To honour more than 22 thousand members of the armed forces, who died after the d day landings. May god bless our veterans, the families and all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice as a result of the operations around d day and during the battle of normandy. Around 100 veterans, who were unable to travel to france because of the pandemic, laid wreaths at the national memorial arboretum. The stars return to the red carpet, but some as just a hologram. That s the baftas, pandemic style. And is there an existential threat to foreign affairs reporting? john simpon is one of the distinguished guests on the media show, in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. The health secretary, matt hancock, has said that the new delta variant of coronavirus, first recorded in india, is about 40% more infectious than the version detected in kent. Mr hancock said increased transmissability was making the decision on whether to lift all remaining restrictions in england on the 21st ofjune more
In the drive to offer covid jabs to all adults in england. A two minute silence has been held at the british normandy memorial to honour more than 22,000 members of the armed forces, who died after the d day landings. May god bless our veterans, the families and all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice as a result of the operations around d day and during the battle of normandy. Around 100 veterans who were unable to travel to france because of the pandemic laid wreaths at the national memorial arboretum. Roger federer withdraws from the french open, saying he doesn t want to push himself too quickly after knee surgery. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The duke and duchess of sussex have had a baby girl, the news was just released by the couple with this statement 0ur correspondent sanchia berg is with me. What does the statement say? it what does the statement say? it says the have what does the statement say? it says they have had what does the statement say? it says they
One month ago before the lip again. Tributes paid to one of the pioneers of the africa struggle for independence. He was the first president of zambia and has died at the age of 97. And the chinese after not submit it to their space station making china a major power in the space race. chinese astronauts. A damning report into the 2017 manchester arena bombing has found that the suicide bomber responsible should have been identified as a threat on the night of the atrocity. 22 people died in the explosion which was at the end of an ariana grande concert on the 22nd of may, 2017. Hundreds were injured. The attacker was this man, salman abedi. He died in the explosion. His brother, hashem, has admitted to helping plan the attack and is now serving life sentences. The inquiry s chairman is sirjohn saunders. He says there were missed opportunities to prevent the devastating impact. Here s more of his conclusions. There were serious shortcomings in the security provided by those organisa
Of the sun. Hello and welcome to the programme. President biden will hold talks with the british prime minister, borisjohnson in cornwall, in a few hours at the start of his first foreign tour since taking office. Mr biden flew into the uk with his wife, jill, on air force one last night, before going on to cornwall for the meeting, and the g7 summit which begins on friday. The two leaders will agree a new atlantic charter, modelled on the statement setting out american and british goals at the end of the second world war. 0ur diplomtaic correspondent, paul adams reports. It s not every day the american president comes calling. Joe biden, accompanied by his wife, touching down late last night. A warm welcome at the start of a complex, challenging week of diplomacy. Earlierat a complex, challenging week of diplomacy. Earlier at raf mildenhall, a chance to mingle with american troops, and set out his stall. out his stall. I m heading to the g7 and out his stall. I m heading to the g7