for reproductive rights in america and jamie raskin on where the stands on document production went all in starts right now? them good evening from new york. i m chris. a is just a few hours ago president joe biden announced a sweeping new vaccine mandate, or set of mandates. that could get as many as 100 million workers vaccinated, as part of a new initiative to curb the delta variant. my job as president, is to protect all americans. so tonight, i m announcing that the department of labor, is developing an emergency rule. to require all employers, with 100 or more employees, that together employ over 80 million workers. two and share their work forces are fully vaccinated. or show a negative test at least once a week. some of the biggest companies are already requiring. this united airlines. disney. tyson s food. and even fox news. the bottom line, we are going to protect vaccinated workers from unvaccinated coworkers. the tone of biden s speech today i thought was pr
we ll report on the afghan families here in the uk desperately worried about loved ones who are stranded. inside, ifeel like i am broken into many, many pieces. my body is here, my soul is in afghanistan. we ll be live with our correspondents in kabul, washington and westminster. also this lunchtime. researchers say protection against covid from two doses of the vaccine starts to wane within six months. and dame sarah storey adds another gold medal to her glittering career. a golden start in tokyo for paralympics gb, as cyclist dame sarah storey takes the 15th gold of her career. and once they were hunted to near extinction but now there are plans to release beavers back into the wild in england to help save the countryside. and coming up on the bbc news channel: anderson s in the mood. jimmy gives england the perfect start to the third test against india at headingley. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government says it will use every hour that s le
test test test. test test test. some school districts are defying this ban for the sake of the children. if we don t do anything, it could go as many as 2,000 new cases, every day, by the end of the month. so, i felt it was time to step in, even though i m going to get in trouble. and need to step in and and just have some courage and make a decision, i think s in the best interest of the district. and in the best interest of the children. let s remember, kids in texas are getting sick. and they are contracting covid. listen to this dire warning, tonight. it s from an official in dallas county. in dallas, we have zero icu beds left for children. that means, if your child s in a car wreck, if your child has a a heart congenital-heart defect or something, needs an icu bed. or more than likely, if they have covid and need an icu bed, we don t have one. your child will wait for another child to die. in america, in 2021? in one of the nation s premiere cities?
the fully vaccinated can go to nightclubs and mass events. a report by mps says former pm david cameron lacked judgement in the way he lobbied the government over the now collapsed firm greensill capital. more than 400 migrants crossed the english channel to the uk yesterday, a record number. the home office says it s acting to tackle the issue. and the world s richest man, amazon bossjeff bezos, prepares to blast off to the edge of space. good morning. the prime minister s former chief adviser dominic cummings has launched a fresh attack on borisjohnson over his handling of the pandemic. speaking to the bbc in his first broadcast interview since leaving number ten at the end of last year, he accuses mrjohnson of putting his own political interests ahead of people s lives. mr cummings has claimed that borisjohnson resisted tightening coronavirus restrictions again last autumn because the virus mainly affected the elderly. he said that the borisjohnson had messaged him to say
a downsized hajj pilgrimage begins today in the saudi arabian city of mecca only 60,000 vaccinated saudi citizens can attend. and silverstone is preparing to host 140,000 fans at the britiish grand prix the nation s biggest sporting event since the start of the covid pandemic. hello, and welcome to bbc news. downing street has confirmed that the prime minister and the chancellor will not be self isolating after coming into contact with the health secretary, sajid javid who has tested positive for coronavirus. both borisjohnson and rishi sunak are to take part in a pilot programme in which daily testing replaces self isolation. mrjavid tested positive yesterday after a meeting at downing street on friday. the news comes a day ahead of most covid restrictions being lifted in england. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardly has this report. downing street on friday. the health secretary outside number 10, where he held talks with the prime minister. last night, though, sa