punishments for knife crime after his cousin is stabbed to death in manchester. and it s going to be gold for great britain and northern ireland. more golds for great britain as the european championships draw to a close. good evening. dock workers at felixstowe, britain s largest container port, have gone on strike, bringing operations to a halt. there are warnings it may cause serious disruption to supply chains providing everything from fresh food to household goods, clothing and parts for the car industry. almost 2000 workers are taking part in eight days of action. their union, unite, has rejected a pay offer of 7% plus a one off payment of £500, saying it is significantly below inflation . the port authority insists it s a fair deal. almost half of britain s container goods pass through the port in suffolk. here s our business correspondent marc ashdown. what do we want? 10%! the summer of strikes has reached felixstowe docks. these workers would normally be making su
attack from the north. welcome to the programme. here in singapore, the country s prime minister has said singapore will end its ban on sex between men, but will take steps to defend the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. prime minister lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people and the british colonial era law was out of date. the legal ban on sex between men, while not enforced, has long been criticised by lgbt activists although many more conservative citizens still support it. the government will repeal section 377 a and decriminalise sex between men. i believe this is the right thing to do, and something that most singaporeans will now accept. the prime minister speaking there. with me is our asia digital reporter tessa wong, who has been following and reporting on this issue for years in singapore. great to get you on the programme, tassagh. ithink it s fair to say that there has been huge joy it s fai
and russian media reports a car explosion has killed the daughter of an influential russian philosopher and key putin ally. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brun brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. a tropical storm warning has been lifted for far southern texas, but rain from that system could spread into oklahoma and louisiana through midweek. strong winds are expected as the storm moves further inland. meanwhile, more than 12 million people across the southwestern and central u.s. are under flood watches. in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas, the risk of flash flooding is high, with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. in new mexico, residents are doing what they can to prepare for the worst. water backs up into our yards and also so far we made almost 50 sandbags. we have some that we made last year, but we re making more to prepare for that rain. an
cost of pens and papers and notebooks and all of that that went up. back to school sticker shock as inflation sent the price of school supplies soaring. the impact it is having not only on parents, but also on business owners and teachers. how some people in california are making money by having their front yards ripped out. it is sunday, august 21st, welcome to a new week. we re so grateful you re waking up with us. good morning, amara. good morning, boris. happy sunday. and we begin this morning with the extreme weather threat across the southwest and southern plains. more than 12 million people under flood watches. yeah yesterday s search and rescue crews were out looking for a missing person in utah s zion national park. rangers say hikers were being swept off their feet by flash flooding on the virgin river. rescue teams were out in the mojave county area of arizona after rushing water washed out roads and trapped vehicles across that region. cnn meteorologist
slowly meander its way across the southeastern tier of the u.s. here is a look at the system in question. you can already see a lot of that moisture bringing some pretty heavy thunderstorms to portions of northern texas, areas of oklahoma now starting to see some of that rain move into portions of arkansas as well as louisiana. you still have some rain in arizona and new mexico as well. but a lot of that is really going to begin to shift off to the east in the coming days. we do still have flood watches in effect for new mexico and texas and oklahoma and some into louisiana and southern arkansas as well. you also have some of that tropical moisture still surging from that potential tropical cyclone we had yesterday. it moved inland, but it is still pushing, that flow is still pushing the moisture from the gulf into the southeastern region. as that stationary front gradually starts to shift off to the east, you re going to see the water go with it. here is a look at where we f