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8 people have died in the past six days. the first passengers from the us and most of the eu arrive into the uk without having to self isolate meaning many families separated during the pandemic can finally reunite. amid the sporting achievements on show at the tokyo games, it s the case of an olympic athlete from belarus, who is in a diplomatic standoff against her own country, which is dominating the headlines. the sprinter, kristina timanovskaya, has now been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. the athlete raised fears for her safety, after an attempt to force her to return from tokyo to belarus for criticising her coaches. here s the message she posted on instagram on sunday. translation: i ask the international olympic committee for help. - i was put under pressure and they are trying to forcibly take me out of the country without my consent. i ask the ioc to intervene. the international olympic committee is now deciding what action to take. the ioc and toky ....
meant who love me and carbs are being blamed for climate day but i ve got something there. can t wait to hear but first, it s the return of the masks and in some places, it doesn t even matter if you ve been vaccinated. same with missouri, the latest city to bring back the mask mandate regardless of vaccination status. new rules start monday. st. louis joins other cities across the country either requiring people wear a mask or encouraging them there could be even more rules coming in other big cities. bill de blasio for example, now pushing for businesses to impose vaccination requirements for workers. now we ve got to go further. we ve reached the limits of a purely voluntary system, it time for more mandate. protests are growing around the world in the meantime, for putting coronavirus rules in place you reooking at demonstrators they ve been clashing with police there, french lawmakers are going to vote this weekend on whether or not to require asking task f ....
i will ask general david petraeus, who once commanded u.s. and allied troops in afghanistan. also, thousands of cubans take to the streets, marking the most significant unrest there in decades. cries for freedom rang out as did demands for regime change. is that likely to happen after 60 years of castros and communism? i ll ask an expert. then, surely you ve heard of president harry truman, but what about eddie jacobson? everybody knows of richard nixon, of course, but do they know of bebe rebozo. these unsung characters were the closest confidants of the man in the oval office. i ll talk to author gary ginsberg about his terrific new book, first friends. but first, here s my take. we re now a year and a half into the pandemic, which is enough time to start looking back and drawing real lessons, especially when comparing it to the last great jolt to the international system, the global financial crisis. did we learn any lessons from 2008? have we handled this ....
troops out too fast? i will not send another generation of americans to war in afghanistan. i will ask general david petraeus, who once commanded u.s. and allied troops in afghanistan. also thousands of cubans take to the streets, marking the most significant unrest there in decades. cries for freedom rang out as did demands for regime change. is that likely to happen after 60 years of ascastros and communism? i ll ask an expert. then, surely you ve heard of president harry truman, but what about eddie jacobson? everybody knows of richard nixon, of course, but do they know of b.b. ribosa. these unsung characters were the closest confidants of the man in the oval office. i ll talk to gary ginsburg about his terrific new book, first friends. but first, here s my take. we re now a year and a half into the pandemic, which is enough time to start looking back and drawing real lessons, especially when comparing it to the last great jolt to the international syst ....
this has been a big week that continues to be busy this weekend in the fight over democracy in america. duelling democratic priorities are jockeying for attention on capitol hill. first, we ve learned tonight that three texas state lawmakers have tested positive for covid-19. they left their state to try to block passage of new voting restrictions there. these are considered break-through cases since all three are vaccinated. their group is in washington to push the white house and democratic leaders in congress for action on voting rights. the ideal outcome for them is federal legislation to counter the bills that are on track to become law in texas. so far their efforts have yet to bear fruit. case in point, more than a dozen of the texas democrats met with senator joe manchin on thursday. here is what he had to say about it afterward. it was a very informative meeting and it s basically that we ve all come to a total agreement that what we want is basically t ....