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Half—term reduction followed by a significant increase, so i really am not being complacent there. case rates may be higher, but hospital admissions are about a quarter of the level seen injanuary, thanks to protection offered by vaccines. wales has the highest infection rate in the uk, and new measures are being brought in to tackle the virus. covid passes are being extended to cinemas, theatres and concert halls from mid—november, and other venues may yet be included. the first minister said this was necessary to allow a normal christmas, and the pandemic is farfrom over. hugh pym, bbc n...

Looking specifically because of globally the rise in some of these groups. they had been looking specifically at those areas. >> reporter: yeah. you have to remember new zealand has a population of about 4.5 million but only averages 30 to 35 murders a year. new zealand's coalition government apparently has agreed, at least in theory, to implement much tougher gun laws and either ban or severely restrict military style semiautomatic weapons. the shooter used the ar-15 semiautomatic, same gun that was used in the parkland florida shooting and sandy hook connecticut. in new zealand, you do need ...

By the end of this month. the epa says high levels of chemicals were not detected at the arkema fire. it erupted in a trailer. fire officials say there's more of that to come. >> this morning we still have six trailers on the site that are loaded with peroxides and we are doing overflights and watching the temperature build up, hot spots, things of that nature. and we do expect that sometime, i wish i had a chris crystal ba really don't. sometime soon there will be additional trailers that catch on fire. meanwhile residents are returning to their flooded-out properties and beginning the clea...

Toxic chemicals were not detected at the site of yesterday's explosion and fire at the arkema chemical plant in crosby, texas. fire officials say there is more of that to come. >> this morning we still have six trailers on the site that are loaded with organic peroxides and we are doing overflights and watching the temperature build up, hot spots, things of that nature. and we do expect that sometime, i wish i had a crystal ball, i really don't, but sometime soon we think there will be some additional trailers that catch on fire. meanwhile, cleanup has certainly begun for residents returning...

>> 20,843 migrants reached greece in just one week from august 8 through to the 14th. that brings the total number of migrants who reached degrees in 2015 to almost $160,000. for comparison, the total number of migrants in 2014 was 43,500. >> thousands of desperate immigrants are hoping to find shelter on a cruise ship the greek government has set aside to house migrants. >> we are on the island of kos and has obtained exclusive footage. >> reporter: this is the solution to the migrant crisis. a cruise ship to house 25,000 at a time. >> reporter: refugees can temporarily live aboard the ship w...