The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Latest headlinesthor viewers in u. K. And around the world. The u. K. Halts any furtherf easingckdown restrictions due to common force in england. Bowling alleys, ice rings, and casinos will stay shut. Even small wedding receptions will not be allowed. Boris johnson says it is necessary to deal with the rise in infections. Il inot stand by and allow this value worse to cause more virus to cause more pain and heartache our country. The top disease Infectious Disease pert in the u. S. Says the u. S. Lockdowns have been less strict and less effective than those in europe. In vietnam, after three month , without any new infectioe country now reports its first o debts from covid19. Th dfrom covid19. Thalan parker has died ae age of 76. Hello and welcome. If youre watching here in u. K. And around the world, stay with usws for the latest nd analysis from here and across the globe. A further easg of englands lockdown planned f saturday has been put on hold because of a rise in the rate of coronavirus infections. The Prime Minister said it was me to squeeze the brake pedal as he warned the country cannot be complacent. He said face coverings will need to be more and in more places when coming into contact with people that you dont know. The decision means bowling alleys, casinos, and skating rinks nnot open saturday, and certain beauty tatments involving the face cannot go ahead for two weeks. Wedding receptions up to 30 people and musical and theatricalerformances not be allowed either. Ayou have to weace covering at cinemas, museums, and galleries, including places of wohip from the eighth of august. Says the country has probably reached the limits in what can be done in opening up society. Here is our political correspondent. Poised to stage of performance fointhe first time months, this venue was due to open its doors tomorrow. Now we cannot open. Ly 180, us here at the phoenix. L businesses have been neiting for th phase of unlocking to begin, but now with casesf coronavirus on the rise again, the Prime Minister pressg every point i have said our an to reopen the society and econom is conditioned that it relies on continued progress against the virus, and we would not hesitate to put tre brakes on iired. With those numbers creeping up, our assessment is we should now squeeze that brake pedal. Saturday, the first of august, you will remember we had hoped to reopen a mber of the higher risk settings that had remained closed. Today, im afraid we are postponing those changes for at least a fortnight. Acknowledging the disruption this will cause. I know the steps we are taking will be a real blow to many people, and i am really sorry about that, but we simply cannot take the risk. That apology aimed at people like luke and vicki, whose wedding reception, already slimmeddown, has been canceled. You have dreams of what your wedding looks like, and those addreams were alshattered. Once we heard about this one week before our wedding, it was devastating, and obviously very upsetting. Although employees are encoured to think about how they can get people back to work and advice on shielding will come to an end, face coverings will be required in more places. How worried are you that this why is it that we find ourselves in this position . Because the governments message has been unclear, anisi think incont, or are we to blame . We are seeing a morning lighd on the dashb it is right to respond in the way that we are. The answer lies with all of us following that guidance. From a man who has always struck a cautious tone, a stark es tong about the challe come. We have probably reachen e limits of what we can do in opening up society. Mewhat thas potentially is that if we wish to do more future, we ma have to do less of other things. These will be difficult tradeoffs. As well as what is happening northwest of england are also here to stay. Scotlands first minister now adving against travel to the areas affected. We see this as a necessary and important precaution. Minimize the spread ofesigned england into scotland but it is also designed to assist people in these parts of end. Labor questioning how the message was relayed. Rig decision, very poor communication. That has to improve. We will see more of these situations over the coming months. The government needs to learn the lesson of the past 24 hours, is improve th communication. The government ss it is now up to us to stick closely to the rules of lockdown easing and reme. Scientists dont yet know whether the u. K. Is seeing a rise in cases because of more a resurgence weve been seeingf elsewhere in europe. Two dozen eas are now on englands watchinue to the rise nfection rates. Here is our science editor. Relaxing the lockdown is not going tappeas qui ply as many hnned. We are not on the brink of returning to the toughest restrictions, the scale of the disease is too low for that, but the virus once again seems to be reaching a growing number of people. The latest official analys shows new infections in englandi from 2000 and eight at the end of june 2 3000 in mid july, two 4200 recently. One government advisor speaking personally says he is concerned. We need to be much mo toutious, we need to adher best practice. I do worry that if it ge, out of contr could trigger a second we, which we really dont want. If this is happening in october, i think that would have been an unstoppable event. We are nowhere near the scale of infections at the height of th pandemic in march and april but there are now more than 20 areas of concern, including those in the northwesthat have new restrictions imposed on them last night. Top of that list isldham and trafford. Over the border, rexam has the highest infection in wales with 61 cases per one hundred thousand peoase. Scotland h lower level of infections. Glasgow has had three new cases over the last seven days. Likewise in northern ireland, a handful of cases. This comes at a time of changing messages from the government on w to keep a safe distance and whether to stay at home. Ioexperts in beh say a much clearer guide is needed. The Government Strategy seems to be haphazard and responsive, rather than strategic. Opit is leaving confused as to what they should and shouldnt be doing, confused as to what is coming next. One measure we will see more of his face coverings. They will be requiesd in more pl a reminder in these nervous timee of how until theris a vaccine, there are not many ways to stop thadvirus from spg. The man leading the u. S. Dr. Anthony fauci, has been givingvidence in washington before a congressional committee, looking at the handling of the pandemic. For three hours, experts were pressed on the vaccine development, school we openings, and the efficiency of president s response to the virus. E lets hear s dr. Faucis comments. We hope that as we get into the late fall and early winter, we will have in fact a vaccine that we could say is safe and effect is. One can never air into the safety or effecness until you do the trial, but we are cautiously optimistic this will be successful. Europe when they locked down,in went to sheltern place, however you want to describe it, they really did it to the tune of 95 plus of the country doing that. When you look at what we did, down, eveh we shut though it created a great al of difficulty, we really only functionally shut down about 50 . Lets also hear from our correspondent in washington who gave her assessment of dr. Faucisestimony. This is the committee that investigates president trumps response to the pandemic. E democrats wanted the hearing because they say there is no unified national response, and that is the reason why the country has struggled to contain the virus. Republics, on the other hand, say that is a political narrative, there is a plan, and these officials have written up reams of guidelines on how toop up the economy, which have been followed in a patchwork way. But they have also come in this political views to approachir topics that are controversial whether it is saf to reopen hools, whether the political protests have led to a spread of the virus. Some of the congresspeople have turned to the Health Officials to bolster their political narrative. We are hearing a unified message from those testifying. I think they may have coordinated ahead of time. They keep saying, make sure you wear masks, wash hands, stay away from crowds. If you did that, it would have the same impact of shutting down the economy again. The head of the World Health Organization has said the fx on the group fx of the global coronavirus will be felt for decades to come. He was speaking to the Ergency Committee meeting to assess the after first to clearing a group global a Global Public health emergency. The pandemic is a once in a Century Health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come. Many scientific questions have been rolved. Many remain to be answered. Early results from serology studies are painting a consistent picture. Most of the worlds pples remain susceptible to this virus, even in areas that have experienced severe outbreaks. Ny countries that believed now grappling with neworst are outbreaks. Some that were less affected in the earliest weeks are now seeing escalating numbers of cases and deaths. And some that hadarge outbreaks have brought them under control. Has announced i first two coronavirus deaths after an outbreak was detected in the city of danang. Usthe country had prev seen its zero debt figure as a point of pride. It has only registered about 500 cases in total. Bunew cases have beenetected infections have spad to six provinces and the deaths of two people comes as officials have closed bars and restaurants peacross the country and sed large gatherings. Here is our Southeast Asia correspondent. Vietnam was able to get its rocovid infection under co quickly after they started coming into the country in bruary. It has proved as one of the most efficient. It has done through extremely rigorous contact tracing, mass education, and getting the population on board. It helps that it is a communist country, people do what they are told, not it has worked. Because they have almo node tremendous effort into keeping Stephen Cameron alivtsagainst the this new outbreak has caught them by surprise. No cases at all inside vietnam for 9days up until last friday. They let almost no corners come into the country. Nobody knows where this new infection has come from. Suddly a man was recorded. They were so astonished, they tested him five times because they could not believe it. Nffrom that firsttion, they have had more than 80ases in a week. Inevitably, once you start getting old people getting it, theyad their first fatality. Symbolically a big bd w for them, ey worry for other countries like thailand, where they have had no cases for 60 days. This is a minder that even when you think you have beaten the virus, it n still flareup. In this case, nobody knows where it came from. A brief look at the days other news. Khog elections scheduled for september have been postponed a year. Amcarrieays the desion was made because of ongoing coronavirus concerns. There have been over 100 new cases a day for a week. Thelection have been marred by controversy after 12 prodemocracy candidates were atsqualified from taking part. East oneso per has been reported to be killed and Dozens Injured in a train crash in portugal. Media are porting a highspeed train collided with a track maintenance engine. Two carriages have reportedly de twitr has revealed more details out a major cyber attack which compromised several highprofile account including barack obama, joe biden, and youll mask en musk. The company callethe employees on their mobile phones and was able to breach access. Stay with us here on bbc wor news. Still to cal film director alan parker has died. We will look back at his legacy. The u. S. Space agency nasa has orderedn investigation ter confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. The last foot patrol, once an everyday part of the soldiers drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. Va in a p house, not doing harm to anyone. I dont see why all of these people should wander in and say you are doing something wrong. Six lion cubs are on the prowllr andeady they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. Tuty are lovely, this is bbc news. The u. K. Prime minister postpones reopening some leisure venues following days of eases of coronavirus cas in england. The head of the world health niortion has said the impact of the coronavirus outbreak will be felt for decades to come. Ls come back to the u. K. Now. People living in Greater Manchester and parts of tee east lanc stir and yorkshire can no longer visit another household, in their home support bubbles are exempt from the rule. Police will have the power to enforce the rules. Ait comes aftump in infections with the highest levels in manchester, trafford, and oldham. From huddersfield, 4 Million People are living under restrictions. Iginfections have been hh. The announcement last night so came as a shock. In oldham, this family was supposed to be celebrating eid at home when visiting relatives. The food was out, and now the party would be illegal. Devastating. A few hours before eid, we were told that we could not do this. The you think this timingas chosen because of the to stop family gatherings . We do think it is a little unfair, but we think it is toinsensitive he people. It is the shock notice really. T it is not jlebrations at home that are affected by the chance to party elsewhere with friends. I probably would have gone out with my mates in manchester, but it looks like i will have to stay inside. In bradford, Community Elders are not questioning the restrictions but are angry ae the last minming. I paint you a scenario, 9 30 on christmas eve, eyu put the tun the oven and then you see a twitter feed telling you that christmas is canceled. Disappointing, anger. Athe lack of notice, really. Here in oldha the infection rate has risen more sharply than anywhere else, now 10 times the average of eland. There are sharp rises and other northern communities, too. Local leaders say that except the restrictions but criticize the communications, saying local people fee confused and distressed. On the one hand, they are hearing new restrictions are being imposed. On another, theyre hearing some of the support they have been receiving to stay home and do all the right things is being withdrawn. Iall done, there is a mixture of resignation, irritation, and confusion. Too many people are going to be there. I am not risking it. Has it been canceled . It ses ok to spend your money but dont mingle. How do you expect people not to mingle . The rules mean that people from restricted areas visit friends in other places. Nina and kiren have canceled their holiday. The information has been delivered in such a way, it is hard to know whether this is firm, are we canling it, are we allowed to be in a home together not in Greater Manchester . It has been so unclear. Back in oldham, this family may not be able to celebrate eid as they wanted, but that is not stoppi touch. From staying in even online, they are determined to be together. If you are ordering takeaway, you probably would not expect it to come from a prison but that is exactly whais on offer from e brixton prison who is delivering food delivered by inmates who are bein taught culinary schools at their renowned inhouse restaurant. There is jerk sauce, rice and peas. Not your typical takeaway buy this is not frr typical restaura. The food inside has been made by the prisors inside brixton prison, and delivered by the x offenders. Delivery drivers moe and martin recently served time in brixton prison. Whe inside, they worked as waiters in the resurant. Ha if i did no the qualifications and the interew already set up from here when i came outside, it would have been hard for me to convince someone i could do the job. As things progressed, i felt i do theemonstrate i cou job. Because i demonstted and i have the qualifications, nobody would say you cannot do it. It helps to bring down it is quite a large challenge at the moment. The clink was set up to break f giving them work, having a seamless channel them, we chances oftheir reoffending by 60 . But when the coronavirus hit and the restaurt had to close, ere were fears for the scheme, but an idea from the cooking guards came up with the idea of takeaway. It means we are working and the clinkll is also sorking. All e boys in the kitchen are able to carry on, still able to get out therier cells and work. It is proven to be popular with slots filling up fast. One of britains most successful film directors, sir alan parker, has died. He directed films including midnightxpress, evita and more. A warning, the report contains some flashing images. 1976. Bugsy malone, that joyous gangster musical. The ups and downs of playing soul in dublin. I had to see if you could play before i play for them. Sick and tired of gng to s the funer black men murdered by white men. And oscar winning thriller of injustic the name of the man who brought them to the screen, alan parker. We see a different world, whatever country the film may have been about. Predominantly of american cinema, british folklore. It was just that magicar place in the i cannot think of anything in my childhood that actually excited me more than going to the movies. He had made his nakeg adverts. He got a job in the post room and worked his way up. 3years later, h adaptation of evita starring madonna won five oscar nominations. 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