The militant group in afghanistan. Happy monday, everyone. The Tokyo Summer olympics are in full swing despite the pandemic and with a tropical storm on the horizon. Organizers are now adjusting their Mask Policy on the O Olympic podium allowing athletes to take them off for a photo. And the quest for gold is heating up, too. Let me show you where the Medal Count stands at the moment. It could change quickly of course with 21 Medal Events on monday. Meanwhile officials have confirmed at least 153 covid cases linked to the games so far. One of the new cases was a resident of the Olympic Village bringing the total number of cases from the village to 16. Now, japan as i mentions also bracing for a tropical storm thats expected to bring rain and strong winds this week. Cnns World Sport Patrick snell in atlanta. Lets start with patrick. And patrick, lets start with the current Medals Table and reflect a bit more if we could on that particular win from the Team Usa perspective. Reporter yeah
You know, jake, this is under active consideration. I do believe that the work of this committee in order to retain the confidence of The American poem must act in a way that has no partisanship. Our select committee will seek the truth. This riot was absolutely devastating to the perception of democracy in this united states. Let me say nothing is off limits. Well follow the facts. American Olympic Throathlete find the Medal Stand, but covid forces more to drop out. Welcome to our viewers. You are live in the Cnn Newsroom. We begin tonight with the study and Disturbing March Of Covid Around The World and across the united states. In america, the Publics Willingness to get a vaccine is waning. Nearly every state is seeing more covid19 cases than the week before. So Fear And Frustration are building. Less than 50 of the country is fully vaccinated, meaning the gamechanging Herd Immunity is well out of reach. At this pace, a new model projects a worse Case Scenario of 4,000 deaths daily
And Spain And Italy are through to the Semi Finals of Euro 2020 after beating Switzerland And Belgium respectively. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Lots coming up. First the un Security Council has met to discuss the crisis in ethiopias tigray region. Eight months of fighting means Hundreds Of Thousands of people are now at risk of starvation. The ethiopian government has denied allegations that its been blocking aid getting through. This is after tigrayan rebels took control of much of the Northern Region this week. The un World Food Programme says its up and running again but access is still difficult. Courtney bembridge has the latest. An extraordinary moment after months of brittle conflict. Celebrations on the streets of tigray s Capital Michele after rebel fighters took over the city. They have declared victory over the government troops mekelle. But eight months of fighting has left its mark. ~. ,. Months of fighting has left its mark. , i i i i i months of fighting has left its
400,000. And Spain And Italy are through to the Semi Finals of Euro 2020 after beating Switzerland And Belgium respectively. Hello and welcome to the programme. The un Security Council has met to discuss the crisis in ethiopias tigray region. Eight months of fighting means hundreds of thousands of people are now at risk of starvation. The ethiopian government has denied allegations that its been blocking aid getting through. This is after tigrayan rebels took control of much of the Northern Region this week. The un World Food Programme says its up and running again but access is still difficult. Courtney bembridge has the latest. Cheering and chanting. An extraordinary moment after months of brutal conflict. Cheering. Horns blare. Celebrations on the streets of tigray s Capital Mekelle after rebel fighters took over the city. Theyve declared victory over the government troops. Horns blare. Applause. But eight months of fighting has left its mark. More than 400,000 people are estimated