RememBering all the dutch is the holocaust at a memorial in amsterdam. Dutch dims. Dutch victims. And A Night To RememBer for netflix as the crown scoops Big accolades at the Emmy Awards in la. Hello and welcome. The Ruling Party in russia that supports President Putin has claimed victory in the controversial parliamentary elections just hours after the polls closed. A State Television Broadcast showed a senior official of the united Russia Party, andrei turchak, congratulating a crowd of supporters in moscow on what he descriBed as a clean and honest victory. Translation dearfriends, let me congratulate you all on a clean and honest victory. I just spoke with the chairman of the party who could not Be with us today as he fell ill. He thinks you all for this result. Lets get more on this from our Moscow Correspondent steve rosenBerg. Theres something different aBout a russian election. Polling stations turn into music halls. Buses turn into Polling Stations. We found this parked just
And New York A Listers the fashion worlds met gala returns after covid. Hello and welcome. Here in the the uk, the government is setting out its much anticipated Covid Winter Plan later, with proposals including Booster Jabs for Over 50s expected to be laid out by ministers. Its the second major announcement on vaccines in less than 2a hours, after it was confirmed Last Night that all children in england aged 12 to 15 will be offered a single jab from next week. Our health correspondent, michelle roberts, has this report. Its clear that this will be no normal winter and the nhs is braced for a very busy time. The pandemic continues with plenty of coronavirus around to infect yet more people. On top of that there will be flu and other respiratory viruses that Put Pressure on the Health Service at this time of year, as well as a backlog of treatments, disrupted by covid. The Prime Minister is expected to announce today that certain measures such as lockdowns should not be needed to contr
The British Government has authorised the Border Force to turn back small boats carrying migrants across the English Channel from france. It marks a new approach by the Home Secretary, priti patel. Up to this point, migrants found in English Waters have been brought back to the Uk Mainland to be processed. She has also threatened to withold £54 mllion of funding which the uk pays to france to patrol their side of the channel. The french Interior Minister said his country would not be blackmailed and uk plans to return boats were in breach of maritime law. This is the English Channel, the stretch of water separating the uk from the continent. In the past week alone, over 1500 people have crossed on small boats and dinghies. That brings the total making the journey so far this year to 12,500, far surpassing last Years Total of almost 8500. While the uk continues to see far fewer arrivals and Asylum Claims than many of its european counterparts, the numbers are increasing. There are even
And we meet the visually impaired Cycling World Record holder hoping to pedal his way to a paralympics gold medal. Everyone says, you are very talented. I am everyone says, you are very talented. Iam not, may be everyone says, you are very talented. I am not, may be my talented. I am not, may be my talent is i can focus on Something And Block everything else out. Maybe the Tunnel Vision Eyesight helps with that . Hello and welcome to the programme. Officials in the united states say President Biden will decide within the next 2a hours whether to maintain a Military Presence in afghanistan beyond The End of august. Mr biden is coming under growing pressure from his allies not to withdraw us troops from Kabul Airport and thus allow more afghan civilians to be evacuated. The issue will be the main point of discussion at a virtual G7 Summit later on tuesday. The taliban have warned there will be consequences if the united states tries to remain in afghanistan beyond next week. Well have mo
Fight, in decades. President biden says the much criticised Evacuation Effort from Kabul Airport is accelerating, with american troops expanding the perimeter around the site. In a televised speech at the white House Mr Biden said the taliban had cooperated with the move. Huge crowds of people desperate to get out are continuing to gather at the airport. Anisa kadri reports. Hoping, waiting to leave afghanistan, they gather outside Kabul Airport as gunshots i had. Witnesses said the taliban invited in the air to make people line up in orderly queues, but it is not yet if these shots were triggered in the same instance. These afghans are leaving everything they know to start from Scratch Stop America says it has evacuated 30,000 people in just over one week. Their president hopes they will be no need to extend the August 31 a deadline for a complete us withdrawal. My withdrawal. My Heart Aches for those people you see. We are proving that we can move though thousands of people out of ka