President tests negative for codeine and pains is an unproven drug for his recovery. And u. S. Diplomats depart their closed consulate in chengdu as relations with china deteriorate. We begin with a spike in the number of new corona virus infections in spain outbreaks a prompted the u. K. Government to make a last minute decision to reimpose a 2 week south korean team for people who travel there and across the atlantic the u. S. Is experiencing record death tolls more on that in a minute but 1st some of the ngo has a story from europe. A Welcome Break on a beach in catalonia after an unprecedented lockdown would be difficult for most people to resist but amid these relaxed scenes and uncomfortable question is being asked is this the start of a 2nd wave of the pandemic on saturday almost 1500 new cases were recorded in the region most of them in and around the city of barcelona many of the new cases are young people showing mild or no symptoms at all it prompted a swift shutdown up. Nig
And 6 months on from the 1st corona virus infection in the citys residents are now facing a new threat. Nearly 16000000 people worldwide have been infected with corona virus in the u. S. The number of cases is rising as authorities struggle to get the pandemic under control for the 5th consecutive day more than 1000 americans have died of the virus and 68000 new infections have been reported in just the past 24 hours the countrys top Infectious Diseases expert dr anthony felt she has state governments to halt reopening to cope with the infections the states of florida texas and california remain some of the worst hit areas many in florida are blaming the governor for easing the lockdown measures too soon so how did you cast her reports from maryland. The death toll in florida is rising as well and one person in florida is dying a coded every 10 minutes and florida certainly is not alone 18 states in the United States have broken totals and as far as cases or deaths in this past week in
Protest across israel furious about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is handling of the pandemic. Just 4 days after a global tally showed 15000000. 00 Coronavirus Infections the world has now surpassed 16000000. 00 thats according to the u. S. Based Johns Hopkins university it shows the United States brazil and india are leading a surge in new cases globally almost 650000 people on the known to have died the u. S. Has recorded 73000 new infections in the past 24 hours the countrys top Infectious Diseases expert dr anthony felt she is again urging state governments to hit pause on reopening the states of florida texas and california remain some of the worst affected and floridas governor is being accused of easing lockdown measures too soon Heidi Joe Castro reports now from maryland. The death toll in florida is rising as well and one person in florida is dying a covert every 10 minutes and florida certainly is not alone 18 states in the United States have broken totals and as far as c
Reimpose is a quarantine on anyone coming in from spain catching travelers off guard. A mostly peaceful protest turns into a crackdown by the police and federal officers in Portland Oregon. And the painstaking process of restoring the acropolis in athens as the greek government renews its call for britain to return its ancient treasures. And im santa how much now have all the sports a big day for you event is the syrian leaders that have the chance to wrap up a nice stated league title. There we are lets get going we begin this with the coronavirus pandemic which is spreading further and faster every day it took the world 2 weeks to get from 1000000 to 2000000 cases its taken just 4 days to make the leap from 15000000 to 16000000 thats according to the u. S. Based Johns Hopkins university lets just have a look at what they are saying you can see there the number of top left 16055909 top write in white global deaths edging towards 645000 lets just zoom into the map for you as well a sea
A warning the disruption caused by the coded 19 pandemic could lead to double the number of malaria related deaths in africa this year. And the painstaking process of restoring the acropolis in athens says the greek government renews its call for britain to return to its ancient traditions. And sport the west indies are fighting to avoid defeat in the deciding task match against england stuart broad taking 8 wickets in the match so far and closing in on a series victory. A powerful politician who stood alongside Martin Luther king jr as a civil rights pioneer in the u. S. Has made a symbolic final judie 55 years ago john lewis was knocked down and beaten unconscious on a bridge in alabama for demanding that black people be given the right to vote his. Bodies been taken across that bridge in selma one last time its part of 6 days of ceremonies to remember the 80 year old who died after battling pancreatic cancer lewis was one of the socalled big 6 of the Civil Rights Movement led by Lut