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by 1.5 years due to covid 19. the biggest one year decline since world war ii. hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. flooding has caused devastation in the central chinese province of henan after the heaviest rainfall it has ever recorded. 2000 people have been moved to safer areas after flooding in an underground commuting system. at least 25 have died. the military has warned that a major dam could collapse at any time and soldiers have been mobilised to try and divert rivers that have burst their banks. chinese scientists say global warming has made china s annual flood season much more dangerous. 0ur china correspondent, robin brant, sent this report. passengers on an underground train trying to escape the approaching floodwater. instead, though, they found themselves standing still, silent, holding on as the levels rose around them. translation: the water was at shoulder level. . a child and i both nearly gave up. we were wo ....
a world heritage site, because of new developments on the famous waterfront. and injapan, team gb have started their olympic campaign successfully, as the women s football side beat chile. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the oval invincibles win the opening game of cricket s new hundred competition, as a new era begins. good evening. months after rejecting a pay offer of 1%, most nhs staff in england have now been awarded 3% in recognition of the unique impact of the pandemic according to the government. back in march, the department for health and social care said 1% was all it could afford. the 3% rise is being given to staff including nurses, paramedics, consultants, dentists and salaried gps and is backdated to april this year. but some health unions have already warned that the rise in no way reflects the immense efforts made by nhs staff over the past year. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. nhs staff are at full stretch again, many ....
team at virgin galactic have been waiting for for nearly two decades, and we have release, brian. we have release. the rocket engine has ignited. this is the moment that branson and his team have been waiting for. brian, i gotta pause. i gotta take this in. this is really an incredible moment here. so it was an hour-long trip. and there were a few minutes of weightlessness as well, but the journey to get here was decades in the making. not only did branson make this happen, but he in spectacular fashion brought all of us along with him. and making sure that we could see and hear from him while it was happening. one day to be able to experience this. it s a complete experience of a lifetime. now i m looking down. congratulations to everybody for creating such a beautiful, beautiful place. congratulations, all our wonderful team at virgin galactic, for who 17 years had hard work to get us this far. branson s flight making him the first billionaire space barron to tr ....
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are polly mackenzie, chief executive of think tank demos, and joe twyman, director of the polling organisation deltapoll. and is clearly already worked out the views of the majority of the people in the country. we will deal with football little later, but let s bring you up to date. no more self isolation rules for nhs workers, says the ft. it reports that ministers are reviewing the policy amid fears of a staffing crisis ahead of the next phase of rule relaxing, which could see the introduction of covid passports, according to the times, which leads with reports that bars, restaurants and clubs will require certificates for entry in a bid to drive up vaccinations. 0ne game from glory england s squad, which has won over public with skill, bravery and humility take the front of the i, ahead of sunday s final. which is expected to draw in 35 million viewers around the uk ....
passing restrictive voting measures there. i ll talk to an activist that will be at the capital in an hour rallying around these measures. meanwhile, president biden meeting with civil rights groups about voting rights. the supreme course just delivered a major move to the white house and they re running out of options. ly talk to someone who will have the president s ear in just a few hours. we re also going to have an important conversation about gun cull dmur this country. new york state is taking a new approach to tackling it. coming up i will talk to fred gutenberg. and the tragic shift in surfside, florida, from rescue to recovery. we just learned in the last hour that the death toll has now risen to 60. this morning nbc news posted new reporting that this collapsed tower, that tower, could have fallen faster if the law that was repealed still existing. and a vote for voting rights. monica alba is there ahead of the meeting. also with me is damon hewitt. he is t ....