About becoming smart, strong and tough men. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the head of nato is calling for a Spearhead Force to deter any russian aggression in eastern europe. Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced the plan today, in response to russias actions in ukraine. It calls for several thousand troops, ready to move on short notice. Alliance leaders will consider the plan on thursday. Well turn to the days events in ukraine, after the news summary. The United Nations Human Rights Council today condemned the Islamic State
To back footballer Marcus Rashfords campaign to feed disadvantaged children in england during the school holidays. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Millions of people across the uk are beginning their first full day of tighter coronavirus restrictions. People across wales are now in a so called firebrea k lockdown which will last for 17 days. Theyll now only be able to go out for a few reasons such as to buy food and exercise. Meanwhile more than 1. 3 Million People in South Yorkshire are now having to follow englands strictest coronavirus measures. The change means that about seven Million People, all in northern england, are living with the very highest alert level. Elsewhere in europe tens of thousands of new cases have been reported in the last 2a hours. France has now passed a million infections the Second European country to do so. And in the united states, more than
Questions after a shooting at one of the nations busiest airports. It happened near a Security Check point. Terminal three at Los Angeles International airport, one tsa agent was killed, three others were wounded. The gunman was taken into custody after a shootout. Officers. The investigators say they dont think anyone else was involved. We believe at this point that there was a loan shooter, that he acted at least right now, he was the only person armed in this incident. Brian rooney joins us live from Los Angeles International airport. Brian, good to see you. If you would, bring us up to speed for the very latest. Reporter the airport, tony, is still mostly shutdown. Occasionally a flight lands but there is none taking off. I think a passenger just passed me. There was a stream of passengers coming by on the rode way going into the airport, hoping to fly out sometime today or tonight. But airport operations are still not back to normal. We talked to some of the passengers, and theyve
Companys management to see if theres any problem the Prosecutor Says the crew members may not have properly communicated with passengers and they say the operator may not have trained the crew for emergencies. This alone was carrying four hundred and seventy six people when it capsized on wednesday on the island of qingdao fifty eight people have been confirmed that another two hundred and forty four people are unaccounted for utilities have the rest of the cast and the juice on hand to others. Company officials have been barred from leaving the country families of the passengers are battling frustration. And if that someone can rescue efforts continue others. One the ferry to be lifted out of the water an hq was naughty kolkata for points the sights and miss k and course content or knew me find a diamond is hoping taking it intends to enter the city that is now completely beneath the oceans surface. By the strains of my own scene ingenious into carrying focus of the population. They a
Tokyo will host the 2020 Olympic Games. Japan beat out istanbul and madrid. The contenders all had strong selling points, but they all faced serious challenges. The Olympic Games of 2020 awarded to the city of tokyo. [ cheering ] the build up to todays announcement was intense. Two years of lobbying, and tens of millions of dollars spent. All three finalists pushed hard to boast their beauties and hide their blemishes. Spain with an economy suffering 27 unemployment pitched low cost games and saying they already had most of the venues in place. Turkey highlighted a Strong Economy and the fact that it would have been the first muslim to host the elections as well as a link between europe and asia. The fighting tarnished the countrys image. Japan had to fight off images of leaking new england plants. They have the history of hosting one summer and two winter games since 1964. Some cities considered bids but none formerly applied. The big announcement, and michael eaves to talk about this