in the story, the listening post, i 2nd the media, you don't cover the news because of the way the news is covered. all of latin america for most of my career, but no countries alike and its my job to shed light on how and why the united states says it's given ukraine's government a. ronnie and weapon seized on the way to get on the civil 0 life from doha. also coming up us present job. i've been close for an end to what he calls poisonous politics. officer, public and house speak is ousted from his position condemnation and a rest of the orthodox jews seemed specing at christians and occupied east

jerusalem on franz's government class. on the bed bugs as an infestation hits the transport system, empowering the united states says and has transferred thousands of seized ronnie and weapons for ukraine. the arms and munition were captured by naval forces last year. us says they were on the way to who is the rebels in yemen? washington says it's navy has been intercepting vessels, used by around to ship weapons, threw out the yeah, us state department and says the transfer weapons was carried out roughly this in the legislative language. uh, authorizing uh, the department of defense's, ukraine security assistance initiative, which they of course, i'm sure would be happy to speak to you. more about the secretary of defense is

authorized with the concurrence of the secretary of state to make available to the government of ukraine, weapons and other defense articles from the united states and other sources. and this obviously is one of those uh, other sources. oh, from on this, that schedule white house correspondent, kimberly how catch she's in washington dc. and kimberly just being in a press briefings. uh, what's the white house have to say about all this as well. the warehouse is defending. it's not only the seizure but also the transfer of weapons to ukraine. the white house press secretary crazy on pierre is actually in the comments made by president by then just uh, prior to that, to where the us president has said that the united states has made a firm commitment to ukraine, that it will be there to help it defend against russia's invasion for as long as it takes. and so what the, that and states has found is that there is a bit of

a difficulty given the fact that the us congress, particularly the house of representatives, is in, in the words, the white house press secretary, but of chaos right now. it's found itself with only a temporary speaker after the speaker, kevin mccarthy was ousted and, and now there are in the midst of what they are having to now select to do. speaker, and just prior to that there was is you will call a government shut down that was narrowly averted. and in the interim they had to put in place a stop gap measure of funding to keep the government open. but there was no funding for ukraine in that government funding package. and so the us president has found himself trying to support you frame, but without the money to do so. and so as a result, we, even though the white house insists that this uh, transfer weapons through and what is known as civil of civil asset or rather civil forfeiture authorisation against the i r g c is the civil

asset forfeiture. it's very technical legal language. so this is something that is perfectly legal and necessary. the white house is insisting that this is absolutely okay with the department of justice. and the department of defense has been finding a pathway to do this for some time. and this isn't the works. the, this is the only alternative they have and they're doing this to reassure allies that the versus keeping its commitments. but then again, this is something that not everyone agrees is perfectly legal. in fact, the united nations is having an issue with this, saying that this may be in violation of international law. so this is controversial . so the white house is defending the action. in spite of the fact they say that this is something but so many of their allies were even raising an eyebrow about okay, complete many things. indeed, wayne slaves is that from the white house. let's talk about this little more with alexandra and both of us. he's of security and defense policy. alas,

i mean as to and chief of the swiss minute treat view and he joins us now live from geneva. so what do you think is the human rights and thinking that this might be in violation of international okay, those are my lead dimensions to all of this discussion. first of all, the united states has been buying up all of the former warsaw pact, compatible ammunition and weapons stockpiles offsets many countries markets in order to sustain ukraine's war effort. and number 2, with regards to this particular issue, there are definitely american laws that allow for this to happen. and let's just put it to this wage. given the fact that the who, these are not technically a state, there is a a rightful case to be made for the confiscation of these weapons. and that transferred to ukraine is that's above board. yes,

article 51 of the united nation. so chargers allows a number of countries to support a country that has requested help and is attempting to defend themselves against an idea of was weapons, have been intercepted by the us and how they've gone about doing so to the information is very recent. but from what i have received so far in terms of information, were essentially talking about it reading in may need to weapons uh, automatic weapons in century weapons. those are the technologies of the 19 forties 19 fifties, and we're talking about old generations of kalashnikov. what is there use going to be in ukraine knobs very much? ukraine has many, much more modern weapons and these weapons and ammunition would probably be used

for security or territorial. ready forces in rear echelon and not for combat troops . so to what extent does, is it or the doesn't to make up for the conventional a that's been sold by congress to you from the us to you crime i'm, i'm not sure that there isn't much of an issue here because we are talking about a billions of dollars that have been authorized, less than half of everything that has been authorized has actually been expended. and as i said, there's a substantial amounts of munition and weapons that have been shipped to ukraine. they seizes these intercepts. what does it say about around the weapons program and how is it producing different weapons that we know is try and being transported to russia? it's a long story short, the wrong has been uh, stock,

essentially without spare parts for many of its military equipment. that was originally coming from the west. it has tried to diversify its sources, also weapons and ammunition, and taking weapons from russia, but also many other countries. and let's put it this way. in the past 10 or 15 years, iran has demonstrated that he has managed to put together a sizable uh, workable uh, relatively modern weapons manufacturing industry and its all wheel drive is great to speak to thanks very much take then times joining us on entre zara. the us house of representatives has suspended business. well, it looks for a new speaker. kevin mccarthy was ousted from the position on choose day. it was talked to and by a group of 8 hod line republicans after he made a deal with democrats over the weekend to prevent a government shut down. was speaking for the 1st time since mccarthy was ousted,

pressing terabyte and cool for an end to divisive politics. junction the motion to reconsider, were there any we need to change the pauses adversary wash? no, we have strong disagreements, but we need to stop seeing each other's enemies. see to talk to one another, listening while i work. and we can do that. i joins with minority liter jeffers, she media jeffries and saying that our republican colleagues remain committed to working on a bipartisan fashion. we are prepared to do it as well as letting jordan has moved from capitol hill in washington. of the members of the house of representatives were supposed to be back in their home districts for the next couple of weeks. but now that kevin mccarthy has been kicked out of the speaker seat, the next week is going to be for congressional republicans to try to figure out who should be the next speaker of the house. at least 2 people have now come forward to

say that they want the physician, steve scully's, who is the current majority leader for house republicans, made his announcement in the past couple of hours while earlier on wednesday. jim jordan, who is the chair of the judiciary committee, said that he too was going to try to run for the top physician. the big challenge for school reason for jordan and for anyone else who decides to run for speaker is whether they can actually unify enough republicans behind them in order to have a cohesive conference. a going ahead with out that they could find themselves in the same position that kevin mccarthy was in making promises to disparate groups. promises that can't be reconciled and running the risk of losing the position if thing and gauge and compromise, which used to be the buzz word on capitol hill. rosalyn, jordan elders, era capitol hill. fully as president donald trump has appeared in court for

a 3rd day of his civil full trial in new york. trump has 2 sons on the trump organization. are accused of using full statements to inflate the network by billions of dollars before me us present denies any room doing. on tuesday he was issued with a gag order following a despising social media post about a court. cluck the old 1300 pallets and in presidents obtained by israel without charge holding

a one day hunger strike is being held in solidarity with coyote fast food who has refused food for 63 days. he's being held and so called mrs. of detention. that's where a person is detained without trial. fast foods was recently transferred to a clinic and his really prison was been 7 years and his really jails in may prominent palestinian prisoners kind of admin died up to 8 to 6 days on a hunger strike is ready for us as of a rest of 5 people off to a video and most of them spitting at christian pilgrims and touch doors. the videos have gone virals bulk and condemnation from the government. i'm going to just lead as reynold's reports from july to east jerusalem, the ultra orthodox jews, spirits toward christians carrying a cross in occupied east jerusalem this week, an act of religious hatred, igniting a scandal in israel and beyond. other videos also widely

seen on social media, showed jews spitting toward nuns outside the church and get another where jews spit edit church door way is rarely police say they have arrested 5 people. one a minor in the latest incident. prime minister benjamin netanyahu condemned the spitting attacks, but religious leaders including the top roman catholic, cardinal in jerusalem, say they are concerned over a rising number of anti christian acts in israel. some alternate nationalist and settler leaders say, spitting at or near christians and churches is a legitimate jewish tradition with a long history. meanwhile, more than 1400 ultra nationalist and settlers entered all ok. so mosque complex on wednesday under is really police escort. they're seeking to establish a clear jewish presence in one of as long as whole is places. non muslims are

allowed entry on certain days of the week and at certain times but not allowed to pray. but some parties in that's an yahoo is right wing government want to up in the decades long status quotes to allowed jewish prayer at the site. a confrontational move, the palestinian officials say would lead to an explosion of violence. nearby is really police told palestinian shopkeepers knew the entrance to all oxide to close their businesses 4 hours each day during the current week long jewish club holiday . so that ultra orthodox jews could pray as close as possible to the site to despite attend sadness, fear. no serious incidents of violence have been reported in the city in recent days. rob reynolds, l g 0, occupied east jerusalem. so it has here on out us era,

we need to craniums living on the front line. you say they would rather die in the hometown. then moves and illumine was a crisis in louisiana. why ponds to us states on the states of a much the had a low they offer a record hot september for parts of europe. that heat has floated us into the new month. we're seeing already some record hot days for october for western and central parts of europe. and we will see those several conditions dominating in the west. that heat creeping is way further. north, thanks to somebody, wins but still unsettled whether to be found across the north and the north east. in particular, we've got red warnings out for coastal areas of poland on thursday when one is as well as the pots of light fee, as well as lithuania,

the west to where the cleaning on here and some more heavy rain to come on friday for northern parts of the u. k, particularly for western parts of scotland. we have got some warnings out that that's in coming. but for the south of this a much clearer picture, certainly for the library, unfinished peninsula attempt just pushing up here. portugal has issued some warnings for those high temperature isn't so largely 2nd story across the south of the mediterranean, clear skies, just a few showers coming in for greece, but to keep seeing lots of heat. and as we goes thursday into friday, we'll see that push its way further. no power seemed 21 degrees celsius london the same. and if we look at the 3 day we'll have sunny spells and clear skies that through the weekend, that should weather, on the, in the wrong, the head of a mental health hospital experiments with a bose new treatment. the therapeutic power of love,

the prescription romance, again stood on his patient grace, the matrimonial remedy. can wedlock the tobacco wellbeing on his board? the marriage project witnessed on out his era the annual watching out his era. his reminder of our top stories this, our united states has confirmed the transfer of sees of ronnie and weapons to ukraine. us naval forces, have your arms on time, the nation with caps and last year on the way to supply who the rebels in yemen is

present or binding us cooled for an end to poisonous politics. the can house speaker was ousted from his position. give him a call, he was forced out off to a new confident state, triggered by a member of his own policy. and his really forces have arrested 5 people off to video. it must have been spacing at christian tokens and occupied east jerusalem posts on social media. so what i'll do is look into the old city and fixing new members of a christian procession. a russian, lots hillary unit. so showing civilian areas behind ukrainian lines in the south, many people close off in the fighting who have had to survive on basic rations, same bus drop a report from r a keep near the front line. but people say they would roll the dice and leave there hasn't been a quiet day here since the war began. russian artillery, he says, never stops. once a week,

ukrainian firefighters read food and water to hundreds of people, a lifeline for those still living in the southern town of florida. he's her home destroyed. ludmilla has been surviving underground for more than a year. the front line maybe no place to live, but hundreds like or say they'd rather die in their hometown than risk of living on the street somewhere else, caring for her disabled husband in a dozen other elderly neighbors. the strain is difficult to hide human voice because i'm praying to god for survival. i just want to stay alive. all i'm thinking is i want my husband, myself, my children, my grandchildren, as many people as possible to survive with even live in a hole in the ground. i want peace, i'm tired. on the southern front, the gravity of this war has shifted to places like this, or he is

a small town all but emptied out since the war began. but right now it has taken on an outside importance for ukraine. it sits it across roads just to kilometers from where you premium forces are trying to drive a wedge into a russian lines. yuri is making repairs to what is left of his home before the rains come, rushing, showing, leaving every home in his street in ruins. of craters. now a part of the landscape he struggles to talk about is boy you, who does she's boy, you know, highest is boy ever thing is painful. it's painful going to bed and painful waking up your living. but it's hard on the soul. she's walking, looking around those say if we had a life here is maybe if i was younger,

but i'm already 60. why would it was actually maybe if i was younger life on the front line. a the constant fighting the feelings of isolation for tea and trouble relying almost entirely on deliveries of food. new style a supplement, technical to store. it would be a humanitarian catastrophe. people who would not survive without watering bread automatically look like ukraine's counter offensive is moving slowly. but on the ground, in places like this, the pace of fighting has left no building. untouched. was home to thousands. now, just a few 100. unable to let go of the only home they've ever known. st. bus driver, ultra 0, or he's and ukraine, southern as after rush,

i reach all media has criticized as a by john's decision to a rest. several ethic all media need is also season control of the car by region. last month, y'all, medium for a ministry promise to protect the rights of those arrested, calling the move illegal. also have been job aid has moved from nasa by johnny capital. aku i need is of this has declared state of newborn no caught about have interested bringing the party to about half a dozen including the former president to speak of the parliament adviser and the foreign minister they'll be facing an area of charges going from when a city of the city of ganja was targeted by a ballistic massage in the 2020 war charges which relate to what other by john says gnostic is committed by armenian forces. busy to years ago, as well as a aiding and abetting a terrorism in the territory of the john. yes. remember that internationally is recognized territory off this former state was the territory of otherwise done and

it says its laws were clickable. when these activities of setting up on militias and fighting against azerbaijani, a government were taking place as otherwise. i knew officials say that the leaders and the people who were ordering the massacres into tax are going to be prosecuted in the same breath. they say that sidney is off of the kind of off regents the ethnic armenians will not be harmed and they're going to be allowed to come back. all of this is happening. we're on the diplomatic front. there seems to be further estrangement between the some of the members and the as of right down the government. as of right, john accusing france and germany from blocking the way for turkey and to be part of a 5 member dialogue which was going to be held in the city of canada in spain. and also saying that it was not to be part of any talks with friends is in the presence, but still there is a prospect of some talks that price part. i talked with the european commission, armenia and azerbaijan sit together,

but it's president will not be in attendance in granada, on the spot. the median government has said that you called pression. yeah. and it's going to be attending and he's open for a peace treaty. but otherwise, yon, as, as this, these talks continue. it is one of 3 formats, the european commission, i think, united states and russia old trying to bring the science closer. so this, that can be lost in peace. and both of these countries can come to a resolution of motor demarkation, a flare up of between its forces, and some sort of an agreement to allow people to people move in across the board. so i'm a driver, the elevator buckle, azerbaijan. a slow moving crisis has unfolding in the us state of louisiana for weeks. now. a mass flow of salt water from the gulf of mexico has been creeping up the mississippi river, which has weakened because of a drought. the most immediate threat is to safe drinking water and the farmers who rely on the river to regret the crops. i do. castro has moved from new orleans

rivers normally flow into the ocean, but drought has a week and the mighty mississippi so much that water from the gulf of mexico is creeping up to the river, pushing salt water more than a 100 kilometers up stream. the soul has already contaminated the water supply for rural areas closest to the rivers, mouse. and within 3 weeks, it will likely reach the city of new orleans and the surrounding parishes. a potential disaster for its population of more than a 1000000 people. now that threat has kicked off a large scale government response. the u. s. corps of engineers is trying to use barges to move fresh water to riverside communities that can no longer tap directly into the mississippi. the army is also trying to build and under water damage to slow the salt water is advance and is that doesn't work. new orleans has a final defense and it's a plan to build 20 kilometers of pipes that's bypass the normal river water intake

to deliver non salty, upstream river water into the city system. if we don't get the rain in the midwest, the states and the 30 states that dumped water in the mississippi river, we don't get the water flow we need. and i think that's attributed to ma'am a climate change. as i went out adapting quick enough, people living down stream of new orleans say they happen tasting salty water for weeks and that they feel abandoned and left behind. ultimately rain is the only thing that will solve the problem and return this river back to its normal state, which is get another impact of climate change, challenging communities to adapt. i visual castro alger 0, new orleans, louisiana. the amount of keys of being the most of mine behind the death of rapid to pop chicago has appeared in court for the 1st time. doing davis was arrested on friday. more than 20 is off to chicago was killed, davis was being charged on suspicion of neither. he's public

a method to his role in the killing of the us musician, musician and interviews said on social media to back was shot dead, was rising in a call in las vegas in 1996 which permits originally. so next as his counseling phase 2 of what was once described as you case, biggest infrastructure project. so that claims rise and costs for scrubbing a high speed railway meant to connect london to manchester. he announced a decision in his keynote speech, rounding off the concept of policies annual conference. h. s 2. is the ultimate example of the old consensus. the result is a project whose costs have more than doubled, which has been repeatedly delayed and it is not scheduled to reach here in manchester for almost 2 decades. and it'll be economic case, has massively, then we can with the changes to business travel, post cases. i face

a battery to bite the project in the 1st place. the fonts have changed and the right thing to do when the facts change it to have the courage to change direction or the french government is scrambling to come upstairs over an infestation of bed bugs across paris. it suspects that the parasites a wide spread on public transport, which is thought to be encouraging that transmission to private homes is a major concern for international investors. and for the government head of a 2024 olympic games. that's about the reports from paris. paris is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, spotted some allegedly being in a day to buy some unwelcome visitors, bed bugs, calling and public transport. and some cinemas, hotels, and homes are. you see, there's maybe even 15 of them in the lots of really tiny ones with less than a year until the powers of the big games. the french governments under pressure to

eradicate the default ones. we have to take each case seriously and not fall into a panic, and we need to make it clear that there is no upsetting but we are responding and checking each case of the law. some people very well all taking the child says sales of antique bed products and the city have risen by 30 percent. come was the most of all. it's true that we've been hearing a lot about it on the radio and tv. so i prefer to buy the products and prepare my flat, just in case it's not any parisians who are worried about bed bugs. some international visitors are also concerned about what they might take home among the thousands of rugby funds or in from the world comp. i'd be concerned so we just need to keep an eye as i suppose. i be a bit reluctant to be sitting on seats for i don't need to be sitting. so spend on the metro. i'm pretending it's not happening because our hotels fine right now. so . but we have had a friend from home text us and ask us whether we've seen bed bugs, bed bugs,

all know to leave of human blood. they bite schools, itching scientists, say washing, take styles, and high temperatures, using steam. in fact, human can get rid of them. cc me good. we can look if you do this methodically and meticulously, you've decontaminated your room and just one moment. all those fragile socrates step up the back to look into bed bugs. the who pays the people in paris will be able to sleep tight. i know that the bed bugs bite, natasha butler. i'll do 0 power is the go without is there are, these are the top stories. united states has confirms the transfer of sees around in weapons to ukraine. us naval forces say the arms and munitions were captured last year on the way to supply. who fee rebels in yemen or white house correspondent? kimberly hawk. it is in washington with more.