Damian grammaticas, reports. Its just over a week since these riots began. Violence first in southport, spreading to other parts of england. Now, for those whove taken part, the legal consequences are starting to be felt. This morning in liverpool, three men whove all pleaded guilty to violent disorder are due to be sentenced. Yesterday, Police Chiefs were summoned to Downing Street for the second Emergency Coordination Meeting in two days. The prime minister says more sentences will be handed out in the coming days. Over 400 people now have been arrested, 100 have been charged, some in relation to online activity, and a number of them are already in court. And im now expecting substantive sentencing before The End of this week. That should send a very powerful message to anybody involved, either directly or online, that you are likely to be dealt with within a week and that nobody, but nobody should be involving themselves in this disorder. Some have already appeared in court. This wa
WIth the CorporatIons DIrector general. Could the cost of borrowIng fInally be about to come Down . The Bank Of England wIll announce whether or not Itll cut Interest Rates later. Ill have the detaIls. Neck and neck, It could be on the LIne, Its gold after a wInnIng wednesday, wIll It be a thrIllIng thursday . Team gb enjoys Its best start to an OlympIc Games. Good mornIng. For many of us today It Is goIng to be a dry day wIth sunny spells and varIable amounts of cloud but thIs mornIng we have heavy and thundery showers are especIally across parts of england whIch wIll clear and as temperatures rIse we wIll see further heavy showers develop but they are hIt and mIss. Its Thursday 1st august. Our maIn story. A 17 year old has been charged wIth the murders of three gIrls In southport and ten counts of Attempted Murder after a Mass StabbIng at a Dance Class on monday. 6 year old bebe kIng, 7 year old ElsIe Dot Stancombe and 9 year old AlIce DasIlva AguIar dIed durIng the attack, whIlst eI
Im Kim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. The final competitions of the 2020 Summer Olympics are wrapping up with the United States winning the most Gold Medals and the most medals overall. Only a few hours remain before the Closing Ceremony brings the games to an end. The u. S. Has clinched the win in the Gold Medal Count and overall Medal Counts. Lets get the latest on all this with Andy Scholes of cnn sports. The u. S. Was behind the Gold Medals for almost the whole games here. How did they pull out the win in the snend. It was a complete team effort. Track and field grabbed seven golds. On sunday, u. S. Womens basketball captured their seventh straight Gold Medal. And then the u. S. Womens Volleyball Team making some history, winning their firstever Gold Medal. And there were tons of tears on the court after they scored that final point to beat brazil in straight sets. Womens olympic volleyball, it started back in 1964. The u. S. Had medaled five times before making it to the Gold Me
Hong kong as one of americas top diplomats begins talks with china. Also coming up theres a lot of potential fuel for that fire to continue if it crosses. And so our efforts and our priorities over there are to keep that fire from crossing the road there. Well bring you the devastating toll from the wildfires raging in parts of the United States. The Tokyo Summer olympics in full swing despite the pandemic. Just a short time ago the Tennis Superstar japans Naomi Osaka advancing to the round of 16. Good news for the host nation. And lets have a look where the Medal Count stands at the moment. It could quickly change, though, with 21 Medal Events on monday. Now, officials have meanwhile confirmed at least 153 covid cases linked to the games so far. One of the new cases was a resident of the olympic village, and that brings the total number of cases from the village to 16. Japan now contending with the pandemic and also bracing for a tropical storm thats expected to bring rain and strong
Unvaccinated. And at the olympics, Host Nationjapan sits top of the medals table, with another gold in the mens all round gymnastics. The united states Simone Biles meanwhile pulls out of another event blaming The Twisties when gymnasts lose their sense of awareness in the air. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Lets start in the uk. The government has scrapped Quarantine Rules for most fully vaccinated travellers arriving from the eu and the us to england. The new rule comes into effect from monday. Heres TransPort Secretary Grant shapps. Weve already enabled people who have been double vaccinated here, and we can prove that quite easily with the nhs app, to travel and come back and not need to quarantine, even if theyre coming from an Amber List country. Today, were expanding that to all of europe, including countries like norway for example, and switzerland outside of the eu, and also the united states of america, which does of course cover a very large n