Announced later today. Businesses and government deparments in australia are hit by what its Prime Minister calls a sophisticated, state based cyber attack. Facebook removes ads by Donald Trumps campaign containing a symbol used by nazi germany the latest setback in a bad week for the us president. And coming up, we return to the northern Italian Region of lombardy, which became the global epicentre of coronavirus when it saw the first major outbreak in europe. 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. Hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh and you can in touch with me on twitter about any of our stories Annita Mcveigh. Our top story today primary and secondary schools in england are to get a £1 billion boost to help children catch up on months of lessons that were missed during lockdown. The uk government has pledged that a third of that cash will go towar
Minister flailing around, trying to blame others. Last week he was telling the house that it was not yet safe for kids to go back to school. This week, he is saying not enough kids are going back. A dire forecast for the Global Economy the biggest downturn in peacetime in a century, with the uk hardest hit of developed countries escape from lockdown human beings will be allowed out to visit zoos and safari parks from next week. Councils under pressure to act as other controversial statues are targetted by protestors. Applause and calls to celebrate the nhss 72nd birthday and thank key workers for their support during the pandemic with a nationwide clap next month. Boris johnson has been forced to defend his plans for re opening schools in tetchy exchanges during Prime Ministers questions. After the governments u turn on getting Primary Schoolchildren in england back before the summer break, labour leader sir keir starmer told him he needed to take responsibility for a mess and accused
Hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up the government reveals it wont be sending all primary children in england back to school before the summer after all. Labour says the plans lie in tatters. Its no good the Prime Minister flailing around, trying to blame others. But the Prime Minister reckons its the labour leader who cant make up his mind. He still cant work out whether hes saying schools are not safe enough or whether we should be going back more quickly. The government insists the housing secretary acted properly over his approval of a £1 billion property scheme in east london. And after the anti racism protests, a call for action. Does the home secretary recognise that theres structural inequality, discrimination and racism in our country . The education secretary has confirmed hes dropping plans for all Primary School years in england to go back to the classroom before the end of term. Ministers were aiming for them to spend four weeks in school before
Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up the government reveals it wont be sending all primary children in england back to school before the summer after all. Labour says the plans lie in tatters. Its no good the Prime Minister flailing around, trying to blame others. But the Prime Minister reckons its the labour leader who cant make up his mind. He still cant work out whether hes saying schools are not safe enough or whether we should be going back more quickly. The government insists the housing secretary acted properly over his approval of a £1 billion property scheme in east london. And after the anti racism protests, a call for action. Does the home secretary recognise that theres structural inequality, discrimination and racism in our country . The education secretary has confirmed hes dropping plans for all Primary School years in england to go back to the classroom before the end of term. Ministers were aiming for t
To re open from monday. The announcement comes a day after the government abandoned plans for all Primary Schools to return before the summer. The same voices that last week were basically supporting, you know, people who were saying, do not open up the schools, are this week criticising us for saying, well, well take it deliberately carefully. A warning from National Health Service Leaders in england ten Million People could end up on hospital waiting lists by the end of the year. More than 30 years after the assassination of swedish prime minsiter olof palme, Police Identify the main suspect as a man who died 20 years ago. After another slave trader statue is removed, Labour Councils in the uk plan a review into public monuments. And theres a warning that almost 300,000 children in india could die, due to severe malnutrition and a lack of essential services, amid the coronavirus lockdown. After another slave trader statue is removed, Labour Councils in the uk plan a review into publi