From one of their new signings. And good morning. The weekend ahead is looking fine, plenty of dry weather, sunny spells for many of us as well. They will bring you the full forecast shortly. Good morning. It s saturday, the 17th of august, our main story. The world health organization is asking countries with mpox vaccine stockpiles to donate them to nations with ongoing outbreaks. A wave of infections has killed hundreds of people in the democratic republic of congo as a highly contagious variant of the virus spreads. It comes as a company which manufactures one of the vaccines says it needs orders to be placed quickly so it can meet demand. Our reporter leigh milner has the story. In the democratic republic of the congo, hospitals like this one are filling up with patients who have mpox. Originally known as monkey pox, the disease can be passed on by close physical contact with anyone with the infection. It causes flu like symptoms and blisters, which is usually clear up into or thr
Boy george, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you. You were born george o dowd in 1961 and you grew up in south london in a working class irish family. Tell me about family life. What was it like growing up?. Well, i used to think that my family were the most insane family on the planet because we had, like, chickens, we had, like, dogs, you know, we were we stood out. We were like the hillbillies of the road. But growing up, ijust thought we were the maddest bunch ever. Did you feel irish growing up?. Very i mean, my name is o dowd. I grew up in the 70s, with all the bombing and, you know, kids at school would be making comments and you were very aware of the fact that you were irish 0. I used to get called 0 loud . Laughs. George o loud that was my name at school. And what were your interests at school?. In fact, what was your education like?. My education was probably spoilt by my behaviour. I wasn t a particularly compliant kid because at home, my dad ruled the roost you know,
Party and the country. The new focus on the vice president, does she have the party s and voters support? harris saying her intention is to earn and win the nomination, but will other democrats challenge her? the timeline fast approaching, what a means for the democratic convention, getting on the ballot in all 50 states, and what happens to all that money raised for biden? former president trump weighing in, what he told our correspondent about the new state of the race, but are they ready to take on whoever democrats choose? all of this one week after an assassination attempt on the campaign trail. The president s legacy half a century in public life, biden s impact on the country, his achievements while in office amid his struggles. And finally, history playing out in realtime, a political shakeup the nation hasn t experienced in nearly 60 years. Announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. Tonight we are witnessing a major upheaval in american po
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