Newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in yemen, where, according to the United Nations, a catastrophe is unfolding. The country is struggling with the worlds worst cholera epidemic, and the looming threat of famine. Un Officials Say yemen has been brought to its knees by more than two years of war between Houthi Rebels and a saudi led coalition. Our correspondent orla guerin has gained rare access to the Southern Port City Of Aden and sent this report. We cross the red sea to reach yemen, past the sunken wreckage of a hidden war. This was the only way to the port city of aden. The saudi led coalition, bombing the country, grounded the un plane due to fly us in. This is the kind of suffering they dont want the world to see. Rassam is 11. He is one of many children wasting away across the country. Since the war, Malnutrition Rates have soared. Hunger is menacing this nation, from the very old. To the very young. Like hussain. His mother showed us how he
Amazon Founderjeff Bezos briefly becomes the worlds richest person. But wall street nerves about the companys massive Spending Push him back down to number two. Plus, Making America Grow again. Will the latest figures on the us economy bring President Trump closer to his 3 target . Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. Also coming up a billion dollar round of coffees as starbucks buys out its chinese partner. But first we start with retail giant amazon. It has seen its shares fall sharply after its latest figures disappointed wall street. The good news it is raking in huge sums of money as its sales keep expanding. The bad its spending a fortune on developing its business, and that is making investors nervous. Lets show you the details. Total sales in the three months tojune jumped almost a quarter compared to last year to just under 38 billion. Unfortunately, they spent almost all of it Operating Expenses surged to well over 37 billion. That means there wasnt much actual
In the president ial race, despite controversy about employing Family Members. After a record 59 test matches as england captain, Alistair Cook steps down, but says he will carry on as an england player. And a royal salute in Central London, to mark 65 years of the queens reign. Its five oclock. Our main story is that research by bbc news has found that the number of patients on Hospital Wards in england has been at levels considered unsafe in nine out of ten nhs trusts this winter. The pressure on beds has meant that many patients have been at a higher risk of infection or have experienced delays in treatment. Nhs providers, which represents hospitals, said that what it called the extraordinary pressure on beds was no way to run a safe and Effective Health care system. Similar Bed Occupancy Data is not available for scotland, wales and Northern Ireland this winter. Our Health Correspondent jane dreaper has more details. It has been a very difficult winter at Yeovil Hospital in somerse
Laura Ingraham shines a spotlight on everyday Americans and examines how their lives are affected by politics at the federal, state and local level. Wall built, loopholes closed and Sanctuary City policies and data once and for all. Check out what happened courtesy of philadelphias refusal to cooperate with i. C. E. Detainers. In may of 2009, one ramon vasquez, a citizen of honduras was deported from the United States. Just five years later in march 2014 i. C. E. Officers found out that vasquez was back in the u. S. And was in custody with the Philadelphia Department of prison. Philadelphia however refused to comply with an i. C. E. Detainer request so vazquez was, instead, released from custody. After his release, vasquez was rearrested and ultimately convicted for child rape. This is an unspeakable act of evil that should have never occurred and never occurred on american soil. Remember when the current mayor of philly did this after a judge
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26efth. 17 . Yes. What do you come to mean by yes, sir. They got. Security assistan, three e amigos. As well. They cudid. If i said that number was my understanding of ambassador sondlands use of around 270 million. That term thed three people in would that probably be accurate . Charge of ukraine policy during the summer was he, gordon sound about right . Sondland and ambassador volker did they get aid in fy 18 . And secretary perry. When did you come to learn yes, sir. Including security about mr. T giulianis role and assistance . Including security what do you consider his role to assistance. We already talked about the have been . Er i first heard about former javelins and antitank missiles mayor jewgiulianis interest in that they were not able to purchase in previous ukraine in january of this year. Administrations. Have they gotten Security Assistance in fy 19 . Yes, sir. Prior to the 400 million or that was a different phase than what happened during the so that were discussing