Aid officials and the un are saying up to 6 Million People in yemen are being denied desperately needed aid because Houthi Rebels are blocking it. The houthis, supported by iran, have been fighting the government backed by saudi arabia, the us and uk for five years. Chinas leader has made a public appearance to highlight the governments efforts to combat the coronavirus. Speaking to medical workers, xi jinping called for more decisive measures to combat the outbreak. At least 1,000 people have died so far, 42,000 cases have been confirmed. The us state of New Hampshire is in the spotlight as voters get ready for tuesdays primary election. Analysts see this as a vital moment for former Vice President joe biden, and some of the other democratic candidates, to boost theirflagging campaigns to become the partys nominee to fight donald trump for the presidency. A 58 year old man has died in hampshire after a tree fell on his car during storm ciara on sunday. Weather warnings remain in place
Thats incredible. What might his team mates have embraced him after he opened up to them about his views, and fans locally feel excited about having one of the best playing for them. Its quite tough, fans dont seem to bit quite hysterical around here about issues. I think the media will move on. I think that will disappear. Sport has a long history of granting second chances. The question is whether greater talent should equal quickerforgiveness . Natalie perks, bbc news. The sporting calendar in asia continues to be decimated with two rugby sevens events the latest to be postponed due to the coronavirus. Olympic organisers though insist tokyo 2020 will not be moving. Austin halewood has more. First it was sporting events in china. We saw the chinese grand prix postpone on wednesday. But now events in other countries are starting to be affected. Today its been the singapore and hong kong tournaments that have been rescheduled. Theyve now been more than 40,000 cases of this coronavirus
Good morning welcome to breakfast withjon kay and tina daheley. 0ur headlines today. Britain braces itself for storm dennis, with warnings that it could inflict more damage and destruction than last weekends storm ciara. Tens of thousands of passengers have flights cancelled during the half term holiday. Good morning. Delays are expected on the railways and roads. Well keep you updated. Welcome to breakfast, withjon kay and tina daheley. Our headlines today hundreds of flights are cancelled as the uk prepares to be battered there are amber warnings in force by storm dennis. From the met office, up to a months worth of rain falling on saturated ground heavy rain and flooding is expected in some parts of the uk. Flooding is very to lead to major disruption likely on top of that. For a second weekend some very strong and gusty winds. Running in some areas. We will keep you updated a huge blow for Manchester City. Throughout the morning. A huge blow for Manchester City. Theyre banned from
This is bbc news. Lam iamjane i amjane hill. We had lines to be. The number of people whove died with coronavirus in care homes in england is thought to have doubled in five days figures suggest more than 2,000 deaths. In the first ever virtual Prime Ministers questions, the new labour leader strongly criticises the government over a lack of testing and supply of Personal Protective Equipment. Somethings going wrong, but there isa somethings going wrong, but there is a pattern emerging here. We were slow into lockdown, slow on testing, slow into lockdown, slow on testing, slow on protective equipment. I dont accept his premise that we have been slow. We have been guided by the scientific advice, the chief scientific adviser, the chief medical officer at every step along
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This is bbc news. The headlines at 4pm. As students protest against the downgrading of a level results in england more confusion as the exam regulator withdraws its guidance on appealing against grades just hours after publishing it. The common thing is anger. A lot of people are really sad and the stress, it is a really stressful time. Like, yourfuture is uncertain. I think the general attitude is, people want change. People want the government to be held accountable. Its about time that Boris Johnson takes for this and stops making it up as he goes along, because its far too serious for that, and i think in the next 2a hours hes got to come and explain to students, parents and teachers, how he will address this historic injustice. The search for two teenage brothers who went missing in the sea near Lytham St Annes in lancashire is called off by the coastguard. A huge crowd of opposition supporters gathers in the centre of the belarussian capital minsk to protest last weekends dispute