As Housing Secretary. And Emma Raducanu returns home after that historic Us Open win in new york. Last night i actuallyjust re watched the final and tried to relive a couple of the moments and remember how it felt. So it is sinking in a little bit more. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The government is expected to announce big Changes Today to the covid rules for International Travel. Initially the changes will apply to people arriving in england. Theres been speculation thaT The Traffic Light System of red, amber and green lists will be simplified, with the Amber List effectively dropped. And fully vaccinated travellers may no longer have to take costly Pcr Tests. Our Transport Correspondent Caroline Davies has the latest. Sunshine, but no one s sunbathing. In a normal year, 80 of the guests aT This hotel in turkey would have been british. Turkey went on the Red List in may, meaning anyone travelling from there to the uk has to quarantine in a hotel. Since then, it has been a difficult
Today despite all of this, the outcome of the vote really is not in question. Republicans are certain to block it. Despite the fact that the Justice Department has arrested and charged at least 450 people in connection to the riot and five people died as a result. Still, there are not ten republicans who want to choose truth over politics and Donald Trump. Jessica dean is live in Capitol Hill. She is joining us now. Jessica, whats the latest youre hearing there . Well, right now, kate, were just waiting to see how long this process is going to play out. We still have absolutely no indication when that procedural vote on the January 6th commission would happen. And the reason is a totally separate bill, a bipartisan bill that they thought was all worked out that is all aimed at making america more competitive with china is now all gummed up in the process. Because senator Ron Johnson and a few other senators have decided to kind of drag this out. What were now waiting to see, i was just
Lets get over to the white house. Jeremy diamond is standing by for us. Jeremy, it is ambitious. How is he going to pay for it . That is where the rubber meets the road. W what you are hearing . President biden said he is planning on paying for this American Families plan by increasing taxes on the wealthiest of american individuals and corporations. And we know that President Biden according to my colleague, he spent a lot of time yesterday finessing that portion specifically of the speech. He knew this was going to be the best opportunity to make the case to americans over the noise of republicans who oppose the Tax Increases that it is about paying their fair share to pay for programs that will benefit the country as a whole. We heard the White House Press secretary continuing to make that case today as well. Listen. His promise to the American People is that people who are in the 99 of people who are making less than that are not going to have their taxes go up. What he looked at i
just over two weeks ago, christina found her grandmother, who lives in cheltenham spa, slumped in a chair, having a stroke. it was a blue light emergency. the ambulance should have arrived in 18 minutes. but instead, it took nearly six hours. it then queued outside hospital for an another three. it was then that an ambulance lady, i asked her how long it was going to take for my nan to get a ct, because ijust needed to know whether or not it was a stroke. and she told me, well, your nan s event happened last night. so we would only administer the medication that would reverse any permanent damage within that three hour window. how did you feel? ijust broke down in tears on the floor. whistle blowers from inside the ambulance services have told the bbc the system is at breaking point. this 999 call handler said even patients whose hearts have stopped are facing delays. there was a call for a cardiac arrest, and there was an eta in excess of 50 minutes. the nearest available cr
interviews and reaction. here in the uk, calls for the speaker to resign. we have these life pictures, and we are monitoring what has been said, because there has been an extraordinary reaction to the events yesterday. calls for the speaker of the house of commons to resign. that number is now up to 59 mp5. it was 30 just a few hours ago, now that latest number we have is 59 mps saying that they have no confidence in the speaker. this all because of a debate on the israel gaza war, held yesterday, all about the wording around a call for a ceasefire, but the way the debate was run, was seen pretty quickly as chaotic, and the speaker of the house, there he is, lindsay hoyle, who is in charge of running debate in parliament, his handling of it has been criticised and now, as we have been a saying in the last few moments, 59 mps say they have no confidence in the speaker, which is a fairly unusual move. yesterday, there appeared to be a walk out, mps from the snp, and opposition,