To undermine beijings authority in the territory. The law which had sparked demonstrations in recent days will allow beijings intelligence agencies to set up in the territory for the first time. Critics say it will limit freedom in hong kong. The premier League Season is set to restart in three weeks time, with aston villa vs Sheffield United and Manchester City vs arsenal. Our Sports Editor dan roan is at the etihad stadium. Two fixtures to start with. What happens after that . Manchester citys match against arsenal on march 11 three months ago was the first postponed because of this crisis and today we learnt it will mark the return of the league, all being well, on june 17, mark the return of the league, all being well, onjune 17, alongside that match being well, onjune17, alongside that match between aston villa and Sheffield United. The other outstanding fixture. In the six weeks that followed there will be 90 other fixtures packed in weeks that followed there will be 90 otherfixt
And in wales theres a similar easing of restrictions from monday a Police Station in minneapolis has been set alight during a third night of protests over the death of an unarmed black man in custody. And the row between donald trump and twitter escalates the social media site has covered one of the president s tweets with a warning it glorifies violence. It had threatened the minneapolis rioters that they could be shot. Good morning, youre watching bbc news, im annita mcveigh. The chancellor, rishi sunak, is expected to set out plans for employers to contribute to the cost of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which is currently paying up to 80 percent of the wages of more than eight million furloughed workers. Its thought the chancellor will ask firms to contribute 20 percent of wages from august. Meanwhile, the uks chief scientific adviser has urged people to stick to social distancing guidelines when further easing of the lockdown starts in england next week. Groups of up to six
The us city of minneapolis is still reeling from the death of george floyd, who died in Police Custody. Well speak to the lawyer representing his family. Donald trump is expected to sign a new executive order targeting social media firms, as he lashes out at Silicon Valley over twitters decision to add a fact check to his tweets. And the us, canada, the uk and australia have issued a rebuke of chinas new security law, which they say curtails invididual liberties in hong kong. Welcome. Borisjohnson has announced that from monday, people in the uk will be allowed to meet outdoors in groups of up to six people, as long as separate households remain two metres apart from each other. The Prime Minister said a further 377 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in all uk settings in the past day. The overall uk death toll from the virus has risen to 37,837. Borisjohnson said the lockdown in the uk could be relaxed further because of a sustained fall in the death rate. Here he
Week out, we can carefully take the steps that we are taking tomorrow. Religious services resume. The pope has returned to st peters basilica to celebrate mass. As schools in england prepare to reopen to some pupils tomorrow governors say all children shouldnt have to return before summer holidays. And coming up on the programme. A new era for space travel as the first ever commercial rocket carrying humans into space is successfully launched. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Huge demonstrations have taken place in at least 30 cities across the united states. It follows mondays killing of george floyd, an African American man from minneapolis, who died after a Police Officer knelt on his neck during an arrest. Since wednesday protests have erupted from coast to coast across the united states. With a number of governors calling out the National Guard an extremely rare move