Using the pretext of a political grievance, those behind these acts have sought to provoke a popular insurrection amongst our people. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. We start in western europe where hundreds of people remain unaccounted for after some of the worst flooding in decades. 120 people are so far known to have died as record rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks. In germany, chancellor angela merkel described the floods there as a catastrophe. Torrential rain has also devastated parts of belgium, the netherlands and luxembourg. Swollen rivers, including the rhine, the meuse and the arr have filled towns and villages, destroying homes and leaving many stranded. In the town of erftstadt in germany, whole houses have been submerged and a landslide has demolished parts of the town. 0ur correspondent, jenny hill, spent the day there. The ground just fell away. This is the town of erftstadt, where overnight houses collapsed as the water gushed i
Defends his military campaign against palestinian militants in gaza, as hostilities between israel and hamas continue into a tenth day. The family of a 24 year old woman from london, who was murdered in pakistan, call for her killers to be brought tojustice. New york s prosecutor has launched a criminal inquiry into donald trump s property company. And boom bang a bang! eurovision fans gather in rotterdam to celebrate the return of the song contest. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson had defended the government s policy on foreign holidays, after the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said ministers were presiding over a hopeless system , which threatened to let new covid variants into the country. Speaking at prime minister s questions, mrjohnson insisted the government s advice was very clear that people should not be taking holidays in so called amber list countries such as spain and greece. Recent comments from ministers have led to confusion about whether people should be booking f
It feels completely wrong to be in a situation it feels completely wrong to be in a situation morally, first of all, where situation morally, first of all, where we situation morally, first of all, where we are allowing that to happen, where we are allowing that to happen, whilst in many countries, vaccines happen, whilst in many countries, vaccines are happen, whilst in many countries, vaccines are being rolled out to younger vaccines are being rolled out to younger and younger populations at very low younger and younger populations at very low risk. Police prepare to excavate a cafe in gloucester, searching for mary bastholm. She disappeared in 1968, and it s thought she may have been murdered by the serial killer, fred west. When mary went missing in 1968, she was wearing a blue coat, a blue and white dress and a blue bag. From looking at the material, i can t say if it s a bag or a coat or dress but what i can say is, it s a blue bit of material within within a void.
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the former conservative adviser, mo hussein, and the westminster correspondent at the yorkshire post, geraldine scott. Lovely to see you both back. Our chat in a moment, quick look though through some of the front pages. I want meeting on the dumb the coming story, the daily mail is one of those. on the dominic cummings story. The mail leads on former downing street adviser dominic cummings denials over accusations he leaked text messages sent between the prime minister and businessman, sirjames dyson the paper describes it as all out war between mr cummings and his former boss, borisjohnson. The i strikes a similar tone on its front page, noting dominic cummings attacks on the prime minister s competence and integrity. That story also the lead for the telegraph but its front page also carries a message from government scientists who claim facemasks may not be needed this summer as
you can e mail me or message me on instagram or twitter. the worried parents of missing teenager richard okorogheye have appealed to him to come home he left his home in london eight days ago and hasnt been seen since. come home. we love you, we miss you terribly. we are not angry, wejust want to know you are ok. we love you, the whole family loved you, the community loves you. new footage is shown to the jury of the moments leading to the death of george floyd, on day one of the trial of the white police officer charged with his murder. and the suez canal reopens to traffic after that mega ship hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson hasjoined more than 20 world leaders, including president macron of france and the german chancellor, angela merkel, in calling for a new international treaty to help deal with future pandemics. a letter, signed by 2a world leaders, argues that a treaty similar to that reached in the wake of world war t