Their game against the virus. The canadian Prime Minister apologised after a contract with hundreds of millions of dollars is awarded to a charity with links to his family. After yea rs of pressure on american football, the Washington Redskins finally agree to change their racist name. Where following the story of a syrian girl who fled her native land because of the conflict there. Hello to you. In a clear sign of how parts of the us are struggling to contain the coronavirus, californias governor in a clear sign of how parts of the us are struggling to contain the coronavirus, californias governor is ordering restaurants to close indoor dining, and shutting bars and movie theatres. Florida is seeing a Record Number of new infections, and the United States as a whole has now recorded more than 3. 3 million cases almost certainly an underestimate. All this with the nations top Infectious Disease official underfire from the white house. Laura trevelyan reports. Hello you look wonderful disney world in florida gave people something of a refuge from reality this weekend. The theme park reopened despite the Record Number of coronavirus cases. Masks were required, though they arent compulsory across the state. Even as new infections surged in florida, some beaches were packed and police were called to this Restaurant Holding a rally by people opposed to wearing masks. Chanting dont shut her down dont shut her down americas sun belt is suffering. In arizona, where long lines for a coronavirus test are common, nearly 27 results are positive the highest rate in the nation. Cases are rising in more than 30 states in the us. And in chicago, bars must close earlier. The president wore a mask in public for the first time at the weekend after mounting pressure to do so. The white house says more coronavirus tests are being carried out and thats why there are more cases, and the death rate is lower than it was in the spring. Weve done 45 million tests. If we did half that number, youd have half the cases probably, around that number. If we did another half of that, youd have half the numbers. Everyone would be saying, 0h, were doing so well on cases dr anthony fauci, the nations top Infectious Disease specialist, is now a target of the white house. Officials have provided talking points to us media, attacking his past statements as inaccurate. But heres what the press secretary says in public. To the notion that theres Opposition Research and that theres fauci versus the president couldnt be further from the truth. Dr fauci and the president have always had a very good working relationship. Meanwhile, dr fauci himself was as realistic as ever about the coronavirus outbreak ravaging the us. We havent even begun to see the end of it yet. Despite everything, wall street began monday bullish. Two experimental coronavirus vaccines being developed by a German Biotech Firm and pfizer have been given fast track status by the us drug regulator. Markets are betting that progress towards a vaccine will be swift, but news of california closing indoordining and bars because of surging cases rattled traders at the days end. Laura trevelyan, bbc news, new york. Our north america correspondent peter bowes has more on this new closure in california. Its not looking good, mike. In california, this state was doing really well, or it appeared to be at the beginning of this pandemic but not now. The number of cases are increasing, about 8,000 new cases every day. That Positivity Rate we hear quite a lot about now with the number of positive cases as a percentage of those that are tested, increasing by 21 over the last couple of weeks. Another statistic, a 20 increase in the number of people having to go to hospital because they have coronavirus, and thats why the bars are being closed down again, restaurants, cinemas. In the 30 worst affected counties in california, they are going even further, closing the gyms, churches, hair salons as well, and it feels like were back where we were a few months ago when, of course, one of the great hopes was at least that maybe the summer, the warmer weather, would bring fewer cases of the disease and that simply isnt happening, as governor newsom, the governor of california, has been explaining. Here in the state of california, as were seeing triple digit weather in many parts of our state, were still seeing increase in the Positivity Rate, Community Transmission in the spread of the virus so thats why it is incumbent upon all of us to recognise soberly that covid 19 is not going away anytime soon until there is a vaccine, and or an effective therapy. The california governor there. Peter, the Trump Administration pushing hard for schools to reopen and that has a big impact on whether parents can go back to work and help the economy but a lot of debate about this a very difficult issue. Extremely difficult, and the schools were due to open for the next term at the beginning of next month and in los angeles county, the second Biggest School district in the country after new york city, and also in san diego, officials announcing today that those schools will not reopen for in person classes. All lessons will go back online and again, that takes parents and their children back to where they were at the end of last term, trying to cope with that difficult situation at home, with children attending all of their Classes Online at the same time as trying to carry on with theirjobs and dealing with a lockdown situation. Extremely difficult but its interesting the response to that today has been largely positive from parents and from the teachers unions. Peter bowes for us there. The World Health Organization has warned the pandemic will get worse and worse if countries do not follow the basics required to suppress the virus. The director general said many countries were headed in the wrong direction and he called for an end to what he called mixed messaging. 0ur science editor David Shukman reports. A grim assessment from the World Health Organization as new records keep being set. Florida has had its worst day, 15,000 new cases, triggering yet another appeal to keep a safe distance, wash hands, stay at home. If the basics arent followed, there is only one way this pandemic is going to go. Its going to get worse and worse and worse. The virus has spread around the world, but some regions are doing better than others. This line shows daily new cases in europe reaching a peak of 30,000 a day back in april and since then going through a steady decline. By contrast, north america began with a similar pattern, but has since seen a very rapid rise to nearly 60,000 new cases every day. Basically double what europe saw when things were at their worst. Latin america and the caribbean began behind the curve of the others, but have since gone through a very rapid rise, up to more than 60,000 cases a day. And bear in mind, all these numbers will be an underestimate of whats really going on. In some countries, like bolivia, too many are dying for the government to cope. And theres a problem with the credibility of whats being said about the virus. This taxi driver says the truth is that people are just now realising that this disease really exists, because a lot didnt believe it. The who says World Leaders must spell out the risks. Mixed messages from leaders are undermining the most critical ingredient of any response trust. These are nervous times. Hospitals in central asia are overwhelmed, as in latin america. The best strategies to get out of this are very well known, but Everyone Needs to follow them. David shukman, bbc news. Lets get some of the days other news. The Chinese Tech Firm huawei is expected to be gradually excluded from the uks new 5g mobile network with ministers making the announcement on tuesday. Theres been pressure from the United States for huawei to be ditched because of claims that the chinese firm poses a threat to national security. Huawei says theres no basis for the allegation. China has announced retaliatory sanctions against senior us politicians who have criticised its human rights record. Marco rubio and ted cruz, both republican senators, are among those targeted. Its not clear what the sanctions will entail. Police in california say they are confident that the body they found in a lake is that of naya rivera. The actress from the tv show glee went missing last week while on a boat with her young son. Divers and teams had used sonar equipment in their search on monday. One of the most prominent teams in american football the Washington Redskins has confirmed it will change its name and logo. The decision follows pressure from sponsors to scrap a name long condemned as racist by native american rights groups. Siraj hashmi who is with the conservative magazine the Washington Examiner told me opinion polls suggest many native americans didnt find the name particularly offensive. Nine out of ten native americans viewed the name is not offensive. But it is 2020, again, things that are not a cce pta ble again, things that are not acceptable today were deemed offensive several yea rs acceptable today were deemed offensive several years ago. It is the progression of society. And the owners are only doing it because of the economic pressure on him. Or perhaps the sponsors are more aware of things that are racist and offensive that he is or you are . Thats certainly true. The venues i been reporting on this story and i would obviously agree that the name is offensive to many. I am not an native american and will never know what it is like to be native american. But in terms of the merits of actually changing the name. It looks like snyder is not doing it because he believes it is the right thing to do. A lot of it has to do with because of money. For the past few years, weve been following the life of a syrian refugee, rouaa, whos now nine years old. She was born in the year the syrian conflict started. Syria is at the centre of the worlds biggest refugee crisis, rouaa is one of five million syrians whove fled their native land. The un says only a tiny fraction of those who need new homes will ever get the chance to be resettled. But rouaa and her family have defied the odds , as our correspondent Caroline Hawley reports. Imagine saying goodbye to your best friend. Rouaa and ilhan have only a few hours left together. Theyll probably never see each other again. The family fled here after a horrific chemical attack near their home. But not all of rouaas family are leaving. Her oldest sister and her two children arent part of the resettlement. Her mother says her children have lost seven years here, and every Single Family in the camp wishes they were leaving too. Theyve never been to an airport before. Never been on a plane. These are tickets to another world. A Global Pandemic is just one new thing for this nine year old to experience. Not since they had to abandon their now destroyed home in syria have they had keys to a place of their own. They seem awe struck by it all. No queue for a shared toilet here. The simple pleasure of keeping clean. Looking back at where they were, as their new live begins, a family still divided by distance, a mix of anguish and hope. Her family adore her, but the quality of rouaas new life will also depend on the warmth of the welcome she gets here. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come scaling Seventy Eight peaks in englands Lake District how this runner used lockdown to set a new daily record. After months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the eurozone. The immediate prospect of greece going bust, in the worst crisis to hit the eurozone, has been averted. Emergency services across Central Europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worse floods this century. Nearly 100 people have been killed. Broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans, but tonight it is completely blacked out. It is a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the Energy Crisis has brought to them. Leaders meet in paris for a summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. This morning, theyjoined the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs elysees. Wildlife officials in australia have been coping with a penguin problem. Fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. Some had eaten so much, they could barely stand. This is bbc news, the latest headlines the governor of california, americas most populous state, has reimposed a sweeping closure of public spaces as the number of Coronavirus Infections soars. Dr rishi desai is an Infectious Disease expert. He gave us his reaction to californias decision to reimpose closures of public spaces. It is important that they do that. Theyre watching the data closely, as is everybody here in california, and making sure that they react appropriately. You know, we were actually on a good trajectory up until aboutjune 12th, about one month ago. And in the last four weeks things have steadily gone up, week on week. Deaths just started going up july 7th. Thats exactly what you would predict, 25 days later. First the cases go up, then the hospitalisations go up, then the deaths. They reacted right. They are starting to shut things down and i want people to realise that because of this timelag, of course, you are not going to see hospitalisations and deaths go down tomorrow, but it will have an effect 2 4 weeks from nor because of that timelag. For california in a way it is going back to the position of several months ago. What does california tell you about what is likely coming for the rest of the United States . Well, what is likely if governors do the right thing. I think many governors are doing the wrong thing, by delaying this and kind of waiting it out or taking a head in the sand approach. I think what california is doing is right. They reacted to the data. I wish they had reacted quicker, to be perfectly honest. But i think most of the country is going to have to recognise that as hospitals and deaths start going up, we have to start rolling things back. That means mandating masks, we have to do that, it has to be done at a federal level and it has to be enforced. We have to make sure people are actually wearing masks. And we have to balance that against our economy and see if we cant open up parts of the economy with masks enforced, and if we do that, we know we can dramatically get on top of this. In the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, we hear many people saying how grateful they are to healthcare workers. Well, now in france, trade unions have won a pay victory for those workers. Alanna petroff has the story. They have battled through some of the worst months in their working lives. In france, covid i9 hit hard. For healthcare workers, this meant gruelling hours, stress, and the risk of contagion going above and beyond for patients. This ultimately led to pay protests. Noise in the streets, flags flying, and now the politicians have stepped in. The new french Prime Minister, jean castex, has signed a deal to give healthcare workers a salary boost. The total package, 8 billion euros. The average worker will see a pay boost of 183 euros each month. That works out to nearly 2,200 euros per year. Translation this historic effort is first of all a considerable recognition towards those who have been on the front lines of the fight against this unprecedented and long lasting epidemic. The agreement came just hours before bastille day, a National Public holiday which is known for military parades and fireworks. Hundreds of doctors, nurses and carers are invited this year as guests of honour. The event wont have the traditional crowds like previous years, but healthcare workers in attendance will probably appreciate how the country is standing to attention and recognising their efforts. A bit of appreciation, a bit more pay can go a long way. Alanna petroff, bbc news. The canadian Prime Minister has apologised for not recusing himself from discussions about awarding a government contract to a charity that had paid his family large sums of money. Justin trudeaus apology came amidst demands by the opposition that an investigation be launched into a 600 Million Contract awarded by the government to the youth advocacy group, we charity. The organisation has admitted paying nearly 220,000 to mr trudeaus mother, brother and wife for speaking engagements. Joining me live from ottawa, canada is vassy kapelos, who is the host of cbc News Networks daily politics show power and politics. Thank you for your time, i know you are a busy woman. This is, i think, the third ethics investigation into mr trudeau. Can you give us more of the background here . This all has to do with covid 19. The pandemic and the federal government, and this countrys response to it. It is a programme that was specifically targeted for students who had trouble finding work. They wa nted trouble finding work. They wanted to pay them, essentially, for volunteering, usually in an area related to the pandemic. What ended up happening was that they gave the contract to somebody who would, or to this group, the we charity, to administer it. It isa charity, to administer it. It is a big contract, 900 million. They are going to pay them 20 million. Right off the bat, when this announcement came out injune, there were a lot of questions being asked because of the Prime Minister and his wifes history with the organisation. They often appear at these infamous we day events, they speak from the Prime Ministers wife has a podcast for the we charity. Immediately, everybody was asking why did you give this contract, a sole source contract, a sole source contract, to them, without more groups of charities in the running . There were all those sorts of questions. Then as the days went on, we charity said, there is no conflict here. We didnt pay anyone, we never paid the Prime Minister to appear, we never paid his wife or otherfamily appear, we never paid his wife or other family members. So thatis or other family members. So that is kind of where things stood. And just late last week, the big revelation happened to come from we charity, which sent out an email to reporters saying, we kind of made day billing area, actually we did payjustin trudeaus mother and his brother to appear, and we paid nearly 300,000. And from there controversy really exploded, a lot of questions about whether the Prime Minister should have awarded this contract, given his familys ties to the charity. There is quite a difference developing, isnt there, between the way mr trudeau is seen internationally and the way he is seen in his own country. Just briefly, if you dont mind, when you think is going . Yeah, i have travelled numerous times with the Prime Minister. I have seen first signed the reception he gets elsewhere in the seen first hand the reception he gets outside of the country. And also the contrast image with the president s out of our border, donald trump, and how Prime Minister trudeau has benefited from that internationally. Domestically this is the third, as you mentioned, such investigation. It was found that he contravened the ethics act in the first two investigations, and so yes, this does add to a narrative, it sort of adds to the criticism of the Prime Minister but perhaps he is not making the most ethical of decisions, and there are questions surrounding his ethics, and that really does contrast, i think, ethics, and that really does contrast, ithink, with ethics, and that really does contrast, i think, with the warm reception he gets whenever he leaves this country. Thank you so much. Thanks for having me. Now, for many of us, just getting out of the house these days is a chance to stretch our legs, after months in lockdown. Well, runner kim collison has gone a tad further. Hes raced up and down 78 peaks in englands Lake District in less than 2a hours, setting a new record. Kims been speaking to the bbcs danny savage. Saturday morning in the Lake District, and kim collison has been running since 3am. His aim to conquer as many pea ks as he can, in under 2a hours. An extraordinary endurance run, over the most difficult terrain. Kind of have this motto of every second counts, so it was, lets just keep moving, even though youre feeling tired or struggling, lets just keep pushing and dont stop. 78 summits were on his hit list. They included well known fells such as skiddaw, helvellyn and scafell, along with plenty of lesser known ones. The 96 mile circuit involved climbs which totalled more than 39,000 feet. This is kim touching just one of the peaks. Go on, kim. He had pacemakers to help him keep going, and stop him from getting lost. Without my team of supporters there, this record wouldnt have been feasible. I got an e mail from the previous holder to wish me luck, and say, its about time this record was taken. Good luck, sort of thing. And with just 15 minutes of the 2a hours time limit left, he did just that. Its just pure joy. Its just that big smile that you get when you know youve achieved the best you can, and to come away with the record as well was just brilliant. Not bad for a ao year old who hopes to inspire other fell runners to beat his record. Danny savage, bbc news. You will remember the address that divided the internet five yea rs that divided the internet five years ago. Was it five years ago . Was it white, gold, blue . Everybody had a few. Now we have another optical illusion to argue about. This picture of two zebras in canada is begging the question, if you are bothered, which one is looking at the camera . The zebra on the left of the zebra on the right . Social media is abuzz with folk analysing the ears, the next, anything for a clue. If you think you know the answer, turn your volume down if you dont wa nt to your volume down if you dont want to know, i can tell you the photographer has confirmed it is the zebra on the left which is staring at the camera. There, mystery solved. Thats better, isnt it . Much more for you on all the news, national and international, any time on the bbc website and on our twitter feeds. Thank you for watching. Hello. Fairly quiet on the weather front out there right now, a lot of cloud across the country. A fairly mild morning too. How about tuesday . I think therell be a sunny spells around. But on the whole, a pretty cloudy day ahead. And for some of us, quite a wet one, particularly in northern ireland. You can see all the cloud on the satellite picture. Its streaming our way. And i think the next two, three days will be quite overcast. The good weather, the High Pressure is not far away. Weve got to wait for that High Pressure to build across the uk, but its not going to happen immediately. So, this is what it looks like early hours of tuesday morning. I said its mild, around 15 or 16 degrees across the south and south east. In aberdeen, around 12 degrees. So, a lot of cloud moving across the uk during the morning and afternoon. But notice in northern ireland, grey and quite wet. In fact, some of this rain will hang around through most of the day, so in belfast, youll need your brollies. But the rest of the country, i think lets call it cloudy at times with a few sunny spells. 0n the whole, not a bad day, i guess particularly i think on the south coast, where the brighter spells could be a little more lengthy. So this is what it looks like on wednesday. I think wednesday could be actually quite an overcast day across the uk, with bits and pieces of rain or drizzle. So, grey for some of us, disappointing temperatures. Whether youre in the north or the south, itll be more or less the same, around 17 to 19 degrees. I mentioned that High Pressure and the good weather. It is very slowly at a glacial pace building in towards the uk. And on thursday, low pressure to the north, High Pressure to the south. Where were closer to the low pressure, youve got cloud and increasing breeze and some spots of rain there in the western isles, but in the south, that high is trying to build in, push the clouds away. So i think on thursday, it ll start to turn a little bit brighter. And you can see those temperatures are recovering, up to around 20 degrees there in belfast and also the northeast of england. And then friday and the weekend, watch these warm colours, these oranges, spread. Thats the warmer air coming in from the south, so the thinking is that friday and the weekend, it will brighten up and it will turn quite a bit warmer. In fact, if you look at the south of the country, those temperatures by friday and saturday could be hitting the mid 20s. Bye bye. This is bbc news, the headlines. The governor of california has reimposed a sweeping closure of public spaces as the number of virus infection soils. All indoor activities at restaurants, bars and Entertainment Venues are required to shut with immediate effect. Wearing a Face Covering in shops, supermarkets, in england is to become mandatory. That is from the 24th july. The become mandatory. That is from the 24thjuly. The British Government is expected to announce that those who fail to comply with the new rules will face a fine from police. The World Health Organization has warned that too many countries are going in the wrong direction dealing with the pandemic. The director general says the will only get worse if basic Health Measures are not followed. The Washington Redskins have confirmed they will change their name. They been under pressure for yea rs name. They been under pressure for years but this time the sponsors of the nfl franchise have seems to make a difference to the owner
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