we ll be live with our correspondents in the region, as the violence reaches a scale not seen for years. also this lunchtime: borisjohnson announces an independent inquiry into the government s handling of the covid crisis will start next spring. the uk economy shrank by 1.5% in the first three months of the year, but gathered speed in march, as lockdown restrictions eased. the mediterranean island of lampedusa once again sees an upsurge in migrants over 2,000 have arrived in the last few days. this is the third straight day of arrivals. the question is whether this is just a temporary spike, or whether it is the start of a summer rush to europe s shores. and more funding is sought for a national memorial to emergency workers who gave their all in the pandemic. it s etched in that face and in those eyes deep, piercing eyes, looking at the human being helpless on the ward and wondering whether we re going to pull through. and coming up on the bbc news channel: uefa hope to
the catastrophic scale of the covid pandemic could have been prevented according to an independent report, into the global response. tributes have been paid to a nine year old boy who died after being struck by lightning during a football coaching session. the uk economy shrank by 1.5% in the first three months of the year but gathered speed in march as lockdown restrictions eased. the mediterranean island of lampedusa once again sees an upsurge in migrants over 2000 have arrived in the last few days. the deadly exchange of fire between palestinian militants in the gaza strip and the israeli military has escalated significantly, with the un fearing a full scale war . israel has killed several top hamas military commanders and hamas launched a new barrage of rockets towards israel in response. earlier, an anti tank missile was fired from gaza, killing an israeli soldier. the health ministry in gaza says 53 people have been killed. the worst violence in years in the re
mollie hemingway and in a virtual center seats, jason chaffetz, former utah congressmen. despite the latest guidance, at least five states and washington, d.c., are holding off on changing their mask mandates, and now nebraska governor pete are speaking out about that same day paul found out the same way everybody else did on the news. the cdc announcement came one day after the agency director appeared on capitol hill to defend the use of masks. here s what she said yesterday when she was pressed about it. watch. i can tell you it would ve been easier if it involved a week earlier and i didn t have to go to congress, but i m delivering it as the science is delivered to the medical journals and it evolves over the last week, i delivered it as soon as i can when we have that information available. emily: jason, miraculously the science happened to evolve just last week and as we just saw this came as a blind side frankly to a lot of governors and some even alleged to the w
in the us the republican party sacks a prominent trump critic from its leadership. liz cheney lost support after speaking out against donald trump s baseless claims the election was stolen. and here in the uk the prime minister announces a full public inquiry into his government s response to the coronavirus pandemic. the violence between israel and the palestinians shows not sign of stopping. rocket attacks and air strikes are going in either direction. six israelis have been killed, including a soldier, today. amongs the palestinians the health ministry in gaza says 53 people have been killed. that includes ilt children. this is the moment israeli air strikes destroyed another high rise building in gaza city. this was a couple of hours ago. the al shorouk tower is a well known landmark, and is listed as hosting media offices . these are israeli strikes on gaza on wednesday morning. the israeli defence forces says these strikes are targeting members of hamas the militant
united nations people lost their lives here. the united nations people lost their lives here. the united nations the united state says it s sending a top diplomat to the middle east to urge both sides to calm the violence. also tonight. borisjohnson announces a full public inquiry into response of the coronavirus pandemic. it will start next spring. tributes to jordan banks killed by lightning after he was hit during a training on a football pitch in blackpool. the plans for a national emergency service memorial in westminster to honour all of those who worked on the front line during this pandemic. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 6pm. the un says it fears a full scale war as the deadly clashes between the israeli forces, and palestinians, continue to escalate. the united states is sending a senior diplomat to the middle east to urge israelis and palestinians to de escalate violence. at least 53 palestinians and six israelis have been killed since monda