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with devotion to her country and as matriarch of a distinguished dynasty and now, in accordance with the royal line of succession, queen elizabeths oldest son assumes the throne as king charles , the third, a title he has spent a lifetime preparing for. >> today, the crown passes, as it has done for more than a thousand years to our new monarch, our new head of state, his majesty king charles , the third with the kings family. we mourn the loss of his mother and as we mourn, we must co...

almost the entire state of florida, think about that, is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian., a monster storm is expected, several hundred miles across, and getting stronger by the minute. that is after causing a nationwide blackout in cuba. ian is turning in the gulf of mexico as a category three hurricane with sustained wind of just shy of a category for. now, along with life- threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and powerful wind. conditions will det...

just after 3:00 p.m. east coast, the eye crossed over a barrier island near ft. myers, florida. this is a live look at the satellite right now. you can see the immense size and strength mof the hurricane. the winds are 150 miles an hour. thats just shy of making this a monstrous category 5. this was the scene just ahead of landfall captured by a storm chaser in pine island, florida. these conditions are expected to worsen in the coming hours, believe it or not. more than 850,000 custom...

like a freight train. were seeing record-breaking and terrifying storm surges throughout florida and ft. myers, the water is so high pickup trucks are almost completely submerged. water levels have risen more than 6 feet in the last switch ho -- seven hours. lets get to tom sater in the cnn weather center. an updated forecast should come any minute now. what should we expect? >> it was just handed to me. forgive me for reading off. we still have a category 4 hurricane and five miles ea...

though her public schedule was greatly reduced in recent months, she met with new prime minister liz truss just two days ago. but sadly her passing is the closing chapter of a now by gone era. her reign is the connective tissue between generations, presidents and prime ministers came and went. the queen elizabeth stayed constant always managing to stay above the political fray. she was the first thrust into the public eye during world war ii while still a princess. though just a child,...

it is just shy of that now. we wont get ahead of the news on this. we are expecting an official storm update at any moment. im harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." hurricane ian is now carrying sustained kinds of 155 miles per hour. if they gain to 157 its a category 5. the biggest threats facing floridians are massive storm surge, raging winds, inland flooding, tornadoes, experts already using words like catastrophic to describe hurricane ians potential. 21/2 million p...

a year, with businesses also in line for help. its expected to be funded by £100 billion of government borrowing. in germany, the government has already brought in subsidies for low—income households along with other measures, costing about about 60 billion euros which is £51 billion. injanuary, the french government forced the state—owned energy provider to cap wholesale price rises to 4% for a year and they also brought it other measures. thats all expected to cost 45 billion e...

amini died after being in police custody, and to me this uprising, i see -- you know, i dont think these are women -- and it is a women-led activist, but its not that women are protesting the hijab law, this mandatory law where you have to cover. theyre protesting this way of life. they are saying enough is enough. and so this idea of being in the streets -- you know, i remember being a teenaged girl, having to worry about the religious beliefs, seeing if i was covered enough, ensuring...

worried her roof might collapse. elizabeth, were you on the fence about whether or not you were going to evacuate. >> i was so afraid either way, i didnt know what to do. >> a lot of people have that idea that they can just wait and see whats going to happen. and thats the problem, because if they wait to see, we wont be able to help them. >> reporter: and its not just seniors refusing to leave, going viral online, some florida residents adamant about riding out the storm. >> our famil...

a new conservative government. the international edition of the financial times focuses on the uk leader reshuffling his cabinet. jeremy hunt and james cleverly remain, respectively, as chancellor of the exchequer and foreign secretary. the guardian calls the prime ministers reshuffle a gamble, referencing suella braverman�*s return as home secretary after being sacked from the role due to a security breach less than a week ago. the express reports on mr sunak�*s solemn tone in his...