hello, you re watching bbc news. our headlines. the number of coronavirus cases in the united states has now passed 1 million. that is nearly a third of the world s total and includes more than 57,000 deaths. new figures show covid 19 related deaths in care homes in england and wales travelled in the space of three weeks. 586 people died in the past 2a hours. the french prime minister has told parliament that the country s lockdown will start to eat on the 11th of may, but he gave a warning that the country would have to learn to live with the virus. british airways is set to make over 12,000 workers redundant. its revenues have fallen by 40% in the first quarter of the year.
welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us in the next two hours. we are here with kevin wheeler and kevin schofield karen wheeler. welcome back. let s go through some of the papers we have in. the times says deaths from coronavirus in care homes in the uk could soon exceed those in hos
hello, welcome to bbc news i m victoria derbyshire, bringing you the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. police in hong kong use tear gas and a water cannon and arrest 30 democracy protestors, as china s new national security law comes into force. it s a bit of a weird stand off at this moment with the riot police here and people walking away, and some of the police are leaving as well. the water cannon truck has just been doing rounds. more uk job losses because of coronavirus 5,000 jobs are under threat at upper crust and 1,700 jobs are to go at airbus uk. the us buys up nearly all stocks for the next three months of the drug remdesivir one of the only drugs shown to work against covid 19.
councils in england will get real time data on coronavirus cases in their areas, after signing a data sharing agreement with public health england. it follows criticism over how long it took to get data in leicester. and remembering the man who should ve been eng
this is bbc news. i m reeta chakrabarti. the headlines boris johnson is preparing to announce tough new local coronavirus restrictions in england as medical advisers warned of the dangers of failing to act. if we do not take measures to control the spread of the virus, the death toll will be too great to bear. the liverpool city region is expected to face the toughest restrictions with pubs, gyms and bookies closed. and the prime minister will address mps at 3:30pm this afternoon. we ll bring that to you live and have full reaction on bbc news. as three nightingale hospitals are put on standby, it s revealed there are now more people in hospital with covid 19 than when a national lockdown was imposed in march.
an anxious wait for businesses to hear whether they will be in the most restricted zones, and how they ll cope if they are. most gcse and a level exams in england next year will be delayed by three weeks, the education secretary has confirmed. and controversial plans to sh
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more foreign citizens are due to leave the chinese city of wuhan as the number of those who are infected with the potentially deadly coronavirus continues to increase. the authorities there say that 170 people have now died with another 1,700 confirmed cases. in the next few hours hong kong will halve the number of flights to mainland china as well as suspending train and ferry services. john sudworth has the latest. safely out of wuhan, a plane arriving at a california
this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. tighter coronavirus restrictions are expected early next week for parts of england that could result in the closure of bars and restaurants. as new coronavirus restrictions hit scotland s hospitality sector, there s concern it could sound the death knell for some businesses. a sharp increase in covid 19 cases in countries across europe germany calls the rise worrying . in brussels, cafes and bars have been ordered to close this morning for at least a month. the two us vice presidential candidates clash over climate change and health care and coronavirus during a televised debate
in salt lake city. the american people have witnessed the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country. if a vaccine emerges during the trump administration, i think it is unconscionable. and senator, i ask you, stop playing politics with people s lives. the bbc sees evidence th