Stimulus package to help the economy withstand the coronavirus pandemic. Its reported to be worth about a trillion dollars, and could include sending cheques to individual americans, and 50 billion for airlines, hard hit by travel bans. Here in the uk the government said they were on a war time footing and announced unprecented measures with more than 300 billion pounds to help businesses struggling with a drop in trade. There was also help for homeowners who may struggle to make mortgage payments. The former us Vice President joe biden has won the Democratic Party primary in florida and illinois and prepares to take on donald trump in the november election. He is also expected to defeat his main rival, bernie sanders, in arizona. More on our web site
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Welcome to bbc news. Our top stories the uk government admits ppe is in short supply in england and that more needs to be done to secure stock. Weve got to do more to get the ppe that people need to the front line. This is an extremely challenging situation. President trump insists that the United States is performing better than other rich countries in its response to the virus and can relax the lockdown soon. Doctors injapan warn that the countrys medical system could collapse amid a rising number of coronavirus cases. And police in hong kong arrest leading figures in the Pro Democracy Movement on charges related to last yea rs mass protests. And ambulances in moscow 0 for more than nine hours to drop patients at hospitals. Queue for more than nine hours to drop patients at hospitals. Welcome to bbc news. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. The virus has been spreading rapidly around the world, with more than 2. 2 million cases now conf
And a third of the food produced in the world for human consumption is lost or wasted. But it is possible for food to be intensively produced working with nature and thats whats happening here, in wiltshire. Its a really good Hunting Ground for birds of prey. David butlers farm isnt organic, but its still a haven for wildlife. The grey partridge, here filmed in a different location, if we have poor air quality, if we have poor water quality, then were not going to have high yields of crops and were not going to have healthy animals, were not going to have healthy food, and that directly then feeds through to people. Humans are managing nature for their own benefit, whether its for grazing animals orfor building on, and its having a dramatic impact all over the world. And Scientists Say we can see this now by the pandemic were living through. Research suggests the emergence of covid 19 could be linked to bats. Were fairly confident that the driving forces that have led to the spread of
Row over vaccines as the eu threatens to restrict supplies to other countries if it doesnt get what it says is its fair share. As the uk says supplies here wont be affected, the eus Health Commissioner vows to take tough action. In the future, all companies producing vaccines against covid in the eu will have to provide early notification whenever they want to export to vaccines to third countries. Im very confident with the team. We talk to them all the time. They are confident they will deliver for us, yes. And astrazeneca, the bulk of Astrazeneca Oxford is manufactured in the uk because we made that early investment. Well be asking if this row might affect supplies of vaccine here. Also this lunchtime 10 days quarantine in a hotel when you arrive back in england and you pay. The government plan which could scupper Summer Holiday plans. The growing toll of coronavirus. New figures which suggest more than 100,000 people have now died with covid i9. Bracing for the worst on the frontli
A terrible milestone, more than 100,000 people have now died from coronavirus in the United States. Thats according to official figures, the real number will be much more. 100,000 is more than the combined total of deaths from the korean, vietnam and iraq conflicts. As protests rumble on in hong kong, the us secretary of state mike pompeo says the territory no longer merits special status under american law, because china is stripping it of its autonomy. The territorys position as a global hub is now in question. And the first private Sector Mission to the International Space station, and the first crewed launch from us soil in nine years has been postponed due to bad weather. Its now thought that the spacex rocket will be launched on saturday. Now on bbc news wales in lockdown. The coronavirus will return with a vengeance the coronavirus will return with a vengeance in wales according to a leading health official. He says communicating with the public is key to success. I havejust com