Data, i present my id card and i am allowed in. I am sarah mulkerinns. Live in tokyo on day 14 of the game, where the ioc says its ordered two coaches to leave the olympic village in order to protect the well being of the belarusian athletes still in tokyo. The virtual you tubers earning millions by using 3d character models to influence their audiences we have a special report. Hello and welcome to the programme. The greek prime minister says days of heatwaves have turned the country into a powder keg. Days of heatwaves. He predicts the worst is yet to come with strong westerly winds expected to fan the flames of wildfires on friday. Villagers are coming under pressure to abandon their homes, as mark lobel reports. As villages like these in the peloponnese burned, extreme caution is age. Houses can be rebuilt, trees can grow, but human life cannot be replaced. But, abandoning your home is never easy and your 70s. Translation: never easy and your 705. Translation: never easy and you
Euro match before being resuscitated. It s a huge day for the tartan army. Scotland s football team is making its first appearance at a major international tournament in 23 years taking on the czech republic at hampden park. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The final easing of lockdown restrictions in england, which was due to take place next monday, is almost certain to be delayed by up to four weeks. It would dash the hopes of many hoping for the lifting of the remaining legal limits on social contact. Several senior ministers have already signed off on a postponement as cases of the new delta variant of coronavirus continue to rise. The latest figures show how the uk is on track for a big wave of infections. If the current rate of increase continues, there would be more than 15,000 cases a day by 21stjune, a week today. Successful vaccine deployment is one of the four tests set by the government for the next stage of easing to go ahead. Secondly, there needs to be reduced hospital
It was a texas lawmaker today who reminded us that while one battle for equality is finely finished, others are in limbo right now in congress. We steadfastly worked day after day for 12 years and it says that you voted for this holiday, now you can vote for the george floyd justice in policing act. You can fix the voting system to give us voting rights to protect against those voter suppression laws. But the sweeping voting rights bill s1, it s frozen. While moderate senator joe manchin waives the flag of bipartisanship, the fate of his counter proposal to federal democrats might be a foregone conclusion. Minority leader mitch mcconnell seems more intent on acting like a blockade. Equally unacceptable. Totally inappropriate. All republicans i think will oppose that as well if that were to be surface on the floor. Yet manchin s counter is gaining traction on the left with voting rights advocate stacey abrams. She s signaling possible openness to a voter i. D. Requirement. What senator
There have been a lot of images from the rioters. Along with the videos of rioters, one of them has been of police officer eugene goodman running up a staircase leading rioters away from members of congress. The men and women that he was sworn and assigned to protect. Since then lawmakers have voted to award he and other officers medals for their service. And tonight officer goodman was given this honor as well. He threw out the ceremonial first pitch at tonight s washington national baseball game against the new york mets. I hear it s really hard to do that. The news continues. Let s hand it over to michael smerconish in for chris. How cool is that image? i am michael smerconish in for chris cuomo, and welcome to prime time. And also the first official juneteenth federal holiday in our nation s history. Complete with its own flag hoisted in places like wisconsin today. The single white star symbolizing texas where the last enslaved people in this country were told they were free and t
all-star game out of atlanta in protest. now former president barack obama weighed in, congratulations to major league baseball for taking a stand on behalf of voting rights for all citizens. no better way for america s pastime to honor the great hank aaron, who always led by example. now, cornered, and facing a very real financial cost to his voter suppression efforts georgia governor brian kemp refused to back down in a press conference yesterday afternoon. we will not be intimidated, and we will also not be silenced. major league baseball, coca-cola and delta may be scared of stacey abrams, joe biden and the left, but i am not, and we are not. [ applause ] georgia state representative donna mccloud joined me just before that press conference yesterday and warned that that quote, this dog is hollering because it got hit. certainly seems like an apt metaphor for the foe and failing reaction from governor kemp who thought he could pass the voter restrictions of the cover