Reverse plans to continue working rather than self isolate after receiving a official coronavirus alert. We did look briefly at the idea of us taking part in the pilot scheme, which allows people to test daily, but i think it is far more important that everybody sticks to the same rules. Two athletes and an official at the tokyo olympic village have tested positive for coronavirus just five days before the start of the games. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. The german chancellor says the world must hurry in the battle against global warming and promised financial aid after the floods in germany and parts of western europe killed more than 180 people. Angela merkel has been visiting the affected areas in germany this morning. More heavy rain has caused further flooding in southern germany and austria overnight. Let s cross to my colleague kasia madera, who s in the german town of sinzig. Sinzig is one of those towns in western germany that caught the full
More than 180 people have died in germany and belgium. England, scotland and wales say that from tomorrow fully vaccinated travellers returning from france must self isolate for ten days unlike from other amber list countries. Two athletes and an official at the tokyo olympic village have tested positive for coronavirus five days before the start of the games. Good afternoon. Both the prime minister and the chancellor are in self isolation today after coming into contact with health secretary sajid javid, who s tested positive for coronavirus. The announcement was made by downing street after it initially said both borisjohnson and rushi sunak would be taking part in a pilot scheme which would allow them to continue working provided they tested negative in a daily lateral flow test. This was criticised by labour and some business leaders, with hundreds of thousands of people having to self isolate having been pinged by the track and trace system. Our political correspondent jessica p
Important that everybody sticks to the same rules. The afghan government withdraws its diplomatic staff from the pakistani capital islamabad following an attack on friday on the ambassador s daughter. Two athletes and an official at the tokyo olympic village have tested positive for coronavirus five days before the start of the games. Lewis hamilton wins the british grand prix in a dramatic and controversial race at silverstone. We will have all the latest on the story and many others from the bbc sport centre later in the hour. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. I m martine croxall. The german chancellor says the world must hurry in the battle against global warming and promised financial aid after the floods in germany and parts of western europe killed more than 180 people. Angela merkel has expressed shock at what she called surreal destruction caused by flash flooding on a visit to one of the worst hit towns, schuld in the west of germany. More heavy
Do let me know if you wish to contact me on twitter @vicderbyshire or email me on victoria@bbc. Co. Uk you can also message me you can also message me on you can also message me on twitter. You have now a total of 28 points. Thank you. A 24 year old student from scotland becomes the youngest ever winner of mastermind since the show started in 1972. Hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. With its health system on the brink of collapse, the daily writing coronavirus cases in india has remained above the 300,000 mark for the sixth straight day. Doctors fear a further peak in infections is still to come , despite medical aid starting to arrive from across the world. The first shipment of medical aid from the uk has arrived in india to help tackle its growing coronavirus crisis. More than 600 pieces of equipment, including ventilators and oxygen machines were off loaded from a flight in the early hours of this morning. Devina gupta reports. A haunting warning
The city woke up to another bright morning on Saturday, continuing the trend of clear skies observed in recent days, as predicted by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). Today's temperatures in Mumbai ranged from a minimum of 28°C to a maximum of 35°C, with the mercury expected to stabilise around 32°C throughout the day.