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UK weather forecast: 48 hour STORM ASSAULT to smash Britain TONIGHT as ex-hurricane hits

11/2/2018, 6:24:21 PM
BONFIRE-night revellers are braced for lashing rain and howling winds with ex-Hurricane Oscar threatening a 48-hour STORM ASSAULT from TONIGHT. ✔ Spray and flooding on roads will make journey times longer, bus and train services affected with journey times taking longer ✔ Oscar has been downgraded to an ex-hurricane by the US National Hurricane Centre with its remains expected to affect the UK’s weather from tonight



BBC Weather: Britain to be BATTERED by heavy rain TOMORROW as storm Oscar strikes

11/2/2018, 4:59:33 PM
THE weather in Britain is “changing” and it will be “windy everywhere” over the weekend as the remnants of Hurricane Oscar threaten to cause chaos across the country, BBC Weather has warned. ✔ He said: Heading into the bonfire time and fireworks during Saturday evening and that band of cloud and rain affecting a good part of Scotland and moving across the Irish sea ✔ The weather front will then sinks its way south-east by Sunday and it will be largely dry weather for London and much of the south-east



BBC Weather WARNING: Weekend to bring gales across Britain as Storm Oscar approaches

11/2/2018, 4:52:06 PM
MET OFFICE issued a yellow rain warning for Saturday, announcing flooding on roads could affect public transport and make journey times longer, as the remnants of Hurricane Oscar pass between the UK and Iceland this weekend. ✔ BBC Weather: this weekend will bring gales and a rain warning for Saturday (Image: BBC) Still dry to south-east of UK, windy everywhere, gales are more likely over the Irish sea and into the western side of Scotland ✔ Monday will be dry and mostly cloudy in the east, and western regions can expect to see some rain



A stormy Friday evening is on tap with moderate to heavy rain. A few severe thunderstorms are possible .

11/2/2018, 5:01:27 PM
The downpours may slow the second half of the evening commute. ✔ (Unisys.com) The most troubling weather threat late Friday afternoon and evening will be heavy rain showers, which may persist in some locations due to a process called echo training ✔ Any deep clouds that interact with this shear may become severe, even acquiring brief supercell characteristics ✔ Capital Weather Gang’s Jason Samenow contributed to this article



‘Sanctions are coming’: Trump’s Game of Thrones Iran threat unleashes internet wildfire

11/2/2018, 6:38:45 PM
US President Donald Trump’s decision to use a Game of Thrones themed picture to threaten Iran with sanctions has set off social media like a band of wildlings attacking a freefolk village. ✔ On Friday Trump tweeted an image of himself purposefully striding forward along with the words Sanctions are coming ✔ pic.twitter.com/koSZLQistX AltRockyNPS 🌎 (@AltRockyNPS) November 2, 2018 It appears the governing of the United States has changed from a reality TV show into a fantasy TV show ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: Donald Trump news



Nick Ferrari SHUTS DOWN Lord Adonis for labeling Brexit 'massive FAILED project'

11/2/2018, 4:52:09 PM
DAVID Cameron’s record is one of “disaster in Government” and his promise of a referendum on Brexit was a “completely crazy thing to do”, argues Remain campaigner Lord Andrew Adonis. ✔ Brexit news: Lord Adonis said David Cameron was a disaster in Government (Image: BBC/LBC) Lord Adonis replied: But he shouldn’t have given the promise, it was a completely crazy thing to do as we’re now wrestling with two years after the referendum



The company that makes Metro’s newest rail cars is contemplating an exit from the business

11/2/2018, 5:38:23 PM
Kawasaki’s CEO raised the possibility following disappointing quarterly earning results. ✔ Kawasaki Heavy Industries made Metro's 7000-series railcars ✔ Now it appears those issues are catching up with the company that manufactures them ✔ Officials identified design flaws in the trains as far back as 2015 ✔ The order came after a blind passenger fell into a gap between two cars and onto the tracks in May



Starving Yemeni girl from shocking NYT photo dies as bombing & blockade continues

11/2/2018, 4:46:45 PM
A starving Yemeni girl, whose searing portrait from a hospital bed brought the world’s attention to the ongoing and growing humanitarian disaster in the country, has died. Meanwhile, the Saudi-led blockade of supplies continues. ✔ READ MORE: Saudis, UAE pressured UN for favorable media coverage in exchange for Yemen aid – report Saudi Arabia has led the military intervention in Yemen since 2015 on the side of the ousted government of Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi which is fighting Houthi rebels



Penguin Highway review: a heart-warming, hormonal mix of Twin Peaks and Studio Ghibli

11/2/2018, 5:02:22 PM
Dir: ✔ The penguins’ arrival is connected to the pretty young woman, as is the sudden presence of a large ball of water hovering in a forest clearing which Aoyama and his classmates Hamamoto (Megumi Han) and Uchida (Rie Kugimiya) go to examine during the long and lazy summer afternoons



Pakistan CRISIS: Imran Khan warns of ‘very difficult’ situation as economy faces COLLAPSE

11/2/2018, 4:17:19 PM
PAKISTAN’S new Prime Minister Imran Khan has admitted his county is facing a “very difficult” situation as a fast-growing financial crisis threatens to cripple the nation’s economy. ✔ Mr Khan met with China's Xi Jinping during his visit to the country (Image: GETTY IMAGES) Pakistan received a £4.6billion bailout from Saudi Arabia just last month (Image: GETTY IMAGES) Chinese premier Xi Jinping said: I attach great importance to China-Pakistan relations and am willing to work together with the prime minister to strengthen the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic partnership and build a new era of China-Pakistan destiny



‘I am NOT losing grip’ Macron ignores slipping popularity to enjoy long weekend with wife 

11/2/2018, 4:52:14 PM
EMMANUEL Macron is ignoring his abysmal approval ratings and enjoying a long weekend with his wife Brigitte in Normandy, where he brushed off rumours circulating in the French press that he is teetering on the brink of burnout. ✔ French president Emmanuel MAcron with his wife Brigitte in Honfleur, Normandy, yesterday (Image: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP/Getty Images) In addition, some 69 percent said they disapprove of his actions as president, the poll for the HuffPost and CNews showed, up two percentage points in one month



Mom asks little boy to leave public park because she wants girls-only playtime

11/2/2018, 5:42:16 PM
It seems she and other moms of daughters had unofficially claimed a local playground as their girls-only meetup place at a set time each week. ✔ This has been such a sweet time for moms and daughters and having a boy there is naturally going to change things ✔ If you're going to accuse anyone of being entitled, then ask yourself who was claiming possession of public space for her own purposes, Hax wrote, adding if the mother wants a girls-only playdate, she can do so on private property



Inside Holly Willoughby's I’m A Celebrity schedule

11/2/2018, 5:06:58 PM
The 37-year-old will have little time to make the most of her sun-soaked surroundings as she kicks off her days with wake-up calls for set at 1.30am. ✔ It was recently revealed that the much-loved jungle favourite will return to TV screens in less than three weeks on November 18 ✔ The reports come after ITV have reportedly confirmed that I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here will return to our TV screens in less than three weeks



France Is Investigating A Cluster Of Cases Of Children Born Without Hands Or Arms

11/2/2018, 5:44:54 PM
An investigation is underway after 11 babies were born with limb defects in a single region. ✔ In a small population to have 11 babies is very unusual, said Pappas ✔ If the rate is higher-than-normal, a genetic cause would seem to be less likely, he added ✔ Either that the product used is no longer being used, or that the person or entity that was spreading it has now stopped spreading it



Pennsylvania Flipped to Trump in 2020. Will It Flip Back in the Midterms?

11/2/2018, 5:03:49 PM
Because of weak Republican candidates at the top of the state ticket and redrawn congressional districts, Democrats are positioned for gains in the state. The question is how big? ✔ Sandy Sinkovich, a retired X-ray technician, was a registered Republican until she switched parties during the Obama years ✔ The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth are going Democratic, end of quote, said G ✔ A New York Times Upshot/Siena College poll showed him with a two-point edge over his challenger, George Scott, a Lutheran minister



Navy SEALs explain the dangers of overplanning in both the military and business

11/2/2018, 5:27:33 PM
Navy SEALs and authors of "The Dichotomy of Leadership," Jocko Willink and Leif Babin explain why it's important to plan, but not overplan. ✔ Navy SEALs Jocko Willink and Leif Babin explain why it's important to plan, but not overplan ✔ Now they have to do some planning, there's no doubt about it ✔ Or at least they take away from their effort to actually execute the project ✔ They're in a better position to actually run with that idea ✔ And the best leaders are going to be able to do that



Opinion | God’s Red Army

11/2/2018, 4:40:40 PM
The Republican Party hopes to beat back the Democrats on Tuesday with a big push from the Christian right. ✔ But in his appearances before Christian nationalist audiences, he took a different tone ✔ Are the growing reports of left-wing violence random, or is there is an intentional effort to intimidate conservative-leaning voters ✔ Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook , Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram



Gov. Jerry Brown says repeal of gas tax increase is a 'scam' by 'acolytes of Donald Trump'

11/2/2018, 6:41:23 PM
In his last campaign as governor, Jerry Brown rallied Friday against Proposition 6, tying the initiative to supporters of President Donald Trump and warning it will hinder California’s efforts to repair roads and bridges.  “Prop. 6 is a scheme and a scam put on the ballot by some partisans,” Brow... ✔ It will also run this week in select markets on broadcast and cable television ✔ We’re better than the rhetoric and the reality of the last 72 hours ✔ Along with Newsom’s significant edge in fundraising, the two-term lieutenant governor has had a solid lead in the most recent opinion polls



Republicans’ claim of health-care protection flies in the face of reality

11/2/2018, 4:42:27 PM
Trump and the GOP say they will protect people with preexisting medical conditions despite a lawsuit to invalidate the law’s core protections and eight years of votes. ✔ By Elise Viebeck Elise Viebeck Enterprise and investigations reporter focused on politics Email Bio Follow November 2 at 12:32 PM President Trump and Republicans repeatedly say that they will protect Americans with preexisting medical conditions ✔ West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who signed on to the same lawsuit, is encountering similar attacks in his race against Sen



In Florida, Republican Candidates Are Talking About Climate Change — Because They Have To

11/2/2018, 4:02:40 PM
In most of the country, candidates don’t have to wade through the environmental muck. Not so in Florida. ✔ Nelson’s campaign, meanwhile, says the Senator has fought for federal water funding but the real responsibility to clean up Florida’s waters falls to the state, and Scott has been failing on the job ✔ BuzzFeed News reporter Alexis Levinson contributed to this story



32 Witch Movies To Add To Your Watch List

11/2/2018, 6:09:11 PM
With the new Suspiria in theaters, here’s a look at the history of onscreen sorcery. ✔ Hocus Pocus (1993) Directed by: Kenny Ortega Written by: Neil Cuthbert and Mick Garris And here we arrive at a movie that was a box-office disaster when it was released (who puts out a Halloween movie in July?) but has since become the defining film of the season



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