Testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self isolation and keep working. And president biden warns that the us is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated, as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads. Now on bbc news, click looks at how online shopping has exploded in the pandemic and how social media companies want a piece of the action. As the world tries to emerge from the pandemic, the way we go about our lives is bound to be different but exactly how is hard to say. On this week s show, we ll be seeing the buildings that are hoping to get to know us a bit better. And looking at how online shopping could be getting social. But first, we ll be finding out how the world of search is changing right before our eyes. The idea of visual search is nothing new. It s something we looked at a few years ago, where you search for something online by using a picture rather than words. But the idea does seem to be gaining ground now, as omar mehtab has
Peaceful transfer of power. We will have the latest. An explosion at a chemical plant in western germany kills at least one person was stop several others are miller singh. And simone biles withdraws from the team gymnastics at the tokyo olympics. She said she suffered an injury to her pride after stumbling that a. She comes in with pressure from so many directions. She comes in bearing the mantle of, you know, america s sweetheart, the big olympic star. Seven months ago, on the 6th of january, hundreds of donald trump supporters launched an attack on the us capitol. Now the first full congressional investigation into what exactly happened that day, has begun. The first witnesses to be called were four men who had been on duty that day. Two capitol hill officers and two washington dc police officers gave evidence about the violence and hatred they experienced. Here s what the very first witness had to say. Sadly as a result of that day, we lost some good officers. But we held our line
Now on bbc news, in an exclusive interview, dominic cummings speaks to the bbc s political editor laura kuenssberg. A warning this programme contains flashing images. Troublemaker. History maker. They were no strangers to chaos. Pushing borisjohnson on behind closed doors. Yesterday, i gave a full report of my actions. Until his own mistake exploded in public. And ended up on the outskirts of barnard castle town. We did not visit the castle or walk around town. He never agreed to account for what he s done until now. Mr cummings, you ve never spoken like this before. Your story is, of course, completely interwoven with the prime minister s political fortune. How would you describe borisjohnson? how would i describe him? in what way? you mean politically? what does he believe politically? or? as a leader, as a politician, as a human being. How would you describe them? how would you describe him? he is a very complicated character. He, he is unusual in a lot of politicians in having a
Many secretaries, and the government has never really explains the logic of its 16th of august date on isolating. Lewis hughes, the man who accosted england s chief medical officer chris whitty in a london park, pleads guilty to assault. Meanwhile another man, jonathan chew, pleaded not guilty to the same charge. And drug deaths in scotland reach a new record level for the seventh year in a row more than 1300 people died last year. Campaign is when a court battle to prevent the construction of a road tunnel near stonehenge. At 5:45pm marker mode will take a look at the best and rest releases in the film reveal, including disney sjungle reveal, including disney s jungle cruise. Good afternoon. There s been a sizeable medal haulfor team gb at the tokyo olympics. Tremendous bmx racing by 22 year old beth shreever has won her gold. And kye white took silver in the men s event. For a full round up of today s action at the olympics let s cross to hugh ferris at the bbc sports centre. Six
America. Announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. I m kate snow in for lester tonight, and this is where we re at tonight, one thousand new covid infections are being reported in this country every hour the focus is again on the spread of the delta variant and how best to fight it a small controversial new study is calling into question the effectiveness of the johnson johnson vaccine against that delta variant, but that study has limitations. What there is no doubt about is the effects the delta variant is having on the unvaccinated, and even in rare cases on children with many health care workers across the country still unvaccinated, today the nation s largest city announced it would require workers in cityrun hospitals to get the covid shot. Our gabe gutierrez has the latest reporter: as the u. S. Sees a thousand new covid infections every hour, a new study suggests that the oneshot johnson johnson vaccine may be less effective against the delta variant, a