People who defy quarantine orders. And ignoring all the coronavirus rules brazils president takes to the streets mingling with people and disregarding social distancing. Now the United States has recorded more than 2100 deaths from the corona virus just in the past 24 hours thats the highest single day toll anywhere in the wild more than half a 1000000 cases have been detected the largest number globally despite that president and his team continue to express optimism. You can see for the 1st time that in the United States were starting to level on the log rhythmic phase like italy did about a week ago and so this gives us great heart not only in specific places but were starting to see that change obviously a lot of that is driven by the improvement in new york city remember for a long time they were over 50 percent of our cases and 50 percent of our new cases that is dramatically changed because of the impact of what the citizens of new york and new jersey and across connecticut and
Know if you come in contact with someone who is infected it doesnt infringe on privacy. And on peter stand with your sports with prosecutors dropped one of 2 cases against a form of fee for prison sick thats what. It is one month since the World Health Organization declare the Coronavirus Crisis a pandemic more than 1700000. 00 people around the world have been infected and the death toll is now above 103000. 00 but there is cautious optimism in spain where the number of daily that says fallen for a 3rd day in a row still 510 people died in the last 24 hours but that is the smallest jump in 1000 days with 16000 deaths its one of the worst hit countries in europe. Along with italy where more than 18000 people have died a nationwide lockdown has been extended until early may and people had been urged to stay home over the Easter Holiday turkey is now imposed a 2 day curfew in 31 provinces that does include istanbul and ankara the death toll has surged above 1000 and the u. S. They have r
Good morning, the committee will come to order. And without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that ill now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement. Two days ago, the entire world came together to Mark International holocaust Remembrance Day. In addition, 75 years ago this week, in january 1945 , the auschwitz broken out concentration camp was liberated from the nazis. It was one of the most infamous sites of the nazi genocide. More than 1 Million People were murdered there. The purpose of todays hearing is to commemorate these brave anniversaries remember the nose we lost and to honor those who are still with us. But it is not enough to simply recognize these things, we must also contemplate what led to these atrocities. We must remember the lholocaust in order to help combat bigotry, hate and violence of all kinds today i am so pleased to have our distinguished panel here today. I have asked them to help us come together on
Scale, a storm of moderate intensity. Its expected to arrive around midday tomorrow. Well see wind gusts up to or perhaps even above 50 Miles Per Hour. Rainfall potential half an inch to an inch. Some location mace receive more than an inch of rain. A wind advisory will be in effect for 4 00 p. M. Tomorrow to 4 00 a. M. Wednesday. And during that time gusts may range from 45 to 50 Miles Per Hour or higher. There is a possibility of downed trees and power lines, and maybe even Power Outages. So during our morning rush hours, look for dry conditions. It will be partly sunny. But clouds and the Stormy Weather will arrive quickly in the afternoon hours. So for the evening rush hour, look for rain heavy at times, strong gusty wind and travel delays. Ill have a complete look at the sevenday forecast in a few minutes. Spencer, thank you so much. The storm could cause problems for drivers because we havent seen rain in months. Yeah. Abc7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman is live with that part of o
Growing tensions between the uk and china as a british consular worker tells the bbc he was tortured by chinese secret police. And we talk to the star of a hotly tipped film at this weeks singapore Film Festival. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore and midnight here in london where Prince Andrew has decided to step back from his royal duties for the foreseeable future. It follows controversy surrounding his friendship with the convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein. And his disastrous interview at the weekend with the bbc. The prince has denied having sex with a 17 Year Old Girl procured for him by epstein. But a number of organisations linked to his work have begun to distance themselves. Nicholas witchell reports. Driving himself into Buckingham Palace yesterday, the only sighting of Prince Andrew since the newsnight interview was broadcast. Hostility towards him has shown no sign of lessening. Poison prince and pari