Much. Good afternoon, i martha maccallum and this is the story, low live from chicago. It s the two of the democratic national convention ahead of the big lineup this evening headlined by the obama s this evening, it s going to be a very big night here in chicago, you can hear them warming up, this is the time of day when we see a lot of the music folks rehearsing their maxims sound like will be quite amazing and this is a great backdrop for our shows where glad to listen in on the sort of sneak peeks on what is to come tonight. We look forward to that first former president trump is doing his campaigning and that s bringing him to how michigan today. We ll listen in as he speaks moments from now i should say in the very tightly contested state of michigan got the latest polls show vice president harris cutting in to the lead that trump had over biden, michael whatley chairman of the rubric republican national committee how he sees the president s trip today and whether campaign is hea
In england and wales. We follow covid workers through a remote part of Eastern India to find out how theyve vaccinated 80 of adults, way above the national average. 2a hours before the olympics Opening Ceremony, the show s director has been sacked. Im in tokyo, where the Organising Committee has reeling but the japanese prime Minister Australia and New Zealand Pull Out of the rugby League Club later this year after good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News at one. Retailers are calling on the government to make Food Workers whove had both doses of a vaccine, exempt from the Self Isolation rules which they say are making it increasingly difficult for some shops to keep their shelves stocked. Almost 620,000 people received a Contact Tracing alert in the last week. The government has said the Isolation Rules will be relaxed for only a very small number of critical workers, before wider changes in england next month. Theo leggett reports. Empty shelves in supermarkets, retailers are warni
against the coronavirus will no longer be obliged to wear face masks outdoors. it s back to royal duties for the duke and duchess of cambridge and the queen herself the first public engagements since the death of prince philip. also, testing negative. thousands enjoy an outdoor concerts with spanish organisers saying there is no sign of covid. hello, welcome to audiences in the uk and indeed around the world. we are covering all the latest coronavirus development both globally and around the world. firstly, to india. almost 200,000 people have now died from covid related causes in india according to official figures, but independent observers say the real figures are probably much higher. 0ne account suggests that the deaths recorded by crematoria in delhi may be double the government figures, which deal only with people who have died in hospital. it is feared infections have also spilt over into neighbouring nepal. lives erased in india, their fate sealed by the pandemic.
in the uk or around the world. several people have been killed and scores are missing after a glacier broke free in northern india and smashed into a hydroelectric dam. it happened in uttara khand state a massive rescue operation has been taking place and survivors have been pulled from under the mud and rubble. rajini vaidyanthan reports. this dramatic footage shows when the nanda devi glacier in the himalayas burst on sunday morning. as water gushed down the valley, damage and destruction. translation: i witnessed something that looked like a scene from a bollywood film. i ve never seen anything like it. about 50 100 people were running for their lives, but couldn t be saved. and they were engulfed by the river. the situation here is still dangerous. people are leaving their homes and are fleeing towards the forest. they re taking their belongings, including their quilts and mattresses. with floodwaters rising and roads and homes destroyed, an urgent rescue operation was