fall to the taliban as they dismiss international calls for a ceasefire. cheering. i can t wait! the dancing re starts in scotland, as almost all of the final coronavirus restrictions are lifted. a baby thought to be the world s smallest at birth has been discharged from a singapore hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it is unequivocal, that human activities are responsible for climate change. that is according to a new study by the un. it is an up to date assessment of how global warming will change the planet in the decade. it is a wake up call to governments to cut emissions. 234 authors from 66 countries have worked on the landmark assessment. the report says global average temprature rise could reach or exceed 1.5 degrees celsius in the next 20 years ten years sooner than expected. that tempreature rise will breach the ambition of the 2015 paris climate agreement, and bring widespread de
euro match before being resuscitated. it s a huge day for the tartan army. scotland s football team is making its first appearance at a major international tournament in 23 years taking on the czech republic at hampden park. hello and welcome to bbc news. the final easing of lockdown restrictions in england, which was due to take place next monday, is almost certain to be delayed by up to four weeks. it would dash the hopes of many hoping for the lifting of the remaining legal limits on social contact. several senior ministers have already signed off on a postponement as cases of the new delta variant of coronavirus continue to rise. the latest figures show how the uk is on track for a big wave of infections. if the current rate of increase continues, there would be more than 15,000 cases a day by 21stjune, a week today. successful vaccine deployment is one of the four tests set by the government for the next stage of easing to go ahead. secondly, there needs to be reduce
earlier today, despite objections from china. mccarthy stressed the need to speed up arms deliveries to taiwan. china, which has long considered taiwan as part of its country, denounced the meeting, accusing the us of seeking taiwanese independence. it comes on the heels of other high profile summits, including then speaker of the house nancy pelosi s trip to taiwan last year. speaking after the meeting, mccarthy responded to warnings from china of escalating tensions. well, my first message to china, there is no need for retaliation. the one thing i will say to china, at no time, ims speaker of the house, there is no time that china is going to tell me where i can go and who can speak to, whether you be so all you befriend. the california visit is not the first stop on president tsai s trip. last week, she flew to new york where she met with three us senators. tsai then made her way to central america for official visits to guatemala and belize, two of taiwan s few allies on
since she became the new doctor who, jodie whittaker says she can t wait to start life as a timelord. i hope my gender isn t a fearful thing for the fans because in this world particularly, there are no rules and that is a great thing. new laws will be introduced, giving people greater control over what happens to their online personal data. the government says the legislation offers the right to be forgotten . proposals in the data protection bill would make it easierfor users of social media platforms like facebook to get content about themselves deleted. meanwhile companies would also have to get explicit consent to collect personal data, rather than rely on pre selected tick boxes. here s our political correspondent, leila nathoo. our lives are led online. we all leave a digital trail. but what happens to all the information we upload about ourselves? a new law will ensure that the united kingdom will retain its world class regime of protecting personal data. now we wi