Spreads inside belmarsh prison then over to the International Space station where the latest space crew to walk drive talk about whats happening right here on earth with the Global Pandemic all right its time to use i q. 1920 news to grip the world and this nation the total now topping 1600000. 00 people with 98000. 00 deaths and 365000 recovered cases now the u. S. Still leading the way with some 473000 confirmed cases and about 17000 deaths and about 26000 recovered and as the number of infections continue to surge prisons and jails across the country have become hotbeds for this virus while some are looking to free up space others are seeing protests over a lack of action. Arties Rachel Blevins is joining us now live from the newsroom with more details to this rachel well manila the United States is known for having the largest prison population in the world and hundreds of thousands of inmates are now calling for help as both prisoners and guards test positive for the coronavirus d
To save the high street. In sport, beaten but at least hes back. Andy murray loses on his return to singles tennis in cincinnati. Hes taking things slowly and will only play doubles at the us open. Good morning. A cool start to the dave but for many dry with sunshine. However, a few showers around and later well see rain coming in from the west to the day. Ill have more details in 15 minutes. Its tuesday the 13th of august. Our top story drivers could be banned from using hands free mobile phones in england and wales, a group of mps has suggested. The Commons Transport Committee warns current laws are giving the misleading impression that the devices are safe to use. It comes after a steady rise in the number of deaths and serious injuries in accidents involving drivers using phones at the wheel. Our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. Use tom burridge reports. Your phone at the wheel ant can use your phone at the wheel and you can geta use your phone at the wheel and you can
Years on well hear from the couple who came to represent the spirit of the festival. And we now know that the next Commonwealth Games will have more womens medal events than mens, after three new sports were added. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. One of President Trumps most senior advisers has said britain will be at the front of the queue for a trade deal with america after brexit. John bolton, the National Security adviser, has been holding talks with borisjohnson at downing street, and will meet other ministers today. He said, in the trump administration, britains constantly at the front of the trade queue. He added that the us could do a trade deal with the uk in pieces, striking agreements sector by sector where the two countries may agree quickly, and work out more complicated areas like agriculture and services later. And he criticised the eu, saying that the fashion when the people vote the wrong way from the way that the elites want to go, is to make the pe
Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. In the last hour, the mp Natalie Elphicke has become the latest conservative to defect to the labour party. Natalie elphicke has been the mp for dover in kent since 2019. Our chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffmanjoins Me from The Houses Of Parliament henry, was this a surprise . It was a shock. If you had asked me before this afternoon to list 100 conservative mps most likely to defect to the labour party, Natalie Elphicke would have been nowhere near that list. And i think that was reflected in the faces of conservative mps at prime ministers questions, as keir starmer announced at the start of his question that he wanted to welcome her to the labour side. Mps had not noticed her there, and they were expressing to bewilderment to each other. Natalie elphickes announcement will hurt rishi sunak, because she goes for him on an issue that is central to his attempt to recover his political position. She accuses him of failing on small boats.
On track. Latest headlines now on track. Latest headlines now with tatiana. Mark, thank you with tatiana. Mark, thank you and good afternoon. This is the latest from the newsroom. The Prime Minister newsroom. The Prime Minister says the american xl bully dog is a danger to our communities as it comes after a series of dog attacks in the past few weeks, injuring several people including an 11 year old girl, rishi sunak says the breed will be banned by the end of the yeah be banned by the end of the year. Its clear this is not about a handful of badly trained dogs. Its a pattern of behaviour and it cannot go on while owners already have a responsibility to keep their dogs under control, i want to reassure people that we are urgent working on ways to stop these attacks and protect the public dog. Meanwhile , a man has died meanwhile, a man has died following a dog attack in staffordshire. The person was bitten by two dogs in the village of stonnall yesterday. A 30 year old man from the li