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the disruption caused by the snow. there was a lot, some impressive snowfall totals as well, particularly across northern england and north wales too but for the vast majority of us it is a much quieter day of weather today, the amber warnings for snow and ice have expired, and there is lots of sunshine developing too, this is edinburgh, plenty of blue sky and sunshine, gorgeous day for much of scotland, even where we saw the blizzards earlier this morning across northern england. the winds have eased, they will continue to lighten as we head through the rest of the afternoon. why? because the deep area of low pressure has been giving us the snow but it is spinning away into the near continent as we head towards the end of the day. it will clear, the wintry mix across east anglia, the south east of england, will also clear away, the winds will ease down and it should brighten up here. there is lots of sunshine around. watch out for one or two showers, bit of a wintry fl ....
and country to chris hipkins. welcome. ten people have been killed in a mass shooting on the outskirts of los angeles. the attack happened at a dance venue in monterey park around seven miles east of los angeles city centre. the area is home to a large asian community. at least 10 people have been injured and the suspect is still at large. david waddell reports. it was a day of festivities to usher in the chinese lunar new year. the shooting happened shortly after 10pm in the evening when official events had drawn to a close. witnesses at the dance venue where the shooting happened say the gunman opened fire indiscriminately with a semiautomatic weapon. local police responded to an urgent call to find a large number of casualties. officers from the monterey park police department responded to a local business in the 100 block of w. garvey ave in the city of monterey park regarding a shots fired call. when officers arrived on scene, they observe numerous individuals, p ....
has made a first offer to the drivers union aslef. it comes as rishi sunak invites unions to meet the government on monday and bridge their differences. we think those conversations should happen and that is why i have invited everyone in on monday to have those talks. i m hopeful those talks will be constructive. more than 1.3 million people in england and wales identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual according to newly revelead census data and the uk is embarking on an ambitious plan to accelerate research into mrna cancer vaccines. former italy and chelsea player manager gianluca vialli has died at the age 58 from pancreatic cancer. good afternoon. prince harry has said he wants reconciliation with the royalfamily, despite extracts from his memoir containing a series of sensational accusations against them. details have also emerged about the moment he learned about the death of the queen and the days which followed. in the book, prince harry says he killed 25 taliban ....
already big changes are being made to the bill s final form. let s get right to cnn s manu raju live on capitol hill. manu, walk us through the process. reporter: democrats are trying to get to final passage of this bill after this marathon voting session that started at 11:30 p.m. eastern time last night. it is still ongoing. there have not been any breaks. it s unclear exactly how this is going to play out because there has been some last-minute drama that s affected senate democrats ability to get to final passage, this dealing with the issue of the corporate minimum tax, a 15% tax that would be imposed on businesses with more than $1 billion in income. that is a central component in this bill that would help pay for a number of the provisions dealing with health care and climate change, energy issues and the like. but there has been some concerns from senator kyrsten sinema about the 15% corporate minimum tax and its impact on some businesses that may make less t ....
hours. what s the latest? democrats are now on pace to pass this bill, probably within the hour. this after a marathon voting session that started at 11:30 p.m. eastern time last night, has gone all through the night into the afternoon, and after some last-minute drama, within their own caucus, democrats have resolved those issues, and now are pushing ahead to final passage. that drama caused by concerns initially raised by kyrsten sinema of arizona. the 15% corporate minimum tax. she was concerned it could impact some smaller companies. it s supposed to hit companies that have a billion dollars or more in income. but she had concerns about companies that were subsidiaries of those that were owned by private equity firms. she wanted to exempt those subsidiaries. she agreed to a republican amendment that targeted this, that narrowed this corporate minimum tax, exempted those subsidiaries. but democrats were revolting over this because of the way that republican amendme ....