and the abrupt change for visitors to portugal draws more criticism from the travel industry. why are these government ministers telling vaccinated british citizens and their families that they should stay home? it s mindless and it makes no sense. a special report from iraq on the new threat now facing us and other western forces. and marcus rashford says that despite the opposition of some england fans, taking the knee is an important gesture that will continue. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel. a first for both in a grand slam as victories for slovenia s tamara zidansek and anastasia pavlyuchenkova of russia sets up a french open semi final. good evening. a metropolitan police officer has admitted kidnapping and raping sarah everard the 33 year old who disappeared as she walked home in south london in early march. a court at the old bailey heard that pc wayne couzens also accepted responsibility for sarah everard s death, but he was not asked to enter
wayne couzens accepts he killed ms everard, but he won t enter a plea till medical reports are completed. the international criminal court in the hague upholds the conviction against the former bosnian serb military leader ratko mladic, the butcher of bosnia , for crimes of genocide. how global crime gangs were tricked into sharing their secret plans hundreds are arrested in a worldwide sting organised by the fbi. and coming up, a lucky escape for molly the labrador, who impaled herself on a stick and whose life was saved in a four hour long operation to remove it. the whole of greater manchester and parts of lancashire are going to be given extra support to fight off what is now the fastest spread of the delta variant of covid first indentified in india. there ll be increased testing and vaccinations. new guidance also recommends people minimise travel in and out of the affected areas . sojoining bolton which was already subject to surge testing are the remaining 9 bor
hello and welcome. well, there is no hiding the fbi s sense of achievement. it is calling this international sting a massive worldwide takedown of criminal syndicates. with the active participation of europol and forces in australia, lithuania, sweden and the netherlands, gangs were tricked into using a secure messaging app, which had actually been developed by agents, who then monitored tens of million of messages about drug dealing, money laundering and planned murders. our security correspondent, gordon corera, has the story. a shipment of tuna cans coming from ecuador into europe with more than 600kg of cocaine hidden inside, all discovered by law enforcement. more cocaine wrapped up with a batman label, a picture of it sent on a phone that criminals thought was secure, but which was really a trap. sirens that trap was sprung today. ..as law enforcement around the world made their move, with a wave of arrests against multiple organised crime groups. criminals believe th