That the charges against him as i have described it are observed, that he is not a spy, he is a journalist and his arrest they argue very firmly is simply a sign of the crackdown on free speech and free expression and on the Freedom Of The Press Inside Russia, and that he himself was always a political hostage taken because russia wanted a trade. Ultimately that is what has happened. He spent more than a year in prison. A young journalist, extremely ambitious, just in a new job with the Wall Streetjournal, extremely good at thatjob. He was then arrested. It now looks like he is going to be heading home. I know there have been a huge number of his friends. Otherjournalists and people who work with him in moscow and elsewhere have been campaigning and elsewhere have been campaigning and getting people to write letters and getting people to write letters and translating those letters tirelessly, even one of his Friends Reading Books together with him in prison, sending books to him and th
Good evening. It has been a long week. A 1500 Day Week to be precise. Since former President Trump declared infrastructure week. Tonight under a new president we are inching closer to an Infrastructure Deal on capitol hill, and with it a new generation of public works in america with Mended Bridges and decontaminated water and steadier wifi. Any moment now the senate is set to vote on a pair of key procedural motions. The first on an amendment that adds the final text of the bipartisan bill and the second vote is on cloture to end debate on the bill. If all that happens, we should expect to see a final vote on Tuesday Morning and if all 100 senators agree to move things faster, we could see a final vote even sooner, and well let you know if that happens and Coming Up ill ask Congressman Jamal Bowman about what happens next in the house. But, first, this was supposed to be our hot vaxxed summer. Instead, it has become a summer of chilling omens. Wildfire smoke wafted from Sea To Shining
You can get everyone safe globally, it is going to make us much safer as well. The other headlines at five. There are fresh calls to delay the lifting of the last covid restrictions in england on the 21st ofjune, after a rise in cases of the delta variant. And the wait for the fans is almost over. The delayed euros kick off in a few hours time, with the opening match. Italy against turkey, in rome. Hello a warm welcome to falmouth just along the coast from carbis bay where british prime minister borisjohnson has opened the g7 summit this afternoon. A summit mrjohnson says is badly needed. The focus of todays discussion is how to build back better and greener as the world tries to emerge from the pandemic. The prime minister told his fellow leaders, that collectively they had to learn the lessons of the 2008/9 financial crash, when the recovery he said was uneven, with the inequality it created still an issue today. It is genuinely wonderful to see everybody in person. I cannot
Too far ahead of the vaccines. Therefore, as indicated last week we intended to maintain the current restrictions applicable in each part of scotland for the next three weeks. Weekly reported covid deaths in the uk drop below a hundred, for the first time, since last summer. A national scandal. mps say white pupils from poorerfamilies, have suffered decades of neglect, in england s education system. And australia s government lashes out, as a united nations report claims it hasn t done enough to protect the great barrier reef from climate change good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. England and scotland are preparing for big games at the euros tonight, but coronavirus is casting a major shadow. England s mason mount and ben chilwell will miss the clash with the czech republic because they re self isolating, after being in close contact with scotland s billy gilmour. He s already tested positive for covid, ruling him out of his country s must win game against croatia. This aftern