Hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united i didn t states around the world and streaming us on cnn max, i m rosemary church just ahead, parts of the us. Are bracing for impact as hurricane debby insurance towards landfall, bringing the threat of catastrophic flooding kamala harris is search for a running mate enters its final hours as the vice president then sits down with some of her potential picks for a final interview. And two olympic triathletes fall ill. Just days after swimming in the same it s forcing belgium to pull out entirely as competition is set to resume just hours from now live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with rosemarie church good to have you with us and we begin here in the united states, were debby has now strengthened into a category one hurricane. As the storm moves towards florida s big bend region, is expected to further intensify before making landfall in the coming hours. The national hurricane center says the storm now has winds nea
in west yorkshire is suspended after showing their class a cartoon of the prophet muhammad. on a night of world cup qualifiers for three home nations, england get their campaign under way with a resounding victory over san marino. these are the hands that touch us first. and a year after the first clap for carers, the author michael rosen, who nearly died from covid, reads his poem to thank the nhs. and coming up in sport on bbc news england will be without captain eoin morgan for the final two one day internationals of their series in india, due to a hand injury. good evening. mps have voted to extend emergency coronavirus powers in england until september, despite a large rebellion by backbench conservative mps against the plan. the government has refused to rule out extending the wide ranging powers in october. the health secretary matt hancock told the commons he expected people would continue to wear masks long after restrictions are lifted and warned cases could rise
job vacancies. and star trek s william shatner goes where no 90 year old has gone before and blasts off into space. one of the uk s biggest toy retailers says shops will have stock leading up to christmas but that supply chain issues could cause problems. the entertainerfounder, gary granty commenting on a build up of shipping containers at felixstowe the uk s biggest commercial port says it s due to a shortage of lorry drivers. he says the biggest difficulty wouldn t be a lack of toys, but getting products to the right places. megan patterson reports on the situation at felixstowe. packed up and now backed up. christmas stock stuck in thousands of containers at felixstowe. normally, containers would pass through here in two or three days, now it is taking more than a week. this is the uk s largest commercial port, a backlog here likely to have an impact in december. food i think will continue to move. pigs in blankets, turkeys. the import from europe and what we have
official figures show that the uk economy returned to growth injanuary. and will it be michelle s moment? we talk to the malaysian star hoping to win big at the oscars. hello and welcome to bbc news. police in the german city of hamburg say several people have been killed in a shooting incident and several others were injured. the attack happened inside a meeting hall forjehovah s witnesses where an event had apparently been underway. it s believed the attacker was among the dead. tim allman has more details. a quiet street in hamburg, at around nine o clock in the evening local time. in the distance, a figure appears to have climbed up the outside of a building and is peering inside. then, after a short pause, he raises what appears to be a handgun and opens fire. not long after, armed officers arrive and are storming the building. slowly, carefully, they make their way upstairs, no idea if the gunman is waiting for them. this is kingdom hall, a place of worship for local je
from our colleagues in brussels, at westminster and in belfast. we ll also be asking if this will be enough to satisfy the democratic unionists and to break the political deadlock in northern ireland. also tonight. the cap on household energy charges is being reduced, but bills are still going to rise in april. we ll be asking why that is. i think it is time that members of this house grew up. and, the woman who made history as the first female speaker of the commons, betty boothroyd, has died at the age of 93. and coming up on the bbc news channel. lionesses is boss sarina wiegmann is amongst the winners at the star studded fifa best awards in paris. good evening. three years after the united kingdom left the european union, rishi sunak says he s now resolved the major dispute over trading arrangements between great britain and northern ireland. the prime minister and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, met at windsor today, where they declared a