Worlds ability to recover from the pandemic. Worlds ability to recover from the andemic. ,. ,. , Worlds Ability to recover from the andemic. ~. ,. ,. , masks are no more at least for vaccinated americans. The cdc says those whove had theirjabs can take their masks off anywhere, anytime. Indoors or out. We have all waited for this moment when we can get back to some sense of normalcy. And ive been speaking to the godfather of Shock Rock Alice cooper on his return to his hometown Of Detroit where he has just recorded a new album. Hello im Laura Trevelyan in washington. Christian fraser is in london. Israeli forces are massing on the border with gaza as the military considers plans for a possible ground invasion. Israel has continued its Air Strikes on gaza where people say they endured the worst night since the 2014 war. At least 83 people are reported to have been killed in gaza since monday. Seven people have died in israel. Palestinian militants have continued Firing Barrages of rock
Reporting undercover, as we reveal the full scale of the covid crisis overwhelming indias hospitals. And in Tonights Football Manchester united and arsenal look to make it through to the Europa League final. And coming up in the sport on the Bbc News channel, Alun Wynjones will captain the British And Irish Lions in theirsummertour of south africa, as their 37 Man Squad is announced. Good evening from the bbc election studio. Polling stations have just closed after a day of voting in england, scotland and wales, in the biggest test of opinion since the General Election of 2019. Some of todays contests should have taken place last year but were delayed because of the pandemic. The results will be closely watched not only for the state of the parties and their leaders, but also for their potential impact on the future of the united kingdom. In scotland, voters have been electing a new Scottish Parliament, with 129 members, and in wales theyre electing a new Senedd Or Welsh parliament, wi
it s just muggy out there. the muggies will make the rain and the storms and even a little bit of potential for wind later on today. by 5:00, a few storms around, maybe even approaching new york city. later on tonight we will see that continue for tomorrow morning. an awful lot of rainful around texas. 4 to 6 more on top of what you saw. new day continues right now. hello, i m brianna keilar alongside john berman on this new day. one conservative compares president biden s spending proposal to a 15-year-old with a credit card, but can america afford it. plus, the lawyer who oversaw the first impeachment of donald trump, which included giuliani s efforts to dig up joe biden, responds to the fbi raid of his home and office. and a new twist with governor gretchen whitmer. she s going to join us to respond as the suspects are facing new charges. children should be taught, quote, the good side of slavery. see the response in the room where it happened. welcome to our
now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament, where borisjohnson warns there could be tougher covid restrictions on people crossing the channel from france. we will take a decision, no matter how tough to interrupt that trade and to interrupt those flows, if we think it is necessary to protect public health and to stop new variants coming in. priti patel sets out new rules for dealing with asylum seekers she says the system will be firm but fair. 0pposition mps reckon it s an outrage. the home secretary should be ashamed to make this statement today, mr speaker. there is nothing pretty about this. it is ugly dog whistle politics. and the labour leader challenges the prime minister over army cuts. lord richards, former chief of defence staff, has warned that with an armed force of this size now, we almost certainly would not be able to retake the falklands. the prime minister has told mps that the uk may need to take tougher action on
conducted from now on. roughly half of the uk population now has antibodies against covid, either through vaccination or being infected. the terrible brutality of libya s civil war we have a special report from tarhuna, where they are exhuming the dead to find their loved ones. the case against the former policeman charged with the murder of george floyd resumes in the us city of minneapolis with more witness testimony. and temperatures soar as the uk provisionally records its warmest march day for 53 years. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. an official review into the policing of the london vigil held in memory of sarah everard has found that officers did not act inappropriately or in a heavy handed manner . footage from the event on clapham common showed women being detained, and the force was widely criticised, including by senior politicians. but the chief inspector of constabulary, sir tom windsor, says officers had done their best to disperse the crowd peacefu