Countries in the region including the Czech Republic where 38 locations have declared the highest flood alert. Authorities there say the worst Rainfall And Flood risk should be experienced in the coming 2a to 48 hours. Poland, too, has also experienced heavy rain. Our correspondent in warsaw, Adam Easton, has the latest. Well, what this cyclone is doing, catherine, is causing extremely heavy rainfall which is leading to dangerously high river Levels Water levels in the rivers across the region. Many rivers have burst their banks, and thats causing flooding in many countries particularly, as you mentioned, in romania, where four people have been found dead in the east of the country by the River Danube delta. 5,000 homes have been damaged in the flooding and the romanian authorities have, as you said, set up Displacement Camps and are providing blankets and food for people who have been forced to evacuate their homes. In romania and in the Czech Republic, the floods have caused Tens Of
Is fully behind the action that we are taking. The member for shipley with her huge experience in health and social care, talked about the need to work with those in supported Accommodation And Housing associations and the nhs to make sure pensioners get the help they are entitled to and i will spell some of the action out. The Memberfor Rossendale and darwen made a strong case for targeting health on the poorest pensioners and the need to tackle the root causes of poverty including insulating homes and bring Energy Costs down. And the memberfor pool, one of the things he said was the long and complex form for Pension Credit which i have asked to be reduced to make it asked to be reduced to make it as simple as possible. I would like to start by setting out why we have taken the difficult decision to means Test Winter Fuel payments so they are no longer available to all pensioners whatever their income. But focused on those in greatest need. Put simply, it is because we must fix the fo
With his Co Leader but he will be delivering a speech on his own because she has covid symptoms. The Green Party looking to position themselves as a challenge the Labour Government from the left so i think we can expect them to say that labour should be bolder and braver in their words more ambitious. And criticise what they say is labour s doom and gloom. We had from Keir Starmer a few weeks ago saying things will get worse before they get better. The argument from the Green Party in manchester is that this is not necessarily the case and are not calling for a Wealth Tax on the very wealthiest. They are saying that by those measures, more investment could be made immediately in public services. I think we can also expect criticism of the Winter Fuel Allowance cut and also to the two child benefit cap. Those are the kind of organs are expecting to hear the next few minutes as the conference for the Green Party gets under way. What difference does it make having four mps, what differen
More survivors from a volcanic eruption that has killed at least 5 people up to 2 dozen remain unaccounted for. And support the World Anti Doping Agency hands russia a 4 year ban from all major sporting events the ban includes the Tokyo Olympics and the football world but athletes that can prove theyre clean will still be able to compete. Begin in the u. S. Where democrats say evidence from the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump showed his actions present a clear danger to Fair Elections and National Security republicans have countered by saying democrats dont have enough evidence in that case to impeach truong. Trump is accused of withholding minutes he aid to ukraine and exchange for an investigation into his political rival and current democratic president ial hopeful joe biden. 2 days ago President Trump stated publicly that he hopes that his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani will report to the department of justice and to congress the results of mr giulianis efforts in
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