welcome to the programme. plenty of sport coming up. we begin in haiti where the wife of the late president, who was assassinated on wednesday, has posted an audio message on twitter describing the moment gunmen stormed their home. she was injured and taken to a hospital in miami. the killing has thrown the country into deep political turmoil with haiti asking both the un and the us to send military support. in a moment, we ll hearfrom haiti s minister for elections. but first, this report from the bbc s rich preston. as haiti s future remains uncertain, some ordinary haitians are looking for a way out of the country, fearful that the situation might deteriorate even further. haiti is the poorest country in the americas. the first lady says her husband planned to change the constitution to improve the lives of ordinary people. speaking in creole, she described wednesday s attack. translation: in the blinki of an eye, the mercenaries entered my home and riddled my husband with
women s singles final. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in haiti where the wife of the late president, who was assassinated on wednesday, has posted an audio message on twitter describing the moment gunmen stormed their home. she was injured and taken to a hospital in miami. the killing has thrown the country into deep political turmoil, with haiti asking both the un and the us to send military support. in a moment, we ll hearfrom haiti s minister for elections. but first, this report from the bbc s rich preston. as haiti s future remains uncertain, some ordinary haitians are looking for a way out of the country, fearful that the situation may deteriorate even further. haiti is the poorest country in the americas, the first lady says her husband planned to change the constitution to improve the lives of ordinary people. speaking in creole, she described wednesday s attack. translation: in the blink of an either mercenaries entered my home and riddled my husband wi
and across the nation, at 3pm, gun salutes and a minute s silence took place. and we ll be looking at the papers with our reviewers eve pollard and peter hunt stay with us for that. in a few minutes viewers on bbc one willjoin us for a round up of the day s events with huw edwards. but before that the duke of edinburgh was laid to rest at windsor castle earlier today. although the service itself was small, due to covid restrictions, the duke s love of the military was reflected in the pageantry, before the funeral in st george s chapel. inside the chapel, there were only 30 mourners, all members of the family or close friends. the queen sat alone again due to covid rules as she said goodbye to her husband of 73 years. the service was opened by the dean of windsor. we are here today in saint george s chapel to commit into the hands of god the soul of his servant, prince philip, duke of edinburgh. with grateful hearts we remember the many ways in which his long life has
social media, anti social media, breaking news, faking news. it s the media show, at liz30pm. hello, good afternoon. care home residents in england will be allowed to have a second regular visitor indoors from the 12th of april, in a further relaxation of coronavirus restrictions. babies and young children won t be counted in the limit, meaning some residents will be allowed to see small groups of loved ones for the first time in months. daniela relph reports. locked down, kept apart from those they love. the anguish of care home residents and their families began to ease last month as restrictions were gradually lifted. hello, mum. how are you? now more family members will be reunited as residents will be allowed a second, regular, indoorvisitor from the 12th of april. they will include babies and very young children, with those under the age of two not included in visitor numbers. visiting is one of the things that makes life worth living if you live in a care home. it s so
the government will set out tomorrow more details of a temporary visa scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the uk. it comes after a frustrating day for some motorists, with queues and congestion around some petrol stations, following a disruption to fuel deliveries because of a shortage of hauliers. the visa scheme could bring in around 5,000 drivers, but the haulage industry says it needs 100,000. earlier, i spoke to someone in the industry. it is 100,000 drivers that are short, so the government is saying that they are going to allow temporary visas for 5000 drivers. i really don t see how that is going to solve the situation. really don t see how that is going to solve the situation. yes, and for three months. to solve the situation. yes, and for three months, is to solve the situation. yes, and for three months, is the to solve the situation. yes, and for three months, is the government | three months, is the government being somewhat naive?