Carrying out an attempted, true in 26 day. But former soldiers and civilians will now spend the rest of their life in prison. And in ethiopia, the Prime Minister, what is the army to begin . What hes calling the final phase of his offensive against the northern reaches. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program. German chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that the country faces a tough months ahead. As it faces down the coronavirus pandemic. She told paula meant that measures to curb its spread may well be extended into next year. She also said more restrictions were necessary as of next month because although the infection right has stabilised, it remains at a high level and the number of deaths has also reached a record high medical once again repeated a mantra thats become familiar to anyone closely following her statements through out the pandemic, stopping the spread of the virus is in everyones hands. You know, i was going to say very clearly, its up to us. Were not powerless. Wit
Worst political crisis in decades but calas signed a symbolic declaration although its unclear at that has any legal status on a home reports from barcelona. He arrived at the Parliament Building bristling with expectation a heavy Police Presence hinted at the weighty announcement to come but carlos the president of catalonia is Regional Government stopped short of a full declaration of independence. As president its my responsibility to declare that catalonia should become an independent state in the shape of a republic. Should become the words greeted with rounds in applause in the chamber before the independent state party was put on hold. We asked the parliament to suspend any effects of the declaration of independence so that we can have dialogue and so that we can find the necessary solution we need to lower tensions and show our will and commitment to meet the demands of the catalan people the reaction in madrid came swiftly and this course not kaito your present day that the sp
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Crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news america. Laura this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. Let the games begin. In a short time the Opening Ceremony will be underway in Rio De Janeiro. Welcoming olympic going for gold. Rough week for the trump campaign. Where the republican nominee might find his footing. Removing the mark of slavery, a program in california is helping trafficking victims heal by taking away the tattoos that branded them. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. It has been years in the making and in a short time the rio olympics will get underway with the Opening Ceremony. More than 10,000 athletes from over 200 countries will be taking part in the game, the first to be held in south america. We have more on the buildup and what rio president s t
Hour winds penny size hail and frequent lightning. Lightning activity seems to be waning over the last couple frames of this last couple loops and thats good news but we do have the Severe Thunderstorm Warning, heavy rainfall as well in and around the tabernacle area stretching back into water formed really the cell kind of stationary right now running into the sea breeze. As natasha was talking about we unfortunately did have two separate incidents of Lightning Strikes in Point Pleasant. You can see somewhere that big burst of lightning went through around the 3 oclock hour. I know we use Lightning Strikes as kind of a metaphor for very unlikely odds but it does happen. Its kind of a misnomer. So far this year weve had 12 Lightning Strike fatalities across the country. Fortunately these people were not killed and only injured by the lightning but we do have that threat and it will continue as we continue to deal with this heat and humidity so well talk more about that storm threat and