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Welcome to bbc news. Im Lewis Vaughan jones. Our top stories these are life pictures in the us. Live. The Us National Guard has been deployed in minneapolis to help control unrest triggered by the killing of an unarmed black man by police. When you do not deal with these conditions of inequities and racism and White Supremacy in a nation, these are the kind of things that happen. People write, that their language, thats their frustration. People riot. Western countries condemn chinas planned new...

President trump has said hes taking an antimalarial drug as a precaution against coronavirus. Mr trump told reporters hed been taking hydroxychloroquine for a week and a half as a preventive measure. The us has strongly rebuked the World Health Organisations response to the coronavirus pandemic, accusing it of costing many lives by failing to provide the information the world needed. The agencys director general said they had sounded the alarm early and often. France and germany are proposing a ...

Of confirmed coronavirus infections. The country has now recorded more than 263,000 cases, placing it behind only the United States and russia. More than 1,000 people have died. Millions of people are evacuated from the coastal areas of india and bangladesh, as a huge storm bears down on the bay of bengal. Cyclone umpun is expected to make landfall later on wednesday. The World Health Organisation has defended its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, following criticism from the United States. ...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. A fifth night of protests in minneapolis, following the death of george floyd, a black man, in police custody. Protestors and officers clash again despite a curfew. The governor urges people to stay at home. It is very clear on this, this is a very simple order, there is a curfew issued by the mayors and backed by the state that you should not be on the state that you should not be on the streets tonight and i...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Thousands of protesters are assembled in london and in other cities in the uk to protest against racism. With everything that is going on in terms of what is going on in the world, not just in america, but globally, it is our duty to do something. Its been our grandfathers fight, our fathers fight, we do not want it to be our childrens fight and that is why we want to make sure they are a part this. This is th...

A warning that time is running out to finalise a test, track and trace strategy that would avoid a potential second surge in coronavirus cases. Nhs leaders also criticise government plans which they say bypass primary care staff on the front line. If they dont know how theyre going to interact with this completely separate operation that is being set up in terms of tracers, then effectively were going to kind of miss a whole bunch of opportunities. Well be getting reaction to the criticism from ...

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The number of people claiming Unemployment Benefits in the ukjumps to its highest level in almost 2a years. The figures for april, the first full month of lockdown, show a 70 rise in claims, as the chancellor warns that unemployment will rise sharply. It is not obvious there will be an immediate bounce back as it takes time for people to get back to the habits that they had. The extent of the impact on human life has become clearer today with 55,000 excess deaths recorded in the uk since the sta...

Rolls royce announces plans to axe a fifth of its workforce in the wake of coronavirus most of the jobs will go in the uk. The Aircraft Engine maker is cutting 9,000 jobs amid warnings it take years for the Airline Industry to recover the unions are furious. Nobodys trivialising the challenges we face here, but i think its rash and its premature for rolls royce simply to resort to sacking and throwing under the bus thousands of uk workers, loyal workers. Many of the jobs are expected to go from ...

In new Coronavirus Infections in a single day 106,000. The head of the un agency said he was very concerned about the rising number of cases in lower and middle income countries. At least 15 people have died as cyclone amphan one of the most powerful south asian storms for decades ripped across parts of bangladesh and eastern india. Dramatic pictures showed high winds and heavy rain lashing coastal areas. Nearly three Million People have been evacuated, and theres been widespread damage. Britain...