Been handed down in three men have beenjailed. Nearly 6000 police officers are mobilised across the uk, as police chief mark rowley denies accusations of two tier policing us vice president kamala harris makes her first public appearance with new running mate, tim walz with a second rally planned for tonight. And we re at one of the biggest cultural celebrations on the planet the edinburgh fringe where we ll meet some of the acts. Hello, i m lucy hockings. Let s ta ke let s take you straight to paris to bring you the latest from the olympics. Let s cross to my colleague maryam moshiri who s in paris. It is day 12 in paris and after the drama of last night s 1500 metre men s final, there is plenty of action in the stade de france and beyond. The men s 5000 metre heats have been taking place, and team gb s george mills took a tumble in his heat in a packed race, but has now been advanced to saturday s final of the men s 5000 metres after an appeal. Mills confronted hugo hay of fran
before the senate holds an historic and controversial vote. hello and welcome. the us president elect has been giving more detail on his plans to combat the coronavirus pandemic under his presidency. joe biden did congratulate president trump for finally signing the covid relief stimulus package, but criticised him for what he described as a slow roll out of the vaccination programme. mr biden is promising to invoke the defence production act to boost vaccine supply. introduce a mask mandate for federal buildings and areas under federal jurisdiction, such as planes. and he said he would fight for congressional funding for schools to improve covid safety and allow them to reopen. the president elect also again pledged to deliver 100 million vaccines in his first 100 days in office. i ve directed my team to prepare a much more aggressive effort with more federal involvement and leadership to get things back on track. we will find ways to boost the pace of vaccinations but as do
13 out of the 15 council members voted in favour, while britain abstained. france, a us ally, expressed regret that the measure had failed to pass, given what it called the disastrous situation on the ground . the us argued the text would jeopardise sensitive talks to end the war between hamas and israel, and proposed a temporary ceasefire instead. washington s resolution opposes israel s plans to invade the overcrowded city of rafah, saying it would harm civilians and push them into neighbouring countries. it also rejects any actions leading to the systematic demolition of civilian infrastructure and condemns calls by some israeli government ministers forjewish settlers to move to gaza. as a condition of the truce, it calls for the release of all hostages still being held by hamas. it s not clear when or if the text will be put to a vote. our north america editor, sarah smith, has more. it is really significant you have the white house for the first time using the word cea
he emphasized that navalny s legacy lives on through those mourning his loss and fighting for freedom and democracy. the united states government is expected to announce a new package of sanctions against russia on friday. navalny s mother says she s finally seen his body, nearly a week after officials said he died in an arctic prison. lyudmila navalnaya said authorities took her to a morgue on wednesday night, where she was presented with a death certificate, which she signed. navalny s team said the document states he died of natural causes. translation: according to the law. they should have given me his body immediately. but they didn t. instead, they blackmail me. they put conditions where, when and how alexei should be buried. this is illegal. they receive orders either from the kremlin or from the central office of the investigative committee. they want it done secretly, without a memorial service. they want to take me to the edge of a cemetery, to a fresh grave, and
the us government is expected to announce a new package of sanctions against more than 500 russian targets on friday. navalny s mother says she s finally seen his body, nearly a week after officials said he died in an arctic prison. lyudmila navalnaya said authorities took her to a morgue on wednesday night, where she was presented with a death certificate, which she signed. navalny s team said the document states he died of natural causes. translation: according to the law. they should have given me alexei s body immediately. but they didn t. instead, they blackmail me. they put conditions where, when and how alexei should be buried. this is illegal. they receive orders either from the kremlin or from the central office of the investigative committee. they want it done secretly, without a memorial service. they want to take me to the edge of the cemetery, to a fresh grave, and say, here lies your son. i don t agree with that. i m recording this video because they started