that was and harmer talking to ben brown a little bit earlier.ly coronavirus cases has risen again for the first time in a week. the latest government figures show there were just over 27,731; new cases in the latest 24—hour period, though that number is down on the same time last week, which means on average, there were 30,494 per day in the last week. 91 deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours meaning on average, 71 deaths were recorded per day in the last week. the number of people in hospital with covid continues to rise — there are now more than 6,000 — for the first time since march 18. more than 88% of uk adults have now had theirfirstjab and more than 71% are now fully vaccinated. the rider charlotte dujardin has become great britain's most decorated female 0lympian of all time with six 0lympic medals after winning bronze in the individual dressage. she won two golds at london 2012, gold and silver in rio, and now in tokyo she has added two bronze medals to her record—breaking haul, as our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. whe

i am ben brown. this is bbc news with the latest headlines: england complete their final training session and will head south ahead of the clash tomorrow at wembley against italy in the final of euro 2020. england captain harry kane wants to win it for supporters. yeah, i know they'll all be there cheering us on around the country and we just can't wait to, hopefully, yeah, try and win the game for them. the build—up has reached fever pitch — tens of millions of football fans will be managing their nerves, ahead of kick—off tomorrow night. italy are unbeaten after 33 matches, so expectations are sky—high there too, with fans hoping their team can bring home their second euros trophy. fully vaccinated nhs staff could be let off having to self—isolate after contact with someone with covid to try to tackle staff shortages. the wimbledon women's final is about to get under way — world number one ashleigh barty faces karolina pliskova pliskova for the title. and at 2.30pm, panorama follows companies on th

i'm ben brown with our other main stories.he uk's vaccine minister says the government is confident that plans to lift a range of covid restrictions will go ahead onjuly 19 in england. but he also said masks are still expected to be worn indoors. the fortification of the vaccination programme has allowed us to cautiously move to step four and the pm will say more about this. sir richard branson prepares to venture to the edge of space, on the first passenger flight of his virgin galactic spaceship. it's a day full of anticipation for england and italy fans, ahead of the final of euro 2020. more than 60 thousand are expected at wembley stadium in london where the two countries face each other tonight. it's a historic game — for italy it could be the first time they become european champions in decades. for england — a win would be their first ever euros title and a first major tournament victory in 55 years. gareth southgate�*s squad arrived at their hotel in waford after their final training session. the team have received goo

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hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines... not long now, then...s all set for tomorrow night at wembley — england versus italy. who will win euro 2020? england captain harry kane wants to win it for supporters. yeah, i know they'll all be there cheering us on around the country and we just can't wait to, hopefully, yeah, try and win the game for them. the build—up has reached fever pitch. tens of millions of football fans will be managing their nerves, ahead of kick off tomorrow night. italy are unbeaten after 33 matches, so expectations are sky—high there too, with fans hoping their team can bring home their second euros trophy. fully vaccinated nhs staff could be let off having to self—isolate after contact with someone with covid to try to tackle staff shortages. the wimbledon women's final is underway — karolina pliskova is facing world number one ashleigh barty for the title. now on bbc news... panorama follows companies on the brexit frontline as they navigate their way through britain 5 new trading relationship with europe. the government sa

i'm ben brown.their hotel near london ahead of tomorrow's final against italy in the final of euro 2020. england captain harry kane says he's desperate to win it for the fans. yeah, i know they'll all be there cheering us on around the country, and we just can't wait to, hopefully, yeah, try and win the game for them. the build—up reaches fever pitch — millions of fans around the country preparing to watch the game tomorrow night at 8pm. italy are unbeaten in 33 games. they've now arrived in the uk, hoping to win their second euros trophy. applause. and at wimbledon, world number one ashleigh barty has won her first ladies singles title.

hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines... england complete their final training session and will head south ahead of the clash tomorrow at wembley against italy in the final of euro 2020. england captain harry kane wants to win it for supporters. yeah, i know they'll all be there cheering us on around the country and we just can't wait to, hopefully, yeah, try and win the game for them. the build up has reached fever pitch. tens of millions of football fans will be managing their nerves ahead of kick—off tomorrow night. italy are unbeaten after 33 matches, so expectations are sky—high there too, with fans hoping their team can bring home their second euros trophy. fully vaccinated nhs staff could be let off having to self—isolate after contact with someone with covid to try to tackle staff shortages. the wimbledon women's final is underway — it's one set all as the world number one ashleigh barty faces karolina pliskova for the title. now on bbc news, click looks at the tech trying to recreate the hajj experience for those un

this is bbc news with ben brown.restrictions, including mask—wearing and social distancing, will end in two weeks' time. he said vaccines are breaking the link between covid infections and deaths. fears are rising in afghanistan about the deteriorating security situation as nato's withdrawal nears completion. local troops are now guarding bagram air base, but reports of taliban advances have heightened concern about an afghan military collapse. gunmen in nigeria have kidnapped at least 140 schoolchildren in the north west of the country. nurses and babies have also been abducted from a hospital in kaduna state. in tennis, the wimbledon journey of british teenager emma raducanu is over.

i'm ben brown. the headlines. from more than 200 countries will compete. a high courtjudge rules there should be a new investigation into whether state agencies could have prevented the omagh bombing in 1998. the victims' families say they feel vindicated. for a very long time there's been no doubt in my mind that omagh was a preventable atrocity, but nobody wanted to hear that message. not the irish government, not the british government. thousands of workers in the food supply chain in england no longer need to isolate if pinged by the covid app, as long

hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines...plete their final training session and will head south ahead of the clash tomorrow at wembley against italy in the final of euro 2020. england captain harry kane wants to win it for supporters. yeah, i know they'll all be there cheering us on around the country and we just can't wait to, hopefully, yeah, try and win the game for them. the build—up has reached fever pitch. tens of millions of football fans will be managing their nerves ahead of kick—off tomorrow night. italy are unbeaten after 33 matches, so expectations are sky—high there too, with fans hoping their team can bring home their second euros trophy. fully vaccinated nhs staff could be let off having to self—isolate after contact with someone with covid to try to tackle staff shortages. and, at wimbledon, world number one ashleigh barty has won her first ladies�* singles title — she beat the eighth seed karolina pliskova in three sets. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. join us in the world of tiktok. if you don't know

hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines — the german chancellor, angela merkel, visits the region of western germany hit by devastating floods. she says the world must hurry in its fight against global warming and pledges aid for rebuilding the area quickly. translation: it all suggests that it has something to do i with climate change. we have to hurry. we have to get a move on in the fight against climate change. the uk prime minister and chancellor have been accused of a u—turn. they are now self—isolating after being in contact with the health secretary, sajid javid, who has coronavirus, but at first the government said they were exempt from self—isolation because they were part of a pilot scheme. we did look briefly at the idea of us taking part in the pilot scheme, which allows people to test daily, but i think it is far more important that everybody sticks to the same rules. two athletes and an official at the tokyo olympic village have tested positive for coronavirus five days before the start of the g

rebecca jones will be with you to take it in the afternoon's news and of course ben brown is at wembleyime for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. there is a little bit of sunshine out there through the course of the afternoon. the cloud for many of us has been thinning and breaking up through the day, so we will continue to see some sunshine and shower clouds too. this was the picture a little bit earlier on from one of our weather watchers in worcestershire. over the next few days we are going to keep this theme of spells of sunshine but scattered heavy downpours around too. that's because we've got an area of low pressure that is quite slow moving and it's going to be remaining close to the uk for the remainder of the week. back to the rest of the afternoon and this evening, the heaviest of the showers will be across south—west england, wales, through the midlands, up to the likes of lincolnshire and into eastern scotland. if you are lucky enough to be heading to wembley later on today, most of those showers should fade away during the evening hours, by around 8.00pm i thin

this is bbc news with ben brown.cines will no longer have to self—isolate if they come into contact with a positive case. president biden has again appealed for americans to get the covid jab. it comes after his administration felljust short of its target of 70% of us adults receiving at least one dose by the july 11th holiday. the united states has confirmed that its military withdrawal from afghanistan is now more than 90% complete. the taliban, meanwhile, says it has captured another ten districts from the government. we still don't know the first finalist at euro 2020. italy and spain has finished 1—1 after extra time.

hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. for rebuilding the area quickly. translation: it all suggests that it has something to do i with climate change. we have to hurry. we have to get a move on in the fight against climate change. the uk prime minister and chancellor have been accused of a u—turn. they are now self—isolating after being in contact with the health secretary, sajid javid, who has coronavirus, but at first the government said they were exempt from self—isolation because they were part of a pilot scheme. we did look briefly at the idea of us taking part in the pilot scheme, which allows people to test daily, but i think it is far more important that everybody sticks to the same rules. two athletes and an official at the tokyo olympic village have

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this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines...t the prime minister is urging people to be cautious, with cases of covid on the rise. foreign travel rules change. fully vaccinated people no longer have to quarantine on return from amber list countries. back in business. hard—hit firms hope the end of restrictions will lead to recovery, though now they face staff having to self—isolate. but not everyone is celebrating. we speak to people who are immunosuppressed about how they view what some are still calling freedom day. and the uk and the eu have accused china of carrying out a major cyber attack earlier this year. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. 16 months after they were introduced, most legal restrictions on social contact have been lifted in england. there are now no limits on how many people can meet or go to events, nightclubs can reopen, table service won't be needed in pubs and restaurants. but the prime minister borisjohnson is urging people to remain cautious. he, the chancellor and the health secretary are all se

i'm ben brown. the headlines... england's deputy chief medical officerjonathan van—tam tells bbc news that covid vaccines have prevented 22 million cases — and 60,000 deaths. scientists warn that the uk is already experiencing the disruptive effects of climate change — with increased rainfall, more sunshine and higher temperatures. climate change is not something that isjust going to happen in 20 years or 50 years or towards the end of the century, we are very clearly seeing this in our observations now. team gb have secured two more medals at the tokyo games. bronze in the trap shooting and silver in the women's canoe slalom. it can mean so much for people, and i hope people see women now as an event that is really high class, there was some amazing paddling out there. half a million fewer people are now on furlough. but experts warn there could be job cuts as government support eases. a coroner concludes that liverpool football fan andy devine — who died this week after suffering life—changing inj

i'm ben brown. the headlines. a spectacular start to the olympic games with the opening ceremony under way now. more than 11,000 athletes from more than 200 countries will compete. a high courtjudge rules there should be a new investigation into whether state agencies could have prevented the 0magh bombing in 1998. the victims�* families say they feel vindicated. for a very long time there's been no doubt in my mind that 0magh was a preventable atrocity, but nobody wanted to hear that message. not the irish government, not the british government. thousands of workers in the food supply chain in england no longer need to isolate if pinged by the covid app, as long as they test negative. daily testing for pupils is just as effective at controlling covid in schools as self isolation, according to new research. a new study says an eight—week gap between the first and second doses of the pfizer vaccine is most effective for building immunity against covid. and the family of a british woman who went missing from her boy

i'm ben brown. the headlines at 6pm — england's footballers are on their way to their hotel near london ahead of tomorrow's final against italy in the final of euro 2020. england captain harry kane says he's desperate to win it for the fans. yeah, i know they'll all be there cheering us on around the country, and we just can't wait to, hopefully, yeah, try and win the game for them. the build—up reaches fever pitch — millions of fans around the country preparing to watch the game tomorrow night at 8pm. italy are unbeaten in 33 games. they've now arrived in the uk, hoping to win their second euros trophy. applause. and at wimbledon, world number one ashleigh barty has won her first ladies singles title. she beat the eighth seed karolina pliskova in three sets. fully vaccinated nhs staff could be let off having to self—isolate after contact with someone with covid to try to tackle staff shortages. good afternoon. england are on their way to the team hotel near watford just over 2a hours before they ta

i'm ben brown. the headlines...entury, we are very clearly seeing this in our observations now. team gb have secured two more medals at the tokyo games. bronze in the trap shooting and silver in the women's canoe slalom.

hello, this is bbc news with me, ben brown. establish a new balance, which both the uk and eu can invest in, to provide a platform of peace and prosperity in northern ireland. as record numbers of migrants cross the channel, france pledges to double police patrols of its beaches in a bid to deter the crossings. a neo—nazi who created two banned terrorist groups has been jailed for seven years. anger in liverpool as the city is stripped of its coveted world heritage status due to overdevelopment of its waterfront. new data for england shows that care homes in the north west had the most coronavirus deaths in the first wave of the pandemic, while the south east was hardest hit in the second wave. the heatwave across the uk has been continuing, and this afternoon, northern ireland has broken its all—time temperature record for the second time in five days. the gb women's football team off to a flying start at the tokyo olympics with a 2—0 win over chile. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. good

i'm ben brown. the headlines: the prime minister says he hopes england will return to as close to the pre—pandemic normal as possible from 19thjuly. we can see that even the cases are going up, young people, it is not feeding through into serious disease and death. daily covid cases reported in scotland have surpassed 4 thousand for the first time since mass testing began. uk employers will have to hear more of the costs of furlough, as the government begins winding down its job support scheme. nissan announces a major expansion of electric vehicle and battery production in the northeast of england, bringing thousands of newjobs to the region. some of the employees, their father worked here. they retired from here. the son is working here. they are proud of working here. so why not prepare generation after generation in sunderland as a part of the family and this is what we are going to do. a royal reunion — princes william and harry have come together to unveil a statue of their mother, diana, prin

good afternoon, this is bbc news with me ben brown — our headlines at 5pm. relaxing the rules.rom monday, fully vaccinated travellers from the united states and eu will no longer have to quarantine when they arrive in england. labour says it's reckless but the government says the time is right. we always said we would need to move in line with what is going on in the real world and people being vaccinated in europe and america means we can move to the next stage which means i live people to come here and if they are double vaccinated avoiding to have to quarantine. bronze for team gb�*s charlotte dujardin — who has riden into the record books, as britain's most decorated female olympian of all time — with six medals. this is wonderful. gold to great britain in the men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay! and britain's swimmers strike gold again at the tokyo olympics with victory in the men's 200 metre freestyle relay. the american gymnast, simone biles, pulls out of another final — saying she wants to focus on her mental health. nearly 28,000 new covid—i9 cases have been reported in

ben brown is outside the ground for us. atmosphere must be electric. �* ., , where the atmosphere must be electric. �* ., , ., electric. and actually all day thousands — electric. and actually all day thousands of _ electric. and actually all day thousands of england - electric. and actually all day thousands of england fans l electric. and actually all day . thousands of england fans have electric. and actually all day - thousands of england fans have been pouring into wrigley stadium, ever since this morning, hours ago when we arrived here. an hour to kick off now and is he said there will be about 60,000 fans in the stadium. the vast majority of them england fans so it is going to be a real cauldron of noise and that is going to boost the england team, no doubt about it. this is really home advantage for them. they have other advantages as well in a tournament with a team not conceding a single goal so far. so what is it going to be? if they can beat denmark tonight, then they will have italy on sunday and that would be

i'm ben brown.ace flight of his rocket ship. the crew parachuted back down to the west texas desert after an 11—minute flight. at least 430 migrants made the journey across the english channel to the uk yesterday, a new record for a single day. in an exclusive bbc interview, the prime minister's former chief adviser dominic cummings says borisjohnson put politics ahead of people's lives during the pandemic. the met office issues its first—ever amber weather warning for heat, with a forecast of 33 degrees celsius in some parts of the country. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. downing street has tried to clear up confusion about whether people should self—isolate when pinged by the nhs covid app. the business minister, paul scully, suggested that self—isolation when pinged should be a matter for individuals and employers to decide. but number 10 has since said it is crucial to isolate when contacted, and businesses should be supporting their employees to do so. they've also said there will be no

i am ben brown. fans hoping their team can bring home their second euros trophy. fully vaccinated nhs staff could be let off having to self—isolate after contact with someone with covid to try to

i'm ben brown.ii rare final decision next week. if we cannot reopen _ final decision next week. if we cannot reopen our _ final decision next week. if we cannot reopen our society - final decision next week. if we cannot reopen our society in i final decision next week. if we: cannot reopen our society in the next few weeks, when we will be helped by the arrival of summer and by the school holidays, then we must ask ourselves when will we be able to return to normal? but ask ourselves when will we be able to return to normal?— to return to normal? but labour leader says _ to return to normal? but labour leader says he _ to return to normal? but labour leader says he has _ to return to normal? but labour leader says he has concerns - to return to normal? but labour. leader says he has concerns about covid restrictions going all at once. . ., . ., , once. lifting all that protections in one no once. lifting all that protections in one go when _ once. lifting all that protections in one go when the _ o

i'm ben brown, building up to the latest coronavirus briefing from the government. the government confirms the remaining covid restrictions in england will be lifted next week. the health secretary says infections will rise but the nhs could cope because of the success of the vaccination programme. on the basis of the evidence in front of us, we do not believe that infection rates will put unsustainable pressure on the nhs. we'll be live at downing street at five o'clock as the prime minister prepares to hold a news briefing on the lifting of england's remaining restrictions. as england prepares to lift the remaining restrictions, we'll speak to our correspondents in scotland, wales and northern ireland to look at the restrictions in the rest of the united kingdom. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news, building up to the latest coronavirus briefing from the government, today led by the prime minister borisjohnson. it's been confirmed that the planned easing of restrictions in england will go ahead next monday on the 19th ofjuly. in the house of commons a short tim

i'm ben brown, building up to the latest coronavirus briefing from the government.d northern ireland to look at the restrictions in the rest of the united kingdom.

i'm ben brown. the headlines at four...m gb, including a silver medal for georgia taylor—brown in the women's triathlon, and bronze medals in the gymastics women's team final and the team dressage. simone biles pulls out of the gymnastics women's team final to focus on her mental health, before the us goes on to claim the silver medal. other headlines... more electronic tagging for burglars, and a pledge to provide a named officerfor every neighbourhood are announced as part of a new crime reduction strategy for england and wales after the storming of the us capitol building injanuary, police officers who came face—to—face with the protestors give evidence to a congressional committee. the rioters called me traitor, a disgrace, and shouted that i, an army veteran and police officer, should be executed. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. an inquiry report has criticised the london borough of lambeth for allowing the abuse of hundreds of children in its homes for decades. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse h

good afternoon, this is bbc news with me ben brown — our headlines at 5pm. relaxing the rules.

ben brown will be here in a moment, but before that, a look at the weather with ben rich.0s in most places. it will be very comfortable for sleeping. temperatures fall much further through the night but it will bring more cloud in through northern and eastern scotland, parts of eastern england. much of that will retreat back towards the coast tomorrow. for many spots it is a fine and sunny day. a couple of thunderstorms popping up, especially across western areas i suspect and that is where we will have the highest temperatures. because this easterly wind will be pushing the hot air further west was. northern ireland could get to 31 degrees and that will challenge the new temperature record that was setjust last the new temperature record that was set just last weekend. the new temperature record that was setjust last weekend. whereas temperatures will be lower across eastern coastal areas. here, we will see more cloud of friday, low cloud with mist and murk are much of that retreating to the coast. one or two showers, but this rain towards the south—west and temperatures

. - in a moment the bbc news at one with ben brown at wembley and jane hill who's here — but first it'soo. further south across england and wales more sunshine then we have had today but during the afternoon we will see these hit and mist scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms pretty dissimilar to what we have got out there is afternoon, best 20—23 . do watch out for locally torrential downpours a few do catch one of those showers. heading on into friday and eventually area of higher pressure starts to build in a lease for a time. we have got more fronts waiting in the atlantic button on the day of sunny spells on friday. again, some scattered showers bubbling up. most likely the parts of eastern scotland and eastern england as well. perhaps rain to the south—west later in the day but sunny spells in between. temperature somewhere between 16 and 22 degrees. still unsettled on friday and as we head into the weekend, more rain to come at times especially on saturday. a hint of something a little further south on sunday into next week. goodbye. england s footballers on the brink of spor

mike brown and ben sass and i said we began the process of a relationship between those entities ande them some liability protection if they made the standards and we want to share the resources of the federal government to help them fight off these attacks. so the order yesterday was really important, coupled with the president's work in the last month on letting russia know we're not going to to him rate this anymore and this is serious business. there will be a response. because that's been a missing piece in america's cyber policy. >> senator angus king, thank you very much for being on with us. >> and for, let me just say, speaking of maine, when we were able to see you and your wife in maine, i want to tell i, you gave us a gift, it keeps on givgs mika listens to the andy gibb every night. >> i have a record player. all right. angus king, thank you. ♪♪. >>> over to tokyo now where this morning u.s. swimmer caeleb dressel earns his first individual caeleb dressel set an olympic record in the 100 meter freestyle. poised to bring home what is his strongest event, 100 meter fly mat