said they ll begin proceed ural votes. and jeff bezos picked an 18-year-old to go on the test flight after a winning bidder pulled out due to a scheduling conflict. the question is will that person get a $28 million refund? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is really wondering how on earth no pun intended you double book something for the day you re supposed to go to space. i mean, what? i m kasie hunt on this friday, july 16th. we made it. we ll start with the news. vaccinate rates plateau. now the nation s largest county, los angeles, is turning back the pandemic clock, issuing a new indoor mask mandate. nbc correspondent miguel almaguer has the latest. reporter: los angeles, the nation s largest county, taking a step back, requiring masks indoors, even effective for the vaccinated. breaking with cdc guidance, it s a clear signal concern is growing over the highly contagious delta variant. meantime for some o
at least 30 people have died and dozens are missing after unprecedented flooding in western germany. borisjohnson says his plans for ending inequalities in the uk won t make richer areas poorer. give musicians a fair share of the hundreds of millions of pounds record labels earn from streaming, says a group of mps. and the 149th 0pen gets under way, after a year s delay, in kent. and coming up on the bbc news channel. great britain s women s football squad will take the knee before their matches at the tokyo 0lympic games this month. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. sugar and salt should be taxed, and fruit and vegetables prescribed by the nhs in order to improve our diets, an independent review has said. the report, led by the businessman henry dimbleby, says the taxes raised could also be used to extend free school meals to more children. mr dimbleby said that poor eating habits cause horrific health harms . but the food industry says new taxes could incr
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
with the leaked cctv footage. borisjohnson says his plans for ending inequalities in the uk won t make richer areas poorer. give musicians a fair share of the hundreds of millions of pounds record labels earn from streaming, say a group of mps. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. sugar and salt should be taxed and fruit and vegetables prescribed by the nhs in order to improve our diets, an independent review has said. the report, led by the businessman henry dimbleby, says the taxes raised could also be used to extend free school meals to more children. mr dimbleby said that poor eating habits cause horrific health harms . but the food industry says new taxes could increase the price of food and when asked about the review, borisjohnson said that he is not in favour of raising taxes on food. here s our correspondent ellie price. maureen has got a number of physical and mental health issues. she knows she needs to eat more fresh food but it s something she can t afford wi
prince edward and his wife, the countess of wessex visited the queen at windsor this morning. on leaving, her daughter in law said the queen had been amazing. i m shaun ley. more details about the duke s funeral are due to be released later, as tributes are paid across the country, the commonwealth and the world. flags are flying at half mast in australia and more world leaders send their condolences to the queen. premier league players and the wider sporting world are also paying their respects to the duke who was himself a talented sportsman. hello and welcome again to windsor castle where people continue to arrive as they have throughout the day following the death of the duke of edinburgh. gun salutes have taken place to mark the death of the duke of edinburgh across the uk, in gibraltar and from navy warships at sea. at midday, batteries fired 41 rounds, one every minute. prince philip who died yesterday aged 99 served as a naval officer during the second world war