Tonight at ten scientists at oxford reach a really important milestone in their work on a vaccine for coronavirus. The vaccine is said to be safe, based on trials involving more than a thousand people, including nhs staff. The severity of some of the cases has been quite upsetting at times, so i really wanted to try and help get rid of this disease. The uk government has already ordered 100 million doses. The Scientists Say the findings are promising, but theres more work to do. They are extremely promising because these are the type of responses that we believe will be associated with protection. Well be asking how soon the vaccine could be available to tens of millions of people across the uk. Also on the programme. After chinas new laws against protests in hong kong, the uk has suspended the extradition treaty with its former territory. We will protect our vital interests, we will stand up for our values, and we will hold china to its international obligations. At the high court, am
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im james reynolds. The British Government starts to talk about ending the virus lockdown, but says it could be reimposed in different localities. That means that we can pause or even reintroduce those restrictions that might be required in order to deal with localised outbreaks. The us secretary of state says theres enormous evidence that covid 19 originated in a chinese laboratory, but wasnt artificially made. Russia records its biggest daily increase in confirmed coronavirus cases, and medics warn that the worst is yet to come. Back to school in israel, but the countrys lockdown is ending amid more political turmoil and corruption allegations. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Well have more on those stories, including the lockdown here in the uk injust a moment. But first, a quick look at some of the other headlines on the outbreak. Italy has registered 174 coronavirus related deaths, the lowest dail
Tonight at ten, easing the lockdown ministers signal proposals ahead of an announcement next sunday. But theres a warning restrictions could return in a specific and localised way if coronavirus cases go up again. The worst thing to do would be to prematurely relax the current measures to see a second spike which might risk overwhelming the nhs and which would compel us to introduce lockdown measures all over again. Proposals include limiting passengers on buses and trains, and staggering times when people start work. And businesses are given draft guidance on how they can reopen safely once lockdown is relaxed. The phone app to track and trace people with covid 19 will be piloted this week on the isle of wight, and rolled out
nationally later this month. Is there a Coronavirus Crisis in iraq . 100 have died, but few believe the official figures. The race to find a treatment a trialfor a promising new drug to treat coronavirus is under way in southampton. And leaping in lockdown three
Hello and welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. Well have more on those stories a little later but first a quick look at some of the main developments on the pandemic. Italy has registered 174 coronavirus related deaths, the lowest daily figure since the lockdown was introduced two months ago. Churches across germany have resumed services for the First Time Since march. And in the uk theres been a dip in the daily testing figures around 76,000 were counted, far short of the governments 100,000 a day target. But we begin in the us where donald trump says he hopes the president ial election in november turns into a referendum on his response to the coronavirus pandemic because he believes hes done a greatjob. In a televised town hall event, broadcast by fox news, mr trump insisted his decision to impose restrictions had saved lives, and refuted claims that he had failed to act quickly enough. Were going to lose anywhere from 75 80 to 100,000 people.
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. Well have more on those stories and the growing claims by us officials that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese Laboratory but first quick a look at some of the other headlines on the outbreak. Italy has registered 174 coronavirus related deaths, the lowest daily figure since the lockdown was introduced two months ago. Churches across germany have resumed services for the First Time Since march. And in the uk theres been a dip in the daily testing figures around 76,000 were counted, far short of the governments 100,000 a day target. But we begin in the us, where the secretary of state mike pompeo has claimed theres enormous evidence the coronavirus outbreak began in a lab in the chinese city of wuhan. President trump made the same accusation this week but neither has given any evidence for it. The claims come after Us Intelligence agencies said if the virus came from a lab it was likely because o