Meet this Years Mercury Prize winner 20 year old arlo parks. Its eight in the morning in singapore, and eight in the evening in washington where President Biden has set out a series of measures to get more americans vaccinated against Covid 19, amid a surge in cases of the fast spreading delta variant. All federal government workers will be required to get a vaccine. Businesses with more than 100 staff will have to ensure they are vaccinated or tested weekly. Mr biden expressed frustration at the 80 Million americans who are still not vaccinated, saying they were overcrowding hospitals. He appealed to them to get the shot. I think were already starting to see republicans what more do you need to see . The vaccine has fda approval. More than 200 Million with at least one shot. You have been patient, but patience is wearing thin. And refusal has caused all of us, so please, do the right thing. Listen to the voices of unvaccinated americans. Taking theirfinal americans. Taking their final saying, americans. Taking theirfinal saying, if only id got vaccinated. 0ur Correspondent Anthony zurcher is in washington for us and gave me his assessment of President Biden� s statement. I think we are already seeing. The republicans had a Press Release calling it unconstitutional and un american. The governor of South Carolina said we will fight them and protect the Liberty And Livelihood of everyone in South Carolina. They are framing it as an issue of freedom and personal choice, exactly Whatjoe Biden said this wasnt. The force of the federal government trying to require people to get vaccinated, you are only going to see this become more intensely partisan. Anthony, its been intensely partisan. Anthony, its been something intensely partisan. Anthony, its been something thats i intensely partisan. Anthony, i its been something thats been talked about for quite some time, but really today making a big issue of the fact that mandates like this. Inaudible. What is the governments main concern right now in terms of Riding Cases . You heard from biden that the rise cases of putting stress on the american Health Care System. Hospital beds that should be used for other medical issues, being used to treat coded patience. Coded bobbins patients. It was frustrating you heard. Turning a corner, independent from the deadly virus, but that hasnt happened because roughly a quarter of the american Population Hasnt got the vaccine which is having a toll on those. Inaudible. The consequences for the american Health Care System and people who have been vaccinated, it is too high for the Government Tojust vaccinated, it is too high for the government to just keep cajoling people to get vaccinated. He had to use the federal government to start getting shots in arms. The biden administration has filed a civil suit against texas over its near total Ban On Abortion, seeking for the lord to be declared invalid. The us Attorney General, merrick garland, said the Texas Legislation openly defied the us constitution, Violated Supreme Court precedent, and illegally interfered with federal interests. He said all americans, regardless of their politics, should fear the consequences of letting it stand. The supreme court declined to block it after it came into effect last week. Today, after a careful assessment of the facts and the law, the Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the state of texas. 0ur Position is set out in detail in our complaint. Its basis is as follows. Sb8 bans nearly all abortions in the state after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant and months before a pregnancy is viable. It does so even in cases of rape, Sexual Abuse or incest. And it further prohibits any effort to aid the doctors who provide pre viability abortions or the women who seek them. The act is clearly unconstitutional under long standing supreme court precedent. This is how anthony in washington sees the chances of success for a legal challenge to the law. They have attempted to block the law from going into effect, the law from going into effect, the supreme court overturned that, prevented the initial injunction, so will a federal lawsuit say the same thing and have any effect . Ultimately it will be up to the Appeals Court and the supreme court. We will probably see the same result, this law will go into effect and when someone uses it, that is when you will see legal challenges. Lets take a look at some other stories in the headlines. Japans Prime Minister has announced an extension of Covid 19 restrictions in tokyo and other regions until The End of the month. He said it was needed to curb infections and prevent hospitals being overwhelmed and added the inoculation of all those who want to be vaccinated should be completed in october or november, after which, restrictions could be eased. Russian president Vladamir Putin has agreed to deepen ties with belarus during a meeting with President Lu Kashenko in moscow. Russia agreed to create a unified Gas And Oil market with its neighbour and continue to provide loans to belarus. Speaking after the Talks President Putin said it also made sense for large joint Military Drills in the face of nato Build Up in the region. National security police in Hong Kong have raided a museum dedicated to the 1989 tiananmen square massacre in beijing, as a clampdown on dissent continues. 0fficers removed boxes and exhibits from the museum, which was shut down by the authorities injune. It comes a day after the arrest of four members of a group which organises the Annualjune 11th Anniversary rallies. The united states has hailed the first civilian Charter Flight from afghanistan since the american Military Withdrawal as a positive first step. Qatar airways flew more than 100 foreign nationals from kabul to doha. They included 13 britons and up to thirty americans. A spokesperson for the us national Security Council said the taliban had been flexible, businesslike and professional in facilitating the departure of american citizens. Hundreds of foreign nationals are thought to be stranded in afghanistan since taliban seized power last month. Heres what White House press secratary, jen psaki, said about the Talibans Cooperation with the evacuation. We are working to co ordinate to get american citizens to get afghan partners and to get legal permanent residents out, and we are hopeful to ensure there are additional flights. Journalists in afghanistan say theyve been beaten, detained and flogged by the taliban when covering protests. I should warning you the pictures were about to show are distressing. This is nematullah Nakdi And Taki daryabi. They had been covering a womens protest in kabul on wednesday when they were taken to a police station. They say they were beaten with batons, Electrical Cables and whips. Nematullah told the Afp News Agency 0ne Of The Taliban put his foot on my head, crushed my face against the concrete. They kicked me in the head. I thought they were going to kill me. Heres more from yogita limaye. Yesterday, they called the protest illegal and said they were instigated by people with malicious interests, people from outside afghanistan, and they were being done with the intent of. Inaudible. Effectively banned inaudible. Effectively ba nned protests like effectively banned protests like these. They said protesters need to get permission from the ministry of justice. Notjust about permission from the ministry of justice. Not just about where and when the protest will be held, but also what slogans will be raised and what banners would be displayed. After speaking to women demanding their rights, they were at the protests in kabul yesterday, some of them also out today. They have been saying, whatever happens, despite the risks they are facing, they told me they were beaten with batons, despite that they say they will continue going out. One woman said she would go again and again until she was killed by the taliban, because it is better to die once than to die gradually. The concern is whether they can go back to theirjobs. The taliban have said they dont want women to work given the security situation. Of course, all the news around the new Taliban Takeover In Afghhanistan comes ahead of the 20th Anniversary of the 9 11 attacks, the event that led to the us deploying troops there. The conflict has killed Tens Of Thousands of people and displaced millions. Its left many analysts saying we need to rethink our approach to terrorism and extremism. Ive been speaking to associate Professorjean Bogais from the University Of Sydney in australia, i asked if anything was acheived from the us War On Terror. I think ithink in i think in fact there is a need to rethink our approach to terrorism and international relations. The War On Terror was first and foremost a western endeavour to control the process of change in the Middle East and further into afghanistan and so on. That has not worked the way it was planned in the beginning. I think we need to look at the issue of terrorism, extremism, but with a very different approach. Because what has been achieved is to realise we are always behind the terrorists, we are never ahead, and we need to revisit. ,. , to revisit. Just to ump in, professor, h to revisit. Just to jump in, professor, president to revisit. Just to jump in, | professor, President Biden to revisit. Just to jump in, professor, President Biden said the pull out of afghanistan has been because the War On Terror has been a relative success. They beat back alqaeda. In your view, shouldnt those things be considered a success . They can be considered a success, but what follows, for example islamic state in the Middle East, it will emerge soon after in East And Southeast asia. Its impossible to say we really have a success. Because as soon as we have success, the problem emerges. Those networks are very connected. We dont even need leaders any more. Whatever happens on one side of the world will emerge in other parts of the world. That is not success. We are actually creating another problem. fix, success. We are actually creating another problem. A the sur eons creating another problem. A the surgeons in creating another problem. A the surgeons in the surgeons in the possibility of Terrorist Attacks in afghanistan and around the region now we have seen the taliban back in power . A resurgence. Taliban back in power . A resurgence. Taliban back in power . A resurgence. Taliban back in power . A resuruence. ~. , resurgence. We are lucky to see more. Resurgence. We are lucky to see more more resurgence. We are lucky to see more. More balance resurgence. We are lucky to see more. More balance in more. More balance in afghanistan, but also we are lucky to see more balance in the Middle East, iraq, syria and so on. But on the other side of the world, in southeast asia, because we have growing numbers of networks, we are very well known entities, like alqaeda and so on. Now we have dozens of groups which are connected online, and thats rather than to look at it from the very linear perspective, what we need to do is look at it as a complex system, very fluid, so we can understand the psychology, the groups we are fighting. Youre watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme. We report from Guantanamo Bay where some 9 11 suspects still await their fate, 20 years on. Freedom itself was attacked this morning. And freedom will be defended. The united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. Will hunt down and punish those re5ponsible responsible. 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Its an exodus of up exceptional courage. Its an exodus of up to exceptional courage. Its an exodus of up to 60,000. Exceptional courage. Its an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. Political change in eastern euro e. This is newsday on the bbc. 0ur headlines. President biden unveils a tougher Covid Vaccine Mandate to help america fight the spread of the delta variant. The Us Federal Government Sues Texas the Attorney General says the states near total Ban On Abortion is unconstitutional. 20 years on from the 9 11 attacks, the man thought to have masterminded them, Khalid Sheikh mohammed, and his key associates are in Guantanamo Bay detention facility, yet to stand trial. When President 0bama took office in 2009, he pledged to close the prison within a year, but its still there, and the Wheels Ofjustice are turning extremely slowly. Aleem maqbool reports from Guantanamo Bay. A Demand Forjustice following that horrific day 20 years ago led to a wide reaching response. But one thats since led to accusations the us perpetrated injustice. In a tiny corner of cuba, one notorious By Product of the 9 11 attack still remains. Prisoners are still being held in limbo in Guantanamo Bay. Well, of course the us authorities have allowed us to be here, but they are extremely restrictive in controlling what we can show, in terms of people and structures. They certainly havent allowed us anywhere near the Detention Facilities where the remaining prisoners are being held. When i was last here, things were very different. We saw some detainees mingle and eat together and interact with the guards, though we knew of other camps where prisoners didnt have such privileges. We were even able to wander through the long abandoned camp x ray, where in the months after the 9 11 attacks men and boys were first transferred, interrogated and, in many cases, tortured. Of nearly 800 men and boys who have been detained at Guantanamo Bay, 39 remain. About a quarter were cleared for release as far back as 2010, but are still waiting to leave. Two have been charged and convicted, in what are called military commissions. 17 have never been charged, but will remain in prison for life, because they are deemed a security threat. The other ten are still waiting trial. They include five men accused of involvement in the 9 11 attacks. Well, for the first time in more than 18 months, those five men were inside a court room. We couldnt film it, but we were in the gallery, just through the glass, just feet away from those defendants, including at the very front there with the ginger beard, Khalid Sheikh mohammed, the man who it is believed conceived of the idea of 9 11 and took that idea to 0sama bin laden. But the proceedings themselves were extremely slow. People often ask is there an end in sight . And for a long, long time there wasnt even a middle in sight. But now, we are in the middle of the case, because wrestling with the question of what Effect Torture has on the admissibility of statements is really the heart of the case. But thats where things are stuck. All the while the Family Members of those killed in 9 11 wait for resolution, and the Detention Centre here looks no closer to shutting down. The international atomic Energy Agency has announced a thorough review of Japans Decision to start pouring A Million tonnes of contaminated wastewater, from the stricken Fukushima Nuclear Plant into sea. On a visit to tokyo, the Iaeas Deputy Director general said its inspection would be comprehensive and objective. But China And South korea, as well as many japanese locals have responded angrily to tokyos plan. Ive been speaking to james acton, who is the Co Director of the nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for international peace. He told me about what the iaea will be looking into. Primarily, i would think, from the perspective understanding the radiological effect this water will have on the surrounding environment, the maritime life, if you like. And i think whatjapan sees in this is it wants to try to build international confidence, and domestic confidence, for that matter, that its Plan Wont negatively affect the environment in a significant way, and it hopes that the iaea will be able to confirm that at The End of this process. Is this even possible, though, james, to be able to get the water out into the ecosystem in a safe way, notjust for humans but for marine life as well . I think it is. Theres a saying amongst nuclear engineers that the solution to pollution is dilution of the solution. In other words, if you have something that is, in this case, kind of moderately radioactive and you release it slowly, over a long period of time, diluted down with very large quantities of water, then its effect on the environment and on fish and marine life ought to be minimal at The End of that process. Building confidence that thats the case is actually quite difficult. We know from past experience that radioactivity often gets stigmatized beyond its objective effects, and thats where i thinkjapan sees its interest in bringing the iaea into this process. But there have already been a number of key concerns from a number of different parties. Weve had china, south korea, the local Fishing Industry Injapan and greenpeace all criticising this plan. What are some of their key concerns . I mean, fundamentally, they are all worried about contamination of the environment for slightly different reasons. The Fishing Industry is worried about fish sets, China And South korea may have concerns about their own populations. The origin of all of these concerns is understandable. Ithinkjapan is in an incredibly difficult position here. The Fukushima Plant is producing ever larger quantities of water. The vast majority of radioactivity in that water can be removed. There is one particular isotope, a particularform of hydrogen, that cannot simply practically be removed from water. Not doing anything with this water, allowing very larger quantities of this water to Build Up on the shore poses threats and hazards. Ultimately, i dont believe theres any good options here, but i do believe that slowly discharging this water over time is probably the least bad option that is available. The winner of this Years Mercury Prize has been announce its the Singer Songwriter Arlo parks shesjust 20 years old. This is the track eugene, from her Debut Album collapsed in sunbeams. Arlo parks got her first break in the Music Business after sending a demo to the bbc. 0ur Entertainment Correspondent Colin Patterson was at Hammersmith Apollo in london, where the awards took place. And i am here with the winner, arlo parks. The judges described you for having a singular voice. They said that was one of the factors. And the themes of this album, collapsed in sunbeams, it dealt with anxiety, it dealt with loneliness, mental health, many of the issues people went through during lockdown. In what way do you think that actually helped this album connect with people . I guess its the honesty at the core of it, its the fact that im trying to talk about real experiences and what its like to be a human being. And thats a bittersweet thing, so im just glad people have enjoyed it. Were outside the Hammersmith Apollo. You used to cycle by here every day on the way to school. How special is this place to you . Incredibly special. I grew up really close to here and i used to have my school Christmas Carol services in the church literally right opposite, so it feels like a homecoming in some way. Your parents still live ten minutes up the road, you still have your childhood bedroom. And a couple of the songs on the album were actually written in that room. Whats it like . I mean, again, it feels. It feels really fulfilling, it feels like im doing something purposeful, and im glad that ivejust been welcomed with open arms by being myself and Making Music i love. What do you want to do next . What can this album open up doors towards . I guessjust continuing making more music, more collaborations, just being able to finally tour and travel the world and meet different people and just keep Making Music im proud of. And back to your parents for a cup of tea right now . Probably, yeah. Give us a look at the trophy . Thats all for now stay with bbc world news. Hello there. The past 2a hours have seen the downpours arrive and the Heat Ebb away. But with fewer Showers Yesterday across some Eastern Parts of england, we saw temperatures getting up to 27 degrees in suffolk, very warm for this time of the year. It was 26 in cromer, 25 in the east midlands. Charterhall, though, in the Scottish Borders was 29 degrees on wednesday. Thursday was 10 degrees cooler, as the rain arrived. And earlier in the night, we had some torrential thundery downpours in northern england. That led to some Flash Flooding in some areas. But the worst is now over, the showers are heading their way northwards into scotland. Many places will start dry, i think, on friday morning. As you can see, its warm. Its also muggy, hence some Mist And Fog around following those downpours in the north. That will lift, though, with still a lot of cloud around during friday. And as you can see, those showers are going to develop more widely, turning heavy and possibly thundery. Maybe fewer showers for wales and the southwest, but more showers than we saw on thursday for Eastern Parts of england. But despite that, temperatures still could reach 23 or 2a degrees. Elsewhere, its going to be nearer 20 or 21 celsius still pretty good, though, for this time of year. Now, the fifth Test Match should be starting at Old Trafford on friday. There may well be some heavy showers around, mind you. The weekend does look drier, but it will be cooler as well. Now, low pressure has been moving across the uk. Thats brought the drop in temperature with those heavy, thundery showers, but the low is moving away towards scandinavia this weekend, so things will turn drier, but it does mean well introduce more of a northwesterly breeze. And that will bring with it some Cooler Air from the north as well. Weve still got some wet weather around on saturday across northern most parts of scotland. The rain could be quite heavy here, actually. But elsewhere, there are fewer showers, lighter showers, many places will be dry. Some sunshine coming through now and again and some quite light winds as well. But temperatures are dropping away in scotland and Northern Ireland in that Cooler Air, so 17 degrees. Still quite warm, though, across england and wales, especially towards the southeast. Now, On Sunday, its dry from northern scotland, there are very few showers again On Sunday, probably a fair bit of cloud. Got to keep an eye on this Developing Rain Towards the southwest, perhaps, but the Cooler Air will be pushing down across more of the country, with a high On Sunday in the southeast of 21 celsius. We will have the headlines on the News Stories at the top of the News Stories at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. Parliament is back, which means a politics themed Thursday Night episode of newscast is back. Lovely to be together. Chris, have you had any interesting encounters now you have seen people in the real world . Yeah, i went to the lobby briefing, which is where reporters are briefed by Downing Street official spokesmen, in Downing Street for the first time in yonks. And real Life Press conferences. Which means you can kind of heckle of the Prime Minister