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Egypt and Sudan raise concerns to UN about Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Duration: 08:43 Egypt and Sudan are raising concerns to the United Nations Security Council about a massive hydropower dam just south of Sudan s border in Ethiopia. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam sits on the Blue Nile river in the western part of the country. Egypt is calling the dam an existential threat to its water supply. CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela Falk spoke with CBSN s Lana Zak about why this could be a battle over more than water.
Nixa, Missouri mayor discusses pandemic s impact and calls for his removal Duration: 08:19 The Delta variant is creating new COVID hotspots in parts of the U.S. The strain, first detected in India, is much more contagious. It now accounts for more than half of new cases nationwide. In Midwestern and upper Mountain States, that number is closer to 80 percent. CBS News Michael George reports on the efforts to get more Americans vaccinated. Then, Mayor Brian Steele of Nixa, Missouri, joins CBSN s Lana Zak to discuss the pandemic in his community, and an effort to remove him from his post over a mask mandate enacted last year.
Egypt and Sudan raise concerns to UN about Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Duration: 08:43 Egypt and Sudan are raising concerns to the United Nations Security Council about a massive hydropower dam just south of Sudan s border in Ethiopia. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam sits on the Blue Nile river in the western part of the country. Egypt is calling the dam an existential threat to its water supply. CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela Falk spoke with CBSN s Lana Zak about why this could be a battle over more than water.