draining their bank accounts. for some victims it s fatal. one mother who fought to convince police her son s death was no accidental overdose. those images of unruly passengers on planes. today, the flight attendants on the steps of the capitol. what they re demanding congress do about it. the growing scam involving ai. how criminals can impersonate you or a loved one and cash in. and on this vietnam veterans day, , haarry smiith on a a journey home more than 50 years in the making. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. we begin with developing news out of the vatican tonight surrounding the health of pope francis. just days before the start of holy week observances, the 86-year-old leader of the roman catholic church is in a hospital in rome tonight after suffering breathing difficulties in recent days. tonight the vatican reports pope francis is being treated for a respiratory infection and will remain hospit
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publicizing what the state deemedukraine. that the government decides, you know, if this journalistic account about russia s war in ukraine is false or not, and if they think it s false, they put you in jail. so it s a joke, frankly, jo journ journalistically, it s sad for russia and for russians what vladimir putin is doing here and how much he s discrediting russia. many journalists for major os have gone through training, what will you do if you re kidnapped. i went through it. very different situation than actually living it, which you did. what is evan facing right now? he it s a funny, you know, thing. he feels terrible for his family i know that might sound strange, but you know, he loves reporting. i was reporting afghanistan many years ago and the taliban held me for seven months, and you know, he s like telling the truth. he s actually trying to i think help the russian people by reporting on the ground there and taking a risk, but showing how much th
good evening! look at this t shirt. .. lil dead common! tributes from the queen consort, among many others, to the entertainer, paul o grady, who s died at the age, of 67. the scandal of one of police scotland s main control rooms using a dummy system to manipulate response times. and one of the biggest animals ever to walk the earth, the skeleton of a patagotitan dinosaur, soon to appear in london. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: we ll have the best of the action from the women s champions league, as arsenal take on bayern munich and attempt to turn the tie around and book their place in the last four. good evening. the government has announced plans to house migrants in two former military bases in essex and lincolnshire and at a separate site in east sussex in a bid to cut rising hotel bills. the immigration minister, robertjenrick, says the bases could hold several thousand people. the refugee council, warns the plans are entirely unsuitable, bu
and amsterdam tells british tourists who are after sex and drug to stay away in a digital campaign. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin today in germany where king charles has arrived on his first state visit as monarch. he also became the first head of state since the second world war to be honoured with a full ceremonial and military welcome at the brandenburg gate, in berlin. the trip was originally due to begin in france, but protests against raising the pension age meant that visit had to be postponed. king charles has paid tribute to germany s extraordinary hospitality towards ukrainian refugees and said both the countries must stand together with ukraine in defence of freedom and sovereignty . our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has the latest from berlin and a warning that this report contains some flash photography. white tie and tiaras for the state banquet. but don t be too dazzled b