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Here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan after months of leaks and growing criticism, president obama laid out surveillance reforms today. He said the National Security agency must no longer be the storehouse for phone metadata that it collects. And, he promised an end to spying on allied leaders. We will hear some of what the president said, and have reaction, right after the news summary. Later the president signed a spending bill that puts an end to the budget wars for now, he held a ceremony, ....
Good morning, welcome to breakfast with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt. Our headlines today self employed and freelance workers hit by the coronavirus downturn will be told how the govenment will help them. Employees have been guaranteed up to 80 of their wages. Will the chancellor offer the same deal to hairdressers, taxi drivers, it experts more than five Million People who work for themselves . Vaccum cleaner maker dyson is given an order to make 10,000 ventilators for critically ill covid 19 patients in the nhs. Nightly support for Health Workers first seen in europe comes to the uk with a mass event planned for 8pm tonight. No olympics in july, but when will they be held . The man in charge says it could be in the spring next year rather than the summer. The d ....
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and mega munchetty. Our headlines today applause the nation comes together in an emotional thank you to nhs and care workers battling coronavirus. And this is an absolute nightmare, so its time that were alljust having to stand together, shoulder to shoulder, and show our appreciation. The chancellors multibillion pound bailout for self employed workers, but many wont receive payments for months. The United States passes china and italy to record the highest number of coronavirus cases anywhere in the world. If youre moving house, dont. The government warns house buyers and sellers to put off completion until after the outbreak, as home sales are forecast to slump 60 . Dont go out National Parks remind potential visitors they are are not open for business ahead of the ....
And people here in the uk are urged to open their windows later this evening to take part in a National Round of applause, to thank health care workers. A warm welcome to our viewers here in the uk and around the world. On this day 25 years ago, a huge zone allowing people to travel across huge swathes of europe without border checks known as the Schengen Area came into force. Fast forward to 26 march 2020 and nearly every european state has closed or restricted its borders in a bid to tackle the spread of coronavirus. Its a timely reminder of the unprecedented nature of this situation. Lets bring you up to date with the latest figures from europe and around the world. First, the number of confirmed cases of the virus across the globe have surpassed half a million in the last hour. In italy, more than 8,000 people with the virus are confirmed to have died so far and while deat ....
Theyre just about keeping their head above water, but in three or four places, its clear that they will run out of Critical Care capacity probably by the weekend. Tough new powers for the police in england from today they can fine people who break the stay at home rules and even arrest people who repeatedly ignore them. More than 8,000 people have now died in italy and thousands more have become infected amid fears the epidemic could be taking hold in southern italy. Thanking nhs staff a teenager in lancashire films this tribute with his neighbours as we are all urged to open our windows at 8 oclock tonight to take part in a National Round of applause. And in sport, the task force set up by the tokyo 2020 organisers has met for the first time today to try and finalise a new schedule for the postponed games. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Millions of britains ....