from buffalo, hardest hit by the blizzard of the century welcome to bbc news. italy has become the first european country to order covid tests for visitors from china, following growing alarm at the rapid rise in chinese infections. earlier, taiwan said it would introduce a similar scheme. japan and india have already ordered travellers from china to be monitored. the us could follow suit. there s concern travellers could bring new variants of the disease. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes. china s hospitals are overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding terrifying results. wards full of desperately ill people. outside this hospital in chengdu, a queue for emergency services. government officials say the situation is under control. that s not what these pictures suggest. at the dongjiao funeral home, one of the city
hello and welcome. italy has become the first european country to order covid tests for visitors from china, after concern at the rapid rise in chinese infections. earlier, taiwan said it would introduce a similar scheme. japan and india have already ordered travellers from china to be monitored. the us could follow. there s concern travellers could bring new variants of the disease now that beijing is lifting travel restrictions. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes. china s hospitals are overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding terrifying results. wards full of desperately ill people. outside this hospital in chengdu, a queue for emergency services. government officials say the situation is under control. that s not what these pictures suggest. at the dongjiao funeral home, one of the city s biggest, more evidence
good morning. it is saturday may 14th. according to the latest survey, americans view inflation as the top problem facing the country right now. this is no surprise as the price of everything is rising. there s a lot more going on behind the scenes. i want to get in to it with gas prices. it rose averaging $4.42 a gallon, according to the automobile association. a top $4 per gallon in every state, well above $5 a gallon in california and hawaii. this leads us to the discussion of crude oil prices. the biggest factor that affects how much you pay at the pump. over the past 20 years, it s important to look at it overtime. the price of crude has had peaks and values. you can see the rise starting in 2002, then the fall after the 2008 recession, then another sharp fall in 2014, and then another in 2020, the beginning of the corona pandemic. oil falls when people use less than the world produces. now let s go to socks. i prefer to focus on the s&p 500. it is a better representatio
Starts right now. And right away we begin with breaking news tonight. A large fire in the east bay. You can see flames shooting out from the roof. This is just west of 880 in hayward on hall road at industrial parkway. This fire started a little more than an hour ago, and firefighters are just getting a handle on it. It does appear to be some kind of industrial building. There are no reports of injuries right now, but of course we will keep you updated as soon as we learn more. Moving on now to that developing situation on the roads, the posey tube, alameda back open after a fire stopped traffic with that we say, good evening, im dionne lim and im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us. It was a scary situation for drivers forced to leave their cars and walk out through the smoke. The tube connecting downtown oakland and alameda just reopened in the last two hours. A car fire stopped traffic about 730 tonight. Abc seven news caught video of crews pulling that burned truck out of the tunnel.
The american economy. And she said it wasnt a country album. Its a beyonce album. But the success of her latest album, cowboy carter, making historic waves in that genre. Good morning. Welcome to tuesday, april 9th. Yes, were going to start the check of our forecast with drew. And its going to be delightful. Today weve got spring like weather continuing warmer weather than yesterday. And that warming trend continues for the next couple of days. A live look from the exploratorium camera this morning. You can see plenty of stars out there. We have clear skies and were expecting total sunshine throughout the entire day today. Now, temperatures this morning need the jacket. Most of us beginning in the 40s, 42 right now in sonoma, San Francisco just updated a 50 a little bit cooler across the bay in oakland at 4850. In san jose, were at 46. In livermore. So if youd like to yesterday, today is equally as beautiful, but were warmer than yesterday. Just a few clouds early on, giving way to jus