the border force check containers, gather intelligence, seize drugs. though not this time.re available. do you ever get impressed with some of the thinking that goes into the smuggling? absolutely. yeah, that's part of the challenge that we face as a border force is trying to stay one step ahead of those smuggling gangs. getting coke has never been a problem for lewis. most club toilets there's someone doing it. five o'clock in the afternoon, there's people doing it in the toilets. it's everywhere. the 25—year—old started taking cocaine around six years ago after a friend offered him some. it became a habit. i basically had a heart attack, like, not... today, lewis only takes cocaine occasionally. the drugs appeal waned. the worst paranoia i've had in my life. i'd be sat by the window at night, hear a car pull up, like, looking over my shoulder. but more people than ever are using cocaine, enticed by different strands of varying purity. there's prop, expensive cocaine for around £100 a gram, down to as little as £30 a gram for so—called council coke. from the age of 15, we'

the border force check containers, gather intelligence, seize drugs. though not this time.impressed with some of the thinking that goes into the smuggling? absolutely. yeah, that's part of the challenge that we face as a border force is trying to stay one step ahead of those smuggling gangs. getting coke has never been a problem for lewis bradwell. most club toilets there's someone doing it. five o'clock in the afternoon, there's people doing it in the toilets. it's everywhere. the 25—year—old started taking cocaine around six years ago after a friend offered him some. it became a habit. i basically had a heart attack, like, not...so my friends a nurse and she had a blood pressure thing on my arm and was taking my pulse. she was just like whispering, "call an ambulance." yeah, i'mjust like... my heart pounding out my chest. today lewis only takes cocaine occasionally. the drugs' appeal waned. the worst paranoia i've had in my life. i'd be sat by the window at night, hear a car pull up, like, looking over my shoulder. but more people than ever are using cocaine, enticed by d

the border force check containers, gather intelligence, seize drugs. though not this time.able. do you ever get impressed with some of the thinking that goes into the smuggling? absolutely. yeah, that's part of the challenge that we face as a border force is trying to stay one step ahead of those smuggling gangs. getting coke has never been a problem for lewis. most club toilets there's someone doing it. five o'clock in the afternoon, there's people doing it in the toilets. it's everywhere. the 25—year—old started taking cocaine around six years ago after a friend offered him some. it became a habit. i basically had a heart attack, like, not...so my friends a nurse and she had a blood pressure thing on my arm and was taking my pulse. she was just like whispering, "call an ambulance." yeah, i'mjust like... my heart pounding out my chest. today, lewis only takes cocaine occasionally. the drugs appeal waned. the worst paranoia i've had in my life. i'd be sat by the window at night, hear a car pull up, like, looking over my shoulder. but more people than ever are using cocaine,

the border force check containers, gather intelligence, seize drugs. though not this time.able. do you ever get impressed with some of the thinking that goes into the smuggling? absolutely. yeah, that's part of the challenge that we face as a border force is trying to stay one step ahead of those smuggling gangs. getting coke has never been a problem for lewis. most club toilets there's someone doing it. five o'clock in the afternoon, there's people doing it in the toilets. it's everywhere. the 25—year—old started taking cocaine around six years ago after a friend offered him some. it became a habit. i basically had a heart attack, like, not...so my friends a nurse and she had a blood pressure thing on my arm and was taking my pulse. she was just like whispering, "call an ambulance." yeah, i'mjust like... my heart pounding out my chest. today, lewis only takes cocaine occasionally. the drugs appeal waned. the worst paranoia i've had in my life. i'd be sat by the window at night, hear a car pull up, like, looking over my shoulder. but more people than ever are using cocaine,

the aim, to remove kurdish military forces on its southern border. forcescep tayyip erdogan called terrorists. ferhad remadan had just started working as a driver for hevrin. at 22, he had recently come back from fighting is. what did you think when president trump announced that the americans would no longer be supporting the kurds? on october 9th, the turkish military started their assault. civilians fled border towns and the wounded started to fill the hospitals. and it wasn't just turkish regular forces. groups of mostly jihadi fighters, bitter enemies of the kurds, and calling themselves the syrian national army, were being backed by the turkish government to do the fighting on the ground. they were advancing deep into northern syria. these were one such group, arabs from syria who were now controlled by the kurds. their cameraman was posting updates as they wept. early in the morning of october 12, hevrin and ferhad were driving along the m4 highway, a key road controlled by the kurds, running just 30 kilometres just parallel to the turkish border. th

who have been selling vegetables the jihad a school boko a rom operates on both sides of the border. forces under libyan strongman. say they have taken the city of serbs in a rapid advance the coastal city is located midway between the capital tripoli and benghazi which are already controls the advance is a significant gain in after hours offensive against the un backed government in tripoli millions of orthodox christians have been observing christmas eve they use the julian calendar which means this is christmas week for orthodox christians around the world the date also marks the holiday oh piffle me which is celebrated in some western christian churches as 3 kings day. well the trial of former film producer harvey weinstein has started in new york weinstein is facing charges of rape and sexual solved by 2 women at the same time he faces new charges in los angeles the district attorney there has charged him with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another on consecutive nights in 2013 weinstein has denied the new york charges he says any sexual encounters were consensual. the disgra

pablo avenue and university to the white in sacramento street going from the white to the southern border force dan kerman joins us live now from our newsroom with a look at the possible changes in the works dance. well, they're talking about slowing down traffic making pedestrians more visible. >>and lessening the chance of an interaction between vehicles and those walking. >>as you mention most of these incidents that are taking place they found are on 14 miles throughout the city of streets that makes it easier for them to 0 in on which specific areas they need to attack to really make a difference and keep pedestrians safe for of course is the goal is by 2028. they want to make sure that there are 0 pedestrian deaths in the city of berkeley. >>period ending in 2017 there have been 10 fatal collisions involving pedestrians in the city of berkeley. another 457 pedestrians have been severely injured i think that there are a lot of places where the city is not safe for young kids and for older adults with mobility issues and other folks with disabilities to walk around lysa let's careers with w

many efforts are being made and this is where border force provides information to public health englandn terms of passengers who had travelled from the area. they are contacting people and reaching out to them and providing screening and testing and thatis providing screening and testing and that is in hand and taking place. i think quite frankly right now in light of the urgency of the situation, and rightly so, we are working with the chinese authorities, the world health organisation, public health england, to look at what is going on and to ensure we are doing our utmost to stop the virus coming to the uk. and becoming a widespread problem. the home secretary, priti patel. families affected by the grenfell tower disaster have welcomed the resignation of an expert member of the enquiry panel appointed by boris johnson last month. the engineer, benita mehra, stood down after being linked to the charitable arm of the company which supplied the tower block's cladding. campaigners had been threatening to boycott the new phase of the inquiry, which begins this week. 72 people died in the

children who had been selling vegetables the jihadist group boko haram operates on both sides of the border. forces under libyan strongman. say they have taken the city of sit in the coastal city is located midway between the capital tripoli and benghazi which already controls taking sit marks a significant gain in half 2 hours offensive against the u.n. backed government in tripoli. millions of orthodox christians have been observing christmas eve they use the julian calendar meaning this is christmas week for christians around the world the date also marks the holiday which is celebrated in western christian churches as 3 kings day. milder weather in australia is allowing firefighters there to reinforce containment lines against wildfires wildfires that have been ravaging parts of the country for months but the respite from the searing heat is only temporary as temperatures are expected to soar again later this week the fall in temperatures has allowed some australians to count the cost of the wildfires so are. returning to the rubble a break in the weather is giving some bushfire victims a chanc

but they do say they are doing all they can through border force information, flight information andeeks. just talk us the last couple of weeks. just talk us through the difference, medically, clinically of this virus from other global health scares we have seen, the difference between coronavirus, 2019, sars for example which also came from china? well, with sars, in fact the number of this new strain of coronavirus, the number of cases globally is now slightly above sars, but the death rate, although it is too early to start making firm conclusions about the mortality rate, the number of deaths is lower than sars. quite a lot lower. the symptoms are, fever, respiratory symptoms leading to pneumonia. so quite similar to other viruses. and coronaviruses are well known, other strains are well known and there are drugs for them. this isa and there are drugs for them. this is a new strain of coronavirus and the worry is, there are no drugs and there is no vaccine at the moment and there is this human to human transmission that is going on outside china as well as having developed quite

are a new drive by syrian government forces in italy province has sparked a fresh exodus of thousands of civilians heading towards the turkish border government forces with russian air support have moved to recapture the last rebel stronghold in syria. there's no letup in the wave of protests and strikes that's held sway over france for the past 2 months on tuesday fire fighters demonstrated against president mccraw pension reforms trying to march through paris amid a heavy police presence. israeli president reverend rivlin has begun a 3 day trip to germany together with his counterpart frank. he was welcomed at a jewish school in berlin that's open to students of all faiths a high profile visit comes amid a rise of anti semitism in germany. u.s. president donald trump has unveiled his long awaited peace plan for the middle east trump described his proposal as the deal of the century as he spoke alongside israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu but the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has already denounced the plan which calls for a palestinian state but also grants israel control of disputed territories my vision presents a w

or a new drive by syrian government forces in italy province has sparked a fresh exodus by thousands of civilians headed toward the turkish border government forces with russian s. afford have moved to recapture the last rebel stronghold in syria. israeli president roven rivlin has begun a 3 day trip to germany together with his counterpart from. he was welcomed at a jewish school in berlin that's open to students of all faiths the high profile visit comes amid a rise in anti semitism in germany. u.s. president donald trump has unveiled his long awaited peace plan for the middle east at a white house event israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu described the proposal as the deal of the century but palestinian president mahmoud abbas has already denounced a plan which calls for a palestinian state but also grants israel control of disputed territories. president trump and prime minister netanyahu pushing their international peace plan but they've both got troubles at home impeachment hearings against trump a continuing in the senate and on tuesday yes and you know he was formally charged with bribery and fraud but there was no

pablo avenue and university to to widen sacramento street going down from the wife to the southern border force anchorman tells us about the possible changes us. >>over a 9 year period ending in 2017 there have been 10 fatal collisions involving pedestrians in the city of berkeley. another 457 pedestrians have been severely injured i think that there are a lot of places where the city is not safe for young kids and for older adults with mobility issues and other folks with disabilities to walk around lysa let's careers with walk by berkeley we've had a lot of people. >>coming out and saying that they don't feel safe. parents pushing strollers across the street not able to make it stepping out into the intersection with cars not stopping for them bird. you know that went 1020 3040 seconds before they're evil they're standing in the middle street, not able to process where she is please the city has come up with a series of proposals to reduce pedestrian deaths to 0 by 2020 18 identified and what we remember calling her high injury street. so those are the streets. >>that are responsible for the

751 kilos of high purity cocaine was uncovered by officers from the national crime agency, after border forceswift here on the left and 41—year—old scott kilgour we re left and 41—year—old scott kilgour were arrested on board the vessel and pleaded guilty last september to conspiring to import cocaine. today, the court heard the scale of the operation and planning involved. gary swift had conducted a dummy run from suriname in south america to the welsh coast in another vessel in 2017. that boat got into difficulties and had to be towed into fishguard harbour. there was this incident which alerted the authorities to swift's activities and meant that when he travelled on another boat more than a year later, again from suriname, this time with scott kilgour and with a cargo of cocaine, they were being tracked. 0fficers cocaine, they were being tracked. officers from the national crime agency were in court today to stress the importance of keeping such a large amount of drugs off the streets. this is serious organised crime at its highest level, and the impact around county lines is significant.

that's part of the challenge we face as a border force is trying to stay one step ahead of those smugglingyear-old started taking cocaine around six years ago, after a friend offered him some and became a habit. i basically had a heart attack. i had a blood pressure thing on my arm that was taken my pulse and the nurse was just like " call pulse and the nurse was just like "call an ambulance," like whispering. my heart was pounding in my chest. today lewis only takes cocaine occasionally. worst paranoia i've had in my life. i'll be sitting bya i've had in my life. i'll be sitting by a window at night, here are copper, i'll be looking over my shoulder. more people than ever are using cocaine, enticed by different strands of varying purity. it's down toa strands of varying purity. it's down to a live —— as little as £30 a gram. we supported people. it's easier to buy than alcohol. if you use digital platforms to get it as well which young people are very familiar with, snapchat, stuff like that. colin 's chief executive but his passion is taking helping teenagers steer clear of drugs. colin

border. and forces under libyan strong. say they have taken the city of sirte the coastal city is located midway between the capital tripoli and which already controls taking search marks a significant gain and a half hours offensive against the u.n. backed government in tripoli. milder weather in australia is allowing firefighters there to reinforce containment lines against wildfires have been ravaging parts of the country for months but the respite from the searing heat is only temporary as temperatures are expected to soar again later this week the fall in temperatures has allowed some australians to help the cost of the fire fire of the wildfires so far. returning to the rubble a break in the weather is giving some bush 5 victims a chance to reflect on what they have lost. everything is just gone we've got nothing memories. might be part of. something in the shade something that's a battle lead but we do have animals and. we've just got to be thankful for that. videos are still emerging from the recent days of devastat

meanwhile israel says its military forces spotted the group breaching the security border fence israel defense forces statement that the teenagers started launching explosive devices at the troops forcing them to open fire more than 2000 civilians have died during israeli military operations in gaza according to the un relatives of the palestinian teenagers say they want their bodies back so they can finally get peace. but if they said he was arrested i would understand that he would come back to us after a while and if you got killed i would want to know at least and i want a body returned in that case because my son is not part of any faction so there is no need to keep his body like that he's a school student and the israelis know this and i did months every event of in committee like the red cross in human rights groups and he's very sorry to tell us something about my son and his friends if their life were not just to ease my heart . washington has reportedly suspended all weapons deliveries to iraq amid growing tensions with baghdad in 2016 the u.s. approved a contract to supply

this group is one of many groups under this umbrella pair military force, that's in iraq, but has sent its fighters across the borderits forces are stationed along the syrian-iraqi forder. and it is an overarching group that does continue to maintain close ties to iran. and there are growing concerns over iraq becoming this proxy battlefield between washington and tehran. up until this point, the trump administration has, to a certain degree, showed restraint with its response to iran, until the strikes that were carried out on sunday. but the situation is incredibly tension. there are a lot of flashpoints that could further escalate the situation. >> arwa, stayi inthanks for sta top of this for us. >>> make pompeo has postponed a trip to deal with baghdad. >>> kim jong-un declaring his country should no longer feel bound by a self-imposed halt on nuclear developments. the world will, quote, witness a new stroo teejic weapon in the future. president trump is trying to stay optimistic. but listen to the ambassador for north korea. >> kim is playing trump. trump saying that kim signed the deal for denuclearization. we

police in mexico have prevented hundreds of migrants who have forced their way across its border with broken model of going any further security forces used shields and pepper spray to force hundreds of central american migrants in the buses they've been taken to a detention center. a fake guillotine has taken center stage in puerto rico. protesters rallied outside the home of the government demanding her resignation one device he's got said is accused of there laying a supplies following recent death quakes protesters were infuriated that the discovery in a warehouse of unused a sense of survivors the horror of canaria 3 years ago. president donald trump's impeachment trial has seen another marathon day democrats of made the case for the 1st article of impeachment over what they call trans dangerous abuse of power i did jocasta reports from washington d.c. with cameras banned from showing the full senate chamber a sketch artist captures the scene 100 senators without their phones barred from speaking and some even looking bored with the process the democrats lead impeachment manager

meanwhile israel says its military forces spotted the group breaching the security border fence the israel defense forces state but now the teenagers started to launch explosive devices at the troops forcing them to open fire. more than 2000 civilians have died during israeli military operations in gaza that's according to the united nations however relatives of the palestinian teenagers say they want their bodies returned to make sure they are sure that. their number really if they said he was arrested i would understand that he would come back to us after a while and if he got killed i would want to know at least and i want his body returned in that case because my son is not part of any faction there is no need to keep his body like that he is a school student and the israelis know this and i do heard every event even kmita like the red cross and human rights groups and these various stories horse tell us something about my son and his friends if their life or not just ease my heart. and finally for this hour soviet street art it's coming to life in one particular russian city local art

they've been stopped from crossing a border bridge connecting guatemala to mexico security forces are patrolling the area mexico is under mounting pressure to stop people from reaching the u.s. border president over trump is threatening trade another sanctions if they do john holdren is in ciudad who dug on the guatemalan mexican border and he says that most people don't want to stay in central america. we spent most. of them on the mother 2 young children as they tried to work out how they're going to get into mexico they actually wanted to get here for asylum she said that she can call the kids by going to guatemala city some of the home during times when the story. would be trying to see all the see basically don't think it's enough. so everyone is in the bridge to do the bridge between guatemala chapters about the down south and south mexico 3. actually handling the petition to the mexican government. you need. them to get the government. or not everyone thank you reynolds it's. the beach was only about. what you did and they came up on the side of the national guard. militari

force in afghanistan. we were at a remote operating base along the afghan-pakistan border.ently, the insurgents that we were fighting would launch rockets and missiles onto our small base. but luckily, we were provided with counter battery radar. 20, 30, 40 seconds before those rockets and mortar rained down on us, an alarm would sound. we would run out from our tents, and jump into our concrete bunkers and weight with the attack to end. this is not a theoretical exercise. the ukrainians know it. for ukraine, aid from the u.s. constitutes about 10% of their military budget. it is safe to say that they cannot fight effectively without it. so there is no doubt, u.s. military assistance to ukraine makes a real difference in the fight against russia. in 2019, congress provided $391 million in security assistance. this included $250 million to the department of defense, the ukraine security assistant initiative. and $141 million to the foreign military financing program. president trump signed the bill to authorize this aid in august 2018 and signed another bill to fund it the f

well he said quote despite russia's denials we know they are seeking to redraw international borders by force undermining the sovereign and free nations of europe and as a base ambassador taylor put it russian aggression in ukraine dismissed quote dismissed all the principles that have kept the peace and contributed to prosperity in europe since world war 2 it's clear that russia is not just a threat in europe but for democracy and freedom around the world our friends and allies have also responded imposing sanctions on russia and providing billions of dollars in economic humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine this has been an international effort today the european union is the single largest contributor foreign assistance to ukraine having provided roughly 12000000000 in grants and loans since 2014 and the united states has provided over 3000000000 in assistance in that time because we all know that we can't separate our own security from the security of our friends and allies that's why the u.s. has provided economic security and you may attain assistance in the form of equipment

been killed in the attack the base located in the town of move close to the somali border is used by kenyan and u.s. forces. thousands of people have marched in hong kong near the border to protest against traders from mainland china the traders. in hong kong and resell them in china locals say this raises prices in hong kong which has seen more than 6 months of protests over chinese influence in the territory. spanish prime minister has failed to get parliamentary backing for his new leftist government in a 1st vote he didn't secure the absolute majority but sanchez is expected to get the required simple majority in a 2nd round of voting on tuesday. australia's bushfires are being described as a national catastrophe take a look at the. orange from the smoke and consider this is from australia at all but from auckland in new zealand it's 2000 kilometers away. the fires have been raging for months but the last days have been among the worst at least 24 people have lost their lives and thousands have lost their homes. it's a warning no one ever wants to hear. if you. particular. gayeties. thousands of austra

been killed in the attack the base located in the town of lamo close to the somali border is used by kenyan and u.s. forces. thousands of people have marched in hong kong made the border to protest against traders from mainland china the traders by the free products in hong kong and resell them in china locals say this raises prices in hong kong which has seen more than 6 months of protests over chinese influence in the territory. spanish prime minister paper sanchez has failed to to get parliamentary backing for his new leftist government and a 1st vote he didn't secure a quite absolute majority but sanchez is expected to get the required simple majority needed in a 2nd round of voting that's on tuesday. in croatia voters are going to the polls in the 2nd round of the presidential election the vote is a runoff between former prime minister is what i'm in and all of it a social democrat on the conservative incumbent calling that get a bucket of its. australia's bushfires of being described as a national catastrophe and just take a look at the skies behind me they turned all range from all the smoke in the

taken by police forces. border. on the 3rd. day. violate. welcomes the progress. of the u.k.'s national health service is facing a 1st of its kind legal battle over prescribing children as young as 9. drugs. 23 year old bell who was previously treated by the gender identity development service she regrets making reversable changes and said no child should go through the experimental torture she did. 23 year old care about went through gender reassignment as a teenager but years later she decided to reverse the transition while she lived to regret her treatment she also stopped the clinic putting others through what she did she's leading a landmark case against the tavistock and portman n.h.s. trusts the u.k.'s only gender identity service that deals with patients under 18 years old often without parental consent care of herself as a teenager and says youngsters aren't given proper information on the process and the drugs to take them through the transition i do not believe the children and young people can consent to the use of powerful and experimental hormone drugs like i di

force have been targeted. and quite a number of groups have been active in. cross the border. security forces but this particular. time. the beginning of another wave of. india's supreme court has ordered a review of the internet shut down inside indian administered kashmir now the ruling says the end from a suspension is a violation of the country's telecom rules the territory has not had internet for more than a 150 days until botha has the story. the lockdown in indian administered kashmir amounts to an abuse of power. that's the ruling from india supreme court 5 months since the government removed the territories autonomy restricted people's movements and blocked the internet. those who challenge the shutdown say it's a significant were ticked. by the state was that these are national security issues please leave it to the state the court has struck that down and said no this will be subject to judicial review. the indian government argued it needed to block the internet to stop what it called separatists and terror groups from communicating with each other but the court fo

border. of ground and air force combat boots. pakistan is concerned soviets are reinforcing their troop level in afghanistan. as the soviets beefed up their forces, the regular afghan army has been weakened considerably by desertions. that army, 100,000 men strong at the time of the 1978 communist coup, currently numbers only 20,000 effective regulars. militaryf the cracked garrison in kabul have had to be disarmed. soviet combat troops have been identified along major lines of communication in virtually all areas of the country. most are in the eastern half, particularly in the northeast, where resistance had been greatest. the insurgents control most of the countryside. the soviet presence he seen in every major city. their troops man all checkpoints. still, opposition flares, even in the cities. the afghans blame the invaders for food shortages, looting, and even if higher in kabul that destroyed nearly 100 shops -- even a fire in kabul that destroyed nearly 100 shops. the soviets are reluctant to engage in close combat with t

killed in the attack the base located near the town of lamu close to the somali border is used by kenyan and u.s. forces. thousands of people have marched in hong kong near the border to protest against traders from mainland china the traders buy products in hong kong and resell them in china locals say this raises prices in hong kong which has seen more than 6 months of protests over chinese influence of the territory. in croatia polling stations have closed in the 2nd round of the presidential election. the vote is a runoff between former prime minister sharon millan no bitch and social a social democrat and the conservative incumbent kalinda it's a real bitch that polls suggest the no bitch is the. and we turn to south america now venezuela's opposition controlled national assembly is set to decide whether to keep as its leader he's used that position to declare himself venezuela's interim president in place of the incumbent nicolas maduro but sunday's vote was disrupted when police set up road blocks around the national assembly building in caracas they said they were checking the ideas i.d.'s of la

been killed in the attack the base located in the town of lamu close to the somali border is used by kenyan and u.s. forces. thousands of people have marched in hong kong near the border to protest traders from mainland china traders duty free products in hong kong and resell them in china locals say this raises prices in hong kong which has seen more than 6 months of protests over chinese influence in the territory. australia's bushfires are being described as a national catastrophe take a look at these guys. pardon me from the smoke and consider this these images actually are not from australia at all but from auckland in new zealand 2000 kilometers away the fires have been raging for months now but the last days have been among the worst at least 24 people have now lost their lives and thousands have lost their homes a warning some disturbing images are in this report. it's a warning no one ever wants to hear. if you are. mentally or physically particular. gayeties. thousands of history of the ins have been forced to decide stay and defend their homes or leave and lose everything if it was. mine i studi

many refugees have been heading north to escape the violence but with the tuc ish border closed thousands have been forced to live in squalid conditions and it lives overcrowded camps. abandoned in the mud and in near freezing temperatures these people fled the bombs of the syrian and russian fighter jets in southern italy and. they found refuge in this camp in northern syria 2000 people and cramped quarters they have barely enough to survive disease spreads rapidly. turn a slow look at how we have to live i swear our situation is miserable we're living in dirt and mud many people are sick we bring them to doctors but they have no medicine no if they want. more and displacement a deadly spiral turns in the province that's controlled by islamist militias 18 people were killed on saturday in syrian army attacks the agreed ceasefire is fragile. relief supplies are only entering italy through 2 turkish border crossings the used to be for the other 2 and jordan and iraq are close to u.n. aid. syrian ally moscow had pressured the security council claiming that cross border assistance was unnecessary since the a

force in afghanistan. we were at a a remote operating base along the afghan-pakistan border. and frequently the insurgents that we were fighting would launch rockets and missiles onto our small base. but luckily we were provided with counter battery radar. the 20, 30, 40 seconds before those rockets and mortars rained down on us, and alarm would sound and we would run out from our tents and jump in to our concrete bunkers and weight for the attack to end. this is not a theoretical exercise. and the ukrainians know it. for ukraine aid from the u.s. actually constitutes about 10% of their military budget. it's safe to say they can't fight effectively without it, so there is no doubt u.s. military assistance to ukraine makes a real difference in the fight against russia. in 2019 congress provided $391 million in security assistance. this included 250 million through the department of defense, the ukraine security assistance initiative, usai, and 141 million through the state department foreign military enhancing program, fmf. president trump signed the bill to authorize this aid

border force and other officials were trying to contact visitors to check whether they have experienced hospital in margate — in 2017. the coroner said neglect contributed to his death. significant concerns have been raised about maternity care at the east kent hospitals nhs trust — after a bbc investigation revealed seven preventable baby deaths had occurred since 2016. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. tom and sarah didn‘t get to hold their first child until the day he died. just a week old, harry was failed repeatedly by the medics responsible for ensuring his safe entry into the world. it has tested us, it has tested family relationships, it has tested our ability to work, to live a normal life and it shouldn‘t have happened in the first place. today a coroner agreed, finding neglect by east kent hospitalhospital contributed to the newborn‘s death. there were a series of failings in harry‘s care, says the coroner. a junior doctor described as being out of his depth delayed delivering the baby and was born pale and floppy. but he would have survived and been

fed being stopped from crossing a border bridge connecting guatemala to mexico security forces are patrolling the area makes care was under pressure to stop people from reaching the u.s. border president donald trump is threatening trade and other sanctions if they do. pro gun rally has wrapped up in virginia without incident despite security fears and leading to a state of emergency more than 20000 this march peacefully around the capitol building protesting against a proposal for tougher gun laws the state legislator is it considering new controls including a ban on assault style weapons you would start with headlines here and i was there a back stop it is inside story. world leaders meeting in berlin agree to stop sending weapons to libya and for new talks and the civil war but on the ground the fighting goes on so will the many foreign countries feeding the conflict back off and who has the power to stop libya's slide further into crisis this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dennis now libya's civil war is now in its 6th year a host of countries is invo

mexican security forces have closed the border crossing with what amala preventing a caravan of migrants from entering the country authorities believe there are about $3000.00 migrants in the group most from honduras and el salvador caravan is attempting to reach the united states. prince harry and his wife megan are no longer working members of britain's royal family according to a statement from buckingham palace the couple announced their wish for a more independent life earlier this month now they've reached an agreement with the palace i will be dropping their royal titles and will no longer receive taxpayer money it's also pledged to pay back nearly $3000000.00 euros which was used to refurbish the home. i'm now joined by dave dudley reporter until he has been following the story very closely for us. so prince making the harry working members of the royal family does that actually mean well it means that they will no longer represent the queen in public you have to remember the the day to day responsibilities of members of the royal family is really representing the queen in some o

hundreds of central americans have crossed the border into mexico after almost a week long standoff with mexican security forces the country is under mounting pressure to stop people from reaching the u.s. border president donald trump has been threatening trade and other sanctions if it doesn't reduce the flow of migrants. hundreds of protesters have rallied in puerto rico accusing the government of holding up aid supplies to victims of a $6.00 magnitude earthquake earlier this month. and there's a mounting since the discovery of unused emergency aid in a warehouse dating back to hurricane maria in 2017 of testers gathered outside the mansion of governor wanted vazquez calling for her to step down similar demonstrations forced her predecessor to resign last year. because impose new sanctions on 4 petrol companies accuses of moving or oil exports from iran to the likud's force the move comes 3 weeks after the us killed would force commander and so lamont a washington accuses the firm so transferring hundreds of millions worth of exports from the national ronnie and oil company is treasury secretary says iran's

at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour mexican security forces have closed a border crossing with guatemala preventing a caravan of migrants from entering the country dorothy's believes there are about 3000 migrants in the group mostly from honduras and el salvador and now the caravan is attempting to reach the united states. and australia animals and people are being rescued from flooding not long after they were rescued from bushfires some parts of the country have been inundated by storms but dozens of fires still burn in the southeast which has received next to no rainfall in months. health officials around the world have warned a deadly new virus could soon spread off or it caused a pneumonia outbreak in central china countries across asia as well as the u.s. or screaming child as arriving from the area. when the united states thousands took to the streets on saturday to support equality women's rights in the for women's march now protest marches took place in cities across the united states in the women's march was 1st held on donald trump's inauguration day al

mexican security forces have closed the border crossing with what amala preventing a caravan of migrants from entering the country authorities believe there are about $3000.00 migrants in the group most from honduras and el salvador caravan is attempting to reach the united states. people in the philippines uprising for another huge eruption from the tao volcano rather that's despite an apparent lull in activity on the surface more than 160000 people have fled their homes while others have decided to stay and stop the cleanup despite the danger. people living in the shadow of the tunnel volcano have begun their clear up even though it's still spewing out ash the eruption left davis station and it's week and residents are continuing to assess the scale of the damages done to their local environment and their livelihoods. big impact on us. i mean for our house was destroyed and we cannot earn any money. because we won't be allowed to go out and selfish. people are afraid of eating the fish could have come from the tall lake. and i mean . from fisherman to coffee growers nobody has been abl