Local authorities and Weather Experts say milton will bring a destructive Storm Surge in which some areas will not be survivable. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled ahead of its landfall, which is expected to bring strong winds of up to 155mph or 250kph. Milton comes just days after Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeastern Us 225 people were killed by the Natural Disaster across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlantic ocean, making the Sunshine State the only one to be affected twice. President biden has postponed a trip to germany to oversee preparations and prepare a federal response. He urged those in Miltons Path to evacuate, calling it a matter of life and death. We can show you just how huge Hurricane Milton is. Nasa Astronaut Matthew dominick has shared this time Lapse Video filmed as the international Space
Israel urged its citizens to head to safety and move into shelters. The idf said it would do what it could to protect people. The difference between this attack and the one that israel was subjected to by iran in april is the type of missiles that are being fired and the length of time it is taking them to reach israel. In april, it took several hours, because drones and Cruise Missiles were fired first and that gave Allied Forces from the us and the uk the chance to get their planes in the sky and shoot them down. Tonight it happened more quickly and we have seen the dramatic pictures of Iron Dome interceptions and people rushing for cover in Tel Aviv and just liam. Jerusalem. Lets speak now to Tom Bateman, whos in washington for us this evening. This was launched very quickly . To this was launched very quickly . Trr give you an idea of the sense of urgency here, we had been expecting a briefing from officials in the next few minutes, that has been delayed. The secretary of state, an
Harris are monitoring the attack in the white House Situation Room and receiving regular updates, that is according to the spokesperson for national security, and thus the person on x. Thats because Laughter Correspondentjon Donnison who is In Jerusalem for us. Jon donnison, bring us up to date on what is happening over the skies of jerusalem this evening. Looking back at the passover, jerusalem this evening. Looking back at the passover, exactly jerusalem this evening. Looking back at the passover, exactly almost jerusalem this evening. Looking back at the passover, exactly almost an i at the passover, exactly almost an hour ago when the sirens went off, we got alerts on our phones, though sirens and alerts going across israel, we rented a Safe Room here in our bbc office injerusalem, and as we were doing that, we heard the sound of loud explosions overhead, which sounded like missiles being intercepted by Israels Iron Dome Missile Defence shield, though sirens went on for about 30 mi
Look after the family. When they can work, they earn far less, can save less and their jobs are more insecure. In times of crisis, women are generally hardest hit. The United Nations says that more than 70 percent of Domestic Workers lost their jobs in the first few months of thpandemic, the vast majority women. According to a u. N. Study by , 2021, around 435 million women and girls will be living in extreme poverty, 47 million more than today. And the situation isnt likely to improve by 2030. These ngo workers are on their way to a woman who lives rural allives. Th he a group of 7 volunteers has been sent here by a foundation. The organization has 12,000 volunteers in all. The woman calls herself shkurte. Shes doesnt want us to use her real name. She and her children were repeatedly beaten by her husband. He was eventually sentenced to 18 months in prison, but is being released in a few days. He always threatened me, saying when he got out hed find , me, wherever i was hiding, and ki
From this moment onwards dutch multinationals will be held accountable for their activities and their actions in developing countries and thats an enormous victory for for for that the rights of more globally. By degrees has been following proceedings from a boozer. This is not the only case in court either in the netherlands or in the u. K. Where hundreds of people have queued up to shell for contaminating the niger delta i spoke to an actor is a short while ago he said this is just the beginning and a lot of analysts also believe that it will open the floodgates into so many late editions against all producing Company Production companies that have been operating in nigeria some of these cases have been there for a very long time and they were unsuccessful similar communities up and successful to try call a shell in nigeria and courts for example in this particular case today in the netherlands 2 of the people who filed that case have died have already died but again activists are sa