President ial election. And the names moore, Richard Moore what does it take to lead a secret service in 2020 . My guests, on socially distanced screens, political analyst eunice goes and henry chu of the los angeles times. And here in the studio, bbc newsnights diplomatic editor, mark urban. Welcome to you all. Virus spikes, Flight Cancellations and a new recession low for the eurozone its more grim news for a continent whose leisure and Tourism Industries hoped to salvage a small something from augusts holiday high season after a ruinous first half to the year. That, i think, takes us to you, eunice, what is your assessment of the worries in many European Countries that are bound for a second wave . Youre talking about a second wave when in reality were perhaps witnessing the continuation of the first wave and not really a second wave. In southern europe, governments are extremely worried. I think spain and france are very concerned with the recent rise in cases, and its been quite a
Now on bbc news, the bbcs katty kay discusses the us response to coronavirus with us Infectious Disease chief dr Anthony Fauci, as cases continue to rise across the country. Hes the most famous doctor in america, and as head of Americas Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, Anthony Fauci has advised six different american president s on everything from ebola to aids. Over the last few decades, he has also seen his effigy burnt, heard the cries of protesters calling him a murderer, and had smoke bomb thrown at his office window. Since the beginning of the year, he has been in the thick of a new battle against coronavirus. For americans, he has become a trusted presence behind the podium at white house covid 19 briefings. But as a us struggles to contain the pandemic, six months after its first known case, tensions have been rising between dr fauci and the president. Dr fauci has criticised the president s response on a number of occasions, pushed back on the president
Companies across the uk must contribute to job schemes. Some businesses have seen their reopening plant postponed by the government and say they will not be able to pay their workers. Beauty salon is open but not as Business Owners at hope. My team isjust in shock. I dont even know what to tell them. Today beauticians were due to start offering facial treatment but yesterday the government changed its mind and put the brakes on lockdown measures easing. Now this salon has an appointment book full of cancellations. 8096 is to do with facials. We are renowned for it. I left extensions, we cannot do that. The future also looks uncertain for nightclubs. Normally, in summer, this venue would be heaving instead of the sound systems have been silent for the past four months. Cleaners, cloakroom staff, they have all lost theirjobs. Now another worry. From today, employers must start paying National Insurance and pension contribution for their furloughed stuff. Fabric laid off 50 workers. The f
Hello and welcome. The us general manager of tiktok has said the chinese owned video sharing app is here for the long run after President Donald Trump said he would ban it in the us. Vanessa pappas told tiktoks more than 80 million us users in a video statement that its staff were building the safest app possible amid us concerns about data protection. Jack kilbride reports. You have heard you out soaring of support and we want to say thank you and we are not planning on going anywhere. Fighting words from an application the us president is threatening to ban. Tiktok, for millions of young americans, is afun millions of young americans, is a fun video sharing apple of dances and memes but for donald trump, it is a National Security concern. We are looking at tiktok, we may be banning tiktok, we may be doing some other things or a couple of options but a lot of things are happening so we will see what happens. The issue for the president is that the application is owned by a chinese com
Who died protecting the public. Helena wilkinson, bbc news, berkshire. Time for a look at the weather. Heres phil avery. Thank you and good afternoon. Some areas are enjoying a lovely warm summer afternoon areas are enjoying a lovely warm summer afternoon with plenty of sunshine. You might be screaming its not like that here we were all over that, not just in its not like that here we were all over that, notjust in devon, some North Eastern shores of scotland are quite cloudy and one or two spots already in the zone again with some heavy and sundry downpours. That has been the way of it in recent days and it will be over the next couple of days as well. Is the zone badly affected as they found out at the cricket and might do later again, a lot of showers, one or two sundry ones coming across the southern counties of england and wales and further north you have an onshore breeze, still murky on the north east shores of and in the north east shores of and in the north east of scotland bu