The daytime highs soaring above average for this time of the year. 80 degrees in San Francisco. 86 in oakland, and 93 in san jose. The High Temperature in concord, 97 this afternoon. 13 to 15 degrees above average for this time of the year. We are looking at temperatures as we head through the rest of the week into the weekend, and i will let you know what to expect and how long the above average temperatures will last in a few minutes. Im ann e makovec. If you are dreaming of a trip down under, australia is keeping its borders through 2021. Australia said they will look to relax entry rules for students and longterm visitors. Working out the details including the possibility of allowing people from new zealand in as early as september. New zealand reporting one new positive case of coronavirus a man who recently traveled to pakistan, and while new zealands isolation measures worked, in this case to stop the spread, the Health Manager apologizing for the incident earlier this week when
Brexit is the real end of the british empire. Good morning. Its thursday 14th of november. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Accident and Emergency Departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 2004. Other targets covering cancer and routine hospital treatment are also being missed. Lets take a look at some of those targets and the latest statistics published this morning. The government target is a maximum four hour wait for those in a e. But todays figures show only 83. 6 of patients, thats one in six patients, were treated or assessed in a e within four hours in october. Thats a sharp drop on september and down from 89. 1 in october last year. The number of patients waiting for routine operations in england was 4. 42 million in september the highest ever. The nhs target is to have all patients start routine treatment within 18 weeks. But todays figures show more than 672,000 people were waiting more than 18 weeks the highe
They were women and children. 28 people were martyred and dozens were injured in the attacks on several houses in yunus house in the south of gaza last night. The zionists also targeted the surroundings of three hospitals and two mosques where people had taken refuge. The continuation of airstrikes by the zionist regime has destroyed the town of zahra in the center of gaza. In these attacks, 2 residential towers were razed to the ground and their residents were displaced or martyred. Each of these towers contained 40 residential units and at least 60 palestinian families lived there. The number of martyrs of the zionist military attacks on gaza exceeds 5 thousand people gone. Out of 587 martyrs, 2055 are children and 119 are women. In the recent zionist attacks on the west bank, 95 people were killed. We came to alquds hospital in talal hawa area to find out about its situation. As you can see , there are thousands of people here, some of whom dont even have a carpet to wear. You see t
All right, bear with me here. I have all this technology but thank you everyone for coming today. Open to the Washington Post, im mike bowes, i cover Washington Congress for the post. Im here today to discuss the nations Opioid Crisis and i know i dont need help the people in this room about the scale of that crisis. The victims, families, doctors, Public Health officials, people that look like me and lawmakers like these have been spreading the word about whats been going on and were going to begin our program today with a discussion of the policy and government response and i invite you all to sit down. So turning me on stage and part me just a moment while i just, first we have Diana Degette of colorado, a senior democrat on the house committee, ranking democrat on the oversight and investigations subcommittee. She cosponsors or coauthored the 20th century jurors act with which put 1 billion of new federal funds into the full viewing epidemic to combat it. Chief deputy whip of the H
I know i dont need to tell people this this room about the scope of the crisis, the victims, family, doctors, Public Health officials, journalists like me and lawmakers like these fine folks have been spreading the word about whats been going on, and were going to begin our program today with a discussion of the policy and the government response. Ill invite you all to sit down now. So joining me on stage pardon me just a moment while i adjust this. First off we have congresswoman diana deget of colorado. She is a senior democrat on the house energy and Commerce Committee, ranking democrat on the oversight investigation subcommittee. She cosponsored coauthored the 20th century cure which put a billion dollars of new general funds into the Opioid Epidemic to combat it. She is the chief deputy whip of the Democratic House democratic caucus. Thank you very much, congresswoman. Senator ed markey is here, of massachusetts, democrat, and member of the Senate Commerce committee which has broa