drjenny harries the deputy chief medical officerfor england. the prime minister is likely to be asked about today s other main news as the duchess of sussex tells american tv that her treatment by the royal family led her to contemplate suicide. she tells oprah winfrey that one unnamed family member raised questions about the skin colour of her son archie. so, we have in tandem the conversation of, he won t be given security, he s not going to be given a title. and also, concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he s born. oprah winfrey has since said harry wanted to clarify that it was not the queen or prince philip who made the comments about archie s skin. she also addressed the couple s desire for privacy. hello. welcome to this bbc news special in the next few minutes the prime minister will be leading a coronavirus news briefing at downing street. today marks the first stage of the borisjohnson s road map out of lockdown for england. all s
Singapore, youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore and 1am here in london where the british Prime Minister theresa may has ordered a Public Inquiry into the fire that devastated a residential block of flats in west london. 17 people are now known to have died. Many residents are missing, with whole families unaccounted for. Heres the latest from our home editor, mark easton, and i must warn you, there are some distressing details in his report. Slowly, inch by painstaking inch, Fire Officers continue their grim and dangerous work. Amid the soot blackened shell of what was once home to hundreds are some who did not make it out. Exactly how many, we dont know, but police today said they hoped the final death toll would not be in three figures. The scale of this tragedy is yet to become clear. Sadly, i can confirm the number of people who have died is now 17. We do believe that that number will sadly increase. There are 37 people receiving treatment,
Now on bbc news, monday in parliament. Hello, and welcome to monday in parliament, where borisjohnson insists his bill allowing ministers to break International Law on brexit is only a safety net. I have absolutely no desire to use these measures. They are an insurance policy. But labour reckons the Prime Minister has no one else to blame if he doesnt like the details of the brexit divorce agreement. This is his deal its his mess, its his failure for the first time in his life, its time to take responsibility. Also on this programme a cabinet minister hails a post brexit trade deal with japan. And in the lords a Health Minister sets out the Covid Communications challenge. If people do think that theyre confused and think they have a way out because it is in some way complicated, then we will fail, and the disease will come back, and we will have tens of thousands of deaths. But first Boris Johnson has told mps his new brexit legislation would preserve the economic and political integri
Case and nothing more, would be enough to get on top of it. The latest job figures the latestjob figures are out in an hour. What will be the implications of the latest alert system on hospitality and industry. Already on its knees. Three weeks to go until the us election and Donald Trump Holds his first rally since being treated for coronavirus, declaring hes in perfect shape. I feel so powerful. I ifeel so powerful. I will walk into that audience, i will walk in there and kiss everyone in that audience. Cheering and applause. Arsene wenger opens up about his 22 years at arsenal. He talks about his love for the club, why he left, and has his say on that radical plan to shake up english football. Morning. For some of us today, there is more rain showers and brisk winds in the forecast but after today, things quietened down and it will dry up still be chilly. All of the details in about ten minutes. Its tuesday, october 13th. Our top story its emerged that the governments top scientific
Ido . France is to enter a Second National lockdown from friday people will only be allowed to leave home for essential work or medical reasons and applause for the coronavirus patient whos finally left hospital after 209 days as the number of covid i9 infections rises, there are new calls from scientists for more action to protect people and to prevent a much worse second wave. One expert has warned of at least five hundred deaths a day by the end of next month. The latest government figures show that in the last twenty four hours, 310 people are reported to have died with the disease, with an overall total of 45,675 deaths across the uk from coronavrius so far. Our Health Editor hugh pym has been looking at the figures across the uk. A hospital at the heart of one of the virus hotspots. Case numbers in the local derry city and Strabane Council area relative to the population were among the highest in the uk. Sandra is one of 20 seriously ill patients in this covid ward. She was admit