there was blood everywhere in troops for a possible embassy evacuation. we advise americans not to travel to sudan. police are searching for a driver who injured a police officer while fleeing a traffic stop. that led to a chase across manhattan. the most powerful rocket ever built exploded above the gulf of mexico today. spacex s starship spacecraft disassembled minutes after blasting off. norah: eye on america. arizona is facing a water crisis. why a foreign country could be making the problem worse. so, when you look out there and you see all that green, what do you think? i see money leaving america. norah: and major league move, where the oakland a s may soon call home. good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, we want to begin with the dangerous weather that is sweeping across the nation after nearly a dozen tornadoes tore through oklahoma, kansas, and iowa on wednesday.
there was blood everywhere in the house. norah: want american killed in sudan, as the u.s. physiciane embassy evacuation. we advise americans not to travel to sudan. police are searching for a driver who injured a police officer while fleeing a traffic stop. that led to a chase across manhattan. the most powerful rocket ever built exploded above the gulf of mexico today. spacex s starship spacecraft disassembled minutes after blasting off. norah: eye on america. arizona is facing a water crisis. wy a foreign country could be making the problem worse. so when you look out there and you see all that green, what do you think? i see money leaving america. norah: and major league move for the oakland a s may soon call home. good evening, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, we want to begin with a dangerous weather that is sweeping across the nation after nearly a dozen tornadoes tore through oklahoma, kansas, and io
paying tribute to the queen s tenure. as ukraine approaches 100 days of war, president zelensky urges western nations to step up their weapons deliveries, with russia now in control of 20% of his country. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. we begin this hour with breaking news from the united stated, where presidentjoe biden has delivered a rare primetime address to pressure congress to pass gun reform laws after a string of mass shootings. from the white house, he said that it is time america needed to strengthen background checks on potential gun owners. he appealed to congress to make changes to the existing laws. the united states has been shaken in recent weeks by high profile mass shootings at a grocery story in new york, an elementary school in texas and just on wednesday evening a medical building in oklahoma. republicans in the congress and some democrats have blocked such demonstration for years. in the last two decades more school a
we have a special report. and britain s prime minister, borisjohnson, rejects calls for his resignation, after a highly critical report into lockdown parties at downing street. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. let s go to the us first. president biden has pleaded americans to support reforms to gun laws, to make a fundamental impact on gun crime in america. officials in texas have now confirmed 19 primary school children and two teachers were killed in tuesday s attack in the city of uvalde in the south of the state. the youngest victim was just seven years old. the 18 year old gunman was shot dead at the scene. our north america editor sarah smith is in uvalde and has been speaking to members of the community. the heartbreak is painfully apparent for parents, families and neighbours. it must be the worst news anyone can hear young children killed in their own classroom. as the police responded to the shooting, parents had to wait to discover i
are literally being razed to the ground. and britain s prime minister, borisjohnson, rejects calls for his resignation after a highly critical report into lockdown parties at downing street. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in the united states. the gunman who shot dead 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in texas is reported to have posted three online warnings before his attack on tuesday. the governor of texas, greg abbott, said salvador ramos wrote first that he was going to shoot his grandmother, then, that he had done so. he then declared he was going to shoot up an elementary school. this message was sent only 15 minutes before he reached the school. the 18 year old was killed by border police. the attack took place in the town of uvalde in southern texas. our north america editor sarah smith is there and has been speaking to members of the community about how they re coping. the heartbreak is painfully apparent