World leaders initiate tougher measures. Britains borisjohnson has called the coronavirus pandemic the worst Health Crisis in a generation. He warned that many more families would lose loved ones before their time. He said it was important to get the timing right for the toughest procedures. In total, ten people have now died in the uk with the virus. The outbreak has led Global Stock Markets to record some of their biggest ever one day losses. In new york, the dowjones closed 10 down, while european markets also saw double digit falls. And this story is trending on bbc. Com. Englands Football Premier League will hold an Emergency Club meeting on friday regarding future fixtures. It follows arsenals manager, mikel arteta, testing positive for the coronavirus. Club staff who had recent contact with arteta will now self isolate. Thats all, stay with bbc world news. More on our website, bbc. Co. Uk news, and the news app. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Asian
This is bbc news with the latest from the uk and around the world. Calls on the uk government to review its policy on Face Coverings in englands schools as scotland says they will become compulsory in communal areas. The World Health Organization says its for countries to decide. Children between 12 and five years old can wear masks where appropriate and where asked to, but it is important to ensure they know how to use them. In the United States republicans begin their National Convention with warnings about the countrys future ifjoe biden were to defeat donald trump in novembers election. Police and demonstrators clash for a second night in the american state of wisconsin after officers shot a black man in the back. Just one more shot, let me put you there for a little bit. Then they literally grabbed him by his shirt and he was just shooting him with the kids in the back screaming. More upsetting testimony from relatives on day two of the sentencing of christchurch gunman. Whatever
From rioters incited by President Trump. World news tonight with david muir is right now. Tonight, the horror and chaos and the sadness over what has played out in our nations capitol. Images not seen in modern american history. A mob storming capitol hill. The Capitol Building under siege. Trump supporters, fueled by the president s own words this morning, smashing through the doors of the u. S. Capitol. Thousands breaching barricades, overwhelming police. All of this as a joint session of congress but trying to certify president elect joe bidens victory. Amid growing pressure from President Trump on Vice President mike pence. What pence could be heard saying before being whisked away by the secret service. Pence then issuing this statement. The violence and destruction taking place at the u. S. Capitol must stop and it must stop now. The mob pounding on doors, smashing windows. The armed standoff inside the building. Police there with guns drawn,
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Edition. If you can donate please do it. Well tonight, breaking news as we come on the air involving the vaccines. A cdc panel voting late today on who will get a vaccine first and how soon, as the head of the fda is summoned to the white house today and is asked why the Pfizer Vaccine hasnt been approved yet for emergency use. His answer, as hospitals now buy freezers to store the vaccine at my nut 94 degrees. And there is new guidance from the cdc coming in tonight if youve been exposed to the virus. This evening, the increasing numbers across the country. Nearly 100,000 americans now in the hospital fighting covid. In new york city tonight, officials urging older adults and people at high risk to limit time outside their homes. Twothirds of the citys icu beds are now full. The plea for retired nurses and doctors to be ready. And the retired doctor coming back onto the front lines for a second time now. Tonight, the icu nurse dying in the hospital where he worked for 25 years. The ma
This is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The scramble to return home hundreds of thousands of british holiday makers, try to make it back before 4am tomorrow morning, when new quarantine measures come into effect. We decided to try and book a fiery and come home to avoid it. Ive driven for 11 hours with breaks. Getting back to make sure that i dont have to self isolate. Opening up the lanes again, as lockdown measures are further eased in parts of england from tomorrow. The strikes spread across belarus, as the unrest over the disputed president ial election grows. Anger grows across parts of the uk over a levels, as the government
faces calls for an urgent review of this years end of school exam results. Symbols of remembrance how a Younger Generation can understand the significance of the war with japan, which ended 75 years ago. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. And stay with us for the latest news and