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Businesses that rely on travel, and the businesses that need tourists to survive, from souvenir shops to taxi drivers. >> it's great for our industry. >> reporter: for now, instead of exponentially soaring, britain's delta variant cases appear to be slowly falling, and deaths are barely a fraction of what they were back in january's second wave. but despite that, the u.s. is still advising americans against traveling here, citing at least in part concerns over the delta variant. linsey? >> julia, thank you. here in new york, police are calling it a brazen, coordinated attack. four suspects r...

Linsey? >> maryalice, thank you so much. starting tomorrow in the uk, fully vaccinated americans will not have to quarantine upon arrival. that's certainly welcome news for many businesses across the pond. julia macfarlane reports from london. >> reporter: tonight, the countdown to freer travel to the uk is under way. >> we are very excited to see the american tourists coming back to london. it has been a long time, and we've missed you guys. >> reporter: in just hours, the uk will lift restrictions that required americans and europeans traveling there to quarantine for ten days after arrivi...

Whit? >> brittany, thank you. good to have you tonight. now to afghanistan and the battle for control as american troops head home. the taliban rapidly gaining ground. half the country's roughly 400 districts now in their hands. the u.s. is frantically processing thousands of visa requests from those who worked with american forces. here's abc's julia macfarlane. >> reporter: tonight, the taliban on the march, launching fresh attacks on three afghan cities. militants targeting key areas like kandahar that could be devastating for the government to lose as american troops head home. >> i have...

In virginia this week. our martha raddatz in afghanistan last month speaking to one interpreter who was side-by-side with u.s. marines in helmand province. he says his family's lives are on the line. >> if they take over kabul, then they will come and they will behead us all. they will kill us. >> reporter: tonight, the afghan government is fighting to keep control, but the taliban have been gaining momentum, capturing more than half the country's 400 districts. whit? >> julia macfarlane, our thanks to you tonight. and in france, thousands turning out against the government's new health pass...

Change and the increase in global temperature is threatening ski resorts and livelihoods. abc's james longman witnessed glaciers melting at an alarming rate on mont blanc, western europe's highest mountain. >> we often think of climate change as taking place on the outer reaches of our world. from greenland, the antarctica, islands in the indian ocean, but what's happening here on mont blanc shows that the changes are happening much closer to home. >> reporter: around the world global warming is causing glaciers and sea ice to melt at a rapid rate. one geologist based in italy telling us that ...