Plus, crocs rock in lockdown dress down. Why the chunky foam shoes are scoring record sales. We start in the uk where businesses reeling from the pandemic are facing a new challenge it s being called the pindemic . Hundreds of thousands of workers are being told to self isolate after being pinged by the nhs covid app which traces the contacts of people who test positive. It has led to staff shortages and in some cases empty supermarket shelves as supply chains are hit. That workers in the food industry would not have to isolate, but could take daily tests instead. Our economics editor faisal islam has more. It was meant to be a weaker freedom from the pandemic restrictions but last week record number of things, over 600,000 from nhs covid app for instructions to isolate from industries like supermarkets to railways to isolate. Businesses are now saying it caused shortages, something causing panic. Shortages, something causing anic. ,. , , shortages, something causing anic. ,. , ,. ,
merrick garland is directing the fbi and u.s. attorneys offices to meet with local law enforcement and look at ways to combat what it calls threats against school officials. this comes after a group that represents, boards urged that the doj to go harsh on violent offenders think of the classification of these heinous actions could be the equivalent of the a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes. of the past year, we have seen parents use their voice to stand up against s critical race theory can schools put what they see as over-the-top covid restrictions. take a look. no more masks! no more masks! we have had our participation. [crowd chanting] no more masks! no more masks! a motion to adjourn and a second. all in favor, say aye. i. you are not going to leave. you should be ashamed. your actions have been despicable. it is clear you don t listen to our objections. but the world is listening. the western values has brought forth christian and the foundi
secretary-general wrapped up a meeting there with ukraine s president zelenskyy. and just two days after antonio guterres met face-to-face with putin himself. the secretary-general unhurt in the russian strike. and ukraine now says that it plans to evacuate hundreds of civilian holdouts from a besieged steel plant in mariupol in just a matter of hours. isa soares is inside ukraine for us. what do we know about this planned operation? good morning. we are very short on details in regards to this operation, but it could be potentially good news if it happens today and if it happens safely for the civilians holed up inside that azovstal steel plant. they have been inside for days now without seeing sunlight. there are about 1,000 or so civilians inside, and they have obviously been there are women, children, soldiers inside. and we ve been told in the last couple of days that they are running out shortages of water, of food as well as some medicine. we also have seen the las
a new study reveals virtual meetings can limit employees capacity for creative thinking. and liverpool take a giant step towards another champions league final, with a victory over villarreal at anfield. hello and welcome. the british foreign secretary has said russian forces must be pushed out of the whole of ukraine. this is the clearest for the conflict. in a speech in london, liz truss described a victory for ukraine as a strategic imperative for the west, arguing that it must use its economic strength to deterfuture russian aggression. it comes as the un secretary general antonio guterres is due to meet ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky in kviv later today. andrew plant reports. the aftermath of a missile attack in the city of kharkhiv in northern ukraine. at least one person reported to have been killed here, the invasion has produced much of the city to rubble. it has produced much of the city to rubble- to rubble. it is scary, it is so painful. to rubble. it
we start with social media giant meta. the owner of facebook, instagram and whatsapp has been winning back friends online and on wall street. it s been a brutal couple of months. shares lost almost half their value. back in february, we learned that that the number of people using facebook had fallen for the first time ever, and that sparked a collapse in meta s shares. but on wednesday, it revealed that, over the past three months, that decline has reversed. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more. the exec substantial threat to facebook still there but one measures how many people are using the social network, on that front it appears to have satisfied investors, the daily active users 1.96 billion users for march and an increase of 4% year over year. for march and an increase of 4% year overyear. better for march and an increase of 4% year over year. better than expected. the company s founder and ceo mark zuckerberg spoke optimistically, saying