to ensure essential workers can avoid self isolation and keep working. president biden warns that the us is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated, as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads. police make arrests in sydney as thousands of anti lockdown protesters breach covid 19 restrictions in australia s biggest city. a warm welcome to tokyo, where the first gold medals of the tokyo olympics have been awarded. 11 medals are up for grabs on the first full day of action, including in fencing, judo and weightlifting. but perhaps the most eagerly awaited event of the day was the men s road cycling race. let s cross to the bbc sports centre and speak to our sports reporter, mike bushell, who s been watching the action in tokyo. mike, the road race. gruelling at the best of times, but i have to tell you in this heat it must have been so challenging. and richard carapaz, it was a fantastic race for him, winning gold. figs carapaz, it was a fantastic race for him, winning gold.
president trump s decision to fire the director of the fbi has been met with widespread shock and a mass of questions. james comey was the man in charge of investigating russian interference in the us presidential election, and whether or not the trump campaign colluded with the russians. the white house says mr comey has been dismissed on the recommendation of the attorney general, jeff sessions, and his deputy. their letters to him have been made public. president trump told the fbi director he was not able to effectively lead the bureau, and went on to say he was hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately, and that it was essential to find new leadership. the democratic leader of the senate, chuck schumer, told president trump he was making a big mistake. the first question the administration has to answer is why now? if the administration had objections to the way director comey handled the clinton investigation, they had those objections the minute
we start here in the uk, where warnings are growing about the economic cost of tightening social restrictions around the country. from midnight tonight, london, essex, york and other areas are being placed under tier two or high alert for covid 19. that means a ban on households mixing indoors, including in pubs and restaurants. the changes come as the government s furlough scheme comes to an end to be replaced by a less generous job support scheme that will only help firms who are actually forced to close under the highest tier three restrictions. and that can only mean widespread job losses a quarter of a million in london s hospitality sector alone, according to its industry lobby group. it seems it s a small change but it will be absolutely catastrophic particularly for hospitality in central london, the city, the west end, those businesses have seen very low trade as people work from home, dropping domestic terrorism and also the result of curfew being kicked back to t
richard burge, chief executive of the london chamber of commerce and industry. great to see you both, thanks for being with us. a lot of questions coming into us this evening. andy i will start with you. this is from maureen lindsay. she says i am over 70 years old but still work, will i be able to continue to do so? good question, the government has not said do not go to work at all. it has just said do not go to work at all. it hasjust said don t said do not go to work at all. it has just said don t do unnecessary travel and work from home if you can. these decisions have to be made between employer and employee and they will be deciding what the risks are like. if it is a case of being over 70, it is a tougher call because obviously the government has asked for people in that age bracket to stay at home. it s attending to the of device that is specific for your age bracket and wayne against which are employer and they want to do. when boris johnson made that an sina do.