this is where i felt the safest. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. a new coordination centre has begun work in turkey part of a complex deal to restart blockaded grain exports from ukraine. it s an effort to ease a global food crisis that is affecting millions around the world. more than 20 million tonnes of grain is waiting at ukrainian docks. the aim is to export five million tonnes a month, matching pre war levels. richard galpin reports. from the start of the war back in february, russian forces has been blockading ukraine s black sea ports preventing exports of ukrainian wheat and other grains vital for the food supply of many countries around the world. according to officials, there are around 20 million tonnes of grain in ukraine. with fears growing of global food shortages, it seems there may now have been a breakthrough with a deal agreed by the two sides. it is hoped it will be possible for ships to be inspected near turkey and t
And karen rogers has the commute for everybody going to the shore good morning. Reporter good morning, everyone we are off to a decent start with sunshine battling through Early Morning cloud cover. One thing, its a bit on the humid side. You can see showers moving away from south jersey and additional stuff out to the west that will swing through in the afternoon. 70 degrees in philadelphia. 60s in millville. 63 in allentown and 71 in cape may. Here the dewpoints, remember how we dropped into the 50s yesterday, back up in the mid 60s thats noticeable humidity in cape may and dover its oppressively humid for the Early Morning walk. As we roll through the day, it gets stickier and stickier. 72 for the Early Morning workout, youll sweat a bit. 77 at 10, and 78 at noon. Theres a chance of spotty drenching shower and lateday gusty thunderstorms that will extend into the evening. Not everyone will see them, but some of you will, they will produce damaging winds and downpours, steer clear of
But things are improving there. Look out for possible flooded roads in Cape May County for the next halfhour or so. As we look at the wide view, more shower activity coming in from the southwest. Clouds out to the west and additional showers for the this afternoon. Looks like well be humid now and tropical humidity later this afternoon. Spotty showers and thunderstorms. 70 degrees and dry in philadelphia. 61 in allentown. 70 in wilmington, 68 in trenton. The dewpoints are starting to come back up. Its very humid with the dewpoints in the 70s in cape may and dover, is as far north as philadelphia in the mid 60s, starting to get humid in the northern suburbs, you will have to wait for it to hit full force. 77 by 10 00 a. M. Phenomenon, 81. During the afternoon hours it gets soupy and toasty, high of 87 at 3 00 p. M. , again, spotty, but potentially strong thunderstorms developing in the afternoon and continuing into the evening and straight up until midnight tonight. They are not everywh
The loss of her brother 13yearold chris mackey as she stands before crowd of people wearing a tshirt bearing his picture. Im still in shock, like, i never thought this would happen to my brother. She and another Family Member spoke during a vigil put on my philadelphia cease fire a day after police say chris was accidentally shot to death behind a home on east walnut lane in germantown. They say he was with other teens playing with a gun when it happened. Today a 15yearold boy was charged with unvoluntary manslaughter a second teen a facing lesser charges. They trying to say that it was an accident. Two people got charged for it. Reporter eddie mackey is the victims uncle. My family right now is grieving beyond what i ever could imagine. Reporter a crowd people gathered for this cease fire vigil. We need to come together more often. Not just when theres a time of tragedy. Making a plea for conflict resolution and for people to put down the guns and for gun owners to lock up their weapo
They are moving through. Passing shower. We are seeing a nice break. Nothing developing across delaware bay now but we will keep a close eye on this radar. People head willing there this morning. That one shower is moving toward Long Beach Island. So that continues, to move, north. We will keep a close eye on this over next few hours but right now we want to give it back to chris and lauren. A thousand workers at taj mahal are currently on strike. Casino union failed to make a deal. Steve keeley is live with the striking workers, steve, did they do it. Reporter i will talk to our cameraman, joe, they are handing out picket signs. They have started a strike. Man handing out picket signs. The workers working overnight here comes a cook out the front door. They are walking off the job in the middle of their shift. They are on staggered shift this guy coming out of the kitchen and on the boardwalk and on the picket lines. They negotiated until midnight a union leader told me and said they