Could be 50,000 new cases a day within a fortnight. More than half of uk adults are now fully vaccinated but scientists say hospitalisations will continue to rise. The vaccines have weakened the link between cases and hospitalisation, but it s a weakened link, not a completely broken link. Empty offices should soon return to life as the work from home instruction is scrapped. And one other headline the british teenager emma raducanu raducanu s wimbledonjenny ends abruptly as she pulls out injured in the fourth round herjourney ends abruptly. Coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, novak djokovic s bid for a record equalling 20th gram subtitle continues as he cruises into the quarterfinals. his bid for a record equalling 20th grand slam title continues. Good evening. The prime minister has set out his plans to lift almost all coronavirus restrictions in england from july 19th. A final decision will be made next week. Despite predictions that there could be up to 50,000
Hello and welcome. Armed forces from the us and other western nations are facing a new threat in iraq. On two occasions, american airbases have come under attack from iranian made drones, fitted with explosives. It follows earlier rocket attacks on western forces but commanders say the drones are a game changer in terms of threat. Iran denies involvement but its proxies in iraq the shia militia have been growing in strength. Our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, has been to northeastern syria, and iraq, and he sent this report. American troops have grown used to being in iraq. Still watchful, they move between here and syria, almost as if the border didn t exist. They came to help fight the islamic state group. Thatjob s almost done, but another war is taking place here, mostly in the shadows. We re not the only people operating in this part of the world. The louisiana national guard have been operating here in north eastern syria for about as long asjoe biden has bee
wales and northern ireland today s the deadline for millions of people to take part in a once in a decade census. homes washed away in australia as heavy rain and flash floods batter the east coast, thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. more than a thousand people are allowed to ignore lockdown and social distancing restrictions at a music festival in the netherlands, despite the rest of the country being under lockdown. and at 2.30pm bbc parliament looks back at the week in westminster. the government has warned the european union that any attempt to block the export of doses of coronavirus vaccine to the uk would be counterproductive . defence secretary ben wallace told the bbc there s a risk of reputational damage to the eu if it stops vaccine manufactured there from leaving. frustration is widespread in continental countries that they re not receiving the doses they need. here s our political correspondent, jonathan blake. jab afterjab, the uk s population is