This is bbc news. Im James Reynolds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Barack obama tells the bbc his successor, president trump, is partly responsible for polarisation in america today. That is attributable to our current president who actively fanned division because he felt it was good for his politics. Some of that is. The Trump Administration is resisting pressure to begin the transition to us president Electjoe Biden as the countrys Coronavirus Crisis deepens. Self isolating but showing no symptoms of coronavirus. The british Prime Minister, boris johnson, will remain at 10 downing street for two weeks, after meeting an mp who later tested positive. Countdown to a new era. Spacexs first operational crewed flight to the International Space station prepares for lift off. And, its a magnificent seventh world title for Lewis Hamilton as he wins the turkish grand prix to become the most successful driver in the history of formula one. Former us presi
This is bbc news, im Lewis Vaughan jones. Our top stories rallies to celebrate juneteenth, the day americans mark the formal end of slavery 155 years ago. It is about a reminder that we are not truly free, that there is so much work that needs to be done. In the city of tulsa, site of a notorious massacre 99 years ago, the reverend al sharpton is preparing to deliver a juneteenth speech. Brazils coronavirus epidemic hits over a million cases with almost 55,000 new infections over the past 2a hours. But in the uk, the alert level is lowered after case numbers drop in allfour parts of the country. And the head of Russias Foreign Intelligence Service tells the bbc that america has
been trying to rule the world and this could lead to disaster. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Juneteenth also known as freedom day, or the black fourth ofjuly is an unofficial annual holiday in the United States. The word is a combination of june and nineteenth, and it celebrates the emancipation of African Amer
More evidence has emerged of the greater risk faced by some minority groups in the uk from coronavirus. A major study has found that people of south asian origin, whove been admitted to hospital, are most likely to die from the illness. Data from nearly 35,000 people found the risk of death for south asians was up by a fifth compared to that for white people. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. The family of dr Abdul Mabud Chowdhury have paid a heavy price during the coronavirus crisis. Working on the front line of the nhs meant dr chowdhury, who died at the height of the pandemic, was already at risk of infection. Ina red in a red cross tent opposite the residential buildings, locals volunteered to monitor peoples comings and goings and take their temperatures. For some of them, its become a way of making ends meet. Now its clear that as a man of south asian heritage, that risk was even greater. It was quite clarifying it clarifies why my dad passed, because my dad was a
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