she has shaped european and global politics. what of her own country? what is angela merkel s germany? summer in berlin, and the end of an era. for the class of 2021, school days are done, new lives lie ahead. for germany, too, change is coming. angela merkel, the only leader these youngsters have ever known, will no longer be running the country in which they ve come of age. we don t have a perfect democracy but i think we have a good democracy. every german citizen knows the common problems and i think in other countries, that is not the case. i love germany. it is, like, in my heart- and i never want to leave it. this country has changed significantly since these youngsters were born. come with me on a journey through merkel s germany. we ll explore the country she s shaped and the country she leaves behind. germany today, one of the world s economic giants. this is the land that makes cars, chemicals even a covid vaccine. angela merkel s predecessors must take credit fo
first lady of the united states, jill biden, talking about military veterans. the couple are, says time magazine, part of a community that in a year of crisis have leapt into the fray. jonny dymond, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. he is chris fawkes. we ve seen a bit of patchy cloud since the clear blue skies, nevertheless a lot of dry, fine weather. however, the northern ireland we ll see the cloud continue to thicken here with outbreaks of rain starting to spread in, as these weather fronts just our west start to approach and these fronts will be bringing more of us rain over the next couple of days as we will see in a moment. over the next few hours turning wet in northern ireland. the rain most persistent across western counties. turning quite cloudy for western scotland but east scotland along with england and wales dry and sunny spells, feeling warm, temperatures as high as 23 degrees. overnight tonight the rain will begin to spread from northern ireland into
the first minister considers drafting in the military to help the scottish ambulance delays after average wait for an ambulance reached six hours last week. and the top 100 most influential people on the planet: time magazine puts harry and meghan on its list for 2021. the programme of third, booster, covid jabs has got underway in england and wales with some vulnerable people and health workers receiving their dose this morning. eligible people who had their second vaccine at least six months ago will be invited for the extra dose the full rollout begins next week. everyone aged 50 and over across the uk is eligible, as well as frontline healthcare workers and vulnerable groups about 30 million people in all. but as some people are now receiving their third jab there are still more than five million adults across the uk who are yet to have one. here s our health correspondent katherine da costa. come along, let s see you. on the front line and among the first in li
getting wrong about the abortion law in texas? we ll go live to austin for a fact check on that. and we are at the 18-month mark of the pandemic. what is the two-month cycle and why is delta such a media dilemma? we have covid insights that you won t hear anywhere else. but first, how news sources should be covering a critical point in biden s presidency. he is facing some serious headwinds right now. these headlines tell that story. he is coming off the afghanistan withdrawal, and now this may be the single most important month of president biden s tenure, between afghanistan, booster plans, vaccine mandates and the infrastructure plan. 3.5 trillion is the shorthand heard on tv news. but today senator manchin says he won t vote for a bill that is that big. so we hear the price tag cons constantly, but what s being purchased? how much do you know about the purpose of the social safety net bill? democrats are, in the words of the new york times, taking the most significa