A row ignites between apple and facebook, after the latest iphone update gives users more power to decide how apps use personal data. I ll look at what it means for you. The indian premier league continues for now, despite the covid crisis. One day cricket captain eoin morgan will continue to play, but some players are returning home. Good morning. Iam in i am in kew gardens. It is a cold start to the day in the south of england. But it will be a sunny one for the rest of the uk. Fairly cloudy and showery, some of those showers will be heavy. Details in ten minutes. Good morning. It s tuesday, april 27th. Our top story. Borisjohnson will chair a meeting of his cabinet this morning, as he faces more questions about how the refurbishment of his downing street flat was paid for. The prime minister has also strongly denied claims that he said he would rather see bodies pile high, than take the country into a third lockdown. Here s our political correspondent, chris mason. Boris johnson s p
A minke whale that has been stranded in the river thames near richmond has had to be put down. Rescuers say it was in poor health and was too young to survive on its own in the sea. The whale was first spotted on sunday and drew large crowds after it got stuck at richmond lock. Tim muffett reports. A sad end to what has been an extraordinary day at teddington lock in south west london. The minke whale that had become stranded in the river thames was euthanised this evening. Animal welfare experts say it was the only way to avoid any more unnecessary suffering. The whale was first seen late yesterday afternoon. It had become stranded on a concrete ramp on richmond lock, around two miles along the river. And a seven hour rescue operation began. During the night, the whale was towed away so that vets could try and carry out a health check. But it swam free from its harness. Today, crowds gathered in teddington, along with the rspca and the rnli, after it was spotted again. For a while, th
And the sorry tale of the stranded whale in the river thames, as rescue efforts fail to save it. Welcome to the programme. The volatility in israel continues to rise. And now the death toll is rising with it. The palestinian health authority says 20 people including nine children have died after israeli air strikes aimed at militant targets in the gaza strip, where rockets were earlier fired towardsjerusalem. Israel s parliament was evacuated as sirens sounded, and there were renewed clashes outside, and inside, al aqsa mosque between israeli police and palestinians. In all more than 200 people were injured. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports. 0ur blood is a cheap price forjerusalem, shouts this bereaved gaza grandmother. While this woman, who lost four children, can only weep. The casualties, mounting, after israeli air strikes. Translation: this evening, | jerusalem day, gaza s terrorist organisations crossed a red line and attacked us with rockets on the outskirts
losses over the weekend. hundreds are injured as fighting continues injerusalem and palestinian militants fire rockets into the holy city. despite repeated efforts, the emergency services are unable to save a baby whale trapped in the thames. and could the champions league final be moved from this stadium in istanbul to wembley? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the uk s coronavirus alert level is being lowered from four to three which means that while the virus is still in circulation, transmission is no longer high or rising exponentially. and the prime minister has confirmed that restrictions in england will ease significantly from monday. pubs and restaurants will be allowed to serve people inside. and indoor venues like cinemas and soft play centres will reopen, as well as hotels. for the first time in over a year, we will actually be allowed to hug each other though we re being told to do it cautiously. six people or two households will be able to mee
gathering of a music festival in liverpool today to see headline act blossoms study is continuing to spread of coronavirus. a surgery in the womb to try and prepare a baby s spine while it is in its mother s womb continue despite pandemic pressures. hello and welcome to bbc news. if you just joined hello and welcome to bbc news. if you justjoined us, welcome. india has reported its highest confirmed death rate. almost 3700 ppll died. 0n death rate. almost 3700 ppll died. on saturday, a record for infections in the single day. the prime minister is reviewing the crisis. we asked our correspondent if pressure was growing for a nationwide lockdown. was growing for a nationwide lockdown- was growing for a nationwide lockdown. , ., ., ., ., , lockdown. they are so far not able to come and lockdown. they are so far not able to come and assist lockdown. they are so far not able to come and assist the lockdown. they are so far not able to come and assist the gnomes i lockdown.