Issues with plastic straws. He is a member of oceana. And it also included testimony from other environmental advocates and plastics industry representative representative. The subcommittee on oceans and wildlife will come to order. I may look like congressman huffman, but i am not. It is a shock. Congressman huffman is back in sonoma and able to deal with the wildfires and he was not able to get back here in washington, and so we are all hoping that, you know, that the fires subside and that, you know, many people are safe and that mr. Huffman returns soon. So with that, the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to meet on the testimony of a sea of problems, the impact of plastics on ocean, water and wildlife. Any oral Opening Statements at the hearings are limited to the chairman, the ranking minority member, the vice chair and the vice Ranking Member. This is going to allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help keep,
A final Campaign Rallies have been held in mozambique in the run up to tuesdays general election it will be the 6th vote since the end of the civil war and 1902 the ruling party is being challenged by its viable namo tensions remain between them despite signing a final peace deal in august 4 people are vying for leadership the main hopefuls include president felipe new say whos running for a 2nd term he came to power in 2014 with there were 2 or 2 statements already for his for lemo party is up against former fighter assume a whos the front man for where namo a party thats played by infighting whoever wins will lead most and makes recovery after 2 psych loans and Food Shortages this year and have to deal with a growing rebellion in the gas rich Northern Province of kabul gotto balcom what has more. Here in mozambiques capital in the food so many people historically have supported the ruling party its president ial candidates is president felipe a new see the people here say theyve been
Repression against ecuadorian demonstrators and indigenous ecuadorians. Throughout the day smoking tear gas filled the air as more and more demonstrators filled the streets once again in doubt take a tour it appears as though mayor people are saying your up to participate and joining in the front lines of these demonstrations these people are coming from all parts of the country to china these demonstrations clearly are legitimate to reverse course id cannot make versailles that they say are damaging for the country was at one point demonstrators set fire to one of the governments main administrative buildings another group of protesters set fire to a local television station many here have a deep distrust of the National News media with unrest spreading to other parts of the capital ecuadorian president lenin modano announced a mandatory nationwide curfew sending the military to restore order to city streets and public spaces. In the book today we have declared a curfew in quito and t
And evicted by penguins we look at australian attempts to empty an estate, to make room for a colony of little penguins. Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7 pm in new york, where about 60 World Leaders are gathered for a special un Climate Summit amid signs of a distinct public shift over how to tackle Climate Change. The un chief, Antonio Guterres, says he expects the summit to deliver a number of meaningful plans to dramatically reduce emissions during the next decade, reaching Carbon Neutrality by 2050. With the latest from new york, heres nick bryant. A sweltering september scorcher in new york city not much sign of autumn here. And it hasntjust been a long summer, but north of the equator, the hottest ever on record. So, today at the riverside headquarters of the united nations, an urgent Climate Action summit. This global body, once more, sounding the alarm. The world is losing the ra
Front as well as opposition parties accused of spending humanitarian aid on lavish hotels drugs and prostitutes. And for our president to suspend to answering questions from the public hes on your next session covered key domestic will be issues. Welcome me watching the weekly here on the. U. S. President called off a strike on iran just 10 minutes before it was due to be launched. A warmonger nor a dove but a man with common sense and he doesnt want to kill anybody quote unless its absolutely necessary. One thing i want to know what i want to know it accurately as accurately as possible how many people will die i dont want to kill on the radio and i understand that i have friends that are already and many friends i dont want to kill 150 of anything or anybody. Unless its absolutely necessary. The councils tight was meant to be in retaliation for tehrans downing of a u. S. Military stone over the gulf region strait of hormuz and around said it was ready to add to its collection of down