the un tells the taliban to reverse its decision banning afghan women working for humanitarian agencies after five major organisations suspend their work in afghanistan. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in america where at least 50 people are now known to have died due to the severe arctic freeze, that continues to affect the us and canada. one of the worst hit areas is the city of buffalo, in new york state, where the governor called the storm an epic, once in a lifetime event . the bbc s, emily unia, has the latest. the arctic storm pummelling the us and canada caused christmas chaos for millions. thousands of flights were cancelled, and roads and railways were closed or impassible, preventing people from reaching friends and family. emergency services battled treacherous conditions to carry out rescues. fatalities have been confirmed across the us. one of the worst hit areas was new york state, especially in buffalo and hamburg in erie county. snow blanketed st
tonight fresh in their minds. democratic senator rafael warnock and republican challenger herschel walker. senator warnock as you know won his seat in the 2020 election in a narrowly decided runoff. walker a former running back with the former president firmly behind him. senator warnock is a pastor. herschel walker is currently involved in a scandal over allegedly pressuring the mother of one of his children to get an abortion. here s how the abortion issue came up tonight. a week before the debate a former girlfriend made public accusations that you paid for an abortion and encouraged her to have another. in an abc interview this week you said the accusations are, quote, all lies. for the voters watching tonight can you explain the circumstances surrounding these claims? you have 60 seconds. as i said, that s a lie. i put it in a book. one thing about my life, i ve been very transparent. not like the senator. he s here things. at the same time, that s a law. on abortion
else. you were going to a hotel, i don t have the money to go to a hotel, this was the best bet. [indiscernible] carley: tampa international airport will shut down and suspend flights beginning at 5 p.m. eastern time in preparation for the monster storm. todd: janice dean is tracking the storm. janice: 125 miles per hour and just made landfall across the western portion of cuba and has warm water ahead. we are expecting this to become category four storm, making winds upward of 125 miles per hour, we are almost there. the storm will affect this storm going over land and losing its water source, once it gets to gulf of mexico with temperatures close to 90 degrees, we ll see explosive development over next 24 hours 6789 we have 125 mile per hour sustained winds, pressure is dropping. talk about a strengthening storm, when we see the pressure dropping that means it is getting stronger issue but the winds get bumped up. we re dealing with a category three storm, almost ca
who ve been relocating rel migrs to proud sanctuary enclaves. rhonda santurce sending two flights of migrants to obama s favorite vacation spot, martha s vineyard, massachusetts democrats alreadhy calling that a humanitarian crisis. , and it s only 50 people.d and texas gov. greg abbott dropping off busloads of immigrants right at kamala sd doorstep after she declarede. the border secure. using the president is accusing republicans of using those asylum seekers as political oth props while others go even eve further. instead of working with us on solutions, republicans are playing politics with human beings, using them as props. abidin santurce are doingda today in the legacy of segregation, segregationists playing politics with people s lives. these are. the kinds of f tactics we see from smugglers in places like mexico and guatemala. some politicians would rather not only have an issuet f but exacerbate it to the extenta of literally human trafficking. as you said