Underage downpours. Top temperatures again 23 degrees. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Not long now. It s all set for tomorrow night at wembley a clash between england and italy to crown the winners of euro 2020. England captain harry kane wants to win it for supporters. I know they will all be there cheering us on around the country, and we just can t wait and we will hopefully try to win the game for them. Italy are unbeaten after 33 matches so expectations are sky high there too, with fans desperately hoping their team can bring home their second euros trophy. Fully vaccinated nhs staff could be let off having to self isolate after contact with someone with covid to try to tackle staff shortages. Haiti descends into chaos after their president was assassinated, it urges the united nations and the united states to send in troops. Now on bbc news, the travel show revisits some of its best eco trips from the last few years. From one of the world s most exciting train rid
Coronavirus infections in the uk have risen to their highest level forfive months. The office for national statistics says about one in 160 people had the virus last week, that s a 50% increase on the week before. Here s our medical editor fergus walsh. Have you been pinged lately? 26 million people have downloaded the nhs covid app, although it s unclear how many have it switched on. The app uses bluetooth to detect the distance between phones, and if someone tests positive, will ping those who ve been in close proximity, within two metres for 15 minutes, and advise them to self isolate. Tonight a source at the app team told the bbc they d been told to adjust its sensitivity so that it sends out fewer alerts. As our restrictions change, of course the app needs to change in line. Things like the relaxing of the one metre plus rule, for example, on the 19th ofjuly, might well lead to a review of the way the app itself needs to function. But labour says the sensitivity of the app shouldn
You may think of it as the channel that rattles your china, occasionally your teeth, and hypnotizes your children. But what you may want to know is that mtv is responsible for a complete revolution in the music business in this country. Unskinny bop just blows me away mtv makes the hits. It s as if there were just one national radio station for new songs. Ending the 80s in terms of rock music, you re getting a lot of hair bands. You ve got poison, ratt, warrant. She s my cherry pie cool drink of water such a sweet surprise tastes so good make a grown man cry sweet cherry pie a lot of hairspray going on. There s a lot of sexually suggestive lyrics. It s not particularly deep music, but mtv pushing it. So that s selling. When i would turn on mtv, all the rock bands looked a certain way. They played a kind of music. They were expected to have a certain facade. Mtv s ratings are surprisingly small. But those who do watch, mostly teenagers and young adults, buy a lot of records and tapes a
I m planning on having a good time as long as i can. Smoke pot with your kids, then you ll understand why the kids are happy. It s a giant lovein. People should be uninhibited in their sexual expression. You cannot ignore it, a change in morality. They re fascists. They don t like hippies. And they don t like the things we do. We do have to maintain law, order and decency on the streets. What we re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We re not thinking of anything else. They re trying to do what no one else has ever done before, find a new way for humanity. America in the early 60s, it was a real good time of prosperity, but it was also kind of a stagnant time in terms of spiritual growth. Things were kind of at a standstill. The baseline culture was materialism, and also the feeling that the culture itself didn t honor the human spirit and didn t honor creativity. The early 1950s, the nation recognized in its midst the social movement called beat generation. A novel titled on the ro
Good morning. And welcome to way too early. The show that is marking national wine day just not quite yet. I am kasie hunt on this tuesday, may 25th. We ll start with the news. Today marks the oneyear anniversary of the murder of george floyd, under the knee of former police officer derek chauvin. Floyd family attorney ben crump tells nbc news the family will meet with house speaker nancy pelosi and congresswoman karen bass this morning as well as several senators from both parties before their meeting at the white house with president biden. Crump told nbc news he views the white house visit as, quote, an opportunity to pay proper respect to george floyd with a president who has been in continuous communication with the family. Crump said he hopes the visit will keep momentum going toward a passage of the george floyd justice in policing act. Today also marks the deadline set by president biden for congress to present that police reform package. And while they are going to miss the da