confusion over coronavirus rules in maternity wards midwives warn a lack of clarity means some staff are being abused. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the european union has reversed its decision to override part of the brexit withdrawal treaty following an uproar over measures that could have placed limits on the supply of coronavirus vaccines into northern ireland. the eu is giving member states the power to block the export of vaccines to address a major shortage and was concerned the irish border could be used as a back door to bring vaccines manufactured in the eu into the uk. prime minister borisjohnson had expressed grave concerns about the move in a phone call with the european commission president late friday. paul hawkins reports. no hard border between ireland and northern ireland. that point was made time and time again by the eu during the brexit negotiations. so, when the eu announced late on friday that it was trigg
to those hit hard by the pandemic. the post-holiday travel nightmare. tonight, chaos at airports across the country. thousands of flights cancelled just since christmas eve. passengers left scrambling, now racing to get home. major airlines blaming covid-fueled staffing shortages and poor weather conditions. tonight, that dangerous winter blast. the powerful system slamming the west. in washington, cars getting stuck in whiteout conditions. feet of snow shutting down highways like i-80 in california. tonight, as millions take to the roads for their return home, when is the best time to travel? remembering a legend. archbishop desmond tutu, the nobel prize winner who helped bring an end to apartheid in south africa. the tributes coming in tonight. a deadly christmas day house fire killing a father and two children. authorities point to the lights on their tree as the likely cause. tonight, how to keep your home safe this holiday season. it s also gift return season.
good evening. george alagiah died this morning at the age of 67. he was at home surrounded by all his family. he was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in april 2014. his chances of living more than five years didn t look good, but he defied all the statistics. george kept working here in the newsroom until september last year. he loved it. it kept him going. he was very proud to do this job. he was a brilliantjournalist, a great team player, one of the most respected people here, and he had an extraordinary career. but above all, he was a very fine human being, as his friend and colleague allan little will now tell you. three, two, one. go, tape. at six o clock, the ground war on iraq has begun. millions knew him as the face of the six o clock news. good evening and welcome to the six o clock news. ..and for his calm, unflappable authority. good evening and welcome to the bbc s news at six. he was born in sri lanka in 1955 to christian tamil parents. as a child the family m
and i learned from him i think that good reporting, decentjournalism, is rooted in human decency. there was a word that he and i used to use when we were living in south africa and it is from the nguni languages of southern africa and the word is ubuntu . there is no translation into english but it contained the idea that all human beings are bound together in a shared responsibility for each other. bishop tutu used to say ubuntu can be defined like this. i can only be fully me when you are fully you. we two are connected. i can t be rich if you are poor and i can t be free if you are enslaved. george mentioned ubuntu at a gathering to celebrate his 60th birthday seven years ago when we thought his cancer had been eradicated and he talked about ubuntu, the sense of humanity, and i think it was his lodestar. i hoped watching him as a younger journalist that some of the values he lived would rub off on me. so he was a very inspiring and generous and selfless man. i don t want
daughter s disappearance. jackie ibanez has the details. you can see brian walshe smiling for the cameras yesterday. prosecutors revealed they found blood, bloody knife and cleaning supplies in the family basement, as well. the misleading police charge, brian never told them about the trip he took to home depot to buy cleaning supplies january 2, the day after ana vanished. he is being held on $500,000 cash bail. police found a search for how to dispose of 115-pound woman s body on his computer. ana walshe was last seen just before taking a flight to washington, d.c. before a work trip. her husband and employer reported her missing two days after his alleged trip to home depot. he was arrested sunday and arraigned yesterday. ana s mother begged her to travel from serbia to visit one week before she vanished, saying she just said please momma, come tomorrow, which means there must have been some problems. carley and todd, this is awful. carley: such a tragic detail there.