World central kitchen released these pictures of the seven aid workers killed when a Convoy Carrying Staff from the charity was hit on monday. Three british men john chapman, James Henderson and james kirby were among them. They were working as security advisers. Israel said the strike was unintended and promised to investigate. The family Ofjames Kirby one of the three british nationals killed in the strike have released a statement. They said they were heartbroken and that. Weve also heard from the family ofjohn chapman. They said. The bbc has been hearing from james kirbys cousin adam mcguire. He was completely selfless, which explains why he went to gaza. His experiences in the british army when he served in bosnia and afghanistan, he served in bosnia and afghanistan, he knew the dangers, he was no fool. And people were telling him, this could be very dangerous for you. But he knew the dangers. He was selfless in that regard and he jUst Wanted To Help people. In that regard and he
BEIJING (Reuters) -Intense rain from the remnants of Typhoon Haikui hit southeast China on Wednesday, bringing floods that forced some cities to suspend subway services, shut schools and move tens of thousands of people to safety. Xiamen, a port city in Fujian province, has been pounded by rain for three days, breaking a record for the longest heavy rain in the city since such records began in 1953, with cumulative precipitation of 336.4 mm as of 9 a.m. (0100 GMT). The rain also shattered 12-yea
Floods, more and more at higher levels in the past 10 to 20 years. i covered floods there myself before if is hard to believe in certain parts of that river we ll see records that go back 100 plus years fall today. that is what they re dealing with there. it was really kind of a multiprong effort, the basement apartments in new york city and queens hit particularly hard with some of the heaviest rains, that area was hit last night. that s where residential rescues and searches occurred, and a tremendous amount of subway services. and at this time a couple of lines are just starting to get going, craig not what we expect on a normal thursday. yeah, you re right, and it should not be lost on folks watching and listening on sirius