scheme for vulnerable afghans we are working on that very carefully, we ve always been a big hearted nation, you ve got a home secretary and foreign secretary who know what that means from our own personal history. new zealand announces a snap lockdown after the country detected its first case of locally transmitted covid 19 since february. haiti suffers further. after the death toll in saturday s earthquake passes 1,400 a tropical storm makes landfall on the island. bob dylan is being sued by a woman who says he sexually abused her in 1965 when she was 12 years old. he denies the allegations. the taliban has urged government officials in afghanistan to return to work. it has offered them a general amnesty and, in a statement, said it wanted people to start routine life with full confidence. at kabul s airport, military flights have resumed after yesterday s chaotic scenes, when hundreds of afghans tried to board aircraft. those scenes at the airport have been highlighted b
covid restrictions will be eased in scotland from next week, but more cautiously than england. facemasks will remain mandatory. a question of consent why sexual consent education is being made mandatory in parts of australia. hello and welcome. president biden has accused republican controlled states of mounting a dangerous attack on free and fair elections by restricting voting rights. it follows donald trump s claim that voter fraud cost him the 2020 election. speaking in philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy, mr biden called efforts by republican states to restrict voting un american. in 17 republican led states, there ve been efforts to pass laws which supporters say will make voting more secure, by reducing the chances of voter fraud. but president biden pointed out, there s been no evidence of widespread fraud. hear me clearly. there is an unfolding assault taking place in america today, an attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair suppres
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are anna isaac, economics editor of the independent and iain anderson, executive chairman of pr company cicero. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. collision course set for brussels the ft leads on government overhauls set to be announced for post brexit trade deals between britain and northern ireland. the telegraph leads on an appeal to the prime ministerfrom cabinet ministers to expand the list of exempt from isolating or face a wave of closures. also leading on the impact of pingdemic the mirror reports that one million children are currently off school. also on covid the i, reports that england has three weeks to avoid new restrictions, quoting sage scientists calling for early action. channel crossings lead on the front page of the express. it says the home secretary is to pay france another esiimillion to stop migrants reaching britain. a story which also leads on the ma
interview with diana, princess of wales. i take comfort from the fact that martin bashir is no longer here. i don t take comfort yet from understanding why he was rehired. a bbc investigation has heard claims that vulnerable children are being failed at a special school that charges more than £50,000 a year per pupil. a new buddying scheme is trialled, to help people struggling during covid and encourage those who need to self isolate. and, how dogs can be trained to detect coronavirus in humans and could be used in the future for screening at airports or mass events. good afternoon. the uk has ordered all airlines to avoid belarussian airspace in order to keep passengers safe after belarus forced a ryanair passenger plane, which was flying between athens and vilnius, to divert to minsk. the belarus authorities then arrested an opposition activist who was on board, the journalist roman protasevich. the actions have been condemned by the international community. here, the
rain. eastern england and scotland s thing predominantly dry for much of the day. this evening and overnight, the day. this evening and overnight, the rain sweeps eastwards, clearing away. another chilling outcome for some of us as well, down into mid single figures. monday will bring is another day of heavy showers and that s because this area of low pressure is going to be sitting right overhead, so some of the showers will be quite slow moving for the deform of parts of england and wales, too. could be some hail and wales, too. could be some hail and thunderstorms mixed in with some of the scattered showers. so moving from many areas. more of a breeze along the south coast. still pretty chilly for the time of year. this is bbc news. the headlines. two doses of the main covid vaccines used in the uk are found to be highly effective against the indian variant of the virus. the former bbc journalist martin bashir defends his panaorama interview with princess diana, but apolog