Spains former King Juan Carlos has decided to leave the country following allegations of corruption against him. Juan carlos made the announcement in a letter to his son, felipe, to whom he handed power six years ago. A million workers are asked to stay at home in australias second city, melbourne, as it fights a rise in new coronavirus infections. The streets are already empty and curfew measures in place in australias strictest lockdown so far. President trump has changed course on the video sharing app tik tok. Hes given the go ahead for microsoft to take over the us operations. And key figures in the Northern Ireland Peace Process have paid tribute tojohn hume the Nobel Prize Winning nationalist politician whos died at the age of 83. Tony blair described him as a political titan. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me again we have anna isaac from the wall streetjournal, and Jack Blanchard from politico. Welcome back to you
Will become windier. Showers will be here on thursday for another spell of wider and milder air on friday. This is bbc news, the headlines at seven. Another deadline extended brexit talks will now continue as both sides agree to carry on after being unable to come to an agreement. Lam afraid i am afraid we are still very far apart on some key things that where there is life, there is hope. We will keep talking in the uk certainly wont be walking away from the talks. I think people expect us to go the extra mile. We have accordingly mandated our negotiators to continue the talks and see whether an agreement can be reached, even at this late stage. Following the decision, the Prime Minister held a conference
call to brief the cabinet on their options in the event of a no deal outcome all schools in greenwich have been told to close from tomorrow after the Council Leader said coronavirus rates in the South East London borough have reached its highest level than any time since march. A war
Tonight at ten. Emergency legislation to be introduced to end the automatic Early Release from prison of those convicted of terror offences. It follows yesterdays events in south london, when a man was shot dead by police after stabbing two people. Sudesh amman, whod been sent to prison for terror offences, had been released at the end of january. Ministers say they want to change the system. We face an unprecedented situation of severe gravity and, as such, it demands that the government responds immediately. But the governments critics say the new plans would merely defer the problem of what happens when a prisoner is released. Also tonight. In china, the race to tackle the outbreak of coronavirus, as a 1,000 bed hospital is built in two weeks. In the grandeur of greenwich, borisjohnson unveils his vision of trade after brexit, critics say his plans are unrealistic. A special report from yemen, as the first flight for critically ill patients has taken off, five years after the confli
Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2 a third case of coronavirus is confirmed in the uk the patient is being transferred to an Infectious Disease centre. Meanwhile, chinas ambassador to britain urges countries not to panic about the virus. Hours before hes due to deliver scotlands budget finance secretary derek mckay steps down after sending personal messages to a 16 year old boy on social media. Derek mckays conduct fell far short of what is expected of a minister. Indeed, he offered his resignation to me and i accepted. It was not an option for him to remain in government. An end to automatic release of terror prisoners the government says it wants to change the law within three weeks. And a new record is set by astronaut Christina Koch, whos spent more days in space than any other woman. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with huw ferris. Five changes for englands six nations match against scotland on saturday, including scrum half ben youngs dropp
M v hr who try and give up will find against them are perseverance our perseverance. Those who survive our heroes and they are now conveying things, passing it forward and on the future generations and our children will also have to become those who will also convey that message, they will become the witnesses of the witnesses and never give that role up because, thanks to what they will learn, they will become those who have the power of knowledge. They know that we do not have the right or the privilege of forgetting and the stories of our victims is a story that is a vibrant, vital one and a crucial one that must be passed on. This will be awe inspiring to these children because our children will have to protect and defend democracy and
humanity that is so fragile and delicate and one must fortify it time and time again so we are uniting here today once again in order to draw that inspiration and award it to our youths so they will find in their heart, the courage so that on the day