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Record temperatures and hate waves in europe the United States and the arctic coincided with a major ice melt in greenland data from scientists at the danish me to a logical institute shows melting on almost 60 percent of greenlands ice sheet that released 197000000000 metric tons of water into the Atlantic Ocean in july we actually now see a. Signal of. Climate change Global Warming the arctic is actually warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world and now theres a very clear signal that is or may is actually driven by too much Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere so as this year 2 increases so should temperatures around the world were going to see more of these type of heat wave. These heat wave events. Behind large wildfires since early june wildfires in the arctic pumped out more than 100000000. 00 tons of Greenhouse Gases thats equivalent to belgiums Carbon Dioxide emissions in a year climate Scientists Say there is still time to limit Global Warming to 1. 5 degrees celsius abo
Th it is. And the temperatures will stay belowormal for daytime highs. Looking like a postcard out there now. The cars are ms ing so a live picture from our city camera. But a beautiful day. It is going to be gorgeous all throughout the day. Now one thing you probably cant see are the winds that are blowing around. But temperatures in the 60s. Making it feel mighty cool out there for june. Were coming in t low to mid60s in the Shenandoah Valley and 75 around the i95 corridor bu factor in the winds that are gusting up about 30 Miles Per Hour at times, and youre feeling a little bit of the wichill out there. 78 is our daytime high today. Again, plebnty of sunshine. And d dyingwn after about 6 00 p. M. Tonight. Lets talk about fathers day because we do have rain in thec fore and well time it out coming up. Thank you, lauryn. Developing this morning, a search for an escaped suspect. Take a look at your screen here. D. C. Police say eric Cortez Mcnair escaped from custody while receiving tr
The way. Im going to go to school to including the to run to rap his. Securing their 1st n. B. A. Championship in state its on to gain 6 against the Golden State Warriors. Hello we begin with breaking news from sudan where an ethiopian envoy says the Opposition Alliance will suspend the Civil Disobedience Campaign and strike from wednesday in turn the military has reportedly agreed to release some political detainees and the announcement comes on the 1st day of the strike residents stayed indoors and businesses remained shut in much of the capital hard to protest leaders had been promising to continue their campaign until the military gave up power the military crackdown on protesters staging sit in on last week has left at least 129 people dead mohamed valas joining us here on set hes covered the protests in sudan extensively what are you hearing about the suspension. Yes it may look like may sound like a surprise to many but weve been hearing about it in the last couple of days the s
Thanks for joining us we begin the program in sudan where ethiopia special envoy says the opposition has agreed to suspend its campaign web civil disobedience indefinitely in turn the military will release Political Prisoners as a confidence Building Measure both sides have also agreed to resume talks on forming a Transitional Council the announcement comes on the 3rd day of a strike residents stayed indoors and businesses remained shot in much of the capital khartoum protest leaders had vowed to continue their campaign until the military hands over power to a civilian led Transitional Government doctors say the number of deaths since the military launched its crackdown on protesters last monday now stands at 129 people. Well activists in sudans war torn darfur region meanwhile say that at least 8 people were killed there on monday for refusing to open their businesses as part of the strike videos which havent been independently verified show homes and shops burned down the allegations