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This is bbc news with the latest headlines the chancellor is set to reveal how employers will contribute to the cost of the coronavirus job retention scheme which is currently paying the wages of more than eight million people as lockdown restrictions start to ease — the uks chief scientist has stressed people need to continue following the rules — groups of up to six people can meet outside in england from monday it means that you can get an opportunity for people to for instance, go and vi...

The top of the world. this chinese survey team are at the summit of mount everest and the habit to themselves. normally, they are queueing up with this view and with climbing suspended, and the official expeditions like this one are allowed. the impact on nepal has been stark. tourism is the lifeblood of kathmandu. translation: this happened in the main season of march, april and may, the high season, just when the groups are due to come, the lockdown happened so it feels as though people just s...

We are not asking them for free money. its a case of the mountains being polluted sofa can mountains being polluted sofa ca n clea n mountains being polluted sofa can clean them, it will be job creation and the mountains will become clean us. the hope is, as restrictions are lifted, climbing can resume but some fear it may be years, rather than months, before tourism returns to normal. the challenge of everest becomes harder than ever. tim allman, bbc news. just before we go, taking you back to ...

The pandemic has led to all kinds of businesses and activities being suspended. shops, restaurants, sporting events — all of them were curtailed to some extent or another. something you can add to that list is mountaineering. the consequences for many have been dramatic — as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. in the age of coronavirus, it can be surprisingly quiet at the top of the world. this chinese survey team have the summit of everest pretty much to themselves. normally, they are queueing...

But china is slowly tightening control. as its parliament came to a close in beijing, hong kongs politicians were in disarray over another new law. if passed, it would make disrespecting chinas national anthem a criminal offence. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the slopes of mount everest are almost empty. the suspension of the countrys mountaineering has meant hard times for sherpas. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 m...

Among those hardest hit, the 200,000, orso, sherpas, the local ethnic group who make every climb possible, but the pandemic of present opportunities as well as challenges. translation: we hope for relief from the government. by relief, we are not asking them to give us free money. theres the case of the mountains being polluted, so if we can clean the mountains during this time, there will be job creation, and the mountains will become cleaner. the hope is, as restrictions are lifted, climbing c...

Highest death toll from covid—i9 in the world. but for the seventh day running that death toll has risen by under 100 and authorities are confident that with infection rates slowing, that its as safe as it can be for life to begin to return to normal. rich preston, bbc news. here, in the uk, the prime minister boris johnson has outlined the latest stage in the easing of the lockdown in england. speaking at the daily downing street briefing, borisjohnson said up to six people would be able to m...

Those on whom we have relied. often those previously judged low—skilled and consequently low paid. we know now how valuable they are. but the woman who created it all has said tonight should be the last. everybody who wants to continue should continue, but i think its is good to do it while we still have such a positive impact with this moment to stop now and then also we are now in a different part of the crisis. what have they made of it, the health care workers risking their own health to p...