New day with John Berman and brianna keilar. Good morning here in the United States and around the world, it is tuesday, August 10th and this morning american children are caught in the middle of a dangerous standoff, hitting Public Health against politics, all while schools are starting to reopen. So much is at stake here. More than 200 children under the age of 17 are now hospitalized in florida, which is a number that has never been higher, but the States Governor Ron Desantis is threatening to withhold paychecks from superintendents and School Board members who choose to follow Cdc Guidance and require masks in schools. Four School Districts in the state are putting safety first anD Defying his order, including the states second largest School District in broward county. For all the talk about liberty and local control, the florida governor is trying to restrict the freedom of local School Boards to make their own health decisions. In texas its a similar story, the governor has tri
In california, the Dixie Fire, now the second largest in california history. And it comes as the u. N. Tonight issues a new and alarming climate report, calling it a, quote, Code Red for humanity. Tonight, we have the numbers here. How quickly the earth is warming. Fteth ty gh our team also in greece tonight, the fires there and in turkey. Parts of europe seeing the worst heat in 30 years. Some residents and tourists now boarding ferries to escape the flames. The developing headline from washington at this hour. President biden tonight, a major step closer to passage of his 1. 2 trillion infrastructure plan. The senate expected to pass the bill with bipartisan support as early as tomorrow morning. Rachel scott standing by with live reporting from the hill. And what democrats immediately plan to do next. The developments involving new York Governor Andrew Cuomo tonight. His top aide now resigning. What shes saying. There is also news breaking involving Prince Andrew, now facing a new La
Thank you forjoining us here in bbc news. The taliban has captured three more Provincial Capitals, this time in northern afghanistan as they intensify their offensive to seize power is following the withdrawal of western troops. The three cities appear to have largely fallen to islamist militants within hours of one another, the biggest is quintus, a city of more than a quarter of A Million people. Provincial capitals are also largely in militant hands although the government in kabul insists its forces are fighting back to retake lost ground. Heres a our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. Fire and confusion in the centre of kunduz. Caliban pictures appear to show another city falling under their control. This is the biggest prize so far. A large city, economically important, it seems to have fallen easily. Afraid of the fighting, as much as of the taliban, civilians fleeing, many of them heading south to kabul. A Government Spokesman says the taliban will soon be asked about simila
Now on Bbc News hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In pakistan, journalists who ask awkward questions of people in Power Need to watch their backs. In the last year, there have been a string of attacks on reporters. The perpetrators remain unknown and unpunished. The government insists pakistan is a bastion of Media Freedom. Well, my guest is Hamid Mir, a high Profile Columnist and tv presenter, survivor of several past Assassination Attempts, currently facing accusations of sedition. Is the pakistani state out to Silence Independentjournalism . Hamid mir, in islamabad, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen sackur, for inviting me on your show. Well, its a pleasure to have you on this show. Clearly, you can talk to me in london from pakistan, but it seems you cannot speak to your own Tv Audience inside your own country. Your show is currently banned, and indeed, your Newspaper Column seems to have been suspended too. Why is that . Yes, i am banned on my Tv Channel and
By a Fifth Wave of the virus. Hello and welcome to Bbc News. The taliban has captured three more provincial capitals, this time in northern afghanistan, as they intensify their offensive to seize power, following the withdrawal of western troops. The three cities appear to have largely fallen to the islamist militants within hours of Each Other. The biggest is kunduz, a city of more than a quarter of a million. The provincial capitals sar E Pul and taloqan are also largely in militant hands. But the government in kabul insists its forces are fighting back to retake lost ground. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. Fire and confusion in the centre of kunduz. Taliban pictures appear to show yet another city falling under their control. This is their biggest prize so far a large city, economically and strategically important, and it seems to have fallen easily. Afraid of the fighting as much as the taliban, civilians are fleeing, some of them heading south for kabul. A Governme