Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im gavIn ramjaun. More golds for gb on the fInal day of paralympIcs actIon, on whats been a successful campaIgn In parIs. We are an IncredIbly small natIon, so to brIng home the kInd of Medal Numbers we Is unbelIevable. FrustratIon for Northern Ireland In plovdIv, as a mIstake costs them dearly agaInst bulgarIa In the NatIons League. And Its game on at the oval, as SrI Lanka PIle on the pressure, to seal a wIn over england, and Save Face In the serIes. Also comIng up on sportsday. Sabalenka parades her Us Open trophy In new york, but can Taylor FrItz end the long amerIcan waIt, as the mens fInal Is underway. And 60,000 runners take to the streets for the worlds bIggest Half Marathon the 43rd EdItIon of the great North Run good evenIng, and welcome along to the programme. Its been an actIon packed few days, but the ParalympIc Games In parIs has now come to an end wIth the ClosIng Ceremonyjust underway. Its been another successful day for ParalympIcs Gb, w
0. 719 andrew and we have numbers to bring you this morning from United Health group just out with its quarterly numbers. Reporting Quarterly Earnings of 3. 51 per share. It beat the consensus estimate of 3. 09 revenue also above forecasts, saying that medical care trends that had been disrupted by the pandemic are moving closer to normal you are looking at that stock up just marginally this morning and we have three more financials, bank of america this hour, Goldman Sachs in the 7 00 hour and then wells fargo in the 8 00 hour. Joe. Thankthanks, andrew. Another Clinical Trial halted over safety concerns, eli lilly late stage trial has been paused by u. S. Health regulation tors it used a Health Sample from one the first patients recovered from coronavirus ill given you more details. Because it leaves out something important. Of the trials ongoing of the antibody, they decided to add remdesivir along with the antibody and that is when they had to halt the trial for some kind of safety
Officials estimate 20000000 americans have been infected with corona virus 10 times higher than the confirmed cases in. This field here is the cry of those who have never been. Trying to reform the police after protests against racism the bill is passed in the u. S. House of representatives but is unlikely to become more. Iraqi Security Forces have raided a base for longing to an iran backed Militia Group 10 rockets were seized and at least 13 members of hezbollah were detained including commanders armed members of the group are demanding their release some out of alton has more from bank that. The read on the tide has been the base in a southern neighborhood of baghdad was carried out on thursday night by the Iraqi Counterterrorism service in an effort to create and impending rocket attack on the green zone and Baghdad International airport both of which houses the u. S. Troops now discounts in the wake of several such attacks 6 to be precise which have occurred throughout the month s
Grounds a 3rd of its pilots for fake or dubious qualifications. And Liverpool Fans celebrate the clubs 1st English League title win in 30 years. The World Health Organization says europe is facing an upsurge in coronavirus cases as the disease continues to ravage the americas the w. H. O. Warned some European Health systems risk being overwhelmed yet governments continue to lift restrictions in britain thousands of people took the relaxed a little too far cramming a south coast beach on the hottest day of the year the w h os europe chief says the virus is not done with the continent yes. To make the news to accelerate with a Record Number of the new group of those cases reported on sunday with 183000 confirmed in 24 hours last week saw an increase in weekly cases for the 1st time in months still here is caseload compares favorably with that of the u. S. And latin America Brazil has Just Announced almost another 40000 cases and more than a 1000 deaths of just the past 24 hours some u. S
For more than 2000000. 00 of its poorest people and taiwans president visits a dissident bookseller from hong kong even as a senior chinese general warns of military action against the island. And his 4 u. K. Police want some premier league games to be played at a neutral venue when the season restarts police cloying its part of an effort to stop firms gathering outside stadiums during matches. Paul donald trump is being accused of glorifying violence and inflaming racially charged protests across the United States the president said that when the looting starts the shooting starts hes referring to the city of minneapolis where days of demonstrations have followed the death of an unarmed black man youre watching live pictures from the streets of minneapolis now seeing the the increased security presence there the National Guard has also been called in and the man has declared a 72 hour emergency. Begins our coverage. This was the police said a very different night of protest a Police S