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It had come back to near normalfor most of the country. itjust shows you how transmissible and challenging the delta variant is. but for victoria and south australia, two states that have gone in and out of lockdown successfully, because they went in early and hard, the criticism for new south wales in sydney in particular, where i am, is that the authorities did not nail is early enough. and when the rules came in, they did not come fast enough. so, a lot more uncertainty here, because, yes, it...

Final back to you, ben. i have morphed into rebecca. lets return to news that a deaf woman has won the right to compensation after she complained that no british sign language interpreters were present at government covid briefings in england. katie rowley from leeds says it caused her stress and frustration, and she took legal action against the cabinet office. the government had disputed her claim. our correspondent steve holden has more. british sign language is used by about 70,000 people in...

A scheme to, you know, they had a scheme, but they are now sort of ramping up their scheme to relocate their interpreters, many more people work for the americans than for the british. its a cut off. i mean, you know, what constitutes a rejection? for what sort of offence, was it a disciplinary offence? was it something more serious because? but also, what groups do you include or disclude? for example, what about drivers? what about, you know, there is a gentleman who was an afghan gardener who...

And shes now at a school which will enable her to be the best she can be. nikki fox, bbc news. a deaf woman who complained about a lack of british sign language interpreters at government covid briefings in england has won a high court battle for compensation. katie rowley, who is from leeds, took legal action against the cabinet office. mrjustice fordham said the absence of any british sign language interpretation constituted discrimination against ms rowley. but he added that the government wa...

Afterwards. now, lots of people have gathered here, every rank of police officer from gathered here, every rank of police officerfrom cadet gathered here, every rank of police officer from cadet to chief constable is in there today, and as i say, it will be a moment of reflection, but also a moment of deep emotion when they come to remember those many people who have lost their lives. indeed. thank you very much indeed, phil mackie. dozens of former military commanders, including four former chi...

Remember, this is working with the embassy, our diplomats in afghanistan —— as other western forces theyve committed child and — western forces theyve committed child and dont discriminate between different_ child and dont discriminate between different sorts of people. ——remember, this is a group of people who worked loyally, in a very committed way with british military, but also the british embassy, our diplomats in afghanistan, and now suddenly found themselves vulnerable as britis...

She has won the right to compensation. what did the judge say? mrjustice fordham. he agreed, said third katie rowley you have a justified grievance. on what the government was saying about subtitles, he said that was not good enough, a stereotypical opinion to assume that deaf people can just make do with subtitles. he pointed to the covid briefings in scotland and wales which had on platform british sign language interpreters next to those leaders and the argument for having one in england was ...

Bill to expedite the process to get afghan translators who helped u.s. forces to safety as america ends its longest war. quote, when the u.s. pulled out of vietnam, there were unfortunate, sometimes tragic repercussions for some of the vietnamese who assisted our troops. the idea of the house bill was to not let that happen again, to appreciate loyalty, and understand humanity. in voting no, the congressmen proved themselves to be unmistakably the opposite. they are not the only facing backlash ...

An overwhelmingly bipartisan bill to expedite the process to get afghan translators who helped u.s. forces to safety as america ends its longest war. quote, when the u.s. pulled out of vietnam, there were unfortunate, sometimes tragic repercussions for some of the vietnamese who assisted our troops. the idea of the house bill was to not let that happen agains are -- again are to appreciate loyalty, and understand humanity. in voting no, the congressmen proved themselves to be unmistakableably th...

The memo was issued hours after a state department spokespenn condemned violence against afghans who helped forces. this is what it says. while the taliban has stated they will not harm former interpre tellers or others who worked for foreigners, recent atrocities against interpreters and other afghans indicate theyre showing little regard for human life and human rights on the ground. its largely driven by the taliban. an astonishing rescue was caught on camera after a woman and baby were pin...