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Tonight at ten, the governement will continue to pay tens of billions of pounds to protect thejobs of millions of furloughed workers affected by the coronavirus lockdown. The chancellor, rishi sunak, says businesses will only have to start paying contributions from august. I believe it is right in the final phase of this eight month scheme to ask employers to contribute alongside the taxpayer towards the wages of their staff. Support for the 2. 5 million self employed receiving grants will conti...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im mike embley and these are our top stories. Britains Prime Minister says he regrets the confusion and anger as his special adviser admits making long journeys during the anti virus lockdown. No, i dont, i dont regret what i did. As i said, i think reasonable people may well disagree. Misses the scene live right now in hong kong where the hong kong chief executive carrie lam has defended chinas security law, ...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The first commercially built rocket to carry astronauts into space has lifted off from florida. Appeals for calm after a fourth night of violence in the us city of minneapolis following the death of george floyd, an African American in police custody. A former Police Officer is charged with murder and the pentagon puts the us military on high alert. The situation in minneapolis is no longer in any way about th...

Lead to false confessions. Thanks to tom for that. That does it for me today. Thank you for being with me. A special edition of the situation room with wonderful wolf blitzer starts right now. This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in washington. Were now in the 20th straight day of protests in cities throughout the United States. George floyds death was the initial spark but as the movement enters its fourth week, its no...

The World Health Organisation has reported the biggest global rise in new Coronavirus Infections in a single day 106,000. There are at least 5 million confirmed cases worldwide. The head of the Un Agency Says he is particularly concerned about the rising number of cases in lower and middle income countries. At least 15 people have died as cyclone amphan, one of the most powerful south asian storms for decades, ripped across parts of bangladesh and eastern india. Dramatic pictures showed high win...

From the edd on your unemployment benefits. Well be here every day at 3 00 tu liveand on live stream tonight, new reporting on the former police officer, derek chauvin, charged in the murder of george floyd in minneapolis. What we did not know about a plea deal that fell apart. Prosecutors confirming chow vin was negotiating a guilty plea to local and federal charges, so, what changed . As George Floyds brother appears before congress today, saying his brother did not deserve to die over 20. And...

Thats it for the shortcut of click for this week. The full length version is available for you right now on iplayer. And you can keep up with the team throughout the week on instagram, youtube, facebook and twitter. Thanks for watching and we will see you soon. Bye bye. Good afternoon. As we wait for the daily Government News briefing which today is led by Oliver Dowden the culture, media and sport secretary and jonathan van tam, the deputy chief medical officerfor england. Some scientific advis...

One of the persistent questions surrounding coronavirus is why it seems to affect some people and not others. The story of dr mike hare, a fit and healthy gp with no Underlying Health conditions, is a startling illustration of what can happen. He spent nearly two months in intensive care after he fell ill with covid 19, and his family feared the worst, as Catherine Burns reports. Mike hare is a gp, butjokes that his nickname should be mr fit. Hes run a marathon, skis and loves to sail. But in ma...

Many protesters are turning their attention to public statues depicting slave owners. At oxford university, thereve been renewed protests in a long Running Campaign for Oriel College to remove an image of cecil rhodes. Plans to get all of englandmy Primary School pupils back to school before the end of the term has been dropped. About 8 million children will now stay home until september at the earliest. The education secretary for england acknowledged that social distancing means the plans just...

Tens of thousands of protesters are marching in the us capital washington. Its the biggest protest so far during twelve days of demonstrations against the killing of george floyd. Thousands of mourners gather to honour george floyd at a second memorial service, this one in his birthplace of north carolina. It comes after a service was held in minneapolis, near where he was killed. His funeral will take place in houston on tuesday. In the uk, thousands of people have gathered in cities across the...