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singles final. we begin in haiti where the wife of the late president, who was assassinated on wednesday, has posted an audio message on twitter describing the moment gunmen stormed their home. she was injured and taken to a hospital in miami. the killing has thrown the country into deep political turmoil with haiti asking both the un and the us to send military support. in a moment, we ll hearfrom haiti s minister for elections. but firest this report from the bbc s rich preston. as haiti s future remains uncertain some ordinary haitians are looking for a way out of the country, fearful that the situation could deteriorate further. it is the poorest country in the americas, and the first lady said her husband planned to change the consultation to improve the life of ordinary people. she described wednesday s attack. translation: in the blink of an eye, the mercenaries entered my home and riddled my husband with bullets without even giving him the chance to say a wo ....
rome, the italian fans have been watching. out there have been that many smiles on the italian faces as i ve been watching during this half, though i have only been looking selectively. that was almost a smile! rather durable looking faces earlier, attentive but dour. the game has not gone the way they were to be expected in the first half. there are four minutes of additional time to play, the score is still 1-0. this time to play, the score is still 1 0. this is the scene in trafalgar square, just beyond the column, which is admiral lord nelson, the tiny figure up there in the sky, i wonder what he would make of this. he might not see a victory. that s hope, like the ships, he was wrong. people or spend the afternoon and now the evening rather anxiously watching the screens. similar scene in preston, everyone being very well behaved. we had that moment of euphoria with luke shaw s goal two minutes into the first half. what they have seen some very decent football, it ....
the academy of medical royal colleges says the national health service is already under unprecedented pressure . 0ur health correspondent, katharine da costa, reports. covid infections in oxford have soared to their highest levels since the start of the pandemic, mostly among young adults. from monday, the city will follow places like bolton and bedford in getting extra government support for surge testing and vaccinations. with restrictions in england due to end in nine days time, people are urged to continue wearing facemasks in crowded indoor areas. i have no problem with continuing to wear a facemask after they are not in force, because i think if it helps people to feel reassured, you know, it sjust a bit of cloth over your face. it s more about thinking of others as well. i mean, i m fairly young, but the older generation are more vulnerable. elsewhere, large parts of the north east of england have the highest infection rates in the uk, many of them rising sharp ....
founder has flown to the edge of space on the company s first ever passenger flight, before gliding back to earth safely. no, i wanted to enjoy every minute of it, and i did. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we start here in london, where the euro 2020 final is taking place. the second half is just about to get under way. but we re going to take you back an hour to the start of the first half, when england took the lead, through this goal from luke shaw. it triggered scenes like this one at a fan zone in trafalgar square in central london, with plenty of beer being thrown into the air. plenty of the scene is repeated right around the country, fans, well, excited at the prospect of england winning a first major tournament since, yeah, 1966, the world cup back then. a rather different scene in rome. should we really? it seems mean, but this was the scene in rome, not such a happy bunch of fans. i think we can go to rome now, mark lowen i ....
now on bbc news. sam poling meets men and women who fled to scotland to escape danger, and investigates whether the current system of support for those seeking refuge in the uk is fit for purpose. they come to scotland in search of safety. hello. hello, everybody. how are you? my name is mohammed alosimi. so i will speak arabic sometimes, because, uh. ..my english is very weak. 0k. sta rt. ali speaks arabic. this is ali. he s an asylum seeker living in glasgow. he s come here seeking refuge from war. his days are spent wandering the city s parks. i am garden now. it s beautiful garden. yes, i stay here maybe two hours because, after, uh, i will go back, i go back to my home. for ali, that home is here mclays guest house. room a3. the room s small. around 12 feet square. a tablet donated by a charity sits next to his bed. this is where he eats, where he sleeps and spends most of his time. there s no fridge, so he keeps his food and his milk on the windowsill outsid ....