8 people have died in the past six days. The first passengers from the us and most of the eu arrive into the uk without having to self isolate meaning many families separated during the pandemic can finally reunite. Amid the Sporting Achievements on show at the tokyo games, its the case of an olympic athlete from belarus, who is in a diplomatic standoff against her own country, which is dominating The Headlines. The sprinter, kristina timanovskaya, has now been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. The athlete raised fears for her safety, after an attempt to force her to return from tokyo to belarus for criticising her coaches. Heres the message she posted On Instagram on sunday. Translation i ask the International Olympic Committee for Help. I was put under pressure and they are trying to forcibly take me out of the country without my consent. I ask the ioc to intervene. The International Olympic Committee is now deciding what action to take. The Ioc And Tokyo 2020 will continue thei
The world record for rowing across the atlantic. Borisjohnson has ordered a Cabinet Office inquiry into claims made by a muslim mp who says her faith was given as a reason for her sacking as a minister in 2020. Nusrat ghani welcomed the inquiry, saying all she wanted was for the matter to be taken seriously. The governments chief whip, mark spencer, said ms ghanis allegation referred to him, but he said the claims were completely false. The new Cabinet Office inquiry comes at the beginning of what is likely to be a difficult week for the Prime Minister, with the expected publication of a report into parties on Government Premises that took place when coronavirus restrictions were in place. From westminster, heres ione wells. As one inquiry into parties here is about to draw to a close, another one is about to open. This time into claims made by the tory mp nusrat ghani, whos said this weekend that she had been told by a party whip that her muslimness was a reason she was sacked as a tr
of a debt ceiling deal in washingtonjust yet of a debt ceiling deal in washington just yet anyway. this is after us presidentjoe biden met with top republican kevin mccarthy earlier today. both men said talks were reproductive and repeated their stance that a default is off the table. to avoid that, they will have to work out an agreement within the next ten days. even before president biden met with house speaker kevin mccarthy, negotiators were once again around the table, trying to strike a deal to avoid a default. sources say the white house is now offering to keep spending flat from this year to next, while republicans, they say they want to increase defence spending while cutting everything else by up while cutting everything else by up to 22%. treasury secretary confirmed over the weekend that during the first is the hard deadline when the government can no longer pay its bills. the deadline for a deal may actually be sooner, in orderfor it to deal may actually be soon
hello, i m vishala sri pathma. ukrainian officials have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they ve started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow s army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. meanwhile, the ukrainian president volodymr zelensky made a surprise speech for graduates atjohns hopkins university in maryland. i m proud that ukraine is not losing a single day in its defence against russian terror. every day, we do everything to become stronger, to give more protection to people, to save more lives. the united states has also not lost a single day to help ukraine repel the russian aggression. the battle for bakhmut began last august, and ukra
guest, ukrainian president is a political organisation but this years summit was dominated by economics that it was at the very heart of any news that the leaders discussed this weekend, ukraine and china. i will start with a crane. before the summit even kicked off on friday the us introduced a raft of measures targeting russia, 300 sanctions aimed at restricting moscow s ability to source battlefield materials. the uk then followed suit, having introduced an import ban on russian diamonds, copper, aluminium, nickeland russian diamonds, copper, aluminium, nickel and then the g7 leadersjointly aluminium, nickel and then the g7 leaders jointly agreed on a statement that said they would continue to impose sanctions, tighten them, and specify the need to crack down on sanctions and evasions, the use of third party countries as a loophole for russia to get around these restrictions. they also acknowledge the fact, separately to the joint statement that there would be a need to ut