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donald trump intentionally misled his own lawyers during the mara lago documents investigation. this is significant because it zeroes in on trump. the fed finds itself in kind of a no win situation here, and they do nothing. it looks like they're scared situation is stabilizing and the u. s banking system remains sound. heavy rain and hurricane force. wind gusts came ashore with the latest atmospheric river to impact the state of california. my from london. this is cnn newsroom. with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, march 22nd am here in london. for a, um in washington and new york, where donald trump's mounting legal troubles have the former president and his team on edge as they wait
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for the indictment in manhattan, where now learning new details in the classified documents. investigation sources tell cnn the justice department has evidence that trump may have committed a crime and used his own attorney to cover it up cnn's evan perez reports. federal judge has ruled that former president donald trump used one of his defense attorneys in furtherance of a crime or fraud related to existence of classified documents at mar a lago. sources tell cnn that the ruling from judge beryl howell makes clear for the first time that the justice department is arguing that trump himself may have committed a crime, and george howell believes that prosecutors have met the burden to require trump's attorney, evan corcoran , to testify to a grand jury, meaning he can't claim attorney client privilege. too broadly, declined to answer questions from prosecutors, sources say howl in her sealed ruling determined that prosecutors were able to show corcoran's legal services were used in furtherance of a crime. the
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justice department is still seeking corcoran's testimony after he cited attorney client privilege as well as testimony from another trump lawyer, jennifer little, cnn has learned. trump's lawyers have sought emergency intervention from the appeals court three judges from the d c circuit court of appeals have moved very quickly to respond as they're still considering whether they put the decision from howell on hold. evan perez, cnn washington . now to a cnn exclusive. stormy daniels attorney says communications between his client and trump lawyer had been turned over to the manhattan district attorney. the exchanges raised the possibility that trump's counsel joe tacopina, may be sidelined from the case. second piano denies any confidential information was shared with his office district attorney is investigating trump's alleged hush money payment to daniel's just before the 2016 election. an indictment on charges of falsifying business records is expected any day now. wall street in global
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markets are closely watching the federal reserve today for another possible interest rate hike. high inflation in the banking crisis have consumers and investors concerned that another increase could hit hard , but most economists are predicting a quarter point hike . here's a look at how u. s futures are trending ahead of that decision, as you can see, they're not feeling optimistic. all three major u. s industries closed higher on tuesday, the nasdaq fed best gaining more than 1.5% cnn's anna stewart joins me now with the latest you better to discuss this with so all eyes on the fed's decision, and they're in a bit of a dilemma. always a balancing act with these big decisions with interest rates, and they're really blunt tool. let's be fair about that. they're great, ineffective at tackling inflation, but there's almost always collateral damage and often we talk about. well, if they raise rates too far too fast, you could push an economy. recession that's kind of a major risk. but there are lots of implications along the side, and one has clearly been impact on
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the banking sector on small and mid sized banks in particular because they don't undergo annual stress tests and many of the sort of long dated us treasuries on their balance sheets are worth less with each interest rate rise so effectively, that's fine unless suddenly depositors pull out all their money, and they have to sell those bonds at a loss. and that's effectively what happened was looking valley bank so there has been a lot of focus on this decision, should they pit pause. should they decide this session not to raise rates. but then what about inflation and inflation is such a big concern for the federal reserve? so this is a huge dilemma right now, i suspect and looking at treasury's. i think what's priced in is a quarter of a percentage point in increase, regardless of the situation, the banking sector there are other tools. we have seen the federal reserve. we've seen the u. s treasury and actually, 11 of the biggest banks in the us all. coordinate and work together. whether to try and bring back confidence to the banking sector
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because while there is an issue of balance sheets, and sort of all these long dated treasuries , there's also the issue of confidence and as long as people don't pull their money out of the banks, there might not be a banking crisis at all. and we've had some new figures. haven't we? from the united kingdom today? we just had this out so you can inflation posting actually disappointingly for us a surprise rising inflation 10.4% in february that is more than was expected. now this is interesting, and i certainly have a particular interest in this because i'm negotiating my mom. right now. this will impact what happens with the bank of england and their interest rate rises, so we're actually further ahead in the uk in many ways in terms of the rate cycle. so there was an expectation that perhaps there would be a quarter of a percentage point rise tomorrow when they meet, and that might be the last if inflation keeps ticking higher if they have not got a handle on that could rise higher and longer, so that is not such good news for us. well fingers crossed that it might stabilize for your mortgage. and for everybody else, stuart thank you so much for joining us. now the
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feds potential rate hike comes as many americans are still concerned as anna was saying about inflation. new research from adobe analytics found that nearly two years of high inflation has caused many consumers to say goodbye to premium goods in favor of cheaper alternatives. cnn's matt eagan has the details. bianca we've heard anecdotally about americans moving away from pricier products in favor of cheaper ones. but these new online shopping numbers from adobe shared first with cnn. they really put an exclamation point on this trend. just look at what's happening with groceries will be found that the cheapest quartile of online groceries held a 37% share of the market. as of january, 2019 you flash forward to today and the cheapest tier of online groceries now his 50% of the market. this could be the difference between buying organic fruit and non organic fruit. now all of this, of course, comes after a year of high prices at the supermarket on everything from fruit and meat to of course, x people are
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simultaneously moving away from the most expensive items at the grocery store, adobe said high priced online groceries had about a quarter of the market. in early 2019 today less than 10% and he's similar story is playing out for online shopping of personal care products. the marketer of the cheapest goods has doubled, going from 27% to 54% today. now all of this shows how high inflation and more specifically persistently high inflation. has changed the way that we shop americans have become much more price sensitive , and at the same time, experts say that high inflation has eroded the purchasing power of consumers, forcing them to dip into savings and rely more on credit cards. the question now is how long it will take for the feds worn inflation. to get
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prices back to normal levels and whether that happens before consumers run through their savings. bianca thanks man. in the coming hours school workers across the second largest school district in the u. s plan to hit the picket line for a second straight day. after thousands turned out on monday, members of the service employees international union and making it clear enough is enough as leaders call for more respect and dignified wage from the los angeles unified school district . so far, contract negotiations have failed to reach a resolution. congressman adam schiff joined the workers on monday and called their requests eminently reasonable. people $25,000 a year. you can't live on that here in los los angeles . they ought to burn a decent wage. there are bus drivers and cafeteria workers. um we wonder why so many people homeless in los angeles because we pay them a poverty wage, so they deserve better than this, and i hope they can get too soon. the
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school workers want more full time work opportunities and equitable rage increases. the union is seeking a 30% wage increase. the u. s state of california is in cleanup mode after yet another atmospheric river dumped heavy rain across the state laws. angeles alone has received more than 24 inches of rain, nearly 200% of its average rainfall since october. heavy rain paired with hurricane force winds have made the situation a recipe for disaster in many cities. and snow is still a concern, with nearly white out conditions seen in some parts of the state. cnn meteorologist derek van dam has the latest forecast. i literally can't stop looking at this. it's actually one of the most mesmerizing, visible satellite imagery i've ever seen. this is the coast of california, and i'm going to circle this area right here appears to be an eye wall, something meteorologists would look for in an atlantic hurricane, for instance. but
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this is san francisco. so this is nowhere near the atlantic. we're talking about the pacific ocean and this powerful, deepening cyclone. actually packed quite a punch on tuesday. in fact, hurricane force wind gusts were noted in and around the san francisco bay region. look at this coming out of lexington hills, 75 mph, there were reports of trees and branches taken down plenty of power outages as well with this system very powerful, and we continue to see the impact from the wind. as the system moves inland, will start to notice the wind and across the four corners region for the day on wednesday, in fact, we have over 20 million americans under some sort of high wind warning throughout the southwest. from l a through albuquerque and into the greater phoenix region as well now, unfortunately, the low pressure moves onshore and brings in more rounds of heavier rainfall through about the morning rush hour time. so l a to san francisco or at least just south of san francisco. that's where the weather prediction center has a level two of four highlighted within that shading of yellow. that's for a slight
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risk of excessive rainfall that could lead to some flash flooding. and that does include central and southern portions of arizona as well. plenty of flood watches and alerts in effect across the southwest as well. and then when you start going up in elevation, you see that transition from rain to snow and will be measuring that in feet for some locations, for instance , the san juan mountains of southwestern colorado up towards the park city and salt lake city region and then just outside of los angeles, those high mountain peaks could see another 1 to 2 ft. of additional snowfall on top of what has already taken one last look at this incredible satellite imagery coming out of san francisco. what a storm! bianca back to you. the us is stepping up its support for kiev . american officials say they are dramatically accelerating the delivery of abrams tanks and the patriot missile defense system to ukraine. the pentagon will initially send older models of americans be america's main battle tank. instead of the more modern version. the switch will allow the tanks to arrive as early as the fall of this year,
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shaving months of the previous timeline that could have taken a year or longer. defense department officials have also been impressed by the ukrainian soldiers training on the patriot missile system in oklahoma. the pentagon says that the ukrainian troops have been a quick study and their baseline knowledge of air defense systems has allowed the us to significantly speed up this timeline. meantime the white house is rejecting china's claim that it holds an impartial position in the war on ukraine. chinese president xi jinping made that claim during high stakes talks with russian president vladimir putin in moscow. the two leaders pledged to strengthen ties and touted as support supposed peace plan put forward by beijing to end the war. but the u. s and western allies have ridiculed that plan, saying it's nothing more than a one sided deal that would give putin cover to continue with his war of choice. our correspondents are tracking all of the developments. kristie lu stout is standing by in hong kong and claire sebastian is with me here in london. christie let's go to you first. obviously
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this meeting was incredibly high stakes. it was symbolically significant because she jinping chose to go to moscow, the first visit of his unprecedented third term. what did both leaders tangibly? get out of these 23 days? yeah we're gonna get to that in just a moment, bianca. but first i just wanted to tell you that we have been monitoring the daily ministry of foreign affairs briefing in beijing, and we just heard from the spokesperson there who defended you. china's position on ukraine , saying that it was quote in line with other countries and also we have confirmed that the state visit to russia is over. you're looking at video there of xi jinping boarding the plane to return back to china, according to cctv. they reported that he is on route back to china after this visit, but while in moscow what did they achieve now, these two leaders of russia and china basically put themselves forward as peace brokers. they played up
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china's plan for peace in ukraine that planet calls for a ceasefire calls for talks. it calls for an end of sanctions. it doesn't include any calls for russia to withdraw from occupied territory if, in fact it was drawn up with without any involvement from ukraine. that's why this plan has been roundly criticized by the west. it was criticized again by the u. s. and nato and vladimir zelensky also added on tuesday that a ceasefire was not in the interest of ukraine. in addition to the discussions about peace in ukraine, xi jinping and vladimir putin in moscow, they also emphasized there ever deepening relationship and that was certainly unfold display at the start of the state. dinner on tuesday, the two leaders, they raised their glasses. they had a toast and put in proclaim that russia chinese relations are at the highest point ever. we also heard from she jinping, who touted their close economic ties. take a listen to this. man being far beyond all we have signed a joint statement to deepen our comprehensive partnership and strategic engagement as we enter a new era
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and a joint statement on the development plan for key areas of chinese russian economic co operation for the period up to 2030. since the invasion, china has been buying up russian energy softening the impact of western sanctions. putin says russia is ready to increase uninterrupted oil supplies to china. he points out that russia is the fourth largest supplier of liquefied gas to china, and those supplies will expand. he also said that moscow will support chinese business in replacing western enterprises that left russia they will likely be another meeting, bianca jinping invited putin to make another return visit to china this year. you. thanks christi and claire. now to you. let's return to that story about the us accelerating the delivery of these patriot missiles and abrams tanks. why and what's the significance of that in terms of what ukraine will be able to do
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on the battlefield as a result, facts, but i did delivery that was really two pieces of good news for ukraine, one that they'll get patriots within weeks, it looks like and those main battle tanks, albeit slightly less sophisticated ones, but still american main battle tanks. by the autumn, which is significantly earlier than the expected also that public accolade for their military, saying that they were a quick study. they were able to learn fast enough that that helped accelerate the timeline. this is important the u. s. believes john kirby, with the national security council spokesperson, saying to christiane amanpour yesterday that he thinks putin could be launching a new offensive in the coming weeks. he thinks the upcoming weeks and months will be absolutely crucial. the ukraine and the u. s. wants to give them everything possible to try to defend themselves. this is something that we're seeing clearly with the ongoing intense fighting in bomb mood and several other areas along the eastern front line that will be useful in terms of the tanks and the artillery shells, which on the eu side of just announced a sort of joint procurement plan to get a million artillery shells. to ukraine patriots also in sharp focus, because
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overnight we did get another wave of russian drone attacks the ukrainian air force saying 21 drones are fired at ukraine, 16 they say was shut down. but according to the kiev region, police chief three people were killed in a drone hit a dormitory. so this is something that we're continuing to see president zelensky just out with a tweet on that saying over 20 iranian murderous drones, he says, plus missiles, numerous shelling occasions. and that's just in one last night of russian terror against ukraine every every time, he says someone tries to hear the word peace in moscow. another order is given there for such criminal strikes. obviously the talk of peace, the chinese peace plan, all that rings pretty hollow in ukraine. it is interesting as well. how restrained ukraine have been, though in their approach to china, while she jinping has been meeting with vladimir putin, like an acknowledgement, i suppose that, however, this conflict is resolved, china probably will play a role. sebastian and christina style. thank you both so much. now it could be one of the most consequential defamation lawsuits in recent history. dominion voting systems
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for the voting machine and software maker telling a delaware judge today the fix was in arguing that fox producers and hosts new the claims that dominion rigged the 2020 election were false. even when they continually booked guests like sidney powell, who perpetuated the falsehoods, dominion voting systems, the smartmatic technology software and the software that goes in other computerized voting systems here as well, not just a minion were created in billions of independence away, ella at the direction of hugo chavez to make sure he never lost an election after one constitutional referendum came out the way he did not want it to come out. maintains it is proud of its 2020 election coverage and that it is fully protected by the first amendment , arguing it can't be held liable for airing newsworthy allegations from public figures . and there are other aspects of this fraud that at this point, i really can't reveal. this is
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really enough. it's enough to overturn any election. a judge will now determine whether to decide the case on the claims already presented to him or if the case will go to a jury trial next month. the decision comes as a fox news producer is suing the network for allegedly coercing her into giving misleading testimony during the deposition for the dominion case , abby grossberg's lawyers saying fox news had its lawyers misleadingly coach manipulate and coerce miss grossberg to deliver shaded and or incomplete answers during her sworn deposition testimony. fox news responding that attorney client privilege prevents it from commenting on the claims, but the producer is now on administrative leave from the network if the defamation case goes to trial, dominion wants to put fox corporation chairman rupert murdoch on the stand as well as his ceo, son, lachlan. both have already given depositions in the case with rupert murdoch, acknowledging fox news hosts endorsed election conspiracy theories and then saying, i would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it in
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hindsight. fox news is resisting efforts to put rupert and lachlan murdoch on the stand there, saying it would create an undue hardship for both of them and would only result in a media circus. both sides will be back in court on wednesday. if this case does go to trial, that trial will likely start sometime next month. jessica schneider, cnn willington, delaware. us officials say an airliner and emergency vehicle nearly collided on the runway at baltimore's airport back in january, according to a report into the incident. the vehicle crossed the runway without authorization and came within 170 ft of the plane. it's just the latest report of a close call on us run is this year involving a commercial airliner. six other runway incursions are currently being investigated. but the ntsb says that this incident isn't on the list. google has opened up access to its new artificial intelligence , chatbots called barred on tuesday, users could start
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bianca. not below. and if you're just joining us, let me bring up to date with our top stories this hour. sources tell cnn that the justice department has convinced a federal judge that it has evidence that donald trump used his own attorney to cover up a crime in the mara lago classified documents, investigation and later today, the federal reserve is set to decide on another interest rate hike. the decision comes as global markets are hoping to recover from a banking crisis that's kept investors and consumers on edge. a grand jury in virginia has indicted seven sheriff's deputies and three hospital workers over the death in custody of o t n 0 28 year old black man. new video shows that officials were pinning him to the ground and the moments leading up to his death. his mother says that the deputies and hospital workers quote smothered the life out of her son. she in the family's attorney, spoke to the media following the indictments. this 10 monsters. those 10 criminals.
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i was happy to hear that they were indicted. and that is just the beginning step. it was so unnecessary. that's what i got. communicated from around america. people everywhere said they don't understand. and neither do we. the family is demanding justice. cnn's brian todd has more now from virginia , warning, though his report contains graphic content. handcuffed and leg shackled otieno is brought into the intake area of virginia's central state hospital with some difficulty within minutes. he is on the floor for the next 12 or 13 minutes, he will be held down by deputies and staffers, sometimes with the deputy on top of him at points, his position
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changes or the officers reposition their grip. there is no audio, and for much of the video, otieno is not in full view, at least once a deputy seems to use his need to restrain him. later he has turned on his side. a person appears to administer an injection and then cpr. it is not clear exactly when he died or his official cause of death. on tuesday, seven deputies were indicted by a grand jury for second degree murder, as were three hospital staffers. the victim in this case was was not fighting back or anything there was there was no legitimate purpose for calling him down on the ground. 911 calls show how a hospital. stafford described the incident to be aggressive, right, so they're trying to put them in a restraint. then eventually he was no longer breathing. they're doing cpr right now. and uh, you just there's no pulse anymore, just released jail video that the prosecutor says shows otieno before he was transported to the mental facility. it shows
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commotion around the slot in the door of his cell, the prosecutor alleges. otieno is handcuffed yet. even so, she says, pepper spray is sprayed through the door slot in that video. at any point. is he combative? is he resisting? not not that i could see frankly and at all six officers then enter the cell and the prosecutor alleges blows are delivered nearly 15. minutes later, he has carried out in handcuffs and deputies load him into an suv to drive him to the mental facility. an attorney for one charged deputy says the cause of death could have been something else like the injection and says, oh, tina was violent, aggressive and non compliant officers who were there. i had to go had to hold him and constrain him, given not only his resistance previously, but, um, out of concern for others around given his mental state, but thanos mother says that's not what the video shows my son was treated like a dog washed on a dog. i saw it with
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my own eyes on the video. only a couple of attorneys for the deputies and security guards charged have come out and commented specifically on the charges, denying that their clients did any wrongdoing. one attorney for deputy, randy boyer , has come out and said it was the employees of central state hospital who are supposed to handle the intake and the restraint of ivo otieno that day , and they failed. contacted by cnn, a spokesperson for the central state hospital declined to comment on that allegation. brian todd, cnn county, virginia. enforcement in south carolina now say that they are investigating the death of a 19 year old man as homicide. the body of stephen smith was found on a remote road in hampton county back in 2015, and some had linked his death to buster murdoch, the son of alex murdoch , who was convicted this month of murdering his wife and youngest son, buster murdoch released a statement on monday denying any involvement. cnn's randi kaye has the new developments. for the first time sled the south carolina law
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enforcement division is saying they don't consider this hit and run anymore. they are considering this a homicide and investigating this as a homicide . now back when this first happened, the lead investigator despite it being ruled a hit and run accident, the lead investigator was heard during some tapes from the case files from audio interviews, saying that he didn't think that this was a hit and run. listen to that. typically you don't see the highway patrol working a murder. and that's what this is. there's no doubt we're not classifying. this is anything other than a murder. it's important to note that there were no visible injuries to him. he had a very significant wound to his head. but other than that, you know if you're hit by a vehicle at a fast speed, his loosely tied shoes were still on him. he didn't have any broken bones. all of this certainly leading his mother and others to believe that there's no way this could have been your standard hit and run. colorado dentist
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james tolliver. craig is expected to be formally charged on thursday in connection with the fatal poisoning of his wife, angela craig. meanwhile an arrest warrant affidavit shows the growing body of evidence against him. cnn's josh campbell has the latest. colorado dentist now preliminarily charged with first degree murder, accused of killing his wife by poison believed to have been given to her and protein shakes. i love to make dentistry easy for people. tolliver craig seen here in this promotional video for his dental group, was arrested sunday by aurora police. his wife, angela craig, died wednesday after being hospitalized for a third time in a month, this time complaining of severe headaches and dizziness. the 43 year old mother of six soon had a seizure went on. ventilator and was declared brain dead. her sister told investigators. angela claimed she'd been drugged by her husband before authorities say a forensic analysis of a computer at his dental practice show premeditation in the weeks before his wife's death and
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arrest warrant affidavit. states craig used in office computer to research multiple undetectable poisons and make internet searches, including how many grams of pure arsenic will kill a human and youtube searches for how to make poison and top five undetectable poisons that show no signs of foul play. craig also allegedly used a new email account to order arsenic online . that's very evidence and then if the autopsy results to forensic results show that she was poisoned, there's arsenic in their natural question is going to be. you know what other source could have come from? two days after the package of arsenic was delivered to the greg's home, angela craig went to the hospital, complaining of dizziness and eye problems. that day. authorities say they recovered screenshots of text messages between the couple showing angela messaging james craig, i feel drugged. his response. given our history, i know that must be triggering just for the record. i didn't drug you i am super worried, though you really looked pale before i left symptoms of
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arsenic toxicity. you're generally gi related death from arsenic toxicity is typically related to problems with your heart leading to a dysrhythmia and heart's inability to effectively pump out blood. investigators say. james craig also had potassium cyanide delivered to his office before his wife's death, one of his business partners, mentioning the suspicious purchase to a hospital nurse who alerted police. neighbors of the couple stunned by the alleged murder, and the arrest just makes me sick, real like something that he could ever do to her, has reached out to the public defender representing craig for comment. we have not yet heard back. authorities say they expect he will be formally charged this thursday. josh campbell, cnn, los angeles. still to come. uganda passes a new legislation criminalizing identifying as lgbtq, plus why this east african nation is taking such a harsh step. that's next. plus israel's ambassador to the u. s was called to the
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dimension touch of modern .com. mark twain prize for american humor celebrating adam sandler sunday on cnn. there are fears the death toll could rise much higher after a powerful earthquake struck northeast afghanistan. it hit a remote area, but the tremors were felt in several major pakistani cities, including the capital, and even as far away as new delhi. as of now, the death toll stands at 13 with more than 100 . people injured 6.5 magnitude quake damaged homes and buildings and triggered landslides blocking roads. in some areas. uganda's parliament has passed sweeping legislation criminalizing identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. it imposes punishment of up to 20 years in prison and was amended to include the death penalty for some cases. human rights watch
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says that the law would violate ugandans rights to freedom of expression and association privacy. for more on this. now let's go to cnn's larry maduro, who's live in lagos for us, larry does this legislation have popular support? it does have a huge amount of popular support in uganda because it's a deeply conservative christian nation. and that is why you saw mps from across the political divide show up in large numbers in parliament's to pass it. 389 of them were there 73% of all lawmakers. that's a record. this is a bill proposed by the opposition and be that got the support of the government. the prime minister of uganda's in parliament, the attorney general said. they're comfortable with it. and that is why there's so much condemnation from within the queer community in uganda civil society groups and allies who said this endangers the lives of anybody who identifies as lgbt in the country because it goes much further than previous legislation in uganda specifically want to read a section for you that is raising a lot of concern because it says
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that anybody who identifies a person committed the offense of homosexuality if the person hold that as lesbian, gay, transgender, queer or any of the sexual or gender identity that is contrary to the banner categories of male and female, so that means that this is one of the harshest laws against lgbtq individuals in africa, and this is saying something because more than 30, african countries criminalize homosexuality. but this goes much further than that , and it's likely to be assented to by president your, um 70, who has called homosexuals deviant and said he's not sure whether it's a learned behavior. is it nature or nurture? but what happens now is this law will likely be contested in court. but when it does go to court, it might still stand that previous bill was signed by president of 17 to law, but it was thrown out on technicalities of this will likely stand. and yet the arguments being made in parliament and by many of supporters with bill said, this is not african culture. it's a
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western imposition on africa, though there are scholars who say homosexuality predates colonization, the bill that the law in uganda that criminalizes homosexual act is from 1950, the penal code and yet so much of the work and the lobbying around these sort of legislations in africa. are funded by us conservative groups and many of them operating across the continent. bianca interesting. very maduro in live in lagos for us. thank you so much. in a rare move, israel's ambassador to the u. s. was called to the state department on tuesday to protest a resettlement law passed by israeli lawmakers voted to roll back a part of the 2005 disengagement law, including the prohibition on establishing settlements in the northern west bank. a department spokesperson said that the us is quote extremely troubled by this move for more on the story. i'm joined by hanna skold in jerusalem had us what more can you tell us? well bianca just as an explanation. this 2005
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disengagement law was a huge issue here. this is one israel unilaterally pulled out of gaza and evacuated the thousands of settlers there and also did the same in parts of the northern west bank. other parts of the occupied west bank, of course, have plenty of settlers. but this part of the northern west bank closer to janine and apples , which of course have been hot spots of violence over this past year and a half. those were also evacuated. and this has been something that the settler leaders in this new right wing israeli government have really been pushing for that they will bring back the settlers to this part of the northern west bank. so what the parliament passed was actually passed it in the early hours of the night overnight, and it was even not even passed with a full parliament present, but essentially what it said is it repealed part of the disengagement law, saying that israeli civilians should be allowed to return to that part of the west bank because this disengagement law it became a closed military zone and israeli civilians were forbidden from entering the area. now this was celebrated roundly by settlers
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saying that it was righting a wrong and that they couldn't wait to have the israeli flag flying once again, and then what we saw was the reaction from the americans, which was rather harsh. they summoned the israeli ambassador to the state department. this is something that, according to reports, i'm seeing that hasn't happened in washington in something like more than 10 years. i'm still double checking if an israeli ambassador has been summoned since then, but that just goes to show you how unusual jewel. it is now the state department came out very strongly against this and also, what's interesting to hear from them is not only the protests against the settlements, but what they are noting as well from the state department podium, the spokesperson saying that these amendments are also inconsistent with israel's recent commitments to the escalating israeli palestinian tensions just a few days ago how israel greek reaffirmed its commitment to stop discussion of any new settlements for four months and to stop authorization of apples for six months. that's referring of course to the summit in sharm el rick, egypt, where the israelis, palestinians alongside the americans, jordanians and egyptians were having so much to try to come. tensions in the region, especially ahead of
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ramadan. and this is a constant theme. we're seeing what this israeli government on one side you have these types of amendments being passed. you have ministers making controversial statements. on the other hand, you have parts of the israeli government engaging and trying to calm situation down. it's not clear who the real israeli government is in all of this, bianca how does go of live in jerusalem? thank you. still to come. actress gwyneth paltrow heads to court by the latest on the injury lawsuit that she's fighting and more from the first day of the trial. why burn a candle when you can switch to airways essential missed. it's the portable andnd modern way to transform fragrance infused with natural essential oils into a mist upgrade to air wick, essential missed shoing. whoa! the unexpected can happen to any of us. that's why select quote makes it easy to get the life insurance coverage. you need to
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still photographer and she was really hiding her face from that still, photographer. i would assume that she knew that there were cameras inside the courtroom, showing a full head on shot of her otherwise, besides the how she was acting towards photographers, she was fine. she was stoic. she was nodding her head a little bit when things were said that she agreed with and, of course, shaking her head when things she didn't agree with were spoken about in court. so she didn't say a whole lot didn't show too much emotion, but yeah, she did a fine job in there. whiskey maker jack daniels is suing a pet company over dog toy that resembles its signature square bottle. the case is set to be heard before the us supreme court today. the distillery claims the toy violates trademark laws and says that references to dog excrement on the labeling is damaging to the company's reputation and appeals court had earlier ruled that the toy was done humorously and therefore protected under the first amendment. americans are
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