Stay At Home restrictions as Covid Infections continue to rise. And one of hollywoods best paid stars, scarlettjohansson, is suing disney for streaming her latest movie, Black Widow and we meet africas � mother of contemporary dance,� whos won a prestigious prize at the Venice Dance Biennale at the age of 77. Hello and welcome. After hitting a new record for the number of confirmed daily cases of more than 10,000 injapan, a State Of Emergency already in place in tokyo has been extended to more regions. Theres increasing concern that enthusiasm for the olympics has contributed to a spike in coronavirus cases. 0ur reporter, Mariko 0i is in tokyo, and she gave This update. The japanese government has proposed to extend the State Of Emergency. That will take effect on monday. The State Of Emergency for tokyo will also get extended buy back ten days until The End of august. How effective also get extended buy back ten days until The End of august. How effective that also get extended buy back ten days until The End of august. How effective that will also get extended buy back ten days until The End of august. How effective that will be also get extended buy back ten days until The End of august. How effective that will be in controlling the pandemic remains to be seen. The japanese capital has been under a State Of Emergency for two weeks and still seeing a surge in coronavirus cases. What else can the japanese government due to control the pandemic. It was interesting when it was said the key interesting when it was said the key in handling the pandemic was young people. She encouraged them to get vaccinated and also ask them not to go out. I thought was unfair because there not enough jabs to go around. It is notjust young people. Every Age Group is out and about despite the stated emergency. We went to see how young people found their new lives for the government. I havent even received lives for the government. I havent even received a lives for the government. I havent even received a ticket lives for the government. I havent even received a ticket to lives for the government. I havent even received a ticket to get even received a ticket to get vaccinated. My parents onlyjust got there vaccinated. My parents onlyjust got there jabs vaccinated. My parents onlyjust got there jabs. We are getting too used to the there jabs. We are getting too used to the State Of Emergency and it is not stopping people to go out. She had her first Shot Yesterday and i have had her first Shot Yesterday and i have made had her first Shot Yesterday and i have made my had her first Shot Yesterday and i have made my appointment. Had her first Shot Yesterday and i have made my appointment. We| had her first Shot Yesterday and i. Have made my appointment. We are getting have made my appointment. We are getting vaccinated have made my appointment. We are getting vaccinated when have made my appointment. We are getting vaccinated when we have made my appointment. We are getting vaccinated when we can. Have made my appointment. We are getting vaccinated when we can. If. Getting vaccinated when we can. It the getting vaccinated when we can. The government wants to stop getting vaccinated when we canm the government wants to stop the spread of the virus they had to lock us down an offer as financial support. I need to go to work to earn money. Of course, there is also all the Sporting Action to consider, and our presenter, sarah mulkerrins, has been updating me on all the latest action starting with the swimming. Great excitement here This morning, particularly for South Africa Sports fans. Tatiana schoenmaker broke a World Record that has stood since 2013 when she won gold in the 200 Metres Breaststroke. She has been in brilliant form coming into these games. She won silver in the 100 metres and she won gold here today. You could see her surprise when she touched the wall, she realised she had won gold and a couple of seconds later she looked up at the time and could not quite believe it. There was also a really quick time in the womens100 metres freestyle with australias Emma Mcewan winning gold in that one, setting a 0lympic record. She is just the second woman to go under 52 seconds. Some great performances from the women, also really exciting races for the men. In the mens 200 metres individual medley, Michael Phelps has won all of these titles at the olympics in 200a. Since 200a. Hes not here, so we a new champion in the chinese swimmer. He won gold. And britain, who are having a great meat in the olympics in the pool, Duncan Scott won silver in that, his third medal at the games. 0ne Gold and two silverfrom him. The otherfinal we had on, the 200 Metres Backstroke and that gold went to the swimmer from the Russian 0lympic committee with that. There was also a Bronze Medal for luke greenback, the first time ever that great britain have won an olympic medal in that event. Brilliant. Fantastic pictures we were looking at. It is wonderful that moment when they realised the results and realise what they have achieved its fantastic. We also have seen some medals for great britain when it comes to Bmx Racing. Absolutely. We saw brilliant scenes as well. Post the two finals. Lets talk about the men. There was a brilliant Silver Medalfor kai white, he is a very young racer when he came into This and it was the Netherlands Rider who won the gold. He was really excited and jubilant. However, it was then all eyes on the womens final. For people who dont know bmx, they all Line Up at the top, they go down a ramp and then they ride This course, which is lots of humps and bumps and ramps as they navigate their way around, its very speedy, dangerous, they need to be careful around it. There was a Gold Medal for britain in that with bethany shriver. She won every single race in her semifinal is all the way through to the final and she was just so surprised, almost exhausted. Kai white came over to her and lifted her up and raised her aloft as she is the new Olympic Champion. Really interesting because she beat the colombian to that gold and she is considered the queen at bmx because she has won the last two olympic Gold Medals. A great day all round for great britain in the bmx. People were glued to it, watching all of that coverage over the last 24 hours or so. And we have the athletics to look to look forward to. First day today. What do we need to look out for at the stadium . Yes, its the first ever Track And Field athletics today. Always really exciting when that gets under way in the olympics. All eyes on the womens100 metres. In the last hour or so we have had the heats. Everybody is looking forward to the battle that we are going to see with some brilliant talent in the 100 metres. True in the early heats, Jamaicas Shelley Ann price where she is the fastest woman in the world This year. She has won This event twice at the olympics before. The defending champion is her compatriot, Elaine Thompson. She set a superb time in her heat as well. She is also through. Going close as well is the Ivory Coast competitor. Also getting through very safely was great britains Dina Asher Smith. I dont know whether its the track or some new shoes we may talk about in the days to come but theres some very coming on the track so we might well get a lot of records over the coming days at the athletics. Hundreds of troops are to be deployed in the australian City Of Sydney to help police ensure that residents observe stay At Home restrictions as Covid Infections continue to rise. 0ur Correspondent in sydney, shaimaa khalil, says australias low Vaccination Rate is an issue. It is the availability of the vaccine, the fact that has been so much mixed messaging around astrazeneca that many people have gone for it for weeks. Also This is a country where for the longest time life had gone back to near normal. As recently as may. There was not that push in the beginning to get people to get vaccinated because people to get vaccinated because people felt there wasnt an urgency. Now of course with the situation in Wales'>New South Wales going from bad to worse, there is a Big Push from the government to get people vaccinated but numbers are nowhere near when they need to be, only 17 of the population is vaccinated. In Wales'>New South Wales we have seen the biggest bike yesterday, 239 places in one day. That is the biggest in the pandemic for Wales'>New South Wales. Today it is 170 but This is after five weeks of lockdown, which has been extended to another four weeks. There are eight areas in the West And South west of sydney that had been identified as hotspots. This is going to be where the police and they have an army presence, where he will find it concentrating. 0n the streets and knocking on doors to make people stay At Home. There has been criticism that has been heavy handed. Authorities are saying This is one of the crucial ways to make sure people abide by the rules and abide by the lockdown. The united states is beginning to evacuate large numbers of Afghan Interpreters and their families, because of fears that their work could put their lives at risk. Concern over their fate has increased as the us completes its Military Withdrawal from the country. Lets speak now to our Correspondent Secunder kermani, whos in kabul. How dangerous is it for those who aided americans over the last two decades . , aided americans over the last two decades . , ,. ,. ,. , decades . Certainly there is a lot of fear amongst decades . Certainly there is a lot of fear amongst the decades . Certainly there is a lot of fear amongst the Interpreter Fear amongst the Interpreter Community, as the taliban has been advancing, the group is now in control of affable territory in the country. They are fighting on the outskirts of a number of cities and have encircled others. The first group of Afghan Interpreters who have worked with Us Military Forces would be arriving in america very soon. We are expecting to get confirmation of the arrival in a feel harassed time, as well as an idea of how many have landed. They are part of a first tranche of 750 interpreters and their families, taking 2500 people who are at the most advanced stage of the application process. They will be taken to virginia for the final steps of the process. Another 4000 interpreters are expected to be taken to us military bases abroad or save bad countries. Kuwait had been one of the places muted as a temporary residence for interpreters. 0ther Temporary Residence for interpreters. Other countries include those in Central Asia that have also been mentioned. There are around 15,000 Afghan Interpreters working with us forces who are at much earlier stages are working with the application process. There are concerns as similar concerns have been raised about whether the process is going fast enough, whether it needs to be more generous as the taliban continues to press ahead in its advance in afghanistan. There were letters in the press in the Uk In the last week. I wonder if you can tell us what life is actually like in afghanistan as America Leaves . It actually like in afghanistan as America Leaves . Actually like in afghanistan as America Leaves . It really depends where Ou America leaves . It really depends where you are America Leaves . It really depends where you are. Right America Leaves . It really depends where you are. Right now America Leaves . It really depends where you are. Right now in America Leaves . It really dependsj where you are. Right now in kabul there is an atmosphere of apprehension. Life is going on as normal. A lot of afghans are thinking about leaving. I am thinking about leaving. I am thinking about leaving. I am thinking about groups on Social Media set up by People Smugglers offering afghans ways out of the country, many illegally. Lots want to go to turkey. There have been big queues at the passport up as people trying to renew passports and get legal visas, of course. Trying to renew passports and get legalvisas, of course. Elsewhere trying to renew passports and get legal visas, of course. Elsewhere in the country where fighting is taking place, things are substantially worse. 20,000 people had been displaced from an Eastern Province and in how manned local sources have been telling me there was heavy fighting. In helmand. Fighting on the outskirts of Kandahar City as well. The theories come The End of august and a formal and of the international mission in afghanistan, things will only deteriorate. Stay with us on Bbc News. Still to come. Why one of hollywoods best paid stars, is suing Walt Disney over her latest movie. This is Bbc News. The latest headlines. Tokyo has extended its State Of Emergency, afterjapan suffered a Record Breaking 10,000 daily covid cases. Theres increasing concern the olympics is fuelling the spike. On day seven of the tokyo 0lympics, all eyes will turn to the track, as the heats for the 100 metres, marks The Start of the athletics. President biden has urged individual states to pay unvaccinated americans 100 to get their shots. Hes also announced that Government Workers and contractors who refuse to get a vaccine will face compulsory weekly testing and other restrictions. Heres our north america correspondent, david willis. Coronavirus cases have risen in all but one state over the course of the last seven days, most of it fuelled, of course, by the spread of the Delta Variant, yet barely 50 of the population here is fully vaccinated. And that leaves about 19 Million americans who are eligible for a vaccine but have so far chosen not to get one. And today, President Biden expressed a measure of frustration, a measure of desperation. He said This was not a political issue there was nothing political about This and he blamed misinformation, Social Media and other platforms, for the reasons for a lot of people not getting theirjabs. He announced new requirements for federal Government Workers to either get vaccinated or undergo regular testing, and he pushed, as well, for Cash Incentives to be made available to those who are in areas of the country where Vaccination Rates are low. To sort of incentivise them to get a jab. This is what he said about that. Today i am calling on all states and local governments to use funding they have received, including from The American rescue plan, to give 100 to anyone who gets fully vaccinated. I know that paying people to get vaccinated may sound unfair to folks who have gotten vaccinated already but heres the deal if incentives help us beat This virus, i believe we should use them. President biden also said that he is been calling on the us Defense Department to consider making a Coronavirus Vaccine one of the required vaccinations that it gives to members of the military here. Were that to be the case, about another 1. 5 million people would be vaccinated automatically. And he has talked of reimbursing small and medium sized businesses who give their staff paid time off in order to go and get vaccinated. As to whether all of This will work, we willjust have to wait and see. If it doesnt, the next alternative, really, is some sort of mandatory measures, and that is something that the biden administration is unwilling to deploy. The star of the Marvel Superhero Film Black Widow, scarlettjohansson, is suing the Walt Disney company over its simultaneous release of the movie in cinemas and on its streaming service. Msjohannson alleges the Action Cost her millions of dollars. She said the way the film was distributed breached her contract. Disney says the lawsuit has no merit. Earlier i asked Entertainment Journalist Kj Matthews why This lawsuit is so significant. Scarlettjohansson is the highest paid actress in hollywood and, really, the kind of contract that she had is really no different to the other a list stars. Generally when they negotiate they negotiate for a percentage of the Box Office profits. That means more people go to the Box Office, the more money they make. Here is the problem. We are living in a pandemic and what she is saying is that many of the studios, Notjust Marvel and disney, they decided to have dual releases, meaning it comes out in the theatre and also on the Streaming Platform. For that she wanted them to come back to her to renegotiate because when we negotiated before the pandemic, we thought This film would exclusively open in the theatre. And that is not the case now. She never got the opportunity to renegotiate, according to her lawyers and because of that she will not make as much money. Now we already know that the film made 80 Million in the first weekend it opened and then 78 Million overseas in something like 60 Million for At Home purchases. Here is the problem. That second weekend, it made a lot less money than any other Marvel Film in a long time and her lawyers believe that is because you could watch it At Home. So many people felt like covid cases were going up in certain places and it was a good time to stay home so i will not go and see the film Black Widow in the theatre, i will stay home and watch it in the comfort of my own home. In some ways, This feels both surprising that someone would, you know, would take on a media goliath, someone who basically pays her paychecks and in some ways, inevitable, because Media Consumption has changed, and was changing before the pandemic and the streaming wars are getting more competitive . Absolutely and, you know, if someone is going to take on a giant like disney and marvel, it should be the highest paid actress she has a lot to risk but she can risk more because she is making so much money. According to disney, they paid her 20 Million alreadyjust to star and be the lead in the film. Yes, going forward, you are probably going to see a lot of top tier actors and actresses wanting to renegotiate the contract because not going to stop seeing dual releases, you will see films being released theatrically but also in the comfort of your own home on streaming services and the other thing that scarlettjohansson made a point of saying, in her lawsuit that she filed in Los Angeles and thursday, is that the top male executives at disney had their bonuses tied to the growth of the Streaming Platform, meaning disney plus, and she feels that is an incentive to not put the films in the Box Office or theatre exclusively because you make more money when you grow the Subscription Service and get the bonus, according to her lawyers in their lawsuit. That is interesting. Fascinating. Shes called the mother of African Contemporary Dance and her achievements have earned her the top award at This years Dance Biennale festival in venice. Senegalese french Choreographer Germaine Acogny still dancing at the age of 77 has won the prestigious Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement, as Brenda Emmanus reports. Germaine acogny marks her debut at the Venice Biennale Dance with a Stirring Performance of � summer at the beginning with a Stirring Performance of � somewhere at the beginning a Dynamic Piece of Self Expression inspired by the continent and her own personal history. At 77 years old, the Senegalese French Performer And Teacher is one of The Star attractions at This prestigious international festival and was recently awarded its highest honour. Translation it is something like a real Light In The Dark sky after the covid 19 epidemic and in the autumn of my life, This is the crowning and a recognition of the work i have been doing all my life. After being acknowledged by african countries, i now have global recognition, which is extraordinary for myself, my career, for my work. � ecole des sables, the � school in the sand, Is What Germaine describes as her greatest achievement. Hailed as the mother of African Contemporary Dance, her Training Academy in senegal attracts a new generation of dancers from all over africa and the world, keen to master her unique technique a combination of traditional African Dance Styles and contemporary movement. I have always wanted to have dance recognised as a real profession, something people can make a living from, so it was necessary to have a place where people could come and learn thatjob, just like you go to university to learn other professions. Dance allows us to share our ideas and feelings with other people without having to know their language. She is an amazing artist. Her work is challenging. She is using her history to invent newness. She is innovative, daring and brave. She really believes the work is for change, and whether that be change in Senegal Or Change in france, it is a tool for change. This creative powerhouse is not only a global ambassador for the arts in africa, shaping and transforming a new generation of dancers and choreographers, her ambition is to change outdated western perceptions of dance from the continent. We very much rely on the young people to take the lead but we, as africans, must work to change The View the world has of our continent. You are now in your 70s and remarkably show no signs of slowing down. What still motivates you . I love life. I love teaching. I love transmitting Knowledge And Training people. That gives me energy. Her impact is inspirational. Her vision helping to redefine the place of african dance on the World Stage and his relentless Drive And Ambition will No Doubt see her continue to work for many years to come. Brenda emmanus, Bbc News. The star of the hit tv show, dr who, jodi whittaker, is to leave the programme next year. Seen here with some of the cast, she became the first woman to play the time travelling doctor when she joined the long Running Show in 2017. Its not known � who will replace her in the tardis. You can reach me on twitter im v fritz news. Business in two minutes time. Hello. A stillness bringing an exceptionally windy spell of weather for the time of year across the south of the uk with a met Office Amber Warning issued for cornwall and the isles of scilly. All because of This area of low pressure, quite small but powerful, tracking its way eastwards with the strongest winds on the southern flank. This Amber Area across cornwall and the southern isles. The wind is quite brisk across a big part of devon, dorset, into hampshire, at the Bristol Channel and the South Coast of Wales as well. Damage and destruction quite possible as we start the day. Some heavy and potentially sundry bursts of rain at times. The storm tracks its way eastwards across england and Wales. , whether quite a lot of showers. If you Sunny Spells breaking through. The winds will slowly ease as we head towards The End of the afternoon. Temperatures a bit disappointing for the time of year, 17 to 20 degrees. You can see the swell of low Pressure Clearing eastwards on Friday Night into the early hours of saturday. 0ne eastwards on Friday Night into the early hours of saturday. One or two showers and some clear spells. Temperatures between 12 and 15 as we begin the weekend. The remnants of the Storm Clearing the way eastwards, High Pressure trying to build then but not having much luck. We will have a northerly wind through the weekend and that means it will generally speaking the rather cool for the time of year. We will see some spells of sunshine and also showers, which could be quite heavy. Quite a lot of cloud to start saturday morning. Sunny spells developing. Sharp showers especially in the south. Flashes of lightning and the Odd Rumble of thunder. As we look ahead to sunday, quite a lot of cloud. Some showers or potentially longer spells of rain. We will see some Sunny Spells. Temperatures quite disappointing, especially in northern scotland, here just 14, quite disappointing, especially in northern scotland, herejust14, 15. This is Bbc News broadcasting to the uk and around the globe. Our top stories. Is offline is the new online . Amazons covid boost fades, as people return to shopping in person. Shaking off the virus a solid quarter of growth sees the us economy back to pre pandemic levels. Inside a digital goldmine what is the true price of bitcoin to the environment . Plus, no Driving Force a shortage of truckers hits Uk Milk deliveries. The Industry Calls for urgent action. Welcome. We start with amazon. The E Commerce Giant has been one of the business worlds biggest winners during the pandemic, as people Around The World were forced to shop online. But is that boom coming to an end . Amazon made sales of a vast £113 Billion in the three Months Tojune. But that was less than Wall Street was expecting. And its warned of a further slowdown in the coming months. Samira hussain reports from New York. Amazon is the online shopping type. But what happens when consumers who have spent most of the past year and A Half stuck inside are finally allowed to go out shopping in actual physical stores . Well, they do it. That was certainly reflected in amazons quarterly earnings report. The company had a blockbuster year in 2020, as the pandemic forced many to shop online. But not only did amazon Miss Investor Expectations for revenue in the last three months of This year, what the company is expecting for the next three months is also lower. The revenue was still up 27 . This is the third consecutive quarter in which the company made 100 Billion in revenue. But it was still disappointing to Wall Street. Now another thorn in Amazons Side is the continuing investigation by regulators in the us, who are looking at the selling practices of its own branded goods and its recent acquisition of the storied Hollywood Studio Mgm studios. Samira hussain in New York for us there. Ive been speaking to Frank Kochenash, a former Amazon Executive who now works for Wunderman Thompson Commerce in seattle, which advises companies on e commerce. Earlier i asked him whether amazon had made the most of the pandemic. In many Ways Amazon was perfectly fitted to the right company in terms of capabilities for the pandemic presented. They do seem to have capitalised on it very well. As the News Report pointed out, the moderation of the Growth Rates in online shopping of 16 , but we should recall that q2 last year, online sales were up 49 . Even on a compound basis, they did not give those gains back. In fact, they grew them. We are seeing a moderation of that. Undoubtedly, they have harvested and benefited from consumers shopping online. And creating memberships to do That Shopping. Creating memberships to do That Sho in,. ,. , creating memberships to do That Shouuin. , shopping. Vaccinated communities with loosened shopping. Vaccinated communities with loosened lockdown shopping. Vaccinated communities with loosened lockdown rules, with loosened lockdown rules, particularly in europe and the us, there are things that amazon cant do as well as physical stores. That will hurt them . Do as well as physical stores. That will hurt them . I do as well as physical stores. Twat will hurt them . I think that is part of what we are seeing and part of the difficulty in predicting how Consumer Behaviour will re normalise. A year ago This time, q2 and 2020 saw large flocking of Consumer Activity online by necessity. As we work through the pandemic and as conditions normalise, that benefited amazon sales, undoubtedly. As we work through the pandemic That Shopping is somewhat shifting back, as you know. In fact, amazons results, their physical stores were up 10 , their physical stores were up 10 , the first time in over a year they showed positive revenue comparable is in physical stores. So i do think we are seeing a renormalisation of that. That will disproportionately benefit of those retailers with larger physical store presences. Its interesting, and its easy of course to just label amazon as a Retail Business because of all the parcels that go Around The World, but actually, where they are seeing huge amounts of growth, and one thing that is quite different, is what is going on without cloud business, for example. Its fascinating what is happening. That is not really changed because of the pandemic, it . He. Is not really changed because of the pandemic. It . Pandemic, it . No, in fact it even looks like pandemic, it . No, in fact it even looks like it pandemic, it . No, in fact it even looks like it has pandemic, it . No, in fact it even looks like it has strengthened. I looks like it has strengthened. There are two very positive notes from the Amazon Investorss Point of view. The amazon cloud business, aws, which had seen moderating Growth Rates over several quarters, Re Accelerated strongly. Its revenue was up 37 compared to 32 from q two to q1. Revenues on the other category, which is largely advertising, was up 83 year on year. These other Revenue Streams Amazon has developed are now either continuing or rebounding in terms of revenue acceleration. That was former Amazon Executive Frank Kochenash on the companys rising profits. Lets stay in the us, because Wall Street shares touched new Record Highs in thursdays session, after economic data showed the worlds biggest economy has now recovered to pre pandemic levels. Us Gdp Growth Hit an annual rate of 6. 5 in the three Months Tojune slower than economists were expecting. But that has helped reassure investors that the federal Reserve Wont be in a rush to remove stimulus measures. Craig erlam is a senior Market Analyst at foreign exchange Brokers 0anda and told me the growth is encouraging. Its not unusual to see the us leading the way in terms of growth. So to see them back into positive territory is obviously an encouraging sign. I think the us, like many others, still faces challenges in the third and fourth quarters of This year. They are seeing a surge in the Delta Variant at the moment. That could have an impact on the third and fourth quarter. The fact we are back in positive territory and there are far more encouraging signs. That is really encouraging. In other countries we are seeing similar as well. There are certainly positive signs to come here, but it we should not expected to be smooth sailing. You can see it almost reflected in the Gdp Data yesterday. It was softer than we were expecting. It also, you see that the fed, the us Central Bank, is taking a very cautious approach to the exit from its Emergency Era stimulus, and i think This is a very wise decision. But what choice do they have . Do you think they have created a monetary monster here . In financial markets, which you are a part, they are effectively hooked on cheap money . They are and have been for quite some time. The risk This week was another taper tantrum. The idea was that if the feds pared back its Bond Buying too quickly, it could send marketing a frenzy. We have become focused on Central Bank stimulus, but This is nothing new. This is still a repercussion from the global financial crisis. Its something that we started in the us in particular to see less reliance on a few years ago when they were raising interest rates. But the pandemic as put them back into Emergency Era as far as the markets are content concerned, and therefore hooked on This stimulus. With the stimulus measures, when it comes to the exit, it is always about the timing and the pace. If you can keep the markets on board with that, as the fed has done so far and will continue to do, This shouldnt be much disruption. Towards The End of the year we will start to see them pull away from that once there is plenty of evidence they are going to go plenty of evidence they are going to 9 plenty of evidence they are going to go do so safely and without causing disruption from a markets perspective, but also economically as well. This latest surge in covid cases is a concern for the fed, so they wont be in an enormous rush. They dont want to be part of the problem. Lets turn to bitcoin now. The cryptocurrency has come under increasing scrutiny recently, over its impact on the environment. The process of Mining Bitcoin uses thousands of energy hungry computers that need a vast amount of electricity. 0ur North America technology reporter, james clayton, has been given rare access to a Bitcoin Mine in upstate New York that has its own gas fired power plant. This is an Energy Plant with a big difference. A former new York Coal plant, its Owners Greenwich Generation have decided to bring it back to life, converting it into a gas fired Power Station with a twist. What is happening here is part of a modern day gold rush. But they are not mining minerals here, they are not mining minerals here, they are not mining minerals here, they are Mining Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a type of virtual Money Or Cryptocurrency made up of Computer Codes you can mostly buy and sell online. These thousands of computers are competing to verify the millions of Bitcoin Transactions happening Around The World. And if they succeed, they are rewarded with a new bitcoin. There are essentially creating money online. 0ne Bitcoin is currently worth over £28,000. These computers need a lot of energy. The unique thing about This plant is it generates electricity and mines bitcoin. These are the turbines that create the energy. And then literally, right next to it, you have computers that are using that electricity to make bitcoin. Globally, Cambridge University estimates the amount of energy used to mine a Years Worth of bitcoin is equivalent to around one quarter of the uks annual energy use. Greenwich argues that because it uses gas, its greener than Bitcoin Mines that use coal in china. The process still generates carbon dioxide. But greenwich says they offset. Irate dioxide. But greenwich says they offset. ~. , , dioxide. But greenwich says they offset. , f. , offset. We are 10096 Carbon Neutral on the bitcoin offset. We are 10096 Carbon Neutral on the bitcoin operation. Offset. We are 10096 Carbon Neutral on the bitcoin operation. But offset. 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It ended up closing more than 10 up, but it had soared way higher before denying a report that it was considering buying back its shares to take the company private again, just weeks after its stock market debut. Katie silver is in our Asia Business Hub with more details. The shares were on a Roller Coaster. This reflected Roller Coaster it has been on since it forwards listed last month. It was all triggered by This article in the Wall Street journal which said they were considering going private or delisting. In part This was about placating the chinese authority. But it also said, according to This article, it is about trying to compensate investor losses. As a result, that 40 of shares where surge in shares on market trading. They came out and strongly denied it. We saw these gains are raised. In The End ending the day at about 11 . This is about 30 off the Listing Price from last month. Of course, you will remember it was one of the biggest listings we have seen from china really sends alibaba back in 2014. It made about 4. 4 billion. Just in the days after we heard the chinese authorities were investigating the company and they couldnt register as a result or sell themselves on the chinese app store. As a result we have seen didi adds that Roller Coaster and that is continuing. Stay with us on Bbc News. Still to come. Tough times for the childcare business. But could it mean more men taking up the vocation . The uk has warned the united Nations Security Council that half of myanmar� s population of 54 Million people could be infected with covid within the next two weeks. Earlier in yangong, people burned the countrys flags in protest against the Military Junta who seized power in february. The Uk Ambassador to the un says myanmar is facing a serious health, political and economic crisis. The Covid Situation is of particular concern. The coup has resulted in a near total collapse of the Health Care system, and Health Care workers are being attacked and arrested. The virus is spreading through the population very fast indeed. Englands top midwife is urging pregnant women to get the Coronavirus Vaccine to protect themselves and their babies. New figures released today estimate that nine out of ten expectant mothers who have the virus and are in hospital, have not had the jab. The group which advises the government on immunisation said the vaccine had been shown to be safe and effective for women carrying a baby. If you are considering having the covid vaccination, its really important to remember that in pregnancy if you arent vaccinated you are more likely to end up needing respiratory support. Unfortunately it can lead to early miscarriages, which you can imagine having a detrimental impact. This is Bbc News, the latest headlines. Tokyo has extended its State Of Emergency, afterjapan suffered a Record Breaking 10,000 daily covid cases. Theres increasing concern the olympics is fuelling the spike. On day seven of the tokyo 0lympics, all eyes will turn to the track, as the heats for the 100 metres, marks The Start of the athletics. The uks biggest dairy company, arla, has told the bbc that it failed to make 25 of its deliveries to supermarkets last weekend, because it didnt have enough drivers. A combination of brexit and the pandemic has exacerbated a national shortage of heavy Goods Vehicle drivers. Arla Boss Ash Amirahmadi says bold action is now needed to avoid a summer of disruption. Hes been talking to our Business Correspondent Emma simpson. This is the worlds largest fresh milk dairy. We process over A Billion litres of milk from our cooperative honours a year. This is a vast operation. In fact, one in every five bottles of milk sold in the Uk Is made here. Since the beginning of april, we have experienced driver shortages. So being able to take the products from a factory, like youre in aylesbury, to the supermarkets. That has now increased to such a level where we are now not able to deliver milk to every store that we would like to. Can you quantify This . Every store that we would like to. Can you quantify This . Normally we deliver milk can you quantify This . Normally we deliver milk to can you quantify This . Normally we deliver milk to 2400 can you quantify This . Normally we deliver milk to 2400 stores can you quantify This . Normally we deliver milk to 2400 stores daily. L deliver milk to 2400 stores daily. So we are a very big milkman. Unfortunately, at the moment there about a 10 of the stores every day that we cant deliver too. And at the weekend, it is worse. Last saturday, there were 600 stores that we couldnt deliver milk too. Thats we couldnt deliver milk too. Thats a lot of milk . We couldnt deliver milk too. 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It is a structural shelves empty. What do you want to see happen . It is a structural issue | see happen . It is a structural issue of a shortage see happen . It is a structural issue of a shortage of see happen . It is a structural issue of a shortage of drivers see happen . It is a structural issue of a shortage of drivers in see happen . It is a structural issue of a shortage of drivers in the see happen . It is a structural issue of a shortage of drivers in the Uk I of a shortage of drivers in the uk and it needs a structural solution. However, going into the summer with lots more holidays coming up, there is a short Term Crisis we need to make sure we dont have Food Shortages in the summer and therefore, we would like to work with the government to recognise its a crisis, secondly, there is a backlog of tests for hgv drivers. We predict about 30,000 drivers are waiting to be tested. We want the government to work with us to accelerate that. And secondly, we believe that driving should be recognised as skilled shortage, and therefore open up temporary visas for the industry to bring European Drivers back into the country. Finally, we are looking at the childcare business. It has been put under huge strain by covid, with schools closed Around The World and parents working from Home Demand for childcare plummeted last year. As people begin to return to offices and workplaces, the Childcare Industry is having to rebuild. But could the pandemic bring about some lasting changes . As many people re evaluate their careers, a growing number of men are applying to work in childcare, traditionally a female dominated workplace. Brett wigdortz is ceo of tiney a digital marketplace for child minding services. He says early Childhood Education suffers from an image problem. Were trying to bring childminding into the 21st century. The truth is childminding is a highly skilled profession. These are educators, educating young children at the most important part of their life when lots of Brain Neurons are meeting and fusing together in lots of different ways. And what we are seeing is that greater childminders can set up children for life in a great way. Can set up children for life in a great way can set up children for life in a ureatwa. ,. , great way. Your background is pretty interestinu. Great way. Your background is pretty interesting. You great way. Your background is pretty interesting. You wrote great way. Your background is pretty interesting. You wrote of great way. Your background is pretty interesting. You wrote of the interesting. You wrote of the Business Plan for teach first and lead it for 15 years. What did you learn about Education Inequality and when it starts . When it starts . Yeah, i visited hundreds when it starts . Yeah, i visited hundreds of when it starts . Yeah, i visited hundreds of schools when it starts . Yeah, i visited hundreds of schools across. When it starts . Yeah, i visited| hundreds of schools across the when it starts . Yeah, i visited hundreds of schools across the Uk In the last 15 years and seen lots of teaching, great teaching. We started in secondary schools. The goal was to reduce the gap between wealthier and lower income children in secondary schools. After a few years we realised we could make a huge difference but the gap starts much younger. We started moving into primary schools. Even in primary schools we realised the gap in Education Attainment starts even younger. We started working on early years. You can see the impact you could have with great educators in early years. This Isnt Education in the way people may be think, sitting kids around a desk and teaching them maths. It is much more about teaching them to communicate, how to play, how to interact with others in great ways. I visited too many primary schools where young children from different backgrounds were not able to play, were not able to communicate and were not able to vocalise their needs in different ways. Thats led me to start now and help people start these great nurseries in their homes to make sure children could get great education at a much younger age. Lets check in with the markets. The asian markets have been dropping down. China very much sapping some of the strength from asia. Us futures also slate on amazon. They share down about 7 on what was in pretty good results, but actually, an expectation that things will slow down and that the boom in online shopping is starting to fade. Scotlands health secretary, humza yousaf, has admitted that the countrys latest Drug Death statistics are likely to be challenging. Scotland has suffered from the worst Drug Death rate in europe in recent years. Reports This week have suggested the number is set to rise above the 1264 lives lost in 2019. Latest figures will be released This morning. We still have challenges. That is what we have the national mission to deal with drugs that. The drugs minister, supported by the investment that we are planning to make over the parliamentary term, is really focused on, and we have seen that in the first less than 100 days of This administration, focused on real action on the ground. Englands deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tam, says he hopes the worst of the Coronavirus Pandemic is behind us, but he has warned there could be one or two bumpy periods ahead as autumn approaches. He has urged people whove not yet been vaccinated to come forward. The latest data from public Health England suggests that covid vaccines have prevented an estimated 22 Million infections and 60,000 deaths in england alone. Heres our Health Correspondent sophie hutchinson. After the misery of many months with the pandemic, the thrill of the holidays. 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There is can have more Freedom. Did you see that . There is something can have more Freedom. Did you see that . There is something about can have more Freedom. Did you see| that . There is something about being fearless when you are young. Perhaps thatis fearless when you are young. Perhaps that is what is being played out with the vaccination. Unlike with the older generation, it went full throttle to get immunised, a significant proportion of younger people are still dragging their feet over getting the jab and getting protected. The numbers of those being immunised by continuing to rise. But there is a stark difference between the Age Groups. More than 30 of 18 to 29 year olds in england still have not had a single dose of the vaccine. Compare that to the over 60s, when 90 of have now had two jabs. Today the deputy chief medical officer was answering questions from young people on Bbc News about the vaccine. 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Nearly 700,000 were pinged by the nhs up, advising them to self isolate. For those young people who want to continue to go out, it seems increasingly likely that being Double Jabbed will be the key. Sophie hutchinson, Bbc News. The number of Daily Coronavirus cases has risen for the second day in a row, after a week of falls. The latest government figures show there were 31,117 new cases in the latest 24 hour period, though that number is down on This time last week. There were on average 29,238 new cases per day in the past seven days. 85 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, meaning an average of 71 deaths in the past week. The number of people in hospital with covid has risen slightly again, to 6,034. More than 88. 4 of Uk Adults have now had theirfirstjab, and more than 71. 4 are now fully vaccinated. 71 have had two jabs. There we go. The rnli says its been overwhelmed by a huge level of support, following accusations that its Rescue Work was assisting migrants. The Lifeboat Charity received over £200,000 in donations in 24 hours after it posted pictures of rescuing people crossing the channel. Good morning. It was a bit of a wild night for some in the South West of england This time where thanks to storm evert. An unusual summer storm. You can see the cloud wrapped around This circulation. It is on the southern edge where the strongest winds have been. Pushing eastwards throughout the next few hours. The strongest winds through the English Channel and the South West of england. Maybe 60 mph gusts for a time. Bands of rain wrapped around it. Most persistent in the midlands and the South West of bingen. Sunshine and showers in the south. A few heavy showers for the south. A few heavy showers for the North And West of england. Winds from many parts of the country not too much of a feature. But still the potential for those 40 to 50 mph gusts in southern and coastal counties. Temperatures today disappointed for late july. Counties. Temperatures today disappointed for latejuly. High disappointed for late july. High teens, disappointed for latejuly. High teens, low 20s. Coolest weather in the most persistent. This evening and overnight that area of low pressure that brought the strong winds pushes into the near continent and opens the door to more northerly airflow. A few showers pushing down on that. The heaviest towards the North West of bingen. South west. Temperatures ten to 15 degrees. As we go into the weekend, what was storm ever to pushing into denmark and scandinavia. To the west of it we have got the winds coming down from the north. It sets us up for a Cool Weekend across the uk. A few showers. Some heavy infantry. Also some Sunny Spells. Far from a weekend was had. 0n some Sunny Spells. Far from a weekend was had. On saturday, a cool breeze, most notable in northern and eastern areas. A few showers to begin with. Morning cloud breaking up, Sunny Spells. Into the Afternoon A Lining of england. Either side of it, little bit of sunshine. The art shower, rumble of thunder. Nice enough when the sun is out, cool in the cloudy moments. The same can be said on sunday. Breezy in the east, further west of the winds fall alight. Showers will be slow moving. The main focus of the showers will be southern parts of england. Temperatures in the high teens. Goodbye for now. This is bbc World News. Im krupa padhy. Our top stories. Tokyo extends its State Of Emergency, after Record Breaking numbers of Covid Infections across japan. But are the olympics fuelling the spike . At the Tokyo Olympics and all eyes turn to the track, as the heats for the 100 metres, marks The Start of the athletics. Pregnant women are being encouraged to get vaccinated, with estimates suggesting 9 out of 10 are yet to do so. And australia sends in the army to enforce sydneys stay At Home restrictions as covid 19 infections continue to rise. Hello and welcome to bbc World News. After hitting a new record for the number of confirmed daily cases of more than 10,000 injapan, a State Of Emergency already in place in tokyo has been extended to more regions. Theres increasing concern that enthusiasm for the olympics has contributed to a spike in coronavirus cases. 0ur reporter, Mariko 0i, is in tokyo and says the State Of Emergency could be extended until The End of august. Well, the japanese government has proposed to expand the State Of Emergency to include the three prefectors of tokyo, as well as 0saka. That will take effect on monday. The State Of Emergency for Tokyo And 0kinawa is also going to get extended by about ten days until The End of august. How effective that will be in controlling the pandemic remains to be seen. The japanese capital has been under the State Of Emergency for two weeks now and yet we are still seeing a surge in covid 19 cases. The bigger question is, what else can the japanese government do to control the pandemic . I thought it was interesting when the Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said the key in handling This pandemic is young people. She encouraged them to get vaccinated but also asked them not to go out. I thought it was a bit unfair because firstly there are not enough jabs to go around but also it is not just young people, we have noticed every Age Group out and about despite the State Of Emergency. We came to shibuya to find out how young people found the new lines from the government. Lets take a listen. I havent even received a ticket to get vaccinated. My parents onlyjust got theirjobs. I can sense we are getting too used to a State Of Emergency, so its not stopping people from going out. Shejust had herfirst Shot Yesterday and ive made my appointment. So were getting vaccinated when we can. If the government really wants to stop the spread of the virus, they will have to lock us down and offer financial support. Without it, people would go out and go to work because they need to earn money. As you heard, it almost feels like the japanese model of etiquette is no longer working. We are brought up not to cause problems or trouble for other people and that is partly why many people actually obliged during the first and second state of emergencies, even though there was no penalty even if you went out. Now the olympics are taking place In The City, that argument no longer works. There has also been a communication issue. I have noticed the japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga tweeting to congratulate every japanese athlete for winning a Gold Medal, a very nice thing to do. Hes not tweeted once about the most recent surge in covid 19 cases. If the government wants to send a message to the younger people, we all know they do not necessarily watch Television Or Press conferences on tv news, they have to change the way they communicate. Staying injapan,and turning now to the olympics, where we have now reached the midpoint of the games. Heres the Medals Table as it stands at the moment, china leads with Team Gb at 6th place. 0ur sports presenter, sarah mulkerrins, has been following all the action so far and sent This report. When we had some super fast times in the swimming This morning. A World Record for south africas tatjana schoenmaker, in the 200 Metres Breaststroke final. She won gold and she broke that record which had stood since 2013. She has been in great form so far in these games. She had already won a Silver Medal and now she has gold there. She touched the wall, won the gold, realised a couple of seconds later. You could see the shock in herface as she had broken that long standing record. Also a very fast time for the women in the 100 metres freestyle final with Emma Mchn from australia winning that in an olympic record. She is just the second woman to go under 52 seconds for that distance. In the men in the 200 metres individual medley final, we have a new champion, the first time we have had a new champion since 2000. Michael phelps was so dominant in that event from 2004 all the way through to rio, but it is but it is the chinese swimmer who won that. Great stories as well in the final day of the Rowing Regatta with Emma Twigg from New Zealand winning the Womens Singles sculls. She came fourth in the last two 0lympic finals. She had retired, she could not quite give up her 0lympic dream, so she came back put all her effort into getting gold here and she finally did it. In a tweet from New Zealand without Gold Medal. Greece won the Mens Event met mens single sculls, and canada one that womens eight boats and then New Zealand again, a good day for them. They won the mens eights and thats the first time theyve won an olympic medal in that event since 1976. Lets take a moment to reflect on how Team Gb have been performing at the games and we can speak to sally munday, who is ceo of uk sport. Thank you forjoining us. We are hovering around sixth place in the Medals Table is. How do you rank Teens Performance so far . We are havin a Teens Performance so far . We are having a fantastic Teens Performance so far . We are having a fantastic games. Teens performance so far . We are having a fantastic games. What. Teens performance so far . We are having a fantastic games. What a i having a fantastic games. What a load of extraordinary moments we have created for the british public to get excited about. It has been a great start and we have a lot more to come over the next ten days. Your personal highlight so far . There has just been so many, so many. Absolutely fantastic to see Helen Glover coming back and competing after having three children. What an inspiration that is . I was at the bmx This morning i managed to see a silver and Gold Medal. There have been so many fantastic sports. This is the joy of the olympic games, there is something in the games for everybody, so many extraordinary moments for people to get excited about. ,. , about. That This Can Energy the country needs about. That This Can Energy the country needs at about. That This Can Energy the country needs at the about. That This Can Energy the country needs at the moment. | about. That This Can Energy the country needs at the moment. Lets talk about the athletics. They are starting later. Talk about the athletics. They are starting later talk about the athletics. They are starting later. Always a highlight, arent they . Starting later. Always a highlight, arent they . Excited starting later. Always a highlight, arent they . Excited about starting later. Always a highlight, arent they . Excited about the. Arent they . Excited about the athletics but i am also excited about other sports coming up. We had mixed Triathlon Tomorrow which will be fantastic, we have not seen before in the games. Really exciting boxes over the weekend and next week. Also new sports like skateboarding and climbing to come. Excited about athletics but 0lympic says the event that keeps on giving, there is so much to get excited about. It will be a really great next ten days. Some people in the uk had got slightly disturbed sleep at the moment but they are loving engaging with it. Lots the moment but they are loving engaging with it. Engaging with it. Lots of events still to come engaging with it. Lots of events still to come over engaging with it. Lots of events still to come over the engaging with it. Lots of events still to come over the course i engaging with it. Lots of events still to come over the course of| engaging with it. Lots of events still to come over the course of the next ten days. Where do you think we might be grasping the medals and how it might impact our performance in the Medal Table . I it might impact our performance in the Medal Table . The medaltable . I think there are so many different the medaltable . I think there are so many different opportunities i the Medal Table . I think there are| so many different opportunities we are going to see four medals, whether it is athletics, as you mentioned, we head into the velodrome next week. More opportunities like i said to moran triathlon, boxing, skateboarding, still the Hockey Finals to come up, Rugby Finals to come up, so many opportunities where we might be getting medals to add to our tally. We arejust going getting medals to add to our tally. We are just going to keep seeing really fantastic performances from the british athletes, they are making us proud. The british athletes, they are makin us roud. ,. , making us proud. Great enthusiasm. Thank you conditions at a unit where migrant children are taken after crossing the channel have been described as extremely troubling. The chair of the Uk Parliaments home affairs committee, yvette cooper, described seeing women and babies on the floor of the offices. Meanwhile dozens of childrens charities have also written to the education secretary, saying the accommodation is completely inappropriate and its use may be unlawful. The Home Office says the government takes the welfare of migrants extremely seriously and is working to process people as quickly and safely as possible. The chief midwife for england, jacqueline dunkley bent, has written to gp practices, obstetricians and midwives, stressing the need to encourage pregnant women to be vaccinated against coronavirus. Estimates suggest that about nine out of ten have not had the jab as the bbc� s Ellie Price reports. It is a message that could not be clearer. Expectant mothers should take action to protect themselves and their babies by getting the covid vaccine. Any midwife not encouraging pregnant women to do so will now be going against official advice. At the antenatal clinic at the Chelsea And Westminster hospital, most of the pregnant women we spoke to had been jabbed. It is just for their safety. I think i started getting worried, especially in my third trimester. Luckily i havent had covid at all, ive been very lucky that way. I thought it important to have it to protect me and the baby now as well, so i decided to do it. I was really nervous before i had it done. I did some reading and thought, This is perfect. Having it done, i feel much safer, happier and much freer to go out and about now. I decided it was kind of better i was in a better position having the vaccine than i was potentially being exposed to the risk of covid. But it has not been a straightforward decision for everyone. If it had been going for five years or something like that, like whooping cough, i would feel more confident to get it done. Because its so new, thats why am still hesitating. I think that is what is keeping me from getting vaccinated. New data from the uk and Obstetrics Surveillance System shows of the 742 pregnant women admitted to hospital with covid since The Start of february, only four had received a single dose of Vaccine And None had received both doses. The data also suggests that Delta Variant had increased the likelihood of pregnant patients having more severe symptoms. At the Kensington And Chelsea, they outlined other risks, too. If you are umming and ahhing about having the covid vaccination, its really important to remember that in pregnancy, if you arent vaccinated, you are more likely to end up needing respiratory support. Unfortunately, it can lead to early miscarriages or preterm births, which you can imagine has a detrimental impact on your babys health. It is thought more than 51,000 pregnant women in england have had bad as jab and nearly 21,000 have had their second. That means hundreds of thousands remain unvaccinated. Medical experts insist there have been no Safety Concerns for pregnant women who have taken the jab already and it is safe. Ellie price, Bbc News. The uks biggest dairy company, arla, has told the bbc that it failed to make a quarter of its deliveries to supermarkets last weekend because it didnt have enough drivers. The Road Haulage Association estimates that there is currently a shortage of about 60 Thousand hgv drivers. Earlier This month, supermarkets warned some products may not be available because staff are isolating. The boss of arla says bold action is needed now, to avoid a summer of disruption. Scotlands health secretary, humza yousaf, has admitted that the countrys latest Drug Death statistics are likely to be challenging. Scotland has suffered from the worst Drug Death rate in europe in recent years. Reports This week have suggested the number is set to rise above the 1264 lives lost in 2019. Latest figures will be released This morning. Stay with us on bbc World News, still to come we meet africa� s 77 year old, � mother of contemporary dance,� who� s won a prestigious prize at the venice dance biannele. There needs to be more support to help disabled people find jobs and stay in work that� s according to a group of mps. The Commons Work and Pensions Committee said disabled people still face unacceptable barriers to finding and progressing in work. A Government Spokesman said the Plan Forjobs scheme had helped to narrow the Disability Employment Gap, and that ministers remained committed to reducing it further. We need to have an Employment System that supports certain people in a personalised way, that is people are given Employment Support based on need, rather than something that is generic. Secondly, we need action to keep disabled people in work. We know many disabled people do get jobs and can getjobs but often fall out of the workplace for many different reasons. This is bbc World News, the latest Headlines Tokyo has extended its State Of Emergency, afterjapan suffered a Record Breaking 10,000 daily covid cases. There� s increasing concern the olympics has fuelled the spike. Pregnant women are urged to get vaccinated, as estimates from england suggest about nine out of ten have not had the jab. Hundreds of soldiers from the australian Defence Force are to be deployed onto the streets of sydney to help police ensure that residents observe stay At Home restrictions as covid 19 infections continue to rise. 0ur Correspondent in sydney, shaimaa khalil, says the problem of australia� s low Vaccination Takeup is becoming increasingly acute. It is the availability of the vaccine, the fact that has there has been so much mixed messaging around astrazeneca that many people have not gone for it for weeks. Also This is a country where for the longest time life had gone back to near normal. As recently as may. There was not that push in the beginning to get people to get vaccinated because people felt there wasn� t an urgency. Now of course with the situation in Wales'>New South Wales going from bad to worse, there is a Big Push from the government to get people vaccinated but numbers are nowhere near when they need to be, only 17 of the population is vaccinated. In Wales'>New South Wales we have seen the biggest spike yesterday, 239 cases in one day. That is the biggest in the pandemic for Wales'>New South Wales. Today it is 170 but This is after five weeks of lockdown, which has been extended to another four weeks. On top of that, there are eight areas in the West And South west of sydney that have been identified as hotspots. This is going to be where the Police And Army presence, where they will be concentrating. 0n the streets and knocking on doors to make people stay At Home. There has been criticism that has been heavy handed. Authorities are saying This is one of the crucial ways to make sure people abide by the rules and abide by the lockdown. President biden has urged individual states to pay unvaccinated americans 100 to get their shots. He� s also announced that Government Workers and contractors who refuse to get a vaccine will face compulsory weekly testing and other restrictions. Here� s our north america correspondent, david willis. Coronavirus cases have risen in all but one state over the course of the last seven days, most of it fuelled tjy last seven days, most of it fuelled by the spread of the Delta Variant. Barely 50 of the population here is fully vaccinated. That leaves 19 Million americans who are eligible for a vaccine that has so far chosen not to get one. Today President Biden expressed a measure of frustration, a measure of desperation. He said it was not a political issue, nothing political about This. He also blamed misinformation on Social Media and other platforms for the reason for a lot of people not getting their jabs. As she mentioned he announced new requirements for federal Government Workers to either get vaccinated or undergo regular testing and he pushed as well for Cash Incentives to be made available to those who are in areas of the country where Vaccination Rates are low. To incentivise them to get a jab. This is what the president had to say about that. To say about that. Today i am callin to say about that. Today i am calling on to say about that. Today i am calling on all to say about that. Today i am calling on all state to say about that. Today i am calling on all state and to say about that. Today i am calling on all state and local. Calling on all state and local government to use funding they had received. Government to use funding they had received, including from The American received, including from The American rescue plan, to give 100 to anyone american rescue plan, to give 100 to anyone who gets fully vaccinated. I to anyone who gets fully vaccinated. I know to anyone who gets fully vaccinated. I know it to anyone who gets fully vaccinated. I know it might sound unfair to folks i know it might sound unfair to folks who i know it might sound unfair to folks who had gotten vaccinated already folks who had gotten vaccinated already but here is the deal. If incentives already but here is the deal. If incentives help us to be a virus, i believe incentives help us to be a virus, i believe we incentives help us to be a virus, i believe we should use them. President biden also said he is calling on the us Defence Department to consider making a Coronavirus Vaccine one of the required vaccinations it gives to members of the military here. Were that to be the military here. Were that to be the case, about another 1. 5 million people would be vaccinated automatically and he has talked of reimbursing small and medium sized businesses who give their staff paid time off in order to go and get vaccinated. As to whether all This will work, we were just had to wait and see. If it does not, the next alternative really is some sort of mandatory measures, something the biden administration is unwilling to deploy. The Uk Government� s encouraging more of us to cycle and walk more, as part of a new multi million Pound Investment in the country� s infrastructure. Also people who have been fully vaccinated in the eu or us will not need to isolate when coming to england from an amber list country, but This excludes france. Let� s discuss both of these developments with the Transport Secretary Grant shapps. Thank you forjoining us. Personable, let� s start with the news about the change to travel guidance. We are in the middle of the Summer Holidays. I imagine This will be welcome news to say many people who have not had a chance to see their Loved Ones. That people who have not had a chance to see their Loved Ones. See their Loved Ones. That is nothing see their Loved Ones. That is nothing a see their Loved Ones. That is nothing. A lot see their Loved Ones. That is nothing. A lot of see their Loved Ones. That is nothing. A lot of people i see their Loved Ones. That is | nothing. A lot of people think see their Loved Ones. That is nothing. A lot of people think about travel and people start to talk about holidays immediately. So many people have family overseas, more than any other of the big economies. Peoplejust than any other of the big economies. People just have not seen and Loved Ones in many cases for a year and A Half plus. This will be a big relief to people to know if they had been double vaccinated outside of the uk, the change we are making which comes into force on monday means they will be able to visit here as long as they had been fully vaccinated and take a test before they come in after they arrive. It means people will be able to get back together with their Loved Ones for the first time in a long time. You with their Loved Ones for the first time in a long time. With their Loved Ones for the first time in a long time. You have said This kicks in time in a long time. You have said This kicks in on time in a long time. You have said This kicks in on monday. Time in a long time. You have said This kicks in on monday. France i time in a long time. You have said This kicks in on monday. France is| This kicks in on monday. France is not on that list stop i want to rejig their response from one french minister who has described the move as incomprehensible on health grounds. He has accused the Uk Government of Making Decisions not based on science and he has called it excessive. Clearly a lot of anger on that side of the channel. France is a hugely popular Holiday Destination for brits. I am wondering what your response is to the french minister and others who might be angry . I the french minister and others who might be angry . Might be angry . I spoke to my O Osite might be angry . I spoke to my opposite number might be angry . I spoke to my opposite number in might be angry . I spoke to my opposite number in france i might be angry . I spoke to my i opposite number in France Yesterday and he and i both agreed that of course every country needs to look at the data, look at recommendations from scientists, in our case from the joint by a Security Centre and respond if we did not, quite rightly, asking us why we ignore data that might be of concern. In This case the Beta Variant. The decision in france was to keep france on hold for the time being before looking at the data again, which is what we are doing right now and seeing where Peter Variant is going. I think he will rightly expect us to be cautious. What we don� t want, having had the lockdown and having had so many people coming forward for vaccination, 90 of all adults now with the first jab, forward for vaccination, 90 of all adults now with the firstjab, is to mess it up by letting in a variant that perhaps is not dealt with as well by the vaccination. All of that being checked out as well. It seems like a wise and precautionary approach, which the government has adopted on This. This approach, which the government has adopted on This. Adopted on This. This is the middle ofthe adopted on This. This is the middle of the summer adopted on This. This is the middle of the Summer Holidays adopted on This. This is the middle of the Summer Holidays and i adopted on This. This is the middle | of the Summer Holidays and people want to take plans for that you are talking about reviewing and checking backin talking about reviewing and checking back in on the subject. Can you offer the audience any time frame as to when france might be looked into again . To when france might be looked into auain . To when france might be looked into alain . ,. , to when france might be looked into auain . ,. , , again . France and every country will be reviewed again . France and every country will be reviewed This again . France and every country will be reviewed This time again . France and every country will be reviewed This time next again . France and every country will be reviewed This time next week i again . France and every country will be reviewed This time next week in i be reviewed This time next week in The End of next week, in our three weekly review programme. We are looking to see the latest data, i have not seen it yet on france or anywhere and we wanted to be as up to date as and make further announcements on it. I know it is incredibly frustrating and i know people want to but there Summer Holidays and we are into seminar. It may be too late for some people. I just have to repeat, This is as we discovered a deadly disease that we do not want to take chances and risks, particularly having done so well with the Vaccination Programme with her a variant that is able to better evade vaccination, which would be tragic having got to where we are now. We are on the cautious side of it, i recognise that. I hope over time we will be able to regularise the position with france but we will have to be patient and next week will be the first opportunity to do that. fin next week will be the first opportunity to do that. On the Chances Opportunity to do that. On the changes to opportunity to do that. On the changes to the opportunity to do that. On the changes to the highway i opportunity to do that. On the changes to the Highway Code | opportunity to do that. On the i changes to the Highway Code and giving pedestrians greater priority over cars and ensuring psyches have parity when travelling straight ahead atjunctions, people are going to say, how can you be sure This will be enforced . That people will adhere to This . Will be enforced . That people will adhere to This . Some people might that is lona adhere to This . Some people might that is long overdue. Adhere to This . Some people might that is long overdue. What adhere to This . Some people might that is long overdue. What we i adhere to This . Some people might that is long overdue. What we wantj that is long overdue. What we want to do is take the Highway Code and take the most vulnerable road users, people walking, people cycling, and then going up through the size of vehicle and putting the most vulnerable ones first. It is all part of the package today, a big 30 boost in our cycling and walking budgets. Notjust changes to the Highway Code, it is also backing a summer of cycling and i cannot think of a better day to do it off the back of two Cycling Bmx medals at the olympics overnight as well. It has certainly been a good day on that front. ,. ,. ,. , has certainly been a good day on that front has certainly been a good day on that front. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. , that front. You do not a need to do that, that front. You do not a need to do that. Everyone that front. You do not a need to do that, everyone can that front. You do not a need to do that, everyone can cycle that front. You do not a need to do that, everyone can cycle and i that front. You do not a need to do that, everyone can cycle and that l that front. 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The storm is dragging its way eastwards across england and Wales. In Northern Ireland and scotland, whether. Some showers could had it with a few Sunny Spells breaking through. There winds will slowly be easing as we head towards The End of the afternoon. Temperatures a bit disappointing for the time of year, 17 to 20 degrees. You can see the swell of low Pressure Clearing away is with as we had three Friday Night into the early hours of saturday, fairly large areas of cloud and one or two showers and temperatures between 12 and 15 as we begin the weekend. The remnants of the Storm Clearing away eastwards. High pressure trying to build in from the west but not having much luck. They will have a northerly wind at the weekend and generally speaking it will be rather for the time of the year. There will be some sunshine and showers are some of which could be heavy. Outbreaks are patchy rain On Saturday. Sunny spells developing. Pretty sharp showers in the south. There could be the odd flash of lightning and rumble of under temperatures up to 21,22. On sunday, quite a lot of cloud and potentially longer spells of rain. We will see some Sunny Spells. Temperatures disappointing, especially in northern scotland. Here there is 14, 15 degrees. This is Bbc News. The headlines. On day seven of the Tokyo Olympics, all eyes will turn to the track, as the heats for the 100 metres marks The Start of the athletics. Jamaica� s double Olympic Champion, shelly Ann Fraser Pryce is among the favourites. Tokyo has extended its State Of Emergency, afterjapan suffered a Record Breaking 10,000 daily covid cases. There� s increasing concern the olympics is fuelling the spike. Doctors are warning the city� s Healthcare System could be overwhelmed. The australian government has deployed hundreds of troops In The City of sydney to help police ensure that residents observe the stay At Home restrictions, as Covid Infections continue to rise. One of hollywood� s best paid stars, scarlettjohansson, is taking legal action over disney� s decision to stream her latest movie Black Widow at the same time as it was released in cinemas. You� re watching Bbc News. When a country holds the olympics there� s often a big effort to clean up and redevelop parts of the host city. In tokyo, This has meant moving hundreds of Homeless People from near the main stadium as Sofia Bettiza reports. The Tokyo Olympics have begun. But This is what you don� t see. Hundreds of Homeless People in Central Tokyo Being forced to hide from site. Translation being forced to hide from site. Translation ,. ,. , translation they want us to be invisible. Since translation they want us to be invisible. Since japan translation they want us to be invisible. Since japan won translation they want us to be invisible. Since japan won the I Translation they want us to be invisible. Since japan won the Bid L invisible. Since japan won the bid to host the invisible. 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The authorities tried to hide the poorest lyrics . The authorities tried to hide the poorest of lyrics . The authorities tried to hide the poorest of the lyrics . The authorities tried to hide the poorest of the poor i lyrics . The authorities tried to i hide the poorest of the poor because they want to show the clean city to they want to show the clean city to the foreign media, also the athletes. Actually, some of the officials who tried to kick them out, very clearly say that. Please just hide yourself during the olympic games. We just hide yourself during the olympic games. Just hide yourself during the ol mic games. ~ ,. ,. Olympic games. We contacted the Ja Anese olympic games. We contacted the japanese government olympic games. We contacted the japanese government and olympic games. We contacted the japanese government and the i japanese government and the international olympic committee. But nobody replied to us. The government is set in the past they are trying to get Homeless People off the streets and into shelters. They deny forcing them out because of the olympics. But those Shelters Cram three to four Bunk Beds in very small rooms. Most Homeless People in japan are elderly and unvaccinated. They think it is safer to sleep on the streets. This man has found shelter for the the streets. This man has found shelterfor the night. It is raining heavily, so he has taken refuge under a bridge near the Olympic Stadium. If they lose any public places they can stay at night, then they cannot survive. It is unfair. find can stay at night, then they cannot survive. It is unfair. And inhumane. But in survive. It is unfair. And inhumane. Iout in the survive. It is unfair. And inhumane. But in the morning, survive. It is unfair. And inhumane. But in the morning, he survive. It is unfair. And inhumane. But in the morning, he will survive. It is unfair. And inhumane. But in the morning, he will get i but in the morning, he will get evicted once again. To stevenage, where the Drugs Manufacturer Glaxosmithklein has announced plans which could bring £400 million and around 5,000 jobs to the city. The company already has a big base in hertfordshire, but it wants to expand and become the biggest Science Hub in europe. Bbc look east� S Theo Chikomba has more on the plans that many are hoping will transform the town. This is where life changing medicine is made. Scientists here at the leading pharmaceutical Company Gsk Work on new medicine for respiratory and autoimmune diseases. Now they are looking to expand. It� s are looking to expand. Its important are looking to expand. Its important to are looking to expand. Lt� s important to understand that as Scientists Collaboration is the centre of everything we do. And so what we are trying to do here is built on a successful campus on our relationships with Bio Catalyst and the Gene Therapy catapult, to build an even bigger ecosystem. That increases collaboration, increases opportunity for a new science. I think that is great news for stevenage. It� s great news for the uk and it� s great news for gsk. find Uk and its great news for gsk. And thats what those in leadership at that� s what those in leadership at This site want to build on into the future. fist This site want to build on into the future. �. ,. , future. At the moment we are absolutely future. At the moment we are absolutely full future. At the moment we are absolutely full and future. At the moment we are absolutely full and we future. At the moment we are absolutely full and we have i future. At the moment we are absolutely full and we have a l future. At the moment we are i absolutely full and we have a long waiting absolutely full and we have a long waiting list. So the expansion plans we are waiting list. So the expansion plans we are really excited by because that will we are really excited by because that will provide growth for our existing that will provide growth for our existing companies and bring us the opportunity to bring new companies. So when opportunity to bring new companies. So when we opportunity to bring new companies. So when we look at the new companies what we so when we look at the new companies what we look at is their technology, the strength of the team and also their ability to collaborate and work their ability to collaborate and work with others. Thats really important work with others. Thats really important to us. The work with others. Thats really important to us. Work with others. Thats really important to us. The vision doesnt stop there important to us. The vision doesnt stop there. Local important to us. The vision doesnt stop there. Local business important to us. The vision doesnt stop there. Local business leaders| stop there. Local business leaders want to see those from across the pond invested in stevenage� s regeneration plans. We pond invested in Stevenages Regeneration plans. Pond invested in Stevenages Regeneration plans. Pond invested in Stevenages Reueneration lans. ,. , w regeneration plans. We want to make sure we are regeneration plans. We want to make sure we are attracting regeneration plans. We want to make sure we are attracting really regeneration plans. We want to make sure we are attracting really great i sure we are attracting really great businesses do come here. Part of the investment here that we have seen with gsk and the work that we have donein with gsk and the work that we have done in putting money into the location is attracting international investment. And we need that, particularly poster brexit. {jut investment. And we need that, particularly poster brexit. Out of the science particularly poster brexit. Out of the science park, particularly poster brexit. Out of the science park, millions i particularly poster brexit. Out of the science park, millions of i particularly poster brexit. Out of i the science park, millions of pounds is being used to rebuild here in the town centre. The Council Leader welcomes the proposals by gsk. This will create fantastic opportunities for a young micro people. We have are generate Stevenage Programme which are generate Stevenage Programme which is are generate Stevenage Programme which is working with all those key major which is working with all those key major employers that are delivering these major employers that are delivering these high skilled, high techjobs. 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The next step is to i find a developer who can take on the £400 million project, which could see up to 5000 newjobs in the next decade. The star of the Marvel Superhero Film Black Widow, scarlettjohansson, is suing the Walt Disney company over its simultaneous release of the movie in cinemas and on its streaming service. Msjohannson alleges the Action Cost her millions of dollars. She said the way the film was distributed breached her contract. Disney says the lawsuit has no merit. Earlier, we asked Entertainment Journalist Kj Matthews why This lawsuit is so significant. Scarlettjohansson is the highest paid actress in hollywood and, really, the kind of contract that she had is really no different to the other a list stars. Generally when they negotiate they negotiate for a percentage of the Box Office profits. That means more people go to the Box Office, the more money they make. Here is a problem. We are living in a pandemic and what she is saying is that many of the studios, Notjust Marvel and disney, they decided to have simultaneous releases, meaning it comes out in the theatre and also on the Streaming Platform and for that she wanted them to come back to her to renegotiate because when we negotiated before the pandemic, we thought This film would exclusively open in the theatre. And that is not the case now. She never got the opportunity to renegotiate, according to her lawyers and because of that she will not make as much money. One of George Eliot� s most famous novels written in 1861 Silas Marner about a religious outcast has been reimagined as a musical and is premiering This weekend in coventry with a cast of professionals and amateur community actors. The Community Cast of the show which is being staged in a big top In The City say the experience has been life changing not least coming together in the pandemic. The bbc� s Coventry And Warwickshire reporterjoan cummins has been along to find out more. A claret and blue big top on a school in coventry is an unusual location for a rear reinterpretation of a victorian classic. But This weekend sees the launch of a musical version of the George Eliot novel Silas Marner. Rather low in the story is basically. Honestly. It seems like a fantastic idea to set that storing the place it is set and make a good people who live here now, like the descendants of the people in the story, as it were. A technical rehearsal a Pub Scene is recreated that is reputed to have been inspired by the 17th Century Rainbow in in nearby alison lee village. It allows Community Cast members to flex their acting abilities. It members to flex their acting abilities. ,. ,. , ~ members to flex their acting abilities. ,. ,. ,. , abilities. It is our city. We would be mad not abilities. It is our city. We would be mad not to abilities. It is our city. 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Silas is played by a professional actor, who says the combination of working with community players and performing in a tent enhances the experience for everyone, including the audience. It gives them more of an experience. The fact gives them more of an experience. The fact they are outside and closer to the the fact they are outside and closer to the environment, when probably we would to the environment, when probably we would have to the environment, when probably we would have been in a week and feel how cold would have been in a week and feel how cold it would have been in a week and feel how cold it is, we can hear the raid how cold it is, we can hear the raid if how cold it is, we can hear the raid if it how cold it is, we can hear the rain. If it gets too hot we are going rain. If it gets too hot we are going to rain. If it gets too hot we are going to be sweating and so are there going to be sweating and so are there it going to be sweating and so are there it is going to be sweating and so are there. It is like a shared expense. There there. It is like a shared expense. There is there. It is like a shared expense. There is debate over whether where the fictional reveller villages. Some say it is nuneaton. The cast of Silas Marner believe it is based here and they say they are determined that Silas Marner is going to put coventry on the map. John cummins, bbc midlands today, of entry. Do stay with us on Bbc News. Coming next, world business report. Is offline the new online . Amazon posts more record profits, but warns its covid boost is fading as people return to shopping in person. The Airline Agony continues british Airways Owner Iag loses e2 billion in the first half of This year as covid travel restrictions continue. Welcome to world business report. Im victoria fritz. We start with amazon. The E Commerce Giant has been one of the business worlds biggest winners during the pandemic, as people Around The World were forced to shop online. But is that boom coming to an end . Amazon made sales of a vast 113 Billion in the three Months Tojune. But that was less than Wall Street was expecting. And its warned of a further slowdown in the coming months. Samira hussain reports from New York. Amazon is the online shopping titan. But what happens when consumers who have spent most of the past year and A Half stuck inside, are finally allowed to go out shopping in actual physical stores . Well, they do it. That was certainly reflected in amazons quarterly earnings report. The company had a blockbuster year in 2020, as the pandemic forced many to shop online. But not only did amazon Miss Investor Expectations for revenue in the last three months of This year, what the company is expecting for the next three months is also lower. Their revenue was still up 27 . This is the third consecutive quarter in which the company made 100 Billion in revenue. But it was still disappointing to Wall Street. Now another thorn in Amazons Side is the continuing investigation by federal regulators in the us, who are looking at the selling practices of its own branded goods and its recent acquisition of the storied Hollywood Studio Mgm studios. Samira hussain in New York for us there. One of europes biggest airline groups has predictably reported more losses in the first half of This year. Iag, whose brands include british airways, Iberia And Aer lingus, lost more than e2 billion after tax in the six months to The End ofjune. The company has continued to struggle with covid travel restrictions. Crucially the normally lucrative routes to the united states are still being restricted. John strickland is an Aviation Consuultant atjls consulting. We did get some help for ba This week due to the double Vaccination Announcement for travellers to the uk. Too little, too late . Uk. Too little, too late . Certainly a bit of positive uk. Too little, too late . Certainly a bit of positive news. Uk. Too little, too late . Certainly a bit of positive news. It uk. Too little, too late . Certainly a bit of positive news. It is uk. Too little, too late . Certainly a bit of positive news. It is not. A bit of positive news. It is not significant to put the airline back in robust financial health and go forward. But it was a good step. Theyve just announced in the last few minutes that within hours of hearing the news us citizens could come to the uk without quarantine, bookings went up by 95 out of the us. That indicates people do want to travel. But that market is really one of the most important for british airways and for aer lingus. I was also interested to see they said This morning that other parts of the group also benefited because unlike the north atlantic, latin america has been strong, as has the spanish domestic market. America has been strong, as has the spanish domestic market. Looking for some briuht spanish domestic market. Looking for some bright spots spanish domestic market. Looking for some bright spots in spanish domestic market. Looking for some bright spots in This, spanish domestic market. Looking for some bright spots in This, although i some bright spots in This, although these losses are pretty eyewatering, they are roughly half of the same losses they made at the same period last year. Do you think This is a bit of a Turning Point for the Airline Industry . It bit of a Turning Point for the Airline Industry . Airline industry . It is a bit difficult to Airline Industry . It is a bit difficult to say Airline Industry . It is a bit difficult to say that. Airline industry . It is a bitj difficult to say that. There Airline Industry . It is a bit i difficult to say that. There is Airline Industry . It is a bit difficult to say that. There is so much to look at, not least Government Policy and lack of consistent policy has been a problem for Iag And Dawn airlines. Iag has been particularly exposed because the Uk Government has a green travel list, cities and countries on and off that list and are erratic and regular basis. That has affected confidence. But hopefully, as we continue to see the vaccine rolled out notjust in europe but Around The World, it will progressively improve. But of course some areas, winter it is often for some airlines. A long way to go yet to get through. They have improved the liquidity. They have over Ten Billion Euros available. They are better placed. In saying that, it is all in relative terms. All in relative terms. Absolutely. The are all in relative terms. Absolutely. They are still all in relative terms. Absolutely. They are still burning all in relative terms. Absolutely. They are still burning through i all in relative terms. Absolutely. I they are still burning through 200 Million Euros a week in cash. They are not issuing any Profit Guidance for 2021. You think investors will dump This stock . I for 2021. You think investors will dump This stock . For 2021. You think investors will dump This stock . I dont think so. Iag has always dump This stock . I dont think so. Iag has always been dump This stock . I dont think so. Iag has always been well dump This stock . I dont think so. | iag has always been well regarded dump This stock . I dont think so. I iag has always been well regarded in the industry and amongst its peers. We are adhering results today. Other airlines are doing less well. They have had a large amount of government support, which iag has not had to do. From an Investor Point of view that is positive. They are looking for commercial sources of liquidity. They have complete Freedom to take difficult commercial decisions, many of which were taken last year, particularly by british airways, who were in a lot of pain in terms of the relationship with unions and the need, sadly, lose jobs. It was No Doubt necessary. That reflects on the Performance Today which ultimately protects the long term business. John today which ultimately protects the longterm business. John strickland, thank ou. The world already produces enough food to feed everyone on the planet, yet millions go hungry. Why . Food waste. The amount of good food going in the bin every year is enough to fill 23 Million 40 tonne trucks. Bumper to bumper, enough to circle the earth seven times. And all that food costs money. In fact, the average household could save almost 1000 year by buying only the food they ate. Now an army of waste warriors is taking action to help us all tackle the problem. Today we basically throw away one third of the food we produce on the planet. That is too crazy. We need to find a solution for everybody to actually do something about Food Waste and really make a difference. We contact stores who might have leftovers at The End of the day. Consumers like you and me can get food that would have ended up in the bin otherwise. Today the fact that people dont understand the difference between expiry dates is responsible in europe alone for 20 of the Food Waste. Best before and used by means two different things. Used by is about your health. Best before. We have been working with many food manufacturers to explain better the difference between the two dates on the product. It is about creating that mass movement, where everyone changes their habits and together we can have a huge impact. And viewers on bbc World News can see more about how the world is tackling Food Waste, on talking business with Aaron Heslehurst This weekend. The times are on your screen now with the first airing at 2330 gmt On Saturday. In other news. The french economy grew by a higher than expected 0. 9 in the three months from april to june. Hotels and restaurants did particularly well, but the economy is still more than 3 smaller than before the pandemic. Covid restrictions have been easing since may as the government tries to keep the eurozones second biggest economy open. This week the french parliament controversially expanded the use of covid passports for Entry Intro bars and restaurants as well as long distance travel. French Car Maker Renault expects the global shortage of computer chips will mean it makes 200,000 fewer cars This year than it did the year before. That is twice the previous estimate. However, rising sales of new vehicles means it has made a profit of just over 350 new vehicles means it has made a Profit Ofjust over 350 Million Euros in the first half of This year. That compares to a loss of 7 Billion euros in the same period the year before. The uks biggest dairy company, arla, has told the bbc it failed to make 25 of its deliveries to supermarkets last weekend, because of a lack of lorry drivers. The companys managing director said 600 stores did not receive deliveries. The Haulage Industry estimates there are around 60,000 unfilled jobs for drivers across the country, because of brexit and Covid Restrictions. Lam going i am going to prove to gas is exciting. Gas is very exciting because This is what is going on at the moment in the markets. Natural gas prices in europe and the uk have soared to some of the highest levels on record. There are threatening to raise the cost for households and businesses. Global supplies are very tight at the moment. Uk prices have risen to their highest levels since 2005. And European Prices have hit 40 2005. And European Prices have hit a0 euros per Megawatt Hour for the first time ever. I told you it was exciting. See you soon. Hello. Storm everton is bringing windy weather across the south of the uk, with a met Office Amber Warning issued for a good part of cornwall and the isles of scilly. It is all because of This area of low pressure, quite a small low but quite a powerful one, tracking its way eastwards. The strongest winds on the southern flank. You can see the Amber Warning here across, cornwall into the isles of scilly. Those are the wind gusts in the black circles. The winds quite brisk across a good part of devon, dorset, into hampshire, up the Bristol Channel and across the South Coast of Wales. Some Damage And Disruption quite possible as we start the day. And with his curl of wet weather as well, some heavy, potentially thundery bursts of rain at times. Our storm tracks its way eastwards across england and Wales through the day. Northern ireland and scotland will have calmer weather. Quite a lot of cloud and some showers, but Sunny Spells. It stays windy for a good part of the day down towards the south. The winds will slowly ease as we head towards The End of the afternoon. Temperatures disappoint for the time of the year. 17 to 20 degrees. You can see our swirl of low Pressure Clearing the way eastwards as we head through Friday Night into the early hours of saturday. Fairly large areas of cloud, some showers, some clear spells. Temperatures between 12 and 15 degrees as we begin the weekend. The remnants of Storm Everton clearing away. High pressure trying to build in from the west but not having much luck. Stranded between low pressure and High Pressure we will have a northerly wind through the weekend. That means it will generally speaking the rather cool for the time of the year. We will see some spells of sunshine but also some showers, some of which will be heavy. Quite a lot of cloud as we start saturday morning. Outbreaks of patchy rain. Sunny spells developing. Some sharp showers, especially down towards the south. The odd flash of lightning, the Odd Rumble of thunder. Up to 21 or 22 degrees in the sunny spots. On sunday, quite a lot of cloud. Some showers with potential rain. Longer spells of rain. Temperatures quite disappointing, especially in northern scotland, 1a, 15 degrees. This is Bbc News, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the globe. Our top stories. Tokyo extends its State Of Emergency, after a Record Breaking numbers of Covid Infections across japan. But how effective has it been . If the government really wants to stop the spread of the virus, they have to lock us down and offer financial support because without it people will go out and go to work because they need to earn money. Bethany shriever wins gold in the womens Bmx Racing final, just moments after her Team Mate claimed britains first olympic medal in the event. Pregnant women are urged to get vaccinated, as estimates from england suggest about nine out of ten have not had the jab. If you arent vaccinated, you are more likely to end up needing respiratory support. Unfortunately it can lead to early miscarriages or preterm births. And australia sends in the army to enforce sydneys stay At Home restrictions, as covid 19 infections continue to rise. Hello and welcome. After hitting a new record for the number of confirmed daily cases of more than 10,000 injapan, a State Of Emergency already in place in tokyo has been extended to more regions. Theres increasing concern that enthusiasm for the olympics has contributed to a spike in coronavirus cases. Our reporter, mariko oi, is in tokyo and she gave This update. Well, the japanese government has proposed to expand the State Of Emergency to include the three prefectors of tokyo, as well as osaka. That will take effect on monday. The State Of Emergency for Tokyo And Okinawa is also going to get extended by about ten days until The End of august. How effective that will be in controlling the pandemic remains to be seen. The japanese capital has been under the State Of Emergency for two weeks now and yet we are still seeing a surge in covid 19 cases. The bigger question is, what else can the japanese government do to control the pandemic . I thought it was interesting when the Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said the key in handling This pandemic is young people. She encouraged them to get vaccinated but also asked them not to go out. I thought it was a bit unfair because firstly there are not enough jabs to go around but also it is not just young people, we have noticed every Age Group out and about despite the State Of Emergency. We came to shibuya to find out how young people found the new lines from the government. Lets take a listen. I havent even received a ticket to get vaccinated. My parents onlyjust got theirjobs. I can sense we are getting too used to a State Of Emergency, so its not stopping people from going out. Shejust had herfirst Shot Yesterday and ive made my appointment. So were getting vaccinated when we can. If the government really wants to stop the spread of the virus, they will have to lock us down and offer financial support. Without it, people would go out and go to work because they need to earn money. Staying injapan and turning now to the olympics where we have now reached the midpoint of the games. Lets find out more about Todays Action from Mike Bushell at Bbc Sports centre. I hear theres been a south african World Record in the pool . Hard to believe we are halfway through. The first individual World Record at these games as well. Write a story. It was one of the great showdowns in 2020. The holder had not lost a race since 2018. Later on today she was also pipped to the wall in the 200 metres by commonwealth champion, tajana schoenmaker. She made history with a new World Record time. The first individual World Record in the tokyo aquatic f test centre. She also won silver in the 200 metres and now has a goal to take back. He came to swimming having been a netball star. She said she was not expecting This at all. ~. She said she was not expecting This at all. ~. ,. ,. , she said she was not expecting This atall. ~. ,. ,. ,. ,. , at all. What are worthy champion quite the transition at all. What are worthy champion quite the transition from at all. What are worthy champion quite the transition from netball. At all. What are worthy Champion L quite the transition from netball to swimming. Also a big day for athletics. ~. , swimming. Also a big day for athletics. ,. Athletics. What can we expect . The start of athletics athletics. What can we expect . The start of athletics is athletics. What can we expect . The start of athletics is always athletics. What can we expect . The start of athletics is always a athletics. What can we expect . The start of athletics is always a big start of athletics is always a big moment at any olympic games, especially This year in the womens 100 metres. It is being billed as the biggest draw of tokyo 2020. There are so many contenders for the Gold Medal showdown. Earlier we saw athletes in action in the heats for the first time. There was the reigning champion, the jamaican. Earlier we saw shelly Ann Fraser Pryce posting a time. What about This lady Dina Asher Smith was actually slower. At This stage it is about getting through. She has made it through safely. May be about keeping powerful when it matters in the finals and semifinals. The semifinal is On Saturday and that finally couple of hours later. We cannot wait. Finally couple of hours later. We cannot wait finally couple of hours later. We cannot wait. Bets also talk about what has happened cannot wait. Bets also talk about what has happened with cannot wait. Bets also talk about what has happened with the cannot wait. Bets also talk about | what has happened with the bmx. Cannot wait. Bets also talk about. What has happened with the bmx. A big win for Team Gb. How have we fed across the medals . This is a big story for Team Gb. They had tried a year to get a medal in the finals and now they have to macro medals. What a story what the best way to silence your doubters. That is what Beth Shriever did. What a ride it was beating the double colombian champion. Celebrating with her great brand, kai white. Earlier he won silver. What a day for the brits on the bmx bikes. Kai white said he was in tears and could not speak to his family in peckham for a while. He has had to come through serious injury. He is known as the principal happened. He has a Silver Medal to add to beths gold. The prince of peckham. Hundreds of troops are to be deployed in the australian City Of Sydney to help police ensure that residents observe stay At Home restrictions as Covid Infections continue to rise. Our correspondent in sydney, shaimaa khalil, says australias low Vaccination Rate is an issue. It is the availability of the vaccine, the fact that there has been so much mixed messaging around astrazeneca that many people have not gone forwrd for weeks. Not many people have not gone forward for weeks. Also This is a country where, for the longest time, life had gone back to near normal. As recently as may. There was not that push in the beginning to get people to get vaccinated because people felt there wasnt an urgency. Now of course with the situation in Wales'>New South Wales going from bad to worse, there is a Big Push from the government to get people vaccinated but numbers are nowhere near where they need to be, only 17 of the population are vaccinated. In Wales'>New South Wales we have seen the biggest spike yesterday, 239 cases in one day. That is the biggest notjust in This outbreak but since the beginning of the pandemic for Wales'>New South Wales. Today it is about 170 but This is after five weeks of lockdown, which has been extended to another four weeks. On top of that, there are eight areas in the West And South west of sydney that have been identified as hotspots. This is going to be where the Police And Army presence, they have the army presence, where were going to find it concentrating most. Theyre going to be on the streets but also knocking on doors to make sure people stay At Home. There has been criticism that has been heavy handed. The authorities are saying This is one of the crucial ways to make sure people abide by these rules and abide by the lockdown. The united states is beginning to evacuate large numbers of Afghan Interpreters and their families because of fears that their work could put their lives at risk. Concern over their fate has increased, as the us completes its Military Withdrawal from the country. Our Correspondent Secunder kermani is in kabul and he explained the risks for these interperters in afghanistan. Certainly there is a lot of fear amongst the Interpreter Community as the taliban has been advancing. The group is now in control of around half of all territory in the country. No major cities, theyre fighting in the outskirts of another, theyve encircled others. The us secretary of state said yesterday that first group of Afghan Interpreters who had worked with Us Military Forces would be arriving in america very, very soon. Were expecting to get confirmation of their arrival in a few hours time, as well as an idea ofjust how many have landed. They are part of a first tranche of 750 interpreters and their families, totalling 2500 people, who are at the most advanced stage of the application process. They will be taken to the Fort Lee Army base in virginia for the final steps of the process. Another a,000 interpreters expected to be taken to us military bases abroad or to safe third countries. The secretary of state was in kuwait, one of the places mooted as a temporary location for the interpreters. No announcement yet as to whether a deal has been struck. Other countries include those in Central Asia that also been mentioned. There are also around 15,000 other Afghan Interpreters he worked with us forces who are at much earlier stages in the application process. There are concerns that have been raised in america, are similar concerns have been raised in the uk and other western nations about whether the process is going fast enough, whether it needs to be more generous as the taliban continues to press ahead in its advance in afghanistan. Stay with us on bbc World News, still to come we meet africas 77 year old, � mother of contemporary dance,� whos won a prestigious prize at the Venice Dance Biennale. Here in the uk, a group of mps has called for more support to help disabled people find jobs and stay in work. The Commons Work and Pensions Committee said disabled people still face unacceptable barriers to finding and progressing in work. A Government Spokesman said the Plan Forjobs scheme had helped to narrow the Disability Employment Gap and that ministers remained committed to reducing it further. We need to have an Employment System that supports certain people in a personalised way, that is people are given Employment Support based on need, rather than something that is generic. Secondly, we need action to keep disabled people in work. We know many disabled people do get jobs and can getjobs but often fall out of the workplace for many different reasons. This is Bbc News, the latest headlines. Tokyo has extended its State Of Emergency, afterjapan suffered a Record Breaking 10,000 daily covid cases. Britains Bethany Shriever Win Gold in the womens Bmx Racing final, while Team Mate Kye Whyte claims silver in the mens. President biden has urged individual states to pay unvaccinated americans One Hundred dollars to get their shots. Hes also announced that Government Workers and contractors who refuse to get a vaccine will face compulsory weekly testing and other restrictions. Heres our north america correspondent, david willis. Coronavirus cases have risen in all but one state over the course of the last seven days, most of it fuelled by the spread of the Delta Variant. Barely 50 of the population here is fully vaccinated. That leaves 19 Million americans who are eligible for a vaccine that has so far chosen not to get one. Today President Biden expressed a measure of frustration, a measure of desperation. He said it was not a political issue, nothing political about This. He also blamed misinformation on Social Media and other platforms for the reasons for a lot of people not getting theirjabs. As you mentioned, he announced new requirements for federal Government Workers to either get vaccinated or undergo regular testing and he pushed as well for Cash Incentives to be made available to those who are in areas of the country where Vaccination Rates are low. To incentivise them to get a jab. This is what the president had to say about that. Today i am calling on all states and local governments to use funding they have received, including from The American rescue plan, to give 100 to anyone who gets fully vaccinated. I know it might sound unfair to folks who have gotten vaccinated already but here is the deal. If incentives help us beat This virus, i believe we should use them. President biden also said he is calling on the us Defence Department to consider making a Coronavirus Vaccine one of the required vaccinations it gives to members of the military here. Were that to be the case, about another 1. 5 million people would be vaccinated automatically and he has talked of reimbursing small and medium sized businesses who give their staff paid time off in order to go and get vaccinated. As to whether all This will work, we were just had to wait and see. We willjust have to wait and see. If it does not, the next alternative really is some sort of mandatory measures, something the biden administration is unwilling to deploy. When a country holds the olympic games, theres often a big effort to clean up and redevelop key parts of the host city. In tokyo, This has meant hundreds of Homeless People have been evicted from areas near the Olympic Stadium, train stations and parks. They told the bbc that the japanese authorities have asked them to � hide for the duration of the olympics. Sofia Bettiza Reports from tokyo. The Tokyo Olympics have begun. But This is what you dont see. Hundreds of Homeless People in Central Tokyo Being forced to hide from site. Translation they want us to be invisible. Since japan won the bid to host the games in 2013, the authorities have taken a tough approach. Parks were locked and lit up at night. This 6a Year old to live here. Used to live here. You can see the Olympic Stadium behind him. One day he found these eviction notices plastered all over his belongings. These people have been trying to help him. Translation we have to build a fence to prevent people from leaving This area during the limericks. The olympics. He has been evicted three times. He has been homeless for nearly 20 years. He hates out his community has been treated because of the olympics. Translation if you are homeless, a tent is all you have left. It is like losing your home. They suddenly, undertake your property away. Come and take your property away. It is a big struggle. Have Homeless People in tokyo being pressured to disappear out the olympics . The authorities tried to hide the poorest of the poor because they want to show the clean city to the foreign media, also the athletes. Actually, some of the officials who tried to kick them out, very clearly say that. Please just hide yourself during the olympic games. We contacted the japanese government and the international olympic committee. But nobody replied to us. The government is set in the past they are trying to get Homeless People off the streets and into shelters. Has said in the past. They deny forcing them out because of the olympics. But those Shelters Cram three to four Bunk Beds in very small rooms. Most Homeless People injapan are elderly and unvaccinated. They think it is safer to sleep on the streets. This man has found shelterfor the night. It is raining heavily, so he has taken refuge under a bridge near the Olympic Stadium. If they lose any public places they can stay at night, then they cannot survive. It is unfair. And inhumane. But in the morning, he will get evicted once again. Lets bring you some breaking news now. The first person convicted under hong kongs national Security Law will face nine Years Inprison for terrorist activities and inciting secession, judges said on friday, in a watershed ruling with long term implications for the citys judicial landscape. Former Waiter Tong Ying kit, 2a, was accused of driving his motorcycle into Riot Police last year while carrying a flag with the Protest Slogan liberate hong kong. Well bring you more on This as it comes in. More than 100 people had been arrested under This law when it came into force in 2020. Lets get some of the days other news. Israel will become the first country in the world to offer a third dose of a western Coronavirus Vaccine, on a wide scale. People over 60 will be able to get the top up starting on sunday. Israel was one of the fastest countries in the world to vaccinate its population with the first two doses. The us navy has filed charges against a sailor over a massive blaze aboard the Uss Bonhomme richard in 2020. The sailor, whose name has not been publicly revealed, is accused of starting the which took four days to put out. At least a0 sailors and 23 civilians were injured. The star of the Marvel Superhero Film � Black Widow� , scarlettjohansson, is suing the Walt Disney company over its simultaneous release of the movie in cinemas and on its streaming service. Msjohannson alleges the Action Cost her millions of dollars. She said the way the film was distributed breached her contract. Disney says the lawsuit has no merit. Earlier i asked Entertainment Journalist Kj Matthews why This lawsuit is so significant. Scarlettjohansson is the highest paid actress in hollywood and, really, the kind of contract that she had is really no different to the other a list stars. Generally when they negotiate, they negotiate for a percentage of the Box Office profits. That means more people go to the Box Office, the more money they make. Here is the problem. We are living in a pandemic and what she is saying is that many of the studios, Notjust Marvel and disney, they decided to have dual releases, meaning it comes out in the theatre and also on the Streaming Platform. For that she wanted them to come back to her to renegotiate because when we negotiated before the pandemic, we thought This film would exclusively open in the theatre. And that is not the case now. She never got the opportunity to renegotiate, according to her lawyers and because of that she will not make as much money. She� s called the � mother of African Contemporary Dance� and her achievements have earned her the top award at This year� s Dance Biennale festival in venice. Senegalese french choreographer germaine, who� s still dancing at the age of 77 has won the prestigious Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement as Brenda Emmanus reports. Germaine acogny marks her debut at the Venice Biennale Dance with a Stirring Performance of � summer at the beginning� with a Stirring Performance of � somewhere at the beginning� a Dynamic Piece of Self Expression inspired by the continent and her own personal history. At 77 years old, the Senegalese French Performer And Teacher is one of The Star attractions at This prestigious international festival and was recently awarded its highest honour. Translation it is something like a real Light In The Dark sky after the covid 19 epidemic and in the autumn of my life, This is the crowning and a recognition of the work i have been doing all my life. After being acknowledged by african countries, i now have global recognition, which is extraordinary for myself, my career, for my work. � ecole des sables� , the � school in the sand� , Is What Germaine describes as her greatest achievement. Hailed as the mother of African Contemporary Dance, her Training Academy in senegal attracts a new generation of dancers from all over africa and the world, keen to master her unique technique a combination of traditional African Dance Styles and contemporary movement. I have always wanted to have dance recognised as a real profession, something people can make a living from, so it was necessary to have a place where people could come and learn thatjob, just like you go to university to learn other professions. Dance allows us to share our ideas and feelings with other people without having to know their language. She is an amazing artist. Her work is challenging. She is using her history to invent newness. She is innovative, daring and brave. She really believes the work is for change, and whether that be change in Senegal Or Change in france, it is a tool for change. This creative powerhouse is not only a global ambassador for the arts in africa, shaping and transforming a new generation of dancers and choreographers, her ambition is to change outdated western perceptions of dance from the continent. We very much rely on the young people to take the lead but we, as africans, must work to change The View the world has of our continent. You are now in your 70s and remarkably show no signs of slowing down. What still motivates you . I love life. I love teaching. I love transmitting Knowledge And Training people. That gives me energy. Her impact is inspirational. Her vision helping to redefine the place of african dance on the World Stage and his relentless Drive And Ambition will No Doubt see her continue to work for many years to come. Brenda emmanus, Bbc News. That is it for the moment. You can catch all the stories we had been hammering on the website and on the news app. You can catch us on Social Media. We have been covering stop good morning. A bit of a wild night for some in the South West of england, thanks to the storm rolling in off the atlantic overnight stop you can see the cloud wrapped around on the southern edge where the strongest of the wind had been. Pushing its way eastwards the next few hours. Strongest in the English Channel and South West of england. And the rain wrapped around it. Most persistent in the north of england and the midlands. There could be a rumble of thunder with sunshine and showers as we go through the day. Much of scotland will be dry, very cloudy in the north with patchy rain. Wind for much of the country is not much of a feature. Gusts of a0, 50 in the southern coastal counties. Temperature rather disappointing for latejuly. Through disappointing for late july. Through This disappointing for latejuly. Through This evening and overnight in the area of low pressure that brought a strong wind pushes off in the near continent. If few showers pushing down. Some of the heaviest in the North West of england. Temperatures should not drop a way to manage ten to 15 degrees into the weekend. This is best on pushing away through denmark and into scandinavia. The wind is coming down from the north. It sets a separate call weekend. If you showers, some heavy and injury. It sets us up for a call weekend. A breeze most notable in the north and east. Most places dry. Enter the afternoon there could be showers in the south of england, some towards lincolnshire. This is where we could see large rainfall totals. The odd shower elsewhere with a rumble of thunder mixed in. Cool in the cloudy moments. Breezy in the east. Further west winds will form lighter. The main focus of the showers will be in the south. This is Bbc News. The headlines. Tokyo has extended its State Of Emergency, afterjapan suffered a Record Breaking 10,000 daily covid cases. There� s increasing concern the olympics is fuelling the spike. Doctors are warning the city� s Healthcare System could be overwhelmed. At the games, britain� s Bethany Shriever won gold in the women� s Bmx Racing final. It came just moments after Team Mate Kye Whyte claimed the nation� s first medal in the event, with silver in the men� s competition. Australia has deployed hundreds of soldiers to sydney to help enforce a lockdown. The troops willjoin police in covid hotspots. A Delta Outbreak which began injune has produced thousands of infections and led to nine deaths. Hollywood Star Scarlettjohansson is suing the Walt Disney company over its simultaneous release of the Blackwidow Movie in cinemas and on its online streaming service. She alleges the Action Cost her millions of dollars. It has been a better day for gb athletes at the olympics, as we have just been hearing. Mike bushell has the details. Yes, good morning. Plenty of medal two to you about. There� s no better way to silence your critics than winning a Gold Medal. But that is what Team Gb� s Beth Shriever did, by winning Bmx Gold This morning in the women� s final, overcoming funding issues, while working as a teaching assistant. It came after the country� s first olympic medal in bmx, in the men� s final, and there have also been british Silver Medals in the pool and a bronze in trampolene, as adam wild reports. A silver and a gold in Bmx Racing Bmx Hasjust lit up. For a silver and a gold in Bmx Racing Bmx Hasjust lit up. A silver and a gold in Bmx Racing Bmx Hasjust lit up. Bmx has ust lit up. For Team Gb, a moment Bmx Hasjust lit up. For Team Gb, a moment of Bmx Hasjust lit up. For Team Gb, a moment of history Bmx Hasjust lit up. For Team Gb, a moment of history in Bmx Hasjust lit up. For Team Gb, a moment of history in the Bmx Hasjust lit up. 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In the closing stages they were still in it, but onlyjust. They ended the games with a bronze. And that is what Bryony Page takes home too. Her Trampolining Routine was enough to see her into the lead for a few minutes. In The End she finished third as the medals keep coming for team finished third as the medals keep coming forTeam Gb finished third as the medals keep coming for Team Gb in tokyo. Adam wild, Bbc News. So, day seven at the Tokyo Olympics and all eyes on the women� s 100m heats. Jamaica� s shelly Ann Fraser Pryce, is chasing a historic third olympic gold, and her Team Mate, the reigning Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson herah, a second. But the fastest time came from Ivory Coast� s marie josee ta lou, who ran a brilliant 10. 78 seconds. Turning our attention to Team Gb, Dina Asher Smith began her bid to become the first british women to win a olympic individual sprint gold. And she made it safely through with a time of 11. 07 seconds, finishing behind american, teahna daniels. Looks like she is saving herself for the saturday� s semi finals. Britain� s asha phillip, and Daryll Neita are also though. It is all about saving your power and keeping it dry until it really matters and then produce your fastest times. That is all the sport for now. You can follow the lyrics across the iplayer and the bbc sport website. Thanks, mike. There� s increasing concern that enthusiasm for the olympics has contributed to a spike in coronavirus cases. For the first time, since the pandemic began, the number of new daily infections there has passed 10,000. The japanese authorities say the dramatic rise will not affect the olympics, but experts are warning if something isn� t done to control the spread, the city� s Healthcare System could soon be overwhelmed. From tokyo, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is tokyo in the middle of a State Of Emergency, in the middle of a pandemic. These bars are not supposed to be serving alcohol and should be closed by eight o� clock. But nobody is taking any notice. I� m not worried at all, This young man says, i want to go drinking, i want to go out drinking. Lots of people want to stay At Home, his girlfriend says, but we all have our limits. The japanese government says This behaviour has nothing to do with the olympics. Even its own advisers disagree. Olympics. Even its own advisers disauree. ~. , olympics. Even its own advisers disauree. ~. ,. , disagree. What we really need to have his leadership disagree. What we really need to have his leadership by disagree. What we really need to have his leadership by the disagree. What we really need to i have his leadership by the governors or even from the prime minister. Those people may have kind of the mixed messages. Now that we have the olympics. So that people may not really be cautious to the covid 19. Critics call This the olympic effect. We saw it last week on the streets around the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony. And it� s all happening in a country where most people under the age of 50 remain completely unvaccinated. To tell people that ok, it� s to tell people that ok, its dangerous, you have to stay home, you have dangerous, you have to stay home, you have to dangerous, you have to stay home, you have to do, you know, what your behaviour. You have to do, you know, what your behaviour. Is you have to do, you know, what your behaviour, isjust not credible. It is as behaviour, isjust not credible. It is as if behaviour, isjust not credible. It is as if you behaviour, isjust not credible. It is as if you are a heavy smoking parents is as if you are a heavy smoking parents who are telling the children, smoking is dangerous. The Ja Anese children, smoking is dangerous. Ira japanese government is children, smoking is dangerous. Ir9 japanese government is now children, smoking is dangerous. Ir9 japanese government is now telling young people to go out and get vaccinated as soon as possible. How do you do that . First of all, This is all the paperwork you need. This is all the paperwork you need. This is actually for my son. Then you got one of the Government Website and make a booking. Most of the places i� ve tried make a booking after today have been offering slots in mid september. Although i have managed to find one place which is offering a slot in mid august, which means he could be fully vaccinated by the beginning of october. But others here say the olympics is going much better than expected. Despite record infections, they were just eight covid deaths in the whole of japan yesterday. Is the threat of being exaggerated . The of japan yesterday. Is the threat of being exaggerated . Of japan yesterday. Is the threat of being exaggerated . The mood must have been quite being exaggerated . The mood must have been quite jolly being exaggerated . The mood must have been quite jolly before being exaggerated . The mood must have been quite jolly before the have been quite jolly before the titanic sunk. There is a gap. There is a parallel between the rise in infection and the rise of the seriously ill patients in on dating the hospitals and leading to the collapse of the medical system. Shit collapse of the medical system. At the current rate of increase tokyos the current rate of increase tokyo� s covid wards could be full before the olympic Closing Ceremony happens at The End of next week. Rupert wingfield hayes, Bbc News, tokyo. The government� s encouraging more of us to cycle and walk more as part of a new multi million Pound Investment in the country� s infrastructure. Also, people who have been fully vaccinated in the eu or us will not need to isolate when coming to england from an amber list country, but This excludes france. The transport secretary, grant schapps, spoke to me earlier. That� s the thing, isn� t it . A lot of people think about travel and people start to talk about holidays immediately. But we are so international connected and so many people have family overseas, possibly more than any other of the big economies, that, you know, peoplejust big economies, that, you know, people just haven� t seen their Loved Ones in many cases for a year and A Half plus. So This will be a big relief to people to know that if they have been double vaccinated outside of the uk, the change that we are making, which comes in from monday, means they will be able to visit here as long as they have been fully vaccinated, of course, and take a test before they come and a test after they arrive here. It does mean people will be able to get back together with their Loved Ones for the first time in a long time. Lots to one pic the first time in a long time. Lots to one pic there. The first time in a long time. Lots to one pic there. You the first time in a long time. Lots to one pic there. You say the first time in a long time. Lots to one pic there. You say This kicks in on monday. But france is not on the list. I want to read you the response from one french minister who has described the move as incomprehensible on health grounds. He has accused the Uk Government of Making Decisions not based on science. He has called it excessive. And clearly a lot of anger on that side of the channel. And of course france is a hugely popular Holiday Destination for brits. Ijust france is a hugely popular Holiday Destination for brits. I just wonder what your response is true that french minister and others who might be angry . 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The decision in france was therefore just to keep france on hold for the time being before looking at the data again, which is what we are doing right now, and seeing where that Beta Variant is going. I think of rightly expect us to be cautious. What we don� t want to be cautious. What we don� t want to do, having had all of This lockdown, having had so many people come forward for their vaccination, nearly 90 of all adults now with the first jab, nearly 90 of all adults now with the firstjab, is to mess it up by letting in a variant which perhaps isn� t dealt with as well by the vaccination. And so all of that being checked out as welljust seems like a wise and precautionary approach, which is the approach they got my cat is adopted. But approach, which is the approach they got my cat is adopted. Got my cat is adopted. But as i said, got my cat is adopted. But as i said. This got my cat is adopted. But as i said. This is got my cat is adopted. 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I haven� t seen that yet on france or elsewhere. We want it to be as up to date as possible. We will make further announcements. I don� t have anything specifically on it today. I know it� s incredibly frustrating. I know that people want to book their Summer Holidays and of course we are into summer now. It may be too late for some people. I just have to repeat, This is, as we have discovered, a deadly disease. We do not want to take chances or risks, critically having done so well with the Vaccination Programme. With each ad a variant which is able to better evade vaccination, which would be tragic, having got to where we are now. So we are on the cautious side of it, recognise that. But i hope that over time we will be able to regularise our position with france. But we will have to be a bit patient. Next week will be the first opportunity to look at that. fin Opportunity to look at that. On these new changes to the Highway Code giving pedestrians greater priority over cars at crossings, and ensuring Cyclists Priority when travelling straight ahead at junctions, people are going to say, how can you ensure This will be enforced, that drivers, that hierarchy on the road, that people will adhere to This . Will adhere to This . Some People Miaht will adhere to This . Some people might hear will adhere to This . Some people might hear This will adhere to This . Some people might hear This and will adhere to This . Some people might hear This and say will adhere to This . Some people might hear This and say it will adhere to This . Some people might hear This and say it is will adhere to This . Some people might hear This and say it is long | might hear This and say it is long overdue, actually. What we want to do is take the Highway Code and take the most vulnerable road users, people walking, people cycling, and then going up through the size of vehicle, but the most vulnerable ones first. It is all part of a package today, a big 30 boost in our cycling, walking budget. It is notjust our cycling, walking budget. It is not just the changes our cycling, walking budget. It is notjust the changes to the Highway Code. It is also backing a summer of cycling. I can� t think of a better day to do it on the back of two Cycling Bmx medal two at the olympics. Grant shapps, the transport secretary. After a year� s delay, more than a,000 athletes are set to take part in the tokyo paralympic games, which begin on the 2ath of august. International paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons has said these games will be the most important paralympics in history, with the Coronavirus Pandemic highlighting a series of inequalities in society for disabled people. One athlete taking part is britain� s Track And Field paralympian stef reid, who hopes to inspire the next generation of athletes. Shejoins us now. Thank you for your time. It has been quite a Roller Coaster of emotions, i imagine, overthe quite a Roller Coaster of emotions, i imagine, over the past few weeks as you build up to This. How are you feeling . I as you build up to This. How are you feelin . , , feeling . I am so excited. I mean, actually its feeling . I am so excited. I mean, actually its been feeling . I am so excited. I mean, actually its been about feeling . I am so excited. I mean, actually its been about 18 feeling . I am so excited. I mean, actually its been about 18 months actually it� s been about 18 months of uncertainty, not knowing if the games are going to go ahead or not, and then actually the Para Athletics Team was only picked about two weeks ago. So it is reallyjust now i have known for sure i am going, i am just getting ready. I cannot wait. You are beaming getting ready. I cannot wait. You are beaming. It getting ready. I cannot wait. You are beaming. It has getting ready. I cannot wait. You are beaming. It has been quite a waiting game, clearly. I guess on a personal level it has been quite a journey for you. Explain a bit what these games mean to you . So journey for you. Explain a bit what these games mean to you . Journey for you. Explain a bit what these games mean to you . So for me This will actually these games mean to you . So for me This will actually be these games mean to you . So for me This will actually be my these games mean to you . So for me This will actually be my fourth This will actually be my fourth paralympic games. I have been really lucky to have had quite a long sporting career, but even look you� re considering that i was in an accident when i was 15. I had always dreamt of doing sports. As part of the accident, unfortunately, part of my right leg was amputated. For me, sport is something that quickly came off the table and just seemed like an impossibility. A few years later i was given my first Running Blade and started sprinting and then jumping. The rest is now another games in tokyo. I jumping. The rest is now another games in tokyo jumping. The rest is now another games in tokyo. I am feeling all of that positivity games in tokyo. I am feeling all of that positivity but games in tokyo. I am feeling all of that positivity but are games in tokyo. I am feeling all of that positivity but are you that positivity but are you concerned about the practicalities when you actually get there, what with Covid Restrictions in place, rising cases we are hearing about . This will definitely be a game is unlike any other. But the reality is each game is that i have been different for different reasons. I have been watching a bit of the olympics. Listening to a few of the interviews with athletes. They have been honest about the fact it has been honest about the fact it has been tough. There are added stresses about the covid testing protocols and keeping yourself and everyone else safe. And also, some of the difficulties about not having your family there and the audience. So it will definitely be a unique challenge. Will definitely be a unique challenge will definitely be a unique challenie. , , , challenge. Obviously you have been watchin challenge. Obviously you have been watching the challenge. Obviously you have been watching the games challenge. Obviously you have been watching the games so challenge. Obviously you have been watching the games so far . Challenge. Obviously you have been watching the games so far . Any i watching the games so far . Any specific highlights for you . Oh. Gosh, specific highlights for you . Oh. Gosh. That specific highlights for you . Oh. Gosh. That is specific highlights for you . Oh. Gosh, that is a specific highlights for you . Oh. Gosh, that is a hard specific highlights for you . Oh. Gosh, that is a hard one specific highlights for you . Oh. Gosh, that is a hard one one i specific highlights for you . Oh. Gosh, that is a hard one one of| specific highlights for you . Oh. I gosh, that is a hard one one of the best things i have seen so far was actually Helen Glover rowing and just at the honesty that she gave with her interview afterwards, and just listening to how she trained. It has been interesting to hear how the pandemic has affected everyone differently. For her, that he delay meant she could then compete. It is interesting to hear how the covid has affected us all differently. Irate has affected us all differently. We wish ou has affected us all differently. We wish you and your colleagues all the very best as those games get under way later This month. Thank you very much. , ~ way later This month. Thank you very much. , , england� s deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tarn, says he hopes the worst of the Coronavirus Pandemic is behind us but he has warned there could be one or two bumpy periods ahead as autumn approaches. He has urged people who� ve not yet been vaccinated to come forward. The latest data from public Health England suggests that covid vaccines have prevented an estimated 22 Million infections and 60,000 deaths in england alone. Here� s our Health Correspondent sophie hutchinson. After the misery of many months with the pandemic, the thrill of the holidays. The nhs in england went to Thorpe Park today to encourage younger visitors to get vaccinated. Hi, guys. We are doing covid vaccines today. I want to be more safe and not that i am 0k. And also, when everything is open now, so i can have more Freedom. Did you see that . There is something about being fearless when you are young. Perhaps that is what is being played out with the vaccination. Unlike with the older generation, who went full throttle to get immunised, a significant proportion of younger people are still dragging their feet over getting the jab and getting protected. The numbers of those being immunised are continuing to rise. But there is a stark difference between the Age Groups. More than 30 of 18 to 29 year olds in england still have not had a single dose of the vaccine. Compare that to the ver 60s, when 90 have now had two jabs. Today the deputy chief medical officer was answering questions from young people on Bbc News about the vaccine. I was wondering why would i or any other young person be inclined to get the vaccine for individual reasons . The idea that covid is less serious to the young is right. But the idea that it is not pretty serious indeed for some young people is sadly wrong. In glasgow, Health Officials have taken the jabs on a bus to hampden park, the nationalfootball stadium, in an attempt to persuade more younger people to get immunised. I was just under waiting to see. I� m not against it. It was just a case of not yet. Many have not been able to enjoy a Day Day out. Nearly 700,000 were pinged by the nhs up, advising them to self isolate. For those young people who want to continue to go out, it seems increasingly likely that being Double Jabbed will be the key. Sophie hutchinson, Bbc News. The chief midwife for england, jacqueline dunkley bent, has written to gp practices, obstetricians and midwives, stressing the need to encourage pregnant women to be vaccinated against coronavirus. Estimates suggest that about nine out of ten have not had the jab, as the bbc� s Ellie Price reports. Its it� s a message that couldn� t be clearer. Its a message that couldnt be clearer. , , , , ,~ clearer. Expectant mums should take action to protect clearer. Expectant mums should take action to protect themselves clearer. Expectant mums should take action to protect themselves and action to protect themselves and their babies by getting the covid faxing. Any midwife not encouraging pregnant women to do so will now be going against the official advice. At the antenatal clinic at the Chelsea And Westminster hospital, most of the pregnant women we spoke to had beenjabbed. It� s most of the pregnant women we spoke to had been jabbed. To had been abbed. Its ust for the safety. It to had beenjabbed. Its ust for the safety. I started to had beenjabbed. Itsjust for the safety. I started getting the safety. I started getting worried, especially my third trimester. Luckily i have not had covid at all. I have been very lucky. But i thought it was important to have it to protect me and the baby now as well. So, yeah, decided to do it. I and the baby now as well. So, yeah, decided to do it. Decided to do it. 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The data also suggests the Delta Variant had increased the likelihood of pregnant patients having more severe symptoms. At the Kensington And Chelsea they outlined other risks. If you are hesitant about having the covid if you are hesitant about having the covid vaccination, its really important to remember that in pregnancy if you arent vaccinated, you are pregnancy if you arent vaccinated, you are more likely to end up needing you are more likely to end up needing respiratory support. Unfortunately, it can lead to early miscarriages, preterm births, which you can miscarriages, preterm births, which you can imagine having a detrimental impact you can imagine having a detrimental impact on you can imagine having a detrimental impact on your babys l. It is you can imagine having a detrimental impact on your babys l. Impact on your babys l. It is not more than impact on your babys l. It is not more than 51,000 impact on your babys l. It is not more than 51,000 pregnant impact on your babys l. It is not i more than 51,000 pregnant women impact on your babys l. It is not more than 51,000 pregnant women in the have had theirfirstjab more than 51,000 pregnant women in the have had their firstjab and nearly 21,000 have had their second. What that means hundreds of thousands remain unvaccinated. Medical experts insist they have been no Safety Concerns for the pregnant women who have taken the jab already. And it is safe. Ali price, Bbc News. Let� s talk now to georgia nichol, who is herself pregnant and has had the Coronavirus Vaccine. Thank you forjoining us. First of all, explain to us what has happened in your case . You have had both long covid and the infection last year and it wasn� t great . Covid and the infection last year and it wasnt great . Covid and the infection last year and it wasnt great . Yeah. So, im ount , and it wasnt great . Yeah. So, im young. Lm and it wasnt great . Yeah. So, im young. 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I think i | have. I have looked into what i love myself. I can see that it� s probably quite difficult if you are watching the news because we were told for quite a while that it potentially wasn� t advised to do it. And then when it changed, i� m glad that it has been pushed out in the news that it is safe and people should go for it. It is difficult when all the news and the advice keeps on changing all the time. This news and the advice keeps on changing all the time. News and the advice keeps on changing all the time. This is the thin. Changing all the time. This is the thing being changing all the time. This is the thing. Being pregnant changing all the time. This is the thing. Being pregnant can changing all the time. This is the thing. Being pregnant can be thing. Being pregnant can be complicated enough and This is another factor, complicated enough and This is anotherfactor, another complicated enough and This is another factor, another worry for mothers to continue. This estimate that says nine out of ten pregnant women will not have had the jab, does that surprise you . You women will not have had the ab, does that surprise you . You know what . It does does that surprise you . You know what . It does a does that surprise you . You know what . It does a bit. Does that surprise you . You know what . It does a bit. But does that surprise you . You know what . It does a bit. But at does that surprise you . You know what . It does a bit. But at the i does that surprise you . You know. What . It does a bit. But at the same time i can see that you� ve got This thing inside you and you are doing everything you can to protect it. I understand people are a bit nervous about putting something into their body that is fairly new. But i suppose all i know is that i know that covid is bad. I can� t see that me getting covid would be good for the baby. So anything has to be better than that. I the baby. So anything has to be better than that. The baby. So anything has to be better than that. I wonder amongst the community better than that. I wonder amongst the community you better than that. I wonder amongst the community you might better than that. I wonder amongst the community you might have better than that. I wonder amongst the community you might have a i the community you might have a dollar pregnant women, what kind of conversations you might be having with them about This . Conversations you might be having with them about This . Yeah, a few eole with them about This . Yeah, a few people are with them about This . Yeah, a few people are waiting with them about This . Yeah, a few people are waiting until with them about This . Yeah, a few people are waiting until after with them about This . Yeah, a few people are waiting until after the l people are waiting until after the first trimester to get the jab. That is fair enough. It is that develop mental state at The Start. I got my firstjab mental state at The Start. I got my first jab at mental state at The Start. I got my firstjab at eight weeks. Quite early. Everyone is making slightly different decisions. Everybody is still keen to get it. Still keen to get it. Yes, of course still keen to get it. Yes, of course. And still keen to get it. Yes, of course. And very, still keen to get it. Yes, of course. And very, very still keen to get it. Yes, of i course. And very, very briefly, still keen to get it. Yes, of course. And very, very briefly, are you keeping well now . You keeping well now . Yes, yeah, much better you keeping well now . Yes, yeah, much better now. You keeping well now . Yes, yeah, much better now. That you keeping well now . Yes, yeah, much better now. That is you keeping well now . Yes, yeah, much better now. That is the you keeping well now . Yes, yeah, | much better now. That is the most im tortant much better now. That is the most important thing much better now. That is the most important thing. We much better now. That is the most important thing. We wish much better now. That is the most important thing. We wish you much better now. That is the most important thing. We wish you and | important thing. We wish you and your New Arrival to be, all the very best. Do keep well. Thank you for joining us. Georgette nicholl in cheshire. Let� s get the weather with matt taylor. Hello. Not the ideal Weather Day for those holidaying in the uk at the moment. Rather cool for latejuly, bloor street for some and quite wet. Storm ever reached our shores overnight. The strongest winds across the southwest. No pressure pushing its way eastwards. A0 to 50 mph gusts possible across the English Channel. Further north winds lighter. For england and Wales rain on and off through the day. Some heavy, some thundery bursts. Rain pushing its way eastwards. Some sunshine in between. Cloudy for northern england This afternoon. Dry in the North East. The winds lightest in Northern Ireland. In the sun, not too bad. Injuly temperatures down where you would want them to be. An area of low pressure tracks off towards denmark as we go through tonight. Taking most of the showers with it. A few will continue along the coasts. A week where the front pushing its way south with cloud across the east of scotland into The Starving than later. Temperatures ten to 15 degrees. That Weather Front introducing chillier air yet. An area of low pressure across scandinavia to start the weekend. This is what we will see. A northerly Air Flow across the country, meaning that things stay on the cool side. Temperatures below where we would normally expect for late july. Where we would normally expect for latejuly. Some dry and sunny weather. Where we see the showers, particularly On Saturday, it will be heavy and thundery. Across england and Wales southernmost counties of england the showers will develop into the afternoon. The same across parts of yorkshire towards linkage. Fairly cloudy in the North East of england with further spots of rain. Heavy showers here and there. A bit of sunshine in between. The temperature around 1a to 21 celsius at its highest. In two saturday the cool conditions continue. Sunday. Outbreaks of rain in northern england, into the midlands. Heavy, thundery showers. Some of the cloud will break up. Some Sunny Spells. Again, i struggle to live the temperatures above 20 degrees. That is how it is looking. This is Bbc News with the latest headlines. Day seven of the olympics, and another gold for Team Gb, as Bethany Shriever wins the women� s Bmx Racing final, just moments after Team Mate Kye Whyte claimed britain� s first olympic medal in the men� s event. I gave it absolutely everything i had, and i was rewarded, it is amazing and there� s been more medals in the pool This morning with a silver and a bronze, but also a bronze in rowing for the men� s team, and a bronze in the women� s trampoline. 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