A record high. Its risen to just under 21 Degrees Celsius, or nearly 70 fahrenheit, in august. Thats far above the average for this time of year, and researchers say it could have serious consequences for the global environment. Our Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt reports. Theyve been taking measurements of Ocean Temperatures here in plymouth for more than a century and for the last 50 or so years, theyve showed a slow but steady increase up about a third of a degree a decade. Have we got a reading for today yet, do you know . I heard them Say Something around 18 or 19 which is. Wow . Four Degrees Higher than it should be. Its been a similar pattern globally. Rising Sea Temperatures and increasing numbers of Marine Heatwaves, and it has just reached a new peak 20. 96 Degrees Celsius the highest Global Average sea temperature ever recorded. The worlds warming waters are a dangerous trend, say experts. Peoples perspective is that the ocean, you know, its so big, its so vast that it can buf
Septembers data is expected to show record crossings. In august, however, Us Border Patrol apprehended just over 181,000 people along the southern border. Thats up almost 50,000 injust one month, when you comparejuly s number of about 132,000. And mexicos president , Andres Manuel lopez 0brador, said that last week alone, 10,000 people arrived at the border every day. Addressing a News Conference in mexico city, the us secretary of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas, said the Biden Administration had little choice but to go ahead with the wall project, saying the funding was already in place. There is no new Administration Policy with respect to the portable. From day one, this administration has made clear that a border wall is not the answer. We spoke earlier to republican congressman ralph norman, who supports a wall but is heavily critical of the Biden Administrations immigration policy. In 2020, his platform was not building the wall anymore. According tojoe biden, it is not a
Because you cannot do thejob for eight people, you have 96 of your entire conference, but eight members can partner with your whole other side. How do you govern . As of now, theres no clear candidate to replace him. Republicans are now going home for the week, effectively shutting down the house. They say they may have a candidate by next tuesday with a possible vote next wednesday, but that all remains very fluid. It was all brought on by congressman matt gaetz of florida. He launched the vote to oust the speaker. After some debate, lawmakers voted 216 to 210 to remove mccarthy from the leadership position. Gaetz and seven other republicans joined all 208 democrats present in the room. One of the eight members of the Republican Party who voted to oust mccarthy is congressman ken buck, of colorado. Earlier i spoke with him about his decision to remove mccarthy as speaker, and What Happens Next. Can you tell us more about what went into your decision to oust Kevin Mccarthy. Went into y
More aid for ukraine something opposed by some hard right house republicans. Heres Senate Majority leader chuck schumer. It has been a day full of twists and turns. The American People can breathe a sigh of relief. There will be no government shutdown. Democrats have said from the start that the only solution for avoiding a shutdown is bipartisanship and we are glad Speaker Mccarthy has finally heeded our message. In the end, more democrats supported this bill in the house than republicans. Proving bipartisanship was the best answer all along. I want to thank my colleagues here in the senate, especially our appropriators. Madam president Susan Collins and leader mcconnell. Our Bipartisanship Work in the senate set the tone for the bill we are about to pass. Our bipartisanship made this possible. It showed the house we had to act. We will keep the government open for 45 days with a clean cr at current Funding Levels and we avoided all of the extreme, nasty and harmful cuts maga wanted.
Sumi, we are learning new details tonight of what that Security Assistance programme now includes. I want to bring you details about that Security Assistance programme which President Biden committed to in terms of the weaponry he has committed to. More air defence is something he was asking for, and those rocket launchers. What was not mentioned was the long range missiles that president zelensky has been calling for but we know the abrams tanks will be on the ground in ukraine from next week. Now, this was also an opportunity for president zelensky to meet and be introduced for the first time to penny pritzker, the us special representative, but i think its the mood on the ground here is one that feels apart from economic recovery right now. Lets take a look at what both president s had to say about that bilateral meeting. Our countries are really truly allies and strategic friends and we greatly appreciate the vital assistance provided by the united states. Together with our partner