tourists have been evacuated from beaches in south western turkey, where raging wildfires are now threatening hotels and homes. employers who still have staff on furlough will have to start contibuting 20 per cent of workers wages from today. and coming up later this hour, witness history. team gb have two more gold medals on day nine of the tokyo olympics, with success in gymnastics and bmx. and in the last few minutes, italy s lamont marcelljacobs has taken gold in the 100m final. it means a new olympic champion for the first time since 2008. but heartbreak for britain s zharnel hughes who was disqualified after a false start. in the gymnastics, max whitlock retained his olympic title, with gold in the pommel horse final the 28 year old now becomes the most successful gymnast ever in the event and it brings his overall tally of olympic medals to six with three golds and three bronze. in the bmx freestyle charlotte worthington recovered from a fall in herfirst run to cl
multiple injuries and reports the shooter was a sixth-grade girl what we re learning about that the school bus hijacked with 18 children on board. the suspect an army trainee with a rifle who abandoned his post the new u.s. warning to russia as the kremlin masses troops on the ukraine border andrea mitchell s exclusive conversation with secretary of state blinken. new images inside a migrant holding facility that was overcrowded with children two months ago. and why a texas democrat says they don t tell the whole story. and the price you pay for summer travel. the surprise fees to watch out for. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone as america eases open the doors of familiar life this week, the number of people we ve lost in this country to covid has quietly ticked above 580,000 over 600 deaths today alone. a reminder the battle has not been won but a dramatically slowing rate of deaths and covid infections tells us the vac
it s easter monday, april the 5th. our top story. everyone in england will be offered two free rapid covid tests each week from this friday, under the government s plans to expand its testing programme. the health secretary, matt hancock, says the additional tests will play a crucial role in curbing future outbreaks of the virus as life returns to normal. our health correspondent jim reed reports. rapid lateral flow tests are already being used to test secondary school pupils, families with children and those who cannot work from home. from the end of the week, they will be offered to everyone in england. these devices give a result in 30 minutes. they can be picked up from a local testing centre or pharmacy or ordered online and delivered in the post. even when people have no symptoms, they may be infected and they may be infectious. and if we can catch those people early, then we can break transmission and that reduces the number of people who are infected, it reduces the l
lockdown continues to ease in scotland, as garden centres, homeware shops and hairdressers all reopen. after a half time rocket from their manager, manchester united come from behind to beat brighton and tighten their grip on second place in the premier league. we ll also speak to actor riz ahmed, who s been oscar nominated for his portrayal of a drummer who loses his hearing. a colder day today with a significant wind chill and snow showers in the forecast down to lower levels, especially in the door. in between, there will be sunshine. i will have the details later. it s easter monday, april the 5th. our top story. everyone in england will be offered two free rapid covid tests each week from this friday, under the government s plans to expand its testing programme. the health secretary, matt hancock, says the additional tests will play a crucial role in curbing future outbreaks of the virus as life returns to normal. our health correspondent jim reed reports. rapid lateral