you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. the 2024 election is heating up as we mark one year until voters cast their ballots in the race for president. a fresh set of polls from the new york times and sienna college show troubling signs for president biden at this stage in the campaign. hypothetical matchups in four key swing states show trump taking the lead. but it s not all good news for the former president. in just 14 hours, trump is expected to take the stands in a trial that could help decide the fate of his business empire in new york. this comes on top of the 91 criminal charges he s facing in other cases. meantime, president biden is facing growing pressure here at home. this was the scene at the white house last night, some of the gates covered with handprints after a pro-palestinian rally. over in the middle east, u.s. secretary of state tony blinken is in turkey for another key diplomatic meeting. earlier today, he made
Looking at those trying to make it back before quarantine kicks in. Well be putting your questions on the new quarantine rules to travel experts at 9 30. Tweet them to me geetagurumurthy or use the hashtag bbc your questions. Lockdown is eased in england with beauticians, theatres, and small weddings all getting the go ahead from this weekend. Anger grows over a levels as the Government Faces calls for an urgent review of this years results. A lot of children who have worked incredibly hard have been devastated bya incredibly hard have been devastated by a system thats been completely flawed. 90 million doses of two more experimental coronavirus vaccines have been secured by the uk government. Belarus releases some of the thousands detained in protests against alexander lu kashenkos disputed election victory. Good morning. A two week quarantine is being imposed on people arriving in the uk from france and five other countries which have experienced sharp rises in coronavirus cases. The
Bowling alleys, and small weddings all able to resume this weekend. And in sport, theres not much social distancing here but after five months away, its finally safe, for rugby unions premiership to return tonight. Ive been to see how its been going in training. Well meet the sisters who kept their world war ii codebreaking a secret from each otherfor decades as, ahead of vj day, theyre honoured for their efforts. Good morning. It is a mixed day to day. In the south with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Drier towards the north. The heatwave is gradually starting to ease. All the details throughout the programme. Its friday, august 14th. Our top story. People arriving in the uk from france, malta and the netherlands will be forced to self isolate for 14 days from tomorrow, following a late night announcement by the government. With up to half a million british tourists thought to be in france alone, the deadline could see a rush to ports and airports over the next 2a hours from holi
We need to know now. This has now got to be done and there has got to be compromise on both sides. The uk vaccine regulator says, the covid 19 vaccine will definitely be ready to go into care homes in the next two weeks. A large scale vaccine roll out begins today in russia, using the countrys sputnik jab. The makers say its up to 95 effective, but its still undergoing trials. And coming up in a week thats seen the collapse of uk household names including topshop and debenhams, whats next for the high street as we know it . Well be speaking to a Small Business owner in the next half an hour. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world im sean leigh do stay with me for the latest news from the uk and across the globe. Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission president ursuala van der leyen will seek to break the deadlock over a post brexit trade deal. Negotiators for the two sides called in the two leaders after saying significa nt divergences
Vaccine filled trucks over from the continent could become a bit slower. Eunice, what do you make about all these rumbling noises . How seriously should we take the french threat to veto a ny should we take the french threat to veto any eu trade deal . should we take the french threat to veto any eu trade deal . I think we should take that very, very seriously. Because Emmanuel Macron in france is relishing the role of being the bad cop in the final stage of the brexit negotiations. In reality, france is not alone. Old allies of great britain, denmark and the netherlands are also very concerned and ready to use their veto is, together with spain and italy over the issues of fisheries. The understanding in europe is it is actually a bad deal, no deal is better than a bad tail and that is the realisation of several Member States and that is why the negotiations have been posed because they dont want the eu to make any more concessions. The eu made considerable concessions particularly in