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Good afternoon. Water companies in england and wales have been ordered to repay nearly £158 Million to their customers. The Regulator Ofwat says its because the firms have failed to meet performance targets such as cutting Sewage Spills and leaks. Some future Water Bills will be reduced to reflect the missed targets. Our Environment Correspondent Jonah Fisher reports. A warning this report contains flashing images. This Report Card does not make pleasant reading for the Water Companies. Targets for reducing leaks are not being hit, the number of Pollution Incidents has hardly changed in the last five years and Customer Satisfaction has continued to fall. Three Water Companies anglian, southern and welsh are rated bottom of the class. The others are just average, with none rated in the top category. So we think the sector suffers from a culture of poor performance, that companies are not taking responsibility for their performance. They are too often blaming the weather or the circumst ....
Im caitriona perry. Youre very welcome to this new, extended hour of World News America where well bring you a full hour of live News And Analysis from here in the us, the uk, and Around The World. Do you stay with us. First israels prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says the israeli military has killed the man who was widely tipped to become the new leader of hezbollah, hashem safieddine, in an Air Strike in beirut on friday. The Israel Defense forces says it cant yet confirm the results of the strike. Safieddine, a relative of former leader hassan nasrallah, has been running The Movement alongside its Deputy Secretary general since nasrallah was killed by israel at The End of september. As Air Strikes continue in beirut, Israels Military has been stepping up operations on the ground in lebanon, now moving in the South West of the country, as well as the south east. The idf says at least 50 hezbollah members were killed in strikes in Southern Lebanon on monday. Syrian State Media als ....
The breaking news. Florida bracing for what could be one of the most powerful and destructive storms on record. The state trying to keep Gas Stations supplied as people rushed to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton. All right. Just in to cnn. Donald trump had, quote maybe as many as seven calls with russian president Vladimir Putin since he left office the Bombshell New reporting by Bob Woodward and two of the countrys biggest music Stars Country Music stars joining forces to help with Hurricane Recovery efforts. Sara is out today. Im John Berman with Kate Baldwin. This is cnn News Central that is what officials in florida tell us that they are doing right now as Hurricane Milton takes direct aim this hour nearly the entire West Coast Line of florida has been tampa are warning that miltons extremely dangerous strike could bring impacts not seen in over 100 years. Orders to evacuate. They seem to be working. Officials on the ground seem to be happy with what theyve seen so far. Because t ....
Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Leave or die, thats the warning for hundreds of thousands across tampa and beyond this hour as Hurricane Milton, now a monstrous category 4, takes direct aim on floridas third largest city. Right now, almost all of floridas West Coast is under an Emergency Warning as Crews Race to clear the debris from last weeks hurricane, that one helene, before milton makes landfall sometime tomorrow night. It is dangerous eye is set to unleash a once in a Century Damage and record Storm Surge. The national Hurricane Center is warning of up to 15 feet of water in tampa alone. As we speak, thousands are still trying to get out, residents rushing to escape the storms path, have clogged highways, and interstates. And adding to all of that chaos, all of that concern is politics. And the rampant disinformation that is being peddled by Donald Trump and some republicans including false claims about Fema Funds and not so subtle Social Media posts that say they control the w ....