jim reed, bbc news. we can speak tojim now. some harrowing stories there.ng to find out? this focus on the school this week as part of a wider inquiry that has already been running for two years into the use of contaminated blood products, thought to have killed perhaps as many as 10,000, something even more people across the uk. so this week they are specifically looking at the case of that school, treloar�*s, and we had opening comments from the lead counsel to the inquiry, say they will look into the inquiry, say they will look into the treatments used at the school, importantly what information was provided to parents and children as, in her words, she said commonly no such information was provided, and also, interestingly, the extent to which any research was being undertaken at the school and whether it was, in her words, any driver to the treatments being received. so they will hear from six surviving pupils, some are giving evidence anonymously, and we will hear from a parent of two boys who both attended treloar�*s, were infected with hiv and very

jim reed, bbc news.fer a cardiac arrest on the pitch on saturday — and that "he was gone" — before being resuscitated. the former tottenham star collapsed during denmark and finland's euros game. he is now recovering in hospital. nick beake reports from copenhagen. the heartfelt messages were to get well soon. a show of strength for christian eriksen, who was awake, even asking about his team—mates. everyone here at this euro 2020 fan zone knew it could have been so different. hearing that he's in good shape and he actually had some conversations with the team and so on, it's fantastic. that's the only thing that matters to us, christian's health. yeah, the football is secondary today. 100%. that sense of relief has been shared by football fans the world over. that's because today we got confirmation, if it were needed, ofjust how serious the situation was. earlier we asked denmark's team doctor how close they were to losing christian eriksen. yeah, what should i say? he was, he was gone. and we did card

jim reed, bbc news.w more about climate change than most, so just why did swiss voters narrowly reject government plans to limit carbon dioxide emissions? there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act which, for a0 years, forcibly classified each citizen according to race. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. germany's parliament, i the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government - from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into i the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do

jim reed, bbc news. do stay with us here on bbc news.e queen at windsor castle. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word, known to be one used by the ira, was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for a0 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartment in kensington palace. germany's parliament, i the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government - from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into i the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement, and i think we might be able t

rules in scotland, wales and northern ireland are due to be relaxed or jim reed, bbc news. this month easing restrictions means more hardship for industries already badly hit by successive lockdowns. the 21st ofjune had been billed by some as freedom day, the earliest possible date that all restrictions could be lifted. now the removal of all remaining rules is not expected to happen that day. for many businesses which remain closed, there's frustration and even anger at the idea of a four—week delay. it's thought most nightclubs have already been gearing up for a 21st ofjune reopening. it's going to be catastrophic to us. this will possibly hurt us more than the initial lockdown back in march last year. because you've already put money, have you, into opening from the 21st? we've been buying stock, booking staff for the last four weeks. we've had people in, getting the venue ready to open. it's notjust something where we can literally turn the keys and just open up in two weeks�* time. theatres can only operate with reduced numbers at the moment due to social distancing. one producer

jim reed, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. our top stories for you.benjamin netanyahu's 12—year run as prime minister. it will be headed for the first two years by the religious nationalist naftali bennett. g7 leaders have ended their summit in england with promises of more than a billion coronavirus vaccinations to poorer countries, and help to tackle climate change. governments in the asia pacific region that have so far pursued a zero tolerance to the covid—i9 virus are now looking at adopting a new policy. some are wondering if they should let the virus in and learn to live with it, albeit under managed conditions. countries like singapore, hong kong, taiwan, australia and new zealand have experienced very few deaths due to covid. but it comes at a high price to personal freedom and travel, with strict measures like border controls, quarantine and swift lockdowns. i'm joined now from singapore byjames crabtree, executive director in asia of the international institute for strategic studies. hello to you. thanks for being with us. why the change of

our health correspondent jim reed reports.r in thejune summer sun, but, beneath the surface here, covid infections have been rising from a low level, driven in part by the more transmissible delta variant, first found in india. i more transmissible delta variant, first found in india.— first found in india. i think we should keep _ first found in india. i think we should keep things _ first found in india. i think we should keep things in - first found in india. i think we - should keep things in perspective, but, clearly, as this variant is 40% more transmissible, we are more likely to see a significant increase in cases in manchester and greater manchester over the next few weeks. under new government guidance, residents are being advised to minimise travel into and out of affected areas and meeting indoors is being discouraged. the affected areas are bolton and at the remaining nine boroughs of greater manchester. also to the north of the city, blackburn, as well as most of lancashire, including burnley and preston. ~ , , �

jim reed, bbc news., calling it a "much—needed" break to de—stress. it's said the team has had a challenging time during the pandemic, amounting to a kind of "collective burnout". the company is based in texas, and while staff are relaxing, the dating services will continue, as our business correspondent emma simpson reports. it's the dating app where women make the first move. what if, after all this time at home, there is nothing to talk about? this american business has plenty to talk about. bumble has seen a surge in users during the pandemic and has made its debut on the stock market. now, it's given its staff time off, fully paid, to recharge the batteries. saying: "we wanted to give our teams around the world an opportunity to shut off and focus on themselves for a week." i guess it's good that with the whole stress of the pandemic, they're actually thinking about their employees, which is a good shout. i don't know. is it realistic, though? yeah, can every company do that? i don't need it, really

jim reed reports.at arm as much as you can... . ~ ~ , just relax that arm as much as you can... , just relax that arm as much as you can... vaccines, say the government, are the way — can... vaccines, say the government, are the way out _ can. .. vaccines, say the government, are the way out of— can... vaccines, say the government, are the way out of this _ can... vaccines, say the government, are the way out of this pandemic. - can... vaccines, say the government, are the way out of this pandemic. in l are the way out of this pandemic. in december, sarah, a care home manager, was one of the first to be given the jab in newcastle. ministers though have been consulting on whether to go much further and make vaccines compulsory for all care home staff in england. we've been looking at a government about what more we can do, in terms of making sure staff are vaccinated. it's obviously important that everybody gets vaccinated. it is key to dealing with covid. it is everybody gets vaccinated. it is key to d

jim reed, bbc news.now in a stable condition in hospital, was, in his words, "gone" and confirmed that the team had performed cardiac resuscitation on the pitch. football clubs and players across the world have sent messages of support. he is conscious and in a stable condition in hospital. aneil malhotra is a consultant cardiologist at manchester nhs foundation trust and he gave us a medical perspective on the issue. my my present take is that this was a highly visible and highly emotional possibly tragic event with thankfully a successful outcome. not only are such events televised on a global level but also the outcomes are down to, particularly in this case, prompt identification of a problem and actually itjust highlights how important it is to commence cpr and thankfully christian eriksen has had a successful outcome.- christian eriksen has had a successful outcome. you specialise in heart conditions _ successful outcome. you specialise in heart conditions in _ in heart conditions in cardiomyopathy

jim reed, bbc news.on. thank you very much for being with us. from your point of view you have made this clear before when you've been talking to us, you don't think we should be rushing to any further easing of restrictions. why would it be, in your view, easing of restrictions. why would it be, in yourview, an easing of restrictions. why would it be, in your view, an unreasonable risk to go ahead with the proposed lifting of restrictions? 50 i risk to go ahead with the proposed lifting of restrictions?— lifting of restrictions? so i think there's been — lifting of restrictions? so i think there's been a _ lifting of restrictions? so i think there's been a scientific - lifting of restrictions? so i think. there's been a scientific consensus on the fact that 21st ofjune reopening will be a really bad idea for several reasons. even with stage three reopening, we could have a level of hospitalisations that would even exceed january on stage for the opening would make matters much worse. there's been a clea

jim reed, bbc news. and later this evening at 8:40 we'll be answering your questions on easing coronavirus restrictions in england — as the government is due to make a decision tomorrow whether to fully unlock the country in just over a week's time. we'll be talking to public health experts and our own health correspondent so send in your questions using the hash tag bbc your questions or by emailing yourquestions@bbc. co. uk. one last piece of news to bring you in this half hour. israel's parliament has voted 60—59 in favour of a new government, ending benjamin netanyahu's12—year consecutive tenure as premier. the longest ruling prime minister of that country. ultra—nationalist naftali bennett will head the new cabinet, comprising parties from left to right, for a little over two years before his centrist ally, yair lapid, takes over. that is the very latest from israel. it has been a very warm day. for many parts of the country tomorrow will be cooler and fresher. band of cloud bringing rain down into

jim reed, thank _ is likely to run into 2022. jim reed, thank you for that.ar. the figure was {24.3 billion, with the easing of lockdown measures helping economic recovery. in northern ireland, the democratic unionist mp, sirjeffrey donaldson, will be the party's next leader. he was the only person to put his name forward when nominations closed at midday. he'll replace edwin poots who resigned last week afterjust 21 days in charge. charities say the number of people across the uk, living without basic furniture or appliances like a bed or a fridge in their homes, is on the rise. the campaign group, end furniture poverty, says more than two million people are living without at least one essential piece of furniture. in bath, a local charity says demand for their help has gone up by almost a third during the pandemic. fiona lamdin has more details. fiona, this was a shell — there was just nothing here, there was underlaying concrete. got the carpets, new bed in plastic, lovely chest of drawers, which was just fantastic. i had no other drawers. fridge freezer o

jim reed, bbc news. is due to make a decision tomorrow whether to fully unlock the country in just over a week's time. we'll be talking to public health experts and our own health correspondent so send in your questions using the hash tag bbc your questions or by emailing yourquestions@bbc. co. uk. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. the weather here is absolutely stunning. hello. after sunday's heat, a fresher story for some on monday. a pretty quiet start to the week in terms of our weather pattern, but it is going to get much livelier from wednesday evening onwards. thunderstorms already brewing up across the spanish plateau that will get pulled north, heading into our shores from wednesday evening onwards. at the moment we have a weather front to the far north—west of the uk. there is cooler, fresher air behind that, but for the majority, we go through sunday night sitting in a warm and muggy air mass. temperatures falling down no lower probably than the mid or even high teens

jim reed, bbc news.s a month after leaving the uk. the ministry of defence said the f—35 stealth fighters joined the fight against the islamic state group, which involves flying over syria or iraq. american aircraft are also operating from the queen elizabeth in the eastern mediterranean. the husband of a british woman who was killed in athens has appeared in court, after confessing to her murder at their home in may. the 33—year—old pilot was led into court wearing he had originally claimed thieves broke in and strangled his 20—year—old wife, caroline crouch, in front of their 11 month old child. but data on his phone and her smart watch contradicted his story. government borrowing fell in may as many businesses reopened, boosting tax revenue. official figures from the office for national statistics show that borrowing — the difference between government spending and tax income — was down to {24.3 billion last month. but that's still the second—highest level for may since monthly records began, lower on

our health correspondent jim reed reports.ing. the idea is to spot clusters of covid cases early. it is no surprise that infections have been rising since indoor mixing was allowed again in england. some doctors, though, are very wary about the next and final stage of unlocking, currently planned for 21stjune. at the moment, the data does suggest that we need to be cautious, we mustn't lose all the gains that we've made in the few months by a premature and hasty, non—evidence—based loosening of restrictions. overall, though, the data shows that cases across the uk are still along way below the levels seen in january. more recently, infections have been starting to rise in areas like the north—west of england, hit hardest by the new variant first discovered in india. there is concern as well in scotland. another relaxation of rules planned for next week may have to be delayed in certain areas. the idea that somehow thejob is done is wrong. we've still got a lot of people out there who have neither had this virus infection nor y

jim reed, bbc news.ause croatia have scored in hampden park. it's 1-0 have scored in hampden park. it's 1—0 in hampden park in wembley england 1—0 up against the czech republic. white pupils from poorer families have been let down by "decades of neglect" in england's education system. that's the damning verdict of a group of mps. the chair of the education select committee, robert halfon, has described the situation as a "national scandal". ministers insist they're committed to making sure no child is left behind. here's our education editor, branwen jeffreys. it's really important that children appreciate their heritage and where it is they come from. so you see... i think for generations now we have forgotten some of these communities. there's very little to kind of aspire to. claire—marie runs a group of schools across mansfield. her own childhood was on a big estate — now she is determined to raise ambitions. the traditional academic route absolutely has a place but i do think there needs to be a ret

here's jim reed again.like it could still definitely take up as we go into the summer period and we started to see hospitalisation rise. but we have not seen is that number of deaths started to rise. now while the uk government looks to ease restrictions in england — a growing list of countries are putting up restricitons for people coming from the uk. germany designated britain a "virus variant risk area" in late may, meaning only german nationals or residents are allowed to enterfrom the uk, barring a few exceptions. there is concern about the upcoming matches of football's european championship, which are due to be held at wembley stadium here in london. 60,000 fans will be allowed to watch the tournament's semi—finals and final live, meaning the stadium will be at 75% capacity for those games. the german chancellor has criticised a lack of european—wide coordination on entry restrictions for travellers from risk areas. we have very strict regulations here which so far have helped prevent the delta varia

jim reed, bbc news.ladic, will hear the outcome of an appeal against his genocide conviction for the 1995 srebrenica massacre later. mladic was sentenced to life imprisonment by a un war crimes tribunal in 2017. prosecutors said he personally oversaw the massacre at what was supposed to be a un—protected enclave. our correspondent in the hague anna holligan ratko mladic was the face of an audacious military campaign, the hands—on enforcer of a political plot engineered at the top to make sections of bosnia's muslim population disappear. i sections of bosnia's muslim population disappear. i would say that is probably _ population disappear. i would say that is probably one _ population disappear. i would say that is probably one of— population disappear. i would say that is probably one of the - population disappear. i would say that is probably one of the most i that is probably one of the most important individuals in determining how the war which play out in bosnia—herzegovina. his responsibility and h

jim reed, bbc news.ned in the hubbard s hill area of louth, around midday today. he is currently in police custody, where he will be held for questioning. a dedicated terminal has opened at heathrow airport, for people arriving on a flight, from any of the 43 countries on the government's �*red list�*. it comes after anger that people coming in from high—risk covid countries, were being made to queue with other passengers. our transport correspondent, caroline davies, reports. when international travel restarted last month, some could not wait to get away. but while this was the view in departures, in arrivals, passengers from green list, low risk countries queued up in the same hole as arrivals from high risk list countries. since mid—february, all arrivals from bred list countries have had to stay in quarantine hotels for ten days to stop the spread of variants of concern but before they go into isolation, some have spent hours queued up alongside other lower risk passengers, despite the separate queue

jim reed, bbc news.e than two years of political paralysis there, in which three elections resulted in stalemate. football clubs and players across the world have sent messages of support to the danish midfielder christian eriksen. he collapsed during his country's european championship match against finland yesterday, but is now conscious in hospital. medics have confirmed the former tottenham star received heart massage on the pitch. our europe correspondent, nick beake, is in copenhagen. nick. the medics here at the university hospital are continuing their work, carrying out more tests trying to work out why a seemingly fit and healthy 29—year—old collapsed last night, but there has been really encouraging news from the danish football association today, saying they have been able to speak to the player, and that he wanted to send his best wishes to the colleagues, the team—mates, last night, who form that quite incredible human chain as he was receiving the life—saving treatment on the pitch. there w

jim reed, bbc news.njim's piece, andy burnham issuing that call for a surge of vaccinations in areas that are seeing a spike in infections driven by this delta variant first identified in india. now, that matters, because there are a large number of people under the age of 40 who are still not vaccinated and we know those people who are winding up in hospital, falling so ill that they need to be admitted to hospital, generally either have had only one dose of the vaccine or no vaccine at all, so the logic is, if you can surge the vaccine to those people, improve the number of people who are taking up the vaccine, 18 plus, then you can cut the pressure on the health system. the problem with that is that, while the uk government say they have a stockpile of around 5 million doses, almost all of that is astrazeneca, and that is not the vaccine that is being offered to the under 40s. we import around 1.5 million doses of pfizer and moderna a week, but that wouldn't be enough to spread it around all the regio

jim reed, bbc news.idn't have the resources to distribute and administer large stockpiles. she's been speaking to sima kotecha. with some countries ordering millions of covid vaccines, there are those who have very limited supplies. according to the world health organization, less than 1% of afghanistan's population has been vaccinated, whilejust10,000 people have had theirfirstjab in south sudan, a country with a population of 11 million. fewer than 2% of the hundreds of millions of vaccine doses administered globally have been in africa. several high—profile celebrities have waded in on the debate. they've signed a letter calling on g7 nations to donate 20% of their vaccines by the end of this august. signatories include david beckham, orlando bloom and olivia colman. in herfirst uk interview, the lead on covid vaccines at unicef told bbc newsnight there was no time for procrastination. the unintended consequence of saving all these vaccines up till christmas time is that countries won't be able to abs

jim reed, bbc news.benjamin netanyahu has been ousted as israel's prime minister, after a new coalition government won a vote of confidence in parliament. it will be led for two years by the right—wing nationalist naftali bennett and, as part of a power—sharing deal, he will then hand over to centrist yair lapid for a further two years. here's our middle east correspondent tom bateman. they've waited for 12 years. in this divided country, for the people who wanted to oust their most enduring leader, now it's their moment. it took a chaotic vote in israel's parliament to get there. with the count about to start, mr netanyahu makes one last stand. "iran is celebrating because they understand there will be a weak and slack government," he says. "the opposition in israel will have a clear and strong voice." we'll be back soon! the new coalition scraped in byjust a single vote. it was all over for israel's combative, often controversial leader, one who leaves an indelible legacy. benjamin netanyahu rose rally

full compensation if that is what is recommended when the wider public enquiry concludes next year. jim reed world. how did one london street make it through the last year? filmed from the start of the first lockdown, this intimate portrait shows how the residents coped with the pandemic. boris johnson: the coronavirus is the biggest threat this - country has faced for decades. if too many people become seriously unwell at one time, the nhs will be unable to handle it. from this evening, i must give the british people are very simple instruction — you must stay at home. 0h, hello. hello! hi. hello! hi! hi. hiya. hello, hi. sound, um...brain's not working. couldn't work for two weeks. welcome to oxford gardens. i wake up in the morning, see the blue sky, sun out, and i think wow, what a beautiful day. and it doesn't take me long. i look out the window, open up my blinds and i see people walking with their masks, then it hits me. it doesn't feel real. but you know it's real because you've got the letters in your hand telling you you must stay at home. well, i've been here 25 years. we've got a

jim reed, bbc news. more than 200 arrests in a sophisticated sting operation against organised crime. police were able to monitor encrypted communications because the criminal underworld was using a messaging app that had secretly been developed by the fbi. the australian federal police commissioner explained the global reach of the operation. the operation has been enabled by the extraordinary smart individuals within the afp and the unique global reach eight has with law enforcement based in 33 countries. globally the operation has seen over 9000 law enforcement officers deploying to the international effort, and the long arm of the afp has to get longer so we can keep australians safe at home and develop the next ironside. , ., , , , ironside. there is a press conference _ ironside. there is a press conference going - ironside. there is a press conference going on - ironside. there is a press conference going on right ironside. there is a press - conference going on right now, ironside. there is a pre

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jim reed, bbc news.ome harrowing stories there. for those who had not followed this contaminated blood scandal, let's go back to the beginning and talk about how this happened in the first place? its how this happened in the first lace? , ., . ., , how this happened in the first lace? , ., , ,.,, how this happened in the first lace? , ., , ,., , ., place? its quite a complex story and that's why the _ place? its quite a complex story and that's why the public _ place? its quite a complex story and that's why the public inquiry - place? its quite a complex story and that's why the public inquiry into - that's why the public inquiry into what happened has been going on for two years and will probably be going on another year. there are different strands. two main groups of people who were infected and affected by this. one was haemophiliacs, they were given as you heard, a blood treatment in the mid—late 70s it started coming in across the uk. cofactor eight orfax on started coming in across the uk. cofact

jim reed, bbc news. webster has been giving evidence to the inquiry. he described how he was told he had tested positive for hiv. i was with a friend and we were asked to go up and see dr wassef and we went in the room, and he said "i've got some bad news, you are positive for htlv—3 hiv." and that was it. he said "we don't know a lot about it, and the outlook is not good, we cannot guarantee that you would be alive in a couple of years," and that was it, really. he described the impact the news had on him. i think i tried to kill myself once. i stuck a car through a brick wall and only managed to reak i stuck a car through a brick wall and only managed to break my ankle so it wasn't particularly successful. i just... iwas... i wasjust out of it, i didn't care. and then i pulled myself together, amy was born. and now you live with it and cope with it every day. nicholas sainsbury went to treloar�*s from 1974 to 1980 — he found out he'd been infected after he left. he's giving evidence to the inquiry tomo

with more, here's our health correspondent, jim reed.ngland will, it looks like, have to wait longer until restrictions like this are finally lifted. ministers always said june 21st was the earliest all social—distancing rules could be scrapped, allowing more than six people to meet inside again. a rise in infections means that is now very unlikely to happen. sadly, we are in the grip of the early stages of a third wave of the virus, and it is this delta variant, the so—called indian variant, which has a very significant transmission advantage over the previous alpha variant, the kent variant. covid cases are still well below the peak injanuary, but they have been going up, driven by that delta variant. ministers say the data shows our vaccines can still stop many of those cases turning into hospital admissions. we're not seeing, by and large, that pull through into hospitalisations or deaths at the moment, and although they are going up a little bit they are not going up as much, and predominantly those people who are ending up in hospi

our health correspondent jim reed has more.ucial decision needs to be made whether to go ahead with the final stage of unlocking in england a week later. the emergence of the delta variant first identified india has made that call more difficult to mac it now makes up almost all new cases. and may be —— it may be 60% more transmissible. at the moment, infections are far below the level we have seen injanuary, but they have been doubling every week. in certain parts of england and scotland. speaking on the andrew marr programme, government adviser said relaxing restrictions further could fan the flames of the pandemic. could fan the flames of the pandemic— could fan the flames of the pandemic. could fan the flames of the andemic. ._ ., ., ~ ., , pandemic. the way i look at it is that if we _ pandemic. the way i look at it is that if we are _ pandemic. the way i look at it is that if we are driving _ pandemic. the way i look at it is that if we are driving down - pandemic. the way i look at it is that if we are driving down a - p

jim reed, bbc news. over a week's time. we'll be talking to public health experts and our own health correspondent so send in your questions using the hash tag bbc your questions or by emailing yourquestions@bbc. co. uk. 0ne one last piece of news to bring you in this half hour. israel's parliament has voted 60—59 in favour of a new government, ending benjamin netanyahu's12—year consecutive tenure as premier.

jim reed, bbc news.d risks the future of the health service, mps have warned. a highly critical report calls for immediate action to support exhausted staff who have worked throughout the coronavirus pandemic. the department of health and social care said it was doing everything to support the well—being of staff. the government is set to crackdown on illegal puppy smuggling and ban imports of dogs with cropped ears, as part of a new set of measures to ensure animal welfare. under the kept animals bill, the uk would also restrict the keeping of primates as pets, as well as becoming the first european country to ban live animal exports. proposals are being set out for a shake up of britain's electoral map. it would see parts of the north and the midlands losing parliamentary seats, while areas in the south gain. the boundary commission for england says the aim is to make parliament fairer by giving each mp a roughly similar number of voters. however, the total number of seats in the house of commons will

jim reed, bbc news. to make a decision tomorrow whether to fully unlock the country in just over a week's time. we'll be talking to public health experts and our own health correspondent, so send in your questions using the #bbcyourquestions or by emailing yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. and all next week on bbc news, we'll be reporting from across england, to find out what you think about life during and after the pandemic, and the impact it's had on your businesses and communities. tomorrow, victoria derbyshire will be on blackpool�*s promenade, to talk to local people there. israel's parliament has voted 60—59 in favour of a new government, ending benjamin netanyahu's12—year consecutive tenure as prime minister. the ultra—nationalist, naftali bennett will head the new cabinet for a little over two years before his centrist ally, yair lapid, takes over. the new government comprises parties from the left, centre and the right, centre and the right. mr netanyahu has served a record—breaking five terms, first fr

what were your thoughts from jim reed and coming up in a bit peter hooper? lisa: this is the issue to me. i think they articulated the idea that never before have we seen both the fiscal push in tandem with the monetary push. a lack of constraints respected debt sustainability, with respect to money supply. these are not issues anymore for policymakers, because we have not seen them raise inflationary conditions for the last couple decades. all of a sudden, that is a shift in mentality, and at what point would that lead to higher inflation? many people believe this time is different because of that, tom. the interesting thing is you're not seeing that reflective in prices. tom: i must admit, industry matt a. you look at peter hooper's work at imf and looking at the market take every day, but this is about david landau, his work with peter garber dueling over the years. the money line, to me, which has to make metal lagarde sit up straight, neglecting inflation leaves global economies sitting on a timebomb. does that underpin what we see at the ecb today? mat

jim reed, bbc news.fairs correspondent alison holt has more on the controversy surrounding the decision. it is controversial because they fear if you bring in the element of compulsion, that will make it even more difficult to recruit staff and they really have serious problems in terms of recruitment. there are vacancies of about 112,000 people in england, and the fear is they will go somewhere else. so there is real nervousness about that and i would expect that is something that will need to be addressed. how do you make sure that you keep the workforce in place, or a workforce in place in care homes where there are low levels of ta ke—up? you don't want everyone going. but there is generally good take—up across the sector. we saw injim's report, there, 84% across the sector. it is just the patches where that is proving stubborn, it is proving difficult to persuade people. one of the things the care organisations, the care sector is calling for, is for much more persuasion, information, answering ques

jim reed, bbc news.ore from greg dawson, our political correspondent. what should we be looking out for when the prime minister makes his announcement later today? fine when the prime minister makes his announcement later today? one thing boris johnson — announcement later today? one thing boris johnson will _ announcement later today? one thing boris johnson will do _ announcement later today? one thing boris johnson will do is _ announcement later today? one thing boris johnson will do is remind - borisjohnson will do is remind people of what the government said in february when it issued its road map for coming out of lockdown. it said with regards to each of the steps and in particular the fourth step, the lifting of restrictions on the 21st ofjune, that it would not happen before then, they never promised this would definitely go ahead. clearly what has happened, they have looked at the data and the rising number of infections and the rising number of infections and the rising number of people who ar

jim reed, bbc news.astern united states. here's the fbi explaining what it did and why it matters. today, the fbi successfully seized criminal proceeds from a bitcoin wallet that darkside ransomware actors used to collect a cyber ransom payment from a victim. we deprived a cyber criminal enterprise of the object of their activity, their financial proceeds and funding. for financially motivated cyber criminals, especially those presumably located overseas, cutting off access to revenue is one of the most impactful consequences we can impose. earlier i spoke to glen goodman, a bitcoin expert and author of �*the crypto trader'. he told me there's still secrecy surrounding how the fbi got their money back. they talk about how they got hold of the private key, which is effectively a password that allows you to get into a bitcoin wallet. but how did they get the password? the beauty of bitcoin actually is that it's not very good for doing ransoms because it's not completely anonymous like a lot of people think

that period will be key to what the start of the summer will look like. 0ur health correspondent jim reedthinking behind extending the vaccination to 12—15 years olds? there the vaccination to 12—15 years olds? are two possib wa nt there are two possible reasons to want to vaccinate children, one is to protect them from serious illness and all the data shows that children are at a very low risk of serious illness from covid but not at a zero risk so i was looking at figures from america earlier, if you compare 5-17 from america earlier, if you compare 5—17 —year—olds with someone in their 30s children are about half as likely to get infected, ten times less likely to go to hospital with covid. that is a lot less of a risk but it is not digital to that is one reason to do it, the other is more important possibly, scientists and ministers are thinking is to reduce the possible risk of transmission, the possible risk of transmission, the idea that you could have children within schools spreading the virus, taking it home and to the community. the data on that is actually fairly difficult to

jim reed, our health correspondent.macron and his far—right rival, marine le pen's parties have done badly in regional elections. raoul sarn reports. they were billed as a breakthrough moment for marine le pen's national rally party. but when the exit polls came out, there was little to celebrate. they are predicted to win 19% of all votes, behind the centre—right republicans on 27%. just a year before the presidential election, it's not the result she had wanted. translation: the distortion of voting intentions _ measured by the opinion polls were the real votes. i say to you with gravity and solemnity, it has only one explanation — our voters did not turn out. the vote was marred by a record low turnout, with over 66% of voters abstaining. the relaxing of coronavirus restrictions and some good weather may have partly been to blame. translation: i came to have lunch, and i wasn't aware there were elections today. i don't think i'll go and vote — i don't even know what these elections are for. in recent years, the natio

earlier we heard the details from our health correspondent, jim reed.on and immunisation, a group of independent scientists that will look at this and give their recommendation to the government and to ministers across the uk in the devolved nations to see if it will be used in that age group. two police forces are to pay damages to more than 600 people following the hillsborough disaster. the south yorkshire and west midlands forces agreed the settlement earlier this year following a civil claim. nobody has ever been convicted over police actions following the disaster, in which 96 liverpool fans died at a 1989 fa cup semi—final. chris topping is director at broudiejackson canter, which is representing 215 claimants. hejoins me now. thank you very much for your time today. what more detail can you tell us about this agreement to pay damages? us about this agreement to pay damaaes? ~ us about this agreement to pay dama . es? ~ ., , us about this agreement to pay damaaes? ~ ., , , damages? well, the agreements is the roduct of damages? well, the agreemen

our health reporter jim reed has more on this. talk us through those statistics, please.d if we look at i the 18th ofjune, and if we look at the 18th ofjune, and if we look at the uk wide data as opposed to the england data, you see this continuation of the pattern we have seen for awhile. in uk, there are deaths across every cause and that was just over 10,800 that we come up 1% above the five year average. roughly in line with what we would expect in a standard non—thing—mac year. across the uk, about 116 of those deaths involve covid in some way. that is 23 more than the previous, but low levels in the context of this pandemic. if we show you this chart here, this is where we are at the moment. the dotted black line is where you would expect to see deaths over the course of a year and there two big red areas are deaths that involve covid. you can see that first wave back in march and april last year and the larger second wave that started in october and november and run through until last? ,january, february. since then, we have seen a falloff in deaths, and now we are

they captured two former marines for trivial issues on trevor reed's part, and the fabrication on the part of paul whelan. on the issue that jim is mentioning about cyber. that's pretty critical. i think we have a long way to go before we can find some way of talking talking about this in a holistic sense. we have seen the state perpetrating, including all the hacking into the elections, of course, and putin denied the state was involved but state proxies with the ransomware groups, and there's concerns about command and control. this is a really big issue. there's no way that was going to be resolved in this meeting. you know, there are suggestions we would be able to take this forward. the bigger thing would be to see after this if there's an announcement of different sets of professional meetings at different levels of the russian government, and meetings themselves can be an anchor to stabilize an otherwise confrontational relationship. the big thing is putin will not let up on the dirty tricks and t on the what aboutism, and this is at least a start to try and get some kind of anchor in the relationship to set the tone on

reed who is a member of your party. do you expect that to change? >> i hope it will. both jack and jimd. both of them are looking at these issues almost afresh. many of us have been. we have passed over 250 reforms that have not done the work. it's been reforms that the dod was comfortable with and just don't go far enough and don't change the outcome. the committee has been looking at this issue for eight years. it is time for a floor vote. i don't think the committee should be allowed to keep sole jurisdiction of this issue since after eight years of work it has failed. we do have 66 co-sponsors. imagine how many bills do we have that have both the support of liz warren and ted cruise and chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell, and that's what we have here. so it's widely bipartisan. i believe it's time and i hope that senator reed changes his mind. this is a reform president biden said he was for. he said he wanted to remove all serious crimes from the chain of command. i think through advocacy and persuasion, we can persuade him. >> thank you very much for coming on to talk to us about

jim. >>> one of the issues we expect president biden to address with vladimir putin is the freedom of imprisoned u.s. marine veteran trevor reed. ry has been in a russian jail since 2019 when he was sentenced to nine years for endangering, the russian court said, the life and health of russian police officers in an altercation. reed and his family have denied those charges. u.s. ambassador to russia, john sullivan, called reed's trial, quote, theater of the absurd. now reed is speaking out in a letter that he sent to his family from the hospital while sick there with coronavirus. the letter dated june 7th, prison authorities forced him to write it in russian even though he doesn't speak it fluently. it says in part, we are quoting, "i have not received any other letters. i don't know whether you will receive this letter from me or not." he also notes he tested positive for covid again writing, "i've got pain in my lungs. also i suffer from cough from time to time. i have lost a futile grams in weight." he asks does the embassy and the state department in washington know about me? remarkable. reed's parents spoke exclusively wi

the other thing ralph reed points out is that as far as he is concerned, the party is still a big tent and people have room to disagree. jim? >> and at the same conference, ted cruz made some outlandish comments about critical race theory being taught in schools. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: i absolutely lost count of the number of people who got on the stage and talked about critical race theory. senator cruz who showed up also yesterday really sort of took it to a completely different level. listen. >> critical race theory says every white person is a racist. critical race theory says america is fundamentally racist, irredeemably racist. it seeks to turn us against each other. if someone has different colored skin, seeks to make us hate that person. let me tell you right now, critical race theory is bigoted, it is a lie, and it is every bit as racist as klansmen in white sheets. >> reporter: the temptation is to say speakers like ted cruz were trying out campaign messages for the coming years. however, critical race theory has been around a long time. the only thing that's really changed in the last