cities and towns, this after severe storms ripped across oklahoma and parts of the central u.s. this morning, more than 50,000 without power in the region. at least nine tornadoes touching down in oklahoma and kansas. wind gusts equivalent to a category 3 hurricane about 120 miles an hour battering texas. ahead, the latest on the storm s and what s to come. plus, at least two people are dead, three others wounded after a drone attack in ukraine. this as the u.s. is now warning that china will face penalties if beijing provides russia with drones and ammunition, as u.s. intelligence indicates, to aid russia s ongoing invasion of ukraine. we do begin this hour with the latest on those severe storms and tornadoes. cnn s senior national correspondent, ed lavendera is in norman, oklahoma. cnn meteorologist chad myers standing by with the latest forecast. we want to begin with you, ed. some pictures there, just alarming. tell us what you re seeing on the ground. reporter: wel
TotalEnergies announced Tuesday it had started drilling wells for oil in Uganda as part of a huge project condemned by environmental and rights groups."Total continues its greenwashing, trying to convince that its oil wells will not affect the local fauna thanks to the beige colour of the drilling towers 'to look like the surrounding savannah'," the two groups said in a statement.
this thing up. drilling wells around the area that was most contaminated to figure out if and when and how that plume of toxic materials is se seeping into the ground water and moving. as they have all said, this is going to not takes weeks, months, it will be years of monitoring this, all of this as this toxic mess from a derailment seeps into our toxic politics, as well. the house now saying that they are going to hold hearings about the biden administration and tl lack of response or poor response to this. and the senate now saying that they want to call the ceo of norfolk southern to the senate to explain himself. the senate obviously trying to focus on norfolk southern s role and how all of this played out. so i think we re going to hear many, many weeks and months of this toxic derailment to come. jim? well, it would be nice if the investigation was actually about what happened, how this happened, how to prevent it, but, sounds like politics will rule the day. miguel marquez, t
RIYADH: A delegation from the Saudi Fund for Development participated in the 2nd Africa High-Level Forum of South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Sustainable Development, in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, from Jan. 17 to 19, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday. The forum was held in the presence of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, and under the auspices of the