The headlines russia is facing demands for a full investigation into what happened to the outspoken kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. The German Government is saying it has unequivocal proof he was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent the same substance used in the attack on the skripals in salisbury in 2018. 1a people have gone on trial in paris charged with helping the gunmen who attacked the french satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a jewish supermarket five years ago. Over a three day period, three men killed 17 people before being shot dead by police. An International Team of scientists has detected a huge gravitational shockwave caused, they believe, by the merging of two black holes. The discovery challenges current theories of physics, raising the possibility that black holes merge often across the vastness of space. The number of people under 25 who are on universal credit has doubled since march. The government has now launched a scheme called kickstart, with a £2 billion fun
This holidaymakers in quarantine tourists told to self isolate and two schools here closed as the impact of the coronavirus continues to spread. Hundreds of tourists are told they cant leave their hotel in tenerife after an italian doctor there tested positive for the virus. We have just got to stay in the hotel. We cant leave the hotel. We can walk around the grounds, sit on the sun loungers, but there is a cordon around the hotel and police. In iran wiping sweat from his brow 2a hours after this press conference, the Iranian Deputy Health minister tested positive for coronavirus. Here, two schools in cheshire and middlesborough have closed as a precaution after pupils and teachers returned from school trips to northern italy. Here, the government is telling travellers returning from affected towns in northern italy to quarantine themselves for two
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Today at 6pm the biggest regional lockdown weve yet seen. From midnight, up to two Million People in most of the northeast of england will face new restrictions. Therell be a 10pm curfew for bars and restaurants, and strict rules for households. It follows a rise in the infection rate. Its spreading, really, isnt it, so if it saves it getting worse. You just have to obey the rules. Its not hard work, is it . Everybodys yes, sir, no, sir, three bags full, sir. This country has gone to the dogs. And with another local lockdown coming into effect right now in wales, it means that, across the uk, more than nine Million People face more restrictions because of the pandemic. Also tonight
the long wait for a test, and an even longer one for the result just a third of tests at Community Sites come back within 2a hours. I dont think anybody was expecting to see the really sizeable increase in demand that we have seen over the course of the last few weeks. And this is what were trying to avoid
Tonight at 10 tough new restrictions are about to come into force across most of the north east of england amid a sharp rise in Coronavirus Infections. From midnight almost two Million People will be unable to socialise with other households. Pubs, bars and restaurants will have to shut at 10pm. Its spreading, really, isnt it, so if it saves it getting worse. Because people cant come out with their friends, only people from their household, pubs wont survive. Tonight we are just two hours to go until these new restrictions come into place. We will hear from those affected right across the north east of england. Another lockdown in part of south wales has also come into force meaning across the uk more than 9 Million People are now living under stricter local coronavirus restrictions. Demand for coronavirus tests is up to 4 times more than the Number Available the head of test and trace says no one predicted the huge surge in demand. It beggars belief, it takes is ages to getan it begga
This is bbc world news. The headlines. France has registered its highest daily infection rate of covid 19 since the pandemic began. The latest figures, in the 2a hours from thursday to friday, show almost 9,000 new coronavirus cases. Russian scientists have presented the first report on their coronavirus vaccine. The report published in the lancet medicaljournal says every participant developed antibodies to fight the virus and had no serious side effects. Hundreds of people have joined anti lockdown protests in melbourne, as tensions rise over the states handling of the pandemic. At least 15 people were arrested as some demonstrators clashed with police. One of the worlds most successful footballers, lionel messi, has agreed to stay at barcelona, ten days after insisting he wanted to leave. The striker said he didnt want to drag the club into a court battle. Now on bbc news, click reveals the discovery of one of the largest collections of material belonging to the so called Islamic St