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Youre watching bbc news at nine, with me, carrie gracie. The headlines the duke of sussex says there was really no other option in stepping back from being a senior royal. Prince harry spoke at a private Charity Dinner last night for the First Time Since announcing hes standing down. The decision that i have made for my wife and i had to step back is not one i made lightly. It was so many months of talks, after so many years of challenges, and i know i havent always got it right, but as far as t...

Against the coronavirus, and has introduced further restrictions to try to curb its spread. Hes forbidden people from leaving home, except for essential reasons, from midday on tuesday, orface punishment. The us treasury secretary, steve mnuchin, is seeking a large stimulus package to prop up the American Economy after the dowjones suffered its biggest ever one day points drop. Economists now no longer doubt that the Global Economy is heading into recession. In britain, Prime Minister Boris John...

This is bbc world news. The headlines details have emerged of the legal team wholl defend donald trump at his impeachment trial. They include the former independent counsel, kenneth starr, who helped to clear the way for the impeachment of president clinton in the 1990s. Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defended the countrys armed forces after it admitted shooting down a passenger plane by mistake. Canadas prime minister, justin trudeau, says iran must pay compensation for the inc...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Back to school for pupils in england and wales, but a warning that some children are months behind in their learning ministers say its vital students return to the classroom. Schools are open, theyre ready for those young people, theyve put in place all the measures that ive been talking about to keep people safe. But it is important for both their educational prospects and their Mental Health that young peopl...

This is bbc news. Im shaun ley. The headlines at 11pm the Prime Minister confirms the whole of the High Speed Rail plan hs2 will go ahead, despite concerns over its Environmental Impact and spiralling costs. This is a fantastic project for the country. It increases our capacity for the north and south and allows us for the north and south and allows us to go forward and develop Northern Powerhouse rail. But for those whose homes could be torn down to build the line, theres despair. Ive got child...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines. People arriving in the uk from belgium, the bahamas and andorra will have to quarantine for m days the rules began at midnight in wales and will apply from 4 am on saturday in the rest of the uk. Well be trying to get answers to what the latest Restrictions Mean for your travel and Holiday Plans im at Annita Mcveigh on twitter today could be one of the hottest days on record, with large parts of the country experiencing a heatwave this weekend. Tempera...

Good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Our headlines today the go ahead to keep on building the High Speed Rail line hs2 the Prime Minister will give his backing to the entire route linking london to birmingham, manchester and leeds. And im live in leeds at the end of the line. Journey times will be cut here by almost an hour. But with surrounding services on their knees, ill be asking, is hs2 the best use of public money to close the north south divide . The sea...

Tonight at ten, the worst recession in more than three centuries as the uk counts the cost of fighting the pandemic. The chancellor tells mps that the uk is having to take on record borrowing, the highest ever in peacetime. Our Health Emergency is not yet over. And our economic emergency has only just begun. In its response to this pandemic the conservative government has wasted and mismanaged public finances on an industrial scale. And unemployment is set to rise to two and a half million next ...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im james reynolds. The British Government starts to talk about ending the virus lockdown, but says it could be reimposed in different localities. That means that we can pause or even reintroduce those restrictions that might be required in order to deal with localised outbreaks. The us secretary of state says theres enormous evidence that covid 19 originated in a chinese laboratory, but wasnt artificially made...

Tonight at ten, easing the lockdown ministers signal proposals ahead of an announcement next sunday. But theres a warning restrictions could return in a specific and localised way if coronavirus cases go up again. The worst thing to do would be to prematurely relax the current measures to see a second spike which might risk overwhelming the nhs and which would compel us to introduce lockdown measures all over again. Proposals include limiting passengers on buses and trains, and staggering times ...