Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Four more cases of coronavirus have been reported in england bringing the total number in the uk to eight. They are all known to have come into contact with a previously confirmed uk case. Its believed to have come from a british businessman who went to a conference in singapore. From there, he went skiing in Les Contamines montjoie, in the french alps, where he came into contact with these new cases. The businessman then travelled to brighton, where he became unwell. He was transferred to london for treatment. The new cases announced this morning were also taken from brighton to london over the weekend in order to receive specialist care. This comes as the government introduces new powers to deal with the spread of coronavirus, and declares it is a serious and imminent threat to Public Health. Under new measures, the department of health says people with coronavirus can now be forcibly quarantined and will not be free to leave. Our health co
Aside from the obvious politics that seattles a pretty liberal town and that the u. S. Senate cant get a single piece of legislation through without a super majority thanks to republicans routine abuse of the filibuster . But another part of the difference is that in seattle there is sufficient pressure from the left. In november of last year kshama suwant, a socialist, an avowed socialist, was elected to seattle city council. She backed efforts to raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour, and she leaves a Grassroots Group called 15 now. A Business Coalition in seattle countered. And while they agreed to the headline figure of 15 an hour, they wanted some key qualifiers like a temporary training wage, a phasein period, for health care, commissions, tips, and bonuses to be counted in total wages. The deal announced by seattle mayor ed murray today was a compromise, and he had this to say about the achievement. Cities have often been the incubators of democracy, and seattle i think will prov
A Business Coalition in seattle countered. And while they agreed to the headline figure of 15 an hour, they wanted some key qualifiers like a temporary training wage, a phasein period, for health care, commissions, tips, and bonuses to be counted in total wages. The deal announced by seattle mayor ed murray today was a compromise, and he had this to say about the achievement. Cities have often been the incubators of democracy, and seattle i think will prove itself when this process is finished in council to once again be an incubator of democracy, to be a city that once again does great things. By showing how we as a city can lead the conversation in the nation to address this growing problem in our society. The growing problem of income inequality. In seattle pressure from the left is not unlike the original movement that brought us the 40hour workweek that started the may days that we now, well, kind of celebrate but dont really. In so many crucial areas of progress demands that at f
Aside from the obvious politics that seattles a pretty liberal town and that the u. S. Senate cant get a single piece of legislation through without a super majority thanks to republicans routine abuse of the filibuster . But another part of the difference is that in seattle there is sufficient pressure from the left. In november of last year kshama sawant, a socialist, an avowed socialist, was elected to seattle city council. She backed efforts to raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour, and she leaves a Grassroots Group called 15 now. A Business Coalition in seattle countered. And while they agreed to the headline figure of 15 an hour, they wanted some key qualifiers like a temporary training wage, a phasein period, for health care, commissions, tips, and bonuses to be counted in total wages. The deal announced by seattle mayor ed murray today was a compromise, and he had this to say about the achievement. Cities have often been the incubators of democracy, and seattle i think will prov
Afghan peace talks are on hold for now. The u. S. Secretary of state says the militant group will have to make a number of commitments before talks can resume, including a reduction of violence. The suspension comes after President Donald Trump announced he was cancelling a secret meeting with taliban leaders at camp david. Cnns kylie atwood has more now. Reporter the decision to have this meeting was made about a week ago when President Trump met with his National Security team, and were told that he was told by a number of folks, including senator Lindsey Graham and his National Security advisor john bolton, that too much trust was being put in the taliban in these negotiations. The president wanted to get involved himself. But we do know that the u. S. Officials who have been watching over these negotiations felt that there was some progress made between the u. S. And the taliban. The taliban had agreed to reduce violence in afghanistan, at least in part. We dont know the specifics