A silver from the women and a bronze from men in the 400 metre relays bring the tally to six in the final moments of the world athletics championship. Good morning. We are talking about Family Run Businesses this week. They are on the increase. There are nearly five million Family Run Businesses in the uk contributing nearly half a trillion pounds to the british economy. And 50 years after pirate radio ships were outlawed, we look back at how they changed the sound of music radio. And carol has the weather. Good morning. For many central and eastern areas today, dry and bright with sunshine. Rain in the west that is slowly going east and north through today. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you. See you then. Good morning. First, our main story. Arrests of passengers suspected of being drunk at uk airports and on flights have risen by 50 in the past year, according to an investigation carried out by bbc panorama. Critics of the Airline Industry say a voluntary code on alco
To take back military intervention. Also ahead now that i know the finish is near, i can finally have a hot shower and warm bath. The winner of the yukon arctic ultra marathon. First ukraines president says troops have pulled out of the eastern town of debaltseve in what he described as a planned and peaceful way. They were surrounded by prorussian rebels. Fighting in the town continued despite a ceasefire. Debaltseves become a key prize for the prorussian separatists. Its at the intersection of two major highways that link separatist territories in the east. Its rail hub is also important for delivering coal supplies. Loss of the town represents a serious defeat for ukrainian troops. I dont know, our commanders didnt tell us whether its a retreat or rotation. They told us that change our position because our unit had been there quite a long time and we had quite a lot of losses, so they took the position that we should leave our position. The press kept away, so al jazeeras paul brenn
For the paycheck protection program. Now, all of this as the virus and its infections reach 4. 9 million nationwide and unfortunately, 160,000 deaths so far. Nbc jo ling kent is in los angeles with more on the jobs report and lee an caldwell on capitol hill covering the latest on the stalled relief talks. Jo, let me begin with you. Walk us through the numbers and what they say about the state of the economy this morning. What we know is this economy is a slow recovery. Thats what were feeling on the ground when we talk to people, and thats exactly what this jobs report was saying today. The good news is for the thirty month in a row, the Unemployment Rate is ticking down. 10. 2 . You saw good job gains with leisure, hospitality, retail, professional business services. Thats all good news. Overall, in this pandemic, you do see the 22 million jobs have been lost and weve only really seen a recovery about 9. 3 million of them. So that basically means that weve seen a lot of people go back
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Marketed men beat him, yelled racist slurs at him, put a rope around his neck and splashed him with a chemical. Hes black, openly gay and a star on empire. Investigators say they couldnt find any video of an attack. But they released images of two persons of interest as they put it who were in the area around the at the time of the alleged assault. Last week Police Arrested two nigerian brothers. Investigators described them as suspects. But then released them after questioning. Whatever they told police raised new questions about smolletts story and investigators say they want to sit down with the actor again. Smollett has denied reports that he staged the attack and slammed people that dont believe him. Mike tobin reporting. Hes live in chicago where the investigation is taking place. Mike . Chicago police say they no longer consider smollett to be a victim of a hate crime. They want a followup interview with him. His team says not today. A short time ago, a statement was released fr