anonymously so that they would be more comfortable coming into court because there is a lot of unwanted attention that they felt came with testifying and in such a profile case, no one can testify anonymously for the defence and they simply weren t victims, they were not testifying for personal stories of sexual abuse and it was unprecedented to allow that to happen so the defence now allowed to see if they will go ahead and call these witnesses without anonymity and whether or not villa to continue the case about them. they also had another setback when the lawyers of the accused would not have to testify, only one, the lawyer for jane with a very narrow line for questioning. jane with a very narrow line for questioning- a storm, bringing dangerously high winds with it, has swept across the american midwest the second damaging weather system to hit the region
we are above normal temperatures, we tend to get more tornadoes than normal and that is something that may have been more in the future, although we are talking about changes of ten to 20%. meteorologist and atmospheric changes of ten to 20%. meteorologist and atmospheric administration. - and atmospheric administration. thank you so much. the us is not the only country suffering from severe weatherjust now. a super typhoon has made landfall in the philippines. it comes with winds of more than 165 kilometres per hour and heavy rain. thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes, and schools in the storm s expected path, have been closed. our correspondent howard johnson reports. power and communication lines remain down on siargao island, a tropical idyll, popular with backpackers and surfers. normally abuzz with updates
bringing with it winds of up to 165 kilometres per hour and inundating the central philippines with heavy rain. videos posted on social media show the philippine coast guard helping to move families from flooded coastal and riverside communities. thousands of people had evacuated their homes before the typhoon hit, but the united nations has warned that more than 13 million people live in areas likely to be affected by the storm. the international federation of the red cross has described typhoon rai as a monster storm and said that climate change was making typhoons more ferocious and unpredictable. howard johnson, bbc news, manila. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. lawyers for ghislane maxwell started her defence on thursday. she s accused of grooming underage girls for abuse by the billionairejeffrey epstein. it s thought they will call dozens of witnesses although it s not yet clear if the 59 year old will take
from social media influencers, the area has fallen eerily quiet. it is hoped the philippine air force will land on siargao island tomorrow to assess the extent of the damage. philippines state meteorologists say typhoon rai is now moving towards two other islands, bringing with it winds of up to 165 kph and inundating the central philippines with heavy rain. videos posted on social media show the philippine coast guard helping to move families from flooded coastal and riverside communities. thousands of people had evacuated their homes before the typhoon hit, but the united nations has warned that more than 13 million people live in areas likely to be affected by the storm. the international federation of the red cross has described typhoon rai as a monster storm , and said that climate change was making typhoons more ferocious and unpredictable. howard johnson, bbc news, manila.
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