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thats peoples livelihoods. >> yeah, yeah. >> people get pretty upset. >> the impact demand for water from the colorado river could have on those who depend on it for their livelihoods if left unchecked amid the worst drought in 1,200 years. and the scorching summer temperatures refusing to let up across the country. where its expected to feel like 110 degrees this week. good morning. we are thrilled that you are starting your sunday and your week with us. it is sunday, june 19, jun...

and coming up at 7.30, all the days sport, including leicester tigers�* dramatic win over saracens in english rugbys premiership decider. good evening. the rmt union has confirmed that next weeks rail and tube strikes, the largest in three decades, will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. network rail say its "serious" about trying to find a solution which gives people a "decent pay rise," but is also affordable for taxpay...

role in gaza. hamas will not be entirely eradicated. there will still be hundreds, if not thousands, of gunmen wandering around. there will have to be some sort of international force. i think we can rule out the un after the sort of anaemic, feckless role that they have played in lebanon, allowing hezbollah to rearm intervention of un security council resolution 1701. i dont think israel would deign to accept the un. lets get a bit of analysis and length if he were we are and what hap...

His country but would not be drawn on what phase they were in. this comes as ukraine is reeling from the humanitarian crisis triggered by the kahovka dam collapse. from putting out fires from an overnight drone strikes in o odesa, it has been a deadly week in ukraine. rescue workers are risking their lives to save those fleeing the flood-stricken areas where russian bombardment has not let up even as people try to reach dry land. ukraines chief rabbi moshe reuven azman were helping to bring peop...

Visiting two cities targeted by russias attempts to take control of the black sea. dozens of soldiers were killed or wounded. you saw president zelenskyy dressed in military type clothing walking and seeing the destruction in civilian neighborhoods and its a continuation of his strategy. hes been an ever-present leader, a source of morale for his countrymen and thats what he wanted to carry with him is that message of solidarity for those on the front lines. he handed out med aals and told them ...

Failure to run the asylum system in an orderly fashion. at the moment, we have utter chaos. we have over 100,000 people in the asylum system waiting for a decision. so refugee groups say, in the face of the huge issues with the asylum system, tagging is a gimmick, and no other western nation does it. the numbers involved in the trial are likely to be small. damian grammaticas, bbc news. president zelensky has visited the front line city of mykolaiv in southern ukraine. the city has been under ne...

Part of a reconstruction there. we know that there is going to be urban warfare, perhaps insurgency and thats something that the united states and the rest of the world has to be a part of, if not militarily, weaponizing and financing as we are doing but even more so. and can i just say on a personal note my great grandmother was moved from st. petersburg then lennon grad to odesa. some of these people if i did a 23 and me, probably my family. >> bret: and there are others tied to this organizat...

Fight that they are now receiving from both the ukrainian army and territory force. they dont see the terrain. nick was commenting on the defense of mykolaiv. if you look at the map which all military commanders do, to get to mykolaiv to odesa, you have to cross a wide river to the country. they didnt bring bridge assets with them. you have to ask did you expect to wander over the bridge and continue your attack on to odesa and takeover when the people of odesa have been giving unbelievable defe...

The international red cross tweeting out recently that that effort has now been disbanded. has simply not been possible to get those people safely out of the city. all of this speaking the the broader crisis that were seeing across the country, jake, with civilians increasingly being targeted and not being allowed to evacuate from areas where the worst fighting is taking place. one more note from president voelgds, he says he believes russia is preparing a strike on o odesa. this would be the on...

Today. thousands escaping the violence on friday, but over 100,000 still remain trapped in the ravaged city of mariupol. ed lavandera is in the key southern port city of odesa. nato worns that russian forces are repositioning rather than withdrawing. what are you learning? >> reporter: well, that is thing that many residents here in odesa and in the southern part of ukraine are closely watching. so we wanted to kind of bring you out here and show you this perspective. this is the coast of the bl...