Friday. In the space of just a few hours, late today, the White House got unwelcome news on covid boosters. The secretary of defense admit that a Drone Strike in afghanistan that was supposed to have targeted an Isisk Terrorist actually killed an afghan aid worker, two other adults, and seven children, and was in his words a horrible mistake. And on top of that, the administration suddenly finds itself in the middle of a diplomatic war with americas oldest ally, france. So there is a lot to get to tonight. We begin with the fda advisory panels highly anticipated recommendation on covid Booster Shots which was not exactly what a lot of people had been expecting. Third doses not recommended for most people younger than 65 years old. Only for seniors and others at high risk of illness. Now, whatever the publichealth merits of Todays Decision and we will obviously discuss those with our Health Experts in just a moment. It certainly differs from what the administration has been signaling fo
Your Bin Service that is at risk. I look at the impact on some of the services we take for granted. Good morning. Its yet more history for Cristiano Ronaldo. Hes now the highest Scoring Player in mens international football after two late goals broke irish hearts in the World Cup qualifiers. Good morning. The weatherfor the next few days is similar to what weve had. A lot of cloud, some drizzle, the best of the sunshine across the northern Parts Of the west. But from sunday into the early Parts Of next week, it looks like for many it will be drier, sunnier and much warmer. All the details coming up. Good morning, its wednesday the 2nd of september. Our top story. Dame Sarah Storey has become britains most successful paralympian of all time. She defended her c4 5 Cycling Road Race title in tokyo earlier this morning. Dame sarah now has 17 golds in an incredible Paralympics Career over 29 years. Our reporter Patrick Geary looks back at her remarkable career so far. For Dame Sarah Storey,
City of ghazni as the un warns of an unfolding humanitarian dIsaster. The Uk Economy grows by nearly 5 between april and june following the easing of restrictions. New zealand says it will keep its border closed until at least The End of the year to keep covid out. And more wildfires in italy, as Sicily Records what could be europes hottest ever temperature. And coming up thIs hour well talk to the new star of the track 23 year old Matt Walls who won Gold And Silver at hIs first olympics. Sorry about that delay. Good Morning. Good Morning. More than half A Million students in england, wales and Northern Ireland are receiving their Gcse Grades thIs Morning with record results predicted. For the second year running, the grades have been based on Teachers assessments, after exams were cancelled. Lets speak to elaine dunkley, our Education Correspondent, whos in dagenham. Have they got their results yet, or Is it imminent . Is it imminent . They have got the results. Is it imminent . They
Im Kim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. The final competitions of the 2020 Summer Olympics are wrapping up with the United States winning the most Gold Medals and the most medals overall. Only a few hours remain before the Closing Ceremony brings the games to an end. The u. S. Has clinched the win in the Gold Medal Count and overall Medal Counts. Lets get the latest on all this with Andy Scholes of cnn sports. The u. S. Was behind the Gold Medals for almost the whole games here. How did they pull out the win in the snend. It was a complete team effort. Track and field grabbed seven golds. On sunday, u. S. Womens basketball captured their seventh straight Gold Medal. And then the u. S. Womens Volleyball Team making some history, winning their firstever Gold Medal. And there were tons of tears on the court after they scored that final point to beat brazil in straight sets. Womens olympic volleyball, it started back in 1964. The u. S. Had medaled five times before making it to the Gold Me
In the yunited states, canada, and around the world. This is cnn newsroom. All throughout the pandemic we reported on a number of sad and troubling milestones. Today we have more. Here in the u. S. The Del Tra variant is driving Coronavirus Case numbers to their highest numbers since february. According to Johns Hopkins University the u. S. Sevenday average is more than 100,000 new cases per day as over 50 of the u. S. Population is fully vaccinated and florida seems to be getting the worst of it. Sunshine state is reporting its highest number of weekly cases since before the pandemic began and the Highst Number of Ca Capita capitalizations. Governor desantis is rejecting Mask Mandates in schools. I have young kids. My wife and i are not going to do the mask with the kids. I want to see my kids smiling. I want them having fun. The surge in the Delta Variant Couldnt have come at a worst time since children across the u. S. Are returning to class. I spoke with Alison Messina about the im