restrictions in the country. authorities eased measures three weeks ago, which led to a spike in cases. curbs on bars, restaurants and nightclubs were reimposed on friday. london s heathrow airport says a number of staff working at terminal 5 have been told to isolate by the nhs covid app, causing major delays earlier today. the bbc understands that more than 100 security guards were affected. the airport is gearing up for a surge in customers as travel restrictions end and brought in extra staff to clear the queues. 30 million people across the western united states and canada have been enduring another blistering heatwave. las vegas has matched its record ofjust over 47 degrees, around 116 degrees fahrenheit. in death valley in california, the temperature was expected to reach 52 celsius,
three weeks ago, which led to a spike in cases. curbs on bars, restaurants and nightclubs were reimposed on friday. london s heathrow airport says a number of staff working at terminal 5 have been told to isolate by the nhs covid app, causing major delays earlier today. the bbc understands more than 100 security guards were affected. the airport is gearing up for a surge in customers as travel restrictions end, and brought in extra staff to clear the queues. south africa has deployed its military to two of the country s provinces, following deadly riots that erupted after former president jacob zuma handed himself in, to begin a is month jail sentence. mr zuma was convicted of contempt of court, afterfailing to attend an inquiry into corruption during his presidency.
an error ofjudgement in scrapping most coronavirus restrictions in the country. authorities eased measures three weeks ago, which led to a spike in cases. curbs on bars, restaurants and nightclubs were reimposed on friday. the aftermath of england s last gasp defeat to italy in the euros final at wembley has been dominated not so much by the performance itself, as by the racist abuse aimed at three players who missed their penalties at the end of the match. the manager gareth southgate described the highly offensive language as unforgivable . the prime minister said those responsible should crawl back under the rock they came from. one of the players targeted, marcus rashford, said he will never apologise for who i am . our sports editor dan roan reports. it had all started so well. having waited more than half a century for their first major final, england took the lead afterjust two minutes. but then suffered the cruelty of an all too familiar fate against italy. losing once agai
to continue their protest action untiljacob zuma is released from prison. nomsa maseko, bbc news, pietermaritzburg. let s get some of the day s other news. at least 35 people have been killed in a fire at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in the iraqi city of nassiriya. health officials say the fire at the al hussain hospital has now been brought under control and a search operation is being carried out. many of the patients are said to be missing. dutch prime minister mark rutte has apologised for what he called an error ofjudgment in scrapping most coronavirus restrictions in the country. authorities eased measures three weeks ago, which led to a spike in cases. on saturday, more than 10,000 new covid cases were reported, the highest number in a single day since december. curbs on bars, restaurants and nightclubs were reimposed on friday. france is to make it compulsory for all health staff to be vaccinated against covid i9. announcing the new rules, president emmanuel macro