Liz, thank you for that and thank you at home for watching cbs evening news is coming up next. Captioning sponsored by cbs r tlor tonight on the cbs evening news this thursday, a judge halts the deportation of a mother and daughter and threatens to hold the attorney general in contempt. Ats cked. The letter a police chief wrote fiter discovering his son is a suspect. But first the headlines in 60 edconds. A federal judge has just blocked the Trump Administration from deporting Asylum Seekers who are challenging rules established by the attorney general. This judge said you cant deport plaintiffs in the middle of a case. A huge revision from puerto e co about the death toll from Hurricane Maria. Puerto ricos government has acknowledged that more than 1,400 people likely died as a result of the storm. Dozens of children have been killed after a Saudiled Coalition air strike hits a school bus in yemen. He the war described as the worlds worst humanitarian crisis. Vice president mike pence
This is bbc news, im martine croxall. The headlines at nine. Storm ciara hits the uk with Gale Force Winds and torrential rain its set to cause huge disruption across the country. Travel is already being badly hit airlines have cancelled dozens of flights, and more than 20 Rail Companies have said their services will be affected. Theres been gusts of 75 mph yesterday. We are expecting possibly more than that today some predicting around 90 mph. The coronavirus crisis. A flight bringing 200 evacuees from wuhan back to britain lands at raf brize norton. A soldier who killed 26 people in a gun rampage in northern thailand has been shot dead by the Security Forces. Counting begins in the irish
general election as an exit poll puts the three main Political Parties level pegging. Coming up all the sport can englands cricketers level the one day series against south africa . And ill be looking at the sunday papers at 9 35, with my guests James Rampton, the features writer for the independent,
Dentists unable to work because of a shortage of protective gear, patients are taking matters into their own hands. A picture of gratitude how a leading portait artist is showing his appreciation for our Health Workers. And coming up on bbc news. European footballs governing body uefa stages further talks as its admits completing the current season will be impossible for some leagues. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The scale of the suffering caused by the coronavirus epidemic here in the uk became clearer today. The office of National Statistics revealed that the number of deaths has risen to its highest level in 20 years nearly double what would be expected at this time of year. In the seven days to april the 10th, there were 18,500 deaths in england and wales. More than 6,000 thats a third of them were linked to coronavirus. In that same week the number of deaths in care homes quadrupled, rising to more than a thousand and there are fears that the number may be high
The un warns the coronavirus pandemic could almost double the number of people suffering from acute hunger. More details on president trumps plan to temporarily halt immigration into the United States he says restrictions will last for at least 60 days. And for many of us in lockdown, exercising outdoors offers a chance to clear the cobwebs, but well be asking, how safe is it . Hello. Also today, were going to talk to British Companies who say they can help with sourcing and distributing ppe thats coming up in 15 minutes. But first, an raf plane carrying personal protective equipment for nhs workers has arrived in the uk. The shipment from turkey, including 400,000 surgical gowns, arrived in the early hours of the morning. It had orginally been due to arrive on sunday but suffered a series of delays. Meanwhile, the British Government is facing more questions over the confusion overjoining an eu scheme to bulk buy potentially life saving medical equipment. Ministers have insisted it did
In which the republicans took control of the senate, that does raise the question as to whether the president s new nominee for the attorney general will be confirmed for the job. Theres some interesting wrinkles there. Well have a report on that latebreaking news. Its also going to be the subject tonight on the interview. Weve got an incredible corruption story coming up out of the deep south. It involves a really, really good local journalist and the better part of a billion dollars in a Corruption Case in a very poor state. That amazing story is coming up later on in the show tonight and more. We start tonight in colorado. The top of the ticket, headline results in california elections were, of course, that mark udol lost his seat to a republican congressman named corey gardener. Democrats had control in both chambers of the Colorado Legislature heading into this election. And, as of right now, they still dont know whos going to be controlling the senate after this election. In colo