Good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News at one. Senior members of the Democratic Party in the United States have backed the current Vice President , Kamala Harris, to stand against Donald Trump in this novembers election, after the current president , Joe Biden, withdrew from the race. Its emerged that some of Mr Biden s closest aides were only told of his decision to step aside one minute Before he made the announcement on Social Media. There had been weeks of speculation about his health. Ms harris says she now intends to earn and win her Partys Nomination for the White House. From washington, this report from tom bateman. Us Vice President Kamala Harris is seeing a surge of support as she moves to secure the democratic president ial nomination. Despite the weeks of Mounting Pressure on him to step aside, Joe Biden had been holding firm. But he abruptly abandoned his campaign on a sunday afternoon. With reaction toJoe Biden dropping out of the race. As News Channels went into over
we ll be examining the report s findings. also tonight. soaring coronavirus cases in france. the french president will address the nation tonight. he s expected to announce even more restrictions. vaccinating children the first trials of the pfizer jab on under 165 show it s safe and effective. piles of litter in parks as people make the most of warm weather and new found freedoms in england. and just weeks after they returned to the classroom, the end of term is here. what s it been like back at school? we had testing in school and i sneezed inside the hall and people are thinking, right, people are taking two steps back, maybe he has it. and coming up on bbc news, there never seems to be long between their meetings england take on poland in a world cup qualifier that stirs memories for more than just one generation of fans. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a major study of race relations in the uk commissioned by the government that concludes that th
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it s time to wake up because shingles could wake up in, you solomon in new york cnn coming out swinging president biden, hammering donald trump on the campaign trail while his republican rival returns the favor with insults as the race heats up following last week s state of the union address. meantime, the rebuttal to that speech leading to controversy of its own. senator katie britt wanted to focus on which she describes as president biden s failures, but now the spotlight is on one of her own mistakes we have more fallout from britt s response as she denies misleading the country with a story she told in her speech and out of the public eye, but very much on their minds, people in britain and really the whole world want to know what is going on with the princess of wales as an edited photo only fuels concerns about her health we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central we re going to be hearing from presiden
our russia editor, steve rosenberg reports. this is the closest we were allowed to get to russia s most famous prisoner. we d been let inside the high securityjail where alexei navalny is already incarcerated. but journalists weren t allowed into the makeshift courtroom. we had to watch on a screen. for the kremlin critic, this is a trial behind bars. he was found guilty on extremism charges. punishment more jail time. he was handed a 19 year prison sentence. we may have been allowed in here to watch the verdict on a tv screen, but keep in mind that in this court case, the actual proceedings were closed to the press and to the public and held in a high security prison. describing this trial as behind closed doors feels like an understatement. ahead of the verdict, in a message online, mr navalny wrote that a long prison sentence for him was designed to scare russians. he revealed he d soon be on trial again for terrorism. they chant. a charismatic protest leader and anti