the past two decades have been warmer, wetter and sunnier than 20th century average. i m sarah mulkerrins live in tokyo on day 6 of the olympics, where the us swimming star caeleb dressell blazed to victory in the men s 100 metre freestyle. china s women break a record. # never never never. and from behind the decks to centre stage, the world s most famous music producer mark ronson joins us to talk about his new documentary series. hello and welcome. president biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they are vaccinated orface more testing. the numbers of coronavirus
our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. there s a growing sense of urgency. about half the population is fully vaccinated, but infection rates are rising, the delta variant is spreading rapidly, and the number ofjabs in arms is still much lower thanjoe biden wants to see. the president is about to announce that all government workers and contractors be vaccinated against covid 19 or be required to submit to regular testing. we still have a lot of people not vaccinated. the pandemic we have now is a pandemic of the vaccinated, so please please, please, please go vaccinate. protect yourself and your children out there. it is important. all americans are being advised to wear face masks again indoors, in public spaces in parts of the country with substantial or high
day six of the tokyo 2020 olympics, and us swimming star caeleb dressel has blazed his way to victory in the men s 100 metre freestyle. and from behind the decks to centre stage the world s most famous music producer, mark ronson, tells us about his new documentary series. hello and thanks for being with us. let s start in the united states. president biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they are vaccinated, orface more testing. the numbers of coronavirus cases are rising, with the director of the us national public health agency, the cdc, saying cases have increased over 300% nationally since mid june.
no s family, who have cared for him ever since he was injured, have released a statement, saying their collective devastation is overwhelming, but so too the realisation that we were blessed to have andrew with us for 32 years since the hillsborough tragedy. clive? nick, thank you for that, nick garnett live at anfield. president biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they ve been vaccinated orface more testing. the number of coronavirus cases in america is rising, with the director of the national public health agency, the cdc, warning cases have more than tripled since mid june. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the story. there s a growing sense of urgency. about half the population is fully vaccinated, but infection rates are rising, the delta variant is spreading rapidly, and the number ofjabs in arms is still much lower thanjoe biden wants to see.
no other year is in the top ten on all three criteria. scientists warn of worse extreme weather if global temperatures rise and carbon emissions are not reduced. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. president biden prepares a nationwide vaccination push as us covid cases continue to soar. federal employeee could be told, getjabbed or face daily testing. british climate scientists have proved the past two decades were warmer, wetter and sunnier than the average for the entire 20th century. the online broker robinhood markets has become something of a household name thanks to its role in the retail investment frenzy in meme