which would be a breach of the uk data privacy code designed to protect young people. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has denied claims he failed to follow covid testing advice during the early days of the pandemic. thousands of whatsapp messages leaked to the telegraph show mr hancock was advised in april 2020 to test everyone going into care homes. but a message reportedly from mr hancock to an aide said he would rather commit to just testing those going into care homes from hospitals. lord bethall was a junior minister in department of health and social care back in 2020. this morning, he was asked whether matt hancock should have taken the advice of the chief medical officer to test everyone going into care homes. no, ithink no, i think the key phrase here is this is obviously a positive step. it was absolutely crystal clear that we wanted to test everyone who went into social care. that was the ambition. gettin
president s controversial plan for the middle east. the end. but 1st the chinese doctor who was among the 1st to sound the alarm on the corona virus outbreak has died from the illness 33 year old 34 year old lee when the un was accused of scare mongering by the police when he 1st posted about the virus on a local messaging application in december after hours of conflicting reports on state media warren central hospital has confirmed his death the world health organization says there are signs the number of new cases of the virus is dropping but it s too soon to know if it s reached its peak at least 638 people are known to have died from the virus and more than 31000 are in fact says meanwhile chinese authorities are still battling to treat patients a seconds new hospital with 1500 beds has opened in han those with milder symptoms are being moved to sports senses and public holes in the virus is still spreading through a cruise. ship carrying sizes of passengers stuck at the
controversy over a mexican militia. follow the death of a doctor reprimanded by police when he raised the alarm over coronavirus is adding to the challenges piling up for china s government there s been an outpouring of public anger over the case of lee when liang who warns about the new virus back in december and policemen who had accused him of disturbing social order to corruption vesta gaiters are being sent from beijing to look into issues raised by the people on the state health commission even mentioned him in their daily updates. on the you know the national health commission extends our sincere condolences and respect to the family and wife of dr the well we know that for medical workers in the front line they sacrificed their own family life to contribute to this by. against a fire as they try to protect our people s health the society needs to care more about our medical workers we need to unite as one to conquer these difficulties president xi jinping has spoken t
Should replace jacob zuma his exwife or his deputy. And oh i Maryam Namazie and london youre watching aljazeera also coming up a deadly landru tens of thousands of refugees are taking from turkey to greece to avoid the islands. Control of the foreign interior and defense ministries in a Coalition Deal set to give the world its young. Palestinians more for protesters killed by Israeli Forces including an activist who previously valsin both legs in an israeli asked right. And dont mention diversity why the Trump Administration is Banning Health officials from using certain words and phrases. Allow our top story this hour a tense scenes in Johannesburg South africas Ruling African National congress is meeting to select its new leader the current president jacob zuma whos accused of corruption is stepping down as head of the a. N. C. The party is deeply divided on who should. Succeed him former cabinet minister and meanies will resume or is also his exwife is vying for the leadership her m
Worldwide outrage grows against the u. S. Decision to recognize true son as the capital of israel tens of thousands converge on they merican in the sea and in tunisia. There shall carry this is al jazeera life and also coming up a man accused of trying to sell missile parts on behalf of north korea is arrested and all strelley a. Decision day for the a. N. C. South africas ruling party prepares to choose a successor to president jacob zuma. It turns out all those conspiracy movies were right the u. S. Military was studying it still might be. Just around the world against the u. S. Decision to recognize tourism as israels capital are gaining new momentum tens of thousands around. Outside of the u. S. Embassy in indonesia against washingtons decision earlier this month they called on president to stop plans to move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem its the fourth mass rally in tunisia sense to us announcement as he has more from jakarta than of thousand indonesians are gathering her