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and we re following new twists in a woman s mysterious disappearance during a road trip. the fbi has been searching the family home of brian laundrie a day after the likely remains of his fiancee gabby petito were found. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the breaking news on the ross of life from covid-19 that is both unfathomable and frankly unacceptable. the u.s. death toll from this pandemic just rose above 675,000. that s higher than the death toll from the 1918 flu pandemic more than 100 years ago. the youngest americans are increasingly at risk in this crisis here in the united states, and tonight they may be closer to being eligible for vaccinations. pfizer says its vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11. in a smaller dose, a lower dose than adults get. let s discuss all of this and much more with dr. anthony fauci, the director of the nat ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. the british foreign secretary liz truss has defended the uk s new security agreement with the united states and australia, which has caused a growing diplomatic row with france. the deal known as aucus will see australia given the technology to build nuclear powered submarines. liz truss has said it will make the uk safer and protectjobs. but the french, whose own submarine deal with australia has been cancelled, are angry about that. courtney bembridge reports. at the centre of this diplomatic row is an agreement with the us and the uk to give australia the technology to build a fleet of nuclear powered submarines. the problem is australia already had a submarine deal with france that s been torn up and france is furious duplicity. been torn up and france is furious. there has been lying, duplicity, a major breach of trust and contempt. this will not do things are not going well between us. and i m with the president of france. it s h ....
knew the military intended to pull the trilgger. it raises all sorts of questions about how an order like this is carried out. but what it really does highlight the fact the u.s. was frantically trying to rout out isis attackers who they believed were going to carry out an imminent attack. the pentagon emphasized all of this is against the backdrop of a dynamic situation in which they were frantically trying to find isis members who wanted to carry out an attack. remember this was a few days after that attack that left 170 afghans and service members dead. one of the 60 pieces of intelligence that general mckenzie said yesterday at the pentagon they had was that a white toyota corolla would be involved in the next attack. mr. ahmadi, an aid worker, that s the car he drove, and he drove it from an area that they believed was associated with isis past his office where they loaded what intelligence officials believed were explosives into the car. turned out to be water. an ....
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the first convoy of trucks carrying iranian fuel has entered lebanon from syria in a move organised by hezbollah. crowds lined the streets to celebrate the arrival as the country struggles to provide enough petrol and diesel, with regular blackouts as a consequence. hezbollah says it s trying to ease the country s deep energy crisis, but opponents say it s politically motivated. our middle east correspondent anna foster reports. horns blare. cheering. scenes ofjoy in a country that has little to celebrate. lebanon is gripped by one of the worst economic depressions in modern times. but away from the jubilation, this is the reality. the ovens at yasmin bakery run for 15 hours a day onjust two generators. every afternoon means a scramble for diesel, calling in favours or scouring the black market. if we don t get enough fuel for today, we are closing today. we are not working. tomorrow there is no bread. you a ....
germany, angela merkel prepares to step down. we have a special report on how she has influenced gender equality. and tributes are paid to sir clive sinclair, the home computing pioneer who s died at the age of 81. hello, and welcome. the uk government is expected to announce changes today to the rules for international travel. among them could be a simpler traffic light system for green, amber and red list countries and fewer tests. our transport correspondent caroline davis reports. sunshine, but no one sunbathing. 80% of the guests at this hotel in turkey would have been british in a normal year. turkey went on the red list in may, meaning anybody travelling from there to the uk has to quarantine in a hotel. since then it has been a difficult summer, but they are holding out hope it can change. we have just about survived but it has been very, very challenging. at the moment we are very, very quiet. so to get the british market for a sort of go ahead at this stage, i ....