warnings of the significant pressure ahead on the nhs, as the uk s daily covid cases double in a fortnight to levels not seen since january. all spectators are now banned from tokyo s olympic games, after a state of emergency is declared as japan s covid cases rise. and celebrating all the way to the final, as england prepare to make history. and coming up on the bbc news channel: england s make shift one day team made an emphatic start to their first match against pakistan, as they eye victory in cardiff. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. in 11 days time anyone in england who is fully vaccinated against covid 19 can travel to an amber country without needing to quarantine on return. under 18s won t have to self isolate either, meaning families can travel abroad this summer. the relaxation of rules will mean a big boost for the travel industry as people rush to book a last minute summer holiday. but, despite no quarantine, tests are still needed on return to e
killed your boy? yes. people call me a murderer. i m 100% innocent. you could have heard a pin drop in that courtroom. âa âa potsdam. way upstate new york. a small speck on the map on the road to the canadian border. that they like to joke up there that there s more cows than people, and i don t think they re joking. in this sleepy place, with a main street from the 1950s, you d think nothing happens that could possibly interest the outside world. but an epic story has unfolded here. a murder case for sure, but so much more than that. it s a little bit fargo. it is a little bit fargo. jesse mckinley, a reporter for the new york times, was drawn to it. it s got a small town. it s got love triangles. it sor writer are irresistible. the woman in the middle of it all, tandy cyrus. a very pretty woman in a town where pretty women stand out. one of her lovers stood out too, nick hillary, as a black man in a predominantly white town. you still have
afghanistan for nearly 20 years. so many missions run out of that base there through the years. sources tell cnn that the white house is confident this is the right move. this, though, despite real concerns including among military advisers about the likelihood of a taliban takeover of the country and also the resurgence of terrorism. up to a thousand troops will remain in afghanistan to guard the u.s. embassy and kabul s airport, some 2300 u.s. service members men and women have died in afghanistan since the war on terror began in 2001. anna coren is in kabul and troop withdrawal preceded very quickly, biden had said a deadline of september 11th and we re well before that. what is the reception there in how scared are they, the afghan people, of what follows? reporter: yeah, two months ahead of schedule, jim. people here really are in disbelief. they knew that was on the cards, they knew that america would have to leave. but just not now. the reason they say that is becaus
heralded today s decision. we did not hear, however, from bill cosby himself. reporter: right. and that s what everyone was expecting. he came out with his attorneys, was joined by them. jake, we were expecting to hear something after being in prison for nearly three years. but cosby said nothing. he left all the talking to his attorneys who said legally they felt the rug had been pulled out from cosby, but now that is all over. cosby is home with his family. walking free, bill cosby leaving prison after pennsylvania s highest court vacated his conviction. he just said his heart was racing, he couldn t believe it. reporter: the 83-year-old former comedian now home after being released this afternoon. the court deciding that prosecutors violated his due process rights, writing, the subsequent decision by successor d.a. to prosecute cosby violated cosby s due process rights. he must be discharged, and any future prosecutions on these particular charges must be barred. he
so now instead they get speaker pelosi with a final say on the select committee to investigate the deadly insurrection. who might be on it? plus, breakthroughs and not in a good way. the delta variant sounding some alarms, and masks in some places are now making a comeback. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. and we begin today with our national lead and the new troubling details about just how badly the surfside, florida, condominium building was deteriorating in the days, months, even years before it collapsed last thursday. it is now today the sixth day of search and rescue efforts. 11 people have been found dead. 150 remain missing. today florida republican governor ron desantis said the government will continue its search until every missing victim is found. and now the state attorney for miami-dade county is pursuing a grand jury investigation into why the building collapsed. this at the same time as more photos and letters and building assessments are surfacing