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On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the desperation only deepened today for thousands of people trying to make the journey from the middle east, across Eastern Europe to germany. Crowds fought with police in hungary as charges and counter charges flew between european leaders in brussels. Well have a full report, after the news summary. Woodruff donald trump today ruled out a thirdparty or independent bid for the whi
Another terror suspect who holed up inside a jewish market. As the standoff near the printing plant near Charles De Gaulle airport went on hour after hour, it all came to an explosive end. [gunfire] many of those noises believed to be distraction explosions. The explosions and gunshots continued for a long time, minutes on to end, as teams stormed the printing plant where the two terror suspects were holding a hostage. That standoff started this morning near the largest airport in france. A local lawmaker says the suspects told negotiators they wanted to die there as they put it martyrs. Police say the men died during the Police Assault on the building. Heres how it is described to us. The police are set up all around. Sky News Reporters were able to witness but did not report at the time that authorities were putting devices on top of the building so that they could monitor what was happening inside that Printing Press. And as they did so, they were able to watch the movements inside.
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Triggered widespread flooding and mudslides. Among the dead, a 4yearold child. Meteorologist derek van dam is tracking the storm. Der derek, this looked like an incredible storm. With topography reaching 8,000 to 10,000 feet over mindanao. Look at aerial visuals of the flooding how widespread it is across the area. Tropical storm tembin known locally in the philippines as vinta, causing serious destruction across the area. And some of these numbers continue to just go up. Look at the debris field with this particular landslide, mudslide that impacted this particular region. This is in the northern sections of mindanao, you can imagine power and communications knocked out for this particular area as this torent of mud, water, mud, rocks, trees all comes down barreling basically the Mountain Side there. The mountains are there are steep, 8,000 to 10,000 people. A lot of inactive volcanos across the region. With tropical moisture, it soaks into the soil, eventually gravity takes over and