Are reported to be missing. Much of the country has been declared a Disaster Zone and three days of mourning have already begun. The un has said, they are deeply concerned by the situation and are mobilizing emergency teams. What began with a huge storm led to widespread flooding and then the collapse of two major dams. More than a thousand bodies have now been recovered in the worst hit city, derna. And the eastern cities of benghazi and al marj are also badly affected. Aid agencies and neighbouring countries like egypt are sending help. Tamer ramadan of the International Federation of red cross and red crescent societies says the death toll is likely to increase dramatically. The death toll is huge. It might reach 2000 really but we dont have a definite number right now. Weve confirmed from independent sources of information that number of missing people is hitting 10,000 persons so far. Lots of videos of the flooding in libya have been posted on social media. Anna foster has been wo
Of representatives, nancy pelosi. Now this letter comes as a growing number of countries are calling for an independent investigation into the israeli drone strike that killed seven aid workers. Thats after the idf published its first account of mondays deadly attack. Britain has echoed calls by the Charity World central kitchen for an independent review into the strike on its convoy of vehicles. Of those seven aid workers killed three were british nationals. The British Foreign secretary, lord cameron, said london would carefully review the initial report by the israeli military. He welcomed the suspension of two senior israeli officers as a first step, but said israel must publish its findings in full. And within the past couple of hours australias Foreign Minister, penny wong, said the Australian Government expects full accountability over the deaths. This has been a deadly failure of deconfliction. Deconfliction is the process by which humanitarian agencies engage with Defense Forc
This has been a deadly failure of deacon flexion. Complexion is the by which humanitarian agencies engage with Defence Forces to ensure they are protected in conflict zones, and it was obviously a deadly failure. It cannot be rushed aside or covered over and i do not believe that any australian would expect us to do anything other than to continue to demand the transparency and accountability. The former United States House Speaker nancy pelosi a close ally of President Biden has signed a letter together with almost forty Congressional Democrats calling for a halt to Weapons Transfers to israel. The letter urges the white house to conduct its own probe into an israeli airstrike that killed seven aid workers on monday. It says the strike against the humanitarian convoy along with the ever worsening humanitarian crisis in gaza makes it unjustifiable to approve further weapons deliveries. So along with the growing number of countries aid organisations have stressed the need for an indepen
Rice semias the cap jerusalem as the capital of israel. As weijia jiang reports critics warn the declaration will have dangerous consequences in the middle east. Reporter President Trump is set to announce the u. S. Will recognize jerusalem as israels capital and plans to move the u. S. Embassy there. It is considered a holy city by jew, muslims and christians. And the announcement is expected to set off a wave of potential violence in the region. [ chanting ] some groups have already called for protests and three days of rage. As the precaution, the state department issued an alert saying u. S. Government employees and their families are not permitted to travel to the old city of jerusalem and the west bank until further notice. It fulfills a Campaign Promise for President Trump and is popular among evangelical christians and hard line supporters of isra but worldwide leaders are lining up in opposition to the decision. The president spoke with middle eastern leaders yesterday to prep
And a few snowflakes. Good evening, top. We need ingredients for snow, cold air, first. That is on the way. Tomorrow, not so bad, 50 degrees, but friday, 42, and then the atmosphere will support snow on friday, will support saturday with 43. Sunday is the cold day with arctic air in the 30s, we snap back up to 50 next week. Lets talk snow, highlight the european model. Between friday morning 8 00, snowing west of the divide, great for ski area. As far as we are concerned, this is midnight, little snow towards richmond. The model, if the atmosphere can support snow it assumes it will accumulate, it wont. Ground is too warm and service temperatures will be above freezing even though theiat will support snow. Early morning saturday, lines of snow to the east of us, we could see a couple of flakes, maybe as close as wal dofr or st. Mary city. We will talk koeldzer air and more chances for colder air and more chances for flakes. We have got new details in about a developing story we have be