and russian media reports a car explosion has killed the daughter of an influential russian philosopher and key putin ally. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brun brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. a tropical storm warning has been lifted for far southern texas, but rain from that system could spread into oklahoma and louisiana through midweek. strong winds are expected as the storm moves further inland. meanwhile, more than 12 million people across the southwestern and central u.s. are under flood watches. in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas, the risk of flash flooding is high, with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. in new mexico, residents are doing what they can to prepare for the worst. water backs up into our yards and also so far we made almost 50 sandbags. we have some that we made last year, but we re making more to prepare for that rain. an
all the while, exposing widening cracks in american democracy. plus can win your after the fall of kabul. how the taliban takeover has received daily life in afghanistan. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks so much for being with us. we begin in ukraine, with the two largest nuclear facilities in europe, pumping an outcry from world leaders. 42 countries, along with the european union, now calling on russia to immediately withdraw its troops from these nuclear power plants. it comes after days of repeated shelling around the facility, raising fears of a nuclear catastrophe. russia and ukraine have blamed each other for the attacks. to the south, ukraine says, an underground resistance movement blew up a railway bridge near the russian-held city of variable. ukrainian officials say, russian troops used the bridge to transport weapons and other climate from occupied crimea. meanwhile, a u.n.-charted ship carrying 23,000 tons of wheat
house speaker nancy pelosi is in taipei. china is lashing out. nearly two dozen war planes crossing into taiwan s air defense zone. just after 7 a.m. local time in taipei as i m speaking. speaker pelosi is getting ready to meet with taiwan s president and to visit taiwan s parliament in just these next hours. as we await the meetings and await to see the speaker leave her hotel, chinese president xi has placed them on high alert and launched military exercises around taiwan. the red boxes that are going to pop up, each indicate a place where chinese exercises are now taking place. tonight the biden administration is warning china. there s no reason, as i said yesterday, for beijing to turn this visit, which is consistent with longstanding u.s. policy, into some sort of crisis or use it as a pretexts to increase aggressiveness and military activity in or around the taiwan strait now or beyond her trip. now the biden team has been struggling to separate biden from pelosi. f
Carrying staff from the charity was hit on monday. Three british men john chapman, James Henderson and james kirby were among them. Israel said the strike was unintended and vowed to investigate. Thereve been calls for britain to stop selling arms to israel following the deaths. Prime minister, rishi sunak, said he was appalled by the israeli attack, while the foreign secretary, lord cameron, said israel had to make changes to ensure safety of aid workers. Our first report this hour is from our correspondent graham satchell. The pictures tell their own devastating story. The team from the Charity World central kitchen was travelling in a convoy of three cars you can clearly see their logo. Each car was hit in what looks like a precision targeted attack. The charity has now paid tribute to the seven workers who lost their lives including three british nationals. 57 year old john chapman who is believed to have served in the Royal Marines was working for the charity as a security adviser
A few moments ago, the British Foreign secretary lord cameron said he mourned the deaths of aid workers in gaza, including three british nationals, are completely unacceptable. Three british men john chapman, James Henderson and james kirby were among them. They were working as Security Advisers. Israel said the strike was unintended and promised to investigate. The family Ofjames Kirby one of the three british nationals killed in the strike have released a statement. It said. Despite the risks, his compassionate nature drove him to offer assistance to those in dire need. A genuine gentleman, james was always willing to lend a helping hand to anyone, even in the face of senseless violence. James lost his life trying to save others. He will never know what a void he has left, ourfamily will never be the same. There have been calls for britain to stop selling arms to israel following the deaths. Prime minister rishi sunak said he was appalled by the israeli attack, while the foreign secr