Hurricane ida makes landfall wiping out all power in new orleans. The danger is not weakening at all. We re hearing reports of flood waters rising in many communities. Are trees coming down, bringing down power lines. Roots collapsing. People travelling to the uk from canada, denmark and 5 other new green list countries will not need to isolate as the uk s latest covid travel rules come into force. A new law is being introduced to make school uniforms cheaper in england and wales this autumn, but won t be in place in time for the new school year american actor ed asner best known for playing fictional tv newsman lou grant and voicing the lead of the animated film up , has died aged 91. And coming up this hour. We look at the future of staycations after a bumper yearfor uk holidays, as many of us have opted to holiday at home due to the uncertainty around covid travel restrictions. Rockets have been fired towards kabul international airport, where the us evacuation operation is
Because you can t possible be a parent, you re a child, you re not fit to be a mother. A report into the conservative party s handling of discrimination after images are released of the belarusian dissident arrested off a ryanairflight, the eu bans belarusian airlines from european skies. Events are being held to mark the first anniversary of the murder of george floyd. Members of his family are meeting president biden at the white house. And the england manager gareth southgate announces his provisional squad for the upcoming european championships. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at 6pm. The government is being accused of a major communications error after a revision of its covid advice appeared to ask people to restrict their travel in or out of areas in england where the indian variant is spreading. The latest guidance referred to eight areas from north tyneside to leicester and affected some two million people. Counsellor said they were not consulted. Counsellor said
Just after 3. 30 in the morning. In around 15 minutes time it s newswatch but first here on bbc news it s time for click. Hey, welcome to click. This week we re going to talk about locking stuff up and keeping stuff safe, which is why lara currently has a safe on her lap. Well, it s a safe with a bit of a difference. You know when you re at the dining table and it feels like everybody has a reason that they have to do something on their phone there and then? laughs, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, this aims to overcome that. It s somewhere to lock away your devices so that you can have some good quality family time. Laughs, right! so does it have a key, a combination, or is it on a timer, what? 0k, well, that is the problem. Because there are timer options, you can set it for an hour, overnight, for 2h hours, but there s also a passcode to be able to open it in an emergency, so whoever knows the passcode needs to also be the person with the willpower not to open it. Right. Plus, it s not exac
but labour leader sir keir starmer told the commons that it was a budget which papers over the cracks , with no plan to rebuild the shattered economy. in today s other main news, scotland s first minister tells the holyrood inquiry mistakes were made but rejects claims made by her predecessor alex salmond. i must rebut the absurd suggestion that anyone acted with malice or is part of that anyone acted with malice or is part of a that anyone acted with malice or is part of a plot against alex salmond. let s ta ke let s take you straight to that enquiry, it hasjust let s take you straight to that enquiry, it has just resumed, let s take you straight to that enquiry, it hasjust resumed, and this is the scene from holyrood. we were talking about the judicial review, were talking about the judicial review, we were talking about the judicial review, we will were talking about the judicial review, we will carry - were talking about the judicial review, we will carry on