Well hear from the former Prime Minister matteo renzi, whos told me why he forced the current crisis. Politics means make choice. I decided to open that crisis, and now there is a government better than in the past. And which celebrity does he look like . The burnley manager tells us what we are really missing in this pandemic is a game of looky likey. Hello. Im Laura Trevelyan in new york. Christian fraser is in london. There was encouraging news for britains government today. First came a preliminary report that the astrazeneca vaccine does reduce transmission of the virus by two thirds. Until now, there had been no real data on that. And the very same study found that delivering a second dose after 12 weeks, rather than three, made the vaccine more effective. The report hasnt been Peer Reviewed but seems to vindicate the uk governments strategy. The other extraordinary news was that by following that strategy, the uk has now vaccinated 10 Million People. 15 of the population has bee
And the sports biggest prize. And after the wet and windy day for some of us yesterday, some improvements in the weather for today. For many of us they will be some sunny spells, it also a few showers which could be heavy at times. I will have the full forecast throughout the programme. Good morning. Its sunday the 6th of august. Our main story people who were wrongly convicted of crimes will no longer be charged living costs for the time they spent in prison. The Ministry Forjustice is scrapping the rule with immediate effect, following an outcry over the case of a man who spent 17 years injailfora crime he didnt commit. Joe inwood has the details. There are many shocking things about the case of Andy Malkinson. Ajury misled. Dna evidence suppressed. 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. But for many, it was the revelation that Andy Malkinson would have to pay back some of his compensation to cover board and lodgings that was most shocking. The very idea of paying, once yo
hot button social issues, republican congressman nancy mace will join us with her take. but first correspondent matt finn with the latest hi matt. mike: the house voted to amend the annual defense spending bill by overturning policy that reimbursing service members for abortion-related expenses. the house also voted to ban transgender health services in the military. in a bitter debate republicans have been arguing in part that the abortion reis burstment is a piece of the democrats woke military agenda that republicans are trying to end. the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy says democrats are trying to change the course of history. and for decades in america, from the most proceed-life to the most pro choice person in congress they believed in the hide amendment and that is simply what it s saying. do not use taxpayer money on abortion. and the other part would be is, what they re looking at, should we allow wokism in our military. now democrats allege republicans a
a good sniff around, but they haven t been able to crack it. the agency now says we may simply never know who took highly i illegal drugs intohe wes the west wing. to pretty shocking outcome, though, one of the top democrats in congress is more mo. happy about you know what?ing we had a briefing in which iintp was explained that the white house was being fully cooperative with the investigation. the likeoks it s inconclusive. and you know, they wereknow unable to determine, you know, who deposite, d their in the cubby on the way in ort the way out or left it there. oh, yeah, i m satisfied. tign it s a thorough investigation. and i just kept imaginin g lik what it would be like here. well, if you re surprised thatise no culprit was found, t shouldn t be. the sympathetic media habe. s b predicting this for days now. kelly o donnel l reports that it s possible that we might not leo i et to learn who actually brought the small bag here. so i m sure that s a sigh of relief
going to have to learn a little bit more about the way of local rules work in the southern district of florida. and we are going to try to do that tonight during this hour. i love that. thanks alicia. thank you. donald trump is complaining today, about president biden s 53 year old son, hunter biden, agreeing to plead guilty to the tax violation of paying his taxes late. not paying his taxes on time. hunter biden paid the taxes in full, he just didn t do it fast enough. and, hunter biden agreed, with the u.s. attorney in delaware, who was appointed by donald trump. that he did agree that he did not tell the truth when he applied for a gun permit. hunter biden signed a form saying he was not addicted to drugs, at a time when he has publicly confessed, including in his book, that he was addicted to drugs. the u.s. attorney, appointed by donald trump, has decided not to prosecute hunter biden for falsely filling out the gun license application. as long as hunter biden remain