Joined us on it was spied upon during his time with the Ecuadorian Embassy in london among those defending us on his partners more its all right its time to boost your news i knew. The latest hitler tap battle between the United States and china now includes the closure of consulates in each country with officials accusing the other side of being in the wrong this as questions surround the future of u. S. Trying to relations and the massive trade deal between the 2 countries argues Rachel Blevins is running now live from the newsroom with the latest details on this rachel. Well china announced it has moved to close a u. S. Consulate in the country southwestern province days after the u. S. Issued an order to close chinas consulate in Houston Texas a spokesperson for Chinas Foreign Ministry said their responsibility for the latest escalation lies entirely with the u. S. And he accuse the trump ministration of violating international law. The premises of the chinese consulate general are
The plug on an interview that wildly claims dr anthony was responsible for the nations coded 19 outbreak were going to discuss all that and more coming up all right its time to boost your news i. Have the latest oh good 1000 numbers worldwide cases almost at 16300000 with about 650000 reported deaths the top 3 countries with the most cases the u. S. Still leading the way followed down by brazil and india right here in this country the u. S. Cases topping 4200000 with about 147000 reported deaths so as cases continue to search president Trumps National security adviser Robert Obrien has now tested positive for the virus the white house saying there is no risk of exposure to the president or Vice President mike pence argues john hardy is joining us from miami for more on how the president is responding to this outbreak. President trump is actually scheduled to tour a facility where theyre working on a vaccine for cobra 19 its called the bio press a process Innovation Center at fujifilm d
Time for a look at the weather. Heres sarah keith lucas. A bit of spring sunshine. Of us. This is the picture in east sussex. A little bit hazy if you have blue skies. For most, sky is a little bit more like this, the picture in cumbria. A lot of cloud and for the rest of the day producing showery outbreaks of rain drifting east, but quite mild. Particularly in the south and south east. We could see 17 degrees this afternoon, down to the fact the winds are coming from the fact the winds are coming from the south westerly direction, so we have the warmer air mass and weather fronts continuing to produce rain particularly across parts of Central Scotland, quite persistent here, and Northern Ireland. Heavy showers across parts of england and wales. Temperatures, 16, possibly i7 across parts of england and wales. Temperatures, 16, possibly 17 in the east of england. Typically single figures in Central Scotland with more persistent rainfall. This evening, still got the rain in Central Scotl
And on newsnight at 10. 30pm well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. The Prime Minister is resisting pressure for the conservatives to return £10 million donated by the businessman frank hester, who allegedly said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and should be shot. Rishi sunak told the commons that the alleged remarks were racist but that mr hester s apology for making rude comments should be accepted. This evening, diane abbott attacked both the conservatives and labour for their response to the controversy. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . The Big Questions ringing in the ears of rishi sunak today. Would the party take more money from mr hester . After a morning in which two senior conservatives answered these questions rather differently. I would think about the company i kept and i would give tha
Rest of the country. So why all this crazy weather . The Prime Minister outlines plans to boost gas power to stop possible blackouts. Well be possible blackouts. Well be speaking to the government on this shortly. This shortly. And in the sport this morning. Carl palmer shines as chelsea beat newcastle. Emma raducanu loses it. India wells, whod have thought . And pinnacle of jump racing. The Cheltenham Festival gets underway today. Festival gets underway today. Hello there. Politics leading for us this hour. Plenty of unease on conservative benches as lee anderson takes his place as lee anderson takes his place as reform pm uks first mp. Well, in an interview with Patrick Christys on gb news last night, this is what he had to say about the defection. It was my parents who had a big part to play in this. I know there are some idiots online saying that lee anderson has done what his mums told him to do, but i think your mothers and your fathers give good advice, even get you even when yo