We just want to show you these live pictures coming from pittsburgh and pennsylvania. That is governor tim walz, with kamala harris to the right of the picture, the vice president who is running to be president of united states. They have arrived in pennsylvania, which is a key battleground state, where they are going to be campaigning before heading on to chicago, where the democratic party will be holding its national convention, and from that national convention in chicago it is expected she will be officially nominated as the democrats presidential candidate alongside tim walz as her running mate. We will bring you more on bbc news. Now on bbc news, it s sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. Haaland s up and running, as manchester city beat chelsea at stamford bridge, as their title defence begins. A sting in the tail for crystal palace. . . They re beaten at brentford. But perhaps could feel hard done by, in their season opener. A defensive horror show fo
Real problem. The scientist behind the Oxford Astrazeneca Vaccine says giving boosterjabs Astrazeneca Vaccine says giving Booster Jabs to everyone Astrazeneca Vaccine says giving boosterjabs to everyone is unnecessary and calls for doses to be sent to other countries in need. Eight years after her death, the family of a woman who was killed by her partner is to receive an apology from west Midlands Police, after their failings in the investigation. And people across the United States prepare to remember 20th Anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. Teenage Tennis Sensation Emma raducanu has become the first british woman to reach a major Singles Tennis final for 44 years. 18 year old emma beat the 17th Seed Maria Sakkari in the semis of the Us Open in New York and afterwards called her achievement absolutely mind blowing. Shes the first qualifier to ever reach a Grand Slam final, and the youngest british player ever to reach the fina
President macron has Pay Tribute describing him as a national treasure. The taliban says its seized Panjshir Province this was the last part of afghanistan that it didnt control. The Panjshir Valley has long been a bastion of taliban resistance. And this is significant for a number of reasons. Over the years fighters have successfully resisted the Soviets In The 80s and the taliban in the 90s. Heres what we think is confirmation that that resistance is over. This was posted online by the taliban and appears to show the taliban flag raised outside the building of panjshir s regional governor. And this is a taliban spokesperson. Translation we have captured panjshir with the will of god. The local elders and religious leaders have been coordinating with us and our operations went ahead with their help. Some of those who are still wanting to fight are missing at the moment. We are trying to tell them that if they want to join a normal life they are welcome to. Afghanistan is their home, t
Now on bbc news, it s time for the week in parliament. Hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. Texts for tax breaks or ventilators to save lives? labour keep up the pressure on the prime minister over lobbying. Sleaze, sleaze, sleaze. And it s all on his watch. Race in the uk the equalities minister denounces critics of a major report. The government even more firmly condemns the deeply personal and racialised attacks against the commissioners, which have included death threats. Why are our rivers so dirty? feargal sharkey gets vocal. It s time for everybody to put on their big boys pants and start taking this seriously. And planning a big wedding? think again, says an expert. The fees for a church wedding or a simple registry office ceremony are very modest indeed. All that to come and more. But first, a week dominated by the continuing row over lobbying, with labour determined to target borisjohnson as the head of what it calls a whatsapp government . The row deepened a
conduct a review on how this is been done and asked that i share the details of those conclusions with the committee. the british iranian charity worker nazanin zaghari ratcliffe is sentenced to a year in prison in iran, after being found guilty of propaganda against the regime. as india s covid crisis intesifies, doctors say people are dying on the streets outside hospitals. lockdown restrictions in scotland and wales are eased pubs, cafes and restaurants re open to customers outdoors and triumph at the oscars for sir anthony hopkins who becomes the oldest winner of the best actor award for his role in the father here i am in my homeland in wales added 83 years of age, i did not expect to get this award, i really didn t. i am very grateful to the academy. thank you. good evening. there have been more denials about whether borisjohnson did say bodies could pile high during a heated discussion in downing street about a further lockdown. sources say he did make the comments