bringing you live results and analysis in our german election news on sunday. that s from 1530 gmt. the uk government is responding to the shortage of lorry drivers by setting out, on sunday, details of a temporary visa scheme making it easier forforeign nationals to take up the jobs. it comes after problems in the supply chain meant many petrol and diesel filling stations ran dry. the visa scheme could bring in around 5 thousand drivers, but the haulage industry says it needs 100 thousand. here s katy austin. people have been told not to panic buy, there is no shortage of fuel itself but again today motorists were queueing at petrol stations. in some areas, there has been traffic chaos as a result. chaos as a result. petrol is on zero, i chaos as a result. petrol is on zero. i am chaos as a result. petrol is on zero, i am not chaos as a result. petrol is on zero, i am not going - chaos as a result. petrol is on zero, i am not going to - chaos as a result. petrol is on zero, i a
we tried to get out across the patio, but it was terrible. you could not get out anywhere. the water came up to your knees. out on the street, dozens of cars were picked up by the force of the water. translation: when it stopped for a while, i i went down to see my car was ok and i saw that my brother s i was gonna man was being carried away by the flood. this storm gained strength from recent high temperatures and humidity. it is the latest in a series of major floods across europe this summer and scientists warn weather events will continue to become more extreme unless the world dramatically cuts greenhouse gas emissions. and we have one more bit of extreme weather we re keeping an eye on: fifty thousand people have been forced to leave the lake tahoe area of california, as firefighters battle a huge wildfire in the area. the caldor fire has already destroyed more than 700 structures most of them family homes. and there are fears that as many as 35 thousand buildings are at risk f
car was ok and i saw that my brother s car was gone, and mine was being carried away by the flood. this storm gained strength from recent high temperatures and humidity. it is the latest in a series of major floods across europe this summer and scientists warn weather events will continue to become more extreme unless the world 50 thousand people have been forced to leave the lake tahoe area of california, as firefighters battle a huge wildfire in the area. the caldor fire has already destroyed more than 700 structures most of them family homes. and there are fears that as many as 35 thousand buildings are at risk from the flames. the blaze started more than two weeks ago. it s one of 15 large fires currently burning in california. hurricane ida continues to wreak havoc across the united states. new york mayor bill de blasio has tweeted: i m declaring a state of emergency in new york city tonight. we re enduring an historic weather event tonight with record breaking rain across th
capital, also called kunduz, has fallen to the taliban. the un says 35 thousand freshly displaced people have arrived in kunduz city in just over a month. yogita limaye reports from there with the production team of sanjay ganguly and mafouz zubaide. decades of suffering that has now become even more brutal. in kunduz city, besieged by the taliban, tens of thousands of afghans who have fled a surge in violence. running from bullets and bombs. caught between insurgents and government forces. scared, hungry and homeless. ..in 45 degree heat. people rushed to us. ..to tell us their stories. it s nearly impossible to count how
While the daily rate of new coronavirus infections is slowing, the total number of cases continues to grow with Broome County crossing another mile marker in the pandemic.
Broome now reports more than 18,000 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic in mid-March of 2020. In the Thursday, May 27 update, Broome reported 18,005 total cases. The County added another fatality on Wednesday, May 26 for a total of 346.
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Chenango County added two cases on Thursday, May 27 for a total of 3,458. There was another death reported for a total of 77.
Cortland County added 13 cases for a total of 4,528. There have been 63 deaths.