A black man several times whilst responding to a domestic incident. Jacob blake is in a stable condition in hospital. Firefighters in california warn conditions will only get worse as they battle to contain nearly 600 wildfires six people have died and thousands have been forced from their homes. And, two british mps layla moran and sir ed davey tell me why they want to become the next leader of the uk liberal democrats. The uk Prime Minister borisjohnson has appealed directly to parents in england to send their children back to school next week. In a statement the Prime Minister said it is far more damaging for a childs development and their health to be away from school any longer. Adding that the life chances of a generation of pupils are at stake if they dont go back. Mrjohnsons words echoed those of the uks four chief medical officers who said the risk of contracting coronavirus in a school is very small. The new term also starts next week in wales. Schools in scotland reopened ea
Hello, and welcome to dateline london. This week new us sanctions on chinese telecoms giant, huawei death sentence or chance to shine . And the competence or otherwise of your ruling class the truth according to coronavirus. My guests on socially distanced screens Isobel Hilton of the website, china dialogue, ned temko of the Christian Science monitor. And here in the studio vincent ni of the bbc world service. Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. Wisdom from chinas favourite strategy manual, the art of war. It may have been written 2,500 years ago, but chinese leaders and tech bosses may be reciting favourite sun tzu quotes at each other this weekend as the us imposes a near blanket ban on the supply of computer chips to huawei. Ned, ill start off with you. Is this a us attempt to kill off huawei . I think even among the most hawkish voices on china in the trump administration, there is a recognition that horse has b
A night of violence on the streets of birmingham. A man died and seven other people were injured. Two are critically ill in hospital. 1a ambulances were called to four different locations in the heart of the city centre. We have launched a murder enquiry. Clearly we are still in the early stages of the enquiry, but what i can say is we are treating all four of those incidents as a linked series. Four separate locations within a mile radius. The attacks took place as people left pubs and restaurants. This morning forensic officers were combing the pavements, gathering evidence that could help identify this attacker. Police have confirmed they are looking for one suspect, a man, in connection with all of these stabbings. At the moment they have no idea where he is, but they are asking for the publics help in finding him. As part of their effort to identify the attacker, officers are trawling through cctv footage and appealing to anyone who saw what unfolded last night to get in touch. Th
An official title. Hello, welcome to the programme. Some breaking news one of President Trumps closest and most senior advisers, hope hicks, has tested positive for coronavirus. She travelled with him to a Campaign Rally in minnesota and to the president ial debate in clevela nd. Ms hicks is the closest person to the president known to have contracted covid 19. Both the president and first lady are being tested for the virus. Lets speak to our north america correspondent, peter bowes. What do we know about what is going on here . We know from several us officials, citing multiple sources, that hope hicks has contracted coronavirus. As you say, she is one of the president was my closest advisers. She has travelled with him on at least two occasions this week, to minnesota for that rally and as the world saw on tuesday, she was with the president , having travelled on air force one to clear land for the debate. There is a photograph circulating now on social media of her leaving that fli
A broad agenda is on the table, but the meeting held by saudi arabia is being overshadowed by questions over the kingdoms human rights record. Donald trumps efforts to overturn the result of the us president ial election have suffered further setbacks. The acclaimed travel the state of georgia has writer and historian certified its results showing thatjoe biden beat mr trump. And Senior Republicans from michigan said theyd seen no information that would overturn mr bidens victory in their state. Our north america correspondent david willis reports. Since losing the election, donald trump has largely refined his displeasure on twitter. Big finer ran billions of dollars of advertisements against me during the campaign, which i won, by the way, but we will find that out. The president wants to see results in swing states such as michigan overturned and republican lawmakers from that state were given a noisy reception as they arrived in washington for a meeting at the white house. Joe bide