the two time wimbledon champion battled through a late night five set epic on centre court to make it into the third round. on the day princess diana would have turned 60, her sons william and harry unveil a statue in her honour. good morning. today again, part of the east will have a bit of crowd round, thick enough for some drizzle but for many of us, we are looking at a drier and sunny day with a few showers, some of us could see sharp showers. it s thursday, july the 1st. our top story. after more than two years behind bars, the american actor and comedian, bill cosby, has been released from prison. judges at the highest court in pennsylvania overturned his conviction for sexual assault, ruling the 83 year old should be freed because the correct legal processes hadn t been followed. michelle fleury has this report. this is the moment bill cosby left prison, a free man. he had served two years of a three to ten year sentence. his fall from grace was sealed in 2018 after he
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
rising, one study says by next week at this time, it could be 22000. by may, the end of may, close to 30,000. we re also going to be speaking with the retired acting i.c.e. director on what to make of this , but first, we want to go to mark meredith with the president in wilmington, delaware on what he is saying about this. hey, mark. neil, good morning to you. the white house says president biden is regularly briefed by his immigration team about what s going on at the border, but this comes as those republican senators you were just talking about were making it clear this issue isn t going anywhere and they want to keep it front and center what s going on on the border. take a look at some video that texas senator ted cruz posted on his twitter account last nice this comes after a tour on friday where you can see that there appear to be hundreds of migrants enter these border patrol facilities, underneath some mylar blankets resting on the ground. the video came after cru
has been delighting new york city for more than a century. we are carrying the tradition of enchanting our customers and new yorkers. reporter: they paid tribute to frontline workers. now a return to the traditional as shoppers come back to the city. covid-19 and its variants are still here. . you still have to wear your mask and get your vaccines and stuff. but it s nice to be out again seeing people, enjoying things. it s great to start over again. reporter: but a dose of holiday cheer is making the season a little brighter. all right. that is all to say that new york does the holidays best. you have to look back and think about where we were last year. we were just starting to see shots going into arms. we are talking 200 million americans who are vaccinated. this is real cause for celebration for so many families. a lot of people will be happy to put up with the travel headaches to be able to celebrate. it was nice to see all those smiles in that piece. thanks s
johannesburg, south africa. david, what are south african officials saying about this new variant? reporter: they re saying they needed to bring the attention to the world this variant because of its troubling characteristics. on one side it s got the very many mutations, particularly on the spike protein, which could mean, they say, that it might evade immunity from previous infection and have some impact, unclear what, on the vaccine efficacy. it is very early days on this, and that is why they said they wanted to come out publicly. one health official a short time ago telling cnn they re being punished now because of their transparency. all across the world there are countries now banning travel starting with the united kingdom, banning travel from this region and other parts of the continent because of the threat these countries say of this possible variant of concern. so far, it hasn t been designated by the w.h.o. that could come in the coming hours. there have been p