Being able to now have good treatment isjust going to be a game changer for us and give arthur the best possible life he could have. Ten years since mass protests in syria turned into a violent conflict that has torn the country apart, bbc news follows the lives of two children who escaped tojordan. And the unkindest cut seven players miss out as england manager gareth southgate prunes his squad to 26 for the euros. Hello and very good evening. For the first time since the start of the pandemic 15 months ago, the uk has announced no new coronavirus deaths that were recorded within 28 days of a positive test. The health secretary, matt hancock, said the whole country would be so glad to hear the news, which he believed proved the vaccination roll out was working. Scientists remain concerned about the spread of the variant first identified in india, and some experts still want borisjohnson to postpone plans to remove all lockdown restrictions in england onjune 21st that s the date se
Is booming in many areas but at what cost? we report from the wirral. Five month old arthur morgan, who suffers from a rare genetic condition, is the first in england to receive the world s most expensive drug. A special report from jordan where we go back to meet two syrian refugees, victims of the terrible conflict in their homeland. And the tennis star whose honesty about living with depression has drawn praise worldwide. And coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel. England are all set for euro 2020, as gareth southgate names his 26 man squad, with liverpool s trent alexander arnold making the cut. Good evening. For the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic in march last year, the united kingdom has recorded no deaths linked to coronavirus. This refers to those deaths reported within 28 days of a positive covid test. The pandemic is farfrom over but it s nonetheless a significant milestone. As things stand, cases are again on the rise, linked to the variant fir
For nearly forty years organisers of the grand slam tennis tournaments promise to address players concerns about mental health after naomi osaka withdraws from the french open. And the spetacular last pictures from a drone as it crashes into an erupting icelandic volcano. Welcome to bbc news. Joe biden has become the first sitting us president to visit the city of tulsa in oklahoma to commemorate the race massacre that took place there 100 years ago. He said that for too long, the history of the tulsa race massacre had been silenced, but now it would be known. The president also announced that vice president kamala harris will lead the administration s efforts on voting rights as republican state lawmakers across the country attempt to enact voting restrictions. Our correspondent, gary o donoghue reports from tulsa. This is the first time an american president has come to tulsa to acknowledge the horror of the massacre. Local residents showed him around the greenwood cultural ce
it s wednesday, may 26, 5:00 a.m. here in new york. we begin this morning with the most significant news to date in the criminal investigation into the former president donald trump. the washington post reports manhattan s district attorney has convened a grand jury that s expected to decide whether to indict trump or other executives at his company or the trump organization itself. the key for prosecutors now, gaining cooperation from allen weisselberg the long-time chief financial officer of trump s company. last week his former daughter-in-law who has turned over documents to investigators offered her prediction. as far as i m concerned there has been nothing legal going on in the past 21 years. allen weisselberg, will he flip on trump? yes. so if weisselberg flips that would be major, of course, and devastating for trump. so what is he saying this morning? cnn s kara scannell reports. reporter: the washington post reporting that the manhattan district attorn
in new york, i m joshua johnson with a special report on the derek chauvin murder trial. welcome to the week. week three of the trial was overshadowed by another-police killing in the minneapolis area. protests, quickly, broke out in the suburb of brooklyn center over the death of daunte wright. that intensified the twin city s anxiety over the chauvin trial s outcome. judge peter cahill denied a request from the defense to sequester and re-interview each juror about the wright shooting and protests. let s break down how the week went in court. prosecution called its final witnesses on monday. cardiologist jonathan rich honed in on the state s main point that george floyd s death was, quote, absolutely preventable. i can state with a high degree of medical certainty that george floyd did not die from a primary-cardiac event. and he did not die from a drug overdose. taken into account all of the evidence that you reviewed, do you have an opinion to a reasonable degree