in somalia, hundreds of communities are being ravaged by drought, causing a humanitarian crisis that is harming the country s most vulnerable. we have a special report. and johnny depp s lawyers say accusations of domestic violence have ruined him, during closing arguments in the defamation trial with amber heard. hello and welcome to bbc news. police in texas say it was the wrong decision to delay entering the classroom in a school in the city of uvalde, where 21 people were killed by a gunman on tuesday. it took 53 minutes for armed police to eventually go in. as local people come to terms with tragedy, grief is turning into anger. here s our north america editor, sarah smith. terrified students were rescued from the school while the gunman was still in one of the classrooms. the children trapped inside were desperately calling 911 for help. one young girl called back four times, telling the operator some of the students are still alive, and pleading, please send the polic
for taking more than a0 minutes to enter the school and stop the government. 19 year old boy described how he managed to survive. 19 year old boy. one, nine year old boy. and he said, it s time to die. when he shot, it was very loud and it hurt my ears, and when i saw the bullets on the floor it wasn t real. and the actor kevin spacey has been accused of three sexual offences against three men. the uk government has announced a huge financial support package to households hit by rising energy bills. the chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak said the country had a collective responsibility to those hit hardest by rising bills. the package is worth £15 billion and the chancellor announed that part of it would be funded by a windfall tax on energy companies. the oil and gas sector is making extraordinary profits. clamour. not. not as the result of recent changes to risk taking or innovation or efficiency, but as the result of the surging global commodity prices, driv
And Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by the tisch wnet stt Lincoln Center in new york, this is pbs newshour weekend. Thompson good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im megan thompson, in for hari sreenivasan. The iraqi army claimed a major victory today over Islamic State militants. The army said it has defeated isis fighters in the city of ramadi, about 80 miles west of baghdad, after a week of heavy fighting. An Iraqi Military spokesman said the u. S. Trained troops have retaken a complex isis was using as a headquarters and are now focusing on clearing out pockets of resistance. The Iraqi Government plans to hold a flag raising ceremony over the complex on monday. Ramadi was captured by isis in may, in what was seen as an embarrassing defeat for the iraqi army. At the time, u. S. Defense secretary ash carter said iraqi forces had shown, no will to fight. Cleanup and Recovery Efforts are underway in the suburbs of
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