In the cemetery in cairo rather than his hometown as his family requested journalists were kept away from the Burial Service a day after he collapsed and died in court aged 67 u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o has stopped saudi arabia from being added to a list of countries that recruit child soldiers it goes against the state Department Recommendation based on user force and Rights Groups assessments they say the kingdom hired sudanese children to fight for the u. S. Backed coalition in yemen as always there is lots more on our website dot com and the news continues here on aljazeera after the listening post. Sri lanka is Easter Sunday bombings reverberated around the womb with religious and ethnic tension rising one a one investigates it is the new front line in sri lanka. 0. Or. Less im not sure. I quite like this. Here and think such a house. And or. Story. Hello im richard disappeared and youre at the listening post here are some of the media stories that were covering this w
Will by iranian oil and so on and so forth then i think that would put pressure on the throne administration to act because for the time being while sanctions are there but the escalation is going on the strategy is not really working. But particularly on the part of china we have seen in an unwillingness to. Really follow up their words with with any solid action i mean with that possibly change if. Because obviously now they know that withdrawal from the nuclear deal what happens if iran starts ramping up the reining in enrichment beyond the terms agreed in that way on top of these incidents happening in the gulf look i think china would have rather there was no trade tensions with washington and there is no iranian crisis because china since the 1980 s. Had been building up its economy and its military in order to become a world superpower and clearly the biggest challenge and the biggest threats to Global Security for the next many many years to come would be china versus the Unite
Approval for the naming of this yet to be built settlement trump heights its clear that there are 2 audiences in play here one is President Trump himself its a way of thanking him for what was an intervention just a few days ahead of the last election when he recognized israels claim on the Golan Heights and as well as that theres obviously his own base here in israel that hes trying to court as he tries to shore up as much of a vote as he can and hopes to get his government formed a 2nd time around and as well as that the issue with Zahra Netanyahu today throws into relief that the corruption issues for netanyahu while his wife theyre over with this plea deal being cemented they arent over by any stretch for him hes been trying to organize some kind of immunity legislation there were attempts to try to ensure that the courts couldnt overturn any such immunity were it granted all of that has been thrown into doubt by this 2nd election being called there only a couple of weeks between t
Up. Heres alexis with the commute. One of those days you are going to want to leave early because your commute likely going to take a lot longer than it typically does. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Check out the wind whipping around there underneath those street lamps. You can see the rain as well. And it looks like were having a stackup in the cash lanes. No metering lights yet. Quick check of mass transit. Okay so far. Weather delays for b. A. R. T. Usually but right now, no delays. Muni has normal service as well and were not getting word of any Service Disruptions due to weather from San Francisco bay ferry either. Weve got a pretty large slide in the forestville area. Ill show you video coming up. Quick reminder, we measure these storms on a scale of 1 to 5. This is a 3 this morning and we have crews tracking it across the bay area. Matt keller is live near the lexington reservoir in the Santa Cruz Mountains but first lets get to Amy Hollyfield with massive floo
Of the Santa Cruz Mountains and into the south bay. More on that next. Really major problem here on the richmondsan rafael bridge. Its on the eastbound side just past san quentin, sounds like a semi tipped over. All lanes blocked right now, eastbound 580, seeing that red approaching and as far as i know, no one is getting by so that is blocking all lanes, i am going to work on getting some more information. Heres a look at the other side of the bridge in richmond. These vehicles are going westbound, they wont be impacted but really tough conditions, that wind, that rain is widespread this morning. Not an easy drive. Next traffic update coming up. We do have crews across the bay area this morning tracking this 3 on our exclusive abc7 news storm impact scale. Look at this situation in schellville right now abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is there east of petaluma. Reporter hi, natasha. I just checked in with Sonoma County sheriff, it is getting very busy up here, and this is just one o