Melbourne. Were live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Welcome viewers here in the u. S. And around the world. Im natalie allen, and this is cnn newsroom. Thank you for joining us. It has been a fourth of july unlike any other in recent American History. Yes, there were plenty of fireworks, official and other size. This was the view near the white house. But at a time when americans traditionally renew their national bonds, the u. S. President is stoking a culture war in the middle of a pandemic. For the past two days, his speeches has portrayed americans as deeply divided and locked in battle over controversial monuments. Like this one, a statue of Christopher Columbus in baltimore toppled by protesters and dumped in the harbor. Mr. Trump is portraying it as a battle between those who want to preserve the countrys heritage and those in his words who wish to destroy it. We will never allow an angry mop to tear down our statues, erase our history, indoctrinate our children or tram
We know that everyone will lose. The inevitable outcome will be to prolong this calamity and increase the risk of another. Tributes are paid to a popular and talented Police Officer killed at a Custody Centre in south london. Sergeant matt ratana was shot, as a suspect in handcuffs was being booked in. Us media say donald trump will nominate conservative federal will nominate conservative federal judge, amy Coney Barrett, to the Supreme Court. A formal announcement from the white house is expected later. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. More than a quarter of the uk population is living under stricter coronavirus lockdown rules as new measures come into force this weekend. The rate at which the virus is spreading in britain has been speeding up. Households in leeds, wigan, stockport and blackpool are now banned from mixing in each others homes or gardens. In manchester, 1,700 students have been told to self isolate for a fortnight, after a spate of positive tests. Households will
Impact they could have . Do get in touch with me. Details on screen below. Hundreds of thousands of hospitality jobs will below. Hundreds of thousands of hospitalityjobs will be at risk as a result of the new restrictions, according to the Industry Trade body. Joe biden accuses his rival donald trump of panicking in his handling of the coronavirus pandemic as the pair take part in separate tv events. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im annita mcveigh. Tensions are growing between local leaders and the government over regional restrictions as a scientific advisor warned that continuing the row is a very dangerous route to go on. The director of the Welcome Trust told the bbc. Wellcome trust. He said that would be very damaging. Its after the mayor of Greater Manchester, andy burnham, rejected plans for the area to move to the highest risk category which would force bars, pubs and gyms to close. He said the north is fed up of being pushed around. Foreign secretary dominic raab accus
Maine to california. Now, only 13 states, you can see them on the map there in yellow are Holding Steady compared to last week. And three, nebraska, arkansas and mississippi are going modest improvement. This new surge is putting enormous strain on Americas Health care system. At least eight states mostly in the midwest are reporting their highest hospitalizations to date. For the First Time Since midaugust the number of people treated for covid has topped 40,000 nationwide. Well, unless behavior changing forecasters at the university of washington says the u. S. Death toll could reach 1 million by the end of february. Now the countrys top Infectious Disease expert says it may be time to make face masks mandatory. If everyone agrees that this is something thats important and they mandate it. Everyone pulls together and says, you know, were going to mandate it, but lets just do it. I think that would be a great idea to have everybody do it uniformly. One of the issues i get the argument
This is bbc news, im simon mccoy. The headlines one in ten people across the uk had contracted covid 19 by the end of december. Hospitals in the midlands are short staffed and care homes remain on the front line. The vaccine has been certainly the big thing that every provider is now desperate to get into their services and the roll out, it is happening, but it is not as quick as we would all like. Fortress washington as donald trump spends his last full day in office, america anxiously waits for the inauguration of his successor. Scotlands first minister Nicola Stugeon is to update the Scottish Parliament on covid 19 restrictions. Well bring you her statement live later this hour. The government is to set up a new regulator for the Construction Industry following evidence at the Grenfell Tower inquiry that manufacturers
covered up safety issues. Grave concerns over the future of the Justice System in england and wales as the covid pandemic creates a backlog of crown court cases. The b