Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Three areas on israels northern border are declared to military zones amid mounting evidence that israel may launch a Ground Offensive against hezbollah in lebanon. The us with the forecast warned that the us Weather Forecasters spent most of last weekend warning that Hurricane Helene would be an immensely destructive force. And notjust for those communities on the coast. Those forecast were remarkably accurate. From florida, through georgia, the South And North carolinas, to virginia. There were some places 500 Miles Inland that received two and half feet of rain. The widespread flooding has caused billions of dollars of damage, that will take months if not years to repair. Heres our North America Correspondent carl nasman. Florida to georgia to tennessee, homes and livelihoods washed away. More than 100 people have died across six states since the hurricane made landfall in florida on thursday. With hundreds still un
saying, you know, the more people who were in their questioning what sort of pandemics we might have, the better. i think his suggestion about having a sort of red team to do micro whatever architecture you build, its only as good as a people within the building and the decisions they make. his idea of having a red team to challenge the thinking, i think, having a red team to challenge the thinking, ithink, is having a red team to challenge the thinking, i think, is an excellent one because there is always a danger of groupthink, and perhaps that what was happening here. we were so focused, or the system was so focused, or the system was so focused on pandemic influenza because of the well risks of it, that the system had got itself into a belief that that was the most likely pandemic and that s the one we needed to prepare for. i think oliver s statement is powerful. so oliver s statement is powerful. 50 cu oliver s statement is powerful. so you don t think that he let yo
hour of newsday after her acquittal on tax evasion charges, philippine journalist and nobel peace prize winner maria ressa tells me about what she calls the weaponisation of the law against her. and you know, it went down to these three things facts, truth, and justice. that is who won today. and another day gets under way at the australian open but defending champion rafael nadal heads home, after his dramatic second round exit. welcome to newsday. we begin with breaking news. new zealand s prime minister jacinda ardern has announced she s to leave her post, saying she no longer had enough in the tank to do thejob. she said that a general election will be held in october, and confirmed she will also stand down as an mp at that moment, although she will finish as prime minister no later than february 7th. she said. i am not leaving because i believe we cannot win the next election, but because i believe we can and will , she told a labour caucus meeting in napier. her
buckingham palace. a royal 96 gun salute, one for every year of elizabeth s long momentous life. [ gun salute ] also echoing this morning over london, the iconic bells of westminster abbey ringing out along with the bells of other churches across the nation. [ bells tolling ] all of this marks the first of ten days of national mourning. all part of the long planned meticulously orchestrated order of events following the death of the queen. and this hour, we will be bearing witness to all of these historic moments, but also looking back on queen elizabeth s extraordinary life and what is ahead for her son, king charlesiii. you are in front of buckingham palace which we just saw in the last hour king charles iii when he arrived, was able to meet with and briefly talk to so many people. thousands of people that are there. reporter: you are really hit with it as soon as you get off the plane. i arrived this morning and i spent the morning walking around this city. i spent the
so laura, what happens when a country s leader makes a really bad unpopular decision? well, apparently that depends on the country. because british prime minister liz truss resigning today after only six weeks in office. her economic plan plunged britain into turmoil, and her own conservative party turned against her. you know, in this country the voters decide, but the candidates are nominated by the two major parties of you all know, which of course limits the leadership choices. but tonight, our dueling panels are back, taking on this very topic of how do you solve a problem like, well, unpopular leaders? okay, we are going to set the clock for four minutes, we are huge going to get four minutes and we are going to see which panel can come up with the spice your answers about this. this is not going to be like that show where a horrible ending comes at the end, right? there is no death coming? there is a huge bucket of slime that will fall on one of our heads if