Several developing stories as we come on the air. President trump under growing pressure, now trying to shift the focus. Today bringing American Families before the cameras, saying they are the ones permanently separated from their family members because of undocumented immigrants. It comes after the president s policy separating children from their parents. And the outrage across the country. Tonight hundreds of children remain separated. The babies, the young faces who dont know their parents phone numbers. Is there a plan to reunite them. The severe storm threat as we come on the air. 20 million americans bracing f. Flash flooding. Severe thunderstorms from the heartland all the way east. We hav
racing in. The officer fired tonight after pulling over his daughter and her boyfriend. He arrests the young man and you can hear what he says to him on the police video. The brutal road rage case tonight, the colorado mother with her sons going to the dentist. Tonight, the driver of the oth
And a small green miracle in a refugee camp injordan thanks to scientists from Sheffield University. Assaults on staff have more than quadrupled in prisons in yorkshire and lincolnshire over a five year period. In 2013, 326 were recorded. This figure rose to almost 1,400 in 2018. The latest figures show three prisons in particular full sutton, wealstun and wetherby recorded more assaults on staff in the first nine months of 2019 than in the whole of the previous year. Tracy gee has been speaking to three officers who have experienced first hand how the violence has escalated. You might find some of the images
in the film upsetting. Attacks on prison officers are at an all time high. They are a daily occurrence. Ive seen staff he headbutted. Im seen staff he sexually assaulted. Ive been thrown in the wall. Ive had a tv thrown in my face. On average 27 assaults happen every single day. Thats more than one an hour. Theyve got shanks. Theyve got access to razor blades. Theyre ready. Theyre
Cancelled for tournament has been cancelled for the First Time Since world war ii. The all England Lawn Tennis Club chairman said its going to use the breadth of the tournaments resources to help local communities during this time. The Edinburgh Festival due, to take place this august, has also been called off for the first time in its 73 year history. The five events normally attract more than four million visitors to the scottish capital. The Champions League and Europa League have also been suspended until further notice. And with so many games cancelled, theres increasing pressure on premier League Players and managers to accept pay cuts. Both newcastle and spurs have applied to the governments funding scheme to help pay the wages of their backroom staff. But their first team players, on multi Million Pound salaries, are still being paid in full. Katie gornall reports. They are one of the worlds richest clubs with a state of the art stadium, but it seems even that doesnt make you i
This is bbc world news. Im james reynolds. Our top stories Iranian State television says the countrys military did shoot down a ukrainian passengerjet, blaming human error. Polls open in taiwan for the countrys president ial election where relations with Mainland China have taken centre stage. The death has been announced of the sultan of oman, the longest serving ruler in the gulf. And, plants living the high life why vegetation is growing at higher altitudes in the himalayas. In the past hour, iran has admitted it did shoot down the ukrainian passenger plane that
crashed near the iranian capital tehran on wednesday killing all 176 people on board. Irans foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif wrote on twitter that preliminary investigations by the armed forces concluded it was human error at a time of crisis caused by us adventurism he went on to say our profound regrets, apologies and condolences to our people, to the families of all victims, and to other affected nations. Irans presi
After the window was put up in westminster abbey. We loved it here, and i suggested tojp this would be a great place to draw and paint the arrival of spring. There are apple, pear, cherry and plum blossom, with hawthorn and blackthorn. East yorkshire only had blackthorn and hawthorn. We found this house with a large garden that was cheaper than anything in sussex. We bought it. I began straight away, drawing on a japanese foldout book. I drew all around the house and then i drew the house itself. These were exhibited in new york in september 2019. Being a smoker, i do not care for new york, so i never went. We came back here to normandy on march the 2nd. I began drawing the winter trees on my new ipad. Then the virus started. I went on drawing the winter trees that eventually burst into blossom. This is the stage were at right now. Meanwhile, the virus is going mad and many people said my drawings
were a great respite from what was going on. Why are my ipad drawings seen as a respite f