Universities write to the uk education secretary calling for more money to help with the cost of taking in extra students following a government u turn on a level grades. And coming up this hour, the three victorian forts originally built to defend england against the french going up for sale. Hello and welcome. If you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The number of people being randomly tested in the community to track the prevalence of covid 19 is to be incased up in england. From october, 150,000 people will be tested every fortnight as part of the office for National Statistics programme which is separate from the Mass Testing Programme of people who have symptoms. The figure is up from the 28,000 in england who are currently sent a home testing kit. Testing will also be expanded in scotland, wales and northern ireland. The health secretary, matt hancock, says the expansion of testing in the
We begin with breaking news u. S. Senator Bernie Sanders has ended his bid for the democratic partys nomination in the president ial election his announcement. To be the presumptive nominee to challenge president donald trump. In the early primaries attracting strong support from progressive voters the 70 year old became the frontrunner but. Was a substantial lead in the race for delegates. Well bring you more on that story in subsequent bulletins going on now the European Commission is urging you Member States to extend the current ban on nonessential travel into the passport free zone until at least the 15th of me the emails to contain the coronavirus pandemic the ban was agreed on the 17th of march for an initial period of 30 days but it is up to Member States to decide whether to go along with the proposed extension some European Countries are starting to relax their locked arms restrictions while others are tightening them. Silence reigns in europe paris is like a city deserted fr
Concern spreads from italy to iran, but the World Health Organization says the outbreak is not yet considered a pandemic. The business case. Mastercard and United Airlines, the latest companies to issue profit warnings amid the operate. And, sticking to the script. Cleveland fed president Loretta Mester says the virus is a threat to the u. S. Economy, but does not justify a change in rates. Just under one hour away from the start of cash equity trading across europe and in the u. K. Lets take a look at futures after the big drop yesterday. We saw in some cases the biggest slide in european stocks since the brexit vote. As a result, we see a bounce in futures today. Maybe investors saying it is time to buy in the dip. You can see that dax futures are up 8 10 of 1 . U. S. Futures are also showing gains today after the biggest drop in two years on the s p and dow. You can see we swap over to u. S. Futures, they will be showing green arrows as well. Lets take a look at whats going on in te
but fears remain for nigeria s missing school till. then it says i when you re old i grew up in poverty with lots of dept the plight of the poor child care scandal could affect the outcome of dutch elections. and the election is over but the u.s. president is back touring swing states we ll tell you why. chile is a success story when it comes to getting people vaccinated against coronavirus about a 3rd of its population that s more than 5000000 people have had their 1st job but it s still in a covert 900 crisis that doesn t look like ending any time soon a latin america editor listen you ve been reports from santiago. a severe health crisis in the latin american country one might gleason have expected when chilian is dying from cold 19 every 15 minutes and critical care units are overflowing the doctor said they runs the i.c.u. at the clinic and takes us to see for ourselves that every bed is occupied even though the number of critical period units nearly doubled this week. p
Experts say it puts some people at unnecessary risk of building up a resistance. We will be looking at the evidence. 50 years ago today, homosexuality was partially decriminalised in england and wales. Prime minister theresa may says the Conservative Party have been wrong in the past but have Come A Long Way we will take a look at what that means. Hello and welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Coming up, we will look at the wildfires which have swept across france. And charlie gards parents have until noon to decide whether he will go to a hospice. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The government has taken what is being described as a major step in developing a new immigration policy. Home secretary amber rudd is asking independent Migration Experts to analyse the role of eu nationals living and working in the uk. T