Well be asking what it all means for University Places . Also tonight. Prince andrew declines to comment after an american woman files a civil case in New York claiming he sexually assaulted her when she was 17. More than three quarters of adults in the uk are now fully vaccinated the Prime Minister describes the Covid Milestone as a huge national achievement. Cheering. And messi on the move one of The Worlds greatest footballers arrives in france to a rapturous welcome to agree a deal with paris st germain. And coming up in the sport, on the Bbc News channel. Catch of the Day Courtesy of matt parkinson. But London Spirit edge a thriller to beat the Manchester Originals in the hundred. Good evening. The number of a level students receiving top grades has risen to a record high after exams were cancelled for the second year in a Row Due to the pandemic. The education secretary, gavin williamson, has praised students for dealing with unprecedented levels of disruption over the past year.
President biden s agenda. And building a new olympic spectacle. Beijing prepares for the winter games, which due To Covid will take place less than a year after tokyo. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsday. Welcome to newsday. Its 6am in the morning in singapore and 6pm in the evening in New York, where, for years, Andrew Cuomo successfully navigated the murky waters of politics in the state, amassing power with precision, leaving his opponents trailing in his wake. But it took just a week for the governor to find himself out of moves following the publication of a report by the new York Attorney general s office which claimed that Mr Cuomo had sexually harassed 11 women. He denied the accusations but faced a Growing Cacophony of voices from within his own party to resign, and today, he succumbed to those calls. I think that given the circumstances, the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. And therefore thats wh
He denied the accusations but faced a Growing Cacophony of voices from within his own party to resign, and today, he succumbed to those calls. I think that given the circumstances, the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. And therefore thats what ill do, because i work for you. And doing the right thing is doing the right thing for you because, as we say, its not about me, its about we. Kathy hochul, my lieutenant governor, is smart and competent. This transition must be seamless. We have a lot going on. Im very worried about the Delta Variant, and so should you be, but she can come up to speed quickly, and my resignation will be effective in 14 days. Max kutner is a journalist and political analyst in New York. I asked him about the amount of pressure that Mr Cuomo came under. Yes, he said he was going to fight the allegations, which he is still saying that he will fight the allegations, but even just days ago, his office was releasing p
Covid19. Look at map on your screen. Thats every area you see in orange and in red. The cdc is requested to recommend that students and teachers Wear Mask in schools k through 12 schools raegardless f Vaccination Status. Lets bring in dr. Sanjay gupta and white House Correspondent kaitlan collins. Is it your understanding that this is not universal masking. You have to know what the Transmission Rate is in your own community and this is for indoor mask wearing . Thats the understanding that i have is were talk about indoor masking for vaccinated people. Thats the big change. Unvaccinated people, the recommendation was they Wear Masks indoors. This would be for vaccinated people. In areas where theres high or substantial viral transmission. I think you put up the map, we can show it again. Its about two third offense the country that sort of fall into this higher substantial Spraead Sort of area here. We know there was some pressure on this administration to make a decision, make a call
Congressman claimed. This weekend, as you may have heard, House Speaker Pelosi fl named illinois republican, adam kinzinger, to the committee. Accepted and Today Kevin Mccarthy had this to say about it. You know, some republicans have been saying that the g the gop should play ball with this committee. Really . Who is that . Who is that . Adam and liz . Arent they kind of, like, pelosi republicans . Well, pelosi republicans. Its a new spin on the conventional label, which has been to refer to them and a few others as antitrump republicans. Which, cnn political commentator and conservative Amanda Carpenter says, really, short changes their motivations. She tweeted about congressman kinzinger, why is he being described as an antitrump republican . He is a prodemocracy republican, who rightly is disgusted by what happened on j. 6. Its about principles, not people. As for what it means to be a mccarthy republican . Well, it seems that it means, at least initially, seeing their insurrection