Kyushu has suffered the brunt of the damage. A car was believed to be carrying a family when it was swept away by this river. Police are searching for the passengers. Cars lie overturned on local roads. Water reached the second floor of some homes, causing widespread damage. Translator water came up to about 20 cenentimeters on the second floor. Flooding also hit fields and greenhouses. One farmer says his 60 greenhouses were affected and the timing couldnt have been worse. Translator it was just before the harvest. The whole area around here was completely destroyed. The amount of damage may be around 93,000. The destruction also touched areas outside kyushu. In kyoto, a powerful mudslide plowed into three cars near an interchange. Officials say two drivers suffered minor injuries. In gifu, houses were engulfed or hid by landslides. Officials say about 2,300 people in two cities there remain unreachable. In total, more than 4,700 houses were flooded across 22 prefectures. Officials ar
Died in a stampede at a funeral for cost them money in iraq. And we go on air with a developing story coming to us out of iraq a number of missiles we understand have been fired at multiple u. S. Facilities in iraq including the. Base which houses u. S. Forces irans state t. V. Is saying that tehran launched quotes tens of surface to surface missiles the white house says President Trump is being briefed and he is monitoring the situation the base there you can see it on our map its about equidistant between the iraqi capital baghdad and the border with syria our correspondent there was Osama Bin Laden joins us on the line from baghdad clearly its a way a ways from baghdad osama so maybe details a bit sketchy as of yet what do we know. So far weve spoken to multiple sources in iraq the Security Services at least one come on there from the hashish are the proper Mobilization Forces to confirm that a good team if i have landed. Landed in the. Base not just the coalition of them. We are ge
The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cornyn madam president , before congress adjourned for the holidays, our colleagues in the house of representatives carried out their sole priority for 2019, which was to impeach President Trump. That was their numberone objective in 2019. While its no secret this is something theyve been dreaming of since the day that President Trump was inaugurated on january 20 of 2017, it certainly took our colleagues in the house on a roller coaster ride and the country as well. Ive likened it really to not a roller coaster ride but to a threering circus. It does not reflect particularly well i think on their on their body or on the seriousness of the process. In marv last year, here in march of last year heres an important quote to remember speak pelosi cast a lot of doubt that an Impeachment Vote would even happen. This is march 2019. She said, impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless theres something so compelling and overwhelming and bi
Venezuelas opposition denounces what its calling a parliamentary crude after leader one fido is physically blocked from attending. Cooler weather and some welcome rain off oh bushfire rest fight in a strain but nowhere near enough to end the unprecedented disaster. The us President Donald Trump is threatening sanctions against iraq he says american troops will not slieve the country unless baghdad pays for what hes calling an expensive u. S. Air base there the warning comes after a rocky politicians voted to expel all foreign troops in response to americas assassination of iranian come and across and so the money on friday and on binding move is backed by iraqs outgoing Prime Minister abdul maki iran says it will no longer abide by any. Limits to uranium enrichment under the 2015 nuclear deal germany france and the u. K. Urging it to reconsider meanwhile in lebanon the leader of iran backed hezbollah says all the u. S. Bases warships and soldiers are now targets and calls for revenge a
Calling a parliamentary leader 1. 0 is physically plucked from entering. The us President Donald Trump has warned iraq hell impose heavy sanctions if it follows through with moves to expel american troops Iraqs Parliament voted in favor of removing Foreign Forces in retaliation for a u. S. Strike that killed a rainy and general. Well fallout from the assassination is rippling right across the middle east iran is vowing to hit back and has also announced it will no longer abide by any of the commitments it made under the 2015 nuclear deal meanwhile in Lebanon Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says all u. S. Bases warships and soldiers are now fed targets well calls for revenge are growing louder especially among the hundreds of thousands of people mourning customs and the money during his funeral in iran well we begin with al jazeera as a summit in jade from the iraqi capital baghdad. Until u. S. And pro iran chance in the Iraqi Parliament elected representatives came together for an ex