Good evening from southport, where there is stunned shock and grief this evening after an attack in which eight people were stabbed, including children. The victims have been taken to three hospitals, including alder hey children s hospital in liverpool, which has declared a major incident, saying that parents should only bring their children if it s urgent. There has been an update from police. They say armed police arrested a 17 year old boy. They ve said they re not treating the incident as terror related and have said there is no risk to the public. Let s explain what we know. A dance and yoga event for primary school children was taking place near where the incident happened. Those injured were taken to alder hey children s hospital, aintree university hospital and southport and formby hospital. Judith moritz has tonight s first report, and you may find some of the details upsetting. A sunny day in the school holidays and children who has been dancing moments earlier are lying in
Building projects, as well as winter fuel payments. She told parliament this was because of a massive shortfall in funds that her labour government had inherited. Former bbc news presenter huw edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. In a statement, the metropolitan police said the offences, which are alleged to have taken place between december 2020 and april 2022, relate to images shared on a whatsapp chat. Mr edwards will appear in court on wednesday. More on all those stories throughout the programme. But first, let s begin with the tension mounting on the israel lebanon border. There is now real concern things could be heading towards all out war as both sides, hezbollah and the israelis, ramp up the rhetoric. Last night, after a meeting of the security cabinet, benjamin netenyahu warned there would be a severe response to that weekend attack on the northern druze village of majdal shams, that killed 12 children. It s one of four towns in
On monitoring some iranian nuclearfacilities in talks described as constructive. We remember the first racially motivated hate crime the murder of balbir singh sodhi in the backlash against the september 11 attacks. And also in the programme: and russia s danniil medvedev wins the us open, shattering djokovic s dream of netting four grand slam titles in a year. Live from our studio in singapore. This is bbc news. It s newsday. It s 8am in singapore, and nine in the morning in pyongyang where north korea claims to have carried out successful long range cruise missile tests over the weekend according to state media. The report said the missiles flew 1,500 kilometres before hitting their targets. Pyongyang has continued to develop its arsenal despite being subject to strict international sanctions. Let s cross live to seoul and speak to the bbc s laura bicker. She has been following the story follows sacha she has been monitoring this for us. Talk about how significant that i
That s when the vaccine shots were limited. The white house says a third of new infections are coming from either florida or texas. The city of new york is taking unprecedented step of requiring now proof of vaccination for indoor activities. We re talking restaurants to eat indoors, fitness center, entertainment venues. New york s governor is calling it the key to new york s best. A lot of people looking forward to it, some not so much. Sure. This is a big deal, though. It s the farthest we ve seen any america go when it comes to mandates. You ll have to show proof of vaccination to go any places, eat inside, workout inside or seek any entertainment inside. The proof of vaccination can be the vaccination cards you get when you get your vaccination. In new york state there s an excelsior app that shows you made your vaccines and another app nyc safe pass. People just have to show they ve taken one dose of the vaccine. Right now about 60% of new yorkers have taken at least one dose. The
Further, the governor and his senior team took action to retaliate against at least one former employee from coming forward with her story. Her truth. Emily: this is outnumbered. Investigators have described in vivid detail how governor cuomo allegedly molested his multiple victims, and said he retaliated against a former worker who complained. The investigation alleges that cuomo violated multiple state and federal laws. Bryan llenas is live with more on what we just learned. Bryan: they just released a 155 pages report, and in it, it has the accounts from 11 people that say governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed them. This was an independent investigation. They did not brief criminal charges, but this was a report from the governor s office, and it was done by independent investigators, and attorney general letitia james del mike james. The details are graphic. Executive assistant who accused the governor of groping her, that that did happen. I also found that the governor inappropr