And coming up, virtually real the president of El Salvador says he wants his country to become the first to adopt bitcoin as an official currency. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The Duke And Duchess of sussex have announced the birth of their second child, a Baby Girl who theyve named after Queen Elizabeth and princess diana, harrys mother. Lilibet Diana Mountbatten Windsor was born on friday in california, where meghan Markle And Prince harry now live. The couple, who say they feel blessed by the new arrival, also have a two year old son. Buckingham palace has released a statement about the birth. It says. The couple now live in california, from where our correspondent David Willis has been giving us reaction to the news. They announced they have a second child now, and announced that this little girl, Baby Girl Lilibet Diana Mountbatten Windsor was born at the Santa Barbara Cottage hospital on friday at 11 1i0am local time. Thats 7 40pm in the evening in the uk. And Prince Harry was present at the time. Both Mother And Baby are apparently doing well. We are told that lili as she is to be known weighed in at seven pounds and 11 ounces. And that name is the nickname that was given to the queen when she was growing up because apparently she could not pronounce her own name, elizabeth, and so she. They have given the statement that we have the arrival of our daughter and she is what we could ever have hoped for. Thank you for your continued Kindness And Support during this very special time the family. So Mother And Baby now back at Home And Archie has baby sister. The Uk Health secretary, matt hancock, says the new Delta Variant of coronavirus, first recorded in india, is about 40 more infectious than the version detected in kent. He said the increased transmissibility is making more difficult the decision on whether to lift all remaining restrictions in england onjune the 21st. He stated that the government is open to a delay if needed. But Mr Hancock said the number of people needing Hospital Treatment was broadly flat, which means the vaccines are working. Heres our medical editor fergus walsh. Everyjab in every arm is another brick in a wall of immunity against coronavirus. But will it hold back the Delta Variant, which has led to a sharp increase in cases . It is significantly more transmissible than previous strains and this led to a sharp increase in cases. Ministers have just eight days before they must decide whether to lift all remaining restrictions in england. The good news is that the hospitalisations, the number of people arriving at hospital, is broadly flat and the majority appear to be those who have not had a vaccine at all, and only a small minority are people who have had both jabs. Around three quarters of all cases caused by the Delta Variant are in unvaccinated people. Just one in 25 are in those whove had both doses. And although the variant, first discovered in india, seems more likely to cause severe illness, those in hospital are generally younger and recovering more quickly than patients admitted overwinter. Scientists advising government are uncertain about what the coming weeks may bring in terms of the impact on the nhs. If Hospitalisation Rates remain flat, then i think there will be a substantial further easing of restrictions, possibly retaining the need to wear face coverings on public transport, maybe still encouraging people to work from home if possible. And there were mixed views in London Today about whether all remaining restrictions should be lifted on the 21st ofjune. I would say yes, but if youre not vaccinated, i could understand. Not being comfortable. I would feel 0k to sit next to someone as long as they were wearing a mask. But social distancing and masks going at the same time would be a bit much. It wouldnt bother me if we waited untiljuly, because of the indian variant. I think that element of caution might be worthwhile in the long run. Bolton, which was the area worst hit by the new variant, is now seeing a decline in cases and more importantly a fall in the number of covid hospital patients, which thankfully remained far lower than in previous peaks. In england, booking will open this week for the Under 30s to get their first dose of vaccine. Public support for immunisation remains very high in the uk. With 27 Million people now fully immunised, many of those will be wondering when legal restrictions on their freedoms to meet and travel will be lifted. Now to germany, where chancellor angela merkel� s conservatives have, according to Exit Polls, won a resounding victory in a State Election. The result is a boost for conservative leader Armen Laschet, who hopes to succeed her in septembers national election. Jenny hll has more from berlin. The cdu are going to be externally pleased with this result. A really solid victory. And they needed something like this, because as you say this is the last regional vote before germany goes to the polls in its general election in september. The cdu is dwindling on a national level. Angela merkel steps down at that election. The new Party Leader Armen Laschet has really struggled to reinvigorate public support for the party so this is a really important victory for him, for the party. They will No Doubt be very relieved by this. And that story of course was all about the far right party afd. They have been doing better in germanys former east than other parts of the country, a significant challenge in saxony anhalt. And that had really sparked a really painful debate within the cdu about how to deal with the far right. The party like most of the mainstream parties here say they will never work with afd, but actually there are voices within and without starting to say actually we might have to look at future cooperation if only at a regional level. A very painful debate and perhaps some of the heat has gone out of that debate for now but its certainly not going away. The british Normandy Memorial for those who died in the D Day Campaign during World War ii has been officially opened on the 77th Anniversary of the allied invasion of nazi occupied france. The names of nearly 22,500 servicemen and women are inscribed on 160 columns overlooking gold beach, one of the landing sites in france. Hugh schofield reports now from ver sur mer. At last the veterans have what theyve been pushing forfor years a single Focal Point where future generations can come to learn of D Day and to honour the names of the thousands who sacrificed their lives. The ceremony was simple and attended by only a small number of people. Because of covid, there were virtually no veterans in france. Instead, in rather less clement weather, many of them gathered at the national Memorial Arboretum In Britain and watched proceedings by a live transmission. I can only hope that this serves to commemorate all those whose lives were lost during the events Ofjune 191m and between D Day and the Liberation Of Paris at The End of august 1944. There was a two Minute Silence to honour the 22,442 names that are engraved on the columns of memorial. And then, accompanied by the french defence minister, the uks ambassador In Paris declared the memorial open. The memorial was only completed a few weeks ago, the press has been kept away and because of covid, there are few visitors at the moment. As a result, the scale and the beauty of this place have come to many as a monumental surprise. Its set on a hill looking down on gold beach, where thousands came ashore on D Day. Built in pale burgundy limestone, theres a Central Temple like structure with a statue of Three Infrantrymen caught in the grip of an attack and then the cloister of pillars with the names of the dead and the dates they died as the Normandy Campaign progressed. For the veterans watching in england today, a fit place to remember their friends and comrades. It shouldve been done years and years ago while a lot of us were still alive. Im in me 100th year now, im lucky to keep going. I think its wonderful, its marvellous they can put this show on like this 77 years after. In france, the Red Arrows flew past in homage to the dead and then the memorial became what its destined to remain, a place of contemplation and quiet memory. Hugh schofield, Bbc News, in normandy. The president of El Salvador has announced that bitcoin is to become legal tender in his country alongside the us dollar. If congress backs his proposal, El Salvador would become the first country in the world to formally adopt bitcoin. Aru na iyengar reports. Miami, and a Bitcoin Conference generates huge interest not least because of this announcement from the salvadoran president. Next week, i will send to congress a bill that will make bitcoin a legal tender. In the short term, this will generate jobs and help financial inclusion. Nayib bukele says that using bitcoin would make it easier and cheaper for Salvadorans Living abroad to send money home. About one quarter of El Salvadorans live in the us, and last year they sent home nearly 6 Billion in remittances. This involves costly fees. The presidetn also says bitcoin will help attract investment and open up financial services to the 70 of the population who dont have Bank Accounts. Its a bold move. Hes a young, Media Savvy and popular leader who is keen to be seen as an innovator. His new Ideas Party took control of congress after midterm elections in february. Hes made clear his intention to make his country truly sovereign. Bitcoin would be used alongside the us dollar, El Salvador� s official currency, and the country will be partnering with the digital wallet company strike. There are concerns over the viability of bitcoin as an alternative to traditional currencies. 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More than 21,000 seats are being contested for mayors, State Legislators and the entire lower house of congress, where the Morena Party of president andres manuel Lopez 0brador is hoping to retain its two thirds majority. But it is a vote marred by some of the worst violence In Mexicos history, with 89 assassinations of politicians recorded from september to The End of may, 35 of them candidates in this vote. The poll is also expected to be heavily influenced by the impact of the covid pandemic. Its claimed 230,000 lives In Mexico, the fourth highest Death Toll in the world. Away from local politics, the vote is all about this man, president Lopez 0brador, here casting his ballot. He is halfway through his six year term, and it remains to be seen whether voters bolster his leadership or punish him at the polls. The bbc� s will grantjoins me now from mexico city. Welcome to you. I dont know what Voting Turnout has been like that does that tell us anything about which way this voting could go . I think turnout will be pretty crucial. 0bviously think turnout will be pretty crucial. Obviously there are parts of the country which youve already mentioned will involve certain degrees of violence that we have seen. 0ne degrees of violence that we have seen. One of the bloodiest Election Campaigns in recent mexican history. And of course that may force certain voters to stay at home through fear and intimidation. Forthose voters to stay at home through fear and intimidation. For those who have turned out, thus far, broadly speaking, its gone off quietly. We have seen some images of irregularities and a few Polling Stations but by and large people have been voting in an atmosphere of calm. Now, what are they voting on . Of course key in the minds of a lot of voters is the Coronavirus Pandemic. Mexico has lost somewhere in the region of 230,000 lives from the pandemic. And certainly speaking to the voters i met, that was the overriding issue that they were casting their ballots on. Translation | think the governments handling of the economy during the pandemic has been terrible. Im a business owner, and i received no financial help for either me or my employees. Thankfully we were able to get through it. But there was no Tax Break or social Security Benefit either. We still had to pay the full Social Security contributions for our employees. Translation there are many people i who live handtomouth In Mexico. I youre not thinking about whats going to happen in a Year Or in three months time because you need to eat today and pay rent today. In my opinion, its not ethical for the government to use the power they have to manipulate the population this way. J but as much they try to hide it, its evident they havent handled the pandemic well. Now, as much as we heard critical voices are many, many voters who are still very, very much enamoured with the Countrys President , andres manuel Lopez 0brador. The think he has done a strong job in managing the economy through the difficult days of the Coronavirus Pandemic and they believe that he is doing what he can in terms of the Countrys Violence and certainly they believe in his social Reform Programme and his economic Reform Programme which he refers to as the fourth transformation of mexico. Now it was so much violence commit will have to see People Turnout for this vote. That will be key whether or not he is able to retain the super majority he looks for in parliament and the two thirds of congress to get that lets light of agenda through. And lets light of agenda through. And wh have lets light of agenda through. And why have the lets light of agenda through. And why have the Run Up to the elections proven so deadly . I why have the runup to the elections proven so deadly . Proven so deadly . I think what its revealed is proven so deadly . I think what its revealed is that proven so deadly . I think what its revealed is that the proven so deadly . I think what its revealed is that the two proven so deadly . I think what its revealed is that the two things, i revealed is that the two things, local politics In Mexico and organised crime, do go hand just to the extent that we saw 90 politicians killed since the turn of the year, 35 of them also candidates in this vote. That is extremely worrying for order people and i think the key criticism against this administration if they simply have not dealt with that properly. fiifi not dealt with that properly. 0k, Thank Ou not dealt with that properly. 0k, thank you very not dealt with that properly. 0k, thank you very much. Lets look at some of the days other news. A leading kremlin critic, dmitry gudkov, says hes left russia for ukraine because of pressure from the authorities ahead of septembers parliamentary elections. Mr gudkov, a former mp, said people close to the kremlin told him if he did not leave, he would be arrested over a fake Criminal Case against him. Earlier this week, he was picked up and held in detention for 48 hours. Two leading palestinian activists, Muna El Kurd seen here and her twin brother mohammed, have been detained for questioning by israeli security forces. The siblings played a significant role in protests against the potential eviction of palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrah in eastjerusalem, using Social Media to bring the issue to international attention. The pair were released hours later. The israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says the political coalition agreed by his opponents is the result of the greatest Election Fraud in the history of democracy. His comments come as israels domestic Security Chief has warned publicly about the prospect of political violence. More than 1700 charities, Business Leaders and academics have signed a Letter Warning that government cuts to foreign aid of almost £4 billion a year will hit the worlds poorest communities and mean families go hungry. Conservative mps are threatening a rebellion in the Commons Tomorrow. Ministers say the pandemic means spending has to be temporarily cut and it will still spend more than £10 billion this year on aid. Heres our political correspondent chris mason. Scrubbing floors, struggling to reach the shelves. Sayida is nine years old and works as a servant to earn money for herfamily in bangladesh. These pictures were given to us by a charity which secured permission to do this filming. Sayida would love to go to school. The Uk Bangladesh Education Trust applied for Government Funding to expand its programme to help girls working as domestic servants learn to read, write and count, but it was told the fund from which it hoped to get a grant had closed because of cuts to the foreign aid budget. 0ver1700 charities, Business Leaders and academics have now signed a letter pleading with the government to change its mind. In it they write that without an about turn, the uks Credibility And Voice on the international stage will be undermined. We dont snatch the one textbook its ever had in its life from its only tin shack school. More than 30 conservative mps, including the former prime Minister Theresa may, hope to secure and win a vote in the Commons Tomorrow to compel the government to change tack. To go back on our commitments, these are legal commitments as well as manifesto commitments, in the middle of a pandemic where none of us will be safe from covid until all of us are safe and where britain is about to lead the G7 Conference this week in cornwall, it is a terrible error ofjudgment. But ministers insist. Well, i think it is reasonable at a time of this enormous l economic challenge as well as of course the health challenge, to take this action. If you think about it. Really . Weve had a once in 300 years economic interruption. The governments supporters argue that you would never recommend a neighbour went into debt to donate to charity and the same logic holds true for the country. Chris mason, Bbc News. Serena williams� latest quest for a record equalling 24th grand Slam Tennis Title has ended with a straight Sets Defeat in the fourth round of the French Open In Paris. She was beaten by kazakh 21st seed elena rybakina. 0rganisers Have suffered another major blow after 20 time grand Slam Champion Roger federer pulled out of the tournament. The swiss, a champion at roland garros in 2009, won his third Round Match on saturday, but said afterwards that he was struggling after spending much of the past year recuperating from two knee operations. He added that he was listening to his body and that he did not want to jeopardise his fitness with wimbledon just a few weeks away. Sergio perez has won a Chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix in a race that saw the top two in the drivers� Championship Fail to finish. Perez took the chequered flag after his Red Bull team mate, max verstappen, crashed due to a Tyre Failure with three laps to go. At the restart, seven time World Champion Lewis hamilton misjudged the braking into the first corner and went off to hand the mexican victory in baku. Four giant Cooling Towers at a former Power Station in staffordshire have been demolished today. This was the scene this morning at rugeley Power Station, which closed in 2016. Standing at 384 feet, each tower used to cool Six Million gallons of water in an hour. The demolition was delayed for 20 minutes, to prevent a clash with a ceremony at the regions national Memorial Arboretum and crowds were urged to stay away due to covid restrictions. Now its time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. Hello there. Quite a mixed picture today, we saw variable cloud, some sunny spells and also a few showers especially across england and wales. A drier story for scotland and Northern Ireland. Monday is pretty similar, a mixture of sunny spells and a few showers which could become heavy and thundery across Northern England in particular. This Weather Front is bringing thicker cloud and showers across england and wales, it will continue to weaken and move out into the sea. A few showers struggling on through this evening and then overnight it should turn drier for all with clear spells, variable Cloud And Mist patches here and there. Temperatures, lows of seven or 8 degrees in parts of scotland. Further south, Northern Ireland and wales will hold into double figures, a mild night to come. Tomorrow morning starts off with a bit of sunshine, a little bit of cloud too. As the temperatures begin to rise, showers develop, the greatest risk for northern wales, northern and eastern england some thundery ones likely in places. Elsewhere it should be dry, temperatures higher across the board, 20 degrees in glasgow and 23 for the South East of england. Out of monday into tuesday, high pressure dominates for most, but these Weather Fronts across the northwest will bring thicker cloud at times, certainly to Northern Ireland and to North And West scotland. Increasing breeze as well, showers will start to push into Northern Ireland, the West Mainland of scotland and the hebrides, but for Eastern Scotland and much of england and wales, a fine day, sunny spells. Quite warm, 21 degrees in aberdeen, 23 or 2a in the london area. On wednesday, those Weather Fronts push further eastwards so it could be a cloudier scene across much of the country away from the South East. Outbreaks of rain in north West Scotland and Northern Ireland, perhaps a few showers in West England and wales as well. It will be quite mild and muggy across many areas. Best of this Sunshine And Warmth in the South East of england. These Weather Fronts and low pressures continue to skirt past the North West of the country throughout the week but then through friday and into next weekend, it looks like high pressure wants to build in across much of the country. It could be quite unsettled across the far North West of the country, but by The End of the week and next weekend, it looks like it will turn sunnier and warmer again. Hello, this is Bbc News. The headlines the Duke And Duchess of sussex have announced the birth of a baby daughter, who they have named lilibet diana. She was born on friday in california. Both Mother And Child are said to be healthy and well. Mexicos president has voted in elections seen as a referendum on his policies, as the country battles the pandemic, a deep recession and a wave of drug related violence. More than 35 candidates have been murdered during the campaign. German chancellor angela merkel� s party has won a resounding victory in a State Election in eastern germany. An Exit Poll puts her christian democrats on 36 , well ahead of the far right alternative for germany party. A ceremony has been held in france to mark the official opening of the british Normandy Memorial, 77 years after the D Day landings. The monument honours the more than 22,000 servicemen