vice President told governors hes worried about spikes in the chicago, boston, and philadelphia metro areas. The virus has now taken more than 41,000 lives in the u. S. , more than 782,000 cases have been confirmed, and tonight something truly extraordinary. With so few americans driving and nowhere to store it, future prices for crude oil are now negative, suggesting producers are willing to pay customers to take oil off the
Britains thriving science sector who responded with anti putin chants. Would be put at risk by a no deal brexit that is the warning from the head of the wellcome trust, the uks biggest charitable funder of scientific research. The trust spends around £1 billion a year supporting research, most of it in the uk. Katy austin has more. Jasmin is a scientist from germany, researching sex chromosomes at the Francis Crick institute in london. She is not sure whether to stay in the uk, though, because the country is leaving the eu. My feeling is that over the next ten, 20 years, if brexit actually happens, especially if it happens without a deal, which seems likely now, that uk science is on the decline, with regards to yeah, funding opportunities, positions that are available, attractiveness of living here. You could see this place as a symbol of britains status as a science superpower europes largest Biomedical Research facility under one roof, with 1,200 researchers working here from acros
We are going to take it to hong kong. There were tens of thousands of people out on the streets again in hong kong. There had been a protest in a public park that had been authorised by police but it had spilled out and in view of the authorities, anything outside of the park was deemed to be illegal. Now we have got demonstrators and heavily Armed Security forces. You will recall that hong kong has seen eight consecutive weekends of Anti Government and pro democracy protests. Yesterday, police fired and rubber bullets at another protest in the north and we have seen the same action taken today by the police. It all began several weeks ago because of opposition to a bill whereby people from hong kong could be extradited to the chinese mainland. That bill has been dropped but it has become more about the autonomous status that hong kong is supposed to enjoy which of course makes it a very different place from mainland china. We will keep an eye on that and speak to our correspondence wh
For the next couple of days, with gusts of winds 45 50 mph, which is certainly worth bearing in mind, if you are under canvas. So there will be some rain, some of it heavy, maybe even thundery across southwest england, moving its way up wales, the midlands, and showers into scotland. Sheltered eastern areas will see the best of the weather, with highest values of 2a degrees. Now, as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, that low continues to drift its way steadily eastwards, so thats where the real emphasis of the showers are likely to be, and stretching up into southwest scotland. It means a better day for northeast scotland, and for wales and southwest england. Highest values by wednesday of 22 degrees. So our week ahead looks a little different from the weekjust gone, much fresher, and some pretty sharp showers at times. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Riot police in hong kong clash with thousands of protesters who defied a ban and marched through the streets for an eighth
A man had to be rescued from a beach in norfolk after his leg became wedged between rocks while the tide was in. He was stuck for nearly three hours, at one point submerged up three hours, at one point submerged up to his neck. Our correspondent reports. The moment the Emergency Services rescued a man who was trapped between the rocks on the north norfolk coast. The tide was in, and they worked quickly to keep his head above the water. Sheringhams lifeguard was the first on the scene. The patient had his foot wedged down in between the rock and the structure here. When i arrived on scene, he was getting hammered by pretty severe tidal waves, and so i basically came in with a rescue tube to wedge it between him and the rock, and then sheltered him with my body when waves were impacting. The man and his family were on these steps here when a wave came over. He stepped in front of his children to protect them, and he was knocked onto the boulders that are right here below us, where he got