Allow his Opposition Leader pledges to fight for. Sworn in as president after an historic election victory. And president microns party faces a drubbing but its a good night for the greens after local elections in france. I only went into the sports news is Manchester City remain on track to defend the f. A. Cup after a comfortable when i was a new console into the semifinals where theyll play and itll be mine just you know its a bit chancy and the other day. It began as an unknown virus among a few dozen patients in china at the end of last year now 6 months later the coronavirus pandemic is fast approaching another tragic milestone almost half a 1000000 people are known to have died and the virus is still spreading across the planet more than 10000000. 00 people are now confirmed to have been infected thats a 900 percent increase in less than 3 months a quarter of all those infections and. And deaths are in the United States by far the worst hit country with a birth 2 and a half 1000
And the discovery of oil in congo has environmentalists concerned about what drilling will do to the rain forest. And in sports olympic organizers insist the cancellation of julys tokyo games isnt being considered the torch relay through also set to start this month despite the coronavirus so. We begin this news hour with the latest on the diplomatic tensions due to turkeys intervention in the syrian conflict and the European Union Foreign Policy chief joseph brellier is an honor to meet with turkeys foreign minister. They are there and to president richard type bell says he told turkish officials the situation at the border with greece was unacceptable turkey and greece a trading accusations about the growing crisis there thousands of refugees and migrants at. Trying to cross into Greece Athens has dismissed reports its Border Security shot dead a migrant on the battlefront Turkeys Defense Ministry has confirmed 2 of its soldiers were killed in syrias if the province Turkish Forces re
Speech would dazzle us on closer inspection, mr speaker, it is nothing more than fools gold. Our other headlines at 8pm today. A plea from the parents of 19 year old harry dunn, killed in a crash involving a us citizen on a trip to america they say she must return to the uk and face justice. She killed our son, she didnt need to kill him, she didnt need to have the accident. You cannot walk away from that and just leave, and expect nothing to happen. In syria, Government Forces are on the move to the border with turkey, raising grave fears of a dangerous new confrontation. And im Rebecca Jones at londons historic guildhall, where later this evening we will be revealing who has one the booker prize award for fiction, awarded to the best novel of the year. Good evening. The queen has set out the governments future policies on issues such as crime, health and the environment, and of course , brexit. But given that the Prime Minister has no majority in parliament, many of the bills may not
The regulator says customers could be paying millions services, with too many people of pounds too much looked after by workers who lack today we find out what theyre doing skills and training. To tackle it. In 2018, inspectors who visited britians gymnasts are celebtrating their best ever hospitals for people with learning World Championships three of the teams Medal Winners are with us this morning. Disabilities and autism rated 1 as inadequate. This year, 10 have been given this lowest rating. Its a cloudy start of the day for last year, inspections of inpatient many. Rain across north east England Mental Health services for children but that will clear, the sun will and teenagers found come out but later, more rain will 3 were inadequate. Come out but later, more rain will come in from the west. Now, 7 are failing to meet standards. What weve seen is a perfect Storm Brewing an increase in demand, its tuesday 15th october. Plus some real concerns our top story. Englands euro 2020 qu
No clear winner in israels general election. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to form a coalition, but his main rival, benny gantz, says its time for change. The First Court Hearing in the prosecution of a former soldier over bloody sunday in londonderry in 1972 is due to get under way this morning. Hes facing two charges of murder and five of attempted murder. In sport, liverpool conceded two late goals as they began the defence of their Champions League title last night, with a 2 0 defeat against napoli. Coming up, the bbc publishes a series of in depth online guides. Todays edition focusses on energy, looking at what we can do in our homes to meet current climate pledges. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9am. The Outgoing European Commission president , jean Claude Juncker, says there is a palpable chance of a no deal brexit. He said britain had come up with no concrete proposals to replace the backstop, the contingency plan to avoid a hard border in ireland. Polit