The freeman foundation. Um judy and peter ovler foundation; pursuing solutions forne americas neglectes. And by contributions to this station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ros hello. I am ross atkins. Welcome to outside source. The coronavirus death has passed half a million we all want to get on with our lives, but the hd realit is this is not even close to ros report from texas, california, and florida, all seeing a surge inew cases. And in the u. , the Supreme Court has dismissed a law which restricted abortn in louisiana. We will play you a report on how the Islamic State group is seeking to tak advantage of the pandemic. I want to begin with two stark statistics. The global death to from covid19 is now past half a million. Erthe nuf infections is past 10 million. And i am afraid we areold this only the start. Here is more from the world health organization. Ar thereality is this is not even close to being over. Although many countries he made some progress globally, t e pandem
How illegal guns from the u. S. Of fueling violence in mexico. And in sport the professional Footballers Association calls on the government to stop the racism in the English Premier League comes after Chelsea Player antonio riggers says he was racially abused during his sides win at talk now. It warm welcome to this hour of news well we begin with breaking news saudi arabias Public Prosecutor says 5 people have been sentenced to death and 3 sentenced to 24 years in prison for the murder of saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi the closed door trial was held at the criminal court in the capital riyadh the identities of the convicted havent been released because she was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul last year the crime Prince Mohammed bin solomon said he had no prior knowledge of the operation well mohamed has 0 is live for us and hi there mohamed so lets talk 1st of all about the verdict will do we know. What we know is that far ive been sentenced to death 3 would get prison s
There are doubts surrounding the final of the Copa Libertadores in chile next month in light of the social turmoil engulfing the country. The president has cancelled two big regional events due to political protests that began two weeks ago. But our World Football presenter, mani jazmi, expects this years final in santiago, between argentinas river plate and Brazils Flamengo to go ahead as planned. It was shaky on wednesday afternoon when all sorts of rumours and alternatives were flying around. There was talk of a big meeting between the president of chile and the head of south american football but the president says that they will hosted, even though he has cancelled two Big International events. I think he thinks it is easier to host a football match than an international gathering. So as of now, the game will happen in santiago. There were issues between the teams last year. Is this a further complication . That was a very special occasion because the two tea ms very special occas
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Should you choose to be. Its well known that a good nights sleep is good for your health, but scientists now say sleep could also be the key to avoiding alzheimers. How important is sleep to you . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Downing street has dismissed President Trumps criticism of borisjohnsons brexit deal. In a radio interview with the Brexit Party Leader nigel farage, mr trump said certain aspects of the Prime Ministers plan could hinder future with the us, but number ten insisted it would enable the uk to reach free trade deals around the world. Our Political Correspondent Chris Buckler reports. Ladies and gentlemen. They have shared a stage and she had plenty of political opinions. So when nigel farage invited his old friend donald trump onto his radio programme,. Mr nigel farage. The president did not
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