democracy. meanwhile, hundreds have been writing outside the cuban embassy in the spanish capital of madrid, and solidarity with the anti government demonstrations in the caribbean country u. s. white house press secretary, john thought you think the blame for the unrest lives with the cuban government. there's every indication that yesterday's protests were reactions of the people in cuba to exhaustion of the governance of the, of the leaders in the state. the economic mismanagement and the repression that we're seeing take place against the people of the country. having spent significant time in cuba during the special period, the harshest period of sanctions and deprivation, i can tell you there is real suffering and there is real malays and it is brought about as a direct result of the u. s. embargo. so it was inevitable that there would be protests like this. we can see that people have genuine grievances, but that they are also being pulled into a regime change agenda by organizations like this and see dro movement which have clear ties to the united states government. the trump admin

bloomberg spoke with the spanish foreign minister in madrid. maria, the sum of travels -- the summer travel season is so important for spain. maria: it is so important to this country. you need to factor that gdp accounts for 12% based on tourism figures. last year this was a disastrous summer season for spain but also the european countries across the mediterranean. numbers fell to a 51 year low with tourism spending also dropped 86%. i spoke to the spanish foreign minister yesterday in madrid and i asked her how hopeful are you to the summer season and how worried are you about the delta variant taking in? let's take a look? >> we are sequencing the variant in order to understand the prevalence. for now extremely low. maria: that was the spanish foreign minister speaking to me in madrid. it is also worth mentioning this week we have seen the digital tax go into effect in the european union. that means if you've been vaccinated and show you have a negative test, you do not have to quarantine. the problem is the united kingdom is a huge market

bloomberg's maria tadeo is very lucky and she is in madrid. just how important is this season for spain? >> you know, we are in madrid. i'm happy to be on this assignment. the sun is really shining. it has been a beautiful day so i can't complain. the country is hopeful that this will be a better summer. it is coming from a difficult year last year in which tourism numbers hit a 51 year low. tourism spending which is crucial for this economy 86%. the foreign minister told me we see vaccination and the digital pass is the key toward numbers this year. >> we are sequencing the variant in order to understand the prevalence. for now, extremely low, but we will continue to sequence and pay a lot of attention to ensure we know and we can respond. the best cure we have is to continue vaccinating at the moment. >> that was the spanish foreign minister speaking to us exclusively yesterday in madrid. during our conversation we did speak about the u.k. market, a huge market for spain. rules have changed. you do have to bring a test that is negative to co

over and asked whether mitigate, felt that russia's participation in the olympics was cheating itself. madrid came up with a very sharp response. first time in my life, i'm not going to answer a question. you should be embarrassed if itself, i think you should wire him from the olympics. i don't want to see him again. the international tennis federation responded that it will lot ban this journalist that a journalists have the right to off questions. but speaking of the question, this is not the 1st time this is happening. as i've said to athletes representing russia, media, just call it john of also said the same that he's been tested with questions about the doping scandals of the past. and i'd like to remind you of you with that. russia's participation in the tokyo olympics. this time is very much limited because of the doping scandals of the past because the world anti doping agency, effectively band russia and it's symbolic. strom taking part in major competitions across the planet for 4 years. russia won the appeal in the cost in the court for arbitration of sports, and thus the country

maria tadeo in madrid. thank you so much for joining us. wouter sturkenboom. our guest is still with us. i'm not going to ask you who you are rooting for in tonight's match. when it comes to this conversation, do investors need to be thinking about this? do we need to start positioning for a higher tax routine? wouter: i do think we should be at the margins understanding that what this does is stop the race to the bottom. it stops this perennial advantage that multinational companies have over domestic companies. it puts a little bit -- it downplays the geopolitical pressures from the american tech side of things. all of those things are positive. at the margin, you should probably lower your earnings expectations and your profit margin expectations because of tax rates. it's multi-years out. it's not a short-term concern. dani: ok. does that mean that you would not change your positioning on big tech if they are affected by this? wouter: no. we are not. our view is that we are more value when -- value oriented on growth. it is more positioned on the current v

we have met some dancers in madrid who are now facing an uncertain future. that's it for this week. coming up next time... christa's here with some of our favourite memories of new york city. from historical landmarks to hidden treasures. and the time she was made to face her public speaking demons once and for all. and i was like, "oh!" don't forget you can catch up with our more recent adventures on the bbc iplayer and we are on social media two. just search bbc travel and you won't be far off. but until next time, keep planning, stay safe and we will see you very soon. goodbye. you're watching bbc news, broadcasting in the uk and around the world, i'm lucy hockings live in tokyo. national and family triumph forjapan injudo as a brother and sister both win gold. africa wins its first gold medal as a tunisian teenager stuns the field to win the men's 400m freestyle. chelsie giles has won team gb�*s first medal with judo bronze. i'm tim willcox in london. in other news... plans to require football fans to be fully vaccinated if they want to go to premier league matches from octobe

we have met some dancers in madrid who are now facing an uncertain future. that's it for this week. coming up next time: christa is here with some of our favourite memories of new york city. from historical landmarks to hidden treasures. and the time she was made to face her public speaking demons once and for all. and i was like, oh! don't forget you can catch up with our more recent adventures on the bbc iplayer and we are on social media two. on social media too. just search bbc travel and you won't be far off. but until next time, keep planning, stay safe and we will see you very soon. goodbye. hello, everyone. i hope you're doing all right. we're turning a corner weather—wise at present. it weather—wise at present. has been very hot, but a and it has been very hot, but also dry and settled for most. we see a change that with some thunderstorms around. many of us have seen these already this morning and overnight. we will see heavy, slow moving downpours as well and where we see these, the risk of travel disruption. the areas of concern, southern england, parts of south wale

in spain, 41 in madrid, that is unusual. it is often hot in spain, 41 is one degree shy of the all-time record for madrid. ♪ >> when it war crime is committed, who is accountable? al jazeera follows a human rights investigator on his unprecedented journey to t french high court. >> i visited every place to make sure the information i wanted to bring. >> his fight for justice for innocent palestinians and their families. made in france on al jazeera. >> a footballer from spain, battling opponents on this pitch and fighting fascism at home and abroad. footballing legend, a warrior who used his beloved game to help himself and others survive the horrors of a nazi concentration camp. football rebels, on al jazeera. ♪ ♪ maryam: welcome back. our main stories -- a taliban delegation visiting the russian capital of moscow and insisting they are open to a cease-fire with the afghan government with conditions. the group claims to control 85% of the country. the un security council extending a mandate for aid deliveries to north

yesterday she ation for a dignified death estimates that in densely populated regions like madrid, that could be one application for youth and asia per day. or yet, i prefer to happen. kids will probably be people who have in advance form of cancer and only a few months left to live. and we are those who have severe heart lung kidney disease and would also dive within months measures. this is still a lot to learn about. the new law says that no marine only people who are incurable ill and the unreasonable hardship can make a request for youth and asia. people with mental illnesses excluded before the request is approved. several doctors into condition need to discuss each case and intentionally long process designed to avoid mistakes. the new law also means that doctors to the death won't have to stay hidden in the shadows anymore. some conservative politicians have criticized the law for putting lives in the hands of authorities. the catholic church would get use in asia to that resistance is why it took years for the law to be passed for her husband. the law comes too late, but his wi

the companies will build a center to serve the madrid region starting in 2024. separately ocado has reported epic. ahead of analyst estimates -- admitted. -- ebitda ahead of analyst estimates. a share sale as soon as this year with paris as a possible listing venue. final decisions are yet to be made. credit suisse says it is planning to introduce a work model that gives employees maximum flexibilit with staff able to decide how much time they want to spend outside and inside the office. policy for the rest of its global employees will be decided by local guidelines. anna: boris johnson plans to end all social distancing and make face masks voluntary thing people must live with the virus. >> allow people to make their own informed decisions about how to manage the virus. anna: we bring you the latest on the u.k. reopening story. the u.k. reopening experiment perhaps. a rising wave of infections. more on the covid fight next. ♪ anna: 15 or so minutes to go until the start of the cash equity session. u.s. futures look flat this hour. boris johnson has announced

that's get more on this from bloomberg's maria tadeo, who is in madrid for us. very good morning to you. what are the details of this? we heard the g7 talking about this. the oecd has pushed around various versions of this over the years, so what has been agreed? maria: if you look at the announcement made by the oecd, they promise a tax revolution for the 21st-century. we are looking at a new tax framework for international business based on two new pillars. the first one would be that effective rate of at least 15% for companies operating on a global scale and the second one and perhaps even more important, for european countries, is the reallocation of tax breaks to the jurisdiction where the services are made and provided. a lot of the european countries complained over the past year, they would shift profits to low tax jurisdictions and that would prevent them from taxing them the right amount of money in the countries that are benefiting from providing services and where they make money so this would open the door to that. as you said, this is an oecd agre

had taken the decision before the euros and that he wanted to focus on his club football with real madrid. kroos scored 17 goals in 106 appearances for germany, and helped them win the 201a world cup. norwich city have signed scotland midfielder billy gilmour on a season—long loan from chelsea. the 20—year—old was man of the match on his full debut in the goalless draw against england at euro 2020. gilmour made just 11 appearances for chelsea last season, starting only three league games. derby county will play in the championship next season, after the english football league decided not to appeal against a decision to just fine the club for their accounting policies. derby were told to pay £100,000 but won't now face a points deduction, which would have relegated them. chelsea women's manager, emma hayes, has signed a new contract with the club. following her success with the women's side, wining the league and getting to the champions league final, there was speculation that she might be tempted to go elsewhere. however, hayes has committed to chelsea, saying, "i really look for

barcelona, rialto madrid, and you vintage pursuing a breakaway super league. a court ruled on friday the governing body terminate disciplinary proceedings against the breakaway league. they were among a group of 12 clubs that first announced the super leak in april. however, the other nine teams quickly withdrew following a backlash. arsenal have completed one of the english premier league's biggest of the summer so far, signing a defender for reported $70 million. the 23-year-old joins on a long-term contract, as they look to rebuild. the site finished eighth last season and are embarking on the first campaign out of europe for 26 years. that is where we believe it for now. more sports news later. back to you in london. anchor: nasa saying the international space station was briefly thrown off course after a newly arrived russian module malfunction. three hours after the module latched onto the space station, jet thrusters fired, causing the station to pitch out of position more than 400 kilometers above the earth. the flight director declared a spacecraft em

more on this with -- she is in madrid. in terms of numbers, how significant is it going to be for the summer season in spain? >> this is seen as the key to reopen safely. we know 2020 was a horrible year for the tourism industry. looking at this country, tourism spending fell 86% in 2020. looking at the numbers, it hit a 51 year low. the spanish government believes the vaccination received in the country, but also the digital passport coming into effect will save the summer season. some expect 17 million people to come into the country. on a normal year, spain can get to 70 million people. they are still taking a hit, but three times the amount we saw last year. the key will be vaccination, but also tracking the variants. i asked the spanish foreign minister how worried the spanish government is about this. this is what she had to say. >> in order to understand the prevalence. for now, extremely low of the delta variant. we will continue to sequence and pay a lot of attention to ensure we know and can respond. but the best

it already has production facilities in madrid, toronto, and london. get ready for sticker shock. if you are buying a used car in the u.s., average used-car prices went over $26,000 last month. it is a record, up almost 30% from the begin of last year. a combination of the pandemic and the global semiconductor shortage led to historically low inventory in the new car market, and that pushed up demand for used once. . . that is your business flash -- that is your business/. guy: thank you for that -- that is your bloomberg business flash. guy: thank you for that. you can blame alix for that. we will be talking to pendragon in the next hour, one of the u.k.'s biggest car dealerships, to get their take on where this story is going. let's get what is happening in the markets and a little more detail. etf managers are having a great year as investors flock in to exchange traded funds at a record pace. our senior stocks editor dave wilson joins us now. he's been running the numbers. dave: you are looking at $492 billion going into u.s. etf's so far this year. to put that in perspective,

manchester united have continued their summer spending spree by signing real madrid defender raphael varane. an initialfee of around £34 million pounds has been agreed, potentially rising to 42 million with add—ons. varane won four champions league titles with real along with the world cup with france in 2018. united secured the signing of jadon sancho last week. toby alderweireld has completed a transfer from tottenham hotspur to qatar stars league side al—duhail. the belgium international had two years remaining on his contract, but he'll make the move to the middle east after spending six years at spurs, where he made over 200 appearances. in the hundred men's tournament tonight, jonny bairstow hit 72 off just 39 balls as his welsh fire side beat southern brave by 18 runs in cardiff. he and ben duckett put on a partnership of 116 in their winning total of 165—4. southern brave could only reach 147 off their 100 balls. earlier, in the women's competition, the result went the other way, with the southern brave comfortably beating the welsh fire. after being set 111 to win, a

one of europe's most famous streets, the tree—lined paseo del prado in madrid, has been added to unesco's's world heritage list. the un's cultural organisation said it was a landscape of arts and sciences, adding that together with its prominent buildings, among them the prado museum, the boulevard had played a key role in the city's history. the spanish government highlighted the fact that the paseo had been the first street of its kind to be open to all citizens — previously park—like boulevards were only open to the upper classes. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @ sally bundock bbc. stay with us. so much more to come. sunday was a day and extreme. the highest temperature was in northern ireland with 28 degrees. northern ireland, northern england and north—west wales. by contrast, quite a lot of cloud. this was a weather watcher picture sent in from kent, where there was a severe cluster of thunderstorms that developed and it brought some localised flooding as well. you can see the volume of lightning strikes, too, stretching all the way down from east anglia over to the isle of wi

and manchester united look set to continue their summer spending by completing the signing of real madrid defender raphael varane. an initialfee of around £3a million has been agreed — potentially rising to a2 million with add ons. varane won four champions league titles with real along with the world cup with france in 2018. united looking strong and doing the most big business after securing the signing of jadon sancho last week. that's all the sport for now. health leaders are warning that the nhs is as stretched now as it was at the peak of the pandemic injanuary, as hospitals in england deal with the backlog in non—urgent surgery, record demand for emergency care and increasing numbers of covid patients. in a letter to boris johnson and other senior ministers, nhs providers — which represents trusts — says they now need the "right funding" to ensure they can continue to provide the quality of care people expect. chris hopson is the chief executive of nhs providers. good morning to you. thank you very much for your time today. tell us more about what you're saying in this let

and, additionally, orkid sassouni and alex madrid had the audacity to e-mail and is and said "stop e-mailing me about the vaccine. i can't do anything about it." it's ridiculous. you have blood on your hands. people are dying and they're getting sick because they're not getting access to this vaccine. you're breaking the law when it comes to public record access. you don't even follow your own rules and procedures. i mentioned that at the last meeting two months. i don't even know where to begin. i don't even know. >> thank you for your comment. are there any other public comments at this time? >> yes. there's another public comment. caller ending in 1003 is being allowed to speak. >> good morning everybody. my name is will railing and i participate through a small accessibility organization, accessible san francisco, and i wanted to talk to you for a minute about the shared spaces program which is not on the agenda today, so now's the time for me to talk about that. many of you probably already know that on tuesday, a few days ago, the board of supervisors approved the program to become per

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and manchester united look set to continue their summer spending by completing the signing of real madrid defender raphael varane. an initialfee of around £34 million pounds has been agreed — potentially rising to 42 million with add ons. varane won four champions league titles with real, along with the world cup with france in 2018. united looking strong and doing the most big business after securing the signing of jadon sancho last week. that's all the sport for now. do head over to the website. the best place to go to follow everything at the olympics. charlotte dujardin is currently going for a fourth gold medal in the dressage team event and the women's gymnastics team final gets underway shortly — a young gb team in action a young gb team in action there as well as simone biles and the us. as the delta variant begins to take hold in the united states, some states are beginning to worry about the impact it will have on the unvaccinated. in california, one of the most vaccinated states, masks are now once again required to be worn in all indoor public places. our north america co

one of europe's most famous streets, the tree—lined paseo del prado in madrid, has been added to unesco's world heritage list. three of britain's biggest conservation charities are calling the un's cultural organisation said it was a landscape of arts and sciences, adding that together with its prominent buildings, among them the prado museum, the boulevard had played a key role in the city's history. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello, again. the met office has a yellow weather warning out for some heavy thundery downpours across parts of kent, sussex, as far west as brighton. not all of us will catch one, but low pressure is in charge of our weather so as we go through this week we are looking at cooler conditions with some heavy thundery showers and also some sunny spells. not all of us will catch those heavy downpours, but if you do, you will know all about it. for the rest of the uk we are looking at a fair bit of dry weather, some sunshine, but there will still be some showers knocking around. you could catch one almost anywh

but on the streets of madrid, it's all anyone was talking about. spain is going to win, obviously. 0f spain is going to win, obviously. of course, we are in spain, we have to win. at least that is what i think. italy, i like them. but i am from spain. i like spain, i would love spain. i like spain, i would love spain to win. spain. i like spain, iwould love spain to win-— spain. i like spain, iwould love saintowin. ., spain to win. italy is a good team, the have spain to win. italy is a good team, they have players. _ spain to win. italy is a good team, they have players, the _ spain to win. italy is a good team, they have players, the league - spain to win. italy is a good team, they have players, the league in i they have players, the league in italy they have players, the league in italy is— they have players, the league in italy is very important. i think it's a — italy is very important. i think it's a complicated team and a complicated match, especially when it's the _ complicated match, especially when it's the semifinal, everyone want

and manchester united look set to continue their summer spending by completing the signing of real madrid defender raphael varane. an initialfee of around £3a million has been agreed — potentially rising to £a2 million with add ons. varane won four champions league titles with real along with the world cup with france in 2018. and in rugby union... ..head coach warren gatland has made three changes to the british and irish lions line up as they look to wrap up the series against south africa in the second test on saturday. scotland scrum half ali price makes way for ireland's conor murray to come into the side. prop mako vunipola replaces rory sutherland and centre chris harris will start in place of elliot daly. no 8 taulupe faletau is on the bench after missing out on the first test. that's all the sport for now. let's cross live now to washington dc where the congressional committee investigating the january 6th attack on the us capitol is holding its first meeting. this is the chair, bernie thompson, we are expecting to hear from police officers who were amongst those attacked by

euros for spain last night after defeat in a 4—2 penalty shootout. 0ur reporter guy hedgecoe is in madrid. ican i can pretty much guess the atmosphere, how was it last night for everyone? it atmosphere, how was it last night for everyone?— atmosphere, how was it last night for everyone? it was pretty sombre. peo - le for everyone? it was pretty sombre. peeple were — for everyone? it was pretty sombre. people were upset, _ for everyone? it was pretty sombre. people were upset, disappointed. . for everyone? it was pretty sombre. people were upset, disappointed. i | people were upset, disappointed. i think that is normal, when you lose on penalties. spain had come so near. i think a lot of people felt here justifiably perhaps that spain had played a better game than italy. there was talk after the game about the possession spain had and number of chances they created. many people seemed to feel they deserved to go through. so people are pretty glum this morning waking up to find they will not be going to wembley for the final. i think people felt it was a good performance nonetheless. in