And englands cricketers make key breathroughs on the opening day of the second test in adelaide the first day night match in the history of the ashes. And, in half an hour here on bbc news, dateline london discusses why irelands border could be a brexit barrier, come monday. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The us senate has approved a sweeping tax reform bill, putting President Trump on course for his first major legislative achievement since he took office. These changes are the biggest tax overhaul since the 1980s and would see a sharp cut in Corporation Tax bringing it down from 35 to 20 . Despite the democrats voting against the bill, the republicans won by 51 votes to 49. The bill must now be combined with a version passed by the lower house of representatives, before it can be signed into law. The democrats leader in the chamber, chuck schumer, said the republicans would pay the price at the ballot box. My my republican friends will ultimately pay consequences for this bill
Lift the Rugby League World cup. Honours even in adelaide. And. In half an hour here on bbc news, click takes a look at the latest in disability tech, including object recognition and sign to text transaltion. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The us senate has approved a sweeping tax reform bill, putting President Trump on course for his first major legislative achievement since he took office. These changes are the biggest tax overhaul since the 1980s and would see a sharp cut in Corporation Tax bringing it down from 35 to 20 . Despite the democrats voting against the bill, the republicans won by 51 votes to 49. The bill must now be combined with a version passed by the lower house of representatives, before it can be signed into law. The democrats leader in the chamber, chuck schumer, said the republicans would pay the price at the ballot box. My republican friends will ultimately pay consequences for this bill and beyond. The Republican Party will no longer be the party of ta
If the last few weeks have proved anything, it cannot be taken for granted. Talking to the plant pickers, Prince Charles calls on pickers who are stickers, to join a National Effort to help farmers with the harvest. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Latest figures show that deaths in care homes now account for a quarter of all coronavirus related deaths in the uk. The office for National Statistics says the number of deaths in care homes since the start of the pandemic is now more than 11,000. Thats more than a quarter of the overall number of people who have died in the uk with coronavirus related symptoms. That number stands at 41,020. Meanwhile, the Economic Impact of the crisis shows a sharp rise in the number of people claiming unemployment benefits. That number has soared to more than two million. Well have more on the impact onjobs in a moment, but our first report comes from our Health Correspondent lauren moss. Its another day counting the human cost of the coronavirus.
Time for a look at the weather. Heres stav da naos. Thank you. This is shaping up to be quite changeable. We started off with cloud and rain in Northern Areas but the warmth and sunshine of the south will spread north from tomorrow then the chance of thunderstorms on friday. By the end of the week low pressure suites and to bring some windy and cooler weather to our shores. The early radar on the satellite shows quite a bit of cloud across the country and most of that moving back to the coast but the cloud remains thicker gcioss coast but the cloud remains thicker across north west england, Northern Ireland and scotland, particularly western scotland would light rain and drizzle two. An improving picture with sunshine breaking through across eastern scotland, North Eastern england and elsewhere, but again it is central and southern parts of england and wales that will see the best of the sunshine in the afternoon. Temperatures already around 23 in london, and pretty high, 2526 there, g