Trump s life pushed it to extremes. American doctor with urgent message to the white house after witnessing carnage in gaza. I m in for ayman mohyeldin, let s do this. What is sentry this month has been, one month ago, june 27th, the presidential election was turned on its head, president biden shaking debate performance sent democrats into fullblown tailspin, what followed was three weeks of ow fierce debate over whether biden should stay in the race and lots of doom and gloom about the party s chances of keeping donald trump out of thep white house again. What a difference a month makes. Following his social media post announcing his exit from the race last sunday, president biden addressed the nation frome the oval office on wednesday, explaining his decision and following through on his pledge to pass the torch to a younger generations of leaders led by vice president kamala harris. This past week, vice president harris has taken that, running with it with raucous campaign spots ar
As housing secretary. And emma raducanu returns home after that historic us open win in new york. Last night i actuallyjust re watched the final and tried to relive a couple of the moments and remember how it felt. So it is sinking in a little bit more. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The government is expected to announce big changes today to the covid rules for international travel. Initially the changes will apply to people arriving in england. There s been speculation that the traffic light system of red, amber and green lists will be simplified, with the amber list effectively dropped. And fully vaccinated travellers may no longer have to take costly pcr tests. Our transport correspondent caroline davies has the latest. Sunshine, but no one s sunbathing. In a normal year, 80% of the guests at this hotel in turkey would have been british. Turkey went on the red list in may, meaning anyone travelling from there to the uk has to quarantine in a hotel. Since then, it has been a difficu
The coronavirus reproduction rate rises in england as cases continue to surge and infection rates have hit their highest level in the uk since february. Meanwhile the nhs covid contact tracing app could be made less sensitive when restrictions ease in england a surge in foreign holidays bookings as the government says fully vaccinated uk travellers coming back from amber list countries won t have to isolate afterjuly 19. And coming up mark kermode takes a look at the latest cinematic releases including marvel s black widow, that s in the film review. Metropolitan police officer wayne couzens has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to the murder of sarah everard. The 33 year old disappeared as she walked home in clapham in south london in march this year. Her body was found a week later in woodland near ashford in kent. The head of the metropolitan police cressida dick said outside court she was sickened and angered by the crimes committed by couzens. Our special correspondent lucy m
this is breaking news across america tonight. it is a gripping moment, the former minnesota police officer, derek chauvin, sentenced for the murder of george floyd. 270 months, 2-7-0. that s ten years in addition to the presumptive sentence of 150 months. this is based on your abusive position of trust and authority and the particular cruelty shown to george floyd. pay the surcharge of $78 from prison wages, you are prohibited to possess firearms the remainer of your life. across the united states this is a moment of political legal and personal significance for so many. we have the reaction here as chauvin learns his fate walking out for the sense of 22.5 years. the judge explains that he based his decision on many legal factor that includes under state law. the heart ache and pain of the family, the facts and no time public pressure. the technical potential maximum sentences was 40 years. the prosecution asked for 30 which is considered high according to legal precede
Seated a suspicion of government that is even more widespread today. Remember, a few years later kim watergate a scandal that forced the president to resign and raised even more distrust in government. And now along with republican assault on voting rights we re learning more about efforts to dig up dirt on congressional democrats and others at donald trump s department of justice. The current chief doj s inspector general is now in the ordeal. But today this breaking news in the new york times revealing that in february 2018 trump s doj subpoenaed apple for information about an account that belong to former white house counsel don mcgahn. According to two of the new york times sources apple was barred from telling mcgahn about. It the doj declined to comment. The senate majority leader wants answers. What has happened here are fingerprints of a dictatorship, not as democracy. No one likes the idea that if the president s mad, he can just go forth with setting personal phone that are o