Step forward were starting here, thank you. Good afternoon everybody, im Martha Maccallum im Martha Maccallum Anderson story. We are live in the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee And Britain right now, more on that story, box now can confirm that the federal agents had intelligence in the past few weeks that there was an iranian plot to assassinate former President Trump and that the Secret Service had increased protection of him because of that specific threat. Now at this stage of the investigation, it appears to be not connected to saturdays shooting at the rally in pennsylvania but it raises so many questions. Former republican Congress Man cory mills at a u. S. Army Combat Veteran, is here with me in milwaukee with more on that, yet heard from John Roberts The Policeman Mills has a plan for investigating all this and without him about that in this moment but but first lets get uptodate with Justice Correspondent David Spunt reporting live from the doj. Hi, david. High, m
Days. Im Pamela Brown, in wash was washington. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. You are in the cnn newsroom, on this saturday. And across much of america, the masks have come off. Covid numbers have gone up. And Reality Sets in. This nation is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated. New cases are trending up, in 49 states. And with that spread, more deaths, more hospitalizations. The rise mainly caused by the highlycontagious Delta Variant, and the highlypoliticized antivaccine crusade. More leaders on the state and local level are now implementing or at least considering new restrictions, in hopes of reigning in the escalating numbers. Just under half of all americans are fully vaccinated. Pushing herd immunity, for now, out of reach. Meanwhile, the Fda And Cdc are exploring a Possiblebooster Dose of covid19 vaccine. But as of now, only for people considered immunocompromised. And in some states, like texas, local officials may find themselves handcuffe
As the un warns that hundreds of thousands could starve well be speakIng to a RIghts Advocacy Group callIng for more InternatIonal actIon we are lIve from Coventry Cathedral. A central poInt for todays openIng events at lunch as coventry s year as Uk CIty serIes of Pop Up Events are movIng through the cIty to avoId mass crowds due to coronavIrus restrIctIons. Hello and welcome If youre watchIng In the uk or around the world. FInance mInIsters of the worlds leadIng economIes remaIn confIdent of strIkIng an hIstorIc deal In London Today on taxIng Tech GIants. The agreement by the G7 Group of FInance MInIsters Is set to Include a global mInImum rate of CorporatIon Tax. The Base Rate of 15 Is seen as a startIng poInt, but Is lower than the mInImum rate of 21 that had been proposed by presIdent bIden. The plans are also set to stop major multInatIonal companIes, Include apple and mIcrosoft, from payIng lIttle or no tax In countrIes where they make money. The uk chancellor, RIshI Sunak saId
Of Rain Trundling Eastwards through the night into parts of scotland and into england and wales. But out of that, some are clearer skies and clearing in scotland and Northern Ireland overnight to. Quite a mild night to come. Then the Weather Front across england and wales, so cloudier, showery bursts of rain and heavy downpours into the afternoon whereas for scotland and Northern Ireland, western england and wales, the best of the sunshine with temperatures a notch down across the board, down to 19 degrees. Through the week, Weather Front is bringing a little rain to the North West of the country, breezy here, High Pressure in the south and east, so here the best of the warrants in the sunshine. This is bbc world news. The headlines the G7 Group of leading economies have reached what is described as an historic agreement to reform the global tax system. I think the crucial thing for people to take away is a principle of fairness, that is what we have achieved today to ensure there is a