the #bbcyourquestions. the chancellor rishi sunak is expected to pledge to make the uk the most advanced and exciting financial services hub in the world at a speech he ll be making at mansion house in the city of london. more than two years after he was jailed for sexual assault, the american entertainer bill cosby has his conviction overturned. a tough message on the 100th anniversary of the chinese communist party president xi jinping warns that foreign powers will get their heads bashed if they attempt to bully the country. the dukes of cambridge and sussex will come together later to unveil a statue of their mother, diana, princess of wales, on what would have been her 60th birthday. and andy murray reaches the third round of wimbledon beating german oscar otte in a centre court thriller. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the car maker nissan has announced a major expansion of electric vehicle production at its car plant in sunderland. the development will see
formula one title but lewis hamilton has gained a knighthood hello and welcome to bbc news. this evening we ve heard an update on the booster vaccine rollout from the prime minister in a downing street briefing on the day that uk has recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases on record. in the latest 2a hour period, there have been a recorded 78,610 cases of coronavirus. again, that s the highest daily figure since the pandemic began. the previous uk daily record was 68,053 on the 8th of january this year. england s chief medical officer, professor chris whitty said those records, and more, will be broken over the coming weeks as rates rise. the prime minister said the government was throwing everything at the vaccine rollout across the uk, to curb the spread of the new variant with over 650 thousand jabs being administered across the country yesterday. despite the significant rise in cases, there was no indication of any further restrictions in england. our polit
ecosystem will be spared from the reckoning that lies beyond 1.5 degrees of warming. not everyone gets to make choices about life and death. we here are privileged today to do exactly that. the pacific islands are facing an existential crisis. extreme weather patterns and rising sea levels are already forcing people to relocate and threatening to create a generation of climate refugees. what s happening here is a bellwether of the planet s future. as the world met for the cop 26 in glasgow, i traveled to the pacific islands to meet women on the front lines who are leading the fight against the climate crisis, from elders relocating their villages. .. they told us to go, go. you just worry about your life. ..to a younger generation leading with practical approaches. so mangroves are the real eco heroes and the eco gems. ..from the first female leader in the pacific islands. building up islands is a possibility that is going to take a lot of money that we don t have. ..to the o