Influence in libya to further its ambitions. We have a special report. Ankara wants to be a key player in the future, whatever emerges from the chaos in libya, and its flexing its muscles across the middle east. India has now overtaken russia to become the country with the worlds third highest confirmed coronavirus infections, after the United States, and brazil. But experts warn the true scale of the outbreak in india could be far higher. A sharp rise in new cases in recent days has taken the total Health Ministry figure to nearly 700,000. More than 19,000 people have died in india so far. Alanna petroff reports. The taj mahal, a monument to love from the 17th century. A world famous attraction with millions of visitors each year. One of the seven wonders of the modern world in the city of agra. Its been empty since mid march. It was meant to reopen on monday. Thousands were expected. At the last minute, plans were scrapped. Authorities extended local lockdown measures. There is no wo
Flexing its muscles across the middle east ankara. The British Government announces over £1. 5 billion in funding to protect the arts. The industry has been left devastated by the pandemic. The 72nd birthday of the nhs is marked across the uk with a nationwide clap to thank the Health Service and those who work in it. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. India has now overtaken russia to become the country with the worlds third highest confirmed coronavirus infections. A sharp rise in new cases in recent days has taken the total Health Ministry figure to about 690,000. More than 19,000 people have died in india so far. Ethirajan anbarasan has more. In the Southern City of chen i, the numbers are going up. They relaxed restrictions for a few days, but what happened was people started going to markets like the Kitchen Market or the fish market in the numbers started going up.
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Given nearly 9 million to try to find out how long immunity from coronavirus lasts. How a team of film makers in newjersey have opened up a drive in theater with an important message. We start with our breaking news. Chadwick boseman, the African American actor famous for playing black panther in the marvel superheroes movies, has died from colon cancer. He was 42, and died at his home in los angeles with his family at his side. Mr boseman was diagnosed with the disease four years ago. Despite his illness, Chadwick Boseman made several films during treatment, including black panther, set in the fictional african nation of wakanda. The film, which had a largely black cast made more than a billion dollars worldwide and won many awards including three oscars. Our north america correspondent david willis is in los angeles. David, hello. A real shock because his illness was not widely known. It wasnt, and it was not something that he talked about, the diagnosis of cancer and indeed it has e
How a team of film makers in newjersey have opened up a drive in theatre with an important message. Hello and welcome. We start with breaking news from Chadwick Boseman, the African American actor famous for playing black panther in the marvel superheroes movies, has died after a long battle with colon cancer. He was a3. Mr boseman, who was diagnosed with the disease four years ago. Despite his illness, Chadwick Boseman made several films during treatment, including black panther, set in the fictional african nation of wakanda. The film, which had a largely black cast made more than a billion dollars worldwide and won many awards including three oscars. We will have more on that story, later on in the programme. We will move on for now, though and bring you this story. Thousands of people have taken part in a huge civil rights rally in washington, to demand Racial Justice and an end to Police Brutality. It was held in the same place and exactly 57 years after the reverend Martin Luther