More women killed by men in U.K. coronavirus lockdown, data show
Disturbing increase comes after stark warnings about a rise in domestic abuse against women globally due to quarantine measures.
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Disturbing increase comes after stark warnings about a rise in domestic abuse against women globally due to quarantine measures.
The country has imposed quarantine measures that only allow men and women to leave their homes on alternate days of the week.
BBC News journalist Victoria Derbyshire scrawled the number for the domestic violence hotline on her hand as she anchored the news.
"We know lockdowns and quarantines are essential to suppressing COVID-19, but they can trap women with abusive partners," U.N. Secretary General says.
"My biggest fear is that the situation we are seeing in Europe, in the United States, and what we saw in China, will be in play in Africa, and that will be extremely devastating for us," the head of Africa CDC says.
Three times more people than expected applied to the massive new volunteer program, which will help ensure the most vulnerable get the help they need.
"Be in no doubt that I can continue, thanks to the wizardry of modern technology, to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against coronavirus," Johnson said.
Many would get no public support if they lose their jobs, and some could even be forced to go back to a country where nothing is waiting for them.
"The way ahead is hard, and it is still true that many lives will sadly be lost. And yet it is also true that there is a clear way through," prime minister says.
"It's really quite reassuring for people to have a piece of paper. Even though they may not need us now, they may need us in the future," one volunteer says.
"My sister is dead in bed. I don't know what to do... The institutions have abandoned me," man says in desperate Facebook plea.
Two well-known Russian tricksters reportedly called the prince saying they were the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and her father.
"We're in a humanitarian crisis because of the quantity of women that have disappeared or been killed," activist says.
"This dangerous situation must be de-escalated," NATO Secretary General Jans Stoltenberg said.
The 7-year-old's death comes days after a 25-year-old woman was allegedly brutally killed and mutilated by her boyfriend.