Money and spirits. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments in britain and globally. The uk has recorded its highest number of deaths linked to the coronavirus in a single day. 260 people have died in the past 2a hours bringing the total to more than 1,000. In the us, President Trump has been considering putting some of the worst hit areas under quarantine to slow the spread of coronavirus. New york state has recorded more than 53,000 confirmed cases and nearly 900 deaths. But donald trump has now tweeted that a quarantine will not be necessary. In italy, nearly 900 people with the virus have died in the past 2a hours bringing the total there to more than 10,000. Hospitals in the north of the country are in desperate need of protective equipment for health workers, as well as more staff. Well have more on all of that in a moment, but first heres Dominic Hughes on the uks response. The logistics of setting up a
Well in a country is still beset by mass unemployment, grinding poverty and rising crime 26 years after the end of apartheid. Signs of separation are everywhere. Africans have to stand and wait for their bossesin to stand and wait for their bosses in the sun. An empty seat may be a few yards away. They cannot sit on it. The violence last october in johannesburg was one of many periodic flareups in the last decade or so. In 2008, 62 people died when mobs beat foreigners and set buildings alight. Afrophobic attacks sparked outrage in africa, but the country which had been supported by fellow black africans during the apartheid era could now be home to such sentiment. So, is south Africa Afrophobic . If it is, what is fuelling this, and is enough being done to ensure that such attacks never happen again . So, a brief background to the topic we are discussing. Lets meet our panel. Khulu mbatha is special adviser to president Cyril Ramaphosa, who of course is leader of the ruling party, the
Gps have voted to reduce visits to patients homes, saying they no longer have the capacity to offer them. Doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees on friday. But the health secretary, matt hancock, said the idea of taking home visits out of gps contracts was a complete non starter. Jenny kumah reports. Family doctors say their workload is on the rise and this, coupled with falling gp numbers, mean something has to give. In his surgery in leeds this doctor is well aware of the challenges facing surgeries like his. One of the daily pressures that gp practices are under is the obligation to do home visits. What would be much better is if we had a dedicated Home Visiting team with people with the time to be able to do this throughout the day, rather than gps having to squeeze it in. Under the proposals, home visits would not be scrapped completely but delivered by a separate service. Similar to the way out of hours care has been contracted out. Someti
Raped. Jubilation in rio as flamengo win the showpiece tournament of latin american football beating river plate, in lima. Lets start in hong kong, where local elections are under way. The authorities have threatened to suspend voting if theres serious trouble but pro democracy campaigners have told their supporters not to cause any disruption. This vote is the first to take place since protests and often violent clashes with police started back in june. So it will be a test of support for pro democracy and pro bejing candidates. The poll is for the lowest rung of government in the city. More than a thousand candidates are running, competing for more than a50 seats throughout the citys 18 districts. A number of seats currently held by pro beijing incumbents, are being contested by pro democracy candidates, butjoshua wong, one of the prominent protest leaders is banned from running, because he called for Self Determination for hong kong. Hesjust given his reaction to reporters. As the o
This vote is the first to take place since protests and often violent clashes with police started back in june. So it will be a test of support for pro democracy and pro bejing candidates. The poll is for the lowest rung of government in the city. More than 1,000 candidates are running, competing for more than a50 seats throughout the citys 18 districts. A number of seats currently held by pro beijing incumbents, are being contested by pro democracy candidates. Butjoshua wong, one of the prominent protest leaders is banned from running, because he called for Self Determination for hong kong. Jonathan head joins us. It is early in the morning, but what is the mood like where you are and what is the turnout been like, from what you can tell . A very impressive turnout, and we are getting a report from other polling stations as well. In fact, at this one, people came down pretty much on time and the voting started at 7 30am, about an hour and a much on time and the voting started at 7 30a