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almost a0 people are dead after a passenger train and a freight train collide head on. and the singer ed sheeran opens up about using music to cope with depression last year after his pregnant wife was diagnosed with a tumour. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the long—awaited disciplinary hearing following azeem rafiqs allegations of racism in yorkshire cricket club has begun in london. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. fresh questions have been raised about the ...

will have on the many people who have been following this story closely. after a national search, constance marten and mark gordon were arrested earlier this week on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. well bring you the latest from our correspondent at the scene. also on the programme... after the former health secretary matt hancocks whatsapp messages are leaked, fresh questions about the governments handling of the covid pandemic. in greece, more than a0 people are dead afte...

Pick up coverage next in the Situation Room. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitz her in washington along with erin burnett in new york. Were following major Breaking News on the vote a short while ago to remove Kevin Mccarthy as speaker of the house of representatives, the first in the history of the u. S. Congress. An incredible day. Mccarthys ouster led by Congressman Matt Gaetz, joined by other gop hard liners. It was sealed by democrats who co...

And highlights, really, the need for this public inquiry to scrutinise government decisions and actions as swiftly as possible. now, those hearings have been delayed but are due to start injune. so lets have a look at what was happening at the time when matt hancock sent his messages about care home testing on april 14th. that week, council bosses told the government there needed to be more reliable testing and that, generally, social care appeared an afterthought. also, care home deaths from co...

You cant say youre 48 hours plus negative in terms of a test. you want to go to a ski resort, restaurant, so on and so forth that also applies. italy has a vaccination takeup rate of around about 85% with the recent measures and measures to push the over 50s of working age population as well to get vaccinated, isa. that has led to a three fold increase in the number of 50s that have taken up the vaccine in italy. there is evidence that these measures are working. of course, as you can imagine, t...

Measures to stop the spread. the entire city of tianjin in china with 14 million is under lockdown. authorities are testing everyone for covid after multiple new infections were reported including omicron cases. starting today, italy will require a super green pass to access most businesses as well as public areas. it is only available to those who are fully vaccinated and no option for a negative test. covering both of those stories. nina, let me start with you in italy. talk to us about this g...

Started testing everyone. we have been doing this. and that rate, that percentage of tests that is coming back positive has gone up so theres no doubt that there is more covid in our community. >> i want to ask you about a debate were saying about the process. the fda has approved the nasal swabs, our children are doing this now as well. and in europe some are suggesting that the throat swabs are more effective. do you think thats something that we should be looking into now? are they more effec...

>> reporter: yeah, when it comes to pop culture and movies, and tv and sport, everybody wants to get back to where we were prior to the pandemic but its complicated. broadway has really led the way in terms of requiring vaccinations. theyve also created positions like the covid safety manager. in an attempt to keep everybody safe and have them return to the theaters. they also have been doing a lot of testing. movie production has been doing the same thing. theyre testing everyone, trying to mak...

>> i do speak to quite a few border patrol agents. reactions are mixed. overwhelmingly i would say at the just want some sort of consistency. they really want some sort of policy that is going to let people in that should be in but also to get a little bit of relief for them. they are understandably overwhelmed and seeing numbers they havent seen in a long time. >> bill: the mayor of mcallen, texas says the covid positive rate there is between 35 and 40%. if you are testing everyone in brownsvil...