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against the indian variant. and coming up. you can watch the health secretary matt hancock, the deputy chief medical officer for england, professorjonathan van tam, and the head of nhs test and trace, drjenny harries at the latest downing st briefing. health secretary matt hancock is about to lead the latest downing street briefing on coronavirus. it comes as almost 3,000 cases of the indian variant of coronavirus have now been identified in the uk, a rise of nearly 30% on the figures from monday. he s also going to face questions over the government s traffic light system for holidays abroad after the labour leader. we are going to go to downing street right now. good afternoon and welcome to downing street, and i am joined by deputy chief medical officer professorjonathan van tam 0fficer professorjonathan van tam and drjenny harries, the chief executive of the uk health security agency. i would like to update you on what we are doing to fight the virus both at home and abro ....
on easing of restrictions in england onjune 21st. i don t see anything currently in the data to suggest that we have to deviate from the road map, but we may need to wait. gps in england say they re facing a deluge of patients as the country emerges from lockdown. let s cross live to downing street now, where the health secretary matt hancock is leading a press briefing. so called b1617.2 is still spreading and the latest estimates are that more than half and potentially as many as three quarters of all new cases are now of this variant. as we set out the road map, we always expected cases to rise. we must remain vigilant. the aim is to break the link to hospitalisations and deaths so that cases alone no longer require stringent restrictions on people s lives. the critical thing is the link from the number of cases to how many people end up in hospital. the increase in cases remains focused in hotspots and we are doing all we can to tackle this variant wherever it flare ....
iam in i am in all the fear where british tourists have started deriving now that her days broad are no longer legal. but holidays abroad. and they ve had to wait over a year the first hug between mother and daughter. loud explosions our other main story tonight. the us calls for an end to the violence in israel and gaza after one of the heaviest nights of air strikes so far. and coming up on the bbc news channel. fans return to sporting venues, with racing one of the first to allow spectators through the gates today, as restrictions are eased across england. good evening. welcome to the bbc news at six. three of our four nations took big steps towards normality today as restrictions on indoor gathering and social contact have been lifted. the prime minister told people they must enjoy their new found freedoms with a heavy dose of caution as the number of cases of the indian variant of the virus continue to increase. and with it has come a warning from downing stree ....
from india that vaccines are effective against this variant. thousands take advantage of the new travel rules and head overseas in the first legal foreign holidays for months. ijust want to get to the villa. she laughs. ijust want to get out in the sun. the weather s been so awful in the uk. as fighting between israel and palestinian militants enters its second week, the us urges both sides to ensure the protection of civilians and says it s working intensively to try to bring an end to the conflict. the government condemns a series of anti semitic incidents in london and parts of essex, describing them as intimidatory and racist . and swapping cake and fizz for spades and saplings prince charles is encouraging people to plant a tree for the queen s jubilee next year. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has urged people to exercise a heavy dose of caution as many covid restrictions are lifted across england, wales and much of scotland. the changes ....
and some of the biggest brands in film and tvjoin forces to launch a giant new streaming company designed to take on the likes of disney and netflix. hello and welcome. fighting between israel and palestinians has entered its second week. this is what happened in the early hours of monday. air strikes on targets in gaza. israel says it destroyed 15 kilometres of tunnels used by palestinian militants there. this is the aftermath of one israeli strike on the southern area of gaza earlier today. and these are ambulances evacuating injured palestinians to egypt, through the southern border of the gaza strip. this followed hamas firing barrages of rockets from gaza, aimed at cities in israel. you can see some you can see some of you can see some of the damage to buildings. here s israel s defence minister. translation: we have thousands of targets - of terrorist organisations. we ll reach their homes, their underground hideouts, theirfactories. wherever they produce terroris ....