And theyre going to get were going to feel now for the next several hours something most grouping of them is going to really just kind of lingering for all the growth and employment and the river thats just rushing flow through an aerial really from when you get up through the Florida Panhandle different than the rain of water is going to be the most serious if you were going to be from storm birgitte their ears are forward. The white house has approved oregons disaster declaration make it possible to access federal funds several wildfires continue to burn out of control in the Western States hundreds of homes have been destroyed. Japans emperor has appointed a new Prime Minister yoshihiko no nation was confirmed by parliamentary vote on wednesday is a longtime ally of the former Prime Minister shinzo who resigned last month for Health Reasons Senior Palestinian figures say theyve been betrayed after the United Arab Emirates and bahrain signed u. S. Brokered agreements to normalize tie
Southwest england for an animal hunted to extinction 400 years ago is making a comeback attracting tourists and helping to reduce flooding. Welcome to the program our top story this hour tributes are being paid to u. S. Supremes Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died aged 87. 00 while many are remembering her legacy as a champion of womens rights a political fight is also brewing over what happens next republicans want to name her successor immediately President Donald Trump is tweeted hell do so without delay but democrat challenger joe biden is saying the next president should decide alan fischer reports. Became tilly tributes to pay their respects to mark the passing of a woman few here knew but all respected a loss they felt personally even if Ruth Bader Ginsburgs decisions from the Supreme Court mean not to touch their lives she was physically small but her presence loomed large on the court she was a blunt talking liberal who often challenge her conservative colleagues on the
Expect dont trump said hes going to push ahead with the nomination hes already unveiled a list of people he would like to see on the Supreme Court if he was given a 2nd term well pick one of those names and put it into the mix Mitch Mcconnell who is the leader of the Senate Republicans he said he will take that nomination and he will put it to a vote as quickly as he possibly can and thats interesting because 4 years ago when Antonin Scalia a conservative justice died Mitch Mcconnell said that he wouldnt put forward anyone for a vote during an election year. More than 600000 people have now been affected by flooding in sudan at least 100 people have been killed while the river nile not expected to return to normal levels for days there are warnings that fresh rain on Higher Ground could cause more flash flooding downstream International Agencies are increasing their support to fight any outbreaks of disease chemicals have been sprayed to fight malaria with many people also now risk of
Morning from russia this is the weekly around the pole of the big headlines of the last 7 days here in r. T. International with me kevin. First and germanys accepted moscows request for legal cooperation on a probe into the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy however state prosecutors warn some information will only be shared with the activists consent it says Russian Police asked to interview him in berlin where hes in hospital still germany adds it still expects russia to be held accountable for the incident. The relations with russia are influenced by the fact that russia is 1st of all an important global actor and also by the fact that in the past and in present time we have had some problematic topics between each other and we should express ourselves carefully this time there was an attempted murder on mr novelli performed with a very specific and internationally banned nerve agent of the novacek group and our demand is. That russia urgently explain what happened at this. Hour aut
Hairiest and trade the release his main Opposition Leader delivers a shocking presentation but it fails to get you far says to agree on sanctions and more rain is expected in sudan where floods have already caused problems and now food prices are rising to. The United States has set the stage for a showdown at the u. N. General assembly by slapping additional sanctions on iran it followed the trumpet ministrations disputed weekend declaration that all un penalties the ones eased down to the 2050 nuclear deal had been restored however nearly all u. N. Members including u. S. Allies in europe reject this new sanctions mainly target those involved in irans defense sector. Just imagine what iran would do that for able to freely purchase more advanced weapons we have no intention of letting that happen the president s executive order announced today gives us a new and powerful tool to enforce the u. N. Arms to burgle and hold those who seek to evade u. N. Sanctions accountable. Today i will