This information it is as you said big deal its not going to happen immediately dont expect that the probation of parliament will go ahead tonight for 5 weeks this will happen sometime after part returns on october the 14th. Thank you for the update jonah how in london. The peace talks are underway in south sudan between the president and the exiled rebel leader reg mashad which i landed in juba on monday to sit with president salva kiir a meeting seen as an important step towards the implementation of a stalled peace deal member at least 400000 people have died since the countrys civil war started in 2013 after salva kiir removed as Vice President s. Thousands of School Students have been forming human chains around hong kong in solidarity with antigovernment protest as authorities are condemning what they call the illegal behavior of radicals and ive warned to demonstrators to stop trying the patience of the government. From friday to 5 pm am today we arrested 157 people aged between
action in what will be the biggest ever nhs walk out in england. we are still hopefully on track and getting waiting lists below a year at the end of march. the more strikes we have, the more challenging that becomes. at the moment, ourstaff challenging that becomes. at the moment, our staff are working incredibly hard to get the waiting lists down. let us know how the strikes are affecting you and do you support them? you can get in touch with your thoughts on this story and the rest of the days news by contacting me on twitter @annitabbc or using the hashtag #bbc your questions we re bringing you special coverage of breaking news this hour a powerful earthquake which has struck northern syria and south eastern turkey, killing more than 640 people. the tremor had a magnitude of seven point eight, and struckjust before dawn. the epicentre was in the turkish province of gaziantep but buildings collapsed hundreds of miles away, and there are also reports of many casualtie
good saturday morning, everyone. and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. all eyes on the sky this morning as a chinese spy balloon continues drifting over the united states. where it is expected to go and why the white house has not ruled out shooting it down. and a brutal blast of dangerously cold air sweeping across the northeast. in some places it will feel like 50 to 60 degrees below zero. where we re seeing the cold air and when things will start to warm up. plus new developments in the tyre nichols case, why another officer is out of a job and why some first responders are now losing their licenses. plus important new testimony in the alex murdaugh trial, twists in the case and what it could mean for murdaugh s defense, coming up on cnn this morning . hi, everyone. if you are not keeping track, it is saturday. not time to go to work for most of you. february 4. thanks for waking up with us. i m amara walker in atlanta. an
House floor opening, with now a fourth republican nominee for speaker. This time it is congressman mike johnson of louisiana. And he says he has the votes to win. Overseas, were following breaking developments out of israel. The u. N. Warning it may be forced to stop operating in gaza today as fuel runs out. Some World Leaders intensifying their calls for a ceasefire. Plus, forecasters warn of a, quote, Nightmare Scenario after a cat 5 Hurricane Slams into mexicos southern Pacific Coast overnight, near the popular resort city of acapulco. It went from a Tropical Storm to a cat 5 in just 12 hours. We begin this hour on capitol hill, where next hour lawmakers are expected to vote once again for a speaker of the house. Louisiana congressman mike johnson is now the fourth gop pick in three weeks. The second in just one day. After tom emmer dropped out yesterday when it became clear he could not secure enough votes. A visual reminder of how Congress Found themselves in leadership crisis. 22
[explosion] harris they are taking out the targets they want to hit. Israel steadily eliminating hamas terrorist leadership. Idf forces say they now have taken out a top naval commander and killed nearly two dozen senior hamas leaders since the start of the war which was only 19 days ago. And we are learning about this. A literal whos who of Terror Leaders had a meeting in beirut. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the Faulkner Focus. A summit of hate i will call it. Top killers from hezbollah, hamas, Palestinian Islamic ji hard holding talks on achieving, quote, victory over israel. It is their first reported meeting since the war begin and cements concerns that analysts are having that the war is now getting wider and more intense and emboldening a host of The Middle Easts worst actors. Israeli forces striking syria after a Rocket Attack in israel, aleppos International Airport a target. State run media is claiming eight soldiers were killed. Secretary of state Antony Blinken confirms