Hello. We begin in the us, where former president barack obama has described the current governments handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an absolute chaotic disaster. Mr obama was speaking on a Conference Call to rally supporters behind joe bidens run for president. In a leaked recording, he says he then adds well, lets talk to our north america correspondent peter bowes. This is quite stinging comments. We havent heard words like this as strong as this from former president obama really since before President Trump became president. He has pretty much stayed on the sidelines during the past three years, mr trump being in the white house. But we are a different time now and just six months away from the next president ial election and barack obama next president ial election and ba rack obama has next president ial election and barack obama has endorsed his former deputy, joe biden, or the democrats as their candidate. I think this signals that president obama will not be quiet ove
At the week in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament a week when the uks pandemic death toll became the highest in europe. A returning Prime Minister admitted the scale of the crisis. Theres an epidemic going on in care homes which is something i bitterly regret. A labour mp fresh from the hospital ward shared her own experience. Frontline workers like me have had to watch families break into pieces as we deliver the very worst of news to them. And how much will the pandemic cost professional sport . If you dont want to know the score, look away now. We are heading for a financial hole of about £200 million by the end of september a cash hole. All that to come and more. But first, we may be past the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, but no country outside the United States has a higher death toll than the uk. As the overall figure continued to climb, the government continued to miss its own target of 100,000 tests a day. Borisjohnson told mps he bitterly regre
Well, this is nice. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Benedicte Paviot uk correspondent for france 2a, and joe twyman, director of polling at the polling organisaton deltapoll. How lovely to see you both. Its been ages, from my point of view. Lets see how we drive this thing. The leaders of the four largest trade unions in the uk have written a letter published in tomorrows observer warning the Prime Minister that they wont recommend their members return to work until there has been a radical overhaul of Workplace Health and safety. In the sunday mirror, medical professionals warn that that there could be fatal flaws in the uks track and trace app because theres too much emphasis on a cough and fever missing other symptoms. The daily mail reports on what they call a furious row between the Prime Minister and Health Secretary, matt hancock, over the handling of the coronavirus crisis. While the sunday telegraph lead on t
Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week can taking your temperature stop the spread of coronavirus . Or will genetics be the answer . Or maybe youre just trying to drown out the noise. Shall i, shant i, shall i, shant i . Maybe not just now. Gotta happen soon, though, hasnt it . Welcome, hope youre well. Laura is online too. How are you, mate . Im good, thanks i tried to edit out my roots before posting a picture on social media yesterday. Laughter. Didnt work had to give up your hair is going to get crazy soon, isnt it . Listen, ive got something to cover up that hair if youre interested. Take a look at this. 0h goodness, that looks a bit dramatic yeah, it is a thermal imaging helmet. Now the idea is it can quickly screen people to check for fever. Its already being used in china, but the company now says they are talking to governments and Police Forces across the uk, europe, and the middle east. It looks quite menacing but impressive if it does the job. Yeah, and around the w
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First. An absolute, chaotic disaster, thats how former us president barack obama has described the us governments response to the coronavirus pandemic. In a Conference Call with his former staffers mr obama accused the Current Administration of having a mindset of whats in it for me and to heck with everyone else. Well lets talk to our north america correspondent peter bowes. This is quite serious criticism, peter. These are stinging words from barack obama who really has been pretty quiet during the past three years of the trumpet administration but this was a private web conversation between the former president and some of the people that used to work for his administration. The purpose of the call seemingly to get those people to get behind joe biden with president obama backing by jill with president obama backing by jill biden. He said