Italy weather CHAOS: 20,000 without power as Venice landmarks DESTROYED - rescue underway
10/31/2018, 8:20:13 PMITALY continues to bear the devastating aftermath of the storm that battered the region on Monday, damaging its iconic landmarks as hundreds of locals remain stranded. ✔ Italy weather: The Basilica of San Marco suffered severe damages from floods (Image: GETTY) Venice has experience near-record flooding levels, after the ferocious storm brought in flash flooding to the city, killing five people ✔ Meteorologists say weather conditions are expected to subside over the next few days but more rain is set to pummel Venice and other areas
UK weather latest: Storm Deirdre to SMASH Britain THIS WEEKEND as UK lashed by heavy rain
10/31/2018, 8:36:16 PMBRUTAL Storm Deirdre is threatening to smash Britain with heavy rain this weekend and unleash severe weather conditions across the UK. ✔ However what we can say at the moment is that we are looking at a very unsettled spell of weather from the end of the week and through the weekend ✔ All areas can expect to see some rain or showers on Wednesday before Thursday’s storm approaches, lasting well into Friday also
Five-year-old tests positive for meth after going trick-or-treating
10/31/2018, 10:52:50 PMBraylen Carwell was rushed to hospital after suffering seizure while eating Halloween sweets ✔ Reuters 47/50 15 September 2018 German Police have begun evicting activists from the Hambacher Forest where a protest to protect the remaining section of the ancient forest has been ongoing for the past 6 years ✔ After being treated Braylan was discharged within seven hours and allowed to return home
Pro-Trump Republican candidate apologises for using 'out of date' image of Essex town in campaign advert
10/31/2018, 10:53:07 PM'Only you can stop this from becoming reality,' Nick Stella warned voters ✔ She also dug a cave under her home AFP/Getty 1/50 31 October 2018 The Statue of Unity portraying Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of the founding fathers of India, during its inauguration in Kevadia, in the western state of Gujarat, India Reuters 2/50 30 October 2018 A scavenger collects recyclable materials along the breakwater amid strong waves as weather patterns from Typhoon Yutu affect Manila Bay
Historic flooding in Italy: What role has climate change played in the destruction?
10/31/2018, 11:13:47 PMAt least 11 people have died in Italy this week due to historic flooding throughout the country that has resulted in falling trees, landslides and high winds. ✔ Andrea Merola, AP Fullscreen People walk on footbridges in the flooded St Mark Square during a high-water (Acqua Alta) alert in Venice on October 29, 2018 ✔ In order to avoid further extreme weather trends, including droughts, rising sea levels and deadly storms, countries need to collectively cut greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent below 2010 levels by 2030 and completely cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to a recent groundbreaking report from the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Two Ryanair planes almost crashed over Spain – missing each other by just 400ft
10/31/2018, 8:54:13 PMPILOTS narrowly avoided a mid-air disaster as two planes dodged each other with just 400ft between them. The Ryanair Boeing 737s nearly collided as they crossed paths over Pamplona in southern Spai… ✔ The Ryanair Boeing 737s nearly collided as they crossed paths over Pamplona in southern Spain ✔ Getty Images 2 One of the Ryanair planes was travelling from Santiago de Compostela to Palma de Majorca and the other was flying from Seville to Toulouse One aircraft was heading to Toulouse from Seville in southern Spain, and the other to Palma de Majorca from Santiago de Compostela ✔ An investigation into how the vessels became so close has been launched, with investigators calling it a 'serious' incident
Caution, foreign driver at wheel; stickers to slash car accidents
10/31/2018, 11:17:58 PMSENDAI--Stickers alerting other motorists that a foreign driver is at the wheel are being distribute ✔ According to the Tohoku Tourism Promotion Organization (TTPO), a consortium of local governments and tourism-related businesses in the region and elsewhere, there were 6,935 rentals to foreign drivers in 2017, up 2.67-fold from the previous fiscal year
Under pressure from Congress, Trump administration calls for cease-fire in Yemen - Los Angeles Times
10/31/2018, 10:49:24 PMThe Trump administration is calling for a cease fire in the civil war in Yemen, under pressure from Congress to try to halt a mounting humanitarian disaster and to rein in U.S. support for Saudi airstrikes blamed for thousands of civilian casualties. ✔ Washington’s surprise call for a halt to hostilities in Yemen signaled renewed urgency by the Trump administration to reduce engagement with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is viewed as the chief architect of the war in Yemen ✔ envoy, has proposed confidence-building talks to start in a third country in November to come to terms on underlying issues in the conflict, the demilitarization of borders and the concentration of weaponry under international monitoring
UK weather forecast: Britain set for savage freeze TOMORROW before temperatures SOAR again
10/31/2018, 10:09:18 PMTEMPERATURES in Britain could drop as low as -5 on Thursday night as bitterly cold air engulfs much of Britain, the Met Office has warned. ✔ UK weather forecast: Met Office warns of plunging temperatures (Image: Met Office) The Met Office forecaster concluded: The general trends into next week are that there will be a west to east split in terms of the unsettled weather ✔ But with that south-westerly flow temperatures will be back into the mid-teens – so noticeably milder but windy on Saturday
Britain can now use its foreign aid budget to help wealthy countries in crisis
10/31/2018, 10:02:57 PMBRITAIN will be able to spend some of its £14billion foreign aid budget on rich countries that suffer a big economic blow from crises – in a victory for Penny Mordaunt. It means the £200 mill… ✔ Getty 4 Britain had to provide aid using other budgets to help with the reconstruction efforts At the time of the hurricane there was no system in place for affected countries to requalify for aid ✔ Ring The Sun on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or email exclusive@the-sun.co.uk
Blast of summer to hit Melbourne, fire ban in parts of Victoria
10/31/2018, 8:58:10 PMMelbourne is forecast to hit 33 degrees today, more than ten degrees above the November average, with some parts of the state nudging 40 degrees. ✔ Mildura's maximum temperature is forecast to be 39 degrees ✔ We are looking at this being the first seriously hot day of the coming season, said Mr Godfred ✔ He urged the local community to use common sense and take responsibility for preventing fires ✔ It will be partly cloudy, with a slight chance of a shower and light winds during the morning
Trump's birthright citizenship stunt didn't deserve any serious media coverage - Los Angeles Times
10/31/2018, 9:36:21 PMReporters should not cover every one of Trump's attempts to draw attention to his latest offense. ✔ To the editor: How clever of the Los Angeles Times to quote a 14th Amendment scholar saying that Trump could come up with at least three stooges to support his cockamamie idea, and then follow up with two such experts claiming that birthright citizenship was based on a faulty premise
Birthright citizenship: Constitutional expert says Trump has authority to stop it
10/31/2018, 8:47:15 PMThe 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed 150 years ago. It states in part, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” ✔ ANALYSIS/OPINION: The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed 150 years ago ✔ His knowledge on US constitutional law is unquestioned ✔ Much like climate change or a variety of other issues, if you disagree with the left you must be ignorant, incompetent, a racist, a misogynist or some other belittling descriptor
Oops! Ferry brings down massive port crane, causing explosion and fire (VIDEO)
10/31/2018, 9:16:57 PMStrong winds have forced a large passenger ferry crash into a port dock, which in-turn caused a tall crane to topple over, prompting an explosion. ✔ It took a dozen firefighter crews three hours to put out the resulting blaze ✔ The black smoke from the fire was seen all across the Catalan capital ✔ READ MORE: Russia’s largest floating dock sinks, its tower crane makes hole in nation’s sole aircraft carrier The Italian company operating the ferry, called Excellent, said that the vessel had to abort mooring maneuver due to bad weather conditions
Why did the council 'house' me in a tent?
10/31/2018, 9:05:40 PMTheo had just turned 17 when he became homeless. He turned to the council for help - but was given only a one-man tent. ✔ Towards the end of August, the council did make an attempt to find Theo a place in supported accommodation, but without success ✔ Theo and Rose are pseudonyms You may also be interested in: At the age of 17, Sherry Denness tried to kill herself nine times in 10 days, and only then got the help she needed
As Venezuela’s health system collapses, disease spreads beyond its borders
10/31/2018, 10:41:34 PMA massive wave of migrants is transmitting once-rare diseases to other parts of Latin America ✔ On a steamy February morning, Bernardino Albuquerque a doctor in charge of combating infectious diseases in Brazil’s vast Amazonas state received the text message he had been dreading for weeks ✔ But vaccination programs had been slipping nationwide for years, according to Venezuelan doctors providing a recipe for disaster even as the government was slow to respond to new outbreaks
California Democratic Party headquarters evacuated after suspicious package received
10/31/2018, 9:08:31 PMLess than a week before the election, the California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento was evacuated Wednesday after police called in the bomb squad to investigate a suspicious package received in the mail. State Party Chairman Eric Bauman said the package arrived at the party headquart... ✔ We intend to recall the attorney general, Xavier Becerra, over his attempt to defraud the voters of their ‘yes’ vote on Prop ✔ In that time, Democrat Katie Hill spent just under $2 million on her campaign in the 25th Congressional District, about as much as GOP incumbent Steve Knight of Palmdale has spent in the entire two-year cycle
U.S. Steps Up Bid to Halt War in Yemen
10/31/2018, 11:14:43 PMThe Trump administration is accelerating efforts to halt the war in Yemen, a move diplomats and U.S. officials said is fueled by concern over the humanitarian toll and by eroding support in Congress for Saudi Arabia heightened by the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ✔ A man in San’a on Tuesday sat next to a portrait on the grave of his brother, who was purportedly killed in battle in September ✔ The U.S. provides the Gulf allies with limited battlefield intelligence and precision guided weapons ✔ warned on Oct. 23, half the country’s population, or about 14 million people, face prefamine conditions
Midterms, Markets, Pittsburgh: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
10/31/2018, 10:33:46 PMHere’s what you need to know at the end of the day. ✔ Some legal experts say that the cluster of investigations into possible ethical misconduct or other policy violations on Mr. Zinke’s part is beginning to resemble the challenges that brought down the former E.P.A ✔ Sign up here to get it by email in the Australian, Asian, European or American morning
70% of world’s last remaining wilderness in just five countries, research reveals
10/31/2018, 10:52:48 PM‘We need the immediate establishment of bold wilderness targets’, scientists say ✔ A glacier’s collapse shows climate impact 1/20 Meltwater pools on top of the Helheim glacier near Tasiilaq Reuters 2/20 Safety officer Brian Rougeux works with student Febin Magar to assemble a radar dome while working in a science camp on the side of the Helheim glacier Reuters 3/20 An iceberg floats in a fjord near the town of Tasiilaq Reuters 4/20 Airplane Mechanic, David Fuller, left, works with a local worker to move a Nasa Gulfstream III during a pre-flight inspection before a flight to support the Oceans Melting Greenland research mission Reuters 5/20 Meltwater pools on top of the Helheim glacier Reuters 6/20 Earth Science Flight Programs Director at Nasa, Eric Ianson, looks out at the Greenland ice sheet Reuters 7/20 Glacial ice is seen from the window during the Nasa flight Reuters 8/20 Oceanographer David Holland's science camp on the side of the Helheim glacier Reuters 9/20 An iceberg floats in a fjord near the town of Tasiilaq Reuters 10/20 A large crevasse forms near the calving front of the Helheim glacier Reuters 11/20 Safety officer Brian Rougeux uses a drill to install antennas for scientific instruments that will be left on top of the Helheim glacier Reuters 12/20 Tabular icebergs float in the Sermilik Fjord after a large calving event at the Helheim glacier Reuters 13/20 Radar Engineer, Ron Muellerschoen, monitors data collection inside a NASA Gulfstream III flying above Greenland to measure loss to the country's ice sheet Reuters 14/20 GPS tracking equipment is left on top of the Helheim glacier REUTERS 15/20 Sunshine lights up the Helheim glacier Reuters 16/20 A glacial terminus above the east coast of Greenland REUTERS 17/20 Student Febin Magar watches as leftover wood burns in a research camp Reuters 18/20 Tabular icebergs float in the Sermilik Fjord after a large calving event Reuters 19/20 Oceanographer David Holland repairs a broken GPS module at his research camp Reuters 20/20 An iceberg floats in a fjord near the town of Tasiilaq Reuters 1/20 Meltwater pools on top of the Helheim glacier near Tasiilaq Reuters 2/20 Safety officer Brian Rougeux works with student Febin Magar to assemble a radar dome while working in a science camp on the side of the Helheim glacier Reuters 3/20 An iceberg floats in a fjord near the town of Tasiilaq Reuters 4/20 Airplane Mechanic, David Fuller, left, works with a local worker to move a Nasa Gulfstream III during a pre-flight inspection before a flight to support the Oceans Melting Greenland research mission Reuters 5/20 Meltwater pools on top of the Helheim glacier Reuters 6/20 Earth Science Flight Programs Director at Nasa, Eric Ianson, looks out at the Greenland ice sheet Reuters 7/20 Glacial ice is seen from the window during the Nasa flight Reuters 8/20 Oceanographer David Holland's science camp on the side of the Helheim glacier Reuters 9/20 An iceberg floats in a fjord near the town of Tasiilaq Reuters 10/20 A large crevasse forms near the calving front of the Helheim glacier Reuters 11/20 Safety officer Brian Rougeux uses a drill to install antennas for scientific instruments that will be left on top of the Helheim glacier Reuters 12/20 Tabular icebergs float in the Sermilik Fjord after a large calving event at the Helheim glacier Reuters 13/20 Radar Engineer, Ron Muellerschoen, monitors data collection inside a NASA Gulfstream III flying above Greenland to measure loss to the country's ice sheet Reuters 14/20 GPS tracking equipment is left on top of the Helheim glacier REUTERS 15/20 Sunshine lights up the Helheim glacier Reuters 16/20 A glacial terminus above the east coast of Greenland REUTERS 17/20 Student Febin Magar watches as leftover wood burns in a research camp Reuters 18/20 Tabular icebergs float in the Sermilik Fjord after a large calving event Reuters 19/20 Oceanographer David Holland repairs a broken GPS module at his research camp Reuters 20/20 An iceberg floats in a fjord near the town of Tasiilaq Reuters A century ago, only 15 per cent of the Earth’s surface was used by humans to grow crops and raise livestock, he said
Fact check: Is Trump’s Twitter ‘truth’ false?
10/31/2018, 11:53:59 PMPresident Trump says social media is “my form of telling the truth.” In fact, there are many examples of him spreading false information on Twitter. ✔ Also, Trump says a border wall will help stop the massive inflow of drugs from Mexico, but experts doubt it because most illicit drugs come into the U.S. hidden in cars, vans and tractor trailers that drive undetected through legal ports of entry ✔ 13 Follow FactCheck.org on Twitter: @factcheckdotorg
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