so, my call to action today is simple. tear off a small piece from your commencement program, and write life is for service on it. yes, we gave you the pens to really do it. up and on that no, i wish you a good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with, us i will see you next week. thanks for staying up late doctor anthony fauci, joining us later on. we ll be asking, him how do we understand this rise in covid cases, across the country? how worried should we be that new funding, to fight covid, is still, bottled up in congress? let me start tonight with the story picked up last week in western michigan. sources tell the nbc affiliate at the town hall, more of the communities they covered, were like raided by law enforcement. if your reporter, and here the town hall is rated, your mind goes to corruption, graft, or some small town embezzlement scheme. these things happen, at all levels of government. but, that wasn t w
The iranian consulate in damascus earlier this month, israels military says with the help of its partners, including the us and the uk, it intercepted some 99 of more than 300 missiles and drones and other projectiles launched by iran israeli war cabinet, ended a meeting today without reaching a decision, but determined to act. One member saying, israel will quote, exact a price at the time of its choosing, President Biden met virtually with g7 leaders today to discuss what he calls quote, an urgent diplomatic response and late lab as night biden spoke with israeli Prime Minister netanyahu over the phone reaffirming the us is ironclad commitment to its ally, but making it clear, the us will not i participate in any Israeli Attack against iranian territory right now, Un Security Council is holding an emergency meeting. Un Secretary General rule called for restraint now is the time to diffuse and the escalates now is the time for maximum restraint we have a team of reporters here In Wash
live from buckingham palace, this is bbc news. welcome this is bbc news. to a rather rainy and chilly day welcome to a rather rainy and chilly day here, but it is a significant day. in the next hour, the princess of wales will make her first public appearance since she was diagnosed with cancer, and that is at today s trooping the colour, the military parade which celebrate the king s fund birthday. the princess will be in the carriage parade with her children for the king s birthday celebrations, beforejoining the rest of the family on the baclony at buckingham palace. a new photo of the princess from the palace. taken close to her home in windsor, a place where she has been able to rest, recuperate, and spend time with her family. it marks the first significant announcement about catherine s health since she announced her cancer diagnosis in march. my work has always brought me a deep sense ofjoy and i look forward to being back when i m able. but for now i must focus on m
Now its time for World Business report. Hit by the eu profits fall at googles Parent Company alphabet, after a huge fine levvied by the european union. And bitcoin whats it for . Well, now you can use the cryptocurrency to pay for art. All will be explained. Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. In a minute sharanjit will tell us how sk hynix increased its profits by more than 500 . Three of the worlds most valuable Internet Firms release their latest numbers this week. The biggest by far is googles alphabet, which has just reported a 21 jump in revenues. That was better than expected but there was less cheer on the when it came to earnings. Net profit fell 27. 7 to 3. 5 billion. Hitting the bottom line was a 2. 7 billion fine issued by the European Commission injune. It ruled the firm abused its power by promoting its own shopping Comparison Service in its search results. Google says it may appeal. But, alphabets shareprice fell 3 in after hours trading. But take a look a