Anniversary with a call for unity but the world body is far from united on a number of global issues including reforms that are needed to keep it relevant. And racing against time to test a new australian rescuers are trying to save these pilot whales after they became a wound in Shallow Water about 25 tired been freed but more than a 150 remain stranded. Im sumi so misconduct good to have you with us countries across europe are scrambling to contain the corona virus pandemic after a surge in new infections british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce an early closing of bars and restaurants targeted lockdowns took effect in spain on monday strands of seeing massive spikes in infections and increasingly full high. Spittles here in germany the city of new nick is stepping up its measures after becoming one of the countrys main hotspots masks will be compulsory in busy outdoor parts of the city center and authorities will further restrict public and private gatherings. In
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Once again along the gulf coast. The story of this storm, this hurricane will be that of the flooding rainfall. Were talking about a catastrophic and lifethreatening flooding situation. As you mentioned from southern mississippi all the way over into southern alabama including the mobile area, also into the panhandle of florida where the conditions have been very serious out towards pensacola. Now the wind, intensity of the storm coming down, moves further inland this afternoon. It is slowly crawling inland, neil. Only five miles an hour. It means relentless rain will continue over the same hours for hours and hours, resulting in that flooding. If that flooding that were alerting people and businesses to across the southeastern United States as the storm continues to move off to the north and east, that risk for serious flooding is going expand into georgia and up towards the carolinas the next couple days. It is really important that people and businesses be prepared in those areas. T
Europe is no wrestling with coronavirus all over again and hoping to defeat it without shutting down public life entirely. Earlier we spoke to the chair of the global outbreak alert and Response Network at the w. H. O. Dale fisher and we asked him how prepared countries are for a possible winter spike in coverage 1000. 00 cases its a funny question to be asking in september is and. Its really quite disappointing i guess to have these sort of numbers going into the colder months and as youve just pointed out that there really need to be some things done to bring these numbers down or else youre going to be right back where where you were. In in much and. Theres nothing fancy its all the same things that weve known about for a long time its a solution of cases and strict quarantining of of contacts we should be able to do much more efficient contact try saying different mechanisms and the other thing which we we didnt know at the beginning of this outbreak was the effectiveness of mosque
Department said its too early to definitively say it is arson. We want the evidence behind the facts. If we have to say that it is and arson case, we are able to take that with complete confidence. Reporter a letter posted on the churchs website, they informed Community Members about 4 00 a. M. Thursday morning. It said somebody set the church of ways. There was a molotov cocktail thrown on the church. I was very upset. I did not want anything to happen to our church. Reporter he was somewhat relieved when the church itself was spared. Ins dead, the fire gutted the neighboring property used as Church Offices and a Gathering Place for Community Members. As you can see the devastation is too much. I was not expecting it to be this bad reporter this is a second act aimed at this community this summer alone. In july a vandals crawled vulgar graffiti. Church leaders are concerned that the two incidents are part of a disturbing pap. We think there is a connection. It cant be haphazard. Its c