so do you stand by that statement that the record of sri lanka is still impeccable? yes, very much so very bad sore. and i must also tell you that although the reserves had gone down to $2800000000.00 at the end of last month, it has reached up to a $3800000000.00. and we also have another access that is possible from a chinese source, which is another $1500000000.00. so be essentially have a high pied see $1000000000.00. but the main point is, i just told you that the main point is that we have sufficient money is to pay off all the external debt. and we also ensuring that street cars rely on one extended that is going to be reduced as time goes on. you see by end of 2014, we had only about $5000000.00 exposed to the international market. when we had a g d. p of 80000000000, but by 2019, that number had gone up to 15000000 dollars. and on a g, d, p of just 84000000000. so we had to know shing that a little bit. and that's why this government has taken a conscious decision that we would like to have new influence coming in, which are non bit creating. that's why we o

has been the complaint of consumers in sri lanka. the government says this is one of the reasons hoarding by trade is to create an artificial price increase. on wednesday, government officials rated warehouses in colombo. they said we're not registered with the consumer affairs authority and see 32000 metric tons of sugar pump on these stocks we made available to the public. we distributed through government retailers at an affordable price range like this to acquire hidden stocks. follow president, go to the raj boxes decision to impose a state of emergency and introduce regulations on a central food supplies. under these rules, authorize officers will be able to take steps to provide essential food items at concessional rates to the public by purchasing paddy rice and sugar, including guaranteed prices, or based on customer value on imported goods. to prevent market irregularities, consumers have had to deal with increasing prices as a result of a weakening sheila and ruby and inflation. on thursday, many huge government retail sho

it is so important to have tourism industry in sri lanka, in i tourism industry in sri lanka, in 2019breaking point because they have had no duress at their resorts for 18 months, and it has meant other things that have come out of it, import is really expensive in the country and they had been an extreme lockdown and they have not been able to go to shops, or travel at all, unlike the uk lockdown when you are allowed out for a walk twice a day. it is great news the travel restrictions are using, however, are you worried about the impact on covid—19 rates when travel is able to happen more freely? i covid-19 rates when travel is able to happen more freely?— covid-19 rates when travel is able to happen more freely? i have spoken to happen more freely? i have spoken to family out — to happen more freely? i have spoken to family out there, _ to happen more freely? i have spoken to family out there, about _ to happen more freely? i have spoken to family out there, about half - to happen more freely? i have spoken to family out there, about half the - to family out there, about half the po

sri lanka's food crisis.still have to queue for east central supplies. -- for a essential supplies. ♪ >> welcome. we have been striped with some heavy rain firm southern portions of south korea. some spots picking up more than 100 millimeters of rain. most of the action pushing into seven sections of japan and we have weather alerts in play. heavy rain in particular. also the risk of landslides. impacting over the next few days. went to give you a wider look of asia-pacific. here we are on saturday seymour rain wind up across the yellow river valley. we will keep close tabs on that as we go to southeast asia. dry spells across sumatra. her heaviest concentration of rain will be over borneo and also soloway c. down under ricoh and what a start to spring. not only 30 degrees but we have the southerly bluster going through so that has dropped to your temperature to 16. melbourne's turn on saturday. a patch of wet weather from victoria into tasmania. for western australia, perth is at 16 degrees. high-pressure in

. >> sri lanka's government has approved a state of emergency.d to tackle a food shortage. the opposition's warning will be used to crackdown on dissent as the country -- the opposition is warning it will be used to crackdown on dissent in the country. a report from colombo. >> she has worked in sri lanka's government sector. she is one of 350,000 people that manufactures products for top international brands. many workers have had covid-19 infection and several lasting effects. >> even though we go to work up to the 14 days, some of us feel very weak. and appetite and have difficulty breathing. i am still making -- taking medicine. some have to stop, they go back because they have no choice and want to save their jobs. >> she has been campaigning for worker rights for many years. she says companies must ensure the safety of workers during this crisis. >> during this time, my work earnings have fallen, the tourism industry has fallen, we are not getting proper income. if we want to safeguard the country, create the systems to keep them safe. the

saw a year ago, restrictions about when it came to importing very coming early spice in china in sri lankaf foreign currency, but supplies are dwindling and as a result we are seeing the currency really depreciate. the sri lankan rupee, about 185 for a dollar a year ago, now more than 200 and we have seen inflation skyrocketed killing, for example 6% in the last month, so it is compounding the impact and month, so it is compounding the impactand many month, so it is compounding the impact and many sri lankans, there's been a huge covid surge in the country and people are feeling the pinch when it comes to getting these basics, and as a result we are seeing these quite drastic measures, and whether or not that'll work, that remains to seen, sally. it is good to hear about sri lanka. stay with us. finding inner peace, i talk to the boss of headspace about mental health issues in the workplace. this is bbc world news — the latest headlines. president biden remains defiant over the us evacuation from afghanistan — even though taliban militants are now back in control. in louisiana, millions of

during coven, as world trade shut down, we're seeing a similar situation emerge in sri lanka. and i believe bitcoin facts as this. she long declares food emergency, as for ex, crisis worse and sherlock has declared a state of emergency over food shortages that according to the government are caused by hoarding. as private banks say they are running out of foreign exchange to finance import. the move followed a sharp rise in the price of sugar, rice, onions, and other basic ingredients. right, right. for x markets are cause thing. food shortage is and was bitcoin. you don't need a for ex market. that's the plain, an obvious and simple truth and country after country is beginning to realize they can escape the matrix of for acts of dominated by corrupt players who control us dollar. and they can have sovereignty truce sovereignty. if you have rely on the us dollar, you do not have sovereignty full stop. this is part of what we've been covering with a trip and dilemma, is that there's always going to be that dilemma or fiance, or in say, a national currency is the world's reserve

for example, new delhi and tokyo japan have offered to build a port in sri lanka, but there is times seem to be less successful. why? why do you think that is? we have a few factors to consider. a one thought that you had to do with the fact that i know dos, you know, make it easier for what you receive in countries such as sri lanka, who excess is investment, what we call no fuel strings attached on those fees. but more importantly is to do with the requirements that you need in order to receive those. by contrast, it we talk about japan is more tedious way. i mean it, and so be more on the way it comes to, you know, the filming of requirements. we talk about environmental impact assessment for returns and are the requirements and some form of job environment, the good the but also important piece co trusting ability and for india, i think when it comes to you for shock tra, india has never been eating compared to i know in japan in the sense, so we talk about an india and i not foss belong, like sample more to pen play a bigger role than india. i do think democratic countries, coll

and with good reason, sri lanka, lost control of a strategic $1400000000.00 hamburger total port to a chinese company after he couldn't keep up with debt repayment, which has become known as china is debt trap policy. china is also developing the only d. c. port in south asia and should august capital colombo. that's the problem for new delhi because 40 percent of contain a congo are offloaded to a smaller ships for the short trip to india. and then there is the quad. our port in pakistan built a spot of china's belton road initiative called the china pakistan economic court, or a $60000000000.00 project linking the arabian sea to china's land lock, western beach and access to the indian ocean. see room, see it's critical to beijing as today. china is the world's top oil importer purchasing 542000000 tons of crude oil in 2020 last year. 53 percent of china's crude oil imports came from the middle east and passed through the indian ocean. well, let's get some analysis with collin co, a research fellow at the s. roger raton. i'm school of international studies, is joining us on skype fr

patricia asks us about sri lanka, but at the| asks us about sri lanka, but at the moment, that detailestion— many of us have been asking this question in— many of us have been asking this question in the industry regarding getting _ question in the industry regarding getting to the us. unfortunately, i’ili'it getting to the us. unfortunately, right now, whilst the uk government has opened _ right now, whilst the uk government has opened up for us travellers to come _ has opened up for us travellers to come and — has opened up for us travellers to come and visit us, we have not had the privilege — come and visit us, we have not had the privilege of that favour returned, shall i say, so as it stands — returned, shall i say, so as it stands right now, the biden administration do not allow brits to enter— administration do not allow brits to enter the _ administration do not allow brits to enter the borders of the us. so there _ enter the borders of the us. so there is— enter the borders of the us. so there is a — enter the borders of the us. so there is a bit more time we have to wait _

we're going to focus on sri lanka toward the east and also the northwest. so 1st sri lanka, and northern parts of the country picking up a $126.00 millimeters of rain around the bank. all we had a disturbance, it's now shuffled toward the west. so heavy rain for westbank all into o disha on sunday. then there was that disturbance. it was over the pradesh. it's now sliding toward the south, the southwest. so it's over. roger. stan and gutierrez, in fact, goudrow over the past 24 hours scooping up about 50 to 60 millimeters of rain. and i think we'll see much of the same on sunday, off the se, asia, and we have driving rain in the forecast for central and southern parts of vietnam . also pretty good batch of rain through central areas of the philippines. another area we're going to be watching closely is from the yellow river valley down toward the gang, see as young jo, to will look at $135.00 degrees, but with the heat index. feeling about 43. so a lot of humidity, a lot of moisture to spark some very serious storms here. tropical storm sean to move out tow

and to galka al jazeera like many around the world, people in sri lanka have struggled during the past year. basic food prices have gone up and foreign currency has become scarce. so the government is taking action to ease the burden for millions of families. now fernandez explains how from colombo, sugar, sugar everywhere, but not a green to buy has been the complaint from consumers in sri lanka. the government says, this is one of the reasons hoarding by trade is to create an artificial price increase on wednesday, government officials rated warehouses in colombo. they said we're not registered with the consumer affairs authority and see 32000 metric tons of sugar from the stock. so we made available to the public. we distributed through government retailers at an affordable price range like this to acquire hidden stocks. follow president, go to raj boxes decision to impose a state of emergency and introduce regulations on a central food supplies. under these rules authorized officers will be able to take steps to provide essential food items at concession rates to the public by purc

and escape from a high security prison. risking workers live companies and sri lanka carry on their operations despite a new wave of corona virus infection. ah elisa of the resistance movement, enough canister on pan, she valley is calling for national uprising after the taliban took control of that last province still opposing its rules. battles raged for days in the mountainous region north of cobble. the taliban says one to the peaceful outcome but faced continued defiance earlier. resistance forces said that they were ready to negotiate and to the fighting. charles traffic has worn out from the capital couple on the resistance movement. push for this uprising. those fiery statements that we understand though we cannot independently verify were made by the leader, the so called, all right. read off my my suit, those statements calling for people to pick up arms and resist the child about what we do know though is that that was released by st by one of the spokes people we can verify where or when it was recorded. and interestingly, subsequent to that release, that's been a letter, a script

but again, like the point about the story about sri lanka is there is demand. there is desire . there is, they want these products, they're not allowed to have these products because in order to do so would require foreign exchange being sent overseas because they need it. they have a shortage of dollars. so if you had or a neutral currency, a neutral payments rail, whereby any demand could be met through the payments rail. despite the situation of global trade, you wouldn't have these sorta situations whereby shall august foreign reserves. as i said, fell to 2800000000 at the end of july from 7500000000. sorry, i said $7300000000.00 but $7500000000.00 in november of 2019. when the government took office and the roof pay has last more than 20 percent of its value against the us dollar. in that time, according to the bank energy administer, dia government has appealed to motorists to use fuel sparingly, so that the country can use as foreign exchange to buy essential medicines and vaccines. right, well, who benefits from the for ex markets? it's the people who are in the money ch

sri lanka has yet to name a new central bank governor after its governor announced it would step downesday. his departure comes as sri lanka faces dwindling reserves and revenues, looming debt repayments, and struggles with extended lockdowns. they are forex reserves drop to $4.8 billion in july after use some to repay $1 billion of debt. eastern china is bracing for the arrival of typhoon -- of a tyson, which shanghai province closing schools and suspending air and rail services. the international airport canceled flights from 11 a.m. on monday. two of china's main ports have raised their emergency response. china's national health commission has sent a team to deal with a covid outbreak. state media is reporting the cities saw 64 positive cases over the weekend, half of which were locally transmitted. authorities have placed more than 1000 close contacts under medical hoppers -- observation and neighboring townships have conducted almost 2000 tests. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 c

sri lanka has defined a new central bank governor. governor's departure comes as they faced dwindling reserves and revenues, looming debt repayments, and struggles with an extended lockdown. sri lanka's forex reserves dropped to $4.8 billion in july. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am a vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. haidi: australia's airports are reportedly warning that -- the industry is worried that insufficient government planning. we are looking at case numbers and vaccination numbers for australia. we got that sweetened bid for sydney airport. reporter: the case numbers are looking in sydney a little more positive. they look like they are studying, at least. but those vaccination rates are creeping up towards where the governments to want to reopen. we are expecting 80% of the adult population of new south wales to have their first exiting this week. in victoria it looks like it will hit a 17% mark in the not-too

yvonne: still ahead, we look closer at the economic crisis facing sri lanka as foreign cash reserves plummet. we look forward to the aggressive tightening of monetary policy. don't miss our exclusive interview later on this hour. and we look ahead to the fed rate decision. will those stronger-than-expected retail sales figures affect jay powell's thinking? this is bloomberg. ♪ david: a lot of data coming out this week. indonesia, japan, and the big one is the federal reserve on wednesday. yvonne: yeah, that's the big one. retail sales yesterday defining expectations for august. solid gains across most categories adds the -- as the u.s. consumer has done some shopping. kathleen, what does this mean for the fed policy decision? kathleen: pluses for the economy and also for inflation, and then minuses -- let's take a look at the bloomberg chart. retail sales in the plus column because they beat forecast. sales were supposed to be down 0.7 percent. far right hand side of that screen, you can see a 0.7 percent increase, and along the bottom, even though the july number was revised to down

twin elephants born in sri lanka. this is a sanctuary.e in sri lanka there you go. twin elephants. >> shannon: that poor momma. she had a lot of work to do. personal tie from above the sky. check out astronauts having a pizza party in the international space station. the crew enjoying their gravity defying pizzas with big smiles. you putting on own toppings. looks like a lot of fun. i'm not sure how they get cooked. >> greg: fun going in: you have limited options. look at everything that is on there. >> greg: that's the whole point of becoming astronaut. when the women when their hair is all over, he. >> dagen: each each other's pizza. >> will: college football comes back tonight ucf, boise state, ohio state, minnesota. nebraska started last weekend. they lost to illinois. but this is a win for nebraska. look at this video. what you are looking at is damion jackson, a walk-on at the university of nebraska. and he is also a former navy seal. he carries that flag down the streets for this commercial. and it just shows so much pride in our c

vonnie: sri lanka has yet to name a new central bank governor after the manager announced he will step. his departure comes as we lanka cases dwindling reserves and struggles with and extending lockdown. sri lanka's forex reserves dropped to $2.8 billion in july after it used some to pay $1 billion worth of debt. eastern china is bracing for the arrival of -- suspending air and rail services. flights at shanghai's international airport will be canceled from 11:00 a.m. monday. two of china's main ports have also raised their emergency response. china's national health commission has sent a team to do with a covid outbreak in a city in fujian promise -- fujian province. half of the cases were locally transmitted. authorities have placed more than 8000 close contacts under medical observation. neighboring townships have discussed -- have conducted almost 200,000 tests. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. yvonne: u.s. claimant envoy john kerry is vis

the government has declared a state of emergency in his or longer over food shortages -- in sri lankaver food shortages. >> the ruby has fallen -- prupee has fallen. the government is going to set prices on his own. military official says at least 13,000 tons in sugar have been taken in raids. the crisis is running deep, further measures could be on the way. >> lines of people who are lining up for basic foodstuffs. it came as the government declared an economic emergency and began seizing stocks. it is to keep spiraling places -- prices dow >> officers will be able to take steps to a provide essential food items consistent area rates by purchasing stocks of essential food items at government guaranteed prices or basedn the customs value on imported goods prevent market irregularities. >> the local currency has fallen against the dollar this year, driving prices up in a nation that is fighting for commodities. a perfect storm of conditions for problems to occur. >> dealing with a gbal supply chain issue and the endemic situation which has affected tourism in the country. you couple th

and sri lanka seamer lasith malinga, the most successful bowler andy murray, who won the us open, saidhe was extremely _ achievement. we knew she was extremely good. _ achievement. we knew she was extremely good. she _ achievement. we knew she was extremely good. she hadn't - achievement. we knew she was - extremely good. she hadn't competed much for— extremely good. she hadn't competed much for the last 18 months or so with school— much for the last 18 months or so with school and coronavirus. but i think— with school and coronavirus. but i think at— with school and coronavirus. but i think at wimbledon, everyone got a bit of— think at wimbledon, everyone got a bit of a _ think at wimbledon, everyone got a bit of a glimpse as to how good she could _ bit of a glimpse as to how good she could be _ bit of a glimpse as to how good she could be. yeah, it is great what she did, and _ could be. yeah, it is great what she did, and a _ could be. yeah, it is great what she did, and a huge opportunity for british— did, and a huge opportunity for british tennis.— did, and a huge opportunity for b

sri lanka seamer lasith malinga has retired.the most successful bowler in twenty20 international history, winning the world cup in 2014 and taking a record 107 t20 international wickets. the british axioom men's relay team could be stripped of their olympic silver medals after cj ujah's b sample also tested positive for two banned substances. it confirms the result of his initial test at the tokyo games. for more on this we're joined by our reporter, ade adedoyin. really bad news, what is the latest? when an athlete provides a sample it is split into two samples and once one of the samples is tested it gives an option to request that the b sample is also tested in case has been an error. it is very rare that the b sample comes back differently but there have been some cases in the past and the athlete has been exonerated. in this case it has come back positive successfully as well for austrian, which is listed as having similar properties to testosterone. and the other substance is s23, which has similar properties to anabolic s

the costs, china's designs on the indian ocean bay, james investing millions, enforcing young law sri lanka in august. can india count to china? geo. political and economic might last a referendum in berlin to strip the landlord of tens of thousands of hope. counting the cost on al jazeera ah, hello, lauren taylor and under the top stories are now to 0. the 1st civilian flight has left cobbles, effort since the taliban took over afghanistan. repairs have now been carried out with the help of technical teams from cutter and turkey. and his hooped crucial aid deliveries can begin soon, retorted, getting the reports african food and airplane cobble international airport bound for the northern city of missouri. sharif technical teams have been working for days to repair the badly damaged runway and radar system. and on saturday, the efforts paid off this is the 1st domestic flight from cobble since it fell to taliban forces last month. and apple staff say they're looking forward to more in the coming days. tires were very happy because the internal flights have started. and now we're taking our

some from italy, greece, sri lanka, japan.s. >> breaking bread with different cultures, you really get to connect on a way that you didn't before. so -- and these ladies love to come out of the kitchen, and they love to ask you how you like this food. >> reporter: when customers come in and are getting a home-cooked meal, do you think they feel like they're at home? >> yes, that's why i come. because it feels like my house over here. >> reporter: but just a year ago the restaurant like many in new york city had to close its doors. >> our cooks are grandmothers, so we had to really just shut down. >> reporter: a restless soul, jody couldn't sit still during lockdown, so he began making soup every saturday for his community. >> we would give out soup to first responders, and, you know, essential employees or whoever happened to come through that door. >> reporter: what started with soups turned into a gathering place for people in the neighborhood. >> this has been the best experience. >> it's different. to have grandma cooking

why did our mum sri lanka and now england. why did your mum want _ sri lanka and now england.manno school because it rather than over screens. and year, i adam? alemanno school because it is more social. even though primary school made it easy for us, it didn't feel the same. and you get to do pe and go into the laboratories for sciences. what you look forward to doing in secondary school? it is very different to primary school. more opportunities to do things we couldn't do in primary like science, because you couldn't really do experiments that you can do in secondary because they were too dangerous and we didn't really have the chance to participate in them, so i'm excited for that. just the chance to participate in them, so i'm excited for that.— so i'm excited for that. just that we are separated _ so i'm excited for that. just that we are separated insects - so i'm excited for that. just that l we are separated insects almost, so i'm excited for that. just that - we are separated insects almost, so you can _ we are separated insects almost, so you can be _ we are separat

issues that have effected this tea company which packs its products in sri lanka and india. >> sellings the easy part. actually getting the products to the cuomers is the challenge. >> supply problems also stem from a lack of truck drivers. new post brexit immigration rules have slammed the industry, which relied heavily on drivers from the eu. the u.k. is short roughly 125,000 truck drivers. the logistics complications have prompted some businesses to look for creative solutions. >> we have problems with the supply chain. trying to use as much locally sourced produce as possible. each time, we buy locally produced sources. >> british business hoping supply will soon rise to meet demand, which has rebounded following the lifting of coronavirus restrictions. kate: the english prime minister meanwhile is breaking a campaign promise and raising taxes. boris johnson is proposing a 1.25% tax increase as well as a similar increase on shared dividends. the government hopes to raise 36 billion pounds, that is about 42 billion euros, for the national health service and social care. in particula

retirement from test cricket, seven years after making his debut in the format since his debut against sri lankaored more than two thousand test runs, taking 195 wickets over 64 test matches. he reached the landmark of 2,000 test runs and 100 wickets faster than sir ian botham. he than sir ian botham. says the intensity of test cricket he says the intensity of test cricket is too much. he will carry on playing and shorter formats of the game and is in the preliminary squad for the t—20 world cup next month. he'll continue to play in limited overs internationals though, and is in england's preliminary squad. i hope on the back of what he has done there will be so many young boys and girls wanting to follow in his. is dash—mac in his footsteps because the way he plays and carries himself is fantastic. four—time grand slam winner naomi 0saka says she will return to tennis soon after getting the "itch" to play again. 0saka took another break from tennis earlier this month after her us open title defence was ended by eventual runner—up leylah fernandez in round three. the 23—year—old japanese player

. >> i grew up in sri lanka with no running water or electro city. >> reporter: is a neurosurgeon youhen you're tired, even when you're hungry, to still perform at the highest level possible. >> i have been having to outwork everyone else just to get a shot. then you do and you get that next opportunity. >> just prepped is growing up his hair. one of the customers you saw there was from the bay area. 37-year-old missy irma toles is a -- see the premier of survivor at 8:00. >> survivor 41. that is amazing. i remember the first survivor. oh my gosh there's been 41 of them. >> how could you keep track? that's where we learned about alliances, there. >> that's true. [ laughter ] they are fun to watch. >>> how to treat people fairly. >> or not period >> look at the big drop in temperatures out there today. what a change. the deeper the shade you get into the purple downright dramatic. 17 degrees cooler for the city. 14 degrees cooler in palo alto. hayward, you dropped to 12. i did this at the top of the newscast i got so many other communities on here i can tell this story with. petaluma.

those include jamaica and the car ibeen and sri lanka and south asia. the cdc says that anyone who must travel should be fully vaccinated first. >>> the bay area has some vaccine mandate deadlines coming up in the south bay starting monday all santa clara county employees must be fully vaccinated. first responders in contra costa have until next friday to show proof and that deadline for oakland city workers is november 1st. now, in the nbc bay, santa rosa is requiring all city workers to be vaccinated by october 1st. >>> as the climate in crisis worsens, a new legal battle is brewing. san francisco is reportedly taking the state to court. this is over its drought restrictions. state now keeping some of its suppliers from taking water from rivers and creeks. according to "the chronicle," the lawsuit claims that the state water resources control board doesn't have the right to suspend the drawing of that water, and it hasn't made those cuts in a fair or legal way. suppliers say that they want to be able to regulate how much they can draw out of it themse

he is mohammad samsudeen adil, aged 32 and from sri lanka. after he grabbed a knife in a supermarket, had been living in new zealand since 2011. new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern said his interest in extremism became apparent five years ago. in 2016, he came to the attention of the police after he expressed sympathy on facebook for recent terrorist attacks, violent war—related videos and comments advocating violent extremism. he was spoken to by the police twice, once in april of 2016 and then again in may. this activity online continued and in may of 2017, he was arrested at auckland international airport. police believed at that time he was heading to syria. our correspondent in sydney, phil mercer, has more on the case. we know that after he was arrested by officers at auckland airport in may of 2017, he spent three years in custody after prohibited fundamentalist material was found at his home, there are also weapons offences and assaults on prison staff. and this man was released from prison in july this year. the authorities h

if that reported to sri lanka, sarah clark reports the plight of the move, cap and family has made headlines around the world. they've been to seek asylum and thinking. the strategy was denied in 2018, and the government attempted to deport them. that to get a public outcry and a community in a small rural town of bill wheeler, where the family had been living right, a social media campaign to protect them. we want to just bring this family in just to, you know, and until they actually we have schools that are ready to welcome to go, sorry at home. just once this, not me to be or eva on thursday, the families legal fight to remain in australia returned to the federal circuit court in melbourne. mother pre a father, a days and sister copico. and now emerging visas in community detention in perth, 4 year old tanika visa has not been granted. the immigration minister alex burke has now grown to the parents and eldest daughter, a 3 month extension to the breaching bases. while he considered the case there at great risk, really of potentially being re detained in an immigration facility, or other

while sri lanka has meanwhile extended its corona virus locked down into a 3rd week to try to control a new wave of infections there. but despite the restrictions, workers and key industries are still doing their jobs, many with a high risk of infection. mental fernandez has the story near osha so murray has worked in too long to gum and take the 20th. she's one of 350000 people working in the multi 1000000000 dollar industry that manufactures products for top international brand. she says many workers like her have had coffee, 19 infection and suffer last. and you say now that i would allow that to be out of us, even though we go to work up to the 14 days. some of us feel very we have no appetite and have difficulty breathing. i'm still taking medicine that i'm some workers look for a day or 2 and have to stop. they go back because they have no choice and when to say they dropped out of that german of the shari has been campaigning for walker rights for many years. she says companies must ensure the safety of workers during this crisis may more this on monday. during this times, my g

the suspect's reportedly from sri lanka, was shot by police. >>> in washington senator joe manchin ison spending bill, saying democrats need to consider its effect on the economy. but senator bernie sanders says infrastructure is more important than ever. >>> the death toll from ida's flooding in the northeast is now at least 46 people. the power of so much water was seen in this video here from new jersey. a basement wall collapsing. six people were rescued. ida claimed another 13 lives along the gulf coast. president biden visits there today. >>> today's weather clear and warmer on the west coast. rain from the rockies fought midwest. showers from the gulf coast. sunny in the northeast. >>> and finally this morning, the growing world of organized arm wrestling. >> will ganss checked it out for himself. >> reporter: they're armed. and those biceps are definitely dangerous. welcome to the underground world of arm wrestling. growing in popularity over the last 18 months as gyms and formal group fitness classes shut down. all you need are your arms. alexander santiago, new york's reigni

for letting us stay here, but what do you give someone who's researching charcoal toothbrushes in sri lanka? oh, actually, she's judging a placenta-cooking contest in minsk. maybe we should stay away from the fridge. so, we're in wine country. when does the wine tasting start, because i could use it after the public bashing i've had to endure. here we go. no more boo-hooing, manny. the review wasn't that bad. he called my portrayal of inspector poirot "unconvincing," "not believable," "hard to buy," and, ironically, "redundant." hey, mitch, cam -- now that you guys have had a chance