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this is bbc news, hello i m victoria derbyshire, here are your headlines. questions for the uk government about russian interference after a highly critcal report says the risk was badly underestimated. ministers says they re looking at new security laws. i do think it s very important that we re all one step ahead of that and that is why, as i say, we will be looking at the activities of hostile states and what additional powers can be granted, and whilst there s work that remains to be done on that, i can confirm that. president trump warns america s coronavirus outbreak will get worse before it gets better and urges people to wear face coverings when social distancing isn t possible. if you can, use the mask when you can, use the mask if you are close to each other, if you are in a group. i would put it on when i m in a group. i m in an elevator and there are other people with me, including, like, security people, it s not their fault, they have to be in the elevator, i wan ....
the headlines: republican leaders in congress have said there will be an orderly transfer of power should president trump lose november s election. he appeared to cast doubt on the transition on wednesday again raising questions about the probity of the vote with so many ballots likely to be cast by mail. the french prime minister s warned it s a race against time to avoid a second coronavirus wave as bad as the first. it comes as the country records a record number of new cases since mass testing began with more than 16,000 people testing positive in 2a hours. the british chancellor of the exchequer‘s announced plans to replace the current furlough job support scheme for workers, as the country tries to contain coronavirus infections. rishi sunak said his primary goal remained to support the labour market but he warned he wouldn t be able to save everyjob. now on bbc news. the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament our look back at the ....
the new york times says it has obtained president trump s tax records stretching back two decades, which it says reveal chronic financial losses and years of tax avoidance. the newspaper reports that mr trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in the year he won the presidency. the president has dismissed the claims as fake news . the united states hasjoined russia and the un in calling for an immediate ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed territory of nagorno karabakh. sunday saw the worst clashes in the region for many years with deaths from both sides. police say they ve detained around 200 people following a seventh consecutive week of anti government protests in belarus. tens of thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets of capital in minsk to oppose the regime of president alexander lukashenko. now on bbc news: the week in parliament. hello, there, and welcome to the week in parliament our look back at the last few days here at west ....
a very warm welcome to bbc news. i m mike embley. our top stories: a leading opposition figure in belarus reportedly abducted by masked men amid more mass protests against president lukashenko. two dozen wildfires blaze across california as the heatwave sees los angeles county hit its highest ever temperature. typhoon haishen has lashed south korea s east coast, causing landslides and bringing down power lines. hundreds of rohingya refugees land in indonesia after six months at sea. and is pepper, the culturally aware robot, the answer to the care home staff shortage? hello to you. one of the leading opposition figures in belarus has been abducted by unidentified men according to local reports. witnesses say maria kolesnikava one of the three women who joined forces to challenge president lukashenko in the recent election, was bundled into a vehicle in minsk and driven away. she had attended a mass demonstration in the capital on sunday. the interior ministry is saying i ....
this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk government urges members of the public to continue following lockdown rules. it s because one of its top scientific advisers has resigned after admitting breaking the guidelines on social distancing. professor ferguson has obviously set out that he should have abided by the rules, it was a lapse, an error of judgment. and those rules on social distancing are very firmly still required. the german chancellor, angela merkel, is expected to announce the further relaxation of restrictions today including the return of bundesliga football. president trump is to scrap the task force co ordinating america s response to coronavirus, despite a steady increase in infections and more than 70,000 deaths. you have people that are not going to stand for this, and i understand them very well. and we are going to put out little embers and little fires and maybe some big fires, but we still have to ....