u. commission we strongly oppose a decision by the commission to classify code 19 only as a mid level hazard could be 1000 is the biggest help to challenge of our lifetime p.s. may well overturn the move when it's put to a vote in parliament the european commission insists that they've made the right decision after consulting with scientists at the world health organization but that doesn't fly with the latest messaging from the w.h.o. when it comes to the seriousness of the risk the e.u. labels this a level 3 virus meaning there's usually affective prevention or treatment available while the w.h.o. believes there is no cure in the forseeable future or drugs either as of now and is no evidence that any drug actually reduces the mortality in patients who have called it 19 and in fact it's an argent priority for all of us to do the needed studies to do the randomized clinical trials births even the president of the european council has said the decision how does much to do with the economy as it ever have to do with health everything should be done to reach an agreement before the summer break

u. commission is urging all members of this engine area to allow citizens to travel freely again toss a butler has more from paris well the european commission say that it wanted borders to reopen across europe from the 15th of june which is today of course that the idea was to get people traveling again and to piece the tourism sector across the european union which has been severely.

u. commission has labeled it a 3rd category managed which is to say low danger i have doubts about it time will tell the heat and the quarantine measures imposed in each country have led to a certain overall improvement and this by the senator and conditions of peach country at any moment complications may merge and the tide will turn. a memorial to terrorism victims in norway is expected to open next year on the 10th anniversary of a far right atrocity there but is but 1st to speak to the build up to it in recent years with locals calling them immoral invasive saying it's only going to reopen old wounds. yes and it's outrage shame that norwegian government still struggle. at least virus extra strong to get irrational morrow. and there was a great resistance among the local people is it was specially mostly live close the kids who are afraid that the memorial will bring an ongoing reminder of the tragedy that the just imagine that this will be a place for the whole world to cheney's people glory and people and russians will be coming here at the beginning all the tourists came to us every

u. commission president us live on the line this monday the british delegation has refused to extend the session period expires december thirty first. this gives the two sides six monthshs to reach what will be a very complplex trade deal if actually reaching business editor kate moody joins k. what's the next step then for these negotiators. . there's to markets could be more talks more often after months if not years of deadlock the joint statement was issued after today's video conference- admitttted that more momentum is now needed. meetings will be intensified in july both virtually and if you face to face. the goal of concluding and ratifying a deal by the end of this year both sides say they're hoping for anan understanding of. the understanding of the basic principle thth deal quiuite frankly. from hisis students frm the- us state. it led to. the clock is again take a- needs to to get t then be ratified by e . u. member states and rack and put into action by the end of december. now a after those tals boris johnson said that he saw no reason w why the outline of the deal coul

u. commission is urging all members of the show engine area to open up and allow citizens to travel freely again and the u.s. is demanding the immediate release of a former soldier sentenced to 16 years in prison and russia for spying but wieland says police planted a flash drive containing classified information while he was at a friend's wedding 2 years ago. 40000000 soldiers have been killed and dozens are missing out after an attack by an armed group happened in the village of goma kora near the border with mauritania on sunday the un earlier said gunmen killed 2 of its peacekeepers in the north western region. following the developments from neighboring senegal he says there have been almost daily attacks on mollie's army since january. there was another attack there in january targeting a paramedic a 1000000 paramilitary forces in that exact location over the course of the year hundreds of 1000000 soldiers died now no one has claimed responsibility for this attack but previous attacks in that region have been claimed by the group. while mostly mean an al-qaeda affiliate led by a full

u. commission is urging all members of the changing area to allow citizens to travel freely again a prominent journalist in her colleague had been convicted of libel in the philippines re-arrested denies the charges so for an article published of the rappler news website the verdict is being seen as a major blow to press freedom. a russian court has sentenced a former u.s. marine to 16 years in prison for espionage how we on was arrested during a visit to russia in 2018 he says he was trained. as senior militia leader facing charges of war crimes relating to the darfur conflict is appearing at the international criminal court for the 1st time. is accused of committing crimes against humanity between 20022004 is believed to have liaise between armed groups and sudan's government while ethnic cleansing operations were carried out and are for up 230-0000 people were killed and 2700000 driven from their homes the united nations says it is appalled by a series of attacks by islamic fighters in northeast nigeria soldiers and civilians were among at least 60 people killed in 2 raids on saturday foll

large from top to bottom, something that hasn't happened since 1965 and 18 months the commission will report backsdad u to us and make recommendations for changes that could be passed by congress this would allow us to systemically look at what is workingha and what isn't and what needs to be done to modernize the system including repairing the broken relationship between law enforcement and minority communities. the review that took place in 1965 with 200 specific ar and to take stock of those failures as i mentioned the bill that passed the senate unanimous had 20 bipartisan cosponsors and was supported by the national association of police organization in chief association and the national urban league. g i believe this type of legislation guess is the basic framework for lasting changes we are b after as an umbrella under which those issues could be voted on and debated to become part of the law. i hope it will become a part of the conversation coming days and weeks rooting out racial injustice that has existed for generations to require long-term bipartisan here in congress i do believe it is wron

u. recovery founder 500000000000 euros now they must clarify details and gain support from the e.u.'s 27 member states the e.u. commission back to franco german plan for both leaders this is also a chance to build their european leg a-c. become one goal was a notable difference and the america's approval ratings at home are skyrocketing while a man my colleagues faced with criticism over his management of the car enough i was quite says. political correspondent belinda crane on what to expect from today's meeting. we can expect to hear both chancellor merkel and french president emmanuel maclin declare their very strong support for the e.u. commission's economic recovery plan that is based on the proposal the 2 of them made 6 weeks ago there are 3 really noteworthy aspects of that and you can expect to hear the leaders emphasize all 3 1st of all the size of this recovery plan 750000000000 euros 500000000000 of that in grants that's especially important for the southern european countries that have been very very hard hit by the economic fallout from the corona crisis secondly the way this recovery plan would be financed

u. is not receiving overwhelming support several temperaments aren't happy with the blocks planned 750000000000 euro recovery fund according to the plan the commission will borrow the money from the international capital markets and then distribute it in grants and loans the amount for a member state will be determined by population g.d.p. per capital and unemployment rates before the pandemic plans come in for criticism for not taking into account the current economic situation. the commission's proposal would mean that austria would have to contribute nearly 2 percent of its g.d.p. that would be twice as much as in the past for us but some acceptable the proposal published by the commission was for several including the size of the recovery find though the share of grants exceeded our expectations. ok we're joined now to discuss this a bit further by karen nice or she's the former australian foreign minister and you're very welcome and thanks for giving us your time this morning austria as we were talking there is among the so-called frugal 4 countries resisting this bailout plan why is that when these clear to many people that hard hit countries

as a commissioned uniformed officer it was a mistake but i learned d from. ad i sincerely hope we all can learn from. statues in the u. s. links it to the slave trade era have been torn down sparked by the protests over the death in police custody of george floyd on may the twenty fifth that been numerous incididents the latest source statue of the confedererate president jeffersn davis pulled down in richmond virginia the rock over the statue of the confederate general robert e. lee. in the same continue we lost choose a colonialist explorer christopher columbus have been vandalized in st paul minnesota both miami and virginia presesident donald trump mill hs rejected the possibility of renaming the true basis the name currently off to. confederate leaders. well president trump issued an executive order authorizing us sanctions against international criminal court employees. involved in an investigation into whether american forces committed war crimes in afghanistan. an ounce in the action trump administration officials said the hague based tribunal threatens to infringe upon us national sovereignty. and it accused

u k. the u.k. prime minister holds top level coast preps it talks with the e.u. commission president sought to post fines except there will be no extension beyond the end of the year. nonessential shops in england i opened their doors for the 1st time since looked down began on march the 23rd that's experts from countries which have successfully eradicated the virus and suggest the u.k. should be knocking down not easy respect shin's the question i wonder about is why you want. considering there's an approach because you didn't get to see. the government is that is to fast track the publication of a study into how to protect minority communities from cupid 19 after an earlier report failed to provide any recommendations all the talking to a medical expert. and report finds 25000 patients were discharged into care homes without being tested during the peak of the u.k.'s corona virus infections. prime minister boris johnson has met even commission president still a fondling on after the u.k. insisted there will be no extension to the brics a transition period it leaves just o

commissioners, the per -- what dominica, you have to take the motion and then the commission can provide clarifying comments. comments, u want to ensure are in the final letter to the board of supervisors as it relates to the amendment. >> ok to proceed our do you need further clarification? >> i'm fine to proceed. >> first motion by commissioner adams. >> rolrole call, please. pai(role call). >> motion passes 6-1. >> next item. >> item 3, continue discussion on small business recovery. >> before we continue, edward, thank you for taking your time to come and present and we do appreciate the office presenting the legislation. so thank you. this is or work and this is what we have to do. but we do appreciate your time. >> thank you for the opportuni opportunity. >> item 3, continued on rebuilding. >> so at the last hearing or meeting -- are they called meetings or hearings? i'm never clear on that. i believe -- was it the last hearing we sent the memo to the economic recovery task force? >> i believe it was two meetings ago. >> no, it was the may 11t may 11th meeting that the commission formalized it's recommendation and

commission, not just in the uk but across the world. thank you very much. our top story this lunchtime. after pressure from footballer marcus rashford, the government utill to come — with increasing calls for us police forces to be disbanded, we'll hear from one city that did exactly that and how it worked. coming up on bbc news, criket‘s twenty20 world cup is unlikely to go ahead due to the pandemic, according to australia, who were set to host the tournament in october. new zealand, which hadn't recorded any coronavirus cases for nearly a month, has confirmed new infections in two people who'd recently arrived from the uk. both women, who are from the same family, had travelled from the uk and were given special permission to leave quarantine to visit a dying parent. charlotte rose reports. these new cases will come as a blow to the country which has been held up as a beacon on fighting covid, with just 22 deaths from the virus. it had gone 2a days with no new infections, the result of an early lockdown and strict border controls which remain in place, with only citizens and essential workers allowed in. the two women, one in her 30s, another in he

u—turn on free school meals in england. facing claims that he is out of touch with what the crisis means more people around the country. last week the government was my own social mobility commissionldren are living in poverty than in 2012. labour echoed fears from the watchdog that the current shutdown could make things even worse. they are really concerned that these projections were made before the impact of covid—19 and wa nt to before the impact of covid—19 and want to say that they expect that to push more families into poverty. it isa push more families into poverty. it is a serious issue. i'm sure that the prime minister would agree that an even higher child poverty rate would be an intolerable outcome from this pandemic. so, what is he going to to prevent it ‘s the government says its actions at the start of the crisis will help protect the vulnerable. 11 millionjobs protected by the coronavirusjob retention scheme, unlike anything done anywhere else in the world, £30 billion worth of business loans, and we intend to make sure that we minimise the impact of coronavirus on the poorest kids in this country. not for the first time the prime minister accused labour of being u

u—turn was welcomed by the prime minister's opponents and it sparked a wider debate about child poverty that continued during prime minister's questions on wednesday. the labour leader said the social mobility commissionsh more families into hardship. i'm sure the prime minister would agree that an even higher child poverty rate would be an intolerable outcome from this pandemic. so, what's he going to do to prevent it? borisjohnson said his government was protecting jobs. and we intend to make sure that we minimise the impact of coronavirus on the poorest kids in this country and one of the best ways in which we could do that by the way mr speaker would be to encourage all kids who can go back to school to go back to school now. because their schools are safe. last week, i asked him whether he would say publicly that schools were safe to go back to. he hummed and he hawed. now is his time to say clearly "schools are safe to go back to". mr speaker, your witness. keir starmer. mr speaker, the prime minister doesn't have the first idea of what the social mobility report actually said last week, a government body. and he talks to me about consistency and u—turns. the government's had three u—turns in th

minister stefan wolf and says the government will appoint a commission before the summer paul reese is live for us in the city of. this is really quite a u.-turn what's been the reaction to this. yes rob it really does look like a big u. turn on 1st glance just for context under the state epidemiology list is a huge celebrity now in sweden much more of a celebrity than any civil servant could really expect to be it's his word people hang on the daily calm press conferences around 19 about the situation in sweden and in fact it's his agency the public health agency that the government's accede to 1st to in making decisions sweden's approach to covert 19 so it's actually him who's made the decisions. so what he appeared to be saying in his interview on tuesday with swedish radio was that's the approach hadn't worked and they should've done things differently. now because a lot of surprise in sweden because every day he's been saying the same line that this is our approach we're sticking by we think this is best so you hearing something different from that cause a lot of surprise in the rest of the world as well so much so that the swedish

commissioners, the per -- what dominica, you have to take the motion and then the commission can provide clarifying comments. comments, u want to ensure are in the final letter to the board of supervisors as it relates to the amendment. >> ok to proceed our do you need further clarification? >> i'm fine to proceed. >> first motion by commissioner adams. >> rolrole call, please. pai(role call). >> motion passes 6-1. >> next item. >> item 3, continue discussion on small business recovery. >> before we continue, edward, thank you for taking your time to come and present and we do appreciate the office presenting the legislation. so thank you. this is or work and this is what we have to do. but we do appreciate your time. >> thank you for the opportuni opportunity. >> item 3, continued on rebuilding. >> so at the last hearing or meeting -- are they called meetings or hearings? i'm never clear on that. i believe -- was it the last hearing we sent the memo to the economic recovery task force? >> i believe it was two meetings ago. >> no, it was the may 11t may 11th meeting that the commission formalized it's recommendation and

u k c so rally. their research so tell us what's been going on. well there's johnson has been holding a video conference meeting with the european commission president on the lion and during the course of that meeting they have been discussing a number of issues which remain outstanding between the 2 sides as they try to strike a deal of course while we are still in this transition period many people could be forgiven for even forgetting all about break that in the weight of all of the coded 19 pandemic issues as well but those talks have been going on we've already had 4 rounds led by negotiates them both sides but now it's the turn of the principals to take the reins of to try to see if see if they can push things forward because thus far there have been a number of sticking points which have stopped talks from developing now the 1st of those is what type of deal will have struck the year would like to see a comprehensive all encompassing deal that covers all sectors while the u.k. want to separate agreements in different sectors in different ways there are also differences to do with whether there will be a level playing field the you say that th

will appoint a commission before the summer while our correspondent paul reece is live for us in the swedish city of malmo really interesting reaction to this story of what's prompted the u.-turn poll. yes it is it is interesting and we're not actually sure here in sweden if it's a u.-turn or not just to just to clarify somewhat understand you know it has kind of shot to superstardom in sweden and that's under this corona pandemic he's the state of but then we'll just as he said he's the one the government actually defers to to make decisions on the bin recommendations in sweden rather than fast restrictions and so his criticism on tuesday of the swedish approach wasn't really criticism of the government it was actually criticism of himself and the swedish public health agency now what he said was that in hindsight there were things that they think they could do better and that they might have chosen an approach that was somewhere between the full lockdown of spain and italy for example and the much more relaxed swedish model now people in sweden hang on his every word he appears every lunch time on t.v. to get the latest on covert 19 and so when the headlines this morni

. >> reporter: the vessels were commissioned in 1917 when president woodrow wilson needed more ships to fight back against the deadly german uwo years. it was a quantity-over-quality operation. >> they were built quickly, inexpensely -- >> reporter: the underwater archaeologist for the state of maryland -- >> initially these were going to be just expendable. they didn't put a lot of effort in. >> reporter: the war ended before even one of them made it across the atlantic. eventually the bad luck boats were gathered up, stripped for salvage, and abandoned in the bay. >> it's traditional for a lot of watermen to take their old boats up a creek to die. they use the term "to die." that i they use it as a spare parts department until it spills back into the environment. >> reporter: the environment has not only taken the ships back, it's taken them over. plants, beavers, and even once-endangered osprey now haunt the ghost fleet. >> that ship has now become a wildlife sanctuary, wildlife mecca. it's got plants and animals that are thriving as a result of the structure, the hull of the ship provides. >> reporter: of course not all

u—turn on free school meals in england. facing claims that he is out of touch with what the crisis means for people around the country. last week the government's own social mobility commission in 2012. labour echoed fears from the watchdog that the current shutdown could make things even worse. they are really concerned that these projections were made, 5.2 million, before the impact of covid—19 and they go on to say which we expect to push more families into poverty. this is a serious issue. i'm sure that the prime minister would agree that an even higher child poverty rate would be an intolerable outcome from this pandemic. so, what is he going to do to prevent it? the government says its actions at the start of the crisis will help protect the vulnerable. 11 millionjobs protected by the coronavirusjob retention scheme, unlike anything done anywhere else in the world. £30 billion worth of business loans, and we intend to make sure that we minimise the impact of coronavirus on the poorest kids in this country. not for the first time, the prime minister accused labour of being unclear when it came to the return of schools, but once again mrjohnson was pressed by opposition

commission. sergeant youngblood, please call role. >> a commissioner dedejesus. >> here. >> a commissioner hamasaki. >> present. >> hamasaki is present. commissioner elias. >> here. >> commissioner elias is present. >> a commissioner brook. >> present. >> u taylor, you have a quorum. for the members of the public who wish to make a comment the number is 408-418-9388 and the access code for tonight's meeting is 146 628-2245 and as always, please make sure you are in a quiet location and try to mute your sound, the sound around you to eliminate background noise. for the commissioners and presenters here, i will ask you to mute yourselves and minimize background noise unless you are speaking. and as always, either type your name or the emoji of your choice into the chat box if you would like to be heard. tonight i will allow two minutes for public comment and let's get started. >> all right. thank you, commissioner. for the members of the public this, meeting is being televised by sfgov tv. if you are interested in making a public comment, please dial 408-418-9388 and enter access code 146 628 2245. and then press pound. press pound again to join the meeting as a participant. you will hear a beep when you have entered the meeting. when publ

commission. sergeant youngblood, please call role. >> a commissioner dedejesus. >> here. >> a commissioner hamasaki. >> present. >> hamasaki is present. commissioner elias. >> here. >> commissioner elias is present. >> a commissioner brook. >> present. >> u a vice president taylor, you have a quorum. for the members of the public who wish to make a comment the number is 408-418-9388 and the access code for tonight's meeting is 146 628-2245 and as always, please make sure you are in a quiet location and try to mute your sound, the sound around you to eliminate background noise. for the commissioners and presenters here, i will ask you to mute yourselves and minimize background noise unless you are speaking. and as always, either type your name or the emoji of your choice into the chat box if you would like to be heard. tonight i will allow two minutes for public comment and let's get started. >> all right. thank you, commissioner. for the members of the public this, meeting is being televised by sfgov tv. if you are interested in making a public comment, please dial 408-418-9388 and enter access code 146 628 2245. and then press pound. press pound again to join the meeting as a participant. you will hear a beep when you have entered the m

commission to background to that particular question? i am sure you have seen the et willer. it is a four-page letter and i am something will please respond and guide us there u an answer. >> are you muted possibly? >> i am available. i was hoping someone from perhaps environmental planning could start addressing that question specifically. >> yes. can you hear me? >> sorry. >> just for a little bit of background, this is an ocii addendum that ocii is the lead agency under ceqa and the planning department was helping with the addendum as a consultant to the addendum. for this project we were acting as the responsibly agency and relying on the office of community investment and infrastructure e.i.r. addendum because they had their own environmental review. i would ask jose campos if he is available to explain further. let's see if he is on the line. >> are you with us? >> yes, i am. >> hello, commissioners. the manager of planning and the question with respect to ocii's role as a lead agency and it is true as is explained the addendum is the addendum to the events center and e.i.r. and golden state warrior event center e.i.r. which was the e.i.r. certified and

u—turn on free school meals in england. facing claims he's out of touch with what the crisis means for people around the country. last week, the government's own social mobility commissionn are living in poverty than in 2012. labour echoed fears from the watchdog that the current shutdown could make things even worse. they are really concerned that these projections were made, 5.2 million, before the impact of covid—19. and they go on to say, "which we expect that to push more families into poverty. " this is a serious issue. i'm sure the prime minister would agree that an even higher child poverty rate would be an intolerable outcome from this pandemic. so, what's he going to do to prevent it? the government, though, says its actions at the start of the crisis will help protect the vulnerable. 11 millionjobs protected by the coronavirus job retention scheme, unlike anything done anywhere else in the world, £30 billion worth of business loans, and we intend to make sure that we minimise the impact of coronavirus on the poorest kids in this country. not for the first time, the prime minister accused labour of being unclear when it came to the return of schools but once a