hello and welcome to bbc news. at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states and canada. president biden has approved an emergency declaration allowing federal support for new york state. the city of buffalo has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. it lies in the great lakes region and near the canadian border 27 bodies have been recovered there; and more are expected to be found in cars buried in the snow. blizzards have blocked roads and brought down power lines making it hard to get food and medicine. sean dilley reports. forfive days, blizzard conditions have disrupted life and travel across america. dozens of deaths have been reported, more are expected in the coming days. emergency services are among those struggling with the weather. a quarter of a million homes and businesses are estimated to have been hit by power cuts on christmas eve and christmas day. the impact of the storm has stretched from canada to the mexican border.
united states. we ll look at whether there is any relief in sight. and children as young as six months old just days away from getting covid shots. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we re tracking developments in ukraine where the area around the capital kyiv was rattled by a series of explosions a short time ago. air defenses worked on enemy targets, but so far no fires or casualties reported. officials are urging people to stay in shelters. meanwhile two european leaders say the war may drag on for years. boris johnson and jens stoltenberg made the statements separately and both said that the west should be in for the long haul. and president zelenskyy is pledging to regain all the territories captured by russia in ukraine s south. he spoke after visiting two cities in the region and seeing residential areas ham areaed by artillery and missiles. translator: the losses are significant. many houses were destroyed, civilian logistics were
Its monday the 24th ofjuly. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The parents of Charlie Gard Return to the High Court Today, with the judge set to consider new evidence from a us neurologist. His parents want to take their terminally ill baby to america for experimental treatment, but doctors at great 0rmond Street Hospital believe it wont work, and say the ii month old should be allowed to die with dignity. We can speak to our news correspondent, helena lee, whos outside the high court. What are we expecting . The case is expected to begin at 2pm this afternoon, in what has become an incredibly complex and emotive case. The peasants will come back to court, but we expect is the judge in this case to examine all the new evidence that has been given over the past week or so. We know that the past week or so. We know that the american neurologist who flew over from the american neurologist who flew Overfrom America met the american neurologist who flew over from america met with great 0rmond St
The Western Illinois University School of Accounting, Finance, Economics and Decision Sciences is teaming up with the Central Illinois Chapter of the American Statistical Association to host a special workshop on Causal Inference Friday, Sept. 15, a news release says. Registration is due by Tuesday, Sept.12, here. The event will be held in Riverfront Hall, […]