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a spectacular but destructive display, and the only option is to get out of its way. and a special report from afghanistan on the dire conditions the un says are leading to a humanitarian disaster. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and it s seven in the evening in washington, dc, where the us government has announced plans to relax restrictions on air travel for fully vaccinated nationals in early november. travellers from brazil, china, india, and many european nations, including britain, will be able to board flights. covid testing and contact tracing will be needed, but not quarantining. near blanket restrictions were imposed 18 months ago at the start of the pandemic here s white house press secretaryjen psaki. we ll be putting a place strict protocols to prevent the spread from passengers flying internationally. we require adults travelling to the united states be fully vaccinated. obviously, ....
to a very tight race. we ll cross live to montreal for analysis of whetherjustin trudeau s gamble in calling a snap early election could backfire on him. also in the programme philippine boxing champion and politician, manny pacquiao, confirms he will run for president in next year s election. and the first civilian space crew to orbit the earth returns safely after their three day mission. it s six in the morning in singapore, and one am in moscow, where initial results from russia s marathon three day elections show president putin s party on course to retain its parliamentary majority. the central election commission says with 25 percent of the ballots counted, united russia hasjust over 44 percent of the vote. that s down from more than 54% at the last elections in 2016. few critics of the kremlin were allowed to run with supporters ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny among those affected. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports. there s something rather ....
republicans are still coming under fire for staying silent on the event. the biden administration says it began mass deportation of haitian migrants as early as today, to deter more border crossings, as nearly 15,000 people are now huddled under a bridge in texas. plus, we have about 50 lawton forsman personnel, back here in the park. we are hopeful that he is out here, we certainly have prepared for all different possibilities. the search is set to resume this morning for the fiancée of missing women the case taking another twist, as the mystery deepens into what happened on that cross country road trip. good morning, everybody. it is sunday, september 19th. i am lindsay reiser. and i m candice gibson on the space coast of florida. what an incredible return it to an inspiring team of four people, splashing down in the atlantic ocean just as planned overnight, lindsey. and candace, we have a team member of reporters and analysts following the latest for you ....
we begin with breaking news on the southern border where a new surge of migrants, most of them from haiti, has grown to nearly 15,000. right now dhs is ramping up deportation flights as thousands of migrants are overwhelming del rio, texas, many of them living under a bridge to try to escape the brutal heat. we ll have an update from the scene in just minutes. meanwhile on capitol hill the clock is ticking as democrats work to get a $3.5 trillion spending bill and a bipartisan infrastructure bill to president biden s desk. earlier today i spoke with house budget committee chair john yarmouth who had a message for his colleagues who are at odds over what that final bill should look like. you can posture all you want and say what you want, what you will and won t vote for. in the final analysis, you re going to vote for it because you re not going to vote against childcare and paid family leave and early childhood education and community college and all these top prio ....
results. and it s what we mentioned first, because tomorrow begins a two-week period that will be critical in determining if this can become a permanent thing. the house returns in the morning and lawmakers will begin a sprint to september 27th, which is the date speaker nancy pelosi set for the bipartisan infrastructure bill the senate passed in august. what happens next on the house will set the tone for the rest of president biden s agenda, as the president finds himself and his agenda between two ideological poles of his party, both of which hold significant sway, and without any help from republicans. when it comes to democrats, there s the joe manchins of the world, and now voting rights legislation unveiled by democrats last week. manchin also says that the $3.5 trillion cost of the reconciliation bill, too high, and in a face-to-face meeting with the president on wednesday appears not to have changed his mind. in fact, axios reports that manchin wants to pause v ....