Raid, senators are expected to work on 2020 spending on several departments including agriculture, commerce, transportation and housing. Now the live coverage of the senate. Senators are expected work on 20 20 spending on several departments including agriculture, commerce, transportation and housing. While we wait for senators to return, look at remarks on the senate floor dealing with impeachment inquiry against President Trump on the whistleblower, alex the house of representatives continues its impeachment inquiry into whether the president jeopardize National Security by pressuring the york rain to interfere with our elections, the white house , their allies in congress and the media have resorted to despicable tactics to falsely discredit individuals who have provided the house testimony. Yesterday Lieutenant Colonel alexander. Men serving on a detail in thewhite house testified before congress. In ltc vindmans testimony was announced and especially in the past 24 hours hes been
A wedding celebration by mistake well our correspondent rob mcbride has more now from kabul. This seems to have been a Major Military operation in the mussa color district of Helmand Province this is a known taliban stronghold involving both it seems Ground Forces and also an airstrike now the ministry of defense here in kabul is talking about this in terms of being a successful military operation saying a number of foreign taliban fighters as it describes them were killed in this attack others were captured and a large cache of taliban weaponry was seized but it does seem according to various reports coming from Helmand Province including the governors office. Number of civilians were also caught up in this attack particularly from a Wedding Party that was happening nearby that was caught in this airstrike now the number of civilian casualties varies the taliban has issued a statement saying tens of people have been killed others injured other figures differ to that but what we do kno
Off the job at 31. 00 Assembly Lines across the country theyre frightened to stay on strike until an agreement is reached. And the United Nations is warning that Rohingya Muslims who remain in myanmar are living under the threat of genocide the un is repeating calls for top generals to face trial for forcing iran 3 quarters of a 1000000 to flee to bangladesh 2 years ago the un also says it has serious concerns about a crackdown on refugee camps in bangladesh it says aid workers accused of supporting rohingya protests last month have been banned their phones confiscated and a curfew imposed. Indonesias government to scrambling to control widespread forest fires which are causing a toxic case to spread to other countries this off smoke is causing causing a lot of respiratory problems and disrupting fights has more from the city of peckham baro in indonesia. Were in peckham bar city in the province of rio on the island of sumatra where 40000 hectares of land have been covered by smog and
Welcome to the stream im femi oke a Global Climate emergency is are falling fast and its taking a toll on some Peoples Mental Health as we start an entire week to the covering climate now initiative we look at a condition known as climate. What are the symptoms stay with us to find out. Seems like every day brings headlines about catastrophic events tied to Climate Change whether it is storms arctic ice melt or rising sea levels and the impact of Climate Change is a challenge for Mental Health professionals who are now seeing patients with a whole range of illnesses people in communities directly affected by ecological changes are at risk of posttraumatic stress and depression but even those whose lives have not yet been profoundly altered by Climate Change events they feel deeply about the future for humankind for more we are joined from the costa rican capital san jose by christiana forget as she is founder of Global Optimism a movement dedicated to environmental change she was the e
We meet with newsmakers and the stories that matter. Welcome to the stream im femi oke a the Global Climate emergency is our holding fast and its taking a toll and some Peoples Mental Health as we start an entire week of shows tied to the covering climate now initiative today we look at a condition known as climate grief one of the symptoms stay with us to find out. Seems like every day brings headlines about catastrophic events tied to Climate Change whether it is storms arctic ice melt or rising sea levels and the impact of Climate Change is a challenge for Mental Health professionals who are now seeing patients with a whole range of illnesses people in communities directly affected by ecological changes are at risk of posttraumatic stress and depression but even those whose lives have not yet been profoundly ordered by Climate Change events may feel deeply about the future for humankind for more we are joined from the costa rican capital san jose by christiana forget as she is found