and transportation goes up. facebook is accused of keeping secret internal research which shows that using instagram can damage the mental health of teenage girls. and to boldly go four amateur astronauts make history as the first all civilian crew to blast off into space. good afternoon. the prime minister is reshuffling his cabinet. kevin williamson has become the first casualty, losing hisjob as education secretary. he was heavily criticised for his handling of disruption to schools and exams during the pandemic. in a tweet mr williamson said, it has been a privilege to serve as education secretary since 2019. despite the challenges of the global pandemic, i am particularly proud of the transformational reforms. there is speculation there could be other changes at the top of government with questions over the future of the foreign secretary, dominic raab, and the home secretary, priti patel. damian grammaticas is in westminster for us. what is the latest? figs damian gr
shots, that is the focus right now. the white house chief of staff says at this point he doesn t know when americans will get covid-19 booster shots despite an initial announcement last month that a third dose would be available to everyone on september 20th. that would be just two weeks from today. now that is not clear at all. this after top health officials warned that more time is needed to review all of the data. dr. fauci says he s confident that pfizer is still on track for a september 20th booster rollout, but the moderna s may be delayed beyond that. grim picture in the united states as children are returning to the classroom, the cdc says that childrens hospitals across the country are filling with covid cases. community transmission is dangerously high and another troubling development, the seven-day average of new cases of covid per 100,000 people is 300% higher than it was on labor day of last year. we have a lot to get to on this. we ll get there in a moment.
stoning. what does the future hold? i will be talking stoning. what does the future hold? i will be talking to stoning. what does the future hold? i will be talking to the stoning. what does the future hold? i will be talking to the afghan - i will be talking to the afghan ambassador to the us and will also get the view from pakistan. many blame a taliban s rapid advance on america s troop withdrawal. i ll be getting reaction from the man who served as us national security adviser under president trump. welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world to this bbc news special on afghanistan, and endless war. in the last hour reports of an offer of a power sharing dealfrom the afghan government to the taliban in return foran the afghan government to the taliban in return for an end to fighting. if true, this would be a remarkable breakthrough made against a backdrop of growing caliban control of territory across afghanistan. caliban control. thousands leave their hom
they will keep going up. alex hogan on the price hike the keep coming and mark meredith in delaware on why he says they will soon be ending, we are not quite at that point. let s get right to it with alex hogan on all these flights. reporter: everyday items cost a lot more with prices jumping, the issue is really at the forefront of consumers minds. 83% of people are concerned about inflation, gases up 40%. getting back in a plane will cost 20%, furniture up 10% and grocery store items like bacon up 8%. big-name companies admit they are passing these higher prices to consumers to deal with higher cost and higher wages during the labor shortage acknowledging these spikes will likely continue to rise. federal reserve chairman jerome powell explaining help the inflation rate falls below 2% noting that june was 5.4, the increase is drastically higher than expected and there is no precedent for these numbers. the lumber industry saw prices soar during the pandemic which dropped
you need an apartment because you have to travel too far where your house is. you didn t pay tax. or education for your grandchildren. i don t even know, do you have does anybody know the answer to that stuff? let s be clear, the charges against trump s company and his longtime accountant allen weisselberg are a bit more serious than simply not paying taxes. a 15-count indictment reached by a grand jury accuses the trump organization and weisselberg of tax fraud, grand larceny, conspiracy and other criminal charges. so, yes, you do have to pay texs on what is essentially additional salary converted into luxurious benefits and, yes, allen weisselberg was required by law to pay taxes on more than $1.7 million in untaxed income in the form of mercedes-benz cars, free rent, private school tuition in manhattan and thousands of dollars in cash. according to prosecutors, people inside the trump organization knew that. that s why they allegedly kept records of all the salary they