report at this point. so a spokesperson for the country s disaster mitigation agency says that ten people who were trapped after the eruption were rescued earlier today and have been evacuated to safety. as for those still on the ground, authorities continue to warn people living around the slope of the volcano to avoid the area for fears of another volcanic, more volcanic activity. in fact, two lava flows have been identified just today with hazardous volcanic materials re recorded. but despite the warning, a nurse near the location tells cnn that some villagers have gone back to their village to save cows and goats, kim. we ll keep monitoring that story. blake essig in tokyo, thanks so much. and we ll be right back.
zone. that, of course, say record high. and recently, taiwan s defense minister said he believes taiwan will be able to launch a full-scale attack on taiwan by 2025. and the military tensions between beijing and taipei are the worst they ve been in more than four decades. of course, if the conflict does make out the big question has been and is for a while will the united states come to defense. thursday night during cnn s town hall, president joe biden seemingly answered that question. kim. let s hope it never comes to that. blake essig in tokyo, thanks so much. while president biden probably won t have much time to think about taiwan in the coming days almost all his energies will be focused on convincing two democratic senators to get behind this ambitious spending plan and trying to get them on board by late next week. the legal fate of steve bannon rests with the u.s. justice
allyson felix fought for, and turns out once again, won. not only on the field i think we might have lost christine there. that was christine brennan talking to us from tokyo. i think we got you back, christine? i m here, i can hear you. okay, good, you dropped out there for a second. so as you re wrapping up there about her legacy, i m just thinking about this, that the commonality here, is there a common theme coming out of these olympics, from felix to simone biles, the way female olympians in tokyo are inspiring women in new ways? without a doubt. again, this is the super bowl for women athletes. certainly speaking from a u.s. perspective. but you can see it from the australian swimmers, you could see it throughout women are just the rock stars of these olympics. i think that will continue to be
it was one of two rescue ships that pulled nearly 400 people from a dangerousry overcrowded wooden boat last week. the migrants were tested for covid-19 before being transferred onto a quarantine ship. migrant boat departures have increased in recent months as weather has improved. one u.n.-affiliated group estimates more than 1,100 people have died on the journeys this year. let s take a check of the olympic medal board as the last few events wrap up in tokyo. the u.s. will end the games in the top spot, winning both the most gold medals and most medals overall. next is china, and host japan has the third highest gold haul. british diver tom daley is taking home two medals from the tokyo games, a gold and a bronze.
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