annita mcveigh or bbcyourquestions the Us State Department calls for serious consequences for china after a bbc report alleging women were systemically raped and tortured in uighur camps. But china calls it lies and disinformation. The uk and eu agree to work intensively to sort out problems with post brexit trade in Northern Ireland. Myanmar s military blocks facebook after protests continue to spread against mondays Military Coup. And coming up this hour tennis Officials Say the Australian Open will start as planned on monday, despite hundreds of players and staff being forced to isolate again in melbourne. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. A new trial has launched here in the uk to look at the impact of giving people different Coronavirus Vaccines for their first and second doses. The mix and match approach could provide more flexibility in the event of any Supply Problems. Scientists say its possible that having different vaccines might even provid
Universities write to the uk education secretary calling for more money to help with the cost of taking in extra students following a government u turn on a level grades. And coming up this hour, the three victorian forts originally built to defend england against the french going up for sale. Hello and welcome. If you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The number of people being randomly tested in the community to track the prevalence of covid 19 is to be incased up in england. From october, 150,000 people will be tested every fortnight as part of the office for National Statistics programme which is separate from the Mass Testing Programme of people who have symptoms. The figure is up from the 28,000 in england who are currently sent a home testing kit. Testing will also be expanded in scotland, wales and northern ireland. The health secretary, matt hancock, says the expansion of testing in the
Speaks about his trot. Around the world refugees endure how rowing journeys in their search for a better life. And old they seek to escape poverty violence and injustice. But the individual stories of refugees rarely get told instead they often become an anonymous abstraction. The number of refugees globally has almost doubled since 2012 to about 80000000 the majority of these people are displaced in their own countries. Very few of their stories never make it into the public domain. But in the rare cases when it happens they have a powerful effect none more so than the fate of 3 year old alan courtney. The tragic. Exodus of the courty family ended at this beach near the turkish village of. The mother father and their 2 children were trying to reach the greek island of cost in a rubber boat but the boat capsized. Little al and his brother harley and their mother were hunted drowned only Abdulla Corti survived. The capsized after people stood up. I held my wife santa maria and we had li
Confidence today, will add to the debate. Nejra welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe. The market moves we have seen overnight in asia have certainly faded on that brief optimism in terms of the u. S. And China Holding a phone call that we hear went well. They are continuing to talk about phase i. Msci asia pacific index still integrate. Hong kong underperforming still in the green. Hong kong underperforming. Gold unchanged. We saw all three u. S. Benchmarks hit record highs in yesterdays sessions, s p 500 index, dow jones, and nasdaq. Futures not giving us a lot of direction. The 10year gilts continues to edge up 10 year yields continue to edge up. The yen hit a two week low but dollaryen steady now. Onto the top story. The u. S. And china have agreed to stay in touch to resolve remaining issues to get a deal. Incomes after a phone call early this morning during which the vice premier, robert lighthizer, and treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin discussed core concerns. Meanwhile, Goldman
And in sport, aston villa end a run of three Successive Premier League defeats as they beat Newcastle United 2 0 to spoil steve bruces return to villa park. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Britains most seniorjewish leader the chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis has intervened in the general Election Campaign, condemning what he says is the labour leaderships failure to deal with anti semitism and questioning ifJeremy Corbyn is fit to lead the country. Writing in todays times newspaper, he says a new poison sanctioned from the very top has taken root in the party. Mr mirvis says, the overwhelming majority of britishjews are gripped by anxiety at the prospect of a labour victory in the election, adding, i ask every person to vote with their conscience. Be in no doubt, the very soul of our nation is at stake. Today, the archbishop of canterbury head of the church of england reacted, saying such an unprecedented statement ought to alert us to the deep sense of insecurity and fea