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i m michael holmes. this is cnn newsroom. first to germany where the death toll has jumped to at least 81 in dangerous flash flooding in the western part of the country. in one district alone, 1300 people are assumed missing. some regions receiving more than a month s worth of rain in just 24 hours. at least 12 people have died in belgium, meteorologists describing it as the heaviest rainfall in a century. nina dos santos is tracking developments. weeks and weeks of rain. what is the impact of the floods? reporter: that s right, michael, the impact as you see is loss of life, severe devastation to a number of buildings, infrastructure is being blown up. across one part of the three stricken regions of germany, one of the most populous regions, we re seeing some of the telephone lines having been cut off, hundreds of thousands without power, indeed running water and basic supplies. it is a pretty dramatic situation and in one part of the vehicle stricken part of the ....
bit so they get an opportunity to freshen um bit so they get an opportunity to freshen un it s nowjust six days until team gb s women s football squad will get their 0lympics campaign underway. they take on chile in sapporo. head coach hege riise has today said that the team will have 3 captains with steph houghton, sophie ingle and kim little chosen to lead out the side on a rotation basis. it s also been confirmed that the side will take the knee before all their games in tokyo. here s our sports reporterjo currie. it s believed the women s football team have become the first members of team gb to officially state that they will take the need. and in fact protest at the tokyo 0lympics. earlier this month the rules surrounding athlete protests were actually relaxed around the international olympic committee. athletes, players have now put back protest before and after events they can also express their opinions was speaking to the media. what they can t do is prote ....
from tomorrow fully vaccinated travellers returning from france must self isolate for ten days a restriction that doesn t apply to other amber list countries. two athletes and an official at the tokyo olympic village have tested positive for coronavirus five days before the start of the games. good afternoon. both the prime minister and the chancellor are in self isolation today after coming into contact with health secretary sajid javid, who s tested positive for coronavirus. the announcement was made by downing street after it initially said both borisjohnson and rushi sunak would be taking part in a pilot scheme which would allow them to continue working provided they tested negative in a daily lateral flow test. this had been criticised by labour and some business leaders, with hundreds of thousands of people having to self isolate having been pinged by the track and trace system. our political correspondent jessica parker has the latest. it is hot out there but ....
what s worse, recording yourself in the middle of a crime scene or not even knowing which building was being overrun, that lack of awareness and basic civics didn t make it any less dangerous for officers like eugene goodman who faced down the january 6th insurrection even if some republican lawmakers are pretending it never happened. and speaking of that, one of the few republicans to stand up for the constitution, liz cheney is seeing a surge in fundraising, and as kasie hunt points out, i wonder why those numbers were leaked to a long time political reporter in new hampshire. 2024 anyone? plus, another political casualty of the trump era. former senator jeff flake lands a new gig in the biden administration. while the state of tennessee takes a giant leap backward on basic health. why state officials there are stopping all vaccine related outreach to minors, not just covid vaccines, all vaccines. the virus meanwhile continues to flare up in serious ways with cases ....
and london. more of the same heading into the weekend, potentially the odd patch of rain in the western isles, highland, orkney and shetland, but otherwise dry it with lots of sunshine, continuing to get a bit warm as well. temperatures, we are up to 25 in aberdeen at this stage of the weekend. further south, 28 for cardiff and for london. and if anything, it gets hotter still as we head into sunday, when temperatures could peak at around 30 celsius across parts of the cell. at the same time, looks like we might well see some fresh air moving into scotland, temperatures easily little here, but still warm in the sunshine. for most of us, a fine weekend on the cards. a reminder of our top story. dozens of people have died in germany and belgium after record rainfall causes flooding across parts of western europe. dozens are still missing. hello, welcome to sportsday i m austin halewood, coming up this evening. it s back and so with the fans. after two years away the hundred a ....