wales. the authorities called out on the night are now investigating what happened. headed by chief sutho maal. i can fully appreciate that the people living on waun wen road, and the surrounding areas, this would have been a terrifying experience for them. in terms of the response, we will look at all of these aspects. what calls were made to us and over what period of time we responded. but that will become apparent in due course. of course one of the allegations made against the police is that the police response that night was wholly inadequate. and that for the space of two or three hours there wasn't a sufficient police response. do you accept people have reason to be disappointed? i'll look at all aspects of it. so, mobilising resources, notjust from the immediate area but from across the force, which is something obviously we can do. i'll be looking at command decisions. and decisions as to when, where and how resources were deployed to the scene. seven police officers suffered minor injuries as they tried to confront the mob — with reports of up to 200 people

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but south wales police are continuing their investigations today. rck berlin across eastern and central parts of scotland and down the eastern side of england. another pretty warm night was 17 the overnight low in liverpool and then into tomorrow expect pulses of heavy rain at times across southern england, wales, east anglia with some broader gaps in between but the showers intense and to cause localised disruption. we will seek some of the mist and merck for north sea coast and requesting lastingly much of scotland and particularly west and northern ireland will seek sunny spells and still some relative warmth with highs of 26 degrees. states drive to the northwest on sunday but with more thunderstorms in the southeast. hello, this is bbc news with jane hill. the headlines... the greatest show on earth — but with no spectators. 11,000 athletes from more than 200 countries will compete in this year's tokyo olympics. the 32nd summer games was declared open as the olympic flame was lit at the spectaclar opening ceremony. a high courtjudge rules there

he was taken to the princess of wales hospital whether it was confirmed the child had died. investigationnd 5:45am this morning he may have information about how the child ended up in the water. they have called it a tragic incident and asking the public not to speculate about the incident on social media as this is an active investigation. the family is being supported by specially trained officers. the headlines on bbc news... elaine thompson—herah ofjamaica has won the women's 100m final at the tokyo games — in a new olympic recorm medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called a pulse oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin. and borisjohnson and his wife carrie have announced they're expecting a second child. their son, wilfred, was born in april of last year. we are going to stay with that story of the prime minister and his wife carriejohnson announcing that they carrie johnson announcing that they are expecting their second child. first, of course, was last year. announcing the news on instagram, carriejohnson also revealed that she had a miscarr

he was taken to the princess of wales hospital, where it was confirmed the child had died. an investigationthe area at 5:45 this morning who may have information about how the child ended up in the water. they have called it a tragic incident and are asking the public not to speculate on social media, as this is an active investigation. the family is being supported by specially trained officers. the prime minister's wife, carriejohnson, has announced she is pregnant. this will be the couple's second child together. announcing the news on instagram, carriejohnson also revealed that she had a miscarriage at the start of the year. she said, "i feel incredibly blessed to be pregnant again but i've also felt like a bag of nerves." the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has tweeted, "congratulations to carrie and borisjohnson on the happy news that they're expecting another child. i'm very sorry to hear of carrie's earlier miscarriage. i'm sure that her speaking out will be of comfort to others. every best wish to them both." zoe clark—coates is the chief executive of the mariposa trust — an organ

an investigation has been launched, after the body of a 5—year—old boy was recovered from a river in south walesled for information from anyone who was in the area at the time. let's get the latest from our wales reporter, liz clements. this is such a tragic story. what more can _ this is such a tragic story. what more can you — this is such a tragic story. what more can you tell— this is such a tragic story. what more can you tell us? _ this is such a tragic story. what more can you tell us? it - this is such a tragic story. what more can you tell us? it was - this is such a tragic story. what more can you tell us? it was at| this is such a tragic story. what. more can you tell us? it was at 545 this morning when police were called to a report of consent for a missing five—year—old child in bridgend. —— the port of concern. they found the body of the child in a river near a park and he was taken to the prince of wales hospital where it was concerned the child had died. an investigation is ongoing into the circumstances of the incident and the police are keen to anyone who was in the area at aro

wales, that's been awarded unesco world heritage status. cheering. the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigationy while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh, once an everyday part of the soldier's lot, drudgery and danger. now no more, after almost four decades. if one is on one's own in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't see why all these people should wander in and say you're doing something wrong. six rare white lion . cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and they've been metl with a roar of approval from visitors. - they are lovely and sweet, yeah, cute. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: as us covid cases continue to rise, the push to get the nation vaccinated means federal workers could be required to have the jab, or face more testing. japan records the highest daily number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic. the delta variant, and the olympics, are being blamed for the surge. the availability of covid—19 vaccines varies widely from country to country. in recent months, the shortage in many parts of the world has sparked the a rise in vacc

wales — that's been awarded unesco world heritage status. cheering. the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigatione drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh, once an everyday part of the soldier's lot, drudgery and danger. now no more, after almost four decades. if one is on one's own in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't see why all these people should wander in and say you're doing something wrong. six rare white lion . cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and they've been metl with a roar of approval from visitors. - they are lovely and sweet, yeah, cute. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore.0ur headlines as us covid cases continue to rise, the push to get the nation vaccinated means federal workers could be required to have the jab, or face more testing. japan records the highest daily number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic. the delta variant — and the olympics — are being blamed for the surge in cases. the availability of covid—19 vaccines varies widely from country to country. in recent months, the shortage in many parts of

an investigation has been launched after the body of a five—year—old boy was recovered from a river, in south walesve appealed for information from anyone who was in the area at the time. afghan security forces are battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. reports from herat, in western afghanistan, said the militants had broken through front lines — but a local official said government forces were moving cautiously to try to avoid civilian casualties. fighting is also continuing in kandahar and lashkar gah in the south. hundreds of people are reported to be fleeing their homes. secunder kermani has just sent this update from kabul. fighting is taking place in and around a number of afghan cities. in lashkar gah, in the southern province of helmand, taliban forces came within one kilometre of the governor's office right in the centre of the city yesterday before being pushed back. the afghan army commander there saying his troops managed to inflict a high number of casualties on the militants, but we understand they remain at the mostjust a few kilometres away from the city

pleads not guilty, after a long investigation into allegations of fraud at the former president's company. princes william and harry unveil a statue of diana, princess of walest would have been their mother's 60th birthday. game, set, match, federer. and the eight—times wimbledon champion roger federer eases into the third round to face brit cameron norrie. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel — mark cavendish makes a 32nd stage win of the tour de france as he closes in on the record of 3a, held by eddy merckx. good evening. the prime minister says he will set out in the next few days how he plans to end coronavirus restrictions in england on the 19th ofjuly. borisjohnson says he believes we are in the "final furlong", amid growing evidence that the vaccination programme is breaking the link between the number of cases and deaths. he said he recognised people's impatience for a return to normality — but warned there could still be some extra precautions needed. it comes as the uk today recorded its highest daily number of new infections since the end ofjanuary — almost 28,000. here's our health editor, hugh pym. it's been more than a year of un

wales. as the racket peaks, the police hit back the car wreck, it is the biggest so far uncovered in australia and it's taken 2 years of police investigations to unravel. police have recovered $120.00, stolen cars with a value of 2 and a half $1000000.00. we will be doing right back out of houses and had $3.00 and $4.00 cash hills. they were obviously cow rebirth. and they been taking place there was a 100 over the enemy because the stop you from making your easy money. mm hm. okay, is convicted of a number of offenses, but escapes a jail sentence. kyra industries that it often bought a towering ease of the media, increasingly demonizes south sydney as a hot bed of crime. john howard suite de power after 13 years in opposition and one nations pauline hanson is elected in queensland. ah, get rid of this multi culturalism because that is wanting to bother us also as a nation, we are multi racial. we are strong and, and be proud of it. with the return of john howard's as prime minister multiculturalism has been abandoned as a national audiology. and so people are feeling much more comfortable in the period of pauline hanson about talking about

hillsides in north wales that are now on a par with the canals of venice, the galapagos islands and the great barrier reef. cheering. the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigationfly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh, once an everyday part of the soldier's lot, drudgery and danger. now no more, after almost four decades. if one is on one's own in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't see why all these people should wander in and say you're doing something wrong. six rare white lion . cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park- and they've been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they are lovely and sweet, yeah, cute. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm in singapore. our headlines — as us covid cases continue to rise — the push to get the nation vaccinated means federal workers could be required to have the jab, orface more testing. on day 6 of the olympics — the men's golf competition gets underway — with all eyes on masters champion hid—ki matsuyama for the hosts japan — there'll also hideki matsuyama for the hosts japan — there'll also be golds up for grabs in rowing and swimming. let's stay with the olympics — the games

force of detectives to investigate those people who are demonstrating here in sydney and in two other cities. briefly, has the vaccination picture improved in recent weeks? new south walesates to send spare vaccines to sydney to try to quell this surge in delta variant cases. that was rejected by other state governments. they said they need the vaccinations themselves. certainly, australia's big challenge now is to get as many people vaccinated as possible. but very briefly, if you look at the figures, australia has recorded about 32,500 covid cases and 915 deaths since the pandemic began. those numbers do stack up pretty well compared to other countries, but when it comes to vaccinations, australia is lagging well behind many other parts of the world. 200 more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure staff in critical sectors can avoid self—isolation and keep working. a government scheme — which had just been for supermarket depots and food manufacturers — is being extended to include front line emergency services staff and some transport workers. our political correspondent helen catt explained, the growing numbers of employees being told to self—

investigation? p.m. johnson: this is a difficult business. this relates to a chip manufacturer in wales. i've asked national security advisor to review -- >> so it reviewed? p.m. johnson: we will look at it again. >> you told me -- p.m. johnson: -- to deal with it. what i can tell you, tom, his things to this government -- is thanks to this government, we are able to take action. >> i'm delighted. it is not you -- p.m. johnson: i want to stress on this issue, and there will be others. don't forget, this is the government where when i came in, we took steps to extricate this country. >> i remember. p.m. johnson: so this government is spending a huge quantity of taxpayer money to make sure we get out of our telecommunications networks out of the critical -- [indiscernible] i do not want anti-china to lease esther and pitchfork away every investment from china -- [indiscernible] >> if i may, there is a different between investment to the purchase of technology. we are seeing here is a company that is chinese backed. piercing a chinese state backed entity buying a semiconductor manufacturer

investigating. >>> in australia, sydney's coronavirus lockdown is being extended for another week as the city tries to contain the delta variant. the new south wales premiere says the going is to make sure this is the only lockdown they will need until more people get vaccinated. 27 new local cases were detected in the state on tuesday. sydney's schools will move to remote learning next we'ek afte their winter break. florida euryou're >>> european officials are trying to get back to normal. germany is easing restrictions from a handful of countries including the uk and the british prime minister is facing questions with his plans to fully reopen engranland in less than two weeks. those who have been fully vaccinated no longer need to self-isolate if they come into close contact with someone who tersed p tested positive. scott mcclain is joining us. the british prime minister faces a lot of questions over relaxing these covid rules. in a couple weeks germany is downgrading travel restrictions and all of this is making the w.h.o. very concerned. what is the latest on all this? >> yeah, july 19 the british government is planning to lift virtually and

wales. only 3% of recorded rapes resulted in a prosecution in the year 2019—20. a report by two watchdogs is demanding an urgent and fundamental shift in the way the crime is investigateds with me. still desperately low figures. one ofthe still desperately low figures. one of the ke still desperately low figures. (me: of the key recommendations still desperately low figures. ©“ie: of the key recommendations in a latest government review was at police and prosecutors needed to work more closely together. the report says there is a blame culture going on, pointing the finger at each other, it says while you have that mindset, you are never going to get any progress on the statistics and getting more cases to court because the government is committed to getting the prosecution right back to where it was five years ago. the people at the top of the police and the crown prosecution service say they have started working more closely together and in fact today they announced even greater collaboration and the watchdog says thatis collaboration and the watchdog says that is fine but where it really matters is what is happening on the ground and that collaboration has to filter

investigate those people who are demonstrating here in sydney and into other cities. briefly, has the vaccination picture improved in recent weeks? help? briefly, has the vaccination picture improved in recent weeks? new south walesimproved in recent weeks? new south wales. sydney is _ improved in recent weeks? new south wales, sydney is the _ improved in recent weeks? new south wales, sydney is the state _ improved in recent weeks? new south wales, sydney is the state capital, - wales, sydney is the state capital, the authorities in new south wales were asking other states to send spare vaccines to sydney to try to quell this surge in delta variant cases. that was rejected by other state governments. they said they needed the vaccinations themselves. australia's big challenge now is to get as many people vaccinated as possible. but very briefly, if you look at the figures, australia has recorded about 32,500 covid cases since the pandemic began. those numbers do stack up pretty well compared to other countries, but when it comes to vaccinations australia as well lagging well behind many other parts of the world. 200 more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure staff in critical sectors can

wales. only 3% of recorded rapes resulted in a prosecution in the year 2019—20. a report by two watchdogs is demanding an urgent and fundamental shift in the way the crime is investigatedn the report, says that police and prosecutors need to change how they work together on cases. we talk about a vicious cycle where everyone has concerns about the low numbers of prosecutions, but that concern can lead to a much more cautious approach to rape cases than other cases, which can result in considerable delays and in victims feeling that the focus is principally on them and their credibility, rather than on the suspect and building strong cases. as a result of those delays and that perception, that can lead to victims withdrawing their support for cases, which in turn contributes to low prosecutions, so we've highlighted that vicious cycle and we have said that the cycle must be broken. our home affairs correspondent june kelly told us more. last month the government produced its rape review and one of the key recommendations in that was that police and prosecutors needed to work more closely together. this report today says that there is this blame culture going on. they're

investigate those responsible. the number of people being told to self—isolate in england and wales by the nhs test and trace app hasquarantine on your return. four countries will be added to the list on monday, including croatia and hong kong. but the balearics will be removed. a rise in infections means they have been placed on the amber list. as of monday, whether you have to quarantine or not will depend on your vaccination status. and then there is the red list. travellers from these regions have to quarantine in designated hotels. four more countries, including cuba, have justjoined that list. the problem is, the rules are not quite the same for everybody. while most older people are fully vaccinated and could go on holiday to an amber list country without having to isolate on their return, many young people have not had their second dose of vaccine yet, which means they would have to go into isolation. i had one vaccine three weeks ago and i know from monday people who are double vaccinated do not need to quarantine when they return from amber list countries. however, i will need to quarantine. obviously that

investigation? relates to a chip manufacturer in wales and we are looking into it. it is a very important bill. i _ we are able to take action. it is a very important bill. i want - we are able to take action. it is a very important bill. i want to - very important bill. i want to stress, very important bill. i want to stress. and _ very important bill. i want to stress, and on _ very important bill. i want to stress, and on this _ very important bill. i want to stress, and on this issue, i very important bill. i want to l stress, and on this issue, and very important bill. i want to - stress, and on this issue, and there will be others, don't forget, when i came in, we took the difficult and painful step and greg will know all about this as you were the business secretary, we took the difficult step of having to extricate this country from the public huawei situation, and so we are spending a lot of taxpayers money to make sure that we get huawei out of our telecommunications network and out of the critical... you telecommunications network and out of the critical.

investigate the incident will hold its first hearing. a woman who was seriously injured after being hit by a car at a music festival in north wales sayshervehicle. elon musk�*s spacex has already been awarded a contract, but mr bezos says he will provide the extra funds needed to keep his company in the race. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello, again. we've seen some heavy thundery downpours in some parts of the country already this morning, and as we go through this afternoon, well, there will be further to come. some heavy thundery downpours, the risk of flash flooding in a few places. in between there will be some sunny spells. it won't be raining everywhere and it won't be wet all day, either. but you can see the extent of the cloud that has already been producing what we have seen this morning. the showers will be enhanced by a weather front drifting from the west to the east. low pressure firmly in charge and not much in the way of isobars to move the showers along, so not much of a breeze today. so if you catch a shower you will know all about it. it is likely notjust to be slow—moving but also torrential, and through