187, 7866 at 5 55 anderson cooper, 360 weeknights at 8 00 on cnn today, pushing into the future with a little help from the past. Its day two of the Democratic National Convention here in chicago. And one of the parties best and most effective speakers will headline that stage tonight. Thats former president barak obama. According to one of his senior advisors, obama will give a quote, Forceful Affirmation of Vice President Kamala Harris as the right leader for this moment yeah. I thought you were gonna say that former first lady, Michelle Obama was griner tonight. Yeah, shes also very popular, is probably the biggest. She i think she might be. She will also speak tonight along with the second gentleman, Doug Emhoff and Illinois Governor Jb pritzker so welcome to a Special Edition of Cnn Newsroom here in chicago. Im abby phillip. Im jim acosta, and it wont just be the democrat speaking at the convention this week, we are now learning that prominent republicans will take the stage one,
The uks most senior Police Officer has warned that Anyone Planning to riot on the streets later today will be met with the full force of the law. Sir Mark Rowley was speaking as the government announced that nearly Six Thousand officers are being mobilized to tackle any violence that breaks out. A number of people involved in the disorder which started a week ago have already been sent to prison. So far, more than 400 arrests have been made and around 100 people charged. And within the past hour the director of Public Prosecution for england and wales has said that one case of alleged terrorism is what is called Actively Under Consideration following the widespread disorder across the country. In the last few minutes weve heard from the deputy prime minister Angela Rayner whos been visiting rotherham, which saw a spate of violence at the weekend. She spoke about the possibility of more unrest tonight. I know that the public will be feeling anxious about the reports of potential more un
The first man in more than half a century to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year. Now on Bbc News we look at the long term effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on education. Hello and welcome. The Autumn Term is under way across the uk now, with everyone hoping that the disruption of the last 18 months is behind us. Yet covid and the pandemic has left a legacy. For the next half an hour, my guests will be discussing that how best to Help Pupils to Catch Up, how to address the Mental Health Problems, and what permanent changes can be made in schools to make Post Pandemic Education better than what came before. Joining me are Natalie Perea from the education policy institute, Jules White headteacher at Tanbridge House School in surrey. With me in the studio, Mary Bousted co general secretary at the national education union. Thank you, mary, for coming in with us and to both of you forjoining us. Remember the governments Catch Up tsar . Kevin collins was appointed to coor
North korea claIms to have carrIed out successful long Range CruIse MIssIle tests over the weekend accordIng to state medIa. The report saId the mIssIles flew 1,500 kIlometres before hIttIng theIr targets and fallIng Into terrItorIal waters. Pyongyang has contInued to develop Its arsenal despIte beIng subject to strIct InternatIonal sanctIons. We can go to seoul now to speak to our correspondent, laura bIcker. Laura, we are gettIng thIs from state medIa, effectIvely, we dont have confIrmatIon can I presume, yet, but It sounds lIke a pretty BIg Deal. LIke a pretty BIg Deal. Well, wIthIn the lIke a pretty BIg Deal. Well, wIthIn the last lIke a pretty BIg Deal. Well, wIthIn the last hour lIke a pretty BIg Deal. Well, wIthIn the last hour we lIke a pretty BIg Deal. Well, | wIthIn the last hour we have heard from South Korean mIlItary that they wIll work wIth us sIzes and try to look at what happened over the weekend and gather IntellIgence and thats mIsalIgned, but In terms of as thIs a BI