Hello and welcome to bbc news. The United States has officially withdrawn from an arms control pact with russia that dates back to the cold war. The intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty was a landmark agreement at the time but now the us accusses russia of violating it accuses russia of violating it, which moscow denies. The fear is that without the restrictions a new arms race could get underway. The bbcs Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has more. It was a crucial moment towards the ending of the cold war. The moment in 1987 when the leaders of the United States and soviet union signed the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty. A promise to destroy all their missiles with ranges between 300 miles and 31100 miles. Eliminating at a stroke and entire class of Nuclear Weapons. The mobile ground launched Nuclear Weapons were hard to detect and could strike anywhere in europe within minutes. But in recent years, russia has begun testing and deploying a new Cruise Missile which
Government officials testified about the infrastructure needs at recent senate hearing. Good morning. I call this hearing to order. Today we are holding a hearing to highlight the importance of passing a new Water Resource Development act or werda during the 1 is 5th congress. It authorizes funding for the army corps of engineers Water Works Program which need past wedder today provisions. Prior congresses have too additionally passed werda on biannual basis going back to 1986. Unlike other contentious issues, historically, republican and democratic members of this Senate Environmental Public Works Committee, have been able to pass werda legislation. This is legislation that moves. Regardless of Party Affiliation we understand these kinds of investment are par too important to the community to fall to partisan politics. This represents a did i veers group of communities with different needs. Our committee has members that represent baltimore, maryland, anchorage, alaska. Wyoming and wi
Back to the green. Over at the bay bridge toll plaza, a few cars in the cash lanes. Other than that, your ride is smooth sailing into San Francisco. In berkeley, a woman punched over politics. This is just a glimpse of the tension during massive protests over a conservative authors visit to campus. After we saw this woman lying on the ground, a witness told us how things turned violent. She was holding up a sign that was, like, pro shapiro so she was up here, like, holding it up and then someone came out from the crowd and yanked the sign from her and then, um, she chased after him and then, um, people started to get involved to try to, like, break it up but then, um, she got punched. The crowd of protestors got bigger as the night wore on with people eventually taking on bancroft avenue by sunset. They outnumbered police but the presence of so many officers in riot geier was striking. The area was protected by barriers and metal detector. You had to have a ticket. There was a lot of n
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