minute. plus, migrants being used by republican governors to send a message to democrats and the president. but what about the men, women, and children caught in the middle? we ll talk about their plight coming up. in ukraine, president zelenskyy said his soldiers are poised to recapture more grouped in the south and east. but he also told reuters he doesn t see the war ending any time soon. former ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor, will join us. and take a look out of puerto rico s southern coast. hurricane fiona pounded the island, leaving 1 million people without power. the governor says there is damage that is, quote, catastrophic. and we begin with hurricane fiona s impact. the category 1 storm is currently passing over the then can republic after ripping through puerto rico on saturday. today most of the 1.4 million residents remain without power. luma energy has so far restored power to 100,000 customers. officials say it could be days before power is fully re
detained for breaching rules on dress code. now on bbc news, our world. stephen mcdonell travels across china and meets people struggling to stay afloat with their country showing no signs of abandoning its zero covid policy. when it comes to the fight against the coronavirus, one country stands alone. elsewhere, vaccines have meant learning to live with the virus. not in china. no income. this is my lowest point and, you know, as a man i can t do anything. each outbreak is still being met with strict measures to return an area to no new infections. it has held back the death rates and stopped hospitals from being swamped. but it s also exhausting the population and hammering the economy. with no clear exit strategy, how long can china keep this 7 up. this is the outskirts of beijing and when you cross that river you are actually crossing into neighbouring hubei province and the town of yanzhou. now, yanzhou is a popular place to live for people with more modest incomes, beca
winds of up to 160kph caused exstensive flooding and mudslides. numerous flooding and mudslides. coastal homes were swept numerous coastal homes were swept into the sea or submerged under the water. now on bbc news winess history. a warning that this programme contains language that some may find offensive. hello. i m celestina olulode, and welcome to this very special edition of witness history from the m shed museum in bristol. this month we are getting first hand accounts of some important moments in black british history. coming up, the uk s first caribbean carnival set up to showcase west indian culture. we travel back over 100 years to hear a witness to liverpool s 1919 race riots. we meet britain s first black female head teacher. but we start here in the city of bristol where in 1963 and buses like this one here. he secured an interview but when he arrived the bus company turned him away because he was black. now despite this being racist, it was completely legal in
should receive immediate six figure compensation, rules a judge. two people are arrested, after a nine year old girl died in a suspected stabbing. and i m in birmingham, as we head into a huge weekend of sporting action. hosts england made it a golden start to the commonwealth games. alex yee stormed to victory in the triathlon with more medals up for grabs this evening. and how the lionesses are inspiring at the next generation as england prepare to take on germany in the euros finals on sunday. and coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel: we ll round up all the action on day one of the commonwealth games, including a look at the 3x3 basaketball, which is making it s debut. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. rebekah vardy has lost her libel case at the high court. in what had become known as the wagatha christie trial, the wife of the former england footballerjamie vardy had sued coleen rooney after she accused vardy of leaking private information about her t
rain. that looks more likely across england and wales. scotland, northern ireland and later northern england becoming drier and brighter. here it will be a little cooler. still warm across southern parts of england. not sure how much rain there will be here and again it will be largely dry. that leaves us finally at wembley where it will be a warm day, it may well be dry and hopefully we have something to celebrate in the evening. thank you very much, darren. that is it from the bbc news at six on friday, the 29th ofjuly. you can of course keep up to date with all of those stories hello and welcome to sportsday live from birmingham where the commonwealth games are up and running. coming up on tonight s programme, the big stories from the opening day. an incredible comeback in the mens triathlon sees england s alex yee win the first gold medal of these games. scotland s neil fachie wins gold in the men s tandem b 1000m time trial to equal the record for most golds won by a s