substantial increase in coronavirus cases among children and teenagers. the american academy of pediatrics reporting that nearly 72,000 children caught coronavirus last week. that is an 84% increase over the week before. it is a five fold increase since the end of june. and the timing couldn t be worse. the delta variant is on a collision course with the reopening of school for millions of families. nationwide hospitalizations now topped 55,000. that s the highest number since february in a 27% increase since last week. president biden lashed out at republican governors who have banned businesses and universities from requiring vaccines and masks. states, florida and texas, account for one third of all new covid-19 cases in the entire country. just two states. look, we need leadership from everyone. some governors aren t willing to do the right thing to beat this pandemic, then they should allow businesses and universities who want to do the right thing to be able to do i
with tens of thousands of new infections due to the delta variant, what chance the end of lockdown in england onjune 21st? to resolve the row over the death of harry dunn, borisjohnson says he s now working with president biden. and, at last, football s euros get under way, wales, england and scotland, all vying for glory. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, england are bowled out for 303 on day two of the second test against new zealand. we ll bring you the latest live from edgbaston. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the next hour, the g7 summit between the leaders of the world s most advanced economies will get under way here in cornwall. during their first face to face gathering since the coronavirus pandemic began, there s expected to be an agreement to provide a billion doses of covid vaccines to poorer nations, and of that, borisjohnson is pledging 100 million doses. the leaders will also focus on how to rebuild the global economy, and t
this case we theaux there was corruption in this case and that we were being lied to this case and that we were being lied to again and again. we ll be asking what this case says about the met now. also tonight: a mobile testing unit in crewe as cases of the the delta variant continue to rise, the nhs say all over 18s can book a jab by the end of the week. how did the bbc s martin bashir get away with deception over the diana interview? the former bbc boss admits to poorjudgment. wales take on turkey tomorrow as they prepare, scotland has to forget that schick feeling before meeting england next. england s south west has seen plenty of foreign visitors recently, but none quite as exotic as this one. and coming up on the bbc news channel: we look ahead to tonight s match wss portugal in action, as england and scotland gear up for the big game on friday here at wembley. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. an inquiry looking into the unsolved murder of the p
good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it s tuesday, june 22nd. you keep telling me that. i know. i always need a reminder. i appreciate it. a senate showdown is about to unfold, and there is so much at stake. free and fair elections, democracy itself. when the senate votes today on advancing the for the people act, it will be a test of unity for democrats. republicans are certain to kill it. but if all 50 dwemocrats do get behind it, the future of the filibuster is perhaps in play. president biden met with two moderate senators who can block his legislative goals. west virginia s joe manchin and arizona s kyrsten sinema support keeping the filibuster in place. if we eliminate the 60 threshold, we will lose much more than we gain. president obama advocates for the patsage of the voting rights bill. the violence that occurred in the u.s. capitol on january 6, just a few months ago, should remind us that we can t take our democracy f
world. we rehave reporters in paris an moscow and all around the world. good morning. it s monday. april 26th. 5:00 a.m. in new york. it s time to dust off the passport after more than a year. americans are likely able to travel this europe this summer. set to recommend the switch in policy for americans who have been fully vaccinated. what the world is saying they re looking at thest and the success of the vaccination program. looking at reduction in disease and while they know we re not done yet, they said those americans are safe to come to our country without risk of spreading covid-19. of course, that speaks to the need to keep vaccinating americans at a pretty good clip and that rate has slowed a bit in the last ten days. cnn s melissa bell joins us live from paris. good morning to you, melissa. how is this going to work? are there going to be vaccine passports or there will be some sort of certification? how will it work? well, for the time being, we have no pa