Are still awaiting their fate. And french and british ministers clash over plans for the uk border force to turn back some boats carrying migrants across the channel to england. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. It s newsday. It s 6am in singapore and 6pm in washington, where president biden has set out a series of measures to get more americans vaccinated against covid 19, amid a surge in cases of the fast spreading delta variant. All federal government workers will be required to get a vaccine. Businesses with more than 100 staff will have to ensure they are vaccinated or tested weekly. Mr biden expressed frustration at the 80 million americans who are still not vaccinated, saying they were overcrowding hospitals. He appealed to them to get the shot. My message to unvaccinated americans is this. What more is there to wait for? what more do you need to see? we ve made vaccinations free, safe and convenient. The vaccine has fda approval. Over 200 million americans ha
And it s going to be fun. It ll be a bit of honest competition in our world, rachel. We talk in politics a lot about competition and how so much of it is rigged. We re going to watch honest competition for the next couple weeks and i m excited about that. There s a reason why we all love sports and it s because we love merit cratic competition. There s a reason we love it and there s no shame in that. Have a good night, rachel. Tonight we re sounding the alarm. Now is the time to protect the right to vote, everyone s right to vote, not next week or once the nonsense in texas is over or the fraudit in arizona is going to be done. But, in fact, now. Each moment wasted is another moment for republicans to stop more of us from exercising that right, and that s how it s going to go. In a brandnew report, the brennan center for justice finds that just since the start of this year, 2021, 18 states have passed 30 laws to restrict voting access, 18. We re only halfway through the year. You can
Competition in our world. We re gonna watch on his competition for the next couple of weeks and i m excited for. That there is a reason why we love sports because we love meritocratic competition and that is what it is, and if there s a reason we love it, that s why. Have a good night. Rachel thanks. Tonight we are sounding the alarm now is the time to protect the right to vote. Everyone s right to vote, not next, week know what s the nonsense. The fraud in arizona not when the next election comes around, but in fact, now. Each moment wasted is another moment for republicans to stop more of us from exercising that right. And that s how it s going to go. In a brandnew report, the justice finds that just since the start of this year, 2021, 18 states have passed 30 laws to restrict voting access. 18. We re only halfway through the year. You can bet more coming. Last, night president biden reiterated that he would not advocate for getting rid of or weakening the filibuster in order to pass
Of hospitalisation,by around 75%. And we are in coventry for the latest leg of our tour around britain. It is raining but not dampening the spirits of the city of culture. We speak to the creative director to see how much the pandemic is affecting their ambitions. And, a tale of heroism and survival. The woman who fought off a crocodile, to save her sister. It grabbed her on the leg and tried to death roll her and drag her away and it grabbed my wrist and my arm, so i had to beat it off with my other arm. And thousands of scotland fans are in london for tonight s big match against england at wembley in the euros. The liberal democrats are celebrating a stunning by election victory, after winning a seat that has been conservative for almost half a century. Sarah green won chesham and amersham in buckinghamshire byjust over 8,000 votes, overturning a tory majority, of16,000. The lib dem leader, sir ed davey, says the conservatives have ignored local voters, and their blue wall of souther
Are shattered as their team bows out but england are through. And coming up on the bbc news channel, new zealand strike early on the last day of the world test championship final, but it s a race against the clock to get a result. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A police officer has been found guilty of the manslaughter of the former footballer dalian atkinson. A trial at birmingham crown court heard that pc benjamin monk tasered mr atkinson for 33 seconds and kicked him twice in the head. The former aston villa striker died outside his father s home in telford in 2016. Monk was cleared of an alternative charge of murder. Jurors are still deliberating an assault charge against his colleague. Let s go live now to our correspondent in birmingham, phil mackie. Phil, just tell us what happened today in court? today in court? well ust before midday we today in court? well ust before midday we got today in court? welljust before midday we got verdicts today in cou