Ever one on one talks about Irans Nuclear program. The white house is denying it. The report came from the new york times. It said iran is waiting to negotiate until after the election, so it knows which administration its dealing with. There have been back channel discussions, and israel was aware of them. Diplomats told the times they were not kept in the loop. The National Security council said the president has made clear that he will prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and we will do what we must to achieve that. The election is a little more than two weeks away here, and in maryland the president ial race not the only election people are talking about. Questions six and seven continue to be contentious issues on the ballot. Darcie spencer spoke to voters at a debate about why these two initiatives are so important to them. Its clear many voters are undecided on these important ballot questions. One would provide for a casino, the other for gay marriage. Todays forum was m
The us has overtaken china and italy to become the country that has recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases. More than 82,000 people have been confirmed positive. The grim milestone came as President Donald Trump predicted the nation would get back to work pretty quickly. As countries in europe continue to be worst affected, leaders of the 620 countries have promised to do whatever it takes to minimise the damage to livelihoods. Theyre injecting 5 trillion into the global economy. There have been more than 700 deaths in italy in the last 2a hours. In the uk, 115 people have died from coronavirus in just 2a hours. The British Government has announced a multi billion pound rescue package for the self employed theyll now be able to claim 80 of their average monthly profits from the state. Now on bbc news its time to click. This week the race to trace the coronavirus. The pop up groups trying to help us all to get through it. And breathe helping children to use their inhalers. As
Now on bbc news, click. This week the race to trace the coronavirus. The pop up groups trying to help us all to get through it. And breathe helping children to use their inhalers. Theme music. As the coronavirus has swept across the globe, the ability to know exactly where it is has become the crucial key to stopping it. We have a simple message for all countries test, test, test. Some countries have really cracked how to do this. South korea, with its drive through ten minute tests, is held up as a model for others to follow. But many countries are struggling to test at scale. In the uk, testing is having to be limited the cost to infrastructure, the time the test takes are all holding up the battle against the disease. Now, there are dozens of efforts going on around the world to try and solve this. And jen has been looking at one close to home in west london. Around the world, companies and increasingly, individuals, are racing to find ways to accurately test people for the coronavi
Now on bbc news, its time to click. This week the race to trace the coronavirus. The pop up groups trying to help us all get through it. And breathe helping children to use their inhalers. Theme music as the coronavirus has swept across the globe, the ability to know exactly where it is has become the crucial key to stopping it. We have a simple message for all countries test, test, test. Some countries have really cracked how to do this. South korea, with its drive through ten minute tests, is held up as a model for others to follow. But many countries are struggling to test at scale. In the uk, testing is having to be limited the cost to infrastructure, the time the test takes are all holding up the battle against the disease. Now, there are dozens of efforts going on around the world to try and solve this. And jen has been looking at one close to home in west london. Around the world, companies and increasingly, individuals, are racing to find ways to accurately test people for the
Now on bbc news, we simply dont have mass Testing Available for the population now its time for click. And theres a big effort going on to try and get that this week the race in place as quickly as possible to trace the coronavirus. To be able to manage this. The pop up groups trying to help us all to get through it. 00 01 16,001 2147483051 37 22,715 and breathe helping children 2147483051 37 22,715 4294966103 13 29,430 to use their inhalers. Were in negotiations today to buy a so called antibody test, as simple as a pregnancy test, that can tell whether you have had the disease. There are two types of test being worked on. Diagnostic tests, which identify people who currently have coronavirus, and antibody tests these look for antibodies in the blood to see if a person ever had the virus in their system and if they did, when. The diagnostic tests are primarily based on a technology called is pcr polymerase chain reaction. This is a standard molecular technique that identifies the gene