Releasing it in cinemas. Hello and welcome to the programme. After hitting a new record for the number of confirmed daily cases of more than 10,000 injapan, a state of emergency already in place in tokyo has been extended to more regions. There s increasing concern that enthusiasm for the olympics has contributed to a spike in coronavirus cases. I m joined now by mariko 0i who is in tokyo for us. Mariko what do we know about the expansion of the state of emergency? as you said, the government has proposed to state of emergency to include the prefectures of tokyo and osaka which should be confirmed later today and the state of emergency in place but tokyo and osaka and yokohama extended by ten days to the end of august. How effective this will be to control the pandemic, that remains to be seen, because it has been under a state of emergency for two weeks now but we continue to see that spike. I think the question is, what can the government do, what else can the government do to cont
Breakthrough covid case spoke with us in the last hour. This is the hand i was dealt and i m trying to deal with it as best as i can. Another major u. S. City bringing back its mask mandates as delta cases prompt hospitals to reopen covid wars. The nfl says get your shot or forfeit. If unvaccinated players cause covid outbreaks. One coach quitting in protest. One month after president biden claimed victory on infrastructure, there s still no deal. Transit, the main sticking point, but could they be on the brink of a breakthrough? i feel as if we ve said that a few times, so far, when it comes to infrastructure. Infrastructure week eight week 18. Good morning, everybody, it s saturday, july 24th, i m kendis gibson. I m lindsey reiser. We ve got a lot of covid news to get to, but last hour when we spoke to tyler crab, the men s beach volleyball player, who made the hard decision, do i test negative he decided to bow out and that s it for him this games. It was really tough. He s saying i
And united states when they arrive in england. The prime minister says august the 16th is nailed on as the date for easing self isolation restrictions in england. August the 16th is nailed on. There has never been any question of a review date for august the 16th. We will go ahead with the move. A national memorial unveiled all the british police officers who ve died in the line of duty. Coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: more on day five at the olympics as team gb s rowers win silver in the men s quadruple sculls. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. There s been more medal success at the olympics for team gb. There was a fifth tokyo gold in the men s 200 metre freestyle relay. Tom dean and duncan scott who won gold and silver yesterday were part of the victorious team who just missed out on a world record. Elsewhere, britain s rowers won their first medal of the games, a silver in the men s quadruple sculls. And within the hour, charlotte dujardin could make history i