Across town later today, britain s teenage sensation emma raducanu is in fourth round action, as her wimbledon dream continues. Parts of edinburgh had 46 millimetres of rainfall in the last hour. For england, wales and northern ireland there will be showers fewer and farther between than yesterday. Later more heavy rain comes in from the south west. All the details coming up. It s monday, the 5th ofjuly. Our top story. The prime minister is expected to tell people in england that it will be left to their judgement to manage coronavirus risks, as he prepares to restore freedoms on the 19th ofjuly. Borisjohnson will lead a downing street press conference later today, where he will tell the public that the country must begin to learn to live with this virus plans for scotland, wales and northern ireland will be outlined later this month. Our political correspondent chris mason reports. They had been everywhere for ages, signs telling us how to behave. Many of the remaining restrictions in
Traffic light system. And liftoff! china launches a spacecraft carrying the first astronauts to its new space station. The mission is seen as a landmark step in establishing beijing as a major space power. 1,000 hazel dormice are released into woodland sites in the uk as part of efforts to save the tiny mammals under threat. New data suggests that the covid epidemic in england is growing mainly driven by younger age groups who are not yet vaccinated. The analysis from imperial college london s react 1 study, looked at the period from 20th may to 7thjune and found that of the over 108,000 people tested, 135 were positive which is a rise from 0. 1% to 0. 15%. Most of the cases were found among five to 12 year olds to 12 year olds and 18 to 24 year olds. The r number which is the number of people the average infected person would infect was an estimated 1. 44. The analysis also suggest a strengthening link between cases and hospital admissions, which is also reflected in the g
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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in northern ethiopia and some disturbing videos obtained by the bbc. they appear to show the killing of unarmed civilians by people apparently dressed in ethiopian army uniform. in november the government launched a military campaign in the region of tigray. to have been carried out by the rebel tigray people s liberation front. there have been accusations of serious abuses, by all sides in the conflict. our africa correspondent leila nathoo s report contains images that some will find very disturbing. armed men in uniform, leading a group towards a cliff edge. bodies appear strewn across the ground. a man is urged to throw one off the cliff. these graphic videos and others like it were passed to the bbc and began circulating on social media last month. we have been able to match elements of the landscape shown to features visible on satellite images to identify the location mahbere dego in ethiopian s
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