hello and welcome. parts of france will re enter lockdown from saturday, as the country fears a third wave of coronavirus infections. more than 35 thousand new cases have been recorded in the past 2a hours. hospitals are said to be nearing crisis point. the lockdown means non essential shops will be shut again, and travel from paris to other regions is banned. tanya dend rinos reports. patients fighting for life. nurses and doctors fighting to save them. 1200 people are currently in intensive care in paris, higher than at the peak of the second wave in november. breaking point is inside. translation: you can always go up. the elastic is getting tighter and tighter. we are not at breaking point at the moment that we have come very close oh, yes, we have the impression that the breaking point is not far away. we managed to adapt all situations but the is that we deserve the detriment of something else. the mounting pressure forcing the government to respond. from midnight on fr
Some athletes were cheating and in some athletes were cheating and in some cases those suspicions were confirmed, given all the testing i am so many confirmed, given all the testing i am so many others ive been through, i have a hard time understanding this. In addition to the tests and competitions, i had to notify usada as to where i was everyday so they could conduct random testing during. Outside of competition. This whole process takes a toll. But its absolutely worth it to keep the sport clean and fair. I cant describe how frustrating it is to see other athletes Breakthrough Performance Barriers and unrealistic timeframes knowing what i had to do to go through that. I have seen this affect my teammates as well. Even the suspicion of doping is this illusion inc for clean athletes. You need to believe in the system that safeguards clean sport and fair play. Michael phelps. Liverpools mayor says his city is ready to step in and save the 2022 Commonwealth Games after the South Africa
A fascinating test of the resilience of the system of government crafted by americas founding fathers. The new president has already slammed the courts for overstepping their authority in blocking his so called travel ban. A new Executive Order on the matter is imminent. My guest today is donald verrilli, us Solicitor General under barack obama. Does the constitution ensure that the white house is always subject to, not above, the law . Donald verrilli, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen, its good to be here. Lets start with a personal perspective. Having served five years as obamas Solicitor General, how painful is it for you to watch donald trump pledging to undo so much of the legislative Executive Legacy left behind by barack obama, and of course a legacy that you defended . Well, had you asked me that question two months ago i probably would have said extremely. But as time has passed, i think the resilience of the achievements of the Obama Administration, i think, is startin
A fascinating test of the resilience of the system of government crafted by americas founding fathers. The new president has already slammed the courts for overstepping their authority in blocking his so called travel ban. A new Executive Order on the matter is imminent. My guest today is donald verrilli, us Solicitor General under barack obama. Does the constitution ensure that the white house is always subject to, not above, the law . Donald verrilli, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen, its good to be here. Lets start with a personal perspective. Having served five years as obamas Solicitor General, how painful is it for you to watch donald trump pledging to undo so much of the legislative Executive Legacy left behind by barack obama, and of course a legacy that you defended . Well, had you asked me that question two months ago i probably would have said extremely. But as time has passed, i think the resilience of the achievements of the Obama Administration, i think, is startin
impacts weather wise on saturday, accumulating rain for northern ireland, first of all, 20 40mm, maybe a bit more than that over the high ground in the mournes. it s enough to cause some localised flooding. and as our wet weather extends into england and wales, it comes with a punch. some very strong gusty winds affecting wales and south west england, where gusts could reach 50 65mph, strong enough to blow down a few trees. and given there s a lot of people out and about at the moment, given the summer holidays, well, there could be a few impacts, some disruption out and about. the wet weather extends eastwards through the day. the weather brightens up for scotland and northern ireland. just a few showers here. for some, it won tjust be wet and windy, it ll be really cold for august as well, with temperatures around 14 15 celsius. that really is rubbish. on into sunday, it s a better day weather wise, as the storm system moves offshore. we re looking at a day of sunshine and showers. t