Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Senior members of the democratic party in the united states have backed the current vice president, kamala harris, to stand against donald trump in this november s election, after the current president, joe biden, withdrew from the race. It s emerged that some of mr biden s closest aides were only told of his decision to step aside one minute before he made the announcement on social media. There had been weeks of speculation about his health. Ms harris says she now intends to earn and win her party s nomination for the white house. From washington, this report from tom bateman. Us vice president kamala harris is seeing a surge of support as she moves to secure the democratic presidential nomination. Despite the weeks of mounting pressure on him to step aside, joe biden had been holding firm. But he abruptly abandoned his campaign on a sunday afternoon. With reaction tojoe biden dropping out of the race. As news channels went into over
Of non urgent operations surgeons call for hubs to be set up that could keep working, even if there s another wave of coronavirus. Fairer prices for people who stay loyal to their insurance companies new rules mean existing customers mustn t pay more for renewing their home and car insurance. And, the remarkable achievement of the former marine who lost three limbs in afghanistan, as he swims across plymouth sound. We made it, so, happy days. I can t speak myjaw s too cold! and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, there are renewed fears over whether the olympic games will go ahead as the japanese government prepares to extend the current state of emergency in tokyo. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Ministers say there is currently no reason to suggest england s end to lockdown on the 21st ofjune might be delayed, but that the situation remains under review. Last night, matt hancock announced that the variant first identified in india is now believed to b
Employees and businesses from across the aviation and travel industries will gather outside the uk parliament today to raise awareness of the challenges they are facing and call on the government to open up the uk to international travel. Airlines, airports, tour operators, travel agents, suppliers and partners will all be represented warning now is a critical time in the run up to the peak summer season. They argue travel can remain safe with risks managed. This comes as fresh hopes for a change to the travel rules by the end ofjuly dominate the headlines in the this mornings uk newspapers. Tim alderslade is chief executive of airlines uk, the industry body representing uk registered carriers. Good morning to you both. Will you be outside parliament today? you be outside parliament toda ? ,. , , today? yes, i certainly will. I think you today? yes, i certainly will. I think you hit today? yes, i certainly will. I think you hit the today? yes, i certainly will. I think you hit th