Excuse me fears grew of waterborne disease following sudans worst floods in a century. And iranians cast their ballots in round 2 of a parliamentary vote that was delayed due to the pandemic. Protesting refugees on the greek islands of last boss are demanding permission to leave and travel to the mainland. Theyve spent 3 nights without shelter after fires destroyed the camp food is in short supply of what was europes biggest refugee camp the greek government wont allow them on to the mainland and is working to put them in tents at a board chartered ships. Is at the moria camp and says the families that have nowhere to go. Right now the demonstration seems to peters out for the time being but it. To be a recurring one as well so it may flare up again definitely the feelings of persistence among refugees here who want to be allowed to leave and at the moment that being denied it seems even basic comforts people who fled moria because because it was burned on tuesday and wednesday nights
For such flipflops, romnesia there is no more serious issue in a president ial campaign than trust. The person who leads this country, youve got to have some confidence that he or she means what he or she says. Romney spoke at a rally in henderson, nevada and said obama is resorting to attacks in the absence of new ideas of his own. We can handle two more weeks of the attacks that are coming from barack obama but we cannot handle four more years of what hes given us. And a new opinion poll suggests romney has taken a slight lead. This is the first time in two months that he has gained an edge over the president. Abc news and the Washington Post surveyed more than 1300 likely voters right before the candidates held their final debate. 49 of respondents supported romney. 48 favored obama. The president has been calling on minorities to vote early to raise their say in the outcome. 50 of those who said theyll vote early said theyll do so for obama. 48 said theyd vote for romney. Obamas Ap
The Chinese Government makes another move to tighten its grip on disputed islands in southeast asia. Chinese leaders are looking at the map of asia and looking at ways to assert their control over what they consider theirs. Recently they made a change to their countrys passports suggesting disputed islands in the South China Sea belong to china. Now theyre threatening to crack down on foreign ships that enter waters around those islands. Analysts see the decision as part of efforts by china to reinforce its claim to the territory. Leaders in vietnam and the philippines argue the islands lie within their borders. But the staterun Xinhua News Agency reports officials in Hainan Province issued an ordinance banning foreign ships from stopping in chinese unclaimed waters in the South China Sea without permission. The ordinance also prohibits crews aboard those ships from landing on islands in the area. And it stipulates chinese authorities can search any vessels and detain crew members if t
Their countrys passports suggesting disputed islands in the South China Sea belong to china. Now theyre threatening to crack down on foreign ships that enter waters around those islands. Analysts see the decision as part of efforts by china to reinforce its claim to the territory. Leaders in vietnam and the philippines argue the islands lie within their borders. But the staterun Xinhua News Agency reports officials in Hainan Province issued an ordinance banning foreign ships from stopping in chinese unclaimed waters in the South China Sea without permission. The ordinance also prohibits crews aboard those ships from landing on islands in the area. And it stipulates chinese authorities can search any vessels and detain crew members if the ban is violated. The directive also calls on chinese officials to set up Police Offices on the islands and launch patrols in the area. Leaders in the philippines and vietnam have been pushing to resolve the South China Sea issue peacefully. But theyre
This is bbc news. The headlines at seven 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in northeast thailand. This is main suspect a junior army officer, who killed his Commanding Officer before stealing weapons from a military camp. He is still at large. Five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. Six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the governments decision to allow huawei to help build the uks 56 network. Why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat . I dont know of
anyone else anywhere else in the world that would do that. Gusts of 63 Miles Per Hour in stornoway as the met Office Issues Severe Weather warnings for tomorrow as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. England reignite their six nations title hopes after beating scotland. Full details in sportsday in half an hour. A soldier in thailand has go