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president trump has commuted the ao—month prison sentence of his longtime ally roger stone. he was convicted of lying to congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the house investigation into whether the trump campaign conspired with russia in the 2016 election. rosanna is a lawyer. leca has worked the world health organization has for herfamily reported a record daily total rosanna is a lawyer. leca has worked for her family for over 20 years. of global coronavirus infections — and nowhere has been hit harder than america. the country's top health official for infectious diseases now says some us states should delay ending their lockdowns. as face coverings become mandatory in shops in scotland, borisjohnson hints that england could face similar measures. at the moment they're only mandatory on public transport, but the british prime minister says the scientific advice on masks has shifted.
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the funeral has taken place in east sussex of the forces‘ sweetheart, dame vera lynn, who died last month, at the age of 103. two spitfires flew over the funeral cortege as it made its way through her home village of ditchling. duncan kennedy was there. it is thought that the virus into plane engines it was a village that came brazil with the wealthy returning to pay its respects, from their holidays. spreading but this was a nation rapidly amongst their ranks, it became known as the disease of the saying farewell. rich. but soon the virus began to dame vera lynn's funeral cortege navigated the narrow spread to the poor. in the city's streets, lined with people she called friends. vast favelas, such as paradise town. applause her daughter, virginia, walked behind the procession. traffic stopped on a day for reflection. we've lost one of our great, you know, national treasures, really. and this is more of a celebration this woman is a maid and mother of to show our respect for her, seven children. as her wealthy what she's done for our country. clients locked down, she was sacked she was a heroine, from all herjobs. absolute heroine, yeah.
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two spitfires from the battle of britain memorial flight soared over the village. symbol of dame vera lynn's close bonds with the armed forces. # don't know where...# below, spontaneity amid the solemnity. # but i know we'll meet again some sunny day.# applause # when the lights go on again...# dame vera lynn's own rich tones gave solace to a nation at war, and to later generations, when the virus struck brazil, nearly as her life arced a million informal cash in handmaids across the decades. we re a million informal cash in handmaids were immediately laid off without it's a day of sadness any pay. she misses one employer in because we have lost dame vera lynn. her death will leave a great gap in our community. of course, in the whole particular. nation, she was loved and cherished by so many people. the cortege later moved to a private
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funeral service near brighton. dame vera's coffin borne by members of the air force, army, and navy. along the coast, in dover, the famous white cliffs have become a canvas of remembrance. a tribute to dame vera lynn — emblem of resilience, voice of hope, inspiration for a grateful nation. duncan kennedy, bbc news. duncan kennedy on the life of dame with no work, she is now trapped vera lynn. now on bbc news — our world. brazil has been devastated by coronavirus. with her seven children injust two more than 1.4 million people have been infected and the numbers small rented rooms. are rising fast. our world travels to sao paulo.
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coronavirus has wreaked havoc on brazil. over 1.6 million have been infected and more than 65,000 have neca wasn't to let go. she was paid to stay—at—home when the virus hit died. it's people are suffering deep economic pain. with the country's and rosanna's family went into millions of domestic maids quarantine. but sooner rosanna had especially hardest hit. to go to work. many have lost theirjobs, forcing them to choose between eating and paying the rent. this is their story.
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this woman is made. she is preparing to go to work for a family who live in one of sao paulo‘s wealthiest neighbourhoods. brazil's president bolsonaro has tried to downplay the threat posed by the virus.
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with a spike in deaths in me, sao paulo‘s population of 12 million has been put under a near total and to distance himself from its lockdown. however, many have no 00:06:13,904 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 choice but to work. effect. he believes that the economy is being severely damaged by the lockdown. defining social distancing rules, he has been campaigning for me people to follow in rosanna and neca's footsteps. and even though bolsonaro has now himself contract did coronavirus... he remains opposed to people staying at home.
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but the country is bitterly divided.
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horns blare. believing he is responsible for unnecessary deaths, many have been expressing their anger with their president, demanding his removal from power.
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many believe that the relationship between a maid and their employer exploits the lack of opportunities available to the poor. in some homes, maids are treated as socially inferior and their work is seen as demeaning.
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but with an abundance of unskilled labour in favelas like paradise town, maids like zeza are cheap to employ and easy to dismiss when crisis hits. but the relationship between maids and their bosses is much more than just an economic one. often blurring work and affections.
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neca was invited to rosanna's wedding. in other families neca was invited to rosanna's wedding. in otherfamilies she may well have been serving the guests. neca has a very special bond with rosanna's bond —— daughterjoanna.
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neca became pregnant at 15 with the first of her four children and her youth suddenly ended as she sought domestic work to make ends meet. mcgill, her youngest child, domestic work to make ends meet. mcgill, heryoungest child, is nearly the same age asjoanna.
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—— miguel mcgill, her youngest child, is nearly the same
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out on her made's wage, owning her own home remains a distant dream for neca. and with the brazilian economy still on its knees after its last recession, now dealt a further blow by the pandemic and the lockdown, maids‘s lives are even more precarious.
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zeza has received a release payment from bolsonaro‘s government but it is barely enough to pay the rent, let alone feed the family.
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birds chirp. every weekend, neca walks to her mother's selma's house. she recently had a stroke and requires neca's co nsta nt had a stroke and requires neca's constant attention. coronavirus has exposed just how insecure the lives of maids like neca and zeza can be.
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it has also revealed that while the virus can infect anyone, the impact it has on rich and poor is profoundly unequal.
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birds chirp. hello. if you were hoping to stay dry during friday, well, in many parts of the uk, the weather had a different idea. there were some heavy downpours to be dodged and actually, over the last few days, you can see on the satellite picture all these different clumps of cloud that have worked through, bringing outbreaks of rain. but now, a gap appearing between the clouds. an area of high pressure building its wayjust in time for the weekend. and that means it is looking dry for the vast majority. there will be some areas of patchy cloud with one or two showers but most places will be fine with some spells of sunshine. saturday morning getting off to a rather chilly start. some spots down in single digits but through the day, we're looking at long spells of sunshine. i think we'll see a bit of patchy
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cloud tending to bubble up as the day wears on. now, look closely, there may be one or two showers in north—west england, northern ireland and scotland. even in these areas, the majority will stay dry. a noticeable west or north—westerly breeze. temperatures just a touch below par for this time of year but in the sunshine, it won't feel too bad —17—21 celsius. a bit of rain will skip across orkney and shetland during saturday night. otherwise, it's dry with clear spells into the early hours of sunday. another rather cool start on sunday morning, but with our area of high pressure still in charge sunday, it going to be another dry day for most. the high pressure's centred down to the south, where we'll have the best of the sunshine. more cloud further north and behind me, you can see this frontal system. that will introduce something of a change very late in the day, i suspect, to northern ireland and western scotland. some splashes of rain getting in here by the very end of the afternoon but for most, it stays dry. it's a warmer day on sunday as well. 19 degrees for glasgow, 23, maybe 2a down towards the south
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and the south—east of england. our area of high pressure tries to hold on into monday but i think this frontal system will make some progress south—eastwards, bringing some splashes of rain on and off, the rain quite showery, quite sporadic in nature. so there will be some dry spells as well. and i think towards the south—east of england, it should stay dry for a good part of the day. still warmer here but slightly cooler and fresher further north and west. and then through the week ahead, there is going to be a lot of dry weather. there'll be some spells of sunshine — the warmest weather down towards the south. some rain at times, most of that towards the north and the west.
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this is bbc news. i'm james reynolds, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. saved from serving time. president trump commutes ao—month prison sentence of his longtime ally roger stone. another record jump in coronavirus cases in the united states. we report from arizona — where infections are surging and doctors have to make tough decisions. you have to pick and choose who gets that life—saving intervention, that is a horrible situation to be in, i have never had to be in that situation. amazon says an email asking employees to remove tiktok from their mobile devices was sent in error. and on the 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of britain, the schoolgirl who helped the raf beat
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