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This is bbc news. the headlines at seven... the health secretary says the delta variant of the coronavirus is 40% more transmissible and the government is "open" to delaying the lifting of coronavirus restrictions in england due onjune the 21st. that does make life more challenging for everybody. and you have seen that the case rates have risen a little. but, the good news is that hospitalisations, the number of people arriving at hospital is broadly flat. coronavirus cases in the uk rise by 49%...

This is bbc news. the headlines at seven... the health secretary says the delta variant of the coronavirus is 40% more transmissible and the government is "open" to delaying the lifting of coronavirus restrictions in england due onjune the 21st. that does make life more challenging for everybody. and you have seen that the case rates have risen a little. but, the good news is that hospitalisations, the number of people arriving at hospital is broadly flat. coronavirus cases in the uk rise by 49%...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the duke and duchess of sussex announce the birth of a baby daughter, who they have named lilibet diana. she was born on friday in california. the uk health secretary says the delta variant of the coronavirus is 40% more transmissible and the government is "open" to delaying the lifting of restrictions in england later this month. that does make life more challenging for everybody. and youve seen that the case...

The threshold, i think of that will probably not come for a little while yet. which is why the uk and european countries are reluctant to rescind the digital tax because it is probably going to be probably years before this regime comes into effect. . ~ , ~ the indian capital delhi has announced a gradual lifting of covid restrictions, weeks after being ravaged by a second wave. markets and malls will partially reopen from monday. despite the move, officials are still warning the country to prep...

Dropping to level zero. continued caution, though, still required. its the direction of travel thats really important. at the same time, weve got to be very conscious that we have more and more people coming here, and were really asking them to take a lateral flow test, and even our own community, going away and coming back again, just taking those tests to give us an extra degree of safety. safety amid a difficult, fragile position. but as a new day begins, so does a new dawn on regaining many ...

Costs and desperately scrambling to get back and big airplanes are scrambling to get people back and said a number of britons understandably have decided to cancel their summer vacation that they had previously booked to portugal. the bigger problem here is this question of variants circulating inside the uk. that might seem perplexing to many people who is looking at the uk and saying its one of the top five vaccinating nations in the world and one of the vaccine success stories. over half of u...

Freedom from restrictions in england onjune 21, that is what boris johnson is hoping will still happen. scientists fear another wave despite the success of the uks vaccination programme. lets start off with you. during the 21st, will restrictions be lifted in england? borisjohnson says, you know, the data is looking pretty good but actually, a lot of the figures are going in the wrong direction at the moment. yes, i think this one will go right to the wire, possibly up until the 14th of june bec...

The program that the pentagon has had that started in 2007, the advanced aerospace threat program. its been cloaked in secrecy from the start, and the lifting of the curtain is part of the reason to sort of -- the pentagon wants people to feel more comfortable coming forward. at the same time, they are keeping all this stuff secret and that doesnt encourage people to come forward. >> i was speaking with kbraeshl team on the intelligence committee. they are taking this very seriously and asking t...

Perhaps the only thing everyone can agree on is that more data is needed. naomi grimley, bbc news. lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news. kurdish officials in northern iraq say at least three people have been killed in a turkish air strike on a camp for displaced people. the strike on the makhmour camp — housing kurdish refugees from turkey — comes three days after president recep tayyip erdogan warned that turkey would "clean up" the camp, which it claims provides a ...

Thats when the government hopes to move to its final stage of its roadmap for lifting lockdown in england. the prime minister and health secretary say more data will be assessed next week before any final decisions will be made about restrictions being lifted in england. helena wilkinson, bbc news. the indian capital delhi has announced a gradual lifting of covid restrictions, weeks after being ravaged by a second wave. markets and malls will partially reopen from monday. despite the move, offic...