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Schools in england will be handed a one billion pound boost to help children catch up on months of missed lessons during lockdown. the government package unveiled today will be shared among primary and secondary pupils and includes a national tutoring programme for disadvantaged children. the bank of england and the church of england have issued statements of remorse for past links with the slave trade.

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You are watching bbc news. thanks for being with us. a government minister has said the nhs coronavirus contact—tracing app is not a priority and may not be out by winter. the app, which has been trialled on the isle of wight, was initially expected to launch nationally weeks ago. it is still the governments intention to introduce it at some point. reductions in the cost of fuel, clothing and energy have pushed down the rate of inflation to its lowest level in four years. measured by the consu...

The days other news: angela merkel has announced that germany will extend a ban on large scale events until at least the end of october. the move is part of efforts to try to avoid a new wave of coronavirus infections. ms merkel urged people to remain cautious and maintain social distancing. australias national airline, qantas, says it will cancel most of its international flights until at least 0ctober because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. the development comes after the australian gover...

Have a look on twitter and get involved. i have been asking you, have you missed it, are you, have you missed it, are you excited about your return and your thoughts on the impact, so do get in touch. now to australia, which is no longer in lockdown, but theres no doubt that covid—19 has fundamentally changed the office for most. so how are workplaces adapting to a new way of doing business and how are people coping? phil mercer reports. waking up after hibernation. many australians are slowly...

>> hard to tell exactly where those people contracted covid. they could be memorial day celebrations. >> reporter: arkansas just upped the number of people allowed inside bars and restaurants even though the average daily case count has doubled in just two weeks. >> certainly states that did not strictly follow the guidelines that we put out. >> reporter: meanwhile cheap and plentiful steroid reduced the death by one-third in covid-19 patients on ventilators during a study in england. >> this is...

>> reporter: in new york the long island railroad lets commuters find empty trains on its app, allowing them to space out. it comes as a new study says roughly half of all americans voluntarily wear a mask at all times when leaving home >> this is going to be more reassuring for people to know that, yeah i am wearing a mask because im protecting myself but pro-telkting the people around me >> reporter: with an entire market of products from hygiene hooks to open doors to wearable hand sanitizer ...

Protesters trying to tear down a controversial statue new federal charges for an air force sergeant accused of a deadly police ambush and his alleged connection to a white supremacist group said to be targeting police a dramatic escalation from north korea why it blew up a critical building. the new list you can land on if you refuse to wear a mask while flying and amazons new high tech solution for social distancing. for the first time the fda allowing adhd in kids to be treated with a video ga...

Chance president trump can point to a diplomatic victory with north korea before the election and it is increasingly likely the world has to accept north korea as a nuclear power lester >> all right andrea mitchell tonight. thank you. back home companies from the airlines to amazon are going to new lengths to stop the spread of covid-19 miguel almaguer has the search for solutions. >> reporter: already faced with change, tonight major airlines are doubling down on their policy requiring passen...

Virus is still here. >> el new york, the once epicenter of the covid-19 outbreak, is reporting as low as number of hospitalizations and deaths, other areas of the country are seeing all-time highs. florida had more than 2700 new cases tuesday. its largest one-day increase since the pandemic began. arizonas icu capacity is that more than 80% while in texas, covid hospitalizations reached an all-time high this week, though the governor says they can handle the surge. >> only about 10% or even less...