They ve lost one or even both parents, and they are now having to face a very uncertain future all alone. England s mayors urge the government to think again about making masks mandatory on public transport as 42,000 cases of coronavirus are recorded in a single day. And britney spears is back in court as her fight to end her father s conservatorship gathers pace. We start in south africa, where the number of people killed in the disorder that s gripped parts of the country has risen to 72. The country s now facing the biggest security challenge since president cyril ramaphosa became president in 2018. The catalyst was the arrest, last week, of former president jacob zuma. But it s gone beyond that now. We ll get onto to that in a bit. But first, take a look at these images. What you just saw there is a mother throwing her baby to safety from a burning building in durban. Rioters targeted shops on the ground floor there and then set the building on fire. The mother with her baby were
Army knife. That gun is the semiautomatic version of the rifles used by the military in the u. S. And other countries, and as you can see here, it has been used repeatedly in the deadliest mass shootings in recent u. S. History. Take a look at this map here. Each of those red dots signifies a mass shooting this year alone. Victims and survivors of gun violence fear that california s ruling will only lead to more carnage. Cnn s polo sandoval reports. Reporter: california s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles has weathered decades of opposition, until now. San diego u. S. District judge roger benitez ruled to overturn it. Passed in 1989 on the heels of a school shooting in stockton, california that left five children dead, the law was touted as california s first assault weapons act. It established what an assault weapon is and made them illegal to buy or possess in california. This week judge benitez ruled that ban unconstitutional and deprived lawabiding californians of weapons allowed
Remember this graphic from the cdc that caught some flak for being confusing? that right side is now updated for vaccinated folks. Go anywhere you want, do anything you want, reclaim your lives. And there s more good news today. Pfizer s ceo says evidence shows the vaccine protects against all variants so far, and 12 to 15yearolds are now getting the shot, giving the overall percentage of americans vaccinated a shot in the arm. But what about kids who are still too young for the vaccine? and here s another issue. The cdc issues guidance and recommendations, but it s state and local governments who issue those mask mandates and some are lifting restrictions while others are taking a wait and see approach. Individual businesses can issue their own mask mandates. A whole lot of them say they ll continue to require masks. Others say they re reviewing or evaluating the guidance. If you go into a place and the fact is you very likely will not know if you go into a restaurant or a store or an
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. archbishop desmond tutu, who helped end the racial segregation and discrimination of south africa s apartheid era, has died aged 90. a friend of nelson mandela, he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1984 for campaigning against apartheid. the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, said the death marked another chapter in the nation s farewell to a generation of outstanding south africans . our africa correspondent, andrew harding, looks back at his life. raise our hands and we say, we will be free! desmond tutu was a man of hope. a south african priest who became one of the world s great moral voices. it was during south africa s long and violent struggle against white minority rule that desmond tutu rose to prominence. a diminutive priest, defying the apartheid government, comparing them to the nazis. the system of this country, apartheid, is immoral! the system of this country is evil! while nelson ma
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. tributes have been paid from around the world to archbishop desmond tutu one of the leading figures in the fight against white minority rule in south africa, who has died aged 90. desmond tutu s tireless campaigning against apartheid was rewarded with the nobel peace prize. south africa s president cyril ramaphosa described him as a patriot without equal . the former us president barack obama said he had been a mentor, friend and moral compass. current us presidentjoe biden said he was heartbroken . our africa correspondent, andrew harding, looks back at his life. raise our hands and we say, we will be free! desmond tutu was a man of hope. a south african priest who became one of the world s great moral voices. it was during south africa s long and violent struggle against white minority rule that desmond tutu rose to prominence. a diminutive priest, defying the apartheid government, comparing them