declared it a public health emergency earlier this month but critics argue they have not moved fast enough. yesterday the deputy a mmonkeyp defense coordinator defended their response. we know what we got in terms of this outbreak. it s acting differently than any mo monkeypox outbreak before. we need what needs to be implemented to control the outbreak and clear which populations we need to focus on. it s more about the right time as opposed to there being a delay. those comments came one day after the white house announced a new plan called for boosting vaccine supply making anti viral treatments more readily available and reaching out to at risk communities. that plan is being put into action this weekend in s charlotte. health care workers in north carolina will be administering free monkeypox vaccine at pride events across the city. charlotte is one of several receiving 50,000 vaccine doses from the national stockpile ahead of large public events. we want to get in
according to the washington post, but when it s time for the general election is the trump stamp of approval a maga scarlet letter. apparently some republicans think so. and now even the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is warning republicans may not retake the senate. let s discuss this with former republican congresswoman barbara comstock and former adviser for president, david gergen. congressman, what do you think about this? i know you used to serve in a sort of a swing district there in the northern virginia suburbs, kind of near where i grew up there in fairfax county. what do you think? it seems like a lot of these candidates are treating donald trump like beetlejuice try not to say his name too many times. what do you think? how should they handle this? well, certainly in the districts that make the majority, the swing and the purple districts, donald trump is an albatross, so you already have the situation in these purple states where, you know, as mitch m
the first hosepipe ban in wales for 30 years comes into effect, as drought is officially declared in parts of the country. apple has released an urgent security update for its iphones, ipads and macs after two serious vulnerabilities were found that could allow attackers to gain access to someone s device. good morning and welcome to bbc news. i m samantha simmonds. four out of ten young people in the uk signing up for new private tenancies, are spending an unaffordable amount of their income on rent, new figures suggest. housing experts say spending more than 30% of income on rent is unaffordable, and the proportion of young renters grappling with high housing costs is at a five year high. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. no one likes paying rent, but right now, people under 30 like mia are paying through the nose. my tenancy is ending soon and looking for new tenancies is just more and more expensive. it s disheartening because it feels like you
cheering. time for a look at the weather. here s helen willetts. some beautiful weather watchers last night. as you can see from the skies, these are from highlands scotland but it s a strong our rowrah at the moment so if we get clear skies we may see it. towards the north we have that coming in to parts of scotland and perhaps a bit further south as well. we do have cloudier skies here, you see at the moment, on that weather front. lots of showers and still the remnants of the overnight rain, pacific oceany rain in the south. between it, sow good spells of sunshine and we have lost the humidity. so while we have a blustery breeze and showers continuing across scotland, northern ireland, they tend to ease, temperatures aren t quite as high, as they were last night, because we have lost the humidity. sorry, yesterday, but it feels pleasant out there. we should see evening sunshine as the showers fade away, so an opportunity to witness the northern lights in the north but not