This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im victoria derbyshire. Bad news forjobs in the uk new figures this morning show the impact of lockdown is starting to hit hard. Manchester united striker Marcus Rashford puts the uk government under increasing pressure to issue Free School Meal vouchers for Vulnerable Children over the summer. We have actually, unusually in this case, along with all the other billions, multi billion pound package we put in place to help families, also provided £63 million exceptionally to help local authorities help children over this period as well. Tensions on the korean border as the north blows up itsjoint Liaison Office with the south, just hours after threatening military action. New zealand records two new cases of coronavirus. Both had come from the uk,
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Military intervention and a former secretary of state is calling him, quote, delusional. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Russian forces are tightening their hold on the strategic Crimean Peninsula and theres a verbal battle escalating between the United States and russia. Its a critical moment. Here are the latest development. Secretary of state john kerry visits ukraines capital and offers encouragement and a billion dollar u. S. Loan guarantee while accusing russia of inventing reasons for its military intervention. President obama says the u. S. And its allies strongly believe russia has violated International Law and says russia has not fooled anybody. As russia is digging ins it heels, has the right to take all measures there. Cnns Barbara Starr is standing by at the pentagon and Anderson Cooper is in kiev. Lets bring in with our National Security correspondent jim sciutto. Jim . Wolf, officials are at
Tunisia origin, but we dont know who he was linked with. This was an act of pure terror. At the wheel of a 20ton truck, a driver on a killing spree. There were celebrations on this sea front. Now theres terror as he drives towards dozens of people. Eyewitnesses say he zigzagged from the road to the boardwalk, plowing through men, women and children, for about a mile. There was panic, thousands scattering, running for their lives, including american kayla repan. We just booked t. I grabbed my fiance and we started running. Reporter eyewitnesses recall bodies every ten feet beside dolls and strollers. As many as 200 hit by the truck. Dozens died. Among them, two americans, a father and son from texas, Sean Copeland and his 11yearold boy, brody. The truck was finally stopped by police bullets. The windshield riddled, the driver killed. Amid it all, a mother and daughter from california. It was all very close to each other, very, very fast. He was pop, pop, pop, pop. I was terrified. I put
This and that and hes stomping me. Trump is also on the list of speakers today at apac. Several protests and boycotts are planned as well. But before all of that he is going to meet with republican lite leaders and power brokers d. C. Longtime alabama senator Jeff Sessions who endorsed donald trump half the month will be there and politico is reporting that arkansas freshman senator tom cotton will alsoen in attendance. All of this as conservatives start a 100day push to cut off trumps path to the gop nomination. And tomorrow voters go to the polls in three more states. Arizona, idaho and utah. Our Political Team is up and ready for us this morning. We want to start with Nbcs Kelly Odonnell who is at Verizon Center there in downtown d. C. Hillary clinton comes in to this as the former secretary of state but what are we expecting to hear from her now as the frontrunner for the democratic nomination . Reporter well, good morning, thomas. This will be an opportunity for Hillary Clinton to
Day because were going to open the hannover fair together and the United States of america this year will be the partner country. These are turbulent times, i think we can both agree, and we have an opportunity to talk about the whole spectrum of International Issues, by that our relations are excellent we dont need to spend too much time on this. Let me tell you, barack, that i very much value the candor an open talks that are always based on mutual trust, we talk about the whole range of issues and we do so today as we have done many times previously and i hope and trust that we shall continue to do so. We used all of these opportunities here to we used this opportunity here to talk about, as i said, the Broad Spectrum of International Issues, for example, combating terrorism, tackling the root causes of flight and also the peace process, but also questions related to migration in general. In many ways the European Union is a target for those or a destination, rather, for those refug