Purge in the countrys leadership. 11 princes, four current ministers and dozens of former ministers have been detained in a campaign to stamp out corruption. Crown Prince Mohammed bin salman, whos in charge of the new Anti Corruption committee, appears to have sidelined powerful rivals. It seems the heads of the Saudi National guard and navy have been replaced. Staying in saudi arabia, state media there says the military has shot down a missile over the capital, riyadh. Officials believe the weapon was fired from yemen, where houthi rebels, backed by iran, are fighting the saudi backed government. Mohamed taha from bbc arabic says its clear the houthis intended to cause major damage. It couldnt be denied because, as you said, whether the missile or part of it hit the airport or a building in the airport, whether it has been intercepted or not, but you know, at the end of the day, there is a fire, there is explosion in parts of the airport. Im sure what happened tonight will have a very
11 princes, four current ministers and dozens of former ministers have been detained in a campaign to stamp out corruption. Crown Prince Mohammed bin salman, whos in charge of the new Anti Corruption committee, appears to have sidelined powerful rivals. Staying in saudi arabia, state media there says the military has shot down a missile over the capital, riyadh. Officials believe the weapon was fired from yemen, where houthi rebels, backed by iran, are fighting the saudi backed government. Mohamed taha from bbc arabic says its clear the houthis intended to cause major damage. They likely came from iran to put pressure on the Saudi Arabian government, which has been bombarding yemen for several years now. Next and unrelated move that several prominent princes, including several prominent princes, including several ministers, had been detained ina several ministers, had been detained in a sweeping anticorruption purge led by the crown prince. The heir to the throne has been moving fast t
Thunderstorms are likely today and tonight. Highs today will get into the upper 70s and low 80s. Dewpoints will be near 70 making it very humid. We have a marginal risk for severe storms today. Stay weather aware. A more storms likely overnight and early thursday but by thursday afternoon, that cold front has passed through our area and we start seeing cooler and less humid air arrive. Highs dip into the low to mid 70s late week. Today mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Muggy. High 80 dewpoint 72 wind sw 515 mph tonight increasing clouds. Chance for thunderstorms overnight. Low 68 dewpoint 72 wind s 510 mph major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no learned italys premier. Will head to central italy later today. This comes after a quake struck the region killing at least 37 people. Angelicas in the newsroom monitoring this developing situation. Heres what we know so far the earthquake struck near the town of norcia at roughly 3 30 in the morning loc
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In the Early Morning hours. Brian sloggie woken by gunshots c0025 6 56 when you hear it it sounds like firecrackers you know pop pop pop pop. 7 01 brian sloggie says the shooting near his room at the super 8 motel woke him from his sleep. Brian sloggie shots fired. 6 22 you know who is gonna do anything . Youre gonna stay where you are at. Im not gonna go investigate whats going on. 6 27 in this case, Police Arrested a suspect nearby and in a short amount of time. But still its another victim sent to the hospital with life threatening injuries. Brian sloggie woken by gunshots c0025 7 30 well its everyday. You look at the news somebody is getting shot somewhere. Portsmouth whatever. Its scary speak for all people this weekend. In a 48 hour span,, 6 shootings. The most recent in portsmouth, the most deadly, the murder on kingston avenue saturday afternoon. Where neighbors say the violence is too common. Vanessa carterwest neighbor c0032 1 27 41 god only knows what happened here today, bu