upward since the beginning of july. florida set another new record in the last 24 hours, adding more than 23,000 new cases, the highest number there in a single day. political disputes over mask mandates rage on as students prepare to go back to school. governor desantis has done is purposely divided our public. he has made this a political issue. while the biden administration seems to be trying to sort of fight the virus, he s insistent on fighting them. it has become almost impossible to get people to get vaccinated, to wear masks because half of our population thinks that if they do that they re you know, it is an expression of support for or against a political party or a candor an office holder. nbc s stephanie stanton live from a back-to-school event in tampa. stephanie, florida is in the middle of all of this. what are you hearing from parents right now? reporter: well, joe, it is good to be with you. we are actually here outside raymond james stadium, and t
infections as a shortage of oxygen and vaccines in india. fans across england celebrate as their side make the euro 2020 quarter finals with a 2 0 win over germany. hello and thanks forjoining us. rebel forces in tigray in northern ethiopia have continued hostilities, despite the national government s declaration of a ceasefire in the region. the ethiopian government appears to be losing ever the fighting has left thousands dead, as many as 2 million people have been forced to leave their homes. government troops have now banded mekelle in the face of the rebel advance abandoned. it has reached as far as shire, near the ethiopian border. jubilation on the streets as eritrean troops are forced out of shire in tigray. similar scenes were witnessed in the capital mekelle, as ethiopian soldiers fled. the rebel tplf forces appear to have the upper hand in this bloody eight month conflict. now, the federal government in addis ababa has called for a ceasefire. translation: for hu
fans across england celebrate as their side make the euro 2020 quarter finals with a 2 0 win over germany. hello and thanks forjoining us. rebel forces in tigray in northern ethiopia have continued hostilities, despite the national government s declaration of a ceasefire in the region. they seized the regional capital on monday. the fighting has left thousands dead with as many as 2 million people forced to leave their homes. government troops have now abandoned the regional capital in face of the advance which has reached as far as shire. jubilation on the streets as eritrean troops are forced out of shire in tigray. similar scenes were witnessed in the capital mekelle, as ethiopian soldiers fled. the rebel tplf forces appear to have the upper hand in this bloody eight month conflict. now, the federal government in addis ababa has called for a ceasefire. translation: for humanitarian aid to reach the needy without any problems and for the farming season to happen on time,
for nine years, successive uk governments have repeated promises to revolutionise how we travel by train between the north of england and london. high speed rail2, or hsz, promised to modernise britain s transport infrastructure, cut travel times and integrate the economies of england s regions. hs2 will still go ahead, but today, the uk government confirms it is significantly watering down the project s ambition by scrapping its entire eastern leg. here was the original plan, in which hs2 connects london with birmingham, manchester and leeds. but as of today, it s been confirmed that the leg between the east midlands and leeds will now be scrapped. and it s also ditching a planned new high speed rail link between manchester and leeds. instead the government says it s come up with an alternative rail package priced at £96 billion. it promises to upgrade existing train links and build new, but shorter stretches of high speed track. katy austin reports. this south yorkshire lo
jabbed by today unless they re medically exempt. prince harry tells a tech conference the media has been mysogynistic towards his wife and says he warned the boss of twitter about politcal unrest in the us. and 80 years after women were conscripted into the war effort, we hear from some of those who played vital roles during world war two. he was in the army, my first boyfriend, and he had been told he was going to be sent abroad, so i thought if ijoined the army i might meet up with him again. and coming up on the bbc news channel. all the build up to england s semi final against new zealand in the men s t20 world cup later. the winner will face either pakistan or australia, in sunday s final in dubai. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the first draft of a climate agreement has been published at the cop26 summit in glasgow. the document urges nations to outline their long term strategy to reach net zero carbon emissions by the middle of this century, and t