Pretending to be in charge. The italian Prime Minister admits his countrys taking a calculated risk by easing a number of lockdown measures from next week. Spain records 87 deaths in the past 2a hours the first time its under 100 since the lockdown began. People in the uk are still being urged to stay away from tourist destinations amid different lockdown rules for each part of the country. In south africa how the ban on buying alcohol and cigarettes for the last seven weeks, has played into the hands of criminal gangs, damaging the fragile economy. And after top flight football resumes in germany, well get our experts to provide some answers about sport in your questions answered thats in around fifteen minutes time. The British Government is pushing for the phased reopening of primary schools but today, one of its most senior minister said he could not guarantee safety for teachers turning to work. Michael gove said there is always, and any loosening of the restrictions, risk of peop
A place for taiwan . Brazils coronavirus death toll has risen to 16,118, with more than 240,000 cases, making it the fourth worst affected country in terms of confirmed infections. On sunday the mayor of brazils biggest city, sao paulo, warned that the Health System was close to collapse. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson now reports from sao paulo. The death toll is still climbing and the president is still in denial. Jair bolsonaro remains intent on putting politics before the pandemic, once again flouting Global Health guidelines at a protest on sunday, even if he was finally wearing a mask. Translation its priceless for politicians to have a spontaneous demonstration like this one, coming from the heart, from the soul of the brazilian people who want freedom, democracy and respect above all. Amid growing criticism over his handling of the coronavirus crisis, mr bolsonaro is sticking closely to the minority of brazilians who still think hes doing a good job. He and his fan
More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they are doing. A lot of them arent even pretending to be in charge. And in south africa how the ban on buying alcohol and cigarettes for the last seven weeks, has played into the hands of criminal gangs. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Uk cabinet minister michael gove has rejected criticism of the governments plans to get some children back to school in england. Hes insisted having a limited number back, with social distancing, will be safe. The uk government has pledged 84 Million Pounds to help accelerate the work of vaccine programmes. It comes as the number of daily deaths dropped to 170 the lowest since the day after the lockdown began. For a second time the former us president barack obama has criticised Donald Trumps administrations h
Number of confirmed cases in the world in the last 2a hours, nearly 15,000 new infections were recorded. And in south africa how the ban on buying alcohol and cigarettes for the last seven weeks, has played into the hands of criminal gangs. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. The uk government says its confident that children and teachers will be safe under its plans for schools in england to open to more pupils next month. Cabinet Office Minister michael gove said that while it was impossible to completely eliminate the risk of contracting coronavirus it was extremely unlikely that a school would be the source of an outbreak. The number of daily deaths in the uk dropped to 170 in the last day the lowest since the day after the lockdown began though there is generally a lag at the weekends in the reporting of deaths. For a second time the former us president barack 0bama has c
Torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they are doing. The italian Prime Minister admits his country is taking a calculated risk by using a number of lockdown measures from next week. Spain records 87 deaths in the past 2a hours. The first time it has been under 100 since lockdown began. People are still being urged to stay away from tourist destinations and follow the lockdown rules for each pa rt follow the lockdown rules for each part of the uk. And injust follow the lockdown rules for each part of the uk. And in just over half an hour will be bringing you todays uk government briefing where we will hear from the business secretary. Welcome to bbc news. Well be bringing you the latest Coronavirus Briefing from downing street at 11. 30. Todays main developments the uk government is pushing for the phased re opening of Primary Schools, but today one of its most senior ministers said he coudnt guarantee safety for teachers returning to work. Mic