Euro match before beIng resuscItated. Its a Huge day for the tartan army. Scotlands 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 reduced hospItalIsatIo
Republican filibuster, despite republicans In The House breaking with their leadership. If this fails, Nancy Pelosi is warning that democrats may go it alone. She is signaling that a democratled House Committee will be appointed if republicans in the senate dont approve. We may never know important details of what led up to and what happened during the insurrection. Krushly, what exactly was the former president doing as violence unfolded at the Ca Capitol . Lets begin with cnns manu raju on Capitol Hill. Are there changes that the democrats can make to get ten republican votes . Is that a possibility at this point . It seems highly, highly unlikely. This is almost certain to face death in the senate as soon as next week, just simply because of the raw politics of this, and the belief among top republican leaders that doing so, going forward with an investigation would be damaging for their party come 2022 and control of the senate is at Stake Something theyre saying openly. Bring a fo
And wrote to us on thursday. What should the variant be called and does it matter . We can hear the view of a medical student who got in touch with us recently about this issue. Thank you for coming on newswatch. Why are you so concerned with whAt The Bbc calls this variant . I dont see the need for the origin of the variant to be of any concern for the General Public. The General Public needs to know there is a new variant and they need to be more vigilant but they dont need to know where it came from. Thats not of any use to them. Thats of the use of the government to apply these new travel restrictions. The General Publicjust needs to know they need to be more careful. And its the Governments Job to know where it came from. So thats the first reason, its just unnecessary. The more pressing reason is i think because its the serious risk of racism that could occur because of this and i think we have already seen a threefold increase in Hate Crime against people of asian origin over th
Some scientists advising the Uk Government On Coronavirus are calling for the lifting of the final Lockdown Restrictions in england, due on the 21st ofjune, to be postponed. They say theyre concerned about rising Infection Rates due to the indian variant. Ministers warn that the government cannot make a final decision for another two weeks, but some businesses argue they need clarity now. Heres our health correspondent, anna collinson. It is one of the biggest Rugby Stadiums in the world, but today, thousands have been encouraged to come to twickenham for their coronavirus jab. Its been really good, yeah. Like, i thought the queue was quite long but it moves quite quickly, and everything seems really, like, organised. Ijust sort of want the whole countryjust to come out of lockdown, hopefully, 215t of june. So the more people vaccinated, the better. So doing our part, really. This afternoon, it was announced anyone aged over 18 could come and get theirjab, which organisers say contribu
Some scientists advising the Uk Government On Coronavirus are calling for the lifting of the final Lockdown Restrictions in england due on the 21st Ofjune to be postponed. They say theyre concerned about rising infection rates, due to the indian variant. Ministers warn that the government cannot make a final decision for another two weeks, but some businesses argue they need clarity now. Heres our health correspondent, anna collinson. It is one of the biggest Rugby Stadiums in the world, but today, thousands have been encouraged to come to twickenham for their coronavirus jab. Its been really good, yeah. Like, i thought the queue was quite long but it moves quite quickly, and everything seems really, like, organised. Ijust sort of want the whole countryjust to come out of lockdown, hopefully, 215t of june. So the more people vaccinated, the better. So doing our part, really. This afternoon, it was announced anyone aged over 18 could come and get theirjab, which organisers say contribut