the cost of severe covid new research shows that half of patients admitted to hospitals during the first wave developed at least one extra complication. the five main parties in northern ireland make clear their opposition to the uk government s plan to end all prosecutions for crimes committed during the troubles. the police and the cps are involved in a blame game over a drop in rape prosecutions, a new report finds. and four time 0lympic medallist sir mo farah tells us he believes online racism against sportsmen and women is getting worse. he says social media companies must do more. the social media companies need to do a lot more. they have to be held accountable to what people get up to. even myself, i have had some shocking ones. hello, good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. more than 100 people are confirmed dead after some of the worst flooding in decades devastated parts of northern europe. many hundreds more are injured or unaccounted for across germany, belgium
telling the jury george floyd died from a low level of oxygen, not from drugs or heart problems as the defense argues the image he says shows floyd was, quote, literally trying to breathe with his fingers and knuckles under derek chauvin s knee the covid surge in the midwest. a growing number of cases in kids and teens and so-called breakthrough infections what s your risk of catching covid after you ve been fully vaccinated our series american worker. after covid what will your workplace look like and the golf legend making history at the masters announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we re going to begin with breaking news here tonight just hours after president biden signed executive actions on new gun restrictions yet another apparent mass shooting has occurred the second in under 24 hours. late this afternoon gunfire erupting at a business in bryan, texas. officials say at least one person is dead, several others are critically hu
on saturday and into sunday. it is cold at the weekend and there are frosty nights. that s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. the majesty of the masters. the greens are immaculate, the azaleas in bloom, and this time spectators are there to watch the first round at augusta. watching on as legalist would tease off. in the list would. no crowds here in liverpool, but anticipation is building ahead of the grand national this weekend as the festival at aintree gets under way. and simone biles always said she would retire after tokyo and with five 0lympic medals, who could blame her? well, she may be re considering, but she is certain that having a covid vaccine is crucial. i would like to be vaccinated, i think it is on athletes to become advocates for that so we can stay safe and healthy. welcome to the programme. we start with golf s first maj
i m going to step aside now because it looks like governor kemp is starting his press conference. good afternoon, everyone. let me thank all of you for being with us today, and i really want to thank so many grass-roots conservatives and great elected leaders who are here with us. yesterday major league baseball caved to fear and lies from liberal activists. they ignored the facts of our new election integrity law, and they ignored the consequences of their decision on our local community. in the middle of a pandemic, major league baseball put the wishes of stacey abrams and joe biden ahead of the economic well being of hard working georgians who were counting on the all-star game for a paycheck. georgians and all americans should note what this decision means. it means cancel culture and partisan activists are coming from your business. they re coming for your game or event in your hometown and they re coming to cancel everything from sports to how you make a living, and t
been? i m not sure people really want of partisan been? i m not sure people really want of partisan argument - been? i m not sure people really want of partisan argument over. been? i m not sure people really. want of partisan argument over how much want of partisan argument over how much this want of partisan argument over how much this is want of partisan argument over how much this is about the pandemic how much much this is about the pandemic how much is much this is about the pandemic how much is this much this is about the pandemic how much is this inevitable and how much is about much is this inevitable and how much is about choices made by this government with regard to brexit. i think government with regard to brexit. i think people care more about what the government is going to do to fix it, the government is going to do to fix it. you the government is going to do to fix it, you mentioned earlier that conference season is coming up in parliament c