that his plans for levelling up communities are a win win for the whole of the uk. he says it won t make richer areas poorer. and the open golf championship returns after two years 30 thousand enjoying the action at royal st george s in kent. hello. very good evening and welcome if you have joined hello. very good evening and welcome if you havejoined us. heavy rain and flooding have killed at least 58 people in germany and dozens more are missing after the worst floods there in living memory. police helicopters and hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to help stranded residents in areas where some homes have been washed away. parts of belgium, the netherlands and france have also been badly affected. it follows record rainfall in parts of western europe and warnings that there is more to come. our europe correspondentjenny hill is in one of the worst hit areas in western germany. yes, it s been a terrible 2a hours for this part of germany, but, of course, for othe
new daily covid cases hit a six month high as more than half a million people in england and wales are pinged by the nhs app and told to self isolate. a long awaited report calls for a tax on sugar and salt to try to encourage healthy eating but prime minister appears to pour cold water on the idea. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, team gb s women s football side name three captains who will rotate the leadership as they head for the tokyo olympics. good evening. at least 65 people have been killed in germany after record rainfall triggered flash flooding the worst in living memory. many are still missing. as rivers burst their banks homes, roads, cars were all swept away. thousands have had to leave their homes. the german chacellor anglea merkel said she was shocked by the disaster , calling it a tragedy for the nation belgium has also been badly affected at least 8 have died including a 15 year old girl who was swept away. residents in liege
more than half a million people were told to self isolate last week, as the number of people in hospital with covid triples in a month. and the open golf championships return after two years the south african, louis oosthuizen, the early leader at royal st george s. and coming up on the bbc news channel. the rugby league world cup will go ahead in england later this year but reigning champions australia are still yet to sign up. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. heavy rain and flooding have killed at least 42 people in geramny and dozens more are missing after the worst floods in living memory. police helicopters and hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to help stranded residents in areas where some homes have been washed away. parts of belgium, the netherlands and france have also been badly affected. it follows record rainfall in parts of western europe and warnings that there is more to come. our europe correspondentjenny hill is in one of the wors
breaking point? we have you covered with anita vogel. hi, charles. we re near the finish line of the long july fourth holiday weekend. experts were predicting business as usual. almost. 3.5 million people were expected to travel by plane over the weekend. the most since the pandemic started, a lot of folks are flying home right now in the air as we speak. many experienced long lines across the country. airports were packed. the whole system, airports, rental car agencies and the like are rusty after a year off of the kind of crushing travel that we re used to. so what does this mean for the rest of the summer? first of all, there will be a shortage of workers everywhere you go. at the airport, the tsa is so short of employees that they re asking for volunteers and looking to hire 6,000 new workers. they re offering $1,000 bonuses. it s not a bad deal if you re looking for a new job. the tsa is predicting staffing shortages at 130 airports across the country and rental car a