Are still awaiting their fate. And french and british ministers clash over plans for the Uk Border force to turn back some boats carrying migrants across the channel to england. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsday. Its 6am in singapore and 6pm in washington, where President Biden has set out a series of measures to get more americans vaccinated against covid 19, amid a surge in cases of the fast spreading delta variant. All federal government workers will be required to get a vaccine. Businesses with more than 100 staff will have to ensure they are vaccinated or tested weekly. Mr biden expressed frustration at the 80 Million americans who are still not vaccinated, saying they were overcrowding hospitals. He appealed to them to get the shot. My message to Unvaccinated Americans is this. What more is there to wait for . What more do you need to see . Weve made vaccinations free, safe and convenient. The vaccine has fda approval. Over 200 Million americans hav
Two more medals for great britain on the final day of the paralympics, with bronze wins in the Mens Badminton and mens wheelchair basketball. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The Chief Executive of one of Prince Charles charities the prince S Foundation, has temporarily stepped down following claims that he helped secure an honourfor a major donor. Two british newpapers, The Sunday Times and the mail on sunday, allege that Michael Fawcett used his influence to assist a Saudi Businessman. Mr fawcett was, until 2003, the prince s valet. Here s our royal correspondentjonny dymond. Michael fawcett was once one of Prince Charles closest aides, a man whom the prince relied upon to guide and organise his personal life. Three years ago, he became Chief Executive of the prince S Foundation an Umbrella Group for a number of Prince Charles charitable interests. Newspaper reports allege that Mr Fawcett offered to assist a wealthy saudi national and major donor to the prince S Foundation with citizen
Really going on in british politics. A national tragedy, shameful, a staggering failure. Britains biggest foreign Policy Disaster since suez. That is how my guest has described our withdrawal from afghanistan. He is Tom Tugendhat former soldier and former to the commander of the helmand province, former adviser to the chief of defence staff. He is now chair of a foreign Affairs Committee of the House Of Commons and this is the series in which i have conversations with, not interrogations of, those who shape our political thinking about what shapes theirs. Their background, their values, their lives beyond politics. It was precisely that which led mps to listen to Tom Tugendhat in total silence as he spoke in the commons of his struggle with anger, Grief And Rage as he watched events unfold In Kabul. Ive been to funerals from poole to dunblane, ive watched good men go into the earth, taking with them a Part Of Me and a part of all of us. And this week has torn open some of those wounds,