as the gang reunites for the first time in decades in just a few hours time. hello and thanks forjoining us. a desperate search is taking place for more than 150 people feared to have drowned when an over loaded ferry sank in north west nigeria. the majority of those missing are reported to be women and children. president muhammadu buhari called the accident devastating . the boat was travelling between central niger state and wara in northwest kebbi state when it sank. the bbc s sara monetta has the latest. the crowd gathered on the banks of the river as news of the shipwreck spread into town. there s anxiety in the air. divers pulled a few bodies out of the water. some lucky passengers are found swimming to shore, and rescued. the boat was travelling from niger state to neighboring kebbi. it s a busy route on the niger river, used by local goldminers, traders and food vendors. the boat was carrying around 200 people, mostly women and children way over the boat s capa
tourists, canada considers the same for any tourists. canada already indicating come monday all public establishments must cut themselves town to 50% down to 50% capacity. all restaurants, bars, theaters must honor this. what to make of all of this. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto, and a very, very world worried world at that trying to deal with spikes in omicron in particular that has now gotten one country after another reassessing the need for restrictions. some are just way over the top, others are making people question whether they should get together at all for the holidays. is all of that fair, right or even necessary? we re on top of it all, and you decide what you want to do in response to it all. let s first go to mark meredith in wilmington, delaware, with the president. reporter: neil, good morning to you. both the president and senior white house health officials are issuing stark and dire warnings to unvaccinated americans, letting them know about the
a warning for patients in england about the risk of getting medication online. it isa it is a stitch up, stab victims pay vets to mend their wounds to avoid the police getting involved. also. votes are being counted following yesterday s assembly elections in northern ireland. i m any to mcveigh at the titanic exhibition centre in belfast. with the future of the devolved government at state, signs that tyner with the future of the devolved government state, signs that turnout is up as much as 10% in some constituencies. and celebrating the centenary for the imperial war museum, founded when the first world war was still being fought. good morning. it s friday, the 3rd of march. i m rebecca jones. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may has strongly attacked the snp, saying it was obsessed with independence regardless of fact and reality. speaking at the scottish conservative conference in glasgow, the prime minister accused the snp of neglecting and mismanaging public
and has views of the wall israel has built in and around the occupied west bank. hull is britain s city of culture for 2017 we ll be bringing you the highlights from its first two months in a special programme at 8.30. good evening and welcome to bbc news. results are being declared in the northern ireland assembly election, and turnout is up sharply compared to the last election. with 37 seats declared so far, early signs are that both sinn fein and the unionist dup are polling strongly. the election was called after sinn fein withdrew from the power sharing executive in january. let s join annita mcveigh, who s in belfast. thank you very much. good evening from the titanic exhibition centre in belfast. the votes for the four belfast constituencies are being counted. here and across counting centres in northern ireland, at 9am this morning, those votes, the process of counting those laws began. here we are at seven o clock this evening and we are not quite halfway there ye