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country are once again asking americans to mask up. this is due to a late summer spike in covid cases. trace: critics argue it s more harm than good during the pandemic. gillian: should we expect we will all be wearing masks at work once again, at school? that s 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 ver ....
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. police searching for four teenagers who have been missing in north wales since sunday morning have found the bodies of four boys one was 16, two were 17 and one was 18 years old. jevon hirst, harvey owen, wilf henderson and hugo morris had travelled by car from shrewsbury to eryri national park, or snowdonia where it s believed they were camping. police say their car was spotted this morning by a member of the public in the village of garreg. it had left the road and was upside down and partially submerged in water. our correspondent phil mackie is at the scene. yes, sophie, so this police road block has been here all day and there has been a lot of activity since the early hours of this morning. residents living up there told me they were woken up by search lights as helicopter came round the valley which you can t see because it is dark, that is where the car was first spotted this morning, this was first spotted th ....
are on the cusp of what could be a critical moment in the course of the war. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has been meeting his cabinet to vote on a proposed deal that would see hamas release dozens of israeli hostages over the next few days. they were seized at gunpoint when hamas designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government launched its attacks on israel on october 7th. it s thought, in return, israel would release more than 100 palestinian prisoners and there would be a four day pause in fighting. let s get the latest from our senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, who is in tel aviv. tonight, the talking continues at the israeli government. ministers are having their say. this deal was carefully prepared over weeks of negotiation involving mediation by qatar and egypt. it has strong backing from the united states and there is a strong desire fear among israelis to see the hostages brought home. so, when the talking is finishe ....
and other groups in gaza. a senior israeli official told the bbc that in return, israel would pause its attacks on hamas forfour days, while a us official says some palestinian prisoners would also be released. will so what about those prisoners held by israel who may be released under the deal? earlier i spoke to sari bashi, programme director at human rights watch, who s based in the occupied west bank. she gave me her reaction to the negotiations. any development that would lead to civilian hostages being returned in particular, mothers and children would be welcome. i do have to say, though, that human beings are not bargaining chips. hamas and islamichhad are required to immediately and unconditionally release all civilian hostages men, women and children. this shouldn t have to wait for a deal. the deal itself and i will underline every time i say we re we re not in any position of any confirmation, but we re just reporting what we re hearing so far from vario ....
another state going against the science tonight. the state of wyoming announcing it will repeals it mask mandate, meaning that as of this hour 15 states now do not have a mask mandate and three more states, including wyoming, are planning to end theirs in the next coming days. dropping masks, despite coming a plateau of the number of cases in the united states. right now the united states is averaging about 60,000 cases. now it is just hovering there. it is plateauing. it is exactly where we were in the summer when many of the states, including texas had mask mandates. so here is the problem with this. if we get it right now, this could be the turning point. there is so much that is critical that is riding on the next two months. how quickly that we vaccinate versus whether we have another surge really relies on what happens in march and april. so, it is crucial right now. on that front let s take a look at what is happening in boise, idaho. there is a burn the mask ....