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issue: torn off roofs, falling trees, the consequences of bad weather are being eliminated in belarus, power engineers are monitoring the situation. a series of powerful earthquakes in taiwan involve military personnel in the rescue operation. during the exercises on the eastern flank, lithuania is waiting for a nato decision on a rotational air defense model. will the minsk basketball players be able to win their native walls? they will play their penultimate home match in the vtb united league. +25 yesterday, snow today and +3. weather in belarus showed its winter character with hurricanes, wind and precipitation. over the past 24 hours, 256 settlements experienced problems with power supply. most of it has already been restored. as a result of the passage of the gnawing front

, electricity was lost in the loshitsa microdistrict on partizansky avenue. minsk-trans reports that due to complicated weather conditions, public transport may operate with a deviation in schedule. on partisan avenue, for example, there was a temporary trolleybus stop. by this moment , traffic has been restored. in gomel region the gomel, svetlogorsk, mozar and klimovichi districts suffered the most from the bad weather. the wind was so strong that part of it collapsed. walls of a five-story residential building.

natalia ignatenko has details. now we are in the agricultural town of uritskaya. the insulation of this five-story building could not withstand strong gusts of wind. emergency services were already at the scene tonight. the rubble is being cleared now. it should be noted that, according to experts, the house is not in disrepair and no people had to be evicted. will take place very soon headquarters, where decisions will be made on the restoration of the residential building. a hurricane started, this wooden structure collapsed, probably after about 5 minutes the entire wall collapsed, bricks started flying and the like, well, only then the ministry of emergency situations arrived, we’ve been working since 8 o’clock, clearing away the rubble so that the equipment could come up and continue working, loading, taking out, freeing up space for equipment access, thunderstorm, rain, gusts of wind. at the central market

of gomel, the wind blew down tents, in the region there are several roofs from farms and one billboard. and in according to weather forecasters, snow fell in the minsk region; the weather today will not improve. an orange alert level has been declared, and energy workers are constantly monitoring the situation. natalya ignatenko, alexander murashkin, television news agency. the number of victims of the strongest earthquake in taiwan has increased to 7 people, over 700 injured. tremors of magnitude 7.5 were recorded on the island, then repeated shocks of 6.5 and more than forty autoshocks. in the city of ahualien , several buildings collapsed, many suffering significant damage. on the roof of one of skyscrapers had a swimming pool, it rocked so that it turned out to be a real waterfall. houses,

including multi-storey ones, miraculously survived, people are trapped, they can’t get out of the stairs only through windows and... balconies, rescuers come to the rescue, but there are not enough calls for hundreds of brigades, the island authorities are using military personnel to take part in the rescue liquidation operation consequences of the earthquake. tremors were felt, including in the provinces of mainland china, and train traffic in the east of the country was suspended. legal policy priorities belarus remains unchanged, ensuring sovereignty and security, an effective economy and a verified social policy, chairman of the house of representatives igor sergienko said at the meeting of the first session of deputies of the eighth convocation. the nomination of commission chairmen is now underway. let's find out how many candidates have already been supported by deputies. svetlana lukenyuk is in touch from the aval hall.

svetlana, you are on air. good afternoon, colleagues, yes, now there is a lot of work to nominate candidates for the post of chairpersons of the commission of the house of representatives continues at this point. nine representatives, nine commissions have already been nominated, these candidacies have been supported, and then there will be a vote, i would like to remind you that there are 14 permanent commissions in the board of representatives here, this number has been retained since the previous convocation, in general all areas are covered, including the economy, national security, on media affairs, on youth affairs, also on social policy, on environmental management, in general, this is the whole range of the legal framework that will be and yes...

are being discussed, there will be 14 in total, so the work in the oval hall continues, but i want to say that many deputies, who , as i already said, nine candidates are already vying for the position of chairman of the standing committees, they already worked in the previous convocation, for example marina lenchevskaya , she worked in the previous convocation of the national security commission, but now she is applying to head the commission on legislation, it must be said that she has such a wealth of experience not only in parliament, but in...

igor marzalyuk, as well as the commission on state construction valentin semenyaka, but there are also newcomers who are offered for these vacant positions, noting their rich life experience, too. he was previously the head of the military academy, but now he is applying to head the national security commission. of course, his organizational skills and ability to make quick decisions are noted, but he spoke from the rostrum of the aval hall. that, of course, it is important to actively cooperate with deputies of the russian press, from other parliamentary structures on issues of national security, but among those bills that are already in the commission here, this is in the investigative committee, work will continue, as well as on the ratification of an agreement, for example, on the fight against terrorism, for example, with the united arab

emirates, well, there is still an all-belarusian people's assembly ahead, that's what the candidate said, let's listen: in the belarusian people's assembly, it is planned to adopt new legal acts of strategic importance, this is an updated concept of national security of the republic of belarus. and the military doctrine of the state, we much work remains to be done to bring the provisions of the laws in accordance with these documents. well, now the nomination of candidates continues, we will monitor what happens here in the ballroom. let me remind you that after all 14 candidates are presented here in the oval hall, voting will begin. deputies will receive ballots, and voting will take place here in foy, in front of the oval hall. there are voting booths here as well.

escalation of the middle east conflict. china also condemned the strike.