those within your organization and i'm sorry my very very quickly your mind finally has your university has oxford brookes university responded positively to. we have been working very hard as a society to make sure our voices are heard. other black students as well have created a black shouldn't campaign to create the space for the dialogue between the university the union and the students experiences and so i think progress will happen it remains to be found out in the future but there's definitely steps being taken and we are having regular meetings when i go over thank you very much indeed for talking to us thank you. mourners in half an hour here again this. join me every thursday on the alex salmond chill and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sport i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. we are witnessing the rise of a new secular religion and it's called gives them a moment in a short history. and racism well everything is now considered races the believers in this cold demand obedience criticism who really never told how racism is to be eradicated or how it helps serve the inte

this comes from oxford university.oxford university college has voted in favour of removing a statue of 19th century colonialist cecil rhodes from its facade. we will have more on both of those breaking news stories. stay with us. hello. it's been a volatile weather day, again the atmosphere releasing its energy in the form of thunderstorms. the other thing, of course, is that misty low cloud which has been with us for several days for some parts of the northeast coast of england and scotland. it will continue for the rest of the week, as will the thunderstorms t yhe torrential downpours with the hail and locally squally winds leading to some flash flooding. this is just how active the atmosphere has been during the evening so far. those storms starting to push further northwards, and rains coming off the north sea. so as the showers and thunderstorms ease away, we will find that persistant rain coming into eastern england and the low cloud returning to many central and eastern parts of both england and scotland, so it

professor, thank you very much for joining u exciting news out of oxford university.horities in beijing have put more neighborhoods under lockdown as they try to conta o a new outbrethe coronavirus. hecannothave been shut and peth a topleolre te ci of wuhan has been trying to shake off its reputation as the starting point r the epidec. john sudworth recently visited wuhan and has this report. reporter: mths, time stood still in the city as endured onof the world's harshest lockdowns. now, it seems a distant memory. interrupted lives have sumed again. but beneath t appearance of normality, the authorities are on edge. people we arrange to meetre a followed by plainclothes police. who block our car. why are they doing this? fiwe are stopped frolming. and atrthis ant block, a group of officials keeps a careful eye on us.ha we been detained? lockdown, ang erected here or how it was managed wh a national vice minister heckled on an official visit. it is all fake, they shout. it was a sign of how the crisis shook the foundations of system, one now firmack in control. no int

ros: professor martin landry of oxford university is one of the hief researches on the clinic.e he is. prof. landry: as ato d clinician, you are always careful, but when we saw this result,t is not what we expected, it was just made -- is way more than that. to see this result in the sickest patients, and as you heard in that piece, we have been searching for a trement at would save lives, and it was not under -- and it was right under our noses, completely available. and practically around the world. it has seen a loly result. ro there is more on that story on the bbc news website. next, we switched to washington. donald trump has been laying out his police reform in the rose garden of the white house. bearye in minerday, not for the first time, he was tweeting "law & order" c inital letters. today, he was saying this. pres. trump: americanswe believust increase transparency, accountability, and vest more resources in police training, recruiting, and community engagement. ros: and the president ge us some detail on how he is planning to do that. pres. trump: an executive order

solidarity for the black lives matter movement recent weeks have taken an emotional toll on many an oxford university is offering to help students whose example formants may be affected saying that they can apply for mitigating circumstances there's been pressure from campaigners at the university who said watch it with video of officers killing floyd had left black students traumatized. we share our concerns about the traumatic effect of the brutality which killed george floyd and which is him and his station of institutionalized racism any students taking university assessments who feels their performance has been a fact it should submit a south assessment mitigating circumstances for him after their final examination or assessment campaigners at the university of also been pushing to remove a structure of sessile rhodes 19th century colonialist and prime minister of south africa's cape colony back in his day they have long argued that the monument glorifies racism is an insult to oxford black students we talked to people in london who broadly welcome the university's sympathetic response but some

across britain, 10,000 volunteers will trial this oxford university vaccine, including 500 in old rival people who are regularly exposed to the virus. well, i'm a doctor here and i've seen what covid does. i'm just fed up with it. i want to do all i can to get rid of it. of course, what people want to know, always, is when might you have some results? when might you know if it's going to work or not? well, ithink oxford have been saying that they would hope to have some results or some preliminary results by the autumn or by christmas of this year. and certainly, at the moment, as you're aware, vaccination production has been scaled up massively, so if the trial is shown to be beneficial, they will be able to roll out vaccinations very speedily. there are no guarantees that this vaccine will work, but the research is being fast tracked because everyone hopes it's a way out of this crisis. richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. you're watching bbc news. the headlines this hour: the british prime minister, boris johnson, has condemned what he called "racist thuggery" following attacks on

. >> reporter: at oxford university in britain, researchers say a commonly used anti-inflammatory drug can and has saved the lives t covid-19 and 35% for patients on ventilators. in new york, ron pansock was in a coma and on a ventilator for six weeks. when doctors administered dexamethasone and convalescent plasma, he began to turn the corner, eventually released to the hospital to acute rehab. >> i think it saved his life after he was given the dexamethasone, he started to improve greatly. before he was given the dexamethasone, the doctor told me to expect that he wouldn't live >> reporter: doctors think that the steroid helps suppress the body's response to covid, which can some times do more harm than the virus itself >> within 48 hours, i was able to wean the patient's paralytic agents and sedatives and start to wean the patient from the ventilator pretty dramatic. >> dexamethasone is a low-cost steroid that's been around for decades, commonly used to treat a wide variety of conditions, including nausea, arthritis, allergic reactions and bowl disorders. oxford university's study i

fora longtime students, academics at oxford university have said that it's a real problem when you'reto create an environment that feels like it can welcome everyone of all racial backgrounds into it as equal intellectuals in the capacity to build great careers academically in this space. it's very difficult when they are confronted to him and he is also in academic buildings in oxford. three difficult when you see that and it's hard enough to feel not alienated and intimidated by some of the architecture and some of out some of the architecture and some of our oldest universities we have experienced environments that that before. let alone if you feel like what they're celebrating is something that is to you is oppressive. and it's all too you are. this is been a long—running debate and not the end of thinking about what campuses look like, the names of buildings and the attention they want to attract and the tension between those things. at the non—football. the guardian showing the first of the premier leak coming back. football coming back but a very different type of image that y

across britain 10,000 volu nteers across britain 10,000 volunteers will trail this oxford universityorkers because they need people who are regularly exposed to the virus.|j people who are regularly exposed to the virus. i am a doctor here and i have seen what covid—19 does. i am fed up with that and want to do all they can to get rid of it. because what people want to know always is when might you have some results? when might you know if it is going to work 01’ you know if it is going to work or not? oxford have been saying they would hope to have some results or some preliminary results or some preliminary results by the autumn or by christmas of this year. and certainly, at the moment, vaccination production is being scaled up massively so if the trail is shown to be beneficial they will be able to roll out vaccination is very speedily. there are no guarantees that this vaccine will work but the research is being fast tracked because everyone hope it is a way out of this crisis. you're watching bbc news. a reminder of our main stories this hour: brazil has overtaken the uk to bec

the bbc has worked with independent charity the health foundation, and oxford university economists onndemic‘s impact on the population, so deaths from covid and deaths which might not have been caused by covid but have been caused by people, for example, not using health services during the pandemic period. understanding how countries have differed is a really important part of learning the lessons for potentially a second wave or a future pandemic. the government stopped showing charts of international deaths at their briefings, saying they weren't comparable. but one way of making the comparison is looking at the percentage of excess deaths as a proportion of the usual deaths. this measure doesn't change the g7 ranking — the uk is still by some distance the worst hit country. but when you use this measure to compare to other ha rd—hit european countries, there is a slight change in the picture. spain is the worst hit of the major european nations, a little above the uk, italy and belgium, with the dutch and french following. but if the uk is split up into its constituent national he

the governing body of an oxford university college will recommend removing the controversial statue of19th century colonialist rhodes oriel college has been under pressure for several years activists say the statue glorifies racism and is an insult to black students but in several anti racism protests in the u.k. following the death of george floyd in the u.s. last month. the u.s. is forging ahead with efforts to reopen its economy despite a surge in corona virus cases in some places 6 states oregon nevada arizona texas oklahoma and florida of all posted record increases in infections more than 20000 people a testing positive per day nationwide while the u.s. is the worst affected country the epicenter of the outbreak is currently in south america brazil is the region's hot spot with more than $32000.00 people testing positive on wednesday it's on course to pass a 1000000 cases in the coming days more than 46000 people have died and mexico is opening up again even though the outbreak there is showing few signs of slowing down the government says keeping a lockdown in place would be dev

became an outlier and i'll be discussing the oxford university study on dexamethasone with dr mark werfelof the university of washington that'll be in just over an hour. now the foreign secretary has come under fire for comments on the black lives matter action of taking the knee as a form of protest dominic rob said the gesture represented a form of submission that he reserved for the queen not proposing to his wife. i've got so he's taking the me i don't know maybe it's going to broader history that seems to be taken from the golden throat feels to me like a symbol of subjugation subordination rather one of liberation emancipation or opposites clarified his comments tweeting that he respected the decision by those in the black lives matter movement to choose to take the knee the action came to prominence in 2016 when american football player calling kipen at nelson during the u.s. national anthem and protest against police brutality it has since become a symbol of solidarity against racial injustice or may want to thaw it is at oxford oriel college have voted to remove a statue of briti

in the apartment of oxford university which can ducted that research into dexamethasone. the drug was cheap to make it would be available globally. we close the arm of the trial because we had enrolled more than 2000 patients on dexamethasone and we compare them to for thousand patients who had standard care. what we saw was really quite remarkable. so we've looked at different treatment groups and the drug has a different treatment effect in different groups. in ventilated patients with covid—i9 the drug dexamethasone, so ten days of treatment with that which is a tablet or an injection, reduces the risk of death by that 35%. in patients on the ward who require oxygen and have covid—i9. it reduces the risk of death by about 20%. that covers about 75% of patients in the hospital who received a mortality benefit from using this drug. there is another group of patients who don't require oxyge n group of patients who don't require oxygen but have covid—i9 and we did not see a benefit in those patients. so it is not a drug that you would use so it is not a drug that you would

the students at oriel college at the university of oxford launch this campaign years ago, and they havetue being removed, nothing has changed. so this moment has only happened because the people of our city have joined this campaign. this is very significant because oxford is very significant because oxford isa is very significant because oxford is a city that is divided along class and race grounds. we have the town and we have the college, and the two don't often meet, and what we have seen is thousands of oxford people coming onto the streets and parks of our city demanding the statue is removed and the wider context of the black lives matter movement. david, just pick up for us, asa movement. david, just pick up for us, as a historian yourself, you will very well know that history is not just about the past, will very well know that history is notjust about the past, is it? it is about now as well. how do you put these two things together, that the statue will come down, then how do you... the issue in a way about cecil rhodes's contribution or part he had to play in that university

and there are similar try it's going on the recovery trial there from the oxford university and death out most of the sort of daring to try it off w.h.o. coordinated international trials and you have phony verdun some of the listeners have heard about the you know global queen you know with the. publication that this was time for and now it's taken to the game so there's a lot of activities going on and i'm sure that their nominee treatment of this disease and the increasing experience in exchange of experience will help us to overcome that period until we have the big seed that of cup and president of the world health summit thank you. and time to put you in the capable hands of one of my what makes terry williams he's been looking into all the questions you sent us so now you tube channel. if i can maintain social distance do i have to change my clothes after coming back home from my short morning walk. though we know stars cove 2 can remain on some surfaces for days clothing in general is viewed by most experts as pretty low risk the evidence suggests that the virus doesn't remain

has struck a deal to produce $100000000.00 doses of a test vaccine that's been developed by oxford university and astra zeneca the $127000000.00 deal would give the hard hit country a head start if the vaccine proves effective and safe. the aim of this deal is for brazil to avoid situations like at the start of the time to make when high global demand prevented us from gaining access to supplies and medicine. though the lock down is easing relief remains at bay for many of the countries victims. smother news or other stories making news this hour the opposition leader in malawi last has won the presidential election in a historic rerun with over 58 percent of the vote voters went to the polls earlier this week after the initial may $21000.00 election was discredited by the constitutional court due to mass fraud at least one person has been shot dead and another injured at an anti police brutality protests in louisville kentucky media reports say a man opened fire into the crowd protesters had gathered to demonstrate against the police killing a briana taylor a 26 year old black woman earlier

astra zeneca for 400000000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine the medication is being developed with oxford university ukraine is to reopen its borders on monday with international flights to resume the move comes despite daily inspections running at their highest so far and president says iran will reimpose virus restrictions that health regulations are not observed that follows a sharp rise in cases for and as cases are declining in some countries they are climbing across much of south america brazil is now recording the 2nd highest number of deaths in the world surpassing the united kingdom medical experts warn the rate of infection is still a speeding up there but the brazilian government wants to see a return to normal economic activity despite calls for caution. brazilians dig musgraves to bury their dead in minnows the largest city in the brazilian amazon the rules of crosses a reminder of the heavy toll the coronavirus has taken brazil is in the an enviable position of having the world's 2nd highest qubit 1000 death toll with both daily fatalities and new infections mounting. the world health

biggest scientific breakthrough the world has yet made and i pay tribute to the researchers at oxford university and all those who they work with. uk inflation falls to a fresh four—year low —— a record drop in fuel prices pushed the rate down to 0.5% in may. manchester united and england star marcus rashford welcomes a government u—turn on free school meals over the summer — but says he wants the policy changed permanently. some people literally aren't sleeping and they can't do the normal things they do day to day. probably because they are thinking about where the next meal is going to come from for their kids. it's the day football fans have been waiting for — the premier league is back after a 100—day absence because of the pandemic. china cancels more than 1,000 flights into and out of beijing as a spike in virus cases continues. and having fun at a social distance, how leisure and cultural attractions are working to be "covid secure" for when they re—open. good morning. the health secretary matt hancock has said the breakthrough in the search for a coronavirus treatment is "some of the be

the governing body of an oxford university college votes to remove a statue of 19th century colonialistecil rhodes from its facade. and something to cheer up football fans, the english premier league has restarted, 100 days after the last match. welcome. in the past few minutes white police officer garrett rolfe has been charged with the murder of rayshaun brooks african american man who was shot twice in the back. his district attorney. his district attorney. mr brooks never presented himself as a threat. at the very beginning he was peacefully asleep in his car was up after he was awakened by the officer, he was cooperative and he was directed to move his car to another location, he calmly moved his car. mr brooks was asked whether or not he had a weapon, he indicated that he did not. without any resistance he passed his drivers licence to the officers and the officers then asked mr brooks whether or not he would consent to a pat—down or a body search. and mr brooks allowed them to search him. and the search yielded no weapon. we found that it was of interest that when the officers pa

have cost us on the findings by scientists is oxford university who claimed the common steroids drugdexamethasone can be used to treat covert 19 a study claims the drug reduced death rates among coronavirus patients on ventilators by up to assert u.k. prime minister boris johnson hailed it as the biggest breakthrough yet oxford university have said they'll soon publish their findings in full but doctors in america are cautious about celebrating the study's results before all the data is released recently a french study into the effectiveness of the drug hydroxycut or a queen against code 19 was withdrawn from a top medical journal over similar data concerns. well this comes amid research which rates the u.k. the 2nd worst in a table of the world's richest nations handled the virus spain and italy receive the same ranking but research has pointed out that those countries were the 1st in europe to be hit by the pandemic while experts at the economist intelligence unit claimed the u.k. had adequate time to respond but failed to sufficiently coordinated the us received a good rating desp

has struck a deal to produce $100000000.00 doses of a test vaccine that's been developed by oxford university and astra zeneca the $127000000.00 deal would give the hard hit country a head start if the vaccine proves effective and safe. as this deal is for brazil to avoid situations like at the start of the pandemic when high global demand prevented us from gaining access to supplies and medicine. though the lockdown is easing relief remains at bay for many of the countries victims. the african union is reporting progress in 3 way negotiations to build one of the world's largest stands and says over 90 percent of the issues among egypt ethiopia and sudan have been resolved the a u is trying to broker a deal to end the dispute about the dam which was begun on the blue nile river in ethiopia in 2011 the ethiopian government said it would start filling the reservoir in a few weeks to produce hydroelectric power sudan hopes to benefit from the dam as well but egypt fears it could face massive water shortages. the project has triggered a decades long dispute ethiopia began construction of africa's

astra zeneca for 400000000 doses of a corona virus vaccine medication is being developed with oxford university ukraine is to reopen its borders on monday with international flights set to resume the move comes despite daily infections running at their highest so far and president hassan rouhani says iran will reimpose virus restrictions if health regulations are not observed followed follows a sharp rise in cases. and out of the other stories making news around the world poland has reopened its borders after nearly 3 months scrapping a mandatory quarantine for anyone coming in at midnight residence in the german border town of frankfurt celebrated with their polish neighbors poland is also relaxing border controls with other neighbors. lebanese protesters have clashed with security forces for a 2nd night in beirut and tripoli protests broke out after the currency crashed to a record low deepening an already severe financial crisis these are the latest in a wave of demonstrations accusing the government of economic mismanagement and corruption. some sports news and in soccer the german has seen

but i'm not some kind of doctor at oxford university. let's go on to the observer.s that unemployment could hit 19805 it warns that unemployment could hit 1980s levels unless supporters support struggling businesses. labour is calling for more intervention. slightly different from borisjohnson. intervention. slightly different from boris johnson. the intervention. slightly different from borisjohnson. the figures are alarming. a million people could be added to the currentjobless total, which is currently 2.8 million, u nless we which is currently 2.8 million, unless we get extra support from august. that would give us —— take us to an unemployment peak. under margaret thatcher in 1984, the jobless total was only 3.3 million. if these figures are correct, that would go over that level. labour is very keen to protectjobs in those sectors that still haven't opened, so we're talking about things like beauty salons or the leisure industry. we still haven't seen gyms and swimming pools open. nightclubs also. it wants some sort of intervention there. there's a real contra

clinical trial for coded 900 vaccine is underway the vaccine is being tested by researchers from oxford university in johannesburg is one of more than 140 being developed around the globe fists filled with hope. this unemployed young man is taking a risk so that others might benefit. to live to be scared. by my own little ones for long these seem to. turn my friends and i just want to leave just yet this is the 1st covert 19 vaccine trial being done on humans on the african continent the vaccine is initially being tested on a small number of people researchers hope it will stimulate their immune systems to produce antibodies against the virus is it by the stands for a bottle of what's called the group one patient really really is a small group of individuals really trying to understand reporting issues with issues safety or even seem especially in terms of what could be calling side of things and the 2nd is always on the one in one thing it is problems against syria. but even if the results are positive the vaccine wouldn't eradicate the virus just slow its spread among the population south africa

. $100000000.00 doses of a test vaccine that's been developed by oxford university and astra zeneca the $127000000.00 deal would give the hard hit country a head start if the vaccine proves effective and safe. the aim of this deal is for brazil to avoid situations like at the start of the pandemic when high global demand prevented us from gaining access to supplies and medicine. though the lock down is easing relief remains at bay for many of the countries victims. now are they now to the other stories making news at this hour malawi and opposition leader last year has won the presidential election in the run with over 58 percent of the vote the initial vote in may $29000.00 was discredited due to mass fraud it's the 1st time a court overturned vote in an african country has led to the defeat of an incumbent leader. swarms of desert locusts have reached. a city on the outskirts of the indian capital delhi authorities have asked people to keep their windows shut and to make loud noises to ward off the fast spreading swarms india is witnessing its worst locust invasion in decades. at leas

glimmer of hope and want to country in europe is hailing a major breakthrough scientists at oxford university thank have identified the 1st drug that can save the lives of chronic 19 patients and that is that it is a widely used steroids a randomized trial showed it reduced death rate by a 3rd in patients on ventilators and bias in patients receiving oxygen it really got to significant. and it's really important because the drug itself is very widely available every pharmacy and every hospital it's available throughout the world and extremely cheap so we look at the numbers and. patients in intensive care with this drug. will save one life and the total cost of treating all a patient is only about $40.00 pounds. 40 pounds is about 50 u.s. dollars the drug works by reducing inflammation in the lungs the study results are still to be peer reviewed but the u.k. lost no time in approving it really in the country health service we've been stockpiling. so we now have 200000 courses that are ready to go and we're working with. the. pope at night he will include. the new. and that rick drug methadone

and there is 50p a day pill to conquer covid, a big study carried out by oxford university with somess rates. yes, thatis extraordinary success rates. yes, that is the kind of good news that we are all desperate for. and in the next few weeks and a few months, surely they will keep on coming because new studies will reveal such news and medicines that have been used in other disciplines will prove useful. i don't know if you remember at the beginning of the pandemic there was a rather controversial professor from versailles said that his antimalarial hydroxychloroquine was the wonder pill that he speaks in the same way that donald trump speaks and donald trump said "this is that, we have found it!" and then he even later admitted to taking it every day. while studies have now shown that it is actually of no effect regarding covid. and what is important is that we have serious scientists such as those ones in oxford doing thorough investigation, thorough studies on thousands of people and that is the only way to do itand people and that is the only way to do it and of course it takes

a major breakthrough after trials by team at oxford university find the first drug shown to significantlyrisk of dying from coronavirus. it isa the risk of dying from coronavirus. it is a cheap and widely available steroid. that's all from the bbc news at six , so it's goodbye from me , and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm chetan pathak coming up on the programme... no spectators, no queen, but no surprises in the big race on the opening day at royal ascot. we're counting down to tomorrow's return as the premier league resumes behind closed doors. while still feel different hopefully what's riding on the game is important to football and the passion will still come through. and the uncertainty is over — no fans allowed but new york's governer confirms the us open will begin at the end of august hello, and welcome to sportsday. welcome to the programme thanks forjoining us. we start with royal ascot but not quite as you know it. a crowd of 70,000 saluted frankie dettori and his mount stradivarius a year ago... but today, flat rac

it is being tested by researchers from oxford university and johannesburg's university and it is one of more than 140 being developed around the world. it takes years of research and development to reach human trial stages, but scientists are under pressurere to come up with something fast. >> a shot filled with hope. this unemployed young man is taking a risk so that others might in effect. >> i feel a little bit scared. but i want to know what is going on with this effort so that i can tell my friends what is going on. >> this is the first covid-19 vaccine trial being done on humans on the african continent. the vaccine is initially being tested on a small number of people. researchers hope it will stimulate their immune systems producuce antibodies agagainst e virus. >> the eight participants form as group 1. it is a group, small group of 15 individuals. we are trying to understand the issue of the vaccine, especially in terms of the common side effects in the second issue is that immune response against the vaccine. >> but even if the results are positive, the vaccine would not e

new research from the university of oxford says primary school children have been most badly impactedting its website has quadrupled. hannah gray reports. these are examples of the kind of calls helen has been hearing since march. she works for childline and she's really concerned about child ren's well—being. i think children are the hidden victims of this coronavirus and for many children home isn't a safe place. and, you know, we haven't got community eyes and ears, schools, health services, looking out for children, so that is a real worry. people are dying, people are getting ill, and you can't see your friends, your relatives. sara is 11 years old. during lockdown she's done a survey asking 16 children —— asking 162 children in south yorkshire how they have been coping. lots of people are actually worried, scared, and concerned about coronavirus. that was 82%. it was a very big thing to go through as a child. and, yeah, it affected me quite a lot because i was worried what it could do to my family. her dad is a doctor at the local hospital and he inspired her to talk to others a

thousands of people have signed new petitions calling for the removal of another monument at oxford university where we challenge has more. roads must is that take it down put him in a museum in the world famous university city of oxford anger at this statue has rekindled looking down from the facade of oriel college is sessile rhodes one of the most controversial figures of britain's imperial age. it is a bastion of white supremacy and racism and it's inaccessible to get down rhodes the colonial believed in the primacy of the anglo-saxon race over all others particularly the black africans he ruled over our you. know yes but the wealthy benefactors foundation still bring students from around the world to study talks but it's unsurprisingly a conflict for south african road scholar marotta he called. for many many years the rhodes scholarship was awarded to the white man which is essentially the work and forced labor of black people sponsoring the education of white men to save their colonizing and colonize the rest of the world. black lives matter has reenergize the roads must fall campaign b

of signed a petition to remove a monument to british colonialists sessile words of oxford university pressure is growing to reassess historical works after justice tore down a statue of a slave trader in the city of bristol. and burned this president pierre and put in caesar has died from a heart attack just weeks before he was due to step down from office there are doubts over his cause of death amid speculation that he may have been suffering from covert 19. u.s. democratic leaders have proposed a bill demanding sweeping police reforms house majority leader study hoyer says that they're aiming for a vote in about 2 weeks time but the package will likely draw opposition from republicans and police unions the bill calls for greater transparency of police behavior of more police accountability for human rights violations it includes the limits on legal protections for police a ban on chokeholds at a national database of complaints against police reform package would also eliminate unannounced police raids and make body and dashboard cameras mandatory for federal police earlier my coll

researchers at oxford university have been testing the drug and they say that if the steroid had been used from the beginning of the pandemic, probably thousands of lives could have been saved. 10 months is a smith has talked with medical experts today and the drug is widely available and not that expensive. >> yes, frank in fact i did speak to a stanford doctor on the front lines of the pandemic who is cautiously optimistic but says she would like to see the data behind today's findings before putting the steroid to use. at stanford university doctors in the intensive care unit treating the sickest covid-19 patients are taking a closer look at the drug dexamethasone to help improve patients' chances of survival. dr. leandra rogers specializes in pulmonary and critical care. >> one of the most important things about the study is it seems to help very sick patients with covid-19. >> reporter: on tuesday researchers from oxford university released details on a clinical study, 2100 patients at random were given the steroid dexamethasone for 10 days. results from the preliminary study fou

africa with more than 100000 infections some of the trials have been conducted in brazil by the oxford university those are your headlines al jazeera world starts right now. but. it's been a saga i mean look at a few young lasagna on it a family with a. wasn't was not a well a moderate in on a life in with this i met in with the same well mindel the luck tuttle and well enough of a dog. to behave senility horrible are you not clear. what the point was talking about her vehicle your model of thin idea that looking at a ship an accurate head to who would be about the hull why that electra didn't till till i was a fool it is to have 2 months out. of the daycare do so by only $33.00 while a sheena should then if they are in what is an at in with ls at in was a many. and i'm a i just put the news to feel darling damn and be asleep or moderate in the. future that that he came here to live there you can because you that you don't believe in with so many man hours it that you northam anina and the most elect to hunt up a missile as a man in mind here to the level of many of you who will be muslim enough

1st clinical trial for a covered 19 vaccine has begun it's being tested by researchers from oxford university and johannesburg vince university and it's one of more than $140.00 being developed around the world it usually takes years of research and development to reach human trials stages but scientists are under enormous pressure to come up with something fast 1st shot filled with hope this unemployed young man is taking a risk so that others might benefit. i feel it it's good. but. i want to move once we learn this scene it's worth telling friends in the us once a week. this is the 1st covert 19 vaccine trial being done on humans on the african continent the vaccine is initially being tested on a small number of people researchers hope it will stimulate their immune systems to produce antibodies against the virus in participants form part of what's called in the group what we should really read is a small group of individuals really trying to steer a green organization to push the safety of a scene especially in terms of work to be calling side effects and 2nd of the work involved in this

researchers at the university of oxford say a decades-old steroid used to treat several common conditions reduces the death rate among the sickest covid-19 patients by up to a third. with us from london for more on this potential breakthrough, veteran nbc news correspondent bill neely, bill, tell us about this. >> reporter: good afternoon, brian. the drug is called dexamethasone, it's an anti-inflammatory steroid that's been used on everything from asthma to arthritis, even to altitude sickness the first drug that's been proven to help the survival rates of covid-19 patients. it's available in huge quali quantities. these oxford university scientists tested around 6,000 people, many on ventilators, some on oxygen and a few less seriously affected, they gave them this drug for ten days and then they stopped the test because the results were so clear and those on ventilators had a survival rate, it improved their survival rate by a third. for those on oxygen, the figure was 1/5. quite dramatic results. remember it's not a vaccine, it doesn't prevent coronavirus, here's how the lead scientis

scientists at oxford university were asked to validate them, but none were found to be reliable.s to create what they say is a highly accurate home test. i think the uk is undoubtedly the leader globally in being able to validate those. we've really set the gold standard of what you need to expect from these tests. using a drop of blood, home test kits can show whether you've had covid—19 injust ten minutes. 2,500 volunteers will be asked by public health england to try out tests that are more than 98% accurate, but medical and scientific experts urge caution. you really need to assume that you're still susceptible and that you're still a risk to other people. having antibodies doesn't make people impervious to risk. initial results from the study are expected in late summer. the department of health has said the research will help to understand the spread of the virus and how best to tackle the pandemic. katherine da costa, bbc news, in oxford. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. there will still be some heat and sunshine around fo

thousands of people have signed a new petition calling for the removal of another monument at oxford university challenge reports. thank. you. thank you the roads must fall is that the monster take it down put him in a museum in the world famous university city of oxford anger that this statue has rekindled looking down from the facade of oriel college is sessile rhodes one of the most controversial figures of britain's imperial age it is a bastion of white supremacy and reese ism and it's inaccessible to get down rhodes the colonial believed in the primacy of the anglo-saxon race over all others particularly the black africans he ruled over the ilo. oh yes but the wealthy benefactors foundation still bring students from around the world to study at oxford it's unsurprisingly a conflict for south african road scholar marotta he kali. for many many years the respond to ship was awarded to the white man which is essentially the work and forced labor of black people sponsoring the education of white men to save their colonizing and colonize the rest of the world. black lives matter has reenergize

developing world because it is low cost and easy to access what professor martin laundry is an oxford university professor co-leading the trial known as the recovery trial he joins us now via skype from brampton oxfordshire here in the u.k. sir thank you so much for joining us here on the al-jazeera so 1st of all do you think that this discovery the use 8 of this drug is a breakthrough. well it's certainly a major step forward all year you could look into a treatment that would reduce the chances of patients with kobe from dying and we found 2 of the you found one but it was right under our noses it was. just covered in every pharmacy in every hospital 'd pretty much in every country it's called dexamethasone so this low dose steroids damage inflammation. that might otherwise be attacking along and that prevents people from dying those particular people really on them which is as a yes you know one of the amazing things about these at the strike is that it's actually already available on the n.h.s. now sort of the national health service here in the u.k. i mean we've heard that it lowers the pot

. >> reporter: at oxford university in britain researchers say a commonly used antiinflammatory drug can and has saved the lives of the sickest covid-19 patients. the drug is dexamethasone a steroid that cut the death rate by 20% for patients on oxygen and 35% for patients on ventilators. in new york ron was in a coma and on a ventilator for six weeks. when doctors administered the drug he began to turn the corner, eventually released from the hospital to acute rehab. >> i think it saved his life after he was given this he started to improve greatly. before he was given the drug>> reporter: doctors believe the steroid helped suppress the body's over reactive immune response to covid which can sometimes do more harm than the virus itself. this doctor is ron's doctor and he says the drug has worked on about one-third of his patients >> within 48 hours i was able to wean the patients' paralytic treatments >> this is a low cost steroid that's been around for decades and commonly used to treat a wide variety of conditions including nausea, arthritis, aallergic reactions, and bowel disorde