I claim made landfall so the water levels had reached the roofs of buildings at one place and the trees were uprooted by the wind in the capital Manila operations of the international airport have been suspended. The president of Micronesia one of the country s most threatened by rising sea levels has called for a mobilization on a greater scale than the 2nd world war to combat climate change David Pen Well I was speaking to the b.b.c. After the 1st day of the climate conference in Madrid Micronesian leader said his nation of $607.00 mostly low lying Pacific Islands was facing an existential threat and he urged big countries like China and the United States to become champions of the effort to cut carbon emissions world gaze from the b.b.c. . The campaign group Human Rights Watch says Bangladesh is failing to provide meaningful education for about 400 sales and re-injure children who fled from neighboring me in ma Human Rights Watch said there was no proper teaching inside refugee cam
At an unusually blunt press conference at the NATO summit in London we have more from N.P.R. s Frank Langfitt the leaders disagreed on various issues including the role of Turkey inside the military alliance and how to address what remains of ISIS Trump to take back French citizens who joined the group and have now been captured would you like some nice ISIS fighters let s be serious responded by a crawl under mused the French president pointed out that Europeans make up a tiny percentage of the ISIS fighting force and the West faces much bigger unresolved business and they think No one priority because if you look at it if you get rid of micros implicitly criticizing President Trump for pulling troops out of northern Syria allowing Turkey to attack or just forces who had worked with the us fighting ISIS Frank Langfitt n.p.r. News London the Dow closed down more than one percent and the day 27502 this is n.p.r. From the little market offering artisan made goods and home decor with the
Well the world s political leaders come up with we will be live with our correspondent in the dress also a vigil is to be held for the victims of Friday s attack at London Bridge We ll look at why this incident came about why it was allowed to happen with a counter-terrorism expert from Zimbabwe we ll hear from the main opposition the Movement for Democratic Change He said police used live ammunition at one of their gatherings and from Malta the prime minister says he s going to step down over the scandal surrounding the murder of the investigative journalist Daphne Carolina get it she is stepping down not until the New Year elect coming up with the support of the business operates to. B.b.c. News Hello this is Gerry summit delegates from almost 200 countries are meeting in Madrid for the latest round of global climate talks and experts argue the world needs to set our plans for dramatic climate action over the next 12 months with the u.n. Secretary general and turn you good Turkish w
Good Guy Hedgecoe has more this conference has already seen its fair share of drama with Chile deciding it was unable to host the event just a month before it was due to begin also the United States has formalized its withdrawal from the 2016 Paris Agreement which had seen countries commit to keeping global temperature increases well below 2 degrees centigrade there is uncertainty regarding which country or countries will take the lead in the battle against climate change however Organizers hope this conference will see participants strengthen the commitments that came out of the Paris Agreement and firm up rules for the ways in which they custom missions for n.p.r. News I m Guy Hedgecoe in Madrid the National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings and advisories for almost all of New England and some points farther south heavy snow is likely from the edge of the Appalachians north to the Canadian border New Milford Township is in northeastern Pennsylvania cafe owner Cindy H
Cappa huge travel weekend the region s 1st winter storm of the season will stretch into early Tuesday with some areas set to see more than a foot of snow total Ted kitchen s is director of Manchester Boston Regional Airport in southern New Hampshire and he says the storm means the year s biggest travel weekend will end with some delayed or cancelled flights out of the Northeast and in fact a lot of people had was getting up and getting it now it s impacting us here at the end of Thanksgiving Kitchens says travelers should be sure to check their flight status before braving snowy roads to head to the airport for n.p.r. News I m Annie rupie. And you re listening to n.p.r. News from Washington. Today on World Aids Day and activists are making both progress and shortfalls in the global fight against HIV N.P.R. s Jason Beaubien reports a key target set by the United Nations to get 90 percent of people diagnosed with HIV on to treatment by 2020 isn t going to be met HIV remains one of the m