Well again im peter w. Watching aljazeera live from also coming up the u. S. Health secretary resigns off for a scandal over his use of taxpayer money the private flights. A new reality for a community in nepal cut off by a powerful earthquake two years ago the people there are still trying to adjust. And the u. S. Pulls out more than half of its Embassy Staff from cuba to whats being called mysterious attacks on its diplomats. Top stories so far today the castle only a region of spain is twenty four hours away from a political confrontation bans the session referendum a shuttle to take place on sunday campaigners for a yes vote to occupy. Schools expected to be used as polling stations but the Spanish Government insisting there will be no vote it says the referendum is illegal and is deploying police to ensure no ballots accost opinion polls suggest forty percent of registered voters in catalonia want to break away whole reports not from barcelona. Thank the fields and into the politi
Here in doha your top stories from aljazeera the un approves a team to investigate accusations of war crimes in yemen but not before making a few major compromises. Surviving but struggling people in puerto rico are trying to rebuild their lives after hurricane rita plus. I mean. The friend. Of. Spains catalonia region is twenty four hours away from a political confrontation bands a session referendum a shuttle to take place on sunday campaigners for a yes vote to occupying schools expected to be used as polling stations but the Spanish Government insists theyll be no vote it says the referendum is illegal. And is deploying police to ensure no ballots are actually cost opinion polls suggest forty percent of registered voters in catalonia want to break away. From barcelona. Thank the fields and into the political fray. Farmers are vowing to turn their tractors into barricades if police try to crack down on the referendum. We have come to the fence. And we are fighting for democratic rig
Angry protests in madrid ahead of sundays secession referendum in catalonia with these things voters will be removed. If anybody out there is listening to us. We are dying. Puerto rico urges the u. S. To speed up aid as it struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria. The u. S. Secretary of state is back in beijing wanting more from china to stop north Koreas Nuclear ambitions. And im far as small have all the days sport including on beating Manchester City score a win over English Premier League champions chelsea. If their warm welcomes the news hour spains government is cracking down on the bands the session vote in its catalonia region on sunday describing it as a mockery of democracy its one volunteers a polling stations could be fined more than three hundred fifty thousand dollars they have already begun deploying ahead of the ballot and sealed off more than half of the. Schools designated as Polling Centers they will. In the spanish capital madrid thousands of people in savior of th
Bayside and oceanside it is a slowmotion but very real emergency. A huge study hundreds of pages long explaining the aquatic future. Colorcoded maps show what areas are up to flood in the next few years, and those double flood near the end of the century when water is expected to be five feet higher than it is now. It sets the stage to answer three most important questions. What adaptation options do we want to consider and in what locations. You look at where we feel the cities and towns where the infrastructure is there is quite a bit there. Including massive changes to the worldfamous waterfront, sea level rising will take a huge toll on city county and state parks including the sausalito path, mcginnis march, mcginnis park and the lagoon could all be gone. We have incredible coastal resources. Trails and marshes that are home to endangered species. If we dont do anything those will turn into bathtubs. Restoration for the traditional area presents a real solution. At the same time w
Investigation into contaminated Drinking Water in wells near the mosaic sink hole. And we turned to 8 on your side after learning the well had more than five times the acceptable level of radioactive materials. And she is worried about this water coming out of a well she uses for Drinking Water. She lives less than a mile from the mosaic sink hole that dumped 250 million ga fer. She just learned about this yesterday even though the results were releaseed last week. She says she cannot get answers about safety concerns. Mosaic says there are 10 wells with elevated radioactive material, but that is not related to the massive sink hole. The investigator is dig ing into water reports and well have much more tonight in our newscast at 5 00 and 6 00. And to request a water test we also have the number on our web site at wfla. Com. And lets check our weather with julie phillips. That he. We are that. We are thank you. We are dealing with a cooler afternoon. You can see max defender 8 showing