Complain and wind the clock back to do things that shouldve been done last year. And calls for calm in tunisia after the Countrys President sacked the Prime Minister and suspended parliament. Welcome to newsday where its 7am in singapore, and 8 am in tokyo where the first medal of day four will be awarded soon. Itll be in the Womens Triathlon and its the first of 22 medals to be won today an increase caused by the rescheduling of the Surfing Competition because of heres how the overall Medal Tally looks at the start of day 4 japan leads with 8 golds, one more than the us and two ahead of china. Im joined now by Sports Presenter Sarah mulkerrins whos in tokyo. Sarah, looks like a very rainy morning there in tokyo how has the Weather Affected Events . Yes, you will be used to seeing this in the last couple of days high above tokyo bay. It is our point but because of the approaching storm, we have had to go indoors. But we are close to go indoors. But we are close to the Triathlon Event w
Welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. Its six in the morning in singapore and six in the evening in washington, where President Biden has said us troops will end their Combat Mission in iraq by The End of the year. America has about Two Thousand Five Hundred forces there, to help iraq fight the islamic state group. This comes as us forces are ending their mission in afghanistan too, and Mr Biden tries to wind down the wars that were launched after the 9 11 attacks. Iraqs Prime Minister was at the White House On Monday, as Mr Biden explained the role of us troops in the Future. Its just to be available to continue to train, to assist, to help and to deal with isis as it arrives. But were not going to be here on Combat Mission. Lets speak now to our North America Correspondent Peter Bowes agreed to have you with us on the programme. How straightforward this is going to be . Its programme. How straightforward this is going to be . Is going to be . It
urging caution, for a country longing forfreedom. borisjohnson says people must remain vigilent, even as covid restrictions ease across england. and we take a look at beijing s questionable tactics in its attempt to control of what is said about china s role in the pandemic. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe.in the united states the trial has got underway of a white former police officer accused of killing a black man, george floyd. the prosecutor focused on mr floyd s final minutes, replaying video footage which showed him gasping for breath as the officer, derek chauvin, knelt on his neck. the defence argued that mr floyd s health conditions and drug use had contributed to his death. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports. this marks the start of what will be an emotional and fraught few weeks for the family of george floyd. but the reminder
reshuffles his cabinet as latin america s largest country descends into covid induced chaos with more new cases and deaths than any other nation on earth. and freed at last the giant container ship that has blocked the suez canal for almost a week is sailing once again hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. in the united states the trial has got under way of a white former police officer accused of killing a black man, george floyd. the prosecutor focused on mr floyd s final minutes, replaying video footage which showed him gasping for breath as the officer, derek show vin, knelt on his neck. the defence argued that mr floyd s health conditions and drug use had contributed to his death. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports. this marks the start of what will be an emotional and fraught few weeks for the family of george floyd. but the r
and thanks the russian president for sending troops. england battle back on the third day of the fourth ashes test as jonny bairstow hits a century. hello and welcome to bbc news. 200 members of the armed forces are being drafted in to help hospitals in london struggling to deal with covid related staff shortages. the royal college of nursing said the government could no longer deny there was a staffing crisis in the nhs. pressure on london hospitals has increased over the past month, with 4,000 patients currently in hospital with covid compared with 1,100 in december. meanwhile, outside of london, hospitalisations have also been ticking upwards with almost 18,000 patients currently in hospital with covid. as of thursday afternoon, 17 hospital trusts in england were experiencing critical incidents concerned they might not be able to provide core priority services, such as emergency care. it means they can get extra help and draft staff in from other duties. health secreta