and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote in italy. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin this hour in the united states. an 18 year old man has appeared in court charged with murder, after ten people were killed in a shooting at a supermarket in the city of buffalo, in new york state. three others were wounded. of the 13 people shot, 11 were black. police said the gunman, payton gendron, livestreamed the killings. he s suspected of being a white supremacist. nada tawfik reports from new york. a busy grocery store in a predominantly black community. this was the shooter s intended target. the horror started immediately in the parking lot as the gunman emerged from his car, heavily armed and wearing tactical gear he shot four people, killing three of them. to eyewitnesses it was clear he came to do maximum damage. when i first saw him shooting, he shot a woman, he shot a deacon, he shot another woman, and then he went in the
Country are once again asking americans to mask up. This is due to a late summer spike in covid cases. Trace critics argue its more harm than good during the pandemic. Gillian should we expect we will all be Wearing Masks at work once again, at school . Thats what Everyone Wants to know and you are seeing more masks, covid cases are up, masks are making a return, even at the white house where the guidance seems to be a little confusing. This is what the Press Secretary yesterday had to say on the guidance. Since the president was with the first lady yesterday he will be masking while indoors and around people. In alignment with cdc guidance. Will remove his mask when sufficiently distanced from other indoors and while outside as well. Seems the president either did not understand the guidance, gillian, or was simply ignoring it. You see him starting off with the mask at the event yesterday, and then takes it off and then pinning a medal on a war hero in very close proximity maskless, t
Saturday night at nine easter a 60 starts now good evening on what was a blockbuster de in the criminal hush money trial. The former president in blockbuster because after what has at times been a meandering crossexamination, the prosecution is most important witness, Michael Cohen today, trump attorney todd blanche was able to repeatedly raised questions about cohens honesty. Not just in the past, but his honesty and his testimony before this jury this week i was in the courtroom this morning just before the lunch break. Blanche presented Text Messages to cohen between him and former trump bodyguard Keith Schiller. The messages were from october 24, 2016 and they appear to contradict it. Testimony cohen gave monday on direct examination that goes to the heart of the alleged scheme to falsify Business Records earlier in the week, cohen testified about texting schiller. He said under oath that he needed to talk to trump urgently schiller was always by his side. He testified that he you
We have been reporting this morning that they have targeted 100 hamas targets inside of gaza. In that one of the key operatives that was part of the seven of October Attack has also been on of the targets of the attack and thats why theyre doing it. It is towards the Ground Defensive will see when it happens and itstill remains to be seen. But the message from the israeli side is that we are going ahead. It is not a deescalation. We intend to go to gaza some point. The Defense Minister said they would have to see gaza inside and thus the language he wants his troops to here in terms of civilians in gaza. Katie, thank you. As we mentioned President Joe Biden delivered an address thursday to explain why more military aid to the ukraine is in americas longterm interests. On friday the white house will send an urgent request to congress to continue to fund the war efforts in both countries. The problem is the Congress Cannot Act until they choose a new speaker and no one knows how long tha
Special Saturday Night at nine eastern ac30 60 starts now good evening. On what what a blockbuster de the criminal hush money trial. The former president blockbuster, because after what has at times been a man during crossexamination, the prosecutions most important witness, Michael Cohen, today, trump attorney todd blanche was able to repeatedly raised questions about cohens honesty, not just in the past, but his honesty in his testimony before this jury this week, i was in the courtroom this morning just before the lunch break. Blanche presented Text Messages to cohen between him and former trump bodyguard Keith Schiller. The messages were from october 24, 2016 and they appear to contradict Testimony Cohen gave monday on direct examination that goes to the heart of the alleged scheme to falsify Business Records earlier in the week, cohen testified about Texting Schiller he said under oath that he needed to talk to trump urgently and schiller was always by his psi. He testified that h