Forces battle to stop taliban fighters closing in on the capital of Helmand Province and flooding and landslides kill or least 36 people in Central Vietnam with more heavy rain forecast. We begin this news hour in europe where many countries are seeing coronavirus cases surged to their highest levels in months and with that comes a wave of new restrictions france will reenter a state of Health Emergency on saturday with weeks of nightly curfews imposed on paris and 8 other cities you know the 23000 new cases were recorded in the past day but president mccrone insists the outbreak is not out of control meanwhile in the u. K. A new 3 tier alert. System has come into force in england only one city is in the highest level but with almost 20000. 00 new cases in the past 24 hours other areas look set to join it is in the meanwhile has seen its highest daily increase yet with more than 7300 new cases its infection rate has more than doubled in the past 2 weeks and germany hit a 6 month high i
Overly rosy optimistic picture only to find out later that the president used oxygen briefly on multiple occasions at least 2 and also had a high fever at one point we are hearing there that in fact the has not had to have any fever reducing medication such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen in more than 72 hours so certainly the president s physician giving a positive outlook something that will be welcomed by the supporters behind me as the president now prepares to move to the white house south of here in about 3 hours time but again there would be a lot of questions that remain unanswered that reporters will be looking for you heard them there specifically the timeline when the president knew that he was potentially ill and why there wasnt more done to protect the many people around him as we see the numbers of people infected rising at the white house not just the press secretary kaley machinating but also we know other members of the press team the press corps and even. Resident staff
Of libyas capital the internationally recognized government closed back more territory from warlords police have tagged and the spain announces plans to Welcome International tourists just in time for the Summer Holiday season. Brazil has overtaken russia and now has the 2nd highest number of corona virus cases 2nd only to the United States confirmed infections are now above 330000 the death toll is more than 21000 that is based on official figures but experts say the total could be as much as 15 times higher because of lack of testing brazils infections are not expected to peak until next months states and cities are now grappling with whether to loosen restrictions or clamp down even harder the pandemic and the governments response to it is an issue which has polarized the country. My father has coronavirus and psychologically hes very affected and upset the landscape changes very quickly in a hospital one moment one person dies and another is discharged he gets very angry hes very a
Belief that in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity the u. K. Prime minister of defense is chief adviser whos under pressure to resign over claims breach that lockdown. And dont calm protest is mobilizing there are thousands rallying against chinas plan to impose National Security goals. We begin the news hour in libya where russian mercenaries who have been fighting in support of the warlord holly for how far are leaving the country the mayor of the town of bani walid has confirmed that theyre evacuating through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli this follows a series of setbacks for have terrorist forces whove been fighting to take territory from libyas internationally recognized government mahmoud head is in tripoli for us. The major advancement after us forces achieved over the past year is mainly attributed to that all of the russian mercenaries from the bag no group that have been recruited by have to us forces and as you
jim in west des moines. you ve been with rick santorum almost 24/7. you do let the guy sleep. what s that been like? reporter: it has been amazing to watch, kyra. who would have thought when all of this got start that had we would be chasing rick santorum around in the final 24 hours before the iowa caucuses that the international press, he had the japanese, the german and the french, the british press all tailing him yesterday and testifies drawing some very big crowds partly because he is sort of the last alternative to mitt romney to emerge in this process because a lot of evangelical voters in the state have finally said, you know what, let s go with rick santorum inside this high school gymnasium later on this morning along with michele bachmann and ron paul to make some final arguments as a rock the caucus forum here in west des moines. so we re going to hear rick santorum sort of give his closing argument. we re all going to be watching to see what he has to say. don