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the global economy, the arab governments surrounding, europe and the united states are affected and they are worried. that is a factor playing as well. >> the u.s. is trying to urge israel not to strike back at all and they are urging sanctions internationally. they are talking about the air defense coalition expanded. could that reassure israel not to strike? >> i think that what i have heard from u.s. officials is they expect there will be some retaliation by israel. exactly how it goes i think nobody knows right now. there has been some hesitation on the israeli side about how far to go. i think you're going to see some response. >> does that necessarily mean exactly what you are worried about? another round and more weeks of concern for the whole region. >> it depends on what the nature of the response is. we see all these european diplomats, u.s. through back channels, arab diplomats find their attention to tehran to try to preach the same thing to the iranians not to react to the israeli attack. >> thanks very much to you both. >> thank you. ♪ >> when presidents of several top iv
the global economy, the arab governments surrounding, europe and the united states are affected and they are worried. that is a factor playing as well. >> the u.s. is trying to urge israel not to strike back at all and they are urging sanctions internationally. they are talking about the air defense coalition expanded. could that reassure israel not to strike? >> i think that what i have heard from u.s. officials is they expect there will be some retaliation by israel. exactly how...
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the europe-wide elections are slated for june. in russia, authorities in the city of orenburg ordered thousands more residents to evacuate today, as flood waters rise even higher. the deluge started last week when the ural river burst through a dam. the water level is more than six feet above what's deemed safe. 360 additional homes were flooded overnight. some residents have come back to survey the damage. >> this is how high the water level got over the last three days. we never expected it to rise so high. we lifted all furniture up the chairs. but as you can see, it's all floating now. everything we've worked for is gone. geoff: in total, more than 120,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes in russia's ural mountains, siberia and kazakhstan. the national weather service has issued flood warnings for parts of the northeast, as severe weather makes its way through the region. storms had already knocked out power for thousands in the virginias and southeastern new york. overnight, heavy rains brought flash floods to
the europe-wide elections are slated for june. in russia, authorities in the city of orenburg ordered thousands more residents to evacuate today, as flood waters rise even higher. the deluge started last week when the ural river burst through a dam. the water level is more than six feet above what's deemed safe. 360 additional homes were flooded overnight. some residents have come back to survey the damage. >> this is how high the water level got over the last three days. we never...
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europe's highest human rights court ruled today that the swiss government has not done enough to protect its citizens from climate change. experts say it's the first ruling of its kind. a group of 2,000 elderly swiss women brought the case. the landmark ruling was read in a packed court in france. one of the swiss plaintiffs reacted afterward. >> senior women for climate brought climate and fundamental rights to court for the first time. and the court recognised our fundamental right to a healthy climate and to have our country do what it failed to do until now, to take ambitious measures to protect our health and future. amna: the court rejected two other climate cases on procedural grounds. that follows the e.u. climate agency announcing that last month was the hottest march on record. rail operator norfolk southern has agreed to a $600 million settlement, for last year's train derailment in east palestine, ohio. the train caught fire and released more than a million gallons of hazardous material. residents within 20 miles of the crash who suffered, quote, potential adverse impacts, ar
europe's highest human rights court ruled today that the swiss government has not done enough to protect its citizens from climate change. experts say it's the first ruling of its kind. a group of 2,000 elderly swiss women brought the case. the landmark ruling was read in a packed court in france. one of the swiss plaintiffs reacted afterward. >> senior women for climate brought climate and fundamental rights to court for the first time. and the court recognised our fundamental right to a...
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when we face the same terror and strikes from missiles and drones, the rules are equal in ukraine, europe, and other parts of the world. the president told us yesterday he found it strange that republican lawmakers would separate out that ukraine aid from the other bills, mainly because he said he got a firm commitment from speaker johnson when they spoke directly just a few weeks ago, but a bit of news from the president's office today, he is now requesting an urgent meeting of the nato ukraine counsel, the joint body put together last year where nato leaders and the president of ukraine can meet to talk about shared concerns and, of course, that is as they are seeking full membership of nato but we did ask zelenskyy's office for any additional comment about that proposal in the u.s. congress. they say no comment for now. they say they are going to watch how the process unfolds. geoff: great to see you. thanks to you and the team there. amna: thanks, jeff. -- geoff. ♪ geoff: on capitol hill, house speaker mike johnson spent the day juggling his foreign aid priorities for ukraine and is
when we face the same terror and strikes from missiles and drones, the rules are equal in ukraine, europe, and other parts of the world. the president told us yesterday he found it strange that republican lawmakers would separate out that ukraine aid from the other bills, mainly because he said he got a firm commitment from speaker johnson when they spoke directly just a few weeks ago, but a bit of news from the president's office today, he is now requesting an urgent meeting of the nato...
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trilaterals, especially if they involve countries trump is not supportive of, and here i would look towards europe, those could be harder. in asia, the logic of these many lateral arrangements is quite clear. i would hope the trump administration would do as they did in the first term and maintain these if trump is elected. nick: zack cooper, thank you very much. zack: thanks. ♪ geoff: republican infighting continues on capitol hill as house speaker mike johnson tries to rally his conference into passing a consequential intelligence bilby for the weekend. a faction of house republicans have blocked the reauthorization of the foreign intelligence surveillance act known as fisa. that is a federal law that allows intelligence officials to spy on communications of foreign nationals. let's bring in our congressional correspondent e-cig de chardin. -- lisa desjardins. lisa: this is a major program. intelligence agencies say this is what keeps americans most safe and it expires one week from tonight. 19 republicans blocked a version of this and there have been talks back and forth all day. i can report
trilaterals, especially if they involve countries trump is not supportive of, and here i would look towards europe, those could be harder. in asia, the logic of these many lateral arrangements is quite clear. i would hope the trump administration would do as they did in the first term and maintain these if trump is elected. nick: zack cooper, thank you very much. zack: thanks. ♪ geoff: republican infighting continues on capitol hill as house speaker mike johnson tries to rally his conference...