Villages as a result of 3 oil spills up until this morning dutch multinationals could act with impunity in developing countries trading their the rights of people bought food. And this is james no from this moment onwards dutch multinationals will be held accountable for their activities and their actions are developing countries and thats an enormous victory for. All the right of more globally. The European Union is expected to give us a. Vaccine emergency approval in the coming hours despite a growing dispute between the block and the company over a shortage of supplies astra zeneca reduce their commitment a week ago blaming manufacturing issues. Experts from the World Health Organization have met chinese scientists in the as they continue their investigation into the origins of covert 19 the team is now expected to conduct its 1st field visits in the city said researches would visit hospitals labs and the food markets that have been linked to the earliest cases of the virus china wi
An entire main street underwater. Oh, my goodness. I met the mayor. We toured the city the only way we could, by boat. Its okay. Roads closed and businesses wiped out. Look at this. Kim oh, my god. Lemonis . A severe burden on the local economy. Peter so im on the city council, and so we are gonna have some serious budget problems like never seen before. Lemonis and with relentless rain, well, its paralyzed this town. Man 2 what i was afraid of. Lemonis as for the people who live here, theyve had enough. How do you recover from a disaster like this and restore enough hope that people who live here dont abandon everything . The reason that i wanted to come to the Mississippi River is, as i think about it, it almost feels like the most important freeway in america, right . It goes from minnesota all the way down to new orleans. Its how Farmers Transport things. Its how ships get up and down throughout the country, and its, quite frankly, maybe even a more efficient way to travel. What i
Far no major hot spots, no traffic to really get into but were going to. See that pick up as the day goes on because its still pretty early you can see here the bay bridge traffics moving along just fine here from the maze of fremont street. 8 minutes were still in the green, but you know that could change as the day goes on and take look at the san mateo bridge can see the westbound here brake lights right here traffic starting to build up especially from the last hour into now about 13 minutes for your drive into that 8. 80 to the one o one and the Richmond Bridge pretty quiet too quiet. All morning. The tolls to one o one about 8 minutes for your drives you. Coming in there and last, but certainly not least the Golden Gate Bridge about a 21 minute drive, so one minute uptick from what we saw last hour still looks great on the road robin all right, thank you for the update rain well check back with you a little later. Well breaking news that were following for you from overnight. The
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