what the first two stories are but what else is there? and you d wonder are we going to do the thing about the kid in oklahoma? no. maybe. you know, it s like it s a very, very intense news world. indeed it is. remember like features? remember being like oh, enterprise something and go find a story that nobody else has thought about because i have time to work on it. no, it s just whack a mole. and plan when you would show it. plan when you d do it. let s do it the week after next on thursday night. and it would work. you could do that kind of thing. i know. there is a parallel universe in which you and i are both doing shows like that and the news is like that. we look amazing, we both look 20 years younger and it s like earth 7 and it s over there. you can find it somewhere in the corner of youtube somewhere. it s there. thank you, lawrence. thank you, rachel. thank you. as you ve heard from rachel, a enough texas law that went into effect today is being accur
being held without spectators for one change and also covid 19 cases are going out for spectators and athletes. on thursday, tokyo reported close to 2000 new coronavirus cases, up by more than 600 compared with the same day last week. this chart shows the seven day average of daily covid cases in the capital. so far this month, a total of 91 cases directly linked to the olympics have been recorded. 0rganisers say these are isolated. they re keen to disassociate the games from any connection with cases in the wider population. sebastian coe is a double olympic champion and president of world athletics. he spoke earlier to the bbc s garry richardson. i do know that the protocols that were put in place the tracking, the tracing, the isolating, which is working and is testament to the amount of work that has already gone into this i believe will be enough to maintain a safe and secure games. and the rising numbers we re talking about, nobody is entirely sure, garry, whether t
but only to a limited number of destinations. let us know your thoughts on those restrictions easing. are you planning to meet up inside or keen to wait a little longer? you can contact me on twitter @annita mcveigh and use #bbcyourquestions. as fighting between israel and the palestinians enters its second week, palestinian officials say yesterday was the deadliest day in gaza while hamas militants have continued firing rockets into israel. police have arrested four men in connection with a video which showed anti semitic abuse being shouted from a car in north london. and in football, liverpool win in spectacular style with an incredible late goal from goalkeeper allison. good morning and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has urged people to exercise a heavy dose of caution as many covid restrictions are lifted across england, wales and much of scotland. while it s the biggest relaxation of measures so far, a rise in cases of the indian variant remains a concern. let s
9:00 p.m. hello, again, everyone and thank you for joining me, and i m fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour with all eyes on the sky, and the world is watching and waiting as a 22 ton chinese rocket is expected to fall to earth some time tonight, and now it is too early to know where it is going to fall, but it encompasses most of the globe, and it launched last month, and they are traveling about 18,000 miles per hour in the earth s orbit, and oren liebermann is here with a picture of where and when this rocket debris may fall. we are getting a better picture of when but the where is still a question. all of the best estimates have this re-entering the atmosphere sometime around 10:00 tonight. the key word is sometime. there is a plus/minus three-hour window of when it could enter and as early as 6:00 or 7:00 this evening or 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning and this is the where more difficult. it is moving about 100 miles up, and 18,000 miles per hour, and that is the
good to have you with us. more now on the new omicron variant of the covid 19 virus, which is spreading rapidly throughout the world. this adds further worries to one of the hardest hit industries tourism. the united nations world tourism organisation says the pandemic could cost the global tourism sector $1 trillion in lost revenues this year. while travel picked up in europe during the summer months, recent new restrictions in europe and now the fear of a new variant has led a number of countries, including the uk and eu, to restrict or ban incoming flights from southern africa. so how is travel industry responding? eric dresin is secretary general of the european travel agents and tour operators associations. good morning to you. good morning- good morning to you. good morning. first good morning to you. good morning. first of good morning to you. good morning. first of all, - good morning to you. good morning. first of all, what l good morning to you. good i mo