The president of armenias self declared Nagorno Karabakh republic has signed a decree which will dissolve all State Institutions on january the first. More than half the Ethnic Armenian population has fled since azerbaijan seized control of the region just over a week ago. The exodus of Ethnic Armenians surpassed 65,000 on wednesday. Many have ended up in the Armenian Border town of goris, from where our correspondent Sarah Rainsford updated me earlier. Were on the town square in goris, which is the main Armenian Border town, which is receiving refugees from Nagorno Karabakh. And you can see some of them behind me, just some of the giant aid effort thats been launched here to help people. Obviously, its Government Institutions that are involved, but also local people, lots of local businesses bringing donations to be handed out to people as they arrive here. Localfamilies, in fact, right across armenia, posting on social media, offering places to stay for people because there is a huge
In the halls of power, but not tonight. On capitol hill, lawmakers are in crunch talks to avoid a Government Shutdown, that is live pictures coming to you there from capitol hill. The republicans, who hold a slim majority in the house of representatives, are at a deadlock, with members on the right of the party demanding wide ranging spending cuts. Time appears to have run out to pass all the bills necessary in time for the start of the new fiscal year, on october 1. The question now is whether lawmakers can pass a Stopgap Measure to buy more time. If they dont succeed, all non essential functions of the federal govenrment will shut down, with Nonessential Workers places on furlough. The last shutdown, between December 2018 and january 2019, lastest 35 days, the longest ever in us history. Republican House Speaker kevin mccarthy, has not ruled out avoiding the shutdown by making a deal with democratic lawmakers. But conservative republicans have threatened to oust him as speaker if he
after the devastating earthquake that has killed more than 1300 people. the tremor struck on friday night in the atlas mountains, around 70 kilometres southwest of marrakesh. entire villages are reported to have been flattened, and families have been trapped under the rubble. the red cross says the response effort to the earthquake could take years due to the level of devastation. these are the latest pictures we are getting from amizmiz, in the south of marrakesh. people there have been digging graves for victims in this village, which has been severely affected by the deadly quake. charlotte wright has this report. outside the historic kutubiyya mosque in marrakesh, dust rises from the tower, prompting fears it might collapse. the floors were shaking, the walls were shaking, things were falling off shelving. i just didn t even know what to think. i then went into a slightly more open space in my main bedroom and just collapsed to the floor, you could not stand, everything w
breaking developments tonight on the civil fraud trial of donald trump, announcing that he is not testifying tomorrow in an 11th hour u-turn. the supposed party of law in order exposed, a maga mike johnson is desperately trying to rewrite history and protects rioters who stormed the capitol. and we re gonna unpack the growing backlash following remarks by university presidents about antisemitism on campus. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. he, or won t he? it looks like we finally have our answer. breaking tonight, an hour reversal, former president announced that he will not take the witness stand tomorrow in the 250 million dollar civil fraud trial against him and his company. the disgraced ex presidents decision comes after a new york appellate court notified his lawyers that they missed a deadline thalenge the gag order issued against trump in the case. trump s lawyers argueth their client would ve been irrevocably harmed by the order lasting through the end of his
donald trump, announcing that he is not testifying tomorrow in an 11th hour u-turn. the supposed party of law in order exposed, a maga mike johnson is desperately trying to rewrite history and protects rioters who stormed the capitol. and we re gonna unpack the growing backlash following remarks by university presidents about antisemitism on campus. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. will he, or won t he? it looks like we finally have our answer. breaking tonight, an 11th hour reversal, former president announced that he will not take the witness stand tomorrow in the 250 million dollar civil fraud trial against him and his company. the disgraced ex presidents decision comes after a new york appellate court notified his lawyers that they missed a deadline that challenge the gag order issued against trump in the case. trump swyers argued that their client would ve been irrevocably harmed by the order lasting through the end of his testimony. following that loss, trump att