new covid 19 measures that require workers at large companies to be vaccinated or face weekly testing. latest figures show the uk economy grew byjust 0.1% injuly, as the last covid restrictions were lifted in england. india have forfeited the fifth test against england over covid concerns, meaning the series is drawn 2 2. and reflections on 9/11, 20 years on from the attacks. we ll hear from some of the people who were directly affected. morning and welcome to bbc news. the british teenager emma raducanu has made history as she reaches the final of the us open tennis in new york. the 18 year old from south east london beat the 17th seed maria sakkari in the semi finals at flushing meadows, becoming the first british woman to reach the final of a major singles tournament since virginia wade in 1977. patrick gearey reports. from great britain, emma raducanu! emma raducanu s flight home from new york left two weeks ago. since then she has taken off. like most 18 year olds at gra
we feel like we know this story and we have heard from some of those police officers, not all of them, and we have seen so much of the painful an agonizing video and we ve had six months of coverage of it and so what s new could today bring and it was all new. it was an experience like we ve never had watching any congressional hearing in history. i agree and you covered a lot of them. and those who capture best the motion of what would it be like to be at the united states capitol today is about to be on your show. yes, we re gonna have a full hour and much more coverage is going to be on that hearing. have a good evening lawrence, . thank you, ali. well, in today s story house hearing we heard things that we have never heard before in the history of congressional hearings. we heard, on live television, on this network words that have never been said on this network before and those words are going into print tonight. in the new york times where those words have ne
pressure over its handling of vaccinations in care homes. ministers and civil servants and practitioners can give evidence under oath so we hear the full story and if we have made mistakes of course we will absolutely come forward and apologise from them and of course we will learn from them. neighbours reunited: the leaders of australia and new zealand meet for talks for the first time in 15 months after coronavirus border restrictions are lifted between the two countries. and britian s prime minister borisjohnson hello and welcome to bbc news. chelsea fans are celebrating after their team won the champions league final in porto. they beat fellow english side and premier league champions manchester city in a one nil victory after seven tense minutes of injury time to pick up their second european cup. more than 16,000 supporters were allowed into the stadium in portugal after the venue was switched from turkey because of covid 19. tim allman watched the action. champio
the postponing of sporting events and other mass gatherings. fast forward 13 months to this week when the focus has been on the decision by us authorities to pause the use of thejohnson & johnson covid vaccine. the vaccine which in europe is branded as jansen was approved in the us in late february. since then, there have been six incidents of very rare clots in the brain out of 6.8 million doses. so less than one case per million people immunised. all were women under 50, one of them died and the one is critically ill. that issue of the possible links between very rare blood clots and vaccine such as those produced byjohnson &johnson and astrazeneca is an acutely difficult one forjournalists and rouses strong emotions in the audience. some viewers feel the bbc has made too much of the possible connection. and a similar concern after seeing this story online a couple of weeks ago. but others find fault in the opposite direction. carrie marsh wasn t accusing bbc news of being
japan faces criticisms for plans to release into the sea contaminated water from the fukushima power plant. hello to you. johnson &johnson has delayed the rollout of its covid vaccine in europe. regulators in the united states had already called for a pause because of safety concerns. expedia who have had the vaccine in the us have developed rare and severe blood clots. it has so far been given to almost 7 million americans. 0ur medical editor, fergus walsh has the story. an abundance of caution was cited by us health officials as the reason why they paused the use of the single shotjohnson &johnson covid jab. the vaccine, which in europe is branded as janssen, was approved in the us in late february. since then, there have been six incidents of very rare clots in the brain, out of 6.8 million doses. so, less than one case per million people immunised. all were women under 50, one of them died and one is critically ill. i think this is an unusual occurrence of a serious adver