To get a covid vaccine, nearly four weeks after they were added to the rollout. And a major us study says july was the world s hottest month ever recorded. A powerful 7. 2 earthquake has hit haiti and authorities say at least 29 people have been killed. Prime minister ariel henry said the quake had caused huge damage across the south of the country. He described the situation as dramatic and appealed for the spirit of solidarity of all haitians. The us geological survey says the quake, which struck the south west of the country, could result in thousands of fatalities and injuries. Pictures on social media show collapsed buildings and damaged roads in several cities. The earthquake triggered a tsunami warning in the region, which has since been lifted. In 2010, a magnitude seven quake near the capital, port au prince, killed an estimated 200,000 people. That was in 2010, in terms of deaths in today s that is saturday s earthquake at 7 pop 2, so far reports of 29 people dead: earthquake
Courses more popular than ever? a lawsuit is filed by a woman in new york, accusing prince andrew of historical sexual abuse. Firefighters from across europe head to greece, to help battle wildfires on evia the country s second largest island. We have more olympians in the studio today. Keely hodgkinson and the gadirova twins will be here, to tell us about their medal winning exploits in tokyo. Good morning. Today is going to be drier but warmer and sunnier than it was yesterday. Still some showers in the forecast, the heaviest of which will be across the north and east of scotland. More details in 25 minutes. It s tuesday the 10th of august. Our top story. Hundreds of thousands of students will receive their a levels results today and high grades are expected across england, wales and northern ireland. For a second year results have been based mainly on teacher assessments, after exams were cancelled because of the pandemic. Vocational btec results are also out today, and higher a
Of drivers. We ll be getting more reaction after today s team gb olympic wins. Beth shriever s raced to gold in the bmx women s competition, and her mother kate told us how proud she is. Once she gets going and she s out the gate, as with the races that she did in the early hours of the morning, been out front and looking comfortable and happy. You know, i m just so proud that she did it, and it s just so amazing. Good afternoon. There s been a sizeable medal haul for team gb at the tokyo olympics. Tremendous bmx racing by 22 year old beth shriever has won her gold, and kye white took silver in the men s event. For a full round up of today s action at the olympics let s cross to hugh ferris at the bbc sports centre. Good afternoon. Six more medals for team gb on a day seven of tokyo 2020. More in the coming days as the result of some particularly impressive performances. It was on the bmx track were the biggest achievements took place and at the best stories told. She achievements to
At least 430 migrants made the journey across the english channel to the uk yesterday a new record for a single day. We ve just come across this small dinghy, probably three or four metres long. We think there s maybe 12,13 on board. A couple of small children at the front and a couple of women. I ve asked them how long they ve been at sea this morning they ve said a couple of hours. The met office issues its first ever amber weather warning for heat as parts of the country will hit 33 degrees celsius. And we re at some eid al adha celebrations the first time many muslims have been able to mark the festival in person since the start of the pandemic. And coming up on the bbc news channel: coronavirus continues to dominate the build up to the tokyo olympics as yet more athletes test positive with just three days to go. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Downing street has tried to clear up confusion about whether people should self isolate when pinged by the nhs