Sense of a 380 to pick up tourists stranded by the bankruptcy of trouble for thomas cook. The deaths of 40 people at an afghan wedding are adding to Major Concerns about security days out from the president ial election no one has yet certain exactly what happened in the most a color region of Helmand Province on sunday night the government says the army was targeting a taliban Training Base where they killed fighters and arrested others the question is why so many civilians died lets go to our correspondent rob mcbride who joins us live from kabul rob there seems as i mentioned that to be a tremendous amount of confusion about the death toll and what exactly the intended target was what more do we know. Thats right i mean all sides it seems are still trying to ascertain exactly what happened on sunday night what everybody is agreed on of course is that there has been a substantial loss of life part of the problem here is mr color district is a taliban stronghold deep in Helmand Provin
Combined science double award. Well bejoining some students as they find out what they got in their exams. Is carbon offsetting plane journeys worth it . Eltonjohn said he did it after arranging for prince harry and Meghan Markle to fly on his private jet. Well speak to a scientist who says its a complete joke. And a row breaks out as president trumps former press Secretary Sean Spicer is given a place on the us equivalent of strictly, dancing with the stars. The presenter says the show should be free of politics. Is he right . Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until am this morning. Have you named and shamed an ex in an Online Chat Group . If so why . And did you consider privacy or legal concerns before you did it . Also well bring you the latest on the ryanair pilot strike which is affecting flights today. Let us know if youre heading off on holiday and facing a delay. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about. Use the hashtag victorialive. If youre emailing and
president biden moving to keep gas price s down with the critical midterm elections fast approaching. good morning, it is wednesday, october 19th i m brianna keilar with john berman. today the president is expected to announce he s authorizing the release of 15 million more barrels from the u.s. strategic reserve. the draw down first announced in march to release 180 million barrels. and on the inflation front, millions of americans could see a bump in paychecks next year thanks to an inflation adjustment in the tax code. this comes as president biden and democratic candidates lockdown midterm messaging. the focus now, economy and abortion. president biden was speaking trying to rally voters still angry about the supreme court decision on roe v. wade, pledging to protect abortion rights if more democrats are elected to congress. right now, we re short a handful of votes. if you care about the right to choose, then you got to vote. that s why these midterm elections are
There is something way more sinister lurking behind electrical grids. A new report is warning that the very source of our globes power could create a National Disaster on a massive scale. The report says our entire air, rail system, it could all go down. Satellite communications, maybe even death and destruction could follow all from a massive solar flare on the sun. A u. K. Cabinet agency says in its space weather preparedness strategy report that humanity would have just 12 hours warning before a socalled coe row that mass ejection disrupts electrical power generation, telecommunication, avionics and, as we said, satellite systems. The Natural Disaster would not mirror those of hurricanes or tornadoes in terms of destruction, but an extreme solar storm could leave 130 Million People without power not for months, but for years and could also produce a catastrophic loss of life depending on how long the nations electrical system is down. So what do we do when weve got big utilities her
Speeches for about an hour. This is where they have been. Earlier today, protesters hit the streets. The protests started bright and early and brought morning rush hour to a standstill, snarling busy roadways into northwest downtown d. C. Title 22. Seize yourot unlawful behavior and disperse, you will be arrested. They blocked the streets from southeast to chinatown as commuters tried to make it to work. Amountink that a small has something that is a larger change reagan and the protesters tied things up for nearly an hour. Very disruptive to the workers who are trying to work. Workers say they are sympathetic about the grand jury berdych not to indent the officer who shot 18yearold michael brown, but tying up traffic, they say, punishes the wrong people. I am sorry, like i am a federal worker. I dont care about the political issues. I just want to come in and do my job in the morning. Still, the protests went on. The protest this afternoon came to the justice department, according to