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. >> the grand mosque in mecca returned to full capacity today. masks and vaccinated worshipers stood shoulder to shoulder for the first time since the pandemic began. the mosque in saudi arabia is islam's holiest site. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, the new trainees learning to drive 18 wheelers amid a nationwide demand for truckers. we head to the national zoo where some animals are getting their covid shots. and later, mining the earth for a climate change solution. >> a lack of truck drivers is partly behind delivery did he lays across the country.rtagxpey it is parraion bo neck at is clogging u.s. ports especially in california. but as crist tye of our chicago station wbbm reports, problems can create opportunities. >> trucker shortages have left cargo ships like these stacked up off the coast of california. >> look at the truck realistically. >> and left clashes for would-be truckers at capacity. >> the demand has never been greater from an industry standpoint with the shortage of drivers. >> vernon cooper runs progressive truck dri

the grand mosque in the muslim holy city of mecca in saudi arabia has begun operating at full capacityon the floor that helped worshippers stay socially distanced have been removed, and they've been allowed to pray as they used to, shoulder to shoulder. however, all visitors to the mosque must be fully vaccinated and continue to wear facemasks. pigs have been deployed by one of europe's busiest airports to keep geese away from the farmland in between runways. the bbc�*s correspondent in the netherlands, anna holligan, has been to see them in action. are pigs the new scarecrows? i think pigs are the best scarecrows you can have. they are really big, large, moving, and they are a natural way of keeping the geese away. but their greatest attribute here is their appetite. they really like to eat everything. the idea is they will gobble up leftovers from the sugar beet harvest, removing the crop residue from this freshly turned soil that usually entices the winged trespassers. this is the sugar beet. when they harvest the crop, they take the sugar beet out. they sell the crop, and they leav

the grand mosque in the muslim holy city of mecca in saudi arabia has begun operating at full capacityon the floor that helped worshippers stay socially distanced have been removed, and they've been allowed to pray as they used to — shoulder—to—shoulder. however all visitors to the mosque must be fully vaccinated and continue to wear face masks. the government has taken over the running of the southeastern rail network — which connects kent and some of east sussex with london. the move was announced last month after govia, which had been running the franchise, failed to declare more than 25 million pounds of taxpayerfunding. passengers have been told they are unlikely to see any immediate changes to services. the musician alan hawkshaw, who composed some of tv�*s most recognisable theme tunes — including grange hill and channel 4 news — has died aged 84. he was admitted to hospital this week with pneumonia and died in the early hours of saturday morning. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his work. during a career that lasted more than 40 years, alan hawkshaw com

the grand mosque in mecca in saudi arabia has dropped social distancing measures — it's now operatinglp worshippers stay socially distanced have now been removed, allowing visitors to pray as they used to — shoulder—to—shoulder. the bbc�*s alanjohnston told us more about the changes brought in from today. that black cube structure in the centre of the mosque courtyard, known as the kaaba, is the point at which muslims all over the world pray each day. and this is one of the really great gathering points of the world, we're used to seeing worshipers in large numbers pressing up towards that central point and moving around the mosque compound en masse. but of course, under the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic, that had to stop — social distancing measures were introduced, and you would see worshipers there spaced out in ranks quite far apart, looking strikingly unfamiliar, and it lost perhaps some of the atmosphere you'd get when you have large numbers of worshipers devout in unrestrained ways. but today is all about change, the markers on the floor were taken up and, as you said,

and in the ft — officials at the grand mosque of mecca remove social distancing markers allowing thete to reopen at full capacity for the first time since the start of the pandemic. that's since the start of the pandemic. the photograph or of that's the photograph on the front of the ft. sebastian, do you want to kick us off with the mirror all our hearts are shattered?— kick us off with the mirror all our hearts are shattered? indeed. this is a statement _ hearts are shattered? indeed. this is a statement of _ hearts are shattered? indeed. this is a statement of the _ hearts are shattered? indeed. this is a statement of the family - hearts are shattered? indeed. this is a statement of the family from l is a statement of the family from sir david amess who is killed in essex. it's incredibly moving statement his family of put out here through the met police came out this afternoon essentially saying that they are completely heartbroken. that is sir david's wifejudy, his four girls and a boy as well for top obviously you can see over the breath of the attributes we've seen pictures an

the grand mosque in the muslim holy city of mecca in saudi arabia has begun operating at full capacity distanced have been removed, and they�*ve been allowed to pray as they used to, shoulder to shoulder. however, all visitors to the mosque must be fully vaccinated and continue to wear face masks. a union representing about 60,000 behind—the—scenes workers in hollywood has reached a tentative deal with producers, averting a strike that threatened to cause widespread industry disruption. the international alliance of theatrical stage employees union, which includes camera operators, make—up artists, sound technicians and others, had threatened to strike from monday. shutdowns from the covid—i9 pandemic had caused a production backlog that led to crews working up to 14 hours a day to feed programming to streaming services. pigs have been deployed by one of europe�*s busiest airports to keep geese away from the farmland in between the runways. but the team, drafted in by amsterdam�*s schiphol airport, won�*t be using scare tactics. the bbc�*s correspondent in the netherlands, anna holliga

and in the ft — officials at the grand mosque of mecca remove social distancing markers allowing theopen at full capacity for the first time since the start of the pandemic. so, let's begin. starting with the express, no one should die in that way. lots of the papers taking the statement of lots of the papers taking the statemen— lots of the papers taking the statemen ., , ., , ., ., , statement of his family who released this, it was statement of his family who released this. it was going _ statement of his family who released this, it was going to _ statement of his family who released this, it was going to be _ statement of his family who released this, it was going to be a _ this, it was going to be a heartbreaking statement but it's also a statement that they've tried to urge people to come together to put love before hate and for something to come out of his death and the words are the, the shattered family want to fulfil his life's ambition. five children, four daughters and one son, david junior. no one should have to die in that way, nobody and they say they're absolutely br

the grand mosque in the muslim holy city of mecca in saudi arabia has begun operating at full capacity they've been allowed to pray as they used to — shoulder—to—shoulder. however all visitors to the mosque must be fully vaccinated and continue to wear face masks. the government has taken over the running of the southeastern rail network —— which connects kent and some of east sussex with london. the move was announced last month after govia, which had been running the franchise, failed to declare more than 25 million pounds of taxpayerfunding. passengers have been told they are unlikely to see any immediate changes to services. having said that, a little bit of sunshine in the forecast through the afternoon across the south and the south—west. that could bump up temperatures to around 17 but for most of us it is going to stay cloudy through the evening, for the night, little bits and pieces of main and we've got more wet weather heading our way for tomorrow. just approaching ireland in the early hours of monday morning. very mild. double figure temperatures for most of us first thing

safe. worshippers speak out after i saw a tax to mosques in afghanistan and other plunge, and the stock serv. china's indebted real estate giant ever grand after a deal to sell parts of its services, bales and, and sport. a fantastic catch by baseball fan actually stops anyone getting hurt as a broken bat flies into the stand that's coming up shortly with pisa. ah no pakistan's. foreign minister is the latest high ranking diplomat to meet the taliban leadership in afghanistan's capital sharma would crash his visit, focused on increasing cooperation and follows weeks of tension about cross border travel and trade routes. pakistan's intelligence chief was one of the fast fine visitors after the taliban to take over back in august. or meanwhile, the un says it set up a special trust to supply afghanistan with urgently needed cash. the head of the agencies development program says it will be tapping into funds that were frozen after the taliban took over. the country has been on the brink of a humanitarian, an economic collapse, due to a lack of cash. stephanie deka is in kaba with more on that un fund. i think 1st and foremost, we have to l