Darya and the home known as the house of horrors being torn down this morning in cleveland, ohio. Its where three women were held hostage for nearly a decade. James but first pop weather and traffic. Good morning erica. Dan erica we will continue with the pattern of dense fog up morning drizzle but at least we will see some slow clearing into the afternoon. With that, temperatures will range from the upper 50s coast side to the mid 70s inland. We do have subtle changes to talk about i will talk about where temperatures will start to warm coming up in my next report. George an easy commute around the bay. Not tracking any hot spot right now major problems in the Central Valley southbound on late rep. But for the bay area slow traffic is on interstate 580 and on highway 4. Starting to pick up a little slowing for the east bay commute. I will have a complete traffic updates coming up in a bit. Mark following breaking news out of oakland this morning. Where two people are dead after a shoo
Development in the Edward Snowden case. Hes no longer hiding out in an argument. He has been granted asylum by russian officials. He can stay in russia unti until 2014. Who knows what will happen to him. He may have to continue applying for asylum. There are many politician who is are upset about this news, they feel he should be extradited to the United States, and lets go to jay carney and hear what he has to say. Were extremely disappointed that the russian government would take this step despite the clear and lawful request in public and private to have snowden expelled to the United States to face charges against him. We have a wide range of interests with the russians, and we are evaluating the utility of the summit. Now he didnt the only one upset about this. Others are upset about this, senator Chuck Schumer said the following i want to address this with all of you now. I cant stand that accusation, that Edward Snowden is a coward. Because if he were really a coward he would do
This is a bbc news special with tina daheley. Well bring you the latest government briefing on coronavirus shortly, but first, the headlines. More than 20,000 people have now died from coronavirus in uk hospitals the fifth country in the world to pass that milestone. Coronavirus tests for key workers through the government website were booked up within an hour of it reopening this morning. All home testing kits were ordered in less than 15 minutes. Countries around europe pursue options to end the lockdown belgium sets out a detailed plan to relax restrictions. Meanwhile, former chancellor Philip Hammond calls on the government to set out how britain can ease its lockdown and restart the economy. In the next 15 minutes the home secretary, priti patel, will lead the uks daily Coronavirus Press briefing at 10 downing street. And the English Premier League holds talks with ministers about how football matches could resume with televised matches played behind closed doors. Good afternoon.
A very warm welcome to the programme. China has passed a controversial security law giving it new powers over hong kong, deepening fears for the citys freedoms. Last month china announced it would impose the law, which criminalises any act of secession, subversion, terrorism or collusion with foreign forces. The move comes after angry protests last year sparked by another law which became a Pro Democracy Movement. Theres been strong condemnation of the new law by the us and britain who fear the new law could be a greater threat to hong kongs identity. For more on this, im joined from beijing by our correspondent, stephen mcdonell. Youve covered these pro democracy protests all of last year, talk us through the controversial aspects of the security law. Well, as of tomorrow hong kong is going to bea tomorrow hong kong is going to be a very different city. In beijing, 162 to the Standing Committee of the National Peoples congress unanimously double stamped this new law imposing quite str