Attention will return to the us later though with initial jobless claims expected to show another three million americans out of work. This is bbc news and a very warm welcome to all of you joining us across you are watching bbc news. The uk and around the world. The headlines the uk government says it im david eades. Will prepare plans for easing as the United Kingdom the lockdown as officials records more than 30,000 confirm more than 30,000 deaths linked to covid 19, coronavirus deaths. The french government the Prime Minister prepares is preparing plans for parts of the country to outline plans for easing the lockdown. To lift restrictions. Polymers in pressure on foodbanks and hospitals in france. Well have the latest, as the government also prepares to set out plans to relax some of the restrictions. Germany announces ways to get the economy moving the chancellor declares phase one of the Coronavirus Crisis is over. President trump says the coronavirus pandemic is the worst attac
This is bbc news. The headlines. The coronavirus pandemic is not going away. The Health Emergency programme said that Northern Hemisphere countries needed to do far more to combat the disease over the coming winter. British Prime Minister borisjohnson said it is seeing a second wave of covid 19 and the government still wa nts covid 19 and the government still wants to avoid another full scale lockdown. Daily increase in new covid 19 cases has now doubled within a month. The United States government has said it will ban in the us, new rules aimed at banning chinese owned apps tik tok and wechat could come into force by sunday. Both companies have vowed to fight the decision. Now, some of the bbc news presenters have been looking at the roles their family played in the second world war. To come here today and to see where he spent a part of his life a very difficult part of his life is, i have to say, its. Its quite overwhelming. This is one of the earliest pictures ive ever seen of him
The 80th anniversary of the battle of britain, following a Memorial Service at westminster abbey. Now on bbc news. In this special programme, some of the bbcs news presenters have been looking at the roles their families played in the second world war. To come here today and to see where he spent a part of his life a very difficult part of his life is, i have to say, its. Its quite overwhelming. This is one of the earliest pictures ive ever seen of him cos he would only have been about 20. This is where the miners would work. Unbelievable. Now, i remember when i joined the family, how pleased he was that i was from an indian family. It mattered. Allied squadrons take the airfor another great battle over europe. It was the deadliest conflict in human history. World war ii drew in men and women from all over the globe and claimed the lives of around 80 million people. 75 years ago this month, after almost six long years of fighting, the end of the war was officially declared. There arent
A very difficult part of his life, is, i have to say, its quite overwhelming. I was shown around by a local historian and guide, who explained the layout of the camp to me. These huts were meant to be, like, 250 prisoners of war in each hut. And then four huts had to use one latrine. So. But when some prisoners of war were here, those huts were highly overcrowded. So, how many do you think would have been in there at that time . Nearly 400. Wow. In fact, more than 300,000 prisoners, of 55 nationalities, were held here during the war. This is an example of a hut from the first generation of huts here. So, when my grandfather came here, it would have been in a very similar building to this . Yes. Butjust a few metres away . Yes. After a period at sandbostel, my grandfather and his fellow
prisoners were marched some 15 miles away to a place called westertimke, where they built another camp, called milag nord. But all that remains of that camp today is this memorial to the 5000 merchant se
This is bbc news. The headlines further restrictions are expected to control the spread of coronavirus this is bbc news with the latest in both england and scotland. Headlines for viewers in the uk in england, the Prime Minister has and around the world. Warned of tough weeks to come. Im rebecca jones. What we have been waiting for is to see the impact of the tier 4 measures on the virus. The roll out of the oxford it is a bit unclear at the moment, astrazeneca jab begins in the uk this morning but if you look at the numbers the government describes it as a Pivotal Moment in the pandemic. There is no question that we are going to have to take the vaccine means everything to me. Tougher measures and we will be announcing those in due course. I mean, to my mind, its the roll out of the the only way of getting back Oxford Astrazeneca jab has begun to a bit of normal life. The Prime Minister says tens you know, this virus of millions of doses will have been is terrible, isnt it . Administe