Wide tornado has hit. Those are some of the descriptions used to talk about this heartbreaking toll of Hurricane Helene across the southeastern united states. Today, we learned the storm has killed at least 128 people. That number has increased since an hour ago when i reported on this hundreds of others have been reported missing. Towns, reduced to debris. We begin our coverage this hour with cnns Rafael Romo. Hes in Western North Carolina with a closeup look at this horrific destruction here for sara tim co, this freshly brewed coffee is a luxury made possible by the love of her father. I asked my daughter, are you okay. Youve just texted her and she sent me back these horrifying pictures. I mean, it looked like armageddon. Thats when theyve Tim Cook decided to travel hundreds of miles to come to the rescue of his daughter and her family, bringing food, water, gas, and supplies, buildings down, houses, washed away im like, oh, my god, my dollars in the middle of this and shes 7. 5 mo
In to look for survivors. The attack was timed to catch the morning rush hour in mogadishu. Many students had been heading to classes. Dozens were killed when the bomb exploded at a busy intersection in the somali capital. Attacks like this are not unusual here, but they are seldom so deadly. This man said the blast caught him as he was getting out of a minibus heading to work, his leg injured. Within minutes, emergency workers were at the scene. Somalia, plagued by violence for decades, is still wrestling with extremism. The countrys president quickly blamed the Islamist Militant Group al shabaab. Mohamed farmajo said their aim was to instil terror and to prevent the country from rebuilding. They will never succeed, he said. Al shabaab, linked to alqaeda, is still a threat in a country plagued by drought, feuding clans, and the aftermath of a terrible civil war. But the group has lost ground in recent years, targeted by American Drones and African Union troops. Todays devastating atta
Stories thousands of volunteer firefighters are to be offered compensation for loss of earnings after battling the australian bushfires for weeks. Somalias president says his country will not be demoralised after a bomb attack kills more than seventy people. Democratic president ial contender joe biden says theres no legal basis to force him to testify at Donald Trumps impeachment trial. And the french crowd funding plan which aims to return a zoo full of animals to the wild. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The Australian Government says thousands of volunteer firefighters in New South Wales will be compensated for loss of earnings during the bushfires. More than a hundred are still burning in southern australia and conditions are expected to worsen. Meanwhile, sydneys mayor has insisted the new years eve fireworks display will go ahead despite calls to redirect funds to the firefighting efforts. Briony sowden reports. For those living on the edge of the fires, this is now the new norma
Intelligence officials in the us are claiming that hamza bin laden, son of the founder of alqaeda, has died. Hamza bin laden, thought to be 30 years old, had released audio and video calling for attacks on the us and other countries, to avenge his fathers assassination by American Special forces eight years ago. The us had offered 1 million for information on him and saudi arabia stripped him of his citizenship in march. Chris buckler is our washington correspondent. Chris, what more do you have on this . Yeah, us media reports are saying that they have now confirmed military officials that hamza bin laden is dead, however, there has been no official word from the pentagon and what we dont know is how or where he died. Although there are some suggestions that happen during what the pentagon is describing privately as an operation. Certainly there have been attem pts operation. Certainly there have been atte m pts to operation. Certainly there have been attempts to find hamza bin laden
Intelligence officials in the us are claiming that hamza bin laden, son of the founder of alqaeda, has died. Hamza bin laden, thought to be 30 years old, had released audio and video calling for attacks on the us and other countries, to avenge his fathers assassination by American Special forces eight years ago. The us had offered a Million Dollars for information on him and saudi arabia stripped him of his citizenship in march. Chris buckler had this update. Media reports are saying that they have now confirmed military officials that hamza bin laden is dead, however, there has been no official word from the pentagon and what we dont know is how or where he died. Although, there are some suggestions that it happened during what the pentagon is describing privately as some kind of operation. Certainly there have been real attempts to find hamza bin laden in recent months. About five months ago us officials offered 1 million for information that led to his capture. And that signified tw