and what a legacy. and splashdown the four tourists aboard the spacex inspiration 4 capsule successfully return to earth. hello. after the french president ordered the recall of ambassadors to australia and the us, washington says it plans to hold talks with senior french officials in the coming days to calm the diplomatic storm. the french ambassador to australia has now left the country, describing as a huge mistake its decision to unilaterally cancel a submarine contract worth tens of billions of dollars. from paris, here s hugh schofield. for the americans, the australians and the british, it s a new alliance to ensure stability in the pacific and thwart the strategic ambitions of china. but australia s decision to buy nuclear submarines from the us has left the french feeling stunned and humiliated. their contract with australia has been simply binned. ordered back home by president macron, the french ambassador to canberra was as polite as he could be about the reas
stunned and humiliated. their contract with australia has been simply binned. ordered back home by president macron, the french ambassador to canberra was as polite as he could be about the reasons for france s anger. i think this has been a huge mistake. a very, very bad handling of the partnership because it was not a contract. it was a partnership. this evening, the foreign minister, jean yves le drian, spoke again on national television. translation: there has been lying, duplicity, a major- breach of trust and contempt. this will not do. things are not going well between us. it means there is a crisis. i am with the president of france and that makes me feel better. just a few months ago, it was all smiles at the g7 summit in cornwall between presidents biden and macron, and all talk of cooperation and shared challenges. but behind the scenes, the french are convinced that the three english speaking nations were hatching the plan to cut them out. the fallout is potential
georgia to new york. and celebrating one of the world s ultimate puzzle masters. good evening tonight, the last vestiges of american military might in afghanistan restored control for more what is the only way out. troops are firmly in charge of the military side of the kabul airport where flights have resumed today, fewer scenes of complete chaos, but no less amount of fear and desperation among those who once called americans colleagues and now are asking for recognition and help to start a new hief far from the taliban. it was a country holding its breath tonight, weighing lofty statements from the taliban against searing memory of who the taliban are and what they are capable of richard engle and his team are in kabul tonight with details. reporter: today we made it on to the military side of kabul airport. this is where the u.s. is carrying out its final withdrawal from afghanistan. the american flag still flies here this side of the airport has long been an americ
unvaccinated people more than twice as many as the original strain. researchers at johns hopkins university has held five states, california, texas, missouri, florida, represent 46 of the new u.s. covid cases. hurly are, today officials in louisiana over the grimacing of the situation. nobody should be laboring under the misapprehension that this is just another surge. we ve already had three of these. this is the worst when we have had thus far. this virus, the delta variant of covid is every infectious disease fuss specialist in s worst nightmare. health officials have warned we are now in the pandemic of the unvaccinated. today, the white house said some 90 million americans have yet to get one of the three vaccines available. yet, there are some signs that those holding out may finally be coming around. as of today, the government says 70% of americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine. the president had originally hoped to reach that goal by july 4
and the delta variant is tightening the grip on the nation driving up covid cases and hospital admissions. the u.s. has now recorded over 35 million cases and averaging about 70,000 cases a day. late this afternoon, the cdc director revealed new data on the dangers of this hyper contagious delta strain. if you are sick with the delta variant, we estimate that you can infect five other vaccinated people. more than twice as many as the original strain. researchers at johns hopkins university have found five states represent 46% of new u.s. covid cases. earlier today, officials in louisiana offered a grim assessment of the situation. that state is set to break it s all-time record for covid hospitalizations. nobody should be laboring under the misapprehension that it s just another surge. we ve had three of them. this is the worst we have had thus far. the delta variant of covid is every infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist worst nightmare. as health offici