Off the job at 31. 00 Assembly Lines across the country theyre frightened to stay on strike until an agreement is reached. And the United Nations is warning that Rohingya Muslims who remain in myanmar are living under the threat of genocide the un is repeating calls for top generals to face trial for forcing iran 3 quarters of a 1000000 to flee to bangladesh 2 years ago the un also says it has serious concerns about a crackdown on refugee camps in bangladesh it says aid workers accused of supporting rohingya protests last month have been banned their phones confiscated and a curfew imposed. Indonesias government to scrambling to control widespread forest fires which are causing a toxic case to spread to other countries this off smoke is causing causing a lot of respiratory problems and disrupting fights has more from the city of peckham baro in indonesia. Were in peckham bar city in the province of rio on the island of sumatra where 40000 hectares of land have been covered by smog and
After his ball tampering ban saves australia in the first test at edgbaston. And who will be the latest contestant to quick step his way into the strictly ballroom . We will reveal all after 8 00am. And i will be revealing the forecast, which is much drier than recent days. Fewer showers around, lighter showers as well. Join me for all the details in liverpool. It is friday 2 august. Our top story the Emergency Services have been working through the night to try and divert water away from a Reservoir Dam in derbyshire which is in danger of bursting and flooding a town. The raf has been called in to help protect Whaley Bridge. More than 6,000 people have been told to leave their homes. Simonjones has this report. An unprecedented, fast moving emergency situation. The words of the police after intense rain left this dam dangerously close to collapse. Access to nearby Whaley Bridge remained blocked overnight, and a large part of the town evacuated. You cant risk it, can you . If something
President trump. The irs said, not so fast. Local governments may have to respond to millions of dollars. Laura davison. What did the irs say yesterday . If you want to prepay your taxes and get the deduction on a, the county has to assess them and you have to pay them before 2018. To prepay their taxes between christmas and new years. This deduction because you havent gotten the assessment. Those people. I saw that notice and talked to my accountant. In yonkers, they will not get those bills out. They are busy. They cant write all these bills and send them out. I cant pay it. It will create a ton of confusion just depending on where you live. A lot of people trying to get it done before the new year are stuck here thinking, shoot, i dont know what to do. David there was a bloomberg story out today about the International Last fact. They are getting, perhaps, a nasty surprise here about how this works. How does that work . It is a minimum tax for companies that operate overseas. The in
Donald trump talking about the prospect earlier. If the country shuts down, which could very well be, the budget should be handled a lot differently than it has been over the last long period of time, many years. But if for any reason it shuts down, the worst thing is what happens to our military. We are rebuilding the military, bringing it toa rebuilding the military, bringing it to a level that has never been at. And the worst thing is for our military, we dont want that to happen. Anthony joins us live washington. What are the main obstacles between where we are in the funding being released . Were looking at a short term deal to extend funding into the middle of february. That has to pass the house of representatives and the senate, and the House Republicans can do it pretty much by themselves because they have a simple majority. In the senate, it will take democratic help, or at least a handful of democrats not outright blocking it from passage. The bill we are looking at now is c
Employees dont report to work. And it does happen. The last one was in 2013. Well hear from the president first. If the country shuts down, which could very well be, the budget should be handled a lot differently thanit should be handled a lot differently than it has been in the last long period of time, many years. If for any reason it shuts down, the worst thing is what happens to our military. We are rebuilding the military, bringing it to a level that its never been at. And the worst thing is for our military. We dont want that to happen. Thats got more detailfrom dont want that to happen. Thats got more detail from anthony in washington. Lets get more detail. Were looking at a shortterm deal to extend funding into the middle of february. It has the passport the house of representatives and senate. The house can do it on its own because they have a majority. In the senate, it will take democratic help from a handful of democrats not outright blocking it from passage. The bill we ar