Paths. Also the pain of losing their homes, the Death Toll from flooding, atlanta, slides and western india rises to more than a 100 and the government imposes kathys across most of the country. As taliban fighters gain more territory, i want to fire the girls out there watching right now the changing face of the olympics, the highest percentage of women taking part in tokyo. Im joanna roscoe, with the fort as host japan grub, the 1st Gold Medal of the tokyo olympics in judo. Well get all the news in the japanese capital like this. Our ah hello. Welcome to the news from lock downs to apps to mask mandates. The crone of Iris Pandemic has changed the way that we live our lives. But several governments are facing growing anger measures aimed at curbing the spread of coven. 19 in london. Thousands of demonstrators of rallied against what they say is roshan, that, that civil liberties, they say, Track And Trace measures using a mobile phone up and limiting them movement. England lifted most
Europe opening up restriction free travel, the uk needs to be following in doing that soon. As the eu discusses how to tackle the Delta Variant, we ask how welcome british tourists will be this summer. Also tonight. Trouble in the black Sea Russia Accuses Britain of provocative actions, but borisjohnson says it was right for Hms Defender to travel through the disputed waters. Almost 100 people are unaccounted for in miami, after a building collapsed in the middle of the night. And the Cosmic Dawn Scientists say they found the first convincing evidence of when stars began to shine. And coming up in the sport on the Bbc News Channel silverstone is set to welcome back capacity crowds, with 140,000 on their way for the british Grand Prix next month. Good evening. The Green List of countries that british travellers can go to without Quarantining On Return has been extended. From wednesday, popular Holiday Destinations like ibiza, majorca and madeira, as well as malta and a number of islands
Holidays. One of the latest reported cases, u. S. Secretary of defense lloyd austin said he was last at the Pentagon On Thursday but he hasnt seen President Biden in almost two weeks. Hospitalizations are really the thing to watch here. Those numbers are climbing at a slower pace. That means vaccines are working despite the faster spread of omicron. And more data coming in from the u. K. In south africa shows Omicron Infection may not be as severe. Thats a good thing, but the problem, of course, is more infections in more people gives more chances for the virus to mutate again. Only 62 of americans are fully vaccinated right now. That means more than 1 3 of the population is essentially a Breeding Ground for a new variant and many of those americans are in less populated states with fewer health care facilities. Yeah. The crush here for the Health Care Workers is just really important to note. Another question, why is omicron affecting children more than other variants. Heres the forme
Repeatedly warned russia over the last few weeks that a russian invasion of ukraine would have severe, severe diplomatic and economic consequences. One Administration Official told politico today that this call will come in the midst of a, quote, moment of crisis between the two nations. Well have a lot more on that coming up later in the show. But we start tonight with a moment of crisis of our own right here at home. Take a look at this map. This is a map tracking Community Transmission of covid across all 50 states. Blue and yellow there on the screen means low to moderate. Orange means substantial. Red means high. And as you can see in this picture, every single state, every single one, is red. Community transmission of covid is at the highest recorded level in every state in the country as of this night. Now, the u. S. Yesterday just recorded its highest ever single day record for new covid infections. With new cases drawing less of a curve and more of a straight vertical line. Ne
Quarantine or isolation periods from ten days to five days. Why are there different standards for Health Care Workers and not for the general public . Why do they have to test out . The rest of us can simply, if were asymptomatic, Return To Life normal . He did chair faye some of those and did he address the controversy surrounding the discrepancies there. And acknowledged there is a messaging issue with this. Yeah. Part of the messaging, i dont know if youve seen some of the memes going out there. One that i saw that was funny that said, cdc now says the fivesecond rule is now down to two seconds which is my favorite of them all. Thank you very much. Thank you. Take care. When donald trump decided to run for president , he made a bet about the Republican Base. I could stand in the middle of fifth gnaw and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters. Okay . Incredible. Its like incredible. He told us right from the start what his code was. And it set the stage for his lying, lawlessne