suing the government. the family of a woman who took her own life after her benefits were cut. the search continues to locate an injured whale in the river thames, after it escaped a first rescue attempt. down memory lane. the queen recollects becoming the first young person in the commonwealth to receive a life saving award. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the uk s covid alert level has been lowered from 4 to 3, which means the virus is no longer spreading exponentially. this afternoon, the prime minister is expected to announce a major easing of restrictions in england, so that, from next monday, six people or two households can meet indoors, while groups of up to 30 can meet outdoors. pubs and restaurants would be able to reopen indoors, and at last, people could hug friends and family outside their households. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. you have got to do two verses, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you! since the pandemic began, we
and the head of the international olympic committee calls off a visit to japan but the organsiers insist the tokyo games will go ahead. several events to bring you from israel. first israel has carried out air strikes on gaza, hours after rockets were fired from the territory towards jerusalem. it comes on a day of intense violence between palestinians and israeli police at the al aqsa mosque compound which is one of the most sensitive sites injerusalem. in the past few minutes, these pictures have come into the newsroom. this is a free that s caught fire outside the al aqsa mosque. it s unclear how it started. this is a fire. tom bateman joins me from jerusalem. tom, what do you know about this fire? , ., tom, what do you know about this fire? , ., . ., .,, tom, what do you know about this fire? , .,. ., fire? it s not clear, as you say, how that fire? it s not clear, as you say, how that fire fire? it s not clear, as you say, how that fire began. fire? it
country needed a change. in kingswood, as across the country. kingswood, as across the country, 14 years of conservative government have sucked conservative government have sucked the hope out of our countrx sucked the hope out of our country. there is a feeling that, country. there is a feeling that, no country. there is a feeling that, no matter how hard you work. that, no matter how hard you work. you that, no matter how hard you work, you just can t move forward work, you just can t move forward. and that with rishi s recession. forward. and that with rishi s recession, we are left again paying recession, we are left again paying more and getting less. it doesn t have to be this way. you it doesn t have to be this way. you know it doesn t have to be this way. you know it, i know it, know it. you know it, i know it, know it and you know it, i know it, know it. and when the prime minister finally it. and when the prime minister finally finds the
we were analysing the evidence. it wasjust not matching the official story. shouting protests erupted across mexico. a team of independent experts began their own investigation and the government case starts to unravel. these are people who are in guerrero and they re - on the phone in guerrero, in iguala, in most cases. i he reads in english: if i don t answer, it is because i ll be - lunching with the military. i mean, these are evidence that there s direct communications l and direct levels of- contact between leaders of the guerreros unidos carteland members ofl the mexican military. from the very beginning, like the morning after the attacks against the students, the big question was, what did the army do? there s two army bases in iguala, a kilometre to two kilometres away from the various scenes of attack. they were out in the streets that night, at least by one in the morning. and at one in the morning, the attacks were still taking place. people were still being d
he wilfully retained and disclosed classified documents on matters including national security, which stems back to 2017 and his role as vice president. the special council has decided not to pursue criminal charges against mr biden. he said he opted against criminal charges because mr biden co operated with his investigation and guilt could not be established beyond a reasonable doubt. mr biden previously admitted that a handful of documents were filed in the wrong place, and said that he had immediately turned them over to thejustice department. he defended keeping hold of them saying they were locked in the garage at his delaware home. he defended himself in a televised address from the white house. i have seen the headlines about my wilful retention of documents. this is not only misleading, butjust plain wrong. the special counsel said the president had presented himself as an elderly man with a poor memory. i m an elderly man, i m well meaning but i know what the hell i