sima kotecha, bbc news.ken to video calling in the past few months but for some members of the british armed forces their recent calls have had a rather special guest, the queen has been spending to people who are stationed around the world about their life and work during the coronavirus pandemic. 0ur baroque correspondent nicholas witchel reports. she normally meets her servicemen and women face—to—face, butjust now it has to be done via a conference call. no reason to forget protocol, though. watch the top right of the screen. good morning. yes, if you're a general, chief of the defence staff, no less, you begin with a bow. and then to business. first to a sailor, speaking from a royal fleet auxiliary ship in the caribbean. and where are you at the moment? i'm currently in curacao at the moment, ma'am. well, i would think the last time i saw you, you wouldn't have imagined that this is what you'd be doing now. in holyport, we met. yeah, it was, ma'am, in 2014, i believe it was. then to west africa, and a

sima, let me start with you.t to children's village mid may for violating the probation. the prosecutor says it was the girl's mother who reported the noncompliance to a caseworker but now the mother wants her back home. why the change of decision here? >> it is not uncommon in these types of situations for parents that have limited resources to reach out for assistance. so, when the mother is reaching out to the probation officer, she's reaching out for help. her child suffers from mental health issues. mom has a history of doing the best that she can to get assistance, so this was just another instance of mom saying, hey, can you help me out? there's no point at which mom is saying, yes, please take my child from me, throw her in handcuffs, detain her and place her and take her away from me. >> so, jonathan, judge brennan here, the oakland county circuit court judge, she says she told grace she would follow the letter of the order, the probation order and that she was required to stay out of trouble and do the

sima kotecha, bbc news.ure of a black lives matter protester — but without the approval of the city council. the figure ofjen reid with her fist raised was installed in secret at dawn. jon kay has more. undercover, before sunrise and without permission. artist marc quinn and his team arrived in bristol this morning to erect their statue in secret. on the plinth where slave trader edward colston stood until last month, they installed a resin replacement of local woman jen reid. she was there as it went up. it's great to see, obviously, me as a statue, but the bigger picture is why i am up there. it was inspired by this photo, whenjen climbed on top of the empty plinth last month after colston‘s statue was toppled. for me, i think it is out with the old and in with the new, and i think that statue there, putting aside it being myself, it is definitely colston is no more and it is time for change, it is time to move on and, you know, it's inspiring, people of my colour walking past that statue and knowing that

the director gurinder chadha talking to sima kotecha.come the next leader of the liberal democrats. voting begins later this month, with the winner announced in august. jessica parker reports. hi, i'm layla moran, i'm standing to be leader of the liberal democrats. hi, i'm ed davey, and i'm running to be leader of the liberal democrats. two people trying to rebuild their party after this. stop brexit! a message that didn't quite go to plan. written big and bold at the general election, it left them on the sidelines. in a snap, down to 11 mps. the last election, i think we did make a mistake byjust focusing on one issue. a cabinet minister back in the coalition government, ed davey has had a hold of power. he might be experienced, but can he excite? i want to change our country. i want to make sure it is a greener economy, it is a fairer country, we do value carers. and i've got a clear message, and i think that's actually exciting. it's not just exciting for members. what we've got to be exciting for are the voters. we've got to get the

sima shabby to. me that there is a. species. of spits on matters that are the most doesn't. mean your argument is you know a bad state. time after time called parisian to repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important it's accelerating the transition to sustainable price board sustainability stay in her manner more equitable and sustainable well. they claim their production is completely hamas. because. it didn't design the companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done in far away there's a 2nd eldest as he pointed me in and i'm really in love. with the mills and you missed me doing the nieman i'm stunned seemed understood so when. the world is driven by a dream shaped by those great. thinks . we dare to ask. max kaiser this is the kaiser report you know we've been saying for a long time that the markets don't really exist that they've been replaced with. it's hard to i mean i want to go into what they've been replaced with the let's just say that they don't exist anymore how about that and then we'll go throw to stacey

sima jasmine. these are huge numbers. time for hotspots across the united states to consider statewide stay-at-home orders or other serious measures? >> it absolutely is. and in some cases, it's overdue wolf. what we're seeing is a crisis that's spiraling out of control. when we said things were bad back in april, things are twice as bad now. back then we were seeing 30,000 to 36,000 americans infected every day. now we're seeing upwards of 65,000 or 75,000 americans inif he canned with covid-19 every day. in states like florida, the state has been breaking records for how many florida yans are dying. it's high time they institute some of these lockdowns and mask mandates. unfortunately what we're seeing is continued plit zags of the public health and no guidance and mixed messaging for people who's lives are being put at stake by these ineffective and weak leaders. >> dr. choo, what do you think? >> i completely agree. looking from the hospital and the health care perspective, we're reaching critical levels at hospitals

sima kotecha reports.nt to have traditional tight knit and it's important to have traditional elements tight knit and it's important to have traditional elements of the wedding and to have eve ryo ne the wedding and to have everyone there and be part of it. this woman's engagement in september last year, their wedding was meant to be in march but then came lockdowns. we decided the safest thing to do wasjust postpone everything and it was very hard decision to make. hundreds are invited, a common feature of south asian weddings and she says their future plans are now in limbo. we don't know how many guests we can invite. unfortunately, the registry office is not open yet and i cannot book a marriage appointment, my certificate is expired from last year. the reason why weddings are small at the moment is for safety reasons, health reasons to protect your guests. why is it so important to have hundreds of people at a south asian wedding? weddings are south asian wedding? weddings a re really south asian wedd

welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sima kotecha. our headlines today: anyone arriving in the uk from spain now has to self—isolate for two weeks after quarantine rules changed overnight. it follows a sharp rise in spanish coronavirus infections: travel plans for thousands of britons have been thrown into chaos. we could go on holiday, we cannot come back and then stay in the house for two weeks. that just come back and then stay in the house for two weeks. thatjust wouldn't be possible. for some holidaymakers, relief at landing home late last night before the restrictions kicked in. it was crazy. it all happened so quickly. no—one knows what is going on. we were supposed to come back on monday and we just got the next flight. good morning. it's the final day of the premier league season and it's going to be a nail—biter for fans of aston villa, watford and bournemouth. only one of those three teams will stay up. the weather is not looking too bad at all for most of us on sunday. there are a few showers in the forecast not talking abo

the government will choose his replacement. 0ur reporter sima kotecha has been speaking to him.ular, are actually rightly concerned that their role, their contribution, and their ability to succeed is very constrained. how do you feel the government has handled the fallout, post—george floyd? i do believe that they are dragging theirfeet. it's complex, they've got other issues to consider, but actually right now this is a tipping point for these issues in our country, and i urge them to act as quickly as we possibly can to address these concerns. we need a coherent race strategy and a real need for leadership by government, and i implore them to act now, because the country is ready for this. businesses, public sector bodies, and i think the society as a whole has been shocked, notjust by what's happened in the us, but also by what we've seen during covid, which is real inequality of outcomes. the time for action is now. you mentioned business there. i heard that lloyds bank recently has promised to hire more black people and put them into senior roles. are you urging other busi

welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sima kotecha. 0ur headlines today: anyone arriving in thep rise in spanish coronavirus infections: travel plans for thousands of britons have been thrown into chaos. we could go on holiday, we cannot come back and then stay in the house for two weeks. that just come back and then stay in the house for two weeks. thatjust wouldn't be possible. for some holidaymakers, relief at landing home late last night before the restrictions kicked in. it was crazy.

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the disclosure comes among talk of a new simas package. >> new york city is officially in phase 3 ofeopening in the middle of the coronavirus it is an important step after the governor first declared a disaster emergency on march 7. >> i understand people are fatigued, it doesn't change the facts. and bf to stay smart. >> as things slowly get back to normal the treasury department is releasing data showing the paycheck protection program has so far supported 51.1 million jobs. nearly 4.9 million loans have been distributed with more than $521 billion. the senate minority leaders said that more transparency is still needed to ensure that these taxpayer dollars went where congress intended. the ppe is a popular care zeck program that was extended until august 8. but another benefit that expires july 31 has not been renewed 600 extra dollars a week with unemployment insurance. the labor secretary said it may not be needed going forward. >> the congressional budget office said that, i think four out of five people currently on unemployment will get more from unemployment if we continue t

sima yasmine. dr. chiu, help us understand.f someone is asymptomatic, does that mean they could be as contagious as people with symptoms yet they never realize they have the virus at all? >> yeah, that's been one of the really genius things about the virus. i mean, for a microorganism that's motivated to spread, one of the most devious things you can do is give people enough of a viral load to transmit it to other people while they barely feel anything or don't feel anything at all. and so when we first met this virus we were hoping that most people who spread it would look ill, you know, as they do in flu, would have fever, would be coughing, sneezing, but as time goes on, we're finding that this virus is able to spread either when people have no symptoms or when the symptoms are so mild they don't really consider themselves to be too ill to go out. that's why it's so important to wear masks because we cannot judge for ourselves whether we are spreading the virus. we could be spreading it all around while we still feel well en

they have and simas rated in new york, pittsburgh, philadelphia, and elizabeth new jersey.ouse annex and elizabeth, new jersey. have been admitted to the trade union. by the reckoning, negros have rights to jobs because the money comes from tax dollars. out of their pockets in the pockets of whites. the demonstration begin for sunrise, at 6:00 a.m. only one was present, having been there all night long. he describes the bed is in comfortable, but police called it unlawful. >> what made you decide to sleep you tonight. and opportunity for jobs and security. coming up in life, better schooling. we have one foot in the door now. eventually how the demonstrator's begin arriving in small groups. they gathered heading negro baptist church. rally,an conducted a pep complete with songs and chants. they told the demonstrators had to go about avoiding trouble and maintaining order at all costs. once outside the church it didn't take long for things to get out of hand. [yelling] >> everybody -- [crying] >> a number of questions come to mind about the ideas and emotions of the people i

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but i just want to also mention how important -- i was on a phone call with sima verdi the other day, and again these are not -- don't quote me exactly. but she made a statement that we had gone from 10,000 a week telemedicines to over a million. so, you know, it is tremendous. you know, increased volume in things. as a provider, i understand how helpful that can be. we've been able to beat down many of the obstacles now. are you working with -- are you working with cms and things like that? is there a group that's trying to coordinate this with not only cms, but then we've got the education component? are we siloed or do we have a formal working group that's talking about how to get information out there? >> a great question, senator. even before the pandemic, we had been working with cms, among others. in fact, i sat down with administrator verma on some of these very issues and that clap ration has only ramped up during the pandemic. and we've also established collaborations with the department of education, with other federal agencies to make sure we're all swimming in the stateme

sima kotecha, bbc news. as long as the love is still there. how very deep and meaningful. passed on to the punters? sean has been looking into it. i was just looking at it, and i wasjust looking at it, and i'm sure we had lots of comments. charlie on twitter has said, i'm 100% happy that his mrs to use the vat cut to support themselves and get back on track, not remotely interested in getting a discount. if you can afford it, to not take the cut. that's why different businesses will have a different decision to make based on their situation. this was one of those major announcements from the chancellor last week where he said quite a few measures that he hoped would get the hospitality industry moving again and the big one was this cut in vat, value added tax, paid by us consumers when we buy goods and services. there are some exempt items like supermarket food or newspapers but we are seeing some of those reductions kick in. it is expected to cost the treasury about £a billion. from today, this cut will go from 20% where it normally is all the way down to 5% on things lik

we don't see that too often including the vermont, san jose, santa rosa, you can winter to, sima hayes will not clear. there's just too much. still westwind 31, gus to 46, it is going to keep the school this week. temperatures below average especially inland. it is 7:00, anything new? >> we have a big backup at the bay bridge which is typical. i'm looking at it and if you want to wait around, we have seen this pattern emerge. by the time in:00 rolls around, it will be much better and by the time 9:00 rolls around, it will be gone. so if you want to wait, that is cool. let's talk about the other commute here and that will be the east bay. in general we don't see a lot of traffic right now. any of these commutes, they look pretty good to start off with including the san matteo bridge. let's go back to the headlines. >>> right now, california is coming very close to hitting 400,000 covid-19 cases. more than 386,000 positive coronavirus cases have now been reported. more than a 7700 people have died in our state. here the bay area specific week, more than 41,000 virus cases have been repor

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