New video, as the death toll reaches nearly 2,000, but the hopeful news tonight of more than a dozen people rescued, days after the earthquake. Fake vaccine cards. The booming business, as demand for counterfeit cards soars. Where are they coming from, and who is selling them? the answer might surprise you. In the nick of time quick thinking by a bystander when a gator attacks a fiveyearold s birthday party. And the ride of a lifetime for a father and son who dreamed of seeing the statue of liberty. 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. We re going to begin tonight with huge news in the covid pandemic that impacts nearly 200 million americans. Cbs news has learned that the biden administration will recommend covid booster shots for the americans who received moderna and pfizer vaccines. Sources tell us that those shots will be advised eight months after rec
Live in tokyo on day 14 of the games, where athletes are having to battle the extreme heat injapan, forcing the women s gold medal football match to be moved. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it is newsday. Welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. It s seven in the morning here in singapore, and 4:30amin the morning across afghanistan, where the government is mobilising its forces to try to repel taliban fighters as they move in on several big cities. This map shows you some of the key areas of the fighting in kandahar, herat and lashkar gah. This is the situation earlier on thursday in herat, with taliban fighters reportedly moving at will, in much of the city. Here are the thoughts of some of the residents. Translation: the situation is tough. | our houses have all been destroyed. People have all fled. There are eight or nine taliban on the roof of our house. If the security force hit there, everything will be destroyed. Then
In from the south, atlantic, but means of us will see some quieter weather, with some dry weather, but the showers are still an issue welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, coming to you from barbados. I m on an historic sugar plantation where enslaved africans toiled in backbreaking labour during three centuries of the transatlantic slave trade. Barbados was one of the earliest and most profitable of the slave colonies in the caribbean. This is the house on the grounds of the plantation, built in the 1650s, where the slave owners lived in great style. My guest is barbados born eminent historian sir hilary beckles. He s vice chancellor of the university of the west indies and chair of a caribbean commission to gain reparations for the descendants of enslaved africans. What are his chances of success? professor sir hilary beckles, welcome to hardtalk. Tremendous honour, pleasure to be here. Right, so, we re here in the part of barbados that is your ancestral land, your great, great
Hockey earlier today, the temperature on the thermometer may have read 31 degrees, but factor in the humidity and it felt more like 43 degrees, so that is really quite incredible. And although the temperatures are falling away, only slowly, so the athletics about to get under way, the temperatures will still be sitting into the high 20s, still be sitting into the high 20s, still with that humidity as well. Back to reality, however, let s get that focus closer to home. I was settled summer sunshine has abandoned us come up with low pressure still dominating generally across the country. The heaviest rain so far today has been through eastern scotland, drifting steadily westwards and these bands of showers moving out of northern ireland, north west england and north wales, some of these are heavy and thundery for the remainder of the afternoon. Further south, fewer showers around and the best of the breaks with the best of the sunshine, but it is a disappointing story. Top temperatures o
Of vaccination to enter indoor places such as restaurants, theatres, and gyms. And curiosity didn t kill the cat, but it did stop a major league baseball game. We ll meet the feline that brought a new york yankees game to standstill. Hello, and welcome. New york governor andrew cuomo has denied the findings of a five month investigation by the state s attorney general that found he sexually harassed multiple women, including senior employees. rejected the findings. The five month probe found that governor cuomo violated federal and state laws while creating a climate of fear in the workplace. Two senior democrats us senate majority leader, chuck schumer and senator kirsten gillibrand, both new york democrats have called on governor andrew cuomo to resign. Here s a little of what the attorney general had to say. The independent investigation has concluded that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so, violated federal and state law. Specifically, t