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Ireland ‘highly skeptical’ of UK ideas for contentious Brexit backstop issue – CNBC
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Alabama is the newest front in Trump’s war on truth – CNN
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U.K. lawmakers again reject Boris Johnson’s call for election, extending Brexit chaos – NBC News
LONDON — Britain’s embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered yet another political defeat on Monday as he failed for a second time to convince lawmakers to back his call for an election to solve the Brexit deadlock. Johnson’s bid failed, with 293 Members of Parliament supporting the motion, 46 voting against it and multiple abstentions. The prime minister needed two-thirds of support of the House of Commons, at least 434…
Who Was the CIA’s Top Mole in Moscow? – Daily Beast
New York Times: Commerce secretary threatened to fire top NOAA employees if they didn’t disavow Alabama tweet – CNN
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Coast Guard: All 4 Crew Members On Overturned Ship ‘Confirmed Alive’ – NPR
In this image released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a helicopter hovers over the overturned Golden Ray cargo vessel in St. Simons Sound, Ga., on Monday. Twenty of the 24 people on board had been rescued as of Sunday afternoon, when crews were forced to suspend the search because of safety concerns related to a fire on the ship. AP hide caption toggle caption AP In this image released by…
Taliban Mock Trump’s ‘Astonishing’ Afghanistan U-turn, Suggest Decision ‘Certainly Damaged His Credibility’ – Newsweek
The Taliban have hit back at President Donald Trump’s dramatic cancellation of an imminent Afghanistan peace agreement, suggesting his erratic diplomacy is damaging his credibility. According to BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet, a Taliban spokesperson said Sunday that the president’s weekend tweets had come as a surprise to the group. Trump announced on Twitter on Saturday that he was shelving the peace deal following the killing of a U.S. soldier in…
Bahamas evacuees arrive at a Florida port on a cruise ship after facing Hurricane Dorian’s devastation – CNN
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Head of MIT’s Media Lab resigns amid Jeffrey Epstein controversy – reports – The Guardian
The director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, Joi Ito, has reportedly resigned in the wake of continued scrutiny over the center’s financial relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The prestigious university center had admitted to accepting some financial donations from Epstein, despite the financier’s history of pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution from a child. But new reports from the New Yorker and the New York Times…
Hurricane Dorian’s aftermath in the Bahamas: The latest – CNN
In a story of how residents came together to save one another amid dangerous conditions, Jensen Burrows and d’Sean Smith — as well as a dozen other jet skiers — rescued 100 people who were trapped in flooded homes in the Bahamas on Tuesday. “They did a phenomenal job, not just with us. What we saw when we came out is that they continued to go back in and over…
Hurricane Dorian’s aftermath in the Bahamas: The latest – CNN
In a story of how residents came together to save one another amid dangerous conditions, Jensen Burrows and d’Sean Smith — as well as a dozen other jet skiers — rescued 100 people who were trapped in flooded homes in the Bahamas on Tuesday. “They did a phenomenal job, not just with us. What we saw when we came out is that they continued to go back in and over…
NOAA Says Trump Was Right About Hurricane Dorian’s Threat To Alabama – NPR
President Trump holds a doctored chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, on Wednesday in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump holds a doctored chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, on Wednesday in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP…
NOAA disavows National Weather Service tweet that refuted Trump’s claim Dorian was headed toward Alabama – CNN
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Hundreds stranded on Outer Banks island, ‘catastrophic’ flooding as Hurricane Dorian moves off coast – NBC News
Helicopters airlifted food and water to stranded residents of a North Carolina Outer Banks island Friday after it suffered “catastrophic flooding” as Hurricane Dorian swept up the coast, the governor said. Dorian, a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, was quickly moving away from the Mid-Atlantic states Friday night and heading for Nova Scotia, the National Hurricane Center said. But the storm surge left behind inundated…
‘Leave now’: 1 dead as Hurricane Dorian expected to reach Carolinas late Thursday – USA TODAY
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Hurricane Dorian swept past Florida on a collision course with the Carolinas, claiming its first life in the U.S. and promising heavy rains, powerful winds and damaging surge. The historic storm had technically diminished to Category 2 but actually had grown in size following its devastating roll through the Bahamas. Dorian was about 90 miles northeast of Daytona Beach early Wednesday with 105 mph winds, the National Hurricane Center said. More than 1 million coastal…
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy activists call on Angela Merkel for help – CNN
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How to Help Hurricane Dorian Survivors in the Bahamas – The New York Times
Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas as a Category 5 hurricane on Sunday and stalled over the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama Island for two days. The destructive winds, torrential rains and relentless flooding has likely destroyed more than 10,000 homes and wiped out much of the infrastructure, especially in the Abacos. Aid experts say there will be immediate emergency needs before the long arduous task for rebuilding begins. [Live…
These satellite images show Grand Bahama before and after Dorian’s wrath – CNN
By Meg Wagner and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Updated 10:24 AM ET, Tue September 3, 2019 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds. (CNN)A striking satellite image of Grand Bahama Island shows vast areas of the island under water after Hurricane Dorian passed through the region on Monday.
Hurricane Dorian evacuations: ‘The only people on this block who left have the money to do it’ – NBC News
WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. — Typically on Labor Day, Sherry Estrada and her family go boating or relax with a drink on the beach a quarter-mile from their home. But this year, they huddled around the television waiting for the latest updates on Hurricane Dorian and what path it might take. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office also provided Estrada an update, driving by her home and announcing over a loudspeaker that this…
At least 5 dead as ‘historic’ Hurricane Dorian batters Bahamas, estimated 13,000 homes destroyed – USA TODAY
JUPITER, Fla. – At least five people have died in the Abaco Islands in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said Monday evening. Hurricane Dorian continues to pound the region as a Category 4 storm. Minnis said that there are also people in Great Bahama island in serious distress. Rescue crews will respond to calls for help as soon as weather conditions allow. “We are in the midst of a…