Hurricane milton has re strengthened to a category five storm as it barrels straight towards florida. People there are evacuating en masse, ahead of its projected landfall on wednesday night local time. The national hurricane center says the storm has doubled in size since tuesday. You can see this timelapse, here shared by american astronaut matthew dominick, showing how this storm looks from space. Local authorities and weather experts say milton will bring a destructive storm surge, in which some areas will not be survivable. Hundreds of flights have been canceled ahead of its landfall, which is expected to bring strong winds of up to 165 mph or 270 kph. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the south eastern us; 225 people were killed by the natural disaster across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlan
Coronavirus lockdown but will the rest of germany follow its lead. And by living queues and scoring goals and stopping them on their way to 2nd place in the bundesliga fulfilled and how they stand it had remarkable unbeaten streak. Of a math me how to welcome venezuelans have voted in the in a parliamentary election designed to consolidate president Nicolas Maduro his grip on power Opposition Leaders boycott of the voters day and many western nations have condemned it as a fraud the pandemic has deepened the countrys long running economic and political crisis and with no upturn in sight venezuelans are growing more and more pessimistic about the future. A humble turnout few venezuelans came out to cast their votes on election day perhaps because there was so little to choose from with many opposition figures banned from participating the ruling socialist parties victory was all but assured that would give president maduro control of a congress the only institution not yet in his hands
150 people a day did what a mama and dozens more in honduras and mexico the hurricane has now been downgraded to a Tropical Storm but the damage has already they done. Im rebecca ridas welcome to the program more than 3 days after the polls closed in the u. S. There is still no official winner of the u. S. Election lets have a look at the results as they stand at the moment the overall picture hasnt shifted folk want a while now so far democratic candidate joe biden has 264 Electoral College votes republican President Donald Trump 204 tane thats according to the i pay news agency now remember the candidates need 270. 00 Electoral College votes to win pennsylvania. It would be a massive prize with its 20 alecto College Votes joe bidens laid there is currently around 29000. 00 with 99 percent of votes counted the mail in votes being counted have been heavily favoring the democratic candidate in georgia with its 16 electoral votes is also extremely close biden has pulled ahead of trump wi
Here in about an hours time with a look at your Weekly Program thats coming up right here on our 2 International Stay with us. Were going on the road 2 days to go before an election in a country which has been militarily involved in 98 percent of all countries enough having invaded 84 of the uns 193 countries coming up in the show will trump lose in tuesdays president ial election thanks to coded killing hundreds of thousands of u. S. Citizens go to the white house to speak to one of the only 2 men the u. S. President apparently listens to the pandemic white house going to virus child school survives a professor. He tells us why he thinks lockdowns mass testing in mosques hold up all the more coming up in todays going on the ground 1st with just days ahead of the u. S. President ial election which will have a Global Impact as a global coronavirus pandemic continues to take lives not least in the United States itself lets go straight to the white house and speak to one of President Trum
Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, best known for his role as Captain Von Trapp, in the sound of music, has died at the age of 91. Hello and welcome whether youre watching in the uk or around the world. Stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. We start in the us, where President Biden has warned that americas economy remains in trouble after weak monthly jobs figures highlighted the economic toll the pandemic is still taking. He said the data underscored the need for congress to act on his 1. 9 trillion stimulus package, which would alleviate americans suffering. Speaking with the treasury secretary, janet yellen, and Vice President Kamala Harris by his side, mr biden appealed to republicans to act urgently to turn his Coronavirus Relief measures into law. I see enormous pain in this country. A lot of folks out of work, a lot of folks going hungry, daring at the ceiling wondering what they will do tomorrow, a lot of folks trying to figure out how t