Against president ial youre both so narrow a day after the Country Courts 33000. 00 new coronavirus infections. Space x. Successfully delivers 2 nasa astronauts to the International Space station after their historic liftoff from florida. Hello thanks for joining us protests are ramping up for the 6th day in minneapolis and other cities across the u. S. As anger continues to spread over Police Brutality towards black people. Hundreds gathered outside the Minnesota State capital in the neighboring city st paul there is announcing the death of george floyd after a white Police Officer knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes on monday. And in washington d. C. Hundreds of gathered outside the white house with people angry at comments from President Trump over Police Brutality and their protests the demonstrations have been mostly peaceful but at times becoming tens. Well it follows 5 nights of violence in those cities and others across the country with protesters clashing with police and th
Forces state media reports the government has now seen control of most of the rebel held province of aleppo and. Increasingly tight restrictions in chinas hu bay province seem to be having a positive effect on the spread of the coronavirus all 60000000 people have been ordered to stay home private cars have been banned and businesses closed and for the 3rd straight day doctors there say there has been a drop in the number of new cases 142 deaths reported on sunday along with 2000 more infections most are in who bay province where the outbreak was 1st reported in december 1669 people have died from the virus or but 5 in Mainland China the latest Death Outside the mainland. I was in taiwan a taxi driver who had not traveled abroad recently and in japan hundreds of american passengers that were on board a quarantined cruise ship have now left the diamond princess be flown back to the u. S. And face another 2 weeks in isolation. And i this is about to step into the big wide world so i have
This is a really hard time of year to be homeless which is why one high street bank says its stepping in to help. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. There is an evergreen quality to the title of this programme. Particularly when leaders keep promising to get things done within 100 days. And so it was this morning. The british Prime Minister at his first Cabinet Meeting since re election promised to work flat out to deliver on the promises he has had made to the british people. Among a number of commitments the tories have made is a new one that will prevent parliament from extending the brexit transition period beyond dec 31st next year. The Prime Minister says the deadline will focus minds in westminster as well as in brussels. The eu has dismissed it as sabre rattling and said it was expected as part of the Prime Ministers political positioning. The withdrawal bill itself will be brought back to the house on friday. Today was about, swear
Countries follow suit. Last push for votes. Myanmars leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has rejected claims of genocide against her country at the Un International court ofjustice. Our digital elections reporter Recovery Efforts on new joe tidyjoins me now zealands white island volcano are on hold as seismic hes been looking at how digital activity activity suggests and social media platforms it may erupt again. Are being used during the campaign. The bodies of eight people have yet to be recovered. What s doing well at the moment . And, at the Climate Summit in madrid, Greta Thunberg has called on rich countries to reduce their Carbon Emissions and to help poorer you have probably seen the video countries follow suit. Yourself, it has been changing all morning on and off twitter and shared widely on facebook. The moment when Boris Johnson shared widely on facebook. The moment when borisjohnson was confronted by a reporter this good morning, welcome morning, it did not quite go to to bbc newsro
But even small reductions in the calories we consume can make a big impact across the whole population. Experts say this is a simple, cheap measure that could make a real difference to the obesity crisis. Dominic hughes, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Here is darren bett. The weather looks and feels very different today. At long last, the winds have dropped, and for many eastern parts we had pleasant sunshine after what was a cold start. We are starting to see more showers pushing their way through the english channel, affecting southern coastal counties of england, but at least its a change from yesterday. That band of cloud brought us rain yesterday, and this band will bring wetter weather tomorrow. Today, in between the two in colder air, with some sunshine and showers. They will continue in scotla nd and showers. They will continue in scotland and Northern Ireland, some wintry weather over the hills of scotland, and showers pushing east into england and wales, so more sh