President biden visits stormdamaged parts of florida. That states governor was not by the president s side. Bearing down on taiwan, a powerful typhoon could be the first to make landfall there in four years. And war isnt keeping these kids from going Back To School. Students in ukraine face another year of books and Bomb Shelters. We begin this hour with Extreme Weather and those enduring the effects of what is more and more becoming inescapable events. In the wake of hurricane idalia, President Biden visited florida Saturday Viewing Damage by air and on the ground and met with those impacted by the storm. At the same time, a massive typhoon, equivalent of the category 3 hurricane, is barreling toward taiwan at this hour. Its set to be the first typhoon to make landfall there in four years. At the same time in the state of nevada, Extreme Weather has stranded participants at the popular annual event called The Burning Man Festival. Left it looking like a mudcovered dystopian nightmare.
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Its believed 1 in 400 outside of hospitals and care homes have caught covid 19. Lets go, well start cutting at 12 01, so come on in. People queue at midnight for much needed haircuts, as new zealand reopens thousands of businesses at the end of lockdown. When tiers are in your eyes. And the hospital choir whose bridge over troubled water got a shout out from paul simon. Good afternoon and welcome to viewers on bbc one and the bbc news channel ahead of the daily downing street coronavirus update. The government has announced that a further 428 people have died with the virus in the uk bringing the total number of deaths in hospitals and the Wider Community to 33,614 people. The news comes as Scientists Say a new blood test, which detects whether someone has had coronavirus, is a major step forward. The test looks for antibodies which could indicate some immunity to covid 19 in the future. It was approved last night by Public Health england, and ministers say they want to roll it out as
Off their calling skills. Catherine is going to pick out the first ball. 0k. So the first number is five and eight, 58. One little duck, number two. Fight and seven, 87. Six and two, tickety boo. Time for a look at the weather. Heres tomasz shafernaker. Thank you. Really blustery day across the northern half of the uk today but especially around Northern Ireland and western scotland. Gale force winds. 0n ireland and western scotland. Gale force winds. On top of that we have got heavy rain. The worst of the weather is concentrated on a small area of the country compared to the rest of us. The reason for this bad weather in the north west is a storm which is kind of site sweeping us. It is off the coast of Northern Ireland and will be moving between iceland and scotland over the next 24 iceland and scotland over the next 2a hours, but it is close enough to give us quite a blow, especially along exposed areas. Gusts could approach 60 mph or more. Heavy rain in the west of scotland. Elsewh
With possible fines of £1,000 if people fail to self isolate for m days. Scientific advice on opening schools is published later, as 68 councils in england say they cannot guarantee their primary schools will return on the 1st ofjune. We want people to ensure that he guidelines are able to be followed, and that they return to school when its safe, than the 1st ofjune, and councils and local authorities and schools have got to assess that safety issue from the health point of view, for the best interests of the pupils. President trump is seen without a facemask in a michigan factory though he claims he did wear one, but took it off before speaking to reporters. And coming up at 9. 30, its your questions answered today were looking at whats going to happen when universities reopen in the autumn. Hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im annita mcveigh. New figuresjust out, show the devastating effect of the coronavirus on the economy. Retail sales fell sharply, posting the biggest