great britain have missed out on two more medals at the olympics. we speak to the chair of british rowing in a few minutes. an infrastructure bill worth about $1 trillion has cleared a major hurdle in the us senate, after passing a procedural vote. a formal debate can now begin on the programme, one of president biden s main priorities. earlier republican and democratic leaders announced they d agreed on key issues after months of negotiations. we just left the floor of the united states senate, where we had a strong and bipartisan showing to move forward on this historic legislation which will be the greatest investment in infrastructure in all of our lifetimes. each of us are deeply committed to demonstrating to the country and to the world that
because the government hasn t stepped in to do that. there is a role for government to do here that hasn t been filled adequately. whether millions of americans onlyjust whether millions of americans only just getting whether millions of americans onlyjust getting used to life again as it used to be, there is a growing unease that the growing pandemic is far from over. an infrastructure bill worth about $1 trillion has cleared a major hurdle in the us senate, after passing a procedural vote. a formal debate can now begin on the programme one of president biden s main priorities. earlier republican and democratic leaders announced they d agreed on the legislation s key elements following months of negotiations. mr biden said the breakthrough showed the world that american democracy could deliver and do big things . senators agreed cross party cooperation was the right thing to do. on the floor of the united states senate we just had a
a message to the whole world that the greatest country in the world is with us. and this meeting is like a success for belarusians that are fighting. unlawfully killed 31 years after the hillsborough football stadium disaster, a supporter who suffered life changing injuries becomes the 97th victim. hello and welcome to bbc world news. 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.
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 unvaccinated, 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 transmission rates. that applies to 67% of counties
not to give up, although people are not giving up, for sure, but it s one more signal that we have strong allies beside us. but despite sanctions on his regime and international flight bans, president lukashenko has dug in with russian support. we talked about multiple points of pressure on the regime for the regime to stop violence, release political prisoners and start dialogue with belarus, and you know, i m sure that belarus can be an example of non violent transition of power. she told the president the us could be an invaluable future partner to an independent belarus, but for that to become a reality, the situation on the ground would have to look vastly different to this, with no immediate sign it will. mark lobel, bbc news.