Bentonite tackling a blaze in an ammunition depo so Rainsford is in Moscow the entire area has been evacuated there be no firefighters in protective armored vehicles going in that the battle of flames now we do know that the fire is now under control the vast majority of the flames have been extinguished by the emergence as emergency situation it s still in place there there are still some 16000 people who have spent the night in temporary accommodation and they ve been told not to go back to the area and filled the mining teams have been in an independent inquiry has concluded that a former chief scout at Chelsea Football Club was able to operate unchallenged as a prolific sexual abuser of young players several decades ago the club has apologized unreservedly done Roman reports an external review concluded that some adults at the club must have been aware of the crimes of Eddie Heath died in 1903 but turned a blind eye to what they saw the report is heavily critical of former assista
As he plans to impose a 10 percent tariff on $300000000000.00 of Chinese goods starting September 1st if Chinese President Xi Jinping doesn t act to reach a new green with the u.s. On trade this would extend the president s tariffs to nearly all Chinese imports entering the u.s. The financial markets responded quickly the Dow lost 280 points this is n.p.r. News from Washington the South Korean military says North Korea fired unidentified projectiles twice into the sea off its eastern coast Friday morning local time this would be the 3rd round of weapons tests by Pyongyang in just over a week today the United Kingdom France and Germany condemned North Korea s missile launches as a violation of u.n. Sanctions. Health researchers have ramped up a study of experimental drugs to treat Ebola and Democratic Republic of Congo as N.P.R. s Richard Harris reports the year old outbreak has killed more than 8500 people and shows no sign of ending scientists have been comparing 4 different drugs th
Dropped if and scheduled another one for September in Washington but Trump says in a tweet that Beijing has failed to live up to promises to buy more u.s. Farm goods he also says China has failed to curb the illegal sale of the synthetic opioid Fenton ale to the United States Jim n.p.r. News New York Facebook says it is suspending hundreds of fake accounts and pages and dozens of Instagram accounts run by a network with ties to the government of Saudi Arabia N.P.R. s Jackie Northam explains Facebook says the accounts were part of a major state propaganda campaign Facebook said some of the fake pages and groups were masquerading as local news websites posting glowing stories about Saudi Arabia s Crown Prince Mohammed bin some on orbit the kingdom s military successes in Yemen even though that 4 year old conflict is stalemated others attack Qatar and other regional rivals Facebook says the account had more than 1400000 followers the social media giant said the accounts weren t suspended
Overall in 2017 compared to 2016 but the difference between the 2 years wasn t statistically significant however the long term trend in infant mortality continues to improve having declined by 16 percent since 2005 The report also points out persistent racial disparities in rates with non Hispanic black women having the highest rate of almost 11 per 1000 lifeboats that s a reporting this is n.p.r. News and this is 89.3. Afternoon I m Hedlund her days at 12 o 4 crews continue to search for a Navy fighter pilot whose jet crashed in the Mojave yesterday morning a National Park Service spokesman says it happened in the western part of Death Valley National Park it s near an area called Rainbow Canyon the Navy says a 2nd pilot took part in the training flight and returned safely Captain James Bates is commander of the Pacific Fleet Joint Strike Fighter Wing at Naval Air Station the more I have not talked to the other pilot I know that he s back but I have not had an opportunity to speak wi
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