staff, who says the reliefan who speed up vaccine distribution. the enemy within. speaker pelosi s extraordinary warning about violence in congress, and calls for a freshman member to be expelled after her old social media post indicates support for executing prominent democrats, including former president obama. californians hit with a firehose of rain. neighborhoods evacuated as levees break. gamestop chaos. the st reried. the et wride. and, this incred story ofthinurn doses about to expire.l se thedt from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we re going to begin with breaking news on two fronts tonight. as we come on the air, two cases of that highly-contagious south african variant of coronavirus have now been found in the u.s. the first evidence that another dangerous mutation may already be spreading nationwide, and could soon lead to a surge of new infections and deaths. the c.d.c. says it discovered t
flagship store in new york where hundreds of people are already lined up trying to get their hot little hands on the product. all right. that s going to do it for way too early. good weekend! you know what today is? that s right. weekend. you know what today is. that s right. it s friday. you can get your iphones. morning joe starts right now. i think he has too much energy there. thomas? no he really brings it. there s nothing to get excited about for lovers of freedom across the globe. george w. bush in texas is probably choking on his own pretzel. mel gibson screams freedom. the scots say thanks but no thanks. no thanks. the union stays together. the queen is happy, oppressing the people. you fear mongering. the president is happy. the people of united kingdom have chosen to stay together. fear tactics is shameful. in the long run this is the strongest vote for the united kingdom. people of scotland got to express their opinion. turn out was massive. they decide
at least 17 people have died after an air india plane skidded off a runway during heavy rain, in kerala. many of the injured have been taken to local hospitals. the aircraft with around 200 people on board broke in two afterfalling down a ravine, but didn t catch fire. the lebanese shia movement, hezbollah, has denied any link to tuesday s deadly blast at the beirut port. the united nations is warning of a humanitarian disaster, with widespread medicine and food shortages. 154 people are now known to have died in the blast and thousands more were injured. union leaders are threatening industrial action, after accusing british airways of naked greed, in forcing some cabin crew out of theirjobs. others will have to sign new contracts on lower pay. the airline says the changes are needed for its survival following the coronavirus pandemic. now on bbc news.
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and thunder and lightning breaking out. who who welcome to bbc news i m james reynolds. our top stories: the lebanese army retakes government buildings in beirut after they were stormed by protesters angry over tuesday s explosion. thousands demand regime change on the streets. protesters are hit by tear gas, a police officer dies in the violence. no compromise in congress on how much to fund out of work americans, so president trump forces though his plans with executive orders. a paradise polluted more oil spills from a stricken ship off the coast of the mauritius, as the island declares an environmental emergency.
hello and welcome to bbc news. thousands of people have taken to the streets of the lebanese capital beirut, in anger at the country s leaders, after this week s devastating explosion in the port area of the city. groups of protestors stormed a number of official buildings and briefly occupied the foreign ministry before being driven out by the army. earlier, riot
ruth bader ginsburg. the nomination comes weeks before the us presidential election. the late us supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has become the first woman in american history to lie in state in the capital building in washington. she was honoured during a private ceremony that was attended by family members and some officials as well as invited guests. one week after israel became the first developed country to implement a second national lockdown, coronavirus restrictions have been tightened yet again. the latest daily figure shows more than 8,000 new cases in the country, which now has one of the highest infection rates in the world. local lockdowns are being introduced in three more areas of wales this weekend, the capital cardiff, swansea and llanelli.
it ll mean close to half the welsh population, around 1.5 million people will now be under much tighter restrictions. 0ur correspondent, hywel griffith reports now, from cardiff. we ve got to come to a decision by sunda