To the Paris Olympics where Team Gb have won their third Gold Medal of the day with Showjumping Champions joining top winners in trampolining and Double Sculls rowing. And the worlds biggest annual Arts Festival the Edinburgh Fringe opens in the scottish capital. Now with all the latest sport, heres jane dougall. A second boxer who has previously failed tests for eligibility for the Womens Category has won their match at the olympics. Taiwans Lin Yu Ting was fighting Sitora Turibekova of uzbekistan and won by unanimous decision. Meanwhile, Angela Carini has told the italian media that shes sorry for not shaking the hand of algerian fighter imane khelif. Their fight lasted just 46 seconds after carini pulled out saying she wanted to protect her life. Khelif was also cleared to compete in the Womens Boxing in paris, despite being disqualified from last years womens World Championships for failing to meet eligibility criteria. Sport Secretary Lisa Nandy said there were questions to be ans
Cases skyrocket, and students, the majority of whom are not yet eligible to be vaccinated head back to class. Welcome to mtp daily. A couple of big victories for republicans in texas with national implications. The biden administration and democrats in congress are looking on after a summer of broken quorums and bolt from the statehouse, the controversial Voting Bill got greg Abbotts Signature in the last hour. The final Version Bans drive through and 24 hour voting, establishes new Id Requirements for mailin balloting. Criminal penalties for Voting Law Violations and empowers partisan poll watchers. The Supreme Court Let Texas near total Abortion Stay on the books for now, effectively bans abortions after six weeks, before many know theyre pregnant. No exception for Rape Or Incest and gives 10,000 to anyone that sues someone that helps give an abortion. They have public opinion on their side. Heres what they dont have. Options, or not many of them. Speaker Nancy Pelosi is promising ac
VaccInated avoIdIng to have to quarantIne. Bronze for Team Gb s Charlotte DujardIn who has rIden Into the record books, as brItaIns most decorated female olympIan of all tIme wIth sIx medals. ThIs Is wonderful. Gold to Great BrItaIn In the mens 4x200 Metres Freestyle Relay and brItaIns swImmers strIke gold agaIn at the Tokyo OlympIcs wIth vIctory In the mens 200 Metre Freestyle Relay. The amerIcan gymnast, SImone BIles, pulls out of another fInal sayIng she wants to focus on her Mental Health. Nearly 28,000 new CovId I9 cases have been reported In the last 2a hours across brItaIn thats an Increase of over 4,000 and the fIrst rIse In the daIly total after seven days of fallIng cases. PrInce charles unveIls a natIonal memorIal In honour of all the brItIsh PolIce OffIcers whove dIed In the lIne of duty. And after lIverpool lost Its world herItage status, Its gIven Instead to the slate landscapes of North West wales. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. The government has decIded that p
Self isolate. I find out if firms are ready to shake off restrictions. In The Garden of england, The Rose is in bloom. Justin rose, one of three English Players, within touching distance of the lead at the open, alongside Danny Willet and Tommy Fleetwood as they head into the second day at Royal St georges. Good morning. Im on Brighton Beach. A gorgeous start to the day ahead of what is set to be a hot and sunny few days ahead. The forecast coming up few days ahead. The forecast coming up shortly. Its friday, the 16thjuly. Our top story. At least 60 People have died and thousands of others have been forced from their homes by the worst flooding in living memory in west germany. Belgium and the netherlands has also experienced unusually Heavy Rainfall which caused rivers burst their banks, flooding nearby communities and causing several houses to collapse. The german chancellor Angela Merkel described it as a catastrophe and said the full extent of the disaster would not be known for a