They are calling for the better protection of Health Workers especially women after the Rape And Murder of a doctor in a calcutta hospital. And the number of confirmed mpox cases in africa this year passes 18,000, a Health Agency reports. Aid agencies are urging wealthy nations to share their Vaccine Supplies because of a severe shortage across africa. Hello. Six men have beenjailed for taking part in what a judge described as 12 hours of racist, hate fuelled Mob Violence in hull. The city was one of a number affected by a wave of disorder throughout england and Northern Ireland earlier this month. Jo makle has this report. Get out he was part of a mob which targeted a car, terrifying the eastern European Men inside. He looted stores, filling a bag at lush like he was on a shopping spree. You can see him mouthing merry christmas as he hands out stolen goods. Good lad. And this Isjohn Honey trying to smash the window of shoe zone. The 25 year old certainly stood out in his white shirt w
Ms shinawatra said she felt it was time for her to serve. I talked to my family and a lot of people from my party and i decided that it is about time to do something for the country and for the party as well. And ijust hope that i can do my best to, you know, make the country go forward, that is what i tried to do. Right now, of course, today i feel very honoured and i feel very happy. Paetongtarn Shinawatras Election sees the return of the powerful and divisive shinawatra dynasty. Herfather, Thaksin Shinawatra, was Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006. He was deposed in a Military Coup and lived in self imposed exile for 15 years, during which he was convicted of corruption. He returned to thailand last year. Mr thaksin s brother in law, somchai wongsawat, led the nation for less than three months in 2008. An anti Corruption Body found him guilty of neglecting his duties while working in the Justice Department eight years earlier. Mr thaksin s sister, yingluck shinawatra, was in powerfor
Arraigned at this hour and is expected to plead not guilty. The Trump Organization released a statement about this, saying weisselberg, quote, is being used by the Manhattan District attorney as a pawn in a Scorchedearth Attempt to harm the former president , end quote. Cnns Paula Reed joins us live outside of the courthouse in lower manhattan. These charges could be unsealed at any moment. What will be revealed here . Reporter well, we expect these charges will be related to alleged Tax Crimes stemming from allegations that employees at the Trump Organization received certain perks. Alisyn, we are not talking about free coffee. The allegations are that employees were receiving things like free apartments, free cars, even free school tuition. These are the kinds of benefits that could amount to tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars. So we do expect when these charges are unsealed they will be connected to alleged Tax Crimes. Now, an attorney for mr. Weisselberg has made it clear
About whether to simply gut the filibuster all together, reduce that 60vote Threshold to 51. But there is no support, not enough support within the democratic caucus to do that, given the opposition from Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema of arizona, and others as well. So where does this leave everything, jake . This issue getting this bill passed into law almost certainly will not happen, nor will splitting this up into smaller pieces, a polarizing issue dividing the party, no sign this is going anywhere. And in a matter of minutes republicans will block it on the floor. So this is going to fail. So what comes next for democrats . Have they laid out what theyre going to do . Democrats, im learning, are plotting a series of hearings in order to provide a spotlight on this issue, draw attention to this issue, particularly in the State Of Georgia. Im told that the senate Rules Committee plans to have a Field Hearing in the State Of Georgia to talk about the republican efforts in that state to
cloud will stick most of the day. it s tuesday, the 2nd of march. our top story. communities could be given up to a quarter of a million pounds to take over struggling pubs in their area under plans expected to be announced in the budget tomorrow. the chancellor will unveil a community ownership fund, which is also expected to cover sports clubs, theatres and other venues at risk of closure. our political correspondent, chris mason, has the details. how do you save your local pub? many were already closing permanently before the pandemic. how many more might follow now we are out of the habit of propping up the bar? in the budget tomorrow, the chancellor will announce that community groups across the uk could be given up to a quarter of a million pounds to help take over struggling pubs. they will be helped, too, to buy into theatres and sports clubs. rishi sunak will also say he will spend £300 million of taxpayers money to help summer sports such as tennis, horse racing a