This is bbc news. The headlines President Trump has said more than four million americans have been tested for the coronavirus, and many more testing kits are being made available. The governor of new york says hell launch an aggressive Antibody Testing Campaign Next week, to see how many people have had the virus. The British Government says a shipment of 84 tonnes of personal protective equipment, which should already have arrived from turkey, had been delayed till later on monday. More than 16,000 people have now died in the uk from coronavirus related conditions. In other news police in canada say a man has shot dead at least 13 people in a Rural Community in nova scotia. Reports say one Police Officer was killed, and that the 51 year old suspect is also dead, after going on the run for hours. Now on bbc news, click. This week, using tech to stay in touch, to volunteer your time, and to take in some art. Hey, welcome back. Here we are again. And thank you so much for all the kind c
This week, using tech to stay in touch, to volunteer your time, and to take in some art. Hey, welcome back. Here we are again. And thank you so much for all the kind comments about last weeks programme. They meant a lot to us, mainly they were comments about the cushions and the painting, but i will take it. Look who else is back, its lara hello mate, how are you, what have you been up to . Hello, i have been very busy mastering the art of the zoom dinner party. Have you tried it . No i havent, that sounds very middle class, i have been down the pub virtually with some friends, but i havent done a dinner party yet. Is this something you dress up for . Of course, what else is there to get dressed up for at the moment . And the thing is, i have worked out how to do it so it is not awkward. Your guests arrive, you have a nice chat before you start eating, then you turn the video and microphone off for a bit while youre serving food, so people arent walking in and out of shot or peering ar
It is 3 30 a. M. , you are pretty much up to date on the headlines. Now on bbc news click. This week, using tech to stay in touch, to volunteer your time, and to take in some art. Hey, welcome back. Here we are again. And thank you so much for all the kind comments about last weeks programme. They meant a lot to us, mainly they were comments about the cushions and the painting, but i will take it. Look who else is back, its lara hello mate, how are you, what have you been up to . Hello, i have been very busy mastering the art of the zoom dinner party. Have you tried it . No i havent, that sounds very middle class, i have been down the pub virtually with some friends, but i havent done a dinner party yet. Is this something you dress up for . Of course, what else is there to get dressed up for at the moment . And the thing is, i have worked out how to do it so it is not awkward. Your guests arrive, you have a nice chat before you start eating, then you turn the video and microphone off f
And a leading theatre producer warns that some of the biggest productions wont reopen in londons west end this year. A former Police Officer in the us state of georgia has been charged with murdering Rayshard Brooks, the African American man shot twice in the back as he fled two white officers in atlanta. Garrett rolfe, who was sacked from the force shortly after the killing, could face the Death Penalty if found guilty. He also faces ten other charges. This report from our north america correspondent nick bryant. It started out as a routine call an African American reported asleep in his vehicle in the car park of a Fast Food Restaurant in atlanta, georgia. Step out with me, please . Yes, sir. Rayshard brooks was asked by police to take a sobriety test. Then he suggested he walk to his sisters home nearby. I canjust go home. I have my daughters there right now. My three my daughters birthday was yesterday. Alright, mr brooks. Blow, blow, blow, blow, blow. But, after he failed a breath
He claims the president asked chinas leader to help him win re election. We start with a special report from the chinese city of wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic originally took hold, to look at how it all began. So far, nearly 500,000 deaths have been officially recorded around the world, but experts believe the reality is far worse. The pandemic is thought to have originated on 1 december last year when a man in wuhan was taken ill and later categorised as a victim of covid 19. It was widely reported that the virus had originated in a market where a range of live animals are sold for human consumption. But rational debate about the virus has been made more difficult by a propaganda war between the us and china, with both countries accusing each other of being the source. As the number of new cases starts to rise again in china, our correspondentjohn sudworth looks at the origins of coronavirus, and what comes next for the authorities in beijing. Wuhan ground zero. A city of 11 m