The advice on whether pregnant women should get vaccinated has changed wildly over the course of the pandemic, and it's left many who are expecting uncertain about their decision-making. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz speaks to a new mom who tested positive one week before her due date.
Bill Kristol, editor-at-large at The Bulwark, and CNN's Erin Burnett discuss the launch of "Trump cards" by the former president's political action committee.
CNN's Miguel Marquez looks at the rise in Covid-19 vaccinations in Alabama, despite the state being tied with Arkansas for the lowest vaccination rate.
Great Britain's gold medal winning diver, Tom Daley, unveils the cardigan he has been knitting while at the Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo.
Berdigestyakh (Russia) (AFP) – Russia's Yakutia region, which has a border with the Arctic Ocean and sits atop permafrost on a territory nearly five times the size of France, is a canary in the coal mine for the global climate crisis. And with this summer being Yakutia's driest in 150 years, according to local officials, the region became a tinderbox that has seen wildfires tear through more than 1.
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces one-off payments to many Indigenous Australians living in former Commonwealth territories who were forcibly removed from their homes as children. The federal government redress scheme is part of a Aus$1 billion (US$740 million) plan to reduce the sharp disadvantages faced by Indigenous Australians.
Chiba (Japan) (AFP) – Japan's Hiromu Inada is watching the Tokyo Olympics hoping to pick up some tips from the athletes before he competes in next year's Ironman world championship, at the age of 90. Inada, who turns 89 in November, already holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest person to complete an Ironman competition — a gruelling format involving swimming 3.
Several dozen people demonstrate in front of the University Hospital Institute (IHU) in Marseille against the compulsory vaccination of hospital staff. The French Constitutional Council has validated the law introducing the health pass and compulsory vaccination of caregivers, two key measures in President Emmanuel Macron's anti-Covid strategy which are increasingly being contested in the streets.
Bormes-les-Mimosas (France) (AFP) – In a video posted on Tik Tok and Instagram, French President Emmanuel Macron answers a question about the health pass and says it allows businesses and places of culture to remain “open” in the face of the Delta variant, which he says is “even more formidable”.
Varympompi (Greece) (AFP) – People on the outskirts of Athens are left to grapple with the devastation caused by forest fires. More than 500 firefighters, a dozen water-bombing planes and five helicopters have been battling the blazes outside the capital which are now reportedly under control.
Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis returns to work full-time following a colon operation, urging the international community to help a struggling Lebanon on the anniversary of the explosion that killed over 200 people.
Jalalabad (Afghanistan) (AFP) – Afghans in Jalalabad city chant “Allah-u Akbar” (God is greatest) in support of the Afghan security forces, as part of calls to gather on rooftops at 9 pm following similar scenes the night before in the western city of Herat, that is under siege, after government forces countered the latest Taliban assault.
