the government rejected the claims about the health secretary, whilst borisjohnson also defended his record after cummings described him as unfit for thejob. we, with every step, tried to minimise loss of life, to save lives and protect the nhs, and we followed the best scientific advice that we can. we look at what lessons i have been learned. the aftermath of the hillsborough disaster. the families anger after three men are acquitted of altering police statements. police arrest five as they investigate the shooting of the black lives matter activist sasha johnson. our special reports on forced adoptions. we hear from those who ve lived their whole lives in shadow of shame. what would you have wished for? to. to have stayed with my mum. to have been kept by the lady, the woman, that gave birth to me. and amazon agrees to buy one of hollywood s most famous studios, mgm, for almost $8.5 billion. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news. once they were the closest of political
and smooth in texture spreads well on a cracker. you d think it s the finest pate france has to offer, but it was actually the cats dinner! would you be able to tell the difference? we ll see if katty can later! hello, i m katty kay in washington, dc. christian fraser is in london. for five years, dominic cummings was borisjohnson s right hand man the architect behind the victorious vote leave campaign, the prime minister s most senior aide in downing street and a widely feared political assassin. but there s a problem with having such a ruthless operator as your chief aide. one day, they may bite the hand that fed them. and today was that day. in a marathon seven hour session before a parliamentary committee, mr cummings who was forced out of number ten last year gave his inside view on how the government had handled the covid pandemic. he painted a picture of policy failure, dithering and a government that had no useful plan. and he was withering in his assessment
further apart than ever. hadas gold joins us live from jerusalem with the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning, christine. this ceasefire took effect at 2:00 a.m. local time overnight but even in the minutes leading up to that 2:00 a.m. hour there were still red alert sirens going on in southern israel, still reports of air strikes, but after 2:00 a.m. everything went quiet. there was fears amongst israeli officials that in those last few minutes there might be a barrage of rockets launched perhaps towards tel aviv or perhaps even jerusalem but that did not happen. the quiet does seem to be holding so far. the ceasefire coming about after egyptian negotiators were the mediators between israel and hamas and, of course, after that i know creasing pressure from the u.s. from president joe biden who spoke to netanyahu six times in recent days over this military campaign. and on the israeli side the military feeling as though they had reached most of their objectives, th
being suspended from school and challenging umass amherst authorities. mask wearing outdoors and off campus. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu declaring a state of emergency after riots broke out and escalating hostilities between jews and palestinians. this human rights attorney is on the ground in israel. to see people cheering this, justifying murder, justifying the bombing, justifying the rockets. being aimed at my children. shannon: she joins us live in just minutes. first we begin with those rising gas prices and spreading shortages propelled by panic buying in the wake of the colonial pipeline hack. bryan llenas has the latest. good evening. good evening, shannon. more than 1,000 gas stations in the southeast are reporting running out of gas as gas prices nationwide sore. here in new york city, regular costs you $3.99. panic buying fuel in the wake of the shutdown of the nation s largest pipeline. there was a line of cars. i know that i will be needing
killed at the hands of police are still pleading for meaningful change. today, marchers will celebrate floyd s life. a man whose name became a cry for racial justice around the country, even around the world. this as legislation bearing his name remains stalled in the senate. the president set today as the deadline to get it done. that deadline is not going to be met. will he take action without congress? floyd s motbrother had this mese this morning. i think about my brother all the time. and my sister called me at 12:00 last night. she said, this is the day that our brother has left the earth. just devastating. i don t want to see people dying the same way my brother has passed. one year later. just remarkable. in minutes we ll go live to minneapolis and to capitol hill. first let s begin with jeff zeleny at the white house ahead of the president s meeting with floyd s family. what do those plans look like? we know that president biden and vice president kamala harr