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This is bbc news. im sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the us puts thousands of troops on standby for deployment, as russias military activity continues near ukraines border. another party hangover for borisjohnson, downing street admits holding birthday events for the pm during lockdown. at least eight people die in a crush outside a football stadium in cameroon, as thousands gathered to watch an african cup of nations match. the incident took p...

Welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. im mariko oi. the headlines: as more russian forces make their way towards the ukraine border, the us puts thousands of troops on standby for potential deployment to eastern europe. new party problems for borisjohnson — downing street admits holding birthday events for the pm during lockdown but denies breaking any rules. announcing a coup on state tv, burkina faso�*s military detains the president, closes the borders and suspends the consti...

Lets talk about arkansas this morning. there are hundreds of roads that are under water right now because of this record flooding thats continuing to drench the heartland. arkansas river broke through a major levee. that puts thousands of homes in danger. experts there say these levees have never held this much water for this long. heres cnns natasha chen. >> this is rogers avenue. >> reporter: this is the lunchtime traffic in ft. smith these days. >> weve got a doughnut shop down there. autopar...

>> gill, i appreciate your expertise this morning. at this point its beyond party, right? its about what is going to be done as a nation together to deal with this. thank you for being with me from miami this morning. >> thank you. >> you got it. jim? >> youre right, poppy, beyond party, it is bipartisan reaction to this. well, another story were following this hour, just hours ago two levees breached along the mississippi and the arkansas rivers. this puts thousands of homes, of course, thousan...

Presidents actions, his statements could lead not only to a world war iii, but a nuclear war. when you say nuclear war, what do you mean? >> well, the president just recently tweeted that, you know, weve -- diplomacy is essentially over. only one thing can work. he didnt say it explicitly, but we know what that one thing is. that would be a military strike against north korea. anyone who would talk to the president would tell him if you strike north korea and dont completely take them out, you h...

Ted cruz is saying get out of it. we simply cannot afford an agreement that puts thousands of america out of work and -- is it a yes or no to stay in? if you pull out the left will go crazy. >> the left has been going crazy on everything that trump does so you can keep that in mind. in terms of what cruz wrote, one of the points he made repeatedly in that op-ed was trump promised to withdraw from the paris accord. he is saying mr. president, now is time to keep that promise. one thing worth poin...