This is bbc news welcome if youre watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. Im rich preston. Our top stories the worldwide death toll from coronavirus passes 150,000. With the uk death toll atjust over 4,500, Health Authorities are warning some hospitals in england will run out of key protective equipment this weekend. Slowing the spread, there are warnings that after europe and the us, africa will be next to suffer infection. As people stay indoors, we look at how nature has been taking back the worlds empty parks and streets. Hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. The number of people known to have died from the coronavirus pandemic around the world is now more than 150,000, according to latest figures collated byjohns Hopkins University in the united states. Almost one quarter of those deaths have occurred in the us itself, the number there is now 37,000
This is bbc news. The headlines amid claims the covid testing system is collapsing the government says resolving delays is its number one issue. Everybody can see, just in the last few days, a colossal spike in the number of people who want to test and who want to ascertain whether theyve got coronavirus. And what were trying to do now is meet that demand at record speed. Theyve had six months, mr speaker, to get this right. And yet the Prime Minister still cant deliver on his promises. The Health Secretary said yesterday it would take weeks to sort the situation out. Well, mr speaker, we dont have weeks. Calls for teachers to be added to the priority list for testing as the government prepares to announce that nhs staff and care workers will be at the front of the queue. In wales another area is placed under lockdown restrictions people will not be able to enter or leave Rhondda Cynon taf from 6pm tomorrow. Taking a bite out of inflation the eat out to help out scheme pushes uk inflat
By los angeles distribution and broadcasting, inc. Tonight, breaking news the bombshell heat from the jury in the Harvey Weinstein trial. What the jury asked the judge, and how the judge responded. Are they deadlocked on two charges, and have they come to agreement on the other three in dan abrams tonight on what this could mean. Also breaking tonight, former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg gives. After intense pressure on the debate stage from Elizabeth Warren and others what bloomberg decided about some of the women who signed the nondisclosure agreements. The other headline as we come on the airnt the u. S. Intelligence believes the russians are not only trying to help donald trump but theyre trying to help Bernie Sanders on the other side. Tonight sanders message to the
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This is bbc news. The headlines. A woman who flew from china to london has tested positive for coronavirus bringing the total number of uk cases to nine. Its understood that she is being treated at st thomass hospital in the capital. Police in Northern Ireland have charged a 52 year old man with the murder of the journalist lyra mckee. The chief executive of an nhs trust at the centre of concerns over the preventable deaths of babies has played down the scale of the failings. A 26 year old woman has been jailed for two years after she tried to open the door ofa plane, midway through a flight. In the us the veteran left wing senator Bernie Sanders narrowly wins the New Hampshire primary a key stage of the contest to choose the democrats president ial candidate. And later in the hour, well hear from the photographer who snapped the Award Winning image of two mice fighting over food, at a london tube station. Another person has tested positive for the coronavirus in the uk bringing the to
Hello, welcome to bbc news im victoria derbyshire, bringing you the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Police in hong kong use tear gas and a water cannon and arrest 30 democracy protestors, as chinas new National Security law comes into force. Its a bit of a weird stand off at this moment with the riot police here and people walking away, and some of the police are leaving as well. The water cannon truck has just been doing rounds. More uk job losses because of coronavirus 5,000 jobs are under threat at upper crust and 1,700 jobs are to go at airbus uk. The us buys up nearly all stocks for the next three months of the drug remdesivir one of the only drugs shown to work against covid 19. Councils in england will get Real Time Data on coronavirus cases in their areas, after signing a data sharing agreement with Public Health england. It follows criticism over how long it took to get data in leicester. And remembering the man who shouldve been englands first bla