Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines: further sanctions on belarus as the us calls the diverting of a passenger plane an affront to international norms. Thousands of manchester city and chelsea fans are in portugal, where the teams meet for the champions league final. The $6 trillion plan president biden pushes the biggest spending programme since world war ii to try and reboot america s economy. The bottom line is this. The biden economic plan is working. We ve had record job creation. We re seeing record economic growth. We re creating a new paradigm. An 18 year old man has been charged with conspiracy to murder over the shooting of black lives matter activist sasha johnson. Making a splash a rise in lockdown river swimming promts public concern around the state of the uk s waterways. Now on bbc news, on this week s travel show, lucy hedges looks back at some of the unique places the team have spent the night over the years, from camping out inside a 13th century church in the
Some scientists advising the uk government on coronavirus are calling for the lifting of the final lockdown restrictions in england due on the 21st ofjune to be postponed. They say they re concerned about rising infection rates, due to the indian variant. Ministers warn that the government cannot make a final decision for another two weeks, but some businesses argue they need clarity now. Here s our health correspondent, anna collinson. It is one of the biggest rugby stadiums in the world, but today, thousands have been encouraged to come to twickenham for their coronavirus jab. It s been really good, yeah. Like, i thought the queue was quite long but it moves quite quickly, and everything seems really, like, organised. Ijust sort of want the whole countryjust to come out of lockdown, hopefully, 215t of june. So the more people vaccinated, the better. So doing our part, really. This afternoon, it was announced anyone aged over 18 could come and get theirjab, which organisers say co
A blaze ripped through one of the dorms injanuary, as protests grew over conditions. Injust two months, almost 200 men were infected with covid, as the virus swept through the packed dormitories and shared facilities. Some tried to run away, fearing for their lives. Today, mrjustice linden ruled that it was inevitable there would be a major outbreak of covid 19. He said that led to actual bodily harm of the residents and, as a result, the mental health of the claimants deteriorated. Today, residents say they re still desperate to leave. We not have hot water. We not have internet, we not have electricity. We have just one douche for 100 person, and live in this military base for 100 people. You understand 7 if you need food bad food. Same food, notjust bad. And everything, my friend, is bad here. The home office today said it was disappointed with the ruling, but it hasn t said whether it s going to appeal and it s go no plans, either, to close the facility. That s because it now b
Let s look at the latest coronavirus figures. There have been 3,398 new cases and 7 deaths reported in the past 2a hours. Infections have risen slowly over the past week with an average of 3,067 infections every day. In the vaccine rollout more than 197,000 people have received a first vaccine dose in the last 2a hours, meaning more than 39 million people have now had their firstjab that s more than 74% of the adult population. Just over a14,000 had their second dose in the past 2a hours, meaning almost 25 million people or 47% of the adult population is now fullyvaccinated. Well, the numbers also show more than half of all people in their 30s in england have now been vaccinated in the last fortnight, including the duchess of cambridge. She got herjab at london s science museum, a short walk from her home at kensington palace. 0n social media she thanked all those who played a part in the vaccine rollout. Now on bbc news, it s time for the travel show. Coming up on this week s show