Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines the National Health service could soon be overwhelmed if people dont practice social distancing to tackle coronavirus. Thats the warning from the british prime minister. Londons mayor urges people to act responsibly. Unless people stay at home, unless people stop using Public Transport unless its essential, unless people stop interacting with each other, more people will die. Borisjohnson urges people to make the heroic and collective National Effort to slow the spread of the virus. He cautions against visiting loved ones on mothers day. Nhs england writes to 1. 5 Million People who are most at risk, strongly advising them not to go out for 12 weeks to protect themselves. Spain reports nearly 400 more deaths from coronavirus. Thats up by a third in 2a hours. The countrys state of emergency has been extended by 15 days. In india, more than a billion people have been asked to observer a m hour long curfew
to try to limit the epidemic. And in america
President trump says the us killed irans top military commander, qassem soleimani, to stop a war, not to start one. In a televised address, mr trump said the us had killed the number one terrorist in the world. He said soleimani had been plotting imminent attacks. The iranian government said it would retaliate against what it called an act of International Terrorism by the United States at a time and place of its choosing. Many World Leaders have said the killing of general soleimani could lead to serious consequences for regional and global security. The New South Wales fire commissioner has warned saturday will be a long and difficult day for everybody, as bushfires continue to burn out of control. Theres been a similar warning from the fire chief in victoria, as australia faces possibly its worst day yet in a summer of wildfires. Three Energy Companies have agreed to pay more than £10 million after a major electricity
blackout last summer. A Lightning Strike last august caused two
Welcome to bbc news, im simon pusey. Our top stories prosecutor turns defender President Trump adds ken starr, the man who sought bill clintons impeachment, to his team. The us says it will screen passengers from china for symptoms of a new virus that has killed two people and infected many more. Chanting chants of death to america as irans Supreme Leader defends the military over the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian Airlines plane. Four teachers in los angeles sue Delta Airlines after a plane dumped fuel on their school during an Emergency Landing. President trumps impeachment trial will properly get under way on tuesday, and on friday the white house unveiled an all star roster for its legal team. The defence will include the prosecutor from bill clintons impeachment, kenn starr, as well as celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz, whos previous high profile clients include oj simpson and jeffrey epstein. Our north america correspondent Aleem Maqbool looks at the key hirings ahead of
This is bbc news. The headlines at ten p m. A dysfunctional system allowed ian pattison to perform the necessary operations on hundreds or possibly thousands of women says a damning report. Collings avoided or worked around him. Some could have known, others should have known. And a few must have known. If you are a patterson patient, you are 50 wanted to get a recurrence of Breast Cancer because you have been left with breast tissue, basically a time bomb in your chest ready to explode because he did not remove it. Leave china if you can come up brits are told, as a death toll from
coronavirus reaches more than 400. A court is told that the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber is equally guilty of the murder of the 22 people who died in the attack. A ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the uk is to be brought forward by five years to 2035. And the generation that has never known life without the internet. Half of all ten year olds have a smartphone. A rogue surgeon in t
The uk death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is now more than 30,000. As the number of deaths in hospital is falling, a plea from care homes as theirfigures in england and wales continue to rise. We need more help from the government on testing, on ppe and Financial Support, and i think we need more help so we can reduce the deaths in care homes going forward. We need to be at the centre, not on the periphery. Well be looking at those coronavirus mortality figures in more detail. Also this lunchtime. Criticism of the uks initial coronavirus testing procedure, from its own chief scientific adviser. I think if we had managed to ramp Testing Capacity quicker, it would have been beneficial, and, you know, for all sorts of reasons that didnt happen. The possible key to ending lockdown the trial of a new nhs app tracing the spread of coronavirus which, if successful, could go nationwide in weeks. Scotlands first minister sets out plans for exiting lockdown, introducing social bubbles, all