A law that was supposed to protect low income tenants the firm is refusing to pay rent stores well customers are told to stay home. The crew of a virus stricken u. S. Warship she kept in that was relieved of duty after writing a letter asking for help the navy said the letter was sent outside the. Morning live from. Moscow is kevin owen here with the weekly a roundup of the big stories of the last 7 days and of course the news totally dominated by one subject which continues but before we go into the news of the week let me paint for you 1st of all the broader picture of where the world is right now regarding the covert 1000 pound them billions of people. Currently under some sort of lockdown around the world but the number of corona virus cases is still rapidly increasing there are now more than 1200000 registered infections more than 64000 people have died but around a quarter of a 1000000 have recovered. It israel in the week making sure all communities abided by Strict Lockdown rul
Now got to leave the stage. Im shaun ley with todays other headlines. Faster journeys, news routes and more trains its all change on the railways from tomorrow. Protesters against italys far right party the league gather in rome, for whats expected to be the biggest demonstration yet by grassroots activists, that call themselves the sardines. And at 3 30pm therell be an electioncast special, when adam fleming and the team look back at yesterdays result. Thats coming up here on the bbc news channel. Good afternoon. The Prime Minister is visiting the north east of england, where a surge of support for the conservatives in traditional labour seats helped his party to its biggest election win in 30 years. Boris johnson met supporters in newly conservative sedgefield, tony blairs old constituency. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn is coming under increasing pressure to resign immediately after his party suffered its worst Election Results since the 1930s. Our report from matt cole contains som
Now got to leave the stage. Im shaun ley with todays other headlines. Faster journeys, new routes and more trains its all change on the railways from tomorrow. Protesters against italys far right party the league gather in rome, for whats expected to be the biggest demonstration yet by grassroots activists, that call themselves the sardines. And coming up at liz30pm dateline london takes an in depth look at the immediate, and longer term, implications of the uks election outcome. Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has been visiting the north east of england, where a surge of support for the conservatives in traditional labour seats helped his party to its biggest election win in 30 years. Boris johnson met supporters in newly conservative sedgefield, tony blairs old constituency. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is coming under increasing pressure to resign immediately after his party suffered its worst Election Results since the 1930s. Our report from matt cole contains some flashing
Protesters against italys far right party, the league, gather in rome for whats expected to be the biggest demonstration yet by grassroots activists that call themselves the sardines. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has visited the north east of england to thank voters in traditional labour heartlands for backing his party. Borisjohnson met with supporters in newly conservative sedgefield, tony blairs former constituency. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn is coming under increasing pressure to resign with immediate effect after his party suffered its worst Election Results since the 1930s. Our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. A Prime Minister is a familiar sight in these parts, though its usually been a labour and not a conservative one. So where better for borisjohnson to rub his opponents nose in the election result than in tony blairs old Stomping Ground of sedgefield. I know that people may have been breaking the voting habits of generations to
Sometimes simplicity is genius. Hundreds of volunteers spend saturday night sleeping outdoors as part of a Charity Event in londons Trafalgar Square to raise money to tackle homelessness. The United States and iran have carried out a Rare Exchange of prisoners, despite the tensions between washington and tehran. Massoud soleimani, an iranian scientist arrested over alleged violation of trade sanctions, was freed by the us. He was swapped for an American Academic xiyue wang, who had been in prison in iran for ten years on spying charges, which he denied. More from our washington correspondent chris buckler. Both iran and the us have made the most of this brief thaw in the relationship. The Iranian Foreign minister even pictured himself with Massoud Soleimani. As he made his way back to tehran, the us posted a photograph of the prisoner starting his own way home. The Princeton University academic was charged with spying on iran more than three years ago and since then his family have mad