New day. Good morning. Good morning to you. With vaccinated, unvaccinated americans in danger of the highly transmissible delta variant that is sweeping the country, some experts say it s time to put the masks back on. Plus, 48 hours to go, tokyo just recorded its highest daily increase in covid cases since january. We ll take you there. And join the club. Yet another close ally of donald trump s indicted and arrested. What tom barrick is accused of doing. President biden s town hall on cnn comes at a critical time as white house officials admit the clock is ticking fast on his agenda on capitol hill. Good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. It is wednesday, july 21st. That means we re half way there. That s an important mark, right? 48 hours from the olympics, too. Exactly. Covid, this is the bad news, it s back with a vengeance. Cases are rising across the country and so are hospitalizations. The resurgence of the virus is driven by the delta varian
Great goals, harry kane is back. Could not even have dreamt it. Here, the health secretary sajid javid says there s a strong argument that easing coronavirus restrictions in england will improve the country s health. In miami, an approaching storm accelerates plans to demolish the rest of the apartment block where at least 2a people died and more than a 120 are missing. And, hidden away for 42 years, the priceless andy warhol paintings, finally being put on show by a gallery in iran. Hello and welcome to bbc news. A military plane with 92 people on board has crashed. It has broken up in flames. At least 17 people have been killed in the country s worst disaster in 70 years. It crashed onjolo island. The incident happened when the plane missed the runway and try to be gained power. Many of those on board had recently completed basic training for that they were being deployed to the region as part of a joint task force, fighting along a long war against islamist militants. As you ment
Southwest of tokyo. We re live on the ground with the latest. What started as a traffic stop escalated into a ninehour standoff with police and armed men in tactical gear. The highly transmissible delta variant is complicating the u. S. Fight against the coronavirus and pushing case numbers back up. Authorities say the strain is the likely driver for a 10% rise in u. S. Infections this week compared to the week before. Experts say the delta variant is hitting states with the lowest vaccination rates the hardest. Right now nearly half the u. S. Population is fully inoculated and that s not enough to reach herd immunity, where 75% to 80% of people are immune to the disease. Health authorities say the delta variant could make reaching that threshold harder. In california, where the positivity rate has doubled, the strain is responsible for more than onethird of new infections. Some officials are asking people to wear masks in indoor public spaces even if fully vaccinated. We are not requi
Down a portion of i95 north of boston, a major interstate, and residents in the towns of wakefield and reading had to shelter in place. Cnn s evan mcmorris santoro is following this story for us. Evan, what happened, start to finish? reporter: well, fred, as you say, it appears this has ended relatively well. It s still a very, very disturbing story. It all began last night around 1:30 a. M. When police say they were patrolling i95 between wakefield and reading and came across two vehicles on the side of the road. One vehicle refueling the other vehicle. People gathered around wearing a lot of weaponry and tactical gear. Police at a press conference earlier today described the people they came in contact with. Let s talk about that, then i ll tell you what happened on the other side. The trooper again stopped to assist, interacted with the individuals, and then quickly observed that they were clad in what i would describe as tactical or military style uniforms, bdus, tactical vest, bod