the test and trace scheme has cost a staggering amount and made little difference, according to a highly critical report by a parliamentary committee. a new survey shows that, on child caring and home schooling, women have carried a far heavier burden than men during the pandemic. ghislaine maxwell, accused of helping the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein, is being held injail in degrading conditions, according to her brother. and in tonight s european football, liverpool finally find some form to reach the champions league quarterfinals. and coming up in sport on bbc news. manchester city put five past southampton to open up a m point gap at the top of the premier league. good evening. a serving metropolitan police officer has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the disappearance of a woman in south london a week ago. sarah everard, who was 33, was making her way home from a friend s house. the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, revealed to
hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i m kasia madera. we begin in the us, where the house of representatives, the lower house of congress, has passed a major covid i9 stimulus package worth $1.9 trillion. the plan was approved in the senate on saturday, despite every republican voting against. and the same thing has happened in the house every republican voted against, along with one democrat. the measure will be signed into law by president biden on friday. here s house speaker nancy pelosi announcing the result. on this vote, the yeas are 220. the nays are 211. the motion is adopted. applause the bill s aim is primarily to address the impact of covid on the us economy. but there are broader ambitions to tackle longer term causes of poverty. here are some of the details. the so called american rescue package gives one off payments worth $1,a00 to most americans. it allocates $350 billion to state and local governments, and $130 billion to s
allegations a stain on the royal. more than 17 million people watched in the us. we will bring you all the reactions. myanmar s ambassador to the uk has broken banks with the military and is calling for the release of the democratically elected leader aung san suu kyi. the death a of the pandemic has passed 100,000. 0nly death a of the pandemic has passed 100,000. only other countries five other countries have suffered as many. the duke and duchess of sussex, harry and meghan, have given an extraordinary portrayal of their life in the royal family. there s a huge amount to go report. among the many shocking elements of the interview, meghan told oprah winfrey that she considered taking her own life. she said there were conversations within the royal family about how dark their son archie s skin might be. and harry said he felt really let down by his father, prince charles. we ll look at the reaction to this in a moment. first, here are three clips from the interview, sta
dramatic blowout mid air but all 737 max lines have been granted for inspection and you can understand why after the door plug fell off that the alaskan air flight media and was in fact found in the back garden of a teacher in portland, oregon today. just to explain, a door plug is used when you have an airliner that doesn t need all the emergency exits all the way along diffuser log so weather would have been a dog, they instead feel that in with a panel of door plug instead and that s what fell off that alaskan air flight and you can understand why when you found loose bolts that five of them on other aircraft shows how wearing that is. let s stay in the us because new court documents regarding sex offenderjeffrey epstein have been released. it mentions alleged sex tapes filmed by epstein of prince andrew, bill clinton, and sir richard branson. the three of them have denied any wrongdoing, and the person who made the allegations later said she wanted to withdraw them.
described him as a terrific guy and a lot of fun to be with. neither of the former presidents have been accused of wrongdoing in the epstein saga. but prince andrew s long friendship with epstein was what ended his public royal role. these latest documents contain testimony from one woman, johanna sjoberg, who said prince andrew touched her breast while holding the hand of a puppet of himself against another woman s breast. buckingham palace has in the past categorically denied all allegations. another of epstein s accusers, virginia giuffre, said she met andrew on a number of occasions and was directed to have sex with the prince when she was 17 years old. despite a photo showing them together, the prince said he had no recollection of meeting her. and i ve said consistently and frequently, that we never had any sort