Queen elizabeths husband, the duke of edinburgh, has made a rare public appearance, to officially relinquish a military role hes held for almost 70 years. Prince philip is 99. Hes handed over the title of colonel in chief of the rifles to the duchess of cornwall. 0ur royal correspondent, jonny dymond, reports. Fanfare no more parades. For nearly seven decades, he has led the rifles and the regiments that came before it. Now, it was time to say farewell. But first, a thank you from the assistant commandant general. All ranks, all riflemen, whether serving or retired, would like to thank you for 67 years of continuous service. Fair winds and following seas, he was wished. That made an old sailor smile. The duke has never much liked ceremony, but has always had time for the enlisted men of his regiments. Today, a last chat with those saying goodbye. More than 80 miles away, the baton was passed on a new colonel in chief, the duchess of cornwall. Camillas father fought and was decorated in
A court in hong kong has found a couple not guilty of rioting during last years pro democracy protests. They had faced up to seven years in prison. The verdict could set a precedent for hundreds of others charged with similar offences. At ten oclock clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the days news. First, Philippa Thomas hears from people around the world about their experiences during the pandemic and how covid 19 has changed their lives. Welcome to coronavirus your stories a programme about how covid 19 is changing the lives of people around the world. Im Philippa Thomas. This week, well be hearing stories of youth activism in the face of this crisis. In the philippines, we hear about a family aid program to feed thousands of neighbours whove lost access to jobs and to food because of lockdown. In the us state of pennsylvania, a 17 year old tells me how shes managed to finish high school while taking on 30 hours a week as a supermarket worker to help fund herfamily. But
Remainer has courted a spoke of over 1000 new infections of covid19. Our welcome to bbc news. Im mike embley. Over 1000 new infections of covid 19. 0ur correspondent nick thorne our top stories explains this jump in infections. Thousands of President Trump deploys remaining inns want to return hundreds more federal officers to theirjobs in western to american cities, europe, some also of course expanding his crackdown wa nted europe, some also of course wanted to go on holiday at this on what he calls spiralling violent crime. Time of year and getting the my vision for americas cities could not be more different two test before they can cross from the lawlessness being pushed by the extreme radical left. Romanias border. Romanian citizens, seen as suspicious by neighbouring countries and other countries in europe for even though the us is recording fear of carrying the virus with more than a thousand them. I have just coronavirus deaths a day, fear of carrying the virus with them. I ha
Pu bs, cafes a nd restau ra nts were ordered to close this afternoon after a spike in coronavirus cases. 5a cases have been recorded in the cluster. Residents have been told they cant visit each others homes or travel more than 5 miles from where they live, unless for work or education. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. Aberdeen, back into a local lockdown, the streets this evening close to deserted. More than 200,000 People Living here, facing restrictions on what they can do and where they can go. This, a last pint forward in a granite city pub before, like other venues, at 5pm, it had to close. Instead of closing down aberdeen, maybe close down two or three bars, whatever, thats fair enough. Some people, this is their only enjoyment they get. It is fair enough but i think its absolutely terrible that they are having to go to all this again. What can you do . The first confirmed cases were traced back to this city centre bar. 5a people have now tested positive. More th
The powerful gun lobby the National Rifle association, after an investigation into fraud. I think the nra should move to texas and lead a very good and beautiful life. And i told them that for a long time. Africa is just a few thousand cases shy of one million coronavirus infections. And the bank of england says the uks economic slump wont be as bad as expected but it will last longer. Welcome. We start the programme in beirut, where in the last half hour, sixteen port officials have been detained over tuesdays massive explosion there. But today weve seen mounting anger directed at lebanon s political elite as well anger that was witnessed up close today by the visiting french president. The blast has killed at least 137 people, injured more than five thousand and left more than a quarter of a million homeless. The scene at the port is one of utter devastation. You can see machinery being used to clear the wreckage. This is what the port area looked like injune and today, after the exp