Site to Stephen Bach to the British secretary of. The news and he s playing for anyone this c.c.c. Radio. But it s 9 o clock I m jumping now this is politics and here s the news with Calum and the main news this morning the spread of the new coronavirus is exaggerated and in supporting Glenn search for making its Indiana s band different you can download the peanuts Politics Program or b.b.c. Sound mix is b.b.c. 5. The Chinese president sees the spread of the new coronavirus is accelerating at least $56.00 people have died since the outbreak began the Foreign Office has warned against all travel to who be a province where it originated and is urging British people there to leave if they can Chris Buckley from the New York Times is and will hand a charter flight organized by the United States will find a wall to take out American consulate still here and also American nationals who can sit on to the flight having just heard a call from the Foreign Affairs Office of the government they
Oil prices surged Russia s economy heavily dependent on energy exports is set to gain and the assassination very much pleased to President Putin s narrative that it s America not Russia which is an aggressive power flouting international law Iraqi state television says there s been another air strike in the country 24 hours after the killing of General Salim money it said the u.s. Had targeted a convoy of Iranian backed Iraqi militia north of the capital Baghdad there s been no comment from Washington Australia has mobilized reserve troops to help tackle wildfires which have now claimed 23 lives 2 deaths were reported during the night on Kangaroo Island off the coast of Adelaide Forecasters say strong winds and high temperatures today could drive the flames closer to heavily populated areas the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the extra troops the governor general signed off on the call out of this trying to fence Force Reserve to surge and bring every possible capab
He say the women s handwriting matches that on a note written in the sky lanterns found at the site of the fire more than 30 animals died mostly monkeys and apes including Europe s oldest gorilla and the mother a rank a tank and her offspring a senior figure in the Welsh Assembly has been suspended from the parliament s conservative group following what s being described as a police incident as understood Nick Ramsay was arrested at his home last night although no further details would be made public the 44 year old he represents more mature is the Shadow Finance Minister and chairs the Public Accounts Committee thanks very much Tom troops are being sent in to rescue some of the 4000 people trapped by bushfires in Victoria the 2nd Australian state to announce emergency powers the Navy s been helping out with emergency evacuations and in neighboring New South Wales the authorities have declared a 7 day state of emergency as the Wall of Fire continues and forecasters predict deteriorati
Schools concluded that the bequest from a former pupil Professor sobriety Thwaites wasn t compatible with their values but the decision has prompted a debate about equality and race Simon Jones reports So Brian who s $96.00 had planned to bequeath 800000 pounds to win just the college and $400000.00 pounds the dollars college in his will he received scholarships to attend both schools and said he wanted his money to go to white boys from disadvantaged backgrounds because they do worse at school the most other ethnic groups he told The Times newspaper that if Cambridge University was prepared to accept money from the grime artist storm s easy to fund the education of 2 black students each year why shouldn t he do the same for underprivileged white pupils under the Equality Act education providers are allowed to take what s called positive action to remedy a disadvantage faced by particular groups of students but in a statement winches the college said it could not see how discriminatio
Has been closed because of ice the police are also advising drivers to be prepared for black ice across the country as they re getting lots of reports of by that this morning the conditions are affecting protests trains and cyclists series or take it easy on the footpath as well as on the roads and rush hour delays are lingering on the empty towards Nelson strays also on the Grosvenor Road in Belfast into the city center in Sutherland reporting. Troubling news on b.b.c. Radio. I wonder what s really going on behind the machinery of the top political parties this morning I wonder when they re having their strategy meetings are they actually do they have any sense of sheer as to what the thought of the last few years that we ve got to this stage in the world than our own where an absence of government is actually the consequences of what is being spelt dog I wonder if they re secretly having conversations saying we should be ashamed of us and I wonder are they listening to people like a