Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us at least 16 people are dead and thousands of homes destroyed as of monday evening local time in the philippines officials continue to assess the damage typhoon goni is one of the strongest storms to make landfall there in years bringing winds of up to 200 kilometers an hour to parts of the country it mostly missed the capital of manila but still hundreds of thousands of people have had to evacuate not just from the storm but from subsequent mudslides and floods. For a country hit on average 20 times each year by typhoon dhoni was the most powerful to strike the philippines this year. Rooftops were torn away debris flying everywhere as water rushed in one from the sea or downhill from mountainsides. Wind gusts reached above 300 Kilometers Per Hour and in some towns the red cross said up to 80 percent of the homes were destroyed. Goni rivaled typhoon haiyan which in 2013 killed more than 6000 people. But this time there were w
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Lockdown chancellor Angela Merkel defended the countrys new coronavirus frustrations known as the walk down white germany is seeing a surge in new infections and patients in intensive care. Im kyra trades and welcome to the show starting now with some breaking news that the austrian capital vienna has been targeted in what Authorities Say is a terror attack with multiple armed gunmen 6 locations where attacks in the city center close to a synagogue several people have been killed and wounded one attacker was also shot and killed police now have ordered the public to remain in a source. Well short while ago the austrian interior minister gave an update on the situation in vienna. This is the worst day austria has faced in many years. This is a brutal terror attack that thankfully we have not had to experience for a very long time in austria. Unfortunately we have several injuries and several deaths our special police units successfully managed to neutralize a heavily armed terrorist wit
Picture in his challenger joe biden tells merican that was the time to end the kale. And germany has begun to walk down chancellor merkel defended the countrys new coronavirus restrictions citing a surge in new infections and a growing number of patients in intensive care. Hello im terry margin good to have you with us 4 people have been killed and more than a dozen wounded in what the us austrian government is calling an islamist terror attack a gunman opened fire at multiple locations in the center of vienna on monday Evening Police say they shot and killed one attacker and are hunting one or more assailants still at large. Panic on the streets of vienna the shooting began around 8 pm and Police Quickly flooded the city center it was an unseasonably warm evening and bars and restaurants were crowded ahead of a partial lockdown beginning tuesday gunman opened fire at least 6 locations the 1st reports came from the of the citys main synagogue it was closed at the time but a rabbi watch
Other European Countries ground balls with spiraling Coronavirus Infections. And vote counting is underway in georgias parliamentary election. With less than 3 days until the 2020 u. S. President ial election both candidates are making a final push in key battleground States Donald trump went to 4 rallies in pennsylvania in just 10 hours his democratic challenger joe biden toward michigan with the help of former president Barack Obama White house correspondent jim to help it has more from the campaign trail. With less than 72 hours until election day President Trump started early for a full day of campaign. 4 different stops in the Northeastern State of pennsylvania in just 10 hours trump narrowly won pennsylvania in 2016 and on tuesday hes hoping to do it again and if we win pennsylvania its over. This is one of a handful of states the Trump Campaign considers a must win for reelection what i didnt expect from such good friends leading in National Polls former Vice President joe biden