The wreck of the titanic and discover the secrets of the world s most famous shipwreck. Good morning. For many of us today it will be a cloudy and cool day. The best of the sunshine will be across central and southern scotland and parts of southern england, but there are a few showers in the forecast, and i will tell you where shortly. Good morning. It s friday the 12th ofjuly. Our main story. The us president, joe biden, has insisted he remains the most qualified candidate to take on donald trump in november s election despite growing pressure from within his own party for him to stand down. It comes after mr biden mistakenly called the ukrainian leader president putin during an event marking the end of the nato summit in washington, before later referring to his deputy kamala harris as vice president trump. Our north america editor sarah smith reports. Applause world leaders at the nato summit have cringed when mr biden introduced a key european ally as his sworn enemy. find introdu
the prime minister is urged to swiftly clarify how many covid vaccine doses the uk is prepared to donate to poorer countries. the un demands international action to stop a shocking wave of brutality against civilians in myanmar. i am terrified of what is going to happen. i think this could be just the beginning of a wave of brutality that is going to be just even more shocking than what we have seen today. the latest attempts to dislodge the ship that s stuck in the suez canal have failed officials say efforts will continue around the clock. 5,000 people attend a trial rock concert in barcelona the latest test of how viable large cultural events are during covid. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government says it s on track to ease the lockdown in england and deliver on its vaccination targets. the culture secretary 0liver dowden says he s confident a further lockdown can be avoided as long as people don t treat the easing of restrictions as a complete
to ease the lockdown in england and deliver on its vaccination targets. the culture secretary, oliver dowden, says he s confident a further lockdown can be avoided, as long as people don t treat the easing of restrictions as a complete free for all . meanwhile, the first minister for wales, mark drakeford, revealed there had been high level talks across the four nations about the idea of so called vaccine passports . here s our political correspondent, jessica parker. teeing off the next phase outdoor sports facilities can open in england tomorrow. up to six people, or two households, can meet outdoors. this minister speaking of caution, but also confidence, that another lockdown can be avoided. ahead of each easing, we ll of course analyse the situation. we ve set out these four key tests. so, they could be delayed. these things could be delayed. well, of course they could be delayed if the situation deteriorates but, at the moment, we are on track. so, thanks to the w