Life from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. This is newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in the morning in london and 10am in the morning in south korea, where the founder of a secretive religious sect is facing possible charges of murder over some of the countrys coronavirus deaths. Seoul City Government has filed a legal complaint with prosecutors against lee man hee and other leaders of the Shincheonji Church of jesus. Theyve been accused of failing to hand over a full list of followers, impeding the authorities attempts to control the outbreak. Our seoul correspondent laura bicker reports. The army has been deployed to deal with south koreas latest threat. Theyre battling this virus with disinfectant, but as more cases are confirmed, it appears this is a war theyre not winning. A lot of public anger has been aimed at this secretive religious sect. The infection has spread rapidly among the followers of Shincheonji Church ofjesus. And as offici
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Another grim milestone has been reached as countries around the world continue to step up efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus. More than 20,000 people have now died. The United Nations secretary general says the pandemic is a threat to all humanity. The number of those infected globally is nearing half a million. More than 113,000 people are known to have recovered. Italy remains the worst hit country, with more than 7,500 deaths but spains death toll has now also surpassed that of china. Us President Donald Trump says america is gaining ground in its war against covid 19. The death toll there now stands at more than 900 and there are 60,000 confirmed cases. Half of these are in new york, which the president says is by far the biggest problem. Weve been spending a lot of time with new york officials because that is by far the hottest spot. Theyve got a number of very tough weeks ahead of them. The governor is doing a very good job. I spoke to th
Good morning. The inmate who died had been fighting to put a stay on his execution in court over what his attorney called an experimental new drug protocol. Last night witnesses watched in horror as the inmate convulsed and seemingly struggled to talk well after he was given the lethal cocktail. He was struckling to talk but those were the words we got out, man, im not and somethings wrong. Reporter they may be the last words spoken by oklahoma inmate clayton locket uttered during his botched execution. His vein exploded during the lethal injection prompting authorities to quickly halt the procedure. It was my decision at that time to stop the execution. Reporter the first drug in the lethal injection cocktail is supposed to render a person unconscious but they say locket was still conscious. At 16 minutes he seemingly tried to get up and talk. It was then that prison officials closed the blinds, shutting out the media gatt thred to witness. We didnt know what was happening on the othe
Infecting others on board. Emery University Hospital in atlantic has a specially built wing for Infectious Diseases. Its only one of four units like it in the country. This team has been trained in how to use the personal protective equipment and take special precautions to avoid any potential exposures. Joining me live from emery University Hospital. Do we know at this point when the patient is going to be arriving . That is a very big question right now. An answer is we dont know. Because the medical teams themselves dont know. Theyre on the ground evacuating the patient. Theres a chance that actually that nobody could come here. That the patient they are thinking of bringing here is in such poor shape its not safe to transport them. Somebody with ebola that progressed to a serious level could be killed as something as small as the bumps on a dirt road. Its a fluid situation and the biggest variable right now is the acondition of the patient. Both americans conditions deteriorating.
Court. He was ordered to behead random people in public. Searches were conducted across the suburbs of sydney, that included in excess of 800 officers. Its the largest operation of its type undertaken in australias history. Its a serious concern right at the heart of our communities, we have people that are planning to conduct random attacks. Today weve worked together to make sure that that didnt happen. The australian raid comes just days after u. S. Prosecutors indicted a new york man on charges of attempting to provide Financial Support to isis and recruit others to fly to syria to join them. Clearly the threat is serious. And the Obama Administration is already taking decisive action. With the u. S. Military carrying out two more air strikes today against isis in iraq, one targeting a large group of terrorists on the ground. This is an issue of national security. It shouldnt be about politics. But when secretary of state john kerry testified at a house hearing on isis today, some