last month in new york. more on those in a moment. first story making headlines in australia. now to a story which is making headlines in australia and around the world after broadcaster antoinette lattouf was sacked by the abc network for reposting a human rights watch report about gaza. the company has denied it succumbed to external pressure from an israeli lobby group citing a breach of its social media policy and referencing the importance of impartiality. hundreds of staff at the abc have threatened walk outs, unless they get assurances about support to staff in the spotlight. i ve been talking to antoinette lattouf who s now launched legal action against the broadcaster i started by asking how suprised she was, when she was fired. i was floored, not only how i was fired, but how quickly things escalated. one minute i was taking talkback calls about christmas playlists don t include michael buble, the next thrown under the bus in a very public way and within a
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hello, i m nancy kacungira. we begin in sudan, where the united nations says it is planning for 860,000 people to flee the war torn country. its refugee agency has estimated that $445 million will be needed to support the displaced just through to october. meanwhile, another ceasefire in sudan has failed to hold, with heavy fighting continuing in the capital, khartoum. witnesses reported loud explosions and gunfire on the streets for the 20th day in a row. among the civilian casualties in khartoum is the pioneering actress asia abdelmajid. her family say she was killed in crossfire in the north of the capital on wednesday and buried in the grounds of a kindergarten. it had been too dangerous to take her to a cemetery. asia abdelmajid rose to prominence in the 1965 production of the play pamseeka at sudan s national theatre. she was the country s first professional stage actress, later retiring to become a teacher. elaf alhaj is a journalist and programme editor at capital rad
hackers out number cyber personnel, at least 50 to one. and inching toward disaster, growing concerns across the midwest as people watch flood waters inch closer and closer to their homes and businesses. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments for you. we re going to begin with major flooding tormenting the midwest now as the national weather service says we are still days away from the mississippi river cresting. let s go to maggie vespa, joining us from davenport, iowa. we can see evidence of the mess behind you, maggie. the usda is reporting that barge traffic, that has been halted across the upper mississippi river for likely weeks, and this flooding is only expected to get worse, so how are folks there preparing? reporter: first and foremost, what you highlighted, that is a rare move. it s unclear at this point how and or if that might trickle down to consumers but definitely something to watch and something officials say to be worried about. a