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Joyful! it is 6:10am. good morning. lets take a look at todays papers. "summerfreedom on hold tilljuly" is the daily mails headline. it says postponing the final lifting of restrictions planned for later this month is likely to "enrage" mps, business leaders and the hospitality industry. the sun leads on the same story, reporting that the delay to "freedom day" will come as a blow to euro 2020 football fans. the paper says hopes of a full wembley stadium for the football tournament have been "da...

The governments considering a four—week delay to the final lifting of coronavirus restrictions in england, originally planned for 21stjune. theres concern about the rapid increase in cases of the more infectious delta variant, first identified in india. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker reports. removing legal limits on social contact, easing restrictions for large events, the proper reopening of nightclubs — all part of the plan for englands final step out of lockdown. but recently...

Lewis we will see rain at times. temperatures in single figures of rural parts of the east but humid airfights back in the rural parts of the east but humid air fights back in the west and humidity levels are creeping up across the odd as we go through tomorrow. still some rain in 0rkney and shetland and later into the western isles. most places will be dry, a bit of sunshine in scotland in western ireland. getting close to 30 celsius as the humidity creeps in. it lasts on monday. elsewhere, the...

The serious talks at the g7 get under way. for the uk prime minister, issues over northern ireland hang over his talks with fellow european leaders. meanwhile, the us presidents focus will be on forming an alliance of countries to combat the influence of china. the uk government is considering delaying the lifting of englands remaining coronavirus restrictions by up to four weeks, after a spike in cases involving the india or delta variant. and wales and england fans are gearing up for their tea...

And in weather, while cloud and patchy rain may continue in the north—west of scotland, for many it is turning sunnier through this weekend. tomorrow it may be humid and hot, too. ill have the details here on breakfast. its saturday, the 12th ofjune. our top story. the government is considering delaying the lifting of englands remaining coronavirus restrictions by up to four weeks. the final stage of the road map out of lockdown was due to take place on the 21st ofjune. there are growing conce...

Celsius in aberdeen. a warmer day for northern ireland. and across the midlands towards the south—east, temperatures could make a humid 28 or 29 celsius. as we head into monday, for much of the country it will turn cooler from the north. not so in the south—east — temperatures could make 30 celsius perhaps in the london area. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... shock at the euros this evening as denmarks christian eriksen collapses on the pitch during their match against finland. uef...

The other main stories in the uk and around the world this hour: the uk government is considering delaying the lifting of englands remaining coronavirus restrictions by up to four weeks, after a spike in cases involving the india or delta variant. and wales and england fans are gearing up for their teams chances this weekend in the euros. the queens official birthday has been marked with a scaled—back parade in the grounds of windsor castle led by the scots guards, due to covid. and a lobsterf...

Which will soon be arrows, which will soon be appearing. we will bring you those pictures as and when they happen, but for the moment, from here in cornwall, i will hand you back to the studio. studio: christian, thank you for that. you are watching bbc news. the headlines... shock at the euros this evening as denmarks christian eriksen collapses on the pitch during their match against finland. uefa have released a statement saying he has been transferred to hospital and stabilised. the match be...

Commitment to these goals. in fact putin thrives on chaos. i think that begs the question, is a stable, predictable relationship with russia even remotely realistic as long as vladimir putin is in charge? >> probably not. this will be a good week for u.s. foreign policy and defense policy. to some extent, all president biden has do is show up at the g7 nato, the european union to gather together our allies and then meet mr. putin with a renewed sense of strength from our own allies. remember, th...

This is bbc news. im ben brown, live in cornwall for the g7 meeting of world leaders. the lifting of englands remaining coronavirus restriction could be delayed by up to four weeks — as the prime minister says its a race between the spike in cases and vaccines. youve got to be cautious it in order to deliver what we want to see, which is an irreversible road map, but were looking at the data today and again youve got hospitalisations up, youve got cases up. the prime minister also says theres ...