Good morning welcome to breakfast it i so i; r i social media was ,77; h r 1. 512; i it iii. Social media was ,77; itiiigzgfi it ii social media was ,77; with Louise Minchin but through the afternoon, some of the showers will be heavy as they and charlie stayt. Our headlines today cross england and wales. More in about ten minutes. Breaking news on the cruise ship quarantined because of the coronavirus outbreak. The last few minutes or so. Two the government says it will try good morning welcome british tourists on board the to breakfast with Louise Minchin and charlie stayt. Our headlines today to bring british passengers home. Diamond princess liner. They have a danger to life as nine severe itsjust been its just been confirmed been diagnosed with coronavirus. Flood warnings remain itsjust been confirmed that its just been confirmed that the british couple onboard the ship have in force across england and wales in the aftermath tested positive for coronavirus. David abel has just put
The areas of australia worst hit by bushfires, are now at risk of flash flooding and power cuts as a result of rainstorms. In the state of victoria many fires have been put out by the storms but giant hailstones have also damaged property. John donnison reports. In a year of extreme weather, for australians, it doesnt just rain, it pours. Hailstones the size of golf balls in the state of victoria. So intense, it shattered roofs. And all this in the middle of summer, as large parts of the country continue to burn. In melbourne, battered by high winds, few can remember such a dramatic shift in weather. Such a freak storm. I was watching television, i went into the bedroom and ijust looked out the window and the gumtree, which is two
stories high, just disappeared. It was a white out at this birthday party, abandoned as people huddled for shelter. And this is a cricket pitch. No chance of a resumption in play any time soon, with more rain and hailforecast in the next 2a hours. But after m
Troops in afghanistan last year. Now on bbc news, panorama. Tonight on panorama the great testing gamble. The stakes are very high indeed. Testing is absolutely critical and central to preventing a second wave now. Thousands of lives now depend on the government getting testing right. We should be very concerned, until we can see there is a fully effective testing and Contact Tracing system in place. So why do our covid investigators have nothing to do . I have had zero cases. Absolutely zero. And why havent millions of test results been shared with the nhs . There is no transfer of data into a clinical record at the moment. I gather theres an aspiration to do that in the next few weeks. But we need it now. It would have been helpful to have it a few weeks ago. Were facing an invisible killer. So we need to see every road, every place, where covid is spreading. The only way to track the movement of the disease is to test. So we can follow the infections and trace those that may have it
Of more in way of cloud for some of scotland, milder, 10 degrees in stornoway, a little bit of rain for the Northern Isles but most places chilly and dry. Very strong area of High Pressure dominating as we go sunday into monday, more isobars, a wea ker sunday into monday, more isobars, a weaker weather front to the north of the uk so here it is going to be less cool to start monday, the green colours there but elsewhere further south under clear skies, another career start with force, perhaps some list fog to. A cold day, but the cloud further north and you can see as we head through the week it should stay largely dry, variable cloud and sunshine at times. Hello this is bbc news, with me, ben brown. The headlines the queen has attended church at sandringham after reaching an agreement with prince harry and meghan over their future. The couple will no longer use their hrh titles and will give up all royal duties from the spring. In other news powers come into force this week to stop st
This is bbc news. Im Nancy Kacungira with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Huge crowds attend friday prayers at hagia sophia in istanbul the first time the site has been used as a mosque in over than eighty years but many outside turkey are critical. Been used as a mosque in over eighty years but many outside turkey are critical. Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that his government didnt understand coronavirus at the start of the pandemic and could have handled things differently the single thing that we did not see at the beginning was the extent to which it was being transmitted asymptomatically from person to person. That was not clear to us, or to anybody. A court in hong kong has found a couple not guilty of rioting during last years pro democracy protests. The verdict could set a precedent for hundreds of others charged with similar offences. And also coming up. The two life time friends who kept a 20 year old pledge to share a big lotter