Bezos is preparing for a rocketpowered 11minute Excursion to the edge of space. I wanted to go on this flight because its a thing ive wanted to do all my life. Its an adventure. Its a big deal for me. Im Pamela Brown in washington. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world on this sunday. You are live in the cnn newsroom. As more and more places try to emerge from this coronavirus cocoon, the Delta Variant may have other plans. Days before the u. K. Lifts restrictions, the Prime Minister needs to selfisolate. Here in the United States, half the country is at risk of catching this powerful strain. This variant is so contagious, its going to infect the majority. Most people will get vaccinated or have been previously vaccinated or they will get this Delta Variant. Its going to be the most serious virus they get in their lifetime in terms of risk of putting them in the hospital. Your risk of catching the Delta Variant is especially high in these 12 states that haven
johnson, is about to hold a press conference. we will take you to that live. hello and a warm welcome back to glasgow. we re seeing world leaders roll out the actual plans to tackle the challenges in front of them. i m seeing a message from the eu commission president ursula von der leyen, who thinks they have achieved the $100 billion a year fund to help developing nations. they thought they would only meet that target which they set in 2009 by 2023, but in fact, there s been a donation from japan today. 0ther in fact, there s been a donation from japan today. other money coming into the fund such that they might meet their 100 billion target by the end of the summit. we will wait to see if borisjohnson mentions that when he comes to his press conference shortly. there are three other deals being put forward to address the climate emergency, all three short term plans focusing on 2030. lots of action to make them in nine years. there s a partnership to cut emissions of me th
most of the time patients have a great experience but we must not paper over the problems we face. we expect backlogs to rise before they fall. a teenager is arrested after a 15 year old boy was stabbed outside his school in huddersfield in west yorkshire. five british captives who were held by russian backed forces in ukraine are released in a prisoner exchange. ministers lift their ban on fracking in england in a bid to increase energy production but critics are warning about environmental damage and a risk of earthquakes. retiring tennis champion roger federer will play the final match of his career in a doubles team alongside his long time rival rafael nadal as part of the laver cup tomorrow. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. interest rates have been raised to 2.25%, the highest level since 2008. it s the seventh consecutive time that they ve been increased by the bank of england, in an attempt to curb soaring prices. the rate has gone up from 1.75%. the bank of e
markets around the world take dive as warnings of a recession are all but inevitable. and, a tearful farewell for one tennis s greats. roger federer plays his final competitive match. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. officials in four russian occupied regions of ukraine have been holding self declared referendums on whether to become part of the russian federation. the kremlin supports the votes, just as it did after the annexation of crimea, the ukrainian territory which was invaded in 2014. but the government in kyiv and western countries have condemned the referendums, saying they are just a sham, and that they will never be recognised. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. votes are are expected to run until tuesday, and the result seems almost certain to go in moscow s favour.
competitive match. she competitive match. could have stopped me a long, she could have stopped me a long, long time ago, but she didn t. she kept going and allowed me to play. it s amazing. thank you. cheering and applause. hello, welcome to the programme. officials in four russian occupied regions of ukraine have been holding self declared referendums on whether to become part of the russian federation. the kremlin supports the votes, just as it did after the annexation of crimea the ukrainian territory which was invaded in 2014 but the government in kyiv and western countries have condemned the referendums, saying they are just a sham and that they will never be recognised. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east and zaporizhzhia and kherson in the south and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. votes are are expected to run until tuesday, and the result seems almost certain to go in moscow