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no more social distancing almost all coronavirus restrictions are now lifted in scotland; though nicola sturgeon warns the pandemic isn t over. belarus president lukashenko calls britain america s lapdog after the foreign office imposes economic sanctions on belarus for the first time since his disputed re election and team gb s athletes have landed back in the uk, after one of their most successful olympic games with a haul of 65 medals. a code red for humanity that s how the biggest ever report on climate change is being described by the un secretary general. the study, produced by hundreds of the world s top scientists and signed off by all the world s governments, says it s unequivocal that human activities are responsible for global warming. the report describes an overheating world slipping into crisis with more weather extremes and rising temperatures in the coming years. the government s climate co ordinator alok sharma says the report is a stark ....
border force, we also want to get as many people doubly vaccinated which we can do the uk coastguard who are going to come and pick them up. by september, which is why it is coming in at that date. rescued migrants are then brought we all have a responsibility to dover to look after each other. the organisers of the tokyo olympics and ferried ashore for processing. the government says its new say the covid cases detected there have been brought nationality and borders bill currently passing through parliament in from abroad. targets people smugglers, but it also includes a new law, meaning migrants arriving and the world s richest man without permission could be jailed for up to four years. amazon founderjeff bezos prepares to blast off critics say it amounts to cruelty. to the edge of space. it s a really callous, cold hearted brutal response by a government that s trying to arrest and prosecute its way out of a problem. it won t succeed. putting people injail who have c ....
it s a big day. this afternoon an important speech from the president on voting rights and texas democrats catch a plane out of austin. they are running away to block a republican effort there to limit the ways people can vote. plus new covid cases are climbing again. the surgeon general says it s possible we ll need covid booster shots but no change in the vaccine guidelines for now. and protests in cuba saddle the biden administration with another big foreign policy puzzle. can the white house do anything as the cuban regime moves to crack down on demonstrations. first, voting rights. there s no disputing the urgency of the issue. whether the president can do much to turn the tide is a giant question. texas is the latest battle ground. dozens of democrats fled the state coming to d.c. in an effort to block legislative action in austin. the texas drama backs up the president s complaint. republicans in state after state are taking steps to make it hard tore vote. b ....
few hours from now. the impact of the storm already being felt. this morning coast guard crews are searching for nine people still missing off the coast of key west after 15 others were rescued. our team is tracking elsa as it approaches landfall. let s begin in clearwater beach, florida, where randi kaye is standing by. randi, tell us what the conditions are like there. reporter: good morning, jim. things have improved. we are seeing just a little bit of sunshine. finally this morning we ve had heavy rains and heavy winds throughout the night. we are expecting winds of about 50 to 75 miles per hour, and we got them. but let me just show you what the scene is here right now. the waters are still a bit choppy. these docks behind me, they had people on them yesterday and they were really enjoying the time in the water. not yet today. the boats out there in the distance, they were tied up overnight. we weren t sure they were going to be here this morning. we were told th ....
and welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith. it is friday. hello, benjamin. i m benjamin, in for john roberts. department of education approved plans to have six states and washington, d.c. to use funds from president biden s american rescue plan. sandra: some states could use the funds to further the controversial programs. live from the white house with a breakdown how the states will use the funding. the american rescue plan was signed in during march, getting that money out times time. the departments of education sending $6 billion to handful of states to help kids get back to school. a lot of money going in different places. a lot go for funds to make sure kids go back to the classroom, some for summer programs. there are proposals to address racial and social gaps. look at rhode island funding plan. they want to center all actions anti-raceicism that promotes wellness. critics are watch closely to see if the biden administration is upon hadding school distric ....