Celebrate victory on derby day, but theres no shaking off the holders Manchester City, who remain hot on their heels. Good morning. Some heavy rain in Northern Ireland this morning. That will push north and east during the course of the day. It is the south east that will hang on to the driest and silliest conditions for longest. All of the details later on in the programme. Driest and sunniest. Its monday, the 29th of april. The Irish Government says it will pass Emergency Legislation to return rising numbers of Asylum Seekers arriving from Northern Ireland, because theyre fearful of being sent to rwanda. Irish ministers estimate that 80 of recent arrivals have come to the country via Northern Ireland but the uk government says it wont accept any Asylum Returns from the eu via ireland. Our Political Correspondent helen catt reports. The border between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland is designed to be easy to cross. But the Irish Government says its recently seen an influx
U. S. President makes a sales pitch to the world in a davos calling on companies to invest in america im heading home free at the World Economic forum and ill have more coming up. Plus the flying warnings from washington turkey vows to expand its controversial offensive against kurds in Northern Syria present and alonso as the operation will extend eastward to where u. S. Forces are currently stationed. Also ahead trying to tame corruption in africa the fight against corruption tops the agenda at the african unions main annual summit in ethiopia will ask our correspondent whether the plans under discussion can succeed. And the race for the european place isnt germanys but mostly they are as tight as ever france britain gladbach battle it out tonight as they try to get ahead of the pack. Mule. I. Cound well our thanks for your Company Everyone u. S. President donald trump passed delivered his much anticipated Closing Remarks to the World Economic forum in davos switzerland trump said th
The police say buyer purchased cell phones, they came there to sell the cell phones. Once they showed the money they took the money from him. That is when shots were fired and he fired at them. Two of the three robbery suspects were hit by bullets. One of them in the arm and the other was grazed. The spokes man says that regular customers were sod in at the time. Reporter investigators say an elderly woman was knocked to ground as suspects tried to get away. Reporter the police say they were able to get their hands on everyone involved. Both the buyer and the sellers in this case. We are told by the police are teenagers, none of them are old enough to own a gun. As for the mcdonalds here behind me, the dining room area was closed for much of the night. It appears to have recently reopened. The good news, none of the regular diners were injured hit by bullets tonight. Adam, thank you. We confirmed that the sheriff is stepping down. Rollins served since 2002. His resignation comes after
Reporter investigators say the call originally came in as an accidental shooting but they quickly determined walker fired the fatal shot. Police havent figured out a motive but they say there was a party going on at his house and the one next door. There was some alcohol volved during these parties that may have play the a factor so were still looking into that. Reporter now walker remains locked up at the Cumberland County detention center. He has no bond. If hes found guilty he could spend the rest of his life behind bars or he could face the death penalty. And Staff Sergeant Lewis Cardinal was a Camp Lejeune Marine in southern california. His unit manned the first fire isis saw the units moving in and practicing with artillery. A South Carolina firefighter died was crushed when his fire truck backed over him. A member of the Conway Fire Department outside myrtle beach. The six under investigation behind the state. He leaves behind a wife and a pair of daughters. The congressional ci
88 days left to the election. Happy friday, christine. It is friday. A lot to get to this morning before we move onto the weekend. Coronavirus our top story, of course, forcing life or death choices across the country, but for 160,000 americans its too late and the situation in the u. S. Wont improve until at least september. The cdc projects 181,000 americans will die by august 29th. Thats still 1,000 people a day until then. More than 1200 died yesterday. Now a separate influential model used by the white house projects the death rate gets even worse. Nearly 300,000 almost double the current total could die by december 1st, but this model also shows if nearly everyone wore a mask, 95 of americans wore a mask, 66,000 lives would be spared. Easy comparison. Kentucky mandated masks last month. Deaths are down. Tennessee has no mask requirement. Deaths are up. If every individual is wearing a mask is putting the brakes on transmission by 40 , that starts to add up. Thats why as we push t