a sprinter from belarus who refused her team s order to fly home early from the olympics has been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. it s believed krystsina tsimanouskaya plans to go to warsaw tomorrow. and the head of an organisation helping belarussians who have fled abroad has been found dead in kiev. vitaly shiskov ran the belarusian house in ukraine. fighting is raging in helmand province as taliban militants and afghan government forces battle for control of the southern city of lashka ga. criticism from uk s opposition labour party, but praise from within the travel industry, as the uk government abandons plans for an amber watchlist of countries for international travel. and firefighters in helicopters are battling wildfires raging for a seventh day near southern coastal resorts in turkey. a warm welcome to tokyo and what a momentous day it s been. one of the greatest races in olympics history took place this morning. norway s karston warholm won the gold in the
including british kids, are facing a lifetime of imprisonment in camps and jails more than 70 people have now died during five days of unrest and looting in south africa in? north eastern?syria, with little following the arrest of former hope of being released. ?a bbc president jacob zuma. investigation has found that the children, whose parents the uk inflation rate hits 2.5% supported the islamic state group, in the yeartojune, the highest for nearly three years, are being moved?from desert camps?to secure children s homes as the unlocking of and onto adult prisons, the economy continues. in a conveyor belt of incarceration. the bbc s middle east correspondent quentin sommerville reports from north east syria. there have been further calls from conservative backbenchers for the party to examine its approach to taking trapped in syria, it s been the knee, following racism against england footballers the longestjourney for the children during the euro 2020 final. of foreign i
u.s. president joe biden is pushing ahead with his ambitious agenda as he marks his first-six months in office. he was questioned about the economy, infrastructure, and the coronavirus at a cnn town hall on wednesday. with covid cases on the rise, nationwide, and inflation rising, inoculations stalling. he is calling on americans to roll up their sleeves for the good of the country. saying the u.s. now faces a pandemic of the unvaccinated. and making clear, the benefits of getting the shot. if you are vaccinated, you re not going to be hospitalized. you re not going to be in icu unit. and you are not going to die. the president also said, while fears about inflation are legitimate, he believes the chances of long-term inflation are slim. first of all, the good news is the economy is picking up, significantly. it s rational. when you think about it, the cost of an automobile is kind of back to what it was, before the pandemic. we compare what the prices were for the la
welcome to the lead, i m pamela brown in for jake tapper on this friday. we start with the health lead and the white house today insisting those who are fully vaccinated don t need a booster shot. at least not right now. that in rebuttal to pfizer which last night prompted a scramble when it issued a statement saying its vaccine can wear off and people may need a third dose. within hours the fda and cdc trying to tamp that down, the white house underscoring the message this afternoon. they are a private sector company. i can t speak to the origin or the motivation of their announcement. you have to ask them that. the back and forth comes as the cdc issues new back-to-school guidance which may make some parents happy. athena jones starts us off. reporter: confusion and concern as pfizer announces it s seening waning immunity from its vaccine and plans to seek emergency authorization for a booster shot next month. the company is not releasing any new data of its own. wi