Like so many other leisure attractions across the world, zoos have had to close to visitors as a result of the pandemic, but the animals still need care. Lorna gordon reports now from edinburgh zoo, where the keepers are sticking to their usual routines. The animals of edinburgh zoo. There are over 2,500 animals here. The keepers agreeing to film for us to show how the animals are faring while the gates are closed. So one of the first things we have to do is check on all our penguins and make sure everybodys 0k. The famous penguin parade is, for now, no longer happening but the breeding season here has started, so both the penguins and their keepers have plenty to do. This is one of our breeding nests for our northern rockhoppers this year. So we are currently at this moment waiting for this chick to hopefully hatch in the next couple of days. The citys zoo would usually get thousands of visitors every day but the lockdown means the pathways here are now deserted. But obviously today,
Hello, this is bbc news, the headlines. The uk Prime Minister borisjohnson is back in downing street two weeks after being discharged from hospital treatment for conronavirus. Uk ministers say the public must adjust to a new normal as the coronavirus outbreak remains at a delicate and dangerous stage. Latest figures show another 413 people died in uk hospitals. Senior nhs officials insist that social distancing measures remain vital. Theres continuing concern in care homes in england, over testing for staff and residents. Italys Prime Minister announces measures to ease the coronavirus lockdown from next month, as the reported death toll there is the lowest in over a month. Children in spain are allowed out for the first time in six weeks, as the daily number of deaths fell to its lowest level in more than a month. Now on bbc news a special edition of talking movies. Tom brook and his team report from home with stories on new yorks tribeca Film Festival which in the midst of the pandem
Harassment complaints against him. They didnt learn about it from the new york types. They were aware of there will have subsequently been two new ones but fox was well apprised of this. They signed him to a new contract last month. Their attempts to sort of do some expost facto reasoning doesnt quite square with the facts just now. Let me go to you and the politics of this. President trump as everybody remembers, defended bill oreilly in an interview in the oval office with the new york types. How does this play out politically now . I think it is an important statement, even if it was forced. Not because fox news made a principle decision but because they were doing it potentially for financial reasons. All these advertisers were puck out. It is an important statement because there were so many advertisers unified in pushing the copy to do. This it is not just donald trump defending bill oreilly but it is Donald Trumps own his 40 haunted him during the campaign. It is things going on
How could it change from how you get around to what your kids are watching on tv. Good afternoon. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. One full week into the scandal involving rob porter and yet the American People do not know who knew what and when and why. Why the white house staff kept someone around who had been accused of Domestic Abuse by two exwives and an exgirlfriend. Questions that the white house refuse to answer. What we do know, it seems the explanation is not really holding up. The white house would lead to you believe theyve been nothing but clear and consistent on this issue. Chief of staff john kelly just talked about the porter situation. It was all done right. Thats just wrong. Just since yesterday weve learned more that suggests the white house has not told the American People the full truth. From the white house podium yesterday, Sarah Sanders painted rosie picture of a white house motivated by a clear sense of right and wrong someone who had been removed because o
Today with the trianglelation that none of the people were him and no resignation is necessary. He stuck to that version at a press conference earlier today. I believed then and now that i am not either of the people in that photo. I cannot in good conscious choose the path that would be easier for me in an effort to duck my responsibility to reconcile. I will continue doing the business of virginia. Folks, if you following me on this show, you know what side i come down on. It goes without saying that northam should resign, and youll hear that from me tonight. But i want to add that even if he is ousted by internal pressure, it wont excuse the Democratic Partys blind spots on racism or absolve the Republican Party for ignoring it within their own ranks. As i sat and watched Governor Northams press conference, hoping he would resign because, whether you want to deal it or whether or not he was in the photo or not, it really makes no difference. It was on his yearbook page. And it is ha