Water supplies in south devon, meaning around 40,000 people are now being told to boil their water before they drink it. South west water believes a faulty air valve in a pipe in a Farmers Field that leads to a reservoir is the likely source of a Waterborne Parasite Infection that causes sickness and diarrhoea. 22 cases of cryptosporidium have been confirmed so far in brixham. Residents in the area are being told it could be another week before the problem is sorted. 0ur South Of England correspondent jenny kumah is in brixham tonight. Its been a day of people telling me about their frustration and disappointment at the situation here, but tonight, people are slightly closer to knowing the answers to the key questions of what may have caused the outbreak and how long the disruption could go on for. This Primary School playground should be full of kids. Instead, pupils are at home. The head closed the school because it hadnt had any bottled water delivered. Its obviously to protect the
First, the latest headlines. A man has been charged with the Attempted Murder of the slovak Prime Minister, robert fico. The politician is now able to speak, officials have said, but is still in a very serious condition after being shot several times yesterday. Slovakias Interior Minister described the suspect as a lone wolf who opposed the government. China and russia have put on a display of unity and mutual support during a meeting of their two leaders in beijing. Xijinping and the Vladimir Putin signed a statement that promised to deepen their countries relationship. Trade between china and russia has surged since moscows invasion of ukraine. South africa has asked the United Nations highest court to order an immediate halt to israels Offensive On Rafah in southern gaza. Todays hearing in the hague is part of a case accusing israel of carrying out genocide. Israel has dismissed the allegation as baseless. The European Union has begun a formal investigation into the Social Media Fir
Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. This is what sir keir starmer handed out at an event in essex today what he says are the first steps he would take as Prime Minister. The labour leader unveiled the six point plan to take to voters ahead of a General Election expected later this year. He rejected suggestions that his party was scaling back its ambitions and said the plans were fully costed and would be delivered in the first term of a labour government. Labour will also soon unveil separate sets of priorities for scotland and wales. The conservatives called his speech another relaunch. 0ur Political Editor chris mason reports. Flashing red, the Morning Commute in purfleet in essex today. The commuters, the people who want to run the country before the year is out. They were heading for a film studio of all places promises, pamphlets, pledges and no shortage of razzmatazz. And this stuff does not happen by accident. Keir starmer minus a jacket and tie, sleeves rolled up
You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. President biden has a message tonight for republican lawmakers in the House Of Representatives. The brinksmanship has to end. The president s remarks come after congress prepped within a few hours of a deadline that would have hurt millions of americans. The crisis was averted by a rare display of strong bipartisan cooperation, but republican hardliners are outraged that House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy made a deal with democrats. Florida congressman matt gaetz on the republican side says this week, he will call for a vote to Strip Mccarthy of that post. Its unclear whether other republicans will join him. In the meantime, mccarthy says that this is nothing more than a publicity stunt. You know, this is personal with matt. Matt voted against the most conservative ability to protect our border, secure our border. Hes more interested in securing interviews than doing something. He wanted to push us into a shutdown,
How he allegedly got in her building. And police revealing they were already tracking him before the killing. Could it have been prevented . The potential historic Flash Flood Threat on the east coast. Our exclusive aboard a u. S. Nuclear submarine for a critical missile test launch remembering a beloved actor from the harry potter movies. And the eyepopping new las vegas attraction before the grand opening, we go inside the Sphere Announcer this i Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening and good evening and welcome. As we come on the air tonight, the country is careening toward a shutdown of the federal government, less than 72 hours from now, with congress so far unable to make a deal to avert it the deadline Sunday Morning at 12 01 eastern time thats when Discretionary Spending by the government, absent a spending deal, will stop that includes no paychecks for federal workers, no government benefit payments, including some for veterans, and the closure of federal parks and mo