To the uns highest human rights body. And amid warnings of more weather disasters every year but talk to a scientist whos just returned from the arctic with a wealth of data that will help predict Climate Change in the decades ahead. I will begin in cyprus where the government has scrapped its lucrative passports for Investment Scheme following an aljazeera expose the president of the parliament is also stepping down our Investigative Unit found senior politicians willing to help a foreign criminal by a cypriot passport and access to e. U. Citizenship are Investigative Reporter David Harrison reports from nicosia. An emergency meeting of the cypriot cabinet was held at the president ial palace following the release of the aljazeera investigation. Of the some. Bar on bush program. But if you go to the ball room. As a flurry of developments followed the cyprus attorney general said he was launching a full investigation into the evidence gathered by aljazeera. What has been published in t
Windy out here. With daylight you can see exactly how far this fire spreads. The concern was it started on the eastbound side of 580 and then jumped both directions of the interstate 580 onto the northbound side. Traffic is still backed up. This all started from an accident at around midnight last night and the big rig or pickup truck, were still trying to confirm which one it was, whether it was a big rig or a pickup truck. The chp saying it hit the Center Divide and caused a fire. That fire spread to the other side of the freeway. At one point riding in the wrong direction because they were trying to get away from flames. Fortunately the firefighters were able to put the flames out. The fire spread to about 100 acres but now it is completely out in all directions. Both directions are open. Back here live, the traffic westbound is still backed up. I was sitting in the traffic eastbound. At 3 45 they opened up the lanes so eastbound is flowing smoothly. Back to you. Thank you, sharon.
Weekend. Sunday will be the hottest day. We have a mostly clear sky as we see the sun starting to rise in walnut creek and our temperatures go from the upper 50s quickly to the mid80s by noon, and its going to continue to heat up. Were talking about Current Conditions on the Altamont Pass. For more on the traffic impact over to you, mike. Kari, youre talking about the Altamont Pass. As we look at the entire bay, the Speed Sensors are great except for the altamont where its worse than normal especially on a friday. You have two lanes of the westbound commute direction. Only two lanes open. Westbound your right lanes are open. The lanes off to the left, the three lanes are still blocked by the fire activity. A smaller fire on the eastbound side. Were still concerned. Lets take you to the breaking news, a brush fire fueled by wind. Today in the bays Sharon Katsuda is getting a Vantage Point. What can you see from the area where you are . Reporter we can definitely feel everything that mik
Good morning live from. Moscow its 9 oclock in the morning this thursday the 7th of november my names kevin ode here with the headline roundup you can stick around with me too as we plough through it starting off with this than us democrats have failed to push through a bill to keep the identity of whistleblowers secret republican senator rand paul block the proposal accusing the democrats of spreading selective outrage as he put it the spot comes in the heat of the trump impeachment inquiry ongoing that was sparked by anonymous testimony from an insider says kid taylor reports on the fate of whistleblowers in america recently. For the democrats impeachment must now seem tantalizingly close all they need is the final piece of damning evidence to seal the deal and to Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer he has come out arguing for the protection of whistleblowers only rather of one Intelligence Officer whose insider info could make or break the impeachment dream the calls to make public
Very worthwhile and very good life. And yeah, im incredibly impressed by him. This is a young man given an impossibly difficult start to life, whos now determined to prove to himself and everyone else that his life is now defined by what is possible. John maguire, bbc news, in the lake district. Time for a look at the weather. Heres helen willetts. I have some brief warmth heading our way to tell you about. This is liverpooljust way to tell you about. This is liverpool just an way to tell you about. This is liverpooljust an hour way to tell you about. This is liverpool just an hour ago way to tell you about. This is liverpooljust an hour ago so blue skies for some today. A little grey around some of the coasts as you can see from this morning. We have a weak Weather Front moving north so all the time the sunshine is working through the cloud across parts of the south west and wales but bringing some drizzle to Northern Ireland which pushes into Western Parts of scotland. Still some sun