hello, everyone. i m alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. right now dangerous storms are battering california with relentless rain, deadly flooding. there have been dozens of water rescues, and thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes. 34 million people are under flood watches as the storm pushes south. at least 16 people across the state have died in this recent outbreak of storms. in central california a 5-year-old is missing after being swept away in flood waters. a crew suspended the search when the weather became unsafe for the rescue teams. heavy rainfall led to this rock slide in fresno. boulders and debris forced highways across the state to close. firefighters in ventura county rescued a 70-year-old man after rising flood waters trapped him inside his suv. the onslaught of rain is turning streets and creeks into these raging rivers that you see on your screen with some seeing more than a month s w
that has just wrapped up with russian president vladimir putin calling his meeting with chinese president xi jingping successful. today, the two leaders signing a joint declaration deepening their partnership. and the summit obviously comes at a critical time for the war in ukraine. there are strong indications now that russia and china are moving closer both economically and militarily. xi is framing himself as a possible peace broker and they say it could be the basis for ending the war. but the u.s. and western allies remain deeply sceptical. there are signs that russia has requested lethal aid from china but added they don t see evidence that weapons are being delivered. we have team coverage on this. ivan watson is in ukraine. but let s begin with will ripley in taiwan. what more do we know about the talks in moscow today? well, you know, there was a line from vladimir putin as they were signing these documents deepening their partnership that really summed up the re
were will be duly dealt with. i hope the peeple that were will be duly dealt with. i hope the people that put were will be duly dealt with. i hope the people that put liz were will be duly dealt with. i hope the people that put liz truss - were will be duly dealt with. i hope | the people that put liz truss there, i hope the people that put liz truss there, i hope it the people that put liz truss there, i hope it was worth it, because the damage i hope it was worth it, because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. and i m martine, back in the studio with some more headlines. the full findings of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse will be published later today after a seven year investigation. ukrainians are told to prepare for power cuts, after russian attacks on the country s energy infrastructure intensify. a warning that the decline of the traditonal gp patient relationship is putting patients safety at risk. continuing the covera
good morning. it s thursday october 20th. our main story. the prime minister s position is looking increasingly vulnerable today after some of her own mps called for her to resign. it followed a chaotic day for the government with the resignation of the home secretary, accusations of bullying, and confusion over whether the chief whip had resigned. our political correspondent ione wells reports. reporter: is this a coalition of chaos, mr schapps? - another day, another new cabinet minister. grant shapps, sacked just six weeks ago by liz truss, returns as her new home secretary. look, obviously it s been a turbulent time for the government, but i think the most important thing is to make sure that people in this country know that they ve got security and that s why it s a great honour to be appointed as home secretary. he stepped up after suella braverman stepped down, resigning over two data breaches. but have a look at her resignation letter. she wrote to the prime minister
and claims the charity has been failing some tenants. it doesn t feel like home, it feels like a prison. it was destroyed, absolutely destroyed. i ve never seen anything like it. we ask, is public money being exploited for private gain? it s a really wild west system i and the winners are the people creaming off quite often very large profits. - boats like this don t come cheap. most people would never have the opportunity to own a boat like this. it would cost you more than a couple of hundred grand, and you can see why. one just like this was bought by a property developer called paul o rourke. here he is explaining his business model. we are a private limited company that buys properties for one price, develops them, and sells them for another and that s what we do as a business. there is a bit more to it than that. and it s all about the housing benefit that can be claimed to house vulnerable people who need support. the government calls it exempt accommodation. exempt ac