Lifted in england on monday. The people seeking a gentler life in the country after the pandemic, driving up waiting lists for rural homes. And america s colin morikawa heads the leaderboard, on the second day of the open, in kent. And coming up on the bbc news channel. Max verstappen sets the pace in practise on day one of the british grand prix as thousands of fans back are back at silvestone. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. More than 100 people have died across europe in severe flooding, the worst in several decades, and many hundreds are also missing. In germany, emergency crews are searching for dozens who are unaccounted for, with the chancellor, angela merkel, describing the floods as a catastrophe. Torrential rain has also devastated parts of belgium, the netherlands and luxembourg. Swollen rivers, including the rhine, the meuse and the ahr, have swept through towns and villages, destroying homes leaving many stranded. In erftstadt in germany, whole houses have
Ryanair and the owner of manchester, london stansted and east midlands airports jointly launch a legal challenge against the government over its international travel traffic light system. China launches a spacecraft carrying the first astronauts to its new space station. The mission is seen as a landmark step in establishing beijing as a major space power. 1,000 hazel dormice are released into woodland sites in the uk as part of efforts to save the tiny mammals under threat. Hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. New data suggests that the covid epidemic in england is growing mainly driven by younger age groups who are not yet vaccinated. The analysis from imperial college london s react 1 study looked at the period from 20th may to 7thjune and found that of the over 108,000 people tested 135 were positive which is a rise from 0. 1% to 0. 15%. Most of the cases were found among five to 12 year olds and 18 to 24 year olds. The r number which is
Isjust going to be a game changer for us and give arthur the best possible life he could have. Ten years since mass protests in syria turned into a violent conflict that has torn the country apart, bbc news follows the lives of two children who escaped tojordan. And after naomi osaka pulls out of the french open, questions about how professional tennis deals with the mental health of its superstars. And in a few moments, england manager gareth southgate is due to name the six players he will cut from his provisional euros 2020 squad to whittle the final group down to 26. Good afternoon. It is a major landmark in the history of the pandemic the uk has recorded zero deaths from coronavirus for the first time since the start of the pandemic back in march of last year. There are caveats. Reporting of deaths are often lower at weekends and on bank holidays. Any deaths that happen today will actually be reported further down the line in the coming days. But news of zero deaths will be a bo
work for a while, pressing chelsea back, almost summoning a perfect response. they desperately needed to score but they lapsed on the fence and she stepped in it which left the opposition hitting four unanswered goals to win. seldom threatening. this was a commanding performance from chelsea and frank kirby confirmed their place in the semifinals for the second time in three seasons. so chelsea are through, manchester city though couldn t overhaul their first leg deficit against barcelona this afternoon. they did win the home game 2 1. but lost 4 1 overall. maz farookhi was watching at the city academy stadium city left themselves in far too much to do after losing their first leg last week 3 0, there are chasing the game and there on 20 minutes and but because they had to keep pressing forward, behind those of the goal is to put themselves ahead, they let themselves exposed at the back is perfect for the likes of nigeria, so much pace and on the start of the second half, the
what s it like to host the winter olympics amid some of the world s toughest covid restrictions? hello. thanks for joining hello. thanks forjoining us. washington has placed more than 8,000 us based troops on a heightened state of alert as part of its readiness to respond if russia should carry out any assault on ukraine. a pentagon spokesman said that if deployed, the troops would be sent to bolster nato s presence in eastern europe. president biden has been holding talks with key european allies over a common strategy towards russia over ukraine. moscow denies planning to invade, but it has amassed more than 100,000 troops close to the ukrainian border. 0ur correspondent gabriel gatehouse sent this report from the ukranian capital, kyiv. bell rings this is a country in limbo, waiting for an invasion that looks more likely with every passing day, but may yet never come. to the east, 100,000 russian troops are massed, but the kremlin says talk of an invasion is hysteria. faci