The recent rise in border crisis, Rand Someware and other crisis. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is in jacksonville, florida, and Shaquille Brewster in omaha, nebraska. Florida breaking all records in the wrong direction, including hospitalizations, at a pandemic high. Reporter yeah, this is the fourth wave that should have never happened here. Youre talking about a population here in florida in which more than 40 of the adults are still not fully vaccinated, and that is exactly the individuals that you are seeing inside of these hospitals. Here in jacksonville, in orlando, the Hospitalization Records being shattered, essentially 50 more than the highest previous peak here, and youre seeing over the likes of 10,000 Plus Covid patients inside of these hospitals here in florida. But this is now percolating beyond florida. Yes, more than 20,000 cases, essentially making up 20 of the new daily cases across the u. S. At the same time youre seeing this take place in the likes of Baton Rouge, louisiana
the man accused of stabbing sir salman rushdie has appeared in court charged with attempted murder and assault. the attack in new york state has left the author of the satanic verses on a ventilator, with people in shock over what happened. you know, the guy has a price on his head from 1989 and of all the places he might be attacked, hurt or god forbid, die, chautauqua and be the last place i would think of. and in the last hour, president biden has issued a statement condemning the attack and reaffirming his belief in freedom of expression. also tonight: the ravaging effects of climate change we report from france, where exhausted firecrews have spent weeks battling wildfires. the ground around me is smoking. there s smouldering embers here which very easily can be whipped up into yet another fire. more disruption for train passengers in england, scotland and wales with the latest in a series of rail strikes. gold to great britain. and it s been a successful day for gre
the bbc news at six. 0rganisers of the world athletics championships at the london stadium are trying to limit the spread of the norovirus which has already affected dozens of competitors and staff. one of the highest profile casualties is botswana s isaac makwala a favourite in the two hundred and four hundred metre races. athletes from germany, canada and ireland who ve been staying at the same hotel have also been affected but officials from public health england say it is not the source of the outbreak. here s our sports editor dan roan. this is the time when the world s best athletes should be concentrating on their rivals. instead these competitors and coaches today found themselves at the centre of a suspected outbreak of the highly contagious vomiting bug norovirus at this team hotel. for botswana, issac makwala! yesterday the world s best 200 metre runner, issac makwala, was forced to withdraw from the event. the botswanan medal prospect one of 30 athletes and su
a man has died during an attempt to swim the english channel as part of a gruelling triathlon. good evening and welcome to bbc news. 0rganisers of the world athletics championships at the london stadium are trying to limit the spread of the norovirus which has already affected dozens of competitors and staff. one of the highest profile casualties is botswana s isaac makwala, a favourite in the 200 and 400 metre races. athletes from germany, canada and ireland who ve been staying at the same hotel have also been affected but officials from public health england say it is not the source of the outbreak. here s our sports editor dan roan. actually, nick, it is me live at the london stadium. there are five gold medals to be one here tonight at the world athletics championships which is about to get under way. isaac ma kwa la is about to get under way. isaac makwala from botswana really wanted to be in the hunt for one of those gold medals, the main event on the track here, the la
good evening, and welcome to bbc news. 0rganisers of the world athletics championships at the london stadium are trying to limit an outbreak of norovirus which has affected dozens of competitors and staff. one of the highest profile casualties is botswa na s isaac makwala, a favourite in the 200m, and a00m races. athletes from germany, canada and ireland, who ve been staying at the same hotel, have been affected, but officials from public health england say it is not the source of the outbreak. here s our sports editor 0lly foster. yes, day five here at the world athletics championships and the action is underway. we are at the halfway stage but all the talk is about the norovirus which has swept through one of the official hotels. it broke out on thursday night, on the eve of these championships. you mentioned that isaac makwala yesterday in the 200 metres he was spotted vomiting, which is why the medical officials here pulled him out of that against his wishes. he said he w