in the drive to offer covid jabs to all adults in england. a two minute silence has been held at the british normandy memorial to honour more than 22,000 members of the armed forces, who died after the d day landings. may god bless our veterans, the families and all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice as a result of the operations around d day and during the battle of normandy. around 100 veterans who were unable to travel to france because of the pandemic laid wreaths at the national memorial arboretum. roger federer withdraws from the french open, saying he doesn t want to push himself too quickly after knee surgery. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex have had a baby girl, the news was just released by the couple with this statement 0ur correspondent sanchia berg is with me. what does the statement say? it what does the statement say? it says the have what does the statement say? it says they have had what does the statement say? it
packed stadiums, family gatherings, restaurants back to 100% capacity. what about the economy? is it on the same path? just a few minutes ago, we learned the united states added 559,000 jobs in the month of may, employment is still lower than pre-pandemic levels but the games are strong and in line with expectations. today s news follows a surprisingly weak jobs report we saw last month when experts were predicting a big gain. total employment is still creeping up but we are not back to where we once were. we talked about people moving into new industries and away from jobs they once had. the numbers seem to be reflecting that. the hard-hit leisure and hospitality industry is still down 2.5 million jobs but it gained almost 300,000 in the last month. and what about that crazy disconnect between employers and employees? right now 48% of small business owners are reporting they have unfilled job openings, but i want you to look at the numbers, millions of americans are still lo
let s dig deeper. carol lee is covering the white house, our brand new political respondent alivitali on capitol hill. how is this supposed to move the ball forward and get covid relief done? it s lawmakers that make the decisions but it s voters that actually influence those lawmakers. reporter: what you re going to see tonight is the president taking questions from americans about coronavirus relief, about the economy, really about anything they want to ask, but his focus is on his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan and the economy, which really goes the two things actually go together, there s a number of economic initiatives within the coronavirus relief plan as well as money for vaccine distribution and other things that people are eager to see happen. so what we re going to see is this is the outside game, where the president hits the road, making his first official trip outside of washington, trying to pitch his plan to the country, to try to put pressure inside
as the years have gone by, - the story has grown and grown. it s 100 times worse - than the press admitted to. these are frankly eyewatering claims. bugging cars, listening to and recording live phone calls, paying police officials for sensitive information. i don t know to this day how many people have heard my deepest secrets, my desires. .that phone hacking was not. practised by the mail on sunday or the daily mail. i didn t feel like i was working in some sort of underground illegal news gathering operation. i was working at the sun. what you saw was what you got. you have just about anybody who s ever appeared in a tabloid newspaper saying, give me large wadges of cash, please. i think it s actually a legal scandal. it s not the money i m after. it s to expose their guilt. it s justice. there was undoubtedly phone hacking about 30 something years ago, i .ot about 30 something years ago, i got out about 30 something years ago, i got out of about 30 something years
action is being taken- against the sun newspaper. legal action against the mirror group over allegations of phone hacking. who did you hack? it would be quicker to say- who i didn t hack, wouldn t it? it d be easier. celebrities, politicians. i was living in this sort of super highway of illicit information. it was exciting. you felt like a spy. as the years have gone by, - the story has grown and grown. i don t know to this day how many people have heard my deepest secrets, my desires. .that phone hacking was not. practised by the mail on sunday or the daily mail. you have just about anybody who s ever appeared in a tabloid newspaper saying, give me large wadges of cash, please. i think it s actually a legal scandal. it s not the money i m after. it s to expose their guilt. it s justice. i started working for the british tabloids, around 1986. i m the guy that tracked down jeffrey epstein s a girl that was with the prince, that famous photograph. tracked her down to austra