more than 39,000 people died with covid between april 2020 and march this year. we report from liverpool, the city that s lost its world heritage status because of new developments on the famous waterfront. the pyramids, the taj mahal, the great wall of china. liverpool was on the list with them. it s not any more. floods in china underground rail passengers are among the victims of the heaviest rain in the country since records began. and injapan team gb have started their 0lympic campaign successfully as the women s football side beat chile. and coming up on the bbc news channel. as the first day of action gets under way in tokyo, the ioc confirms that 2032 olympics and paralympics will be held in brisbane. the third time australia will host the games. good evening. the number of migrants who ve crossed the english channel to the uk, so far this year has now exceeded the total for all of 2020. the trend has led to the government s decision to give the french authorities
hello and welcome to the programme. the heaviest rain since records began has caused devastation in the central chinese province of henan. the city ofjung joe has been hardest hit at least 25 people have died mostly on the subway system, where passengers were submerged in waist deep waters. chinese scientists say global warming has made china s annual flood season much more dangerous. our correspondent stephen mcdonell has the latest. floodwaters rose around commuters stuck on board underground train carriages. they stood on seats as the level kept rising. hundreds of passengers were rescued but there were also those who didn t make it, when the system was flooded at a frightening speed. translation: the water was at shoulder level. . a child and i both nearly gave up. we were worn out. but i used my arm to hang on, and that s why i am bruised. in zhengzhou, the hardest hit city, footage of dramatic rescues, one after another, has spread across social media. throughout he
a world heritage site, because of new developments on the famous waterfront. and injapan, team gb have started their olympic campaign successfully, as the women s football side beat chile. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the oval invincibles win the opening game of cricket s new hundred competition, as a new era begins. good evening. months after rejecting a pay offer of 1%, most nhs staff in england have now been awarded 3% in recognition of the unique impact of the pandemic according to the government. back in march, the department for health and social care said 1% was all it could afford. the 3% rise is being given to staff including nurses, paramedics, consultants, dentists and salaried gps and is backdated to april this year. but some health unions have already warned that the rise in no way reflects the immense efforts made by nhs staff over the past year. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. nhs staff are at full stretch again, many on th
i will be back. now, it is time for wednesday and the parliament. hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament. why are so many rape victims failed by the system? to all the victims of rape and sexual violence, all the victims and survivors, of course i say sorry for the trauma that they have been through. opposition mps demand a date for the government s long awaited social care plans. the time for excuses is over. when will the government deliver? also in this programme: soon, we ll be ship building. it s not a new royal yacht, l it s a new national flagship. in my book, that s a. laughter i think that s - a very good thing. but first: the prime minister has denied that budget cuts are to blame for a dramatic fall in rape prosecutions in england and wales. his denial comes only days after the justice secretary admitted cuts were self evidently a factor, as robert buckland announced plans for a system and culture change . borisjohnson did apologise to rape victims
delaying the lifting of england s remaining coronavirus restrictions by up to four weeks, following a spike in cases involving the india or delta variant. and, england and wales fans are gearing up for their team s chances this weekend in the euros, following italy s win over turkey last night. and the real life jonah and the whale a lobsterfisherman in the us describes how he narrowly escaped being swallowed by a humpback whale. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. today is the second day of the g7 summit a meeting of the world s seven largest established advanced economies. world leaders are in the cornish resort of carbis bay, for face to face meetings. they include president biden, who is making his first foreign visit since taking office in the us. ben brown is there for us. good morning. i m here at tregenna castle, the resort in st ives, cornwall in the south west of england which is hosting world leaders for the g7 summit. it isa i