secret service more than $1,100 a night for the former first family s protection detail. hearing aids over the counter. help is here for the tens of millions of americans with hearing loss. cbs roxana saberi shows us the benefits and drawbacks of the new program. and, we ll introduce you to someone guaranteed to lift your spirits. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. we want to begin tonight overseas with the war in ukraine, where russia is inflicting a new type of terror on several major cities, using iranian-made kamikaze drones. the unmanned aircraft are small, but pack a heavy punch and explode on impact today, raining down from the sky during the morning rush hour and rocking residential buildings. ukrainian president zelenskyy says his military was able to shoot down 37 drones, but the wave of attacks k
night for the former first family s protection detail. hearing aids over the counter. help is here for the tens of millions of americans with hearing loss. cbs roxana saberi shows us the benefits and drawbacks of the new program. and we ll introduce you to someone guaranteed to lift your spirits. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. we want to begin tonight overseas with the war in ukraine, where russia is inflicting a new type of terror on several major cities, using iran-made kamikaze drones. the unmanned aircraft are small but pack a heav punch and explode on impact. today, raining down from the sky during the morning rush hour and rocking residential buildings. ukrainian president zelenskyy said his military was able to shoot down 37 drones, but the wave of attacks killed at least four, including a woman who was six months pregna
the uk s largest force, the metropolitan police, has been put in special measures over concerns about a series of failures in high profile cases including that murder or server abroad. the population of england and wales has soared to a new high in the past decade and it s getting older. and rafa nadal begins his quest at wimbledon to win his 23rd grand slam title we ll be there live. coming up on sportsday, it s the end of an era in english cricket as their inspirational white ball captain eoin morgan retires from the international game. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. should scotland be an independent country? that is the question the first minister nicola sturgeon wants to put again to the people of scotland in an independence referendum next year. it s exactly the same question that people were asked in 2014. downing street says the prime minister thinks now is not the time to be talking about a referendum but the government will look carefully at the
tonight at ten a date is formally proposed for a new referendum on scottish independence. the scottish government wants it to take place on the 19th of october next year subject to legal consent. my determination is to secure a process that allows the people of scotland, whetheryes, no, or yet to be decided, to express their views in a legal, constitutional referendum. eight years after the last referendum the prime minister says there are more important priorities for government. our plan for a stronger economy certainly means that we think we are stronger working together. we ll be looking at the likelihood of a referendum being held within 16 months. also tonight. the campaigner dame deborahjames host of the bbc s you, me and the big c has died at the age of a0. in ukraine, the aftermath of russia s attack on a shopping centre at least 20 people were killed and dozens injured. in new york, ghislaine maxwell is sentenced to 20 years for helping jeffrey epstein
decide the future of our country. now is the time to get scotland on the right path, the path chosen by those who live here. the committee investigating the washington riots last january has heard evidence about donald trump s behaviour on the day. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr engel grabbed his arm and said, sir, you need to take your hand out the steering wheel. we are going back to the west wing, we are not going to the capital. the met police has been put in special measures after a series of failures. ghislaine maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in a us prison for helping paedophile jeffrey epstein abuse young girls. maxwell was convicted last december of five charges of recruiting and trafficking four teenage girls for abuse by epstein, her then boyfriend. wearing navy prison overalls and ankle shackles, ghislaine maxwell said it was her greatest regret to have ever metjeffrey epstein, and that she em