to pandemic shopping online. industry leaders say there s a temporary lack of cardboard packaging. coming up in half an hour: clive myrie follows staff at the royal london hospital as they try to cope with a second wave of coronavirus. hello, good afternoon. england s covid lockdown will need to be eased very slowly and very cautiously , with the focus on getting people vaccinated and preventing another wave of infections. that s according to dr susan hopkins from public health england, who said the uk should start seeing the impact of the vaccination programme within a fortnight. meanwhile, a happy and free great british summer is being predicted by health secretary matt hancock. but he warns of a tough few months before then. it comes as the irish prime minister, micheal martin, said lessons had to be learnt after the eu was blindsided by its row with astrazeneca, before backtracking on its threat to put checks on the irish border, to tackle european vaccine shortage
appeal for everyone who s eligible to get a boosterjab. new guidance is issued for care homes in england that will limit visitors to three for each resident as omicron cases surge. britain warned russia it will face severe britain warned russia it will face severe consequences if it invades ukraine severe consequences if it invades ukraine. , , ukraine. the g7 meeting is discussing ukraine. the g7 meeting is discussing the ukraine. the g7 meeting is discussing the rising - ukraine. the g7 meeting is i discussing the rising tensions. welcome to bbc news. we start in the united states. president biden has described a series of tornadoes that have swept across parts of america s south and midwest as devastating. quite extraordinary footage has been emerging of the scale of the destruction. in southern illinois, drawn footage showed a collapsed amazon warehouse in edwardsville, the roof had fallen in. and the governor of kentucky in the last hour has said at least 70 peop
part of the massive empire. this is the third such mission for jeff bezos s. origins space group and this will be the most crowded yet all six seats filled. stranahan himself squeezed in with five others but he was commenting earlier, ground controlling vanhorn, texas, for the launch. t minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, four, main engine start, two, one. [engine roaring] [engine roaring] [silence] [silence] bill: for those just tuning in you are witnessing the third launch of the blue origin rocket, the new shepard rocket named after alan shepard, the first american to go into space on a suborbital flight. all the various new shepard rockets, the first mission they are all suborbital, about 10 minutes. we are already about halfway into this. technically getting into space, they are going to have a couple minutes to look around. you might be hearing crewmembers inside. let s go back. never seen anything like this. all right. there we go. make sure you know where your seat is.
incident, and we re hoping to do that. we re now 35 seconds away from launch. this is going to be this is of course blue origin. this is a jeff bezos company. we know that richard branson and elon musk have got projects like this. this is blue origin, jeff bezos s company. let s watch this launch. seven, six, five, four, main engine star . as long as i live, this is never going to get old for me. i can watch launches all the time. this is picture perfect so far. we are, i believe, still awaiting separation, but so far this has gone very well. you saw a drone shot of it, this allowed us to take the takeoff. you see the con trails behind it. this is a view down to earth from the rocket. this is only going to be a ten-minute flight, and they re four minutes into it now. so far going very well, and we hope that continues. it is a little bit of a hope on a day that is filled with tragedy. so at least we got something that we can be happy about today. but we are of course un
is freedom to steal bill. not may soon be headed to governor gavin newsom s desk. that s coming up. we begin with the new jobs report that unexpectedly showed the jobs market might be cooling just as the president touts his mind and nomex. national correspondent kevin cork has a closer look at how americans view the state of the economy. good evening kevin. good evening jonathan. we will take it back to 1992, it s the economy stupid. over 30 years later it remains the top issue motivating voters. i could barely get a grocery or basket full of groceries. definitely gas prices. gas prices suck. on public most concerned about inflation. a lot of concerns folks. however, despite many american saying they continue to struggle to make ends meet. reports that more americans than ever are working multiple jobs just to be able to pay for everyday items. the message from the biden white house is that things are great. unemployment is low and wages are up. to that end the augu