ah, ah, ah ah, this is the w news. my for then hearken, ian slabs into florida and swamps. the state cities are inundated by catastrophic flooding and power goes out for almost 2000000 residents. authorities say the worst is not over as the storm slows, but brings more rain. also coming up, we do not accept the sham referenda. and any kind of annexation in ukraine, international condemnation,

a new sanctions planned out. the moscow says occupied regions and ukraine voted. overwhelmingly, yes, to becoming part of russia and swedish media reporter, fourthly, in the north strain, gas pipelines, the u. a. russia both say it's sabotage and what happens is scientists say it could be the biggest maintain league on record. ah, i'm painful and thanks for joining us. one of the strongest storms to hit the united states is causing catastrophic flooding across florida. hurricane ian has been downgraded to a category one storm. but authorities warned the slowing storm will stay and heap even more rain on already inundated areas. the hurricane has knocked out electricity for almost 2000000 residents. a full picture of the devastation is still emerging, slamming into florida. hurricane

e and hit the states west coast with winds of over 240 kilometers per hour. so this is a devastating storm for parts of florida, not just on the south west coast, but also inland, associated with some of these impacts. this is going to be a storm we talk about for many years to come. it's one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the us. the authorities have warned the pounding, rain and wind will continue as the hurricane crosses florida to the atlantic ocean . the states governor says that it could take years to recover from the devastation left behind. this is a, a major, major event. it's going to be going to be a tragic event in many ways. and we understand this is not just a 48 hour ordeal. this is going to be something that is going to be there for days and weeks and months, and unfortunately, in some circumstances,

even years. the flood waters as well as winds, are causing the most damage. the hurricane has knocked out electricity to more than 1000000 homes and businesses in the city of tampa. the power of the storm sucked the water right out of the bay. even though the hurricane weakened as it moved inland authorities are warning of devastating rain, wind, and even tornadoes still to come as it tears across the state. let's get a closer look at this with matthew cappuccino, meteorologist with the my radar app is in port charlotte, florida. matthew, what more can you tell us about the situation in florida right now? i good morning. i to say personally, i've never witnessed a storm at least firsthand isn't chance or thing right now. conditions are beginning to die down here where we are, which is good to finally have a break and the wind, the rain, and everything else. the 1st half of the storm was bad,

especially for areas sound port. charlotte, we're talking a naples, we're talking fort myers, which other highest storm surge ever recorded at more than 22 and a half meters was completely inundated the coastline where i was, we saw significant winds in the order, i'd say, a 140 plus kilometers per hour. implants, it's lorraine saul, then we got the i ordinarily the 2nd half of the storm is weaker. in this case it was far stronger. from a wind standpoint. we saw winds gusting close to gosh, 172190 kilometers for our. we saw absolutely plentiful rainfall to the point where even beyond storm surge, every place that we were trying to drive through or around was an inaccessible due to extreme flooding. with rainfall rates of 5 plus to 6, perhaps centimeters per hour. it's extremely difficult situation. and now this is the 1st life i looked out, the window and can't find a single lights anywhere. the only lights we've seen all night long. we're actually

hunker down in a garage right now. are from transformers blowing. so power flashes. why was the 2nd part of the storm so strong that you know, that's something that i think we're going to have to be discussing for quite some time. because honestly it, it didn't really follow the textbook structure of a typical storm. we had expected this storm several days ago to be in a weakening trend towards landfall instead. this defined all laws rapidly intensifying this morning to a borderline category 5. and so many things really surprises about this. so what's the damage like the damage from what i can see is that of a miles wide. if you have 3 tornado, you have a lot of people use homes or underwater or roof that are missing. you'll have my, my goodness, the minute, the building where underneath right now had its roof peel back. lof areas are still under water, further inland from fresh water flowing. it's just one thing after another. and i think until daylight comes in about 3 or 4 hours,

we won't really understand the scope of the devastation lethargy meteorologist with the my radar app in port charlotte, florida. thank you. thank you. the united nation, says roches annexation votes in ukraine, violate international law. kremlin back separatists rushed to hold. the ballad softer ukrainian forces began re taking large parts of the occupied east. it allowed no time for campaigning at, in some cases. voting was reportedly held at gunpoint. ukraine and its allies say the results of 299 per cent of yes votes. lack any credibility or legitimacy. many residents of packing their bags and leaving before russia can claim possession of the regents. these people are fleeing russia. occupied easton, ukraine, about a 1000 people arrive at this check point in supper region every day. the number of those leaving has only increased since the so called referendums, calling for a formal annexation by russia began last week. they describe

a procedure that is anything but democratic. we run into soldiers. they asked if we had voted. we said yes, they said, let's do it again. some say they were forced to vote at gunpoint and soldiers checked their balance. speaking about the referendums, ukrainian president followed him here, sir lensky sang to western leaders for condemning the fabricated vote. seemed jugglers at thank you all for your clear and unequivocal support. thank you all for understanding our position in was ukraine cannot and will not put up with any attempts by russia to seize any part of our land in the u. s. so landscape predictions were echoed by the white house. these referenda are illegitimate, and frankly out rages. we expect russia to use these sham referenda as a false pretext,

to try to annex ukrainian territory and flagrant violation of international law and the united nations charter. in fact, russia's actions are transparently fraudulent and have no legal significance whatsoever. we will never recognize these illegal and illegitimate attempts at annexation. the sham referendums prompted the you to call for new sanctions packaged against russia. it would be the 8th package so far and include tighter trade restrictions among them, a price cap for russian oil. thank you madam president. the sham referenda, organized in the territories that russia occupied, are an illegal attempt to grap land and to change international borders by force. the mobilization and putting a threat to use nuclear weapons, a full the steps on the escalation path. russian installed leaders into occupied

regions of dannetta clue. hans separate. john harrison have already formally asked the russian president to incorporate their territories into russia. swedish media reporting that her 4th leak has been detected in the north stream gas pipelines. the swedish coast god made the discovery. scientists say the ruptured baltic sea pipelines and now lightly pumping out the biggest methane release on record, with catastrophic climate effects. questions of blame remain as both the e u and russia demand answers. russia is called the united nations security council meeting to address the lakes. european leaders are worried about the pipeline leaks in the baltic sea that you faced. the damage was likely caused by deliberate act raising security concerns. but the european commission has not said who might have been behind the suspect at separate ouch. today, ms oller,

who is everything is being done to try to identify the origin of these events and of the explosions on the nodes during pipeline. so we will have to get to the bottom of this before being able to say anything on the origins of these explosions is okay. and who is responsible for though super low vision. this is extra joy, irresponsibility. as europe largest natural gas supplier, norway thief, it will beef up the security of its antarctic infrastructure eastern. the events in the baltic sea have resulted in the government deciding to further strengthen al preparedness around on and offshore infrastructures to prevent. another incident in forsworn or by the military will be more present and visible on near our oil and gas installations. installment the leaders have warned of retaliation for any attack on europe in her t networks. due to reveal, there is no doubt that this is very serious. it is not a coincidence. this was planned. that is what i am or other things of discussed

with the installed burg nato secretary general. because this is serious, some officials and experts believe russia is behind the damage. russia faith. it's launching an international terrorism investigation into the leaks denying allegations it was involved. religion, well, you know, it's quite predictable and also predictably stupid to make such claims. i repeat once again, predictably stupid and absurd. yep. so the gas escaping from the pipeline is also an environmental consent. it contains high levels of me, teen, and authority, fear it could be the equivalent of one 3rd of denmark, stock it, animal, greenhouse gas emissions. have a look now at some other news making headlines. iran's president ibrahim rice c has condemned the chaos. bonds by the death of a woman in police custody in a telephone interview. he said, those taking part in anti raging protests will be dealt with decisively. morality

police arrested mazda me for violating around strict dress code. she died in detention us, vice president cabella harris says held bilateral talks with south korea as president you and so you were in sol. she's scheduled to visit the demilitarized zone to fides the korean peninsula and condemn north korea's weapons. testing are survived in solar day of the film. gang ducted, more with and german luxury sports car, make a push. it makes it stay you at the franklin stock exchange today. while the initial public offering comes at a time when markets are in turmoil due to surging inflation and recession, worries, it's partner, company folks fucking expects to raise have been 9000000000 euros from the sale of ports. yes. german scientists have unveiled the world's 1st building made from a new material that could transform the construction industry. it's made from carbon concrete,

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cement production currently emits high levels of c o. 2 carbon has another advantage as well as itsyana jdw. it's very light my can be carried by hand and can also because easily which you can't do with steel reinforced concrete knish can. in dresden, the cube made of carbon concrete, reveals the new materials potential. it could become a standard in the construction industry, and the scientists here already have their sites on new and bigger projects. the american rafa coolio has died at the age of 59. his manager says the star was found unresponsive on the bathroom floor of a friend's house in los angeles as a child in 1995 with his iconic hit gangsters. paradise soundtrack to the film dangerous minds, starring michelle pfeiffer. the soul one coolio global fame and

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