This is bbc news. The headlines. The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk has risen to 206. Milton keynes hospital is isolating people who came into contact with the man in his 80s who died from the virus on thursday. We currently have five patients who are isolated and have been tested and we are awaiting the results to come back. And we have asked nine staff to self isolate. 140 britons remain quarantined on board a cruise ship off the coast of california in which 21 people tested positive for coronavirus. There is a rush for me to get off the ship. I have stage four and a crying candour michael katz are my tumours are actively going. It will not be easy to off load this ship. Actively going. It will not be easy to offload this ship. At 8 30pm we will bring you a special programme on coronavirus, how it spreads on the action you can take. In other news, £360 million will be paid by Insurance Companies to clean up the damage from storms dennis and keir
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Restrictions in england which ban social gatherings of more than six people have come into effect. Weve followed the rules, we have just been careful. And now i think we are being penalised because we are a big family. I dont think its fair, to be honest with you. I think if they put things in proportion at the beginning, we wouldnt be having a second spout of it. Similar restrictions are in place in scotland and wales, but with younger children exempt from the rule of six. Do you support the new law, the rule of six, or will youmake your own deicsion as a former Supreme Court judge lord sumption told bbc radio this morning . Japan has a new incoming Prime Minister, as the governing liberal Democratic Party elects Yoshihide Suga to replace shinzo abe. The Prime Ministers former top Legal Advisor says hes vote against a bill that would enable the government to break International Law, by overriding pa
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Former british Prime Ministers tony blair and sirjohn major call borisjohnsons brexit plans shameful as the government continues to defend plans to override parts this is a collective will on the part of the government not just to prepare for the worst, but also to protect the internal workings of our United Kingdom. Thats responsible government. More than 30 people have died as wildfires burn in california, oregon, and washington, causing widespread pollution. And there are further concerns for the People Living there. Theres fresh concern in the uk over the growing spread of coronavirus after more than 3,000 cases
were recorded on consecutive days. Teenagers convicted of terrorism in england and wales the Afghan Government calls for a ceasefire with the taliban as the first ever peace talks between the two sides get under way in qatar. Nazaneen is a gary ratcliffe, the british iranian woman jailed
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. History in the making in doha, as the Afghan Government and the taliban sit down for peace talks. And we have to prevent the destruction and killing in our country. We also firmly request the other side to act according to those things that have been agreed. Americas west coast fires burn out of control. Half a Million People in oregon are under evacuation alert. On the edge of losing control of coronavirus a warning from one leading british scientist as 3,500 uk cases are recorded for a second day. And britains last night of the proms goes ahead with the song that caused controversy, but without the crowds. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. There have been calls for an urgent ceasefire in afghanistan, at the end of the first day of long awaited intra afg han peace talks in qatar. These are