possible fda authorization expect as early as june, and dr. anthony fauci on the possibility of a longer lasting vaccine aimed at reducing to need for more frequent booster shots. the severe storm threat as we come on the air impacting millions. tornado watches at this hour. the system pushing east over the weekend. rob marciano timing it out. oklahoma lawmakers pass a new six-week boshs ban, similar to the recent law in texas. the bill would ban abortions before most women know they are pregnant. legal challenges already lining up. the bottom dropping out of the stock market. the dow plunging nearly 1,000 points. amazon suffering its worst day in more than 15 years. for the second time this week, a baseball game interrupted by gunfire. high school players ducking for cover. a sheriff in new mexico facing backlash for releasing the trove of evidence from the deadly shooting on the rust movie set. a lawyer for the film s armorer calling the release inconceived and un
millions of nigerians are voting in the country s most competitive election since military rule ended there more than two decades ago. the race is between two major established parties, and a third candidate, peter obi, who has galvanised the support of young people. this is africa s most populous country and a record number of people nearly 90 million have been eligible to vote. voting has officially ended but the millions of people who are in queues at polling stations nationwide can still cast their ballot. and in some places, especially in the south of the country, voting has not even started due to severe delays and violent disruptions. joining me now from adamawa state in the north east of the country is the bbc s yemisi adegoke. how has voting been going where you are? i going where you are? can see a big queue behind ) yes, i can see a big queue behind you? yes, yes there is. i am in the north east, i am yes, yes there is. i am in the north east, iam in yes, yes
as warmer waters strip the colour out of much it, leaving it fragile. and finally after trying for 18 years spain s sergio garcia wins his first major title after a nail biting finish. and coming up sportsday on bbc news everton‘s ross barkley is unhurt after what his lawyers have described as an unprovoked attack in a liverpool bar. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the funeral of pc keith palmer, who was killed in last month s westminster attack, has been held at london s southwark cathedral. thousands of police officers from all over the country lined the route of the funeral cortege which set off from the palace of westminster where his coffin had lain in rest overnight. pc palmer, who was married with a five year old daughter, was guarding the houses of parliament when he was stabbed by khalid masood. a floral tribute on top of the hearse read: no 1 daddy . here s our home editor mark easton. at the gates of the palace of westminster police cons
and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, crystal palace have already uspet the leaders, chelsea, this month can they do the same to arsenal? good evening. international pressure is growing on russia to abandon its support for syria s president assad in the wake of last week s chemical weapons attack on a rebel town. tonight foreign ministers from the g7 group of industrialised nations have been meeting in northern italy to consider a coordinated response which could include support for new sanctions on moscow and damascus. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, said america would hold to account those who committed crimes against innocents anywhere in the world. from lucca, our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. contemplating italy s past glory and syria s president horror present horror, borisjohnson syria s president horror present horror, boris johnson and syria s president horror present horror, borisjohnson and rex tillers
has been held in london. stay with us. has been held in london. stay with us. we will be back with the rest of the news of the date the first year is the business news. news of the day but first year is the business news. as toshiba prepared to give its earnings a day, weaves find out why japan getting crushed. and we ve zoom in on the online market in india. hello and welcome to asia business report. fox climb has reportedly signalled it could launch a $27 billion bid for toshiba chip business. they are due to report their own inflated today after two previous delays. toshiba is currently trying to sell off its prized chip business to cover losses from its troubled us nuclear unit, westinghouse. it is not the only japanese firm to struggle recently. these were the greatest brands in consumer goods for decades. toshiba, panasonic, sony, he tai chi. so how did we end up here? first of all, the chinese and koreans came along and they can make these things just as all but muc