India s covid crisis continues to worsen as more than 400,000 infections have been reported in a single day. It comes as the country s hospitals continue to struggle and its vaccination drive is hampered by a lack of supplies. Families prepare for easing of restrictions in care homes in england after the government faced legal action on the issue. Could we see a return to this? liverpool prepares to welcome a 5,000 strong crowd as part of a trial live music festival. And in sport, bath try to make it an all england affairfor the european challenge cup final. Good evening. The covid crisis in india continues to worsen, with hospitals struggling with shortages of oxygen and beds and a shortage of vaccines. More than 400,000 infections have been reported in a single day. The previous highest was the united states, which hit a peak of 300,000 infections per day injanuary but it has a much better health care service compared to india. In india which has a population of 1. 3 billion th
south and as you can see from the blue triangles, it is a cold front and that means the air behind the front is going to be turning colder and you can see the blue colour is easing into the picture for friday so it s going to be a chilly feeling day but by this stage, more of us should get to see some sunshine. a reminder of our top story. one of the uk s worst ever public health failures. a report by mps say thousands died because too little was done at the start of the pandemic. that s all from the bbc news at six. so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday on a night when three of the home nations are in action in the world cup qualifiers, i mjane dougall. the fans have followed all the way to the faroe islands it s a vital match for scotland in their bid to automatically qualify for the world cup. that s already pretty likely for england. just hours until southgate s side take on hungary but
moves in the girls bathroom. plus, where s the rockefeller? nancy pelosi and joe biden have a message for you this labor day weekend. america is in perfect health. and if you don t believe that cod if you don t believe that the two oldest, most corrupt and most conniving politicians of the last half century whose policies are responsible for bordopen bordersponsible for and low wages should have some humility. they should have some empathy. in fact, both should empathy bed in the face. after strangling us with pandemic protocols . more burning through all of our money and then blaming russia for inflation money. but when you re that old and that well-protected, you assume old a sense of arrogc that casually drips from your lips. knowingasdrips from you thaty won t be fact checked, won t be questioned. it s almost as i almost af when you open your mouth, the word of god comes ouh, the wt. when you reach that echelon beco you reach that echelon senior moments just become
hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the perfect start england get their rugby union world cup campaign going in record breaking style against fiji. hardened on target again for manchester city, who cook top tonight in the premier league. could this be the perfect weekend for max verstappen? he s claimed pole for the japanese grand prix, where he could retain his world title. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. as far as opening games to a world cup campaign go, they really don t come much better than england s. earlier today, they blew away fiji, scoring 1a tries in a record breaking victory in new zealand. they won 84 19, extending their record winning streak in test matches. jo currie reports. the year long covid delay means these players have had a long wait for this moment. england s red roses are expected to bloom at this world cup. fitting, then, that they get their campaign under way in eden. for emerging fiji, a first ever appearance at the to
of happy with the way it turned out. we have a new song all about normandy, and one soldier who is over 100 years old, even though he didn t know it. for the last two years you could argue president biden has been the luckiest man on the face of the earth. he was gifted the nomination because he was the only one who could have stopped socialist populist bernie sanders. and donald trump is one of the best campaigners in the nation. and the candidates were off the road. president biden could not rally and joe biden had an excuse to stay home. combined with massive new voting rules, joe biden had the white house. but his luck is running out. maybe tonight joe s luck runs out. brian: biden s approval hoverings at 40%. president biden s average approval is below that of president trump and any one of his predecessors dating back to world war ii. he s furious about it. he s taking aim at his own white house. rumbles are that the biden white house is adrift. he s at war with his o