At least four people have been killed in flash floods in the bolivian city of sucre. The flooding was made worse by blocked drains. A number of vehicles including buses were swept away. The president offered his condolences to the victims. We have covered the story of the disappearing glaziers in the disappearing glaziers in the bolivian amount is which are an important source of water for populated cities and for crops and agriculture generally. Scientists are now saying that these glaziers are disappearing much faster than thought. They are one of the wonders of bolivias majestic mountains but rising temperatures are eating away at them. This glacier, predicted to last until 2025, is melting so quickly it could disappear at any time. Scientists who monitor the glacier say it has been reduced to just a square kilometre. Where once there was an icy field, now there are rocks, some exposed for the first time. Translation the glacier has been shrinking by between 25 and 30 metres each ye
Its a title given to up and coming musicians, and in the past has identified future superstars. Adele, sam smith and celeste have all won it. This years bbc sound of 2021 has been named as 23 year old rapper, pa salieu, his hard hitting lyrics about life and death in his home city of coventry impressed thejudges, as lizo mzimba reports. Never let them draw out the energy theyjust want you fall cos theirjealousy protect your energy the 23 year old dubbed the uks most inventive rapper in years was given the news on radio one by annie mac. You are the winner of the bbc sound of 2021. You won you serious . He laughs that is crazy. So much gratitude, man. They dont know about the block life still doing mazza inna front line his music reflects his experiences. He himself once survived a shotgun attack. His growing success means things are now very different to a year ago. A yearago, surviving, man. People round me caged, people around me turned crack fiend, you know . I come from real life,
The us has overtaken china and italy to become the country that has recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases. More than 82,000 people have been confirmed positive. The grim milestone came as President Donald Trump predicted the nation would get back to work pretty quickly. As countries in europe continue to be worst affected, leaders of the 620 countries have promised to do whatever it takes to minimise the damage to livelihoods. Theyre injecting 5 trillion into the global economy. There have been more than 700 deaths in italy in the last 2a hours. In the uk, 115 people have died from coronavirus in just 2a hours. The British Government has announced a multi billion pound rescue package for the self employed theyll now be able to claim 80 of their average monthly profits from the state. Now on bbc news its time to click. This week the race to trace the coronavirus. The pop up groups trying to help us all to get through it. And breathe helping children to use their inhalers. As
The crucial key to stopping it. We have a simple message for all countries test, test, test. Some countries have really cracked how to do this. South korea, with its drive through ten minute tests, is held up as a model for others to follow. But many countries are struggling to test at scale. In the uk, testing is having to be limited the cost, the infrastructure, the time the test takes are all holding up the battle against the disease. Now, there are dozens of efforts going on around the world to try and solve this. And jen has been looking at one close to home in west london. Around the world, companies and increasingly individuals, are racing to find ways to accurately test people for the coronavirus. The situation is changing daily, if not hourly. We simply dont have mass testing
available for the population now and theres a big effort going on to try and get that in place as quickly as possible to be able to manage this. Were in negotiations today to buy a so called antibody test
Hello, this is breakfast with tina daheley and rogerjohnson. Good morning, heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news. The a level results process has been plunged into further disarray after the exams regulator for england withdrew its guidance on appealing against grades just hours after publishing it. Good morning. On saturday, 0fqual outlined details welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and tina daheley. On how mock exam results could be our headlines today used in the appeals process. Confusion for students and teachers, as the exam regulator withdraws key but late last night it deleted guidance on appeals, the advice from its website, saying further information will be just hours after publishing it. Published in due course. The chair of the education it comes amid mounting anger select Committee Robert Halfon has from students over the uncertainty described the decision as farcical. Of their futures. When i opened it i was in complete shielding guidance for people wh