i also convened my entire cabinet as part of a whole of government response, and that response is to the increased number and intensity of extreme weather events, and be aware we will use all the resources of government to do it. in north florida, tens of thousands of people continue to be without power. to israel now, where police have opened an investigation into the use of live fire by officers during clashes in tel aviv between rival groups of eritrean asylum seekers which left nearly 150 people injured. violence broke out as eriteans protesting against their government clashed with supporters of the regime. both groups then fought police attempting to impose order. some suffered gunshot wounds and are in serious condition. israeli media report it was the first use of live fire on protesters inside israel since the second intifada in 2002. investigators are now gathering evidence from the scene to determine whether officers behaved according to the law. 0ur middle east co
residents whose homes and businesses were destroyed or damaged. i also convened my whole cabinet in the whole of government response. and that response will be to increase the number and intensity of extreme weather events, and be aware we will use all the resources of government to do it. in north florida, tens of thousands of people continue to be without power. to israel now, where police have opened an investigation into the use of live fire by officers during clashes in tel aviv between rival groups of eritrean asylum seekers which left nearly 150 people injured. violence broke out as eriteans protesting against their government clashed with supporters of the regime. both groups then fought police attempting to impose order. some suffered gunshot wounds and are in serious condition. israeli media report it was the first use of live fire on protesters inside israel since the second intifada in 2002. investigators are now gathering evidence from the scene to determine whet
in one school, i have ten rooms and a staff room i cannot use. my second school 16 rooms, the gymnasium and some toilets. and in my third school, 12 rooms. so, you can see it s quite considerable. but it s notjust schools. other public buildings are also affected, like harrow crown court, which could be shut for months. and 2a hospital sites, like hitchin brook hospital in huntington, also have weak concrete. they are spending millions on surveys about what is safe, and what is not, and millions in mitigationjust to keep the building safe and open. and so, this is a really big challenge, and frankly, any building mainly built with raac is past its sell by date, and will need to be replaced, so there is a very big bill for the taxpayer. this is the aerated concrete used in buildings in the 1960s, 70s and 80s that is causing so much concern. we don t really know the scale of the problem. there is no central record. although individual government departments are being requir
with governor desantis since the storm made landfall. and at my direction, fema administrator chris welch, she travelled to florida wednesday night after having been here earlier, and i approved the request within six hours at the time, governor desantis asked for a mass, a major disaster declaration. at the same time, a request from governor mcmasters of south carolina for an emergency declaration. that s a fancy way of saying just getting help immediately and all we can do under the law. and, folks, we re making federal assistance available for florida survivors whose homes or businesses damaged and destroyed. in the uk, the opposition labour party is calling for an urgent audit of the concrete in public buildings, with some hospitals and courts known to contain the potential dangerous type known as raac. more than 150 schools in england and 35 in scotland were found to contain the material and so have had to completely or partially close. investigations in wales and northe