enhance health outcomes and give owners more time to prepare. gov. kemp: good afternoon, everyone. i want to thank everybody for joining us. just to let everybody know, i ve got to i m joined today by my jima of, kathleen, homeland security director, homer bryson, our insurance and fire safety commissioner general don king, and our of community health commissioner, frank very will be available today for questions if you have them. before i begin the weekly briefing, i want to provide a quick update on the model aubrey the a mod aubrey case. the past few days, there have been several important developments. as many of you know, the georgia bureau of investigation became involved in the case on the evening of tuesday, may fifth. less than two days later, on thursday, may 7, gregory and travis mcmichael were arrested for felony murder and aggravated assault of ahmaud arbery. both men are currently jailed in glynn county. 8, that would have been ahmaud s 26th birthday. georgi
scotland has banned plastic stemmed cotton buds over fears that they re harming wildlife. the new regulations will prevent their sale and manufacture. david cowan reports. bathed in autumn sunshine, this east lothian beach looks beautiful. is that one there? but ugly pieces of plastic are scattered in the sand. let s have a look. six years ago, a charity called fidra noticed thousands of plastic stemmed cotton buds washed up along the coast. they‘ re not just unsightly, they ve been found in the stomachs of fulmars and turtles. fidra has talked to manufacturers and retailers into switching to paper stems and today, new scottish government regulations come into force. well, it s going to be against the law to sell these plastic cotton buds any more. so, we should start seeing paper cotton buds replacing them in shops. this is a small but significant step in the campaign against single use plastics. scotland is the first part of the uk to bring in such a ban. and only the sec
the front line in a conflict that is spreading fast. turning northern syria into a battleground. alarming washington and europe. the smoke is rising from the key town of ras al ain. and inside the town, this pro turkish fighter says we ve just arrived . and gives thanks to god. then ducks to avoid incoming fire. but kurdish forces can t offer much resistance. ras al ain has all but fallen and other towns are expected to follow. the turks and their allies are stamping their authority here. and syrian kurdish forces are looking very much alone, urging the us allies to keep their side of the bargain after the kurds died in their thousands fighting islamic state. translation: our allies guaranteed us protection but they abandoned us without warning and decided unjustly to withdraw their troops from the turkish border. we call on our allies to fulfil their moral obligations. us forces aren t far away but they re holding fire as the kurds take heavy casualties. this footage, filme
part of the uk to ban plastic cotton buds. the new regulations prohibit the manufacture and sale of the items, as part of measures to reduce damaging waste. david cowan reports. bathed in sunshine, this east lothian beach looks wonderful. six years ago at a charity noticed the a plastic stem cotton buds washed up along the coast. they are notjust unsightly, they had been found in the stomachs ofc they had been found in the stomachs of cfish. they had been found in the stomachs of c fish. today, a they had been found in the stomachs of cfish. today, a new they had been found in the stomachs of c fish. today, a new scottish government regulation has come into force. well, it s going to be against the law to sell these plastic cotton buds any more. so, we should start seeing paper cotton buds replacing them in shops. this is a small but significant step in the campaign against single use plastics. scotland is the first part of the uk to bring in such a ban. and only the second c
and we ll be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers joe twyman and yasmin alibhai brown. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there ve been fierce clashes between turkish troops and kurdish militias in northeastern syria. much of the fighting has been in the border area near ras al ain. turkey claims it s military has entered the town, but the kurdish led syrian democratic forces dispute this. since fighting broke out on wednesday, nearly 50 civilians are believed to have been killed and more than 100,000 people have fled their homes. ankara says it wants to establish a 20 mile deep buffer zone, across the frontier with syria, to keep out kurdish militias and resettle syrian refugees. from akcakale on the turkish side of the border our middle east correspondent, martin patience, has sent us this report. despite the growing international pressure, turkey s not backing down. at the border, the build up continues. as turkey claims it s taking control of a ke