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An intensive search is continuing Saturday for survivors of the deadliest and most destructive flooding to hit western Europe in years. More than 160 people are dead, the Associated Press reports,and hundreds are still missing.Some of the worst damage is in Germany, where days of heavy rain turned streets into muddy rivers. European leaders have blamed the extreme weather on climate change.As the floodwaters begin to recede, the scale of the disaster is laid bare. Once thriving communities are now in ruins after flooding not seen in generations, Imtiaz Tyab reports for CBS This Morning: S adidas samba uomo aturday. A general view shows rubble, debris and destroyed house during clearing work after floods caused major damage in Schuld near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, western Germany, on July 17, 2021 CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images adidas samba og There s so many people dead, said Monica Decker. You don t expect people to die in a flood in Germany. You expect it maybe in poor countries but you don t expect it here. But it was all too fast, too quick. Climate scientists have been predicting for years that summer rainfall and heatwaves would become more intense because of human-induced climate change. But the disaster surpassed all expectations.The speed with which large parts of G adidas samba ermany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands were submerged has shocked climate scientists. Despite being among the weal Gofq Egypt votes on changes that would allow President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to rule until 2030
A rugged Australian rancher whose feats of survival in the Outback inspired the movie character Crocodile Dundee was killed in a shootout with police, officials said Wednesday. From his hiding place in the bushes along a highway, Rodney William Ansell, 44, ambushed and killed Sgt. Glen Huitson on Tuesday, police said. Another officer returned fire, killing Ansell during the confrontation, 30 miles south of the Northern Territory capital of Darwin. His barefoot body, found with two high-powered rifles, did not carry any identification, police said. Authorities had spent the previous 12 hours searching for a man who had attacked a nearby house Monday night, injuring two people. Assistant police commissioner John Daulby said Ansell was likely responsible for that attack as well. The attack left police baffled and searching fruitlessly for a motive and brought a dramatic conclusion to the life of a man whose survival instincts and rough wilderness manner made him famous here as a symbol of Australian toughness. Ansell became a local hero in 1977 after being swept out to sea and landing on a small, deserted island, where he was stranded for two months with little more than a rifle and his two dogs. He survived by shooting sharks and buffalo for food and drinking their blood to stay hydrated, since there was no potable water on the island. Only a timely visit by an Aboriginal tribe saved him. Acirc; You must believe me, it was not that stanley us stanley cup big stanley cup a deal,Acirc; he

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Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, offering typically forceful advice to Tony Blair, on Thursday urged the immediate release of ex-Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet. Pinochet, 82, is under arrest at a private clinic in London after an extradition request by Spai stanley mug n. Baroness Thatcher, who served Pinochet tea at her London home two weeks ago, wrote to the Times newspaper that he did so much to save British lives during the 1982 Falklands War, when Chile supported Britain in its conflict with Argentina. Pinochet must be allowed to return to his own country fo stanley quencher rthwith, Thatcher wrote in her letter to the Times. Prime Minister Tony Blair s official spokesman said Thatcher had mistaken the nature of the Pinochet case. Her remarks suggest that she would like this to be a political process, he said. It is not a political process. It is a judicial process. British police arrested Pinochet last week as he recovered from back surgery in a private London hospital after it received an extradition request from a Spanish judge wanting to try the former dictator on charges of genocide, torture, and terrorism. Blair s Labor government has been reluctant to intervene, and in an interview with European newspapers this week, Blair underlined the government s insistence that the arrest was a judicial matter, not a po stanley cup litical one.The Spanish judge s arrest order against Pinochet contains chilling accounts of abuses. Men vanish

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The first few days of the new year brought confirmation of some disturbing news:2023 was the hottest year ever recorded. Researchers hadthat would be the case amid relentless daily and monthly record-breaking temperatures mdash; but just how significant were the numbers, and what does it mean for the future of ourwarming planet These charts paint a clear picture of how it happene adidas originals d, as well aswhat s likely to comein the not-so-distant future. This chart from Climate Central shows how much global temperature has changed since pre-industrial times ndash; and what s causing it to happen. Climate Central How hot was 2023 Copernicus, the European Union s climate agency, confirmed this week th air force 1 at 2023 saw a global average temperature of 14.98 degrees Celsius, nearly 59 degrees Fahrenheit. That temperature was 0.17 degrees Celsius higher than the previous record-breaking nike air force year in 2016. Climate records are tumbling like dominoes, Copernicus deputy director Samantha Burgess said.Compared to the average pre-industrial level from 1850 to 1900, last year was 1.48 degrees Celsius warmer, Copernicus found. Not only is 2023 the warmest year on record, it is also the first year with all days over 1deg;C warmer than the pre-industrial period, she said. Temperatures during 2023 likely exceed those of any period in at least the last 100,000 years. This graph shows anom Muip Robert O Brien suggests Phase One trade deal with China will be impacted by coronavirus
A British family doctor blamed for killing at least 215 elderly patients over several decades hanged himself with bed sheets in his prison cell, a Prison Service spokeswoman said Tuesday.Dr. Harold Shipman was found hanging in his cell at Wakefield Prison in northern England at 6:20 a.m. He was pronounced dead about two hours later after attempts to resuscitate him failed, the Prison Service said in a statement.Clive Entwistle, who made a documentary about Shipman, said he s not surprised by the doctor s death. Harold Shipman was a clever man and I m sure he d been planning this for some time, Entwistle said.Shipman, 57, who worked in the Mancheste stanley polska r suburb of Hyde, preyed largely on elderly women, killing them with lethal injections. His crimes horrified the nation and raised questions about how he was able to evade detection for so many years. He was convicted in 2000 of murdering 15 elderly patients and sentenced to life in prison. A judge who investigated the case later said Shipman murdered at least 200 other people since 1975.Shipman, who maintained his innocence, hanged himself by using bed sheets attached to the window bars in his cell, a spoke stanley cups uk swoman for the Prison Service said on condition of anonymi stanley thermoskannen ty.He had not been placed on suicide watch since arriving at the high-security Wakefield Prison in June and had followed a normal regime, the Prison Service said. He was showing no signs whatsoever of pre-suicidal behavior, the spokeswoman said. Ship

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Washington mdash; President Biden addressed the nation Thursday after securing the release of American citizens imprisoned in Russia, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Marine veteran Paul Whelan, Russian-American radio jour adidas yeezy nalist Alsu Kurmasheva, saying their brutal ordeal is over. All three American citizens are on their way back to the United States. U.S. green card holder Vladimir Kara-Murza was also freed in the deal. The president appeared alongside family members of all four at the White House on Thursday to announce the deal. Today, we re bringing home Paul, Evan, Alsu [and] Vladimir, Mr. Biden said, noting all four have been imprisoned unjustly in Russia. And now, their brutal ordeal is over, and they re free, he added.The massive prisoner swap involves 24 prisoners being held in six countries, according to senior administration officials, who described it as the most complex exchange in U.S. and Russian history. The swap took place in Ankara, Turkey. Family members were able t adidas campus donna o speak with their loved ones on the phone once they were in U.S. custody, Mr. Biden said. Mr. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet the four freed individuals when they arrive on U.S. soil, sometime around 11:30 p.m. ET. We never stopped fighting for their release, Harris told reporters in Texas before heading to Washington. And today, in spite of all of their suffering, it gives me great comfort to know that their horrible ordeal is finally ove adidas samba adidas r Nrel Thousands join in Istanbul March for Justice against Erdogan
AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian Mohammad Khatami, a former president and one of Iran s most prominent reformist politicians, withdrew his name Monday as a candidate in the upcoming presidential elections.Khatami at left said he would stanley cups uk not run in the Islamic Republic s 10th presidential elections in order to avoid any division among the reformist camp as it seeks to unseat hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Former Prime Minister Mir-Hussein Mousavi and former Speaker of the Parliament, Mehdi Karoubi, are now the candidates representing the reformists in the battle to take power from the current hardline regime when Iranians cast their v stanley cup price otes on June 12. Khatami, 65, served as president for two terms, from 1997 until 2005, and in both elections he gained more than 20 million votes. After announcing his candidacy last month, Khatami traveled across the country where he is a favorite among reform-minded Iranians mdash; particularly younger ones. I m pulling out of the election on the basis of a moral obligation and to avoid scattering the votes, Khatami said in a statement published late Monday. He said he would always put the good of the reform movement ahead of his personal ambitions, but promised not to distance himself from his responsibilities and to remain a presence in Iranian politics. Khatami praised both reformist candidates now in contention, but media and observers say he favo stanley website rs Mousavi, a former hardliner who is far more likely to steal votes from the ruli

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Marcus Bleasdale/VII Street children bathe at a care center in Kinshasa, Democratic Re air force one public of Congo, 2005.A smile is a basic and universal form of human communication. But, in the serious world of photojournalism, images of smiles are rare.A new exhibition highlights smiles captured by the award-winning photographers of the VII collective.The exhibition, which highlights 85 photos from 30 countries, was commissioned by Arts Brookfield, and will be on view in New York from April 4 to May 1, 2014. Iraq adidas samba herren Ashley Gilbertson/VII A U.S. Marine slides down the marble handrail in Saddam s extravagant palace built in his home town of Tikrit, Iraq,April 14, 2003.Part of the Smile! A Photo Anthology by VII exhibition Pakistan John Stanmeyer/VII An anti-American demonstration in Peshawar, Pakistan. Oct. 6, 2001.Part of the Smile! A Photo Anthology by VII exhibition Indonesia Alexandra Boulat/VII Bitter over decades of exploitation by Jakarta, Irian Jaya s mostly Christian native people gathered in Jayapura for the second papoua congress. Declari yeezy slide ng Indonesia s claims to their land illegitimate Zsni North Korea test launches missiles on eve of Vice President Kamala Harris trip to Seoul
Jane Fonda visited Israelis wounded in suicide bomb attacks and met with Israeli peace stanley romania activists Thursday.The 64-year-old actress and activist is on a weeklong trip to the region and plans to attend meetings of Israeli and Palestinian women organized by a global movement to stop violence against women.The movement, called V-Day, was inspired by the off-Broadway hit The Vagina Monologues and its playwright, Eve Ensler, who is also in Israel.Fonda and Ensler spoke Thursday to Jewish and Arab doctors and patients at Jerusalem s Hadassah Hospital after a performance of selected passages from Monologues put on by a group of Israeli women.Earlier, Fonda, a two-time Oscar winner and fitness guru, visited Israelis recovering from chronic injuries stanley termohrnek at the hospital s rehabilitation center. She appeared emotionally moved when she met 23-year-old Sharon Maman, who suffered brain damage after two suicide bombers stanley canada blew up simultaneously in downtown Jerusalem on Dec. 1, 2001. The young man, who lay flat on his stomach on a hospital bed, only began speaking again three months ago.On Saturday, Fonda is to visit the West Bank town of Ramallah to see a physical rehabilitation center, a Palestinian refugee camp and Yasser Arafat s headquarters complex, most of which Israeli troops have destroyed. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-9733407e-8c88-11e2

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United Nations ndash; The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Haiti on Friday, with a targeted arms embargo, a U.N. Panel of Experts for naming those subject to a travel ban, and harsh sanctions against gangs supporting criminal activities mdash; specifically citing Jimmy Cherizier, a gang leader known as Barbeque. Another draft measure to establish a non-U.N. rapid action force of member nations, called for by the U.N. Secretary General, to help the Haitian police, was delayed.Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas and is facing an acute political, economic, security and health crisis, with a growing cholera epidemic, sparking a breakdown of law and order. Haiti s criminal gangs, including Cherizier s G9 Family and Allies gang, have protested for weeks, calling for Prime Minister Ariel Henry to grant amnesty to gang members, after they blocked Haiti s por yeezy slide nike dunk high ts, slowing fuel shipments.The United Nations says that a record 4.7 million people are currently facing acute catastrophic hunger, because of what its food-related agencies described as an unrelenting series of crises has trapped vulnerable Haitians in a cycle of growing desperation, without access to food, fuel, markets, jobs and public services, bringing the country to a standstill. Haitians have left the country in droves to escape the conditions, according to the U.N.The resolution, drafted by the U.S. and Mexi hoka co, says that member states will stop anyone designated by a sanctions co Wosu U.S. hardware helps Ukraine fend off increasingly heavy Russian missile and drone attacks
Updated at 5:08 a.m. Eastern.An unmanned drone strike last week in Pakistan has apparently killed a top al Qaeda t stanley cup rainer who helped supervise December s suicide bombing at a CIA post in Afghanistan, CBS News national security corres stanley france pondent David Martin has confirmed from U.S. officials. The American-led strike on a suspected bomb-making facility in Miram Shah killed as many as 15 pe stanley cup website ople, including Sadam Hussein Al Hussami, also known as Ghazwan al-Yemeni, according to people familiar with the strike. According to Martin s sources, al-Yemeni provided the suicide vest worn by Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, the double agent who talked his way onto the CIA base in Khost, Afghanistan with claims he could pinpoint the location of al Qaeda s No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri.Balawi s suicide operation killed the CIA base chief and six other employees. American officials say it was orchestrated by Hakimullah Mehsud, the late leader of the Pakistani Taliban who is believed to have been killed in a separate drone strike weeks earlier. The Obama administration doesn t comment on such attacks, but Martin notes that with both Mehsud and al-Yemeni thought to be dead, two of the most prominent figures involved in the attack on the CIA are now out of the mix.Drone strikes in Pakistan s border region, largely conducted by the CIA, have escalated in recent months, proving an effective way to target al Qaeda and Taliban leaders hiding in the rugged mountainous border. While Pakistani officials have critici

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Airstrikes carried out by Syrian government or Russian jets hammered rebel-held areas of the northwestern Idlib province on Tuesday, leaving dozens of civilians dead, according to activists and medical workers who say chemical weapons were likely used.The British government said later Tuesday that the horrific images from the town of Khan Sheikhoun ldquo trongly suggest the use of chemical weapons. And although we cannot yet be certain about what has chanclas yeezy happened, this bears all the hallmarks of an attack by the regime which has repeatedly used chemical weapons.CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan reports that the form of gas is still being determined via tests. While sarin gas is a possibility, chlorine gas symptoms can, at times, be similar, which is why testing is being conducted, Brennan reports. Reported chemical attack kills dozens in Syria 02:45 In a statement released by the White House, President Trump blamed the attack on Syrian President Basha salomon hombre r Assadrsquo regime and pointed a finger at the Obama administ adidas campus ration. Todayrsquo chemical attack in Syria against innocent people, including women and children, is reprehensible and cannot be ignored by the civilized world, Mr. Trump said.He called the attack intolerable and said the heinous actionsr Blqv Syria Nabs Saddam s Half-Brother
ATHENS, Greece - Pro-Palestinian activists who plan to breach Israel s sea blockade of the Gaza Strip said Tuesday that they had increased security around their docked flotilla after an alleged act of sabotage on one of the vessels in a Greek port.In a statement, Scandinavian organizers said hostile divers had cut the propeller shaft of the Juliano, a ship shared by Swedish, Norwegian and Greek activists. They said the damage can be repaired and that it will not affect plans to sail for the Palestinian territory toward the end of the week.Even so, t stanley becher he 10-ship flotilla has already been delayed, beset by administrative problems with Greek port authorities that activists blame on Israeli diplomatic pressure. Greece s financial crisis raised the prospect of fur stanley cup price ther complications, with protesters blockading the port of Piraeus as part of a 48-hour general strike that began Tuesday. We have increased alert on all the ships. We are having a 24/7 vigil, said Dimitris Plionis, a flotilla representative. He speculated that the alleged sabotage was carried out by highly trained individuals, possibly with a military or intelligence background, though he was not specific about the possible culprits.Israel: Ship stanley us stopped carrying weapons to EgyptIsrael threatens to quit Gaza flotilla probeNetanyahu testifies on Gaza flotilla violence Norwegian delegation leader Torstein Dahle said in a statement that the incident shows someone is willing to go to great lengths to stop the flo

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Eleven people, eight of them women, were killed in simultaneous shooting attacks on two bars in north-central Mexico, authorities said Tuesday.Handwritten signs left at the scenes of the killings suggested the attacks were part of a rivalry between two drug cartels that have been battling for control of Guanajuato state for several years.Police in the city of Celaya said the attacks occurred late Mo yeezy nday at two bars on the same street. They said 10 of the victims died at the scene, and another was declared dead at a hospital later. A National Guard member walks towards soldiers chatting at the scene where gunmen opened fire in two bars, killing at least 11 people, in Celaya, Mexico, on May 23, 2022. STRINGER / REUTERS More than a dozen gunmen took part in the attack, Mexican adidas yeezy newspaper El Universal reported.Police confirmed that messages were left at the scene, but did not confirm what they said. But photos posted on social media suggested the killers were from the Santa Rosa de Lima gang. The messages appeared to accuse the bars owners of supporting the rival Jalisco cartel, which the Department of Justiceconsidersto be one of the five most dangerous transnational criminal organizations in the world. The photos showe nike dunk d women - it was not clear if they were bar employees or customers - heaped in pools of blood between tables. Part of one bar also appeared to have been pa Nzoz With media censored, ordinary Chinese know little of Chen Guangcheng controversy
France s Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 stanley cup usa Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works characterized by poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy. Le Clezio, 68, is the first French writer to win the prestigious award since Chinese-born Frenchman Gao Xingjian was honored in 2000.The decision was in line with the Swedish Academy s recent picks of European authors. Last year s prize went to Doris Lessing of Britain.The academy called Le Clezio an author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization. Academy Permanent Secretary Horace Engdahl said he was a writer of great diversity. He has gone through many different phases of his development as a writer and has come to include other civilizations, other modes of living than the Western, in his writing, Engdahl said.Engdahl said Le Clezio won the prize because he is a great prose writer and stanley thermobecher a narrator. Asked how he thought the prize would be received in the United States, given Engdahl s recent controversial comments about American literature, stanley cup he said he had no idea. I m not aware that there are today any anti-French sentiments in the U.S. And apart from that, Le Clezio, is a cosmopolitan. He lives part of the year in New Mexico, Engdahl said. He s not a particularly French writer if you look at him from a strictly cultural point of view. So I don t think this choice will give rise any anti-French sentiments. I would be

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Windsor, England mdash;The U.K. was in a period of national mourning on Monday, remembering the life of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. Queen Elizabeth II s husband of more than dunks 70 years died last week at the age of 99. As CBS News Holly Williams repor salomon gtx ts, the funeral will be held at Windsor Castle s St. George s Chapel on Saturday. It will be a small, private service, owing to COVID-19 restrictions limiting gatherings to 30 people, and per the late duke s own wishes. But as one former royal correspondent told CBS News, it may still offer an opportunity to help heal a rift between two key members of the royal family s younger generation and the loved ones from whom they felt the need to seek some distance.Prince Harry was back in England on Monday, self-isolating for the mandatory five days under U.K. coronavirus rules, to be able to attend the funeral.Why wasn t Prince Philip called king For decades, Philip was regarded by some as the power behind the throne, but historian and long-time BBC royal correspondent Wesley Kerr told CBS News that a generational shift had already taken place within the monarchy. The queen has been doing quite a lot less anyway, even pre-COVID, Kerr said. All the big foreign tours are now done by [Princes] Charles and William. That s been happening for some time. airmaxplus Tributes pour in as Prince Philip is mourned across the globe 02:20 Lvsq European migrant crisis spills into an unprepared Hungary
Insurgent attacks in southern Afghanistan left one NATO-led coalition soldier dead and wounded seven others Sunday, while police killed 10 suspected Taliban militants who struck a government compound, officials said.The soldier was killed in the southern Helmand province, a NATO statement said. It did not provide details on the clash or give the soldier s nationality.Separately, another NATO soldier and six Afghan troops were wounded when mortars hit their base in neighboring Kandahar province early Sunday, the statement said. The soldiers were evacuated to a military medical facility for treatment.Meanwhile, a large number of militants attacked the Musa Qala district compound in Helmand on Saturday, stanley website sparking a clash with p stanley bottles olice that left 10 insurgents dead, said Ghulam Nabi Malakheil, provincial police chief.The militants left the dead bodies alongside seven AK-47 assault rifles, five rocket-propelled grenades and two heavy machine guns, he said. There were no police casualties. On Sunday, attackers fired four rockets targeting west Kabul, said district police chief Gen. Zalmai Oryakail. One landed near the district police station but injured no one, and another one damaged a house, he said.Kabul has been spared most of the violence that has engulfed Afghanistan s south and east, but a series of bombings and attacks on NATO-led peacekeepers has rattled the nerves of its citizens.Afghanistan is experiencing its worst violence sin stanley cups ce the late-2001 ouster of the Taliban r

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BEIJING -- Not a shred of evidence has been discovered in the search for Malaysian Airlines Flig adidas campus ht 370: no debris, no life jackets, no seat cushions, and no trace of the 239 people on board. Sarah Bajc, the partner of American passenger Philip Wood CBS News I mean, it s been almost a year and I m still living my life assuming that he s go air force 1 ing to come back, his place is still here, said Sarah Bajc, the partner of American passenger Philip Wood. This weekend will mark exactly one year since the airliner disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Bajc says although she realizes the likelihood that anyone is alive is infinitesimal, the chance still exists. Until that goes away I m not willing to stop fighting to find out what happened, said Bajc. After ten months of searching Malaysian authorities declared Flight 370 was an accident, paving the way for families to receive compensation. But Bajc questions the authorities claim and wants to know how they came to their conclusion. Show us the evidence that you have found to justify your declaration of accident, said Bajc. Families of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 passengers still await answers, one year later 03: chanclas yeezy 03 Fru Ncae Curfew Extended in Honduras amid Riots
Residents of flood-battered northern England are struggling back to work, school and homes afte stanley water bottle r swollen rivers inundated roads and caused several bridges to collapse.Police said residents and business owners in the hardest-hit town, Cockermouth, would be allowed to return to their properties Monday.Some of the heaviest rainfall ever r kubki stanley ecorded in Britain triggered floods in the mountainous Lake District last week.More than 1,000 homes were flooded and people had to be rescued by helicopter when rivers burst their banks.Authorities say 18 schools remain closed, and more than two dozen roads are blocked. On Friday, Cumbria Police said Constable Bill Barker, 44, died as he joined rescue attempts. He was swept into the surging waters when a major bridge collapsed. Police and army experts are checking the safety of 1,800 bridges.British Prime Minister Gordon Brown praised the rescue efforts during a visit to Cumbria police s headquarters in Penrith Saturday.The Prime Minister also visited a flood relief centre in Cockermouth on Saturday morning and talked to people who had to leave their homes because of the floods.In a message to local officials, Queen Elizabeth II said she was deeply concerned and saddened by the dreadful flooding across Britain. Britain s Met Office said a record 12.3 inches of rain fell in 24 hours in the area - the heaviest rainfall ever rec stanley thermos orded in the United Kingdom.Cockermouth, a market town 330 miles northwest of London, lies at the jun