s. senate has confirmed kentucky brown jackson as the 1st black woman to sit on the u. s. supreme court supporters including president joe biden availed her appointment as a historic day for the united states. but most republican senators voted against it . the age of 53. the naser 47, and this nomination has confirmed after 233 year wait, a black woman will soon sit on the u. s. supreme court contain g brown. jackson watched herself enter the history books from the white house alongside president joe biden, who hailed a confirmation as a historic moment for the u. s. g. 3 republican senators voted with the democrats to confirm brown. jackson is only the 3rd black person and 6 women to serve on the u. s. his highest court. the vote concluded a bitterly part is an approval process. they were that so brown, jackson grilled by republican senators on hot button issues like race relations and abortion. as well as her raincoat as a judge. senate democrats were overjoyed by the result. it is just an amazing day. if i had to think of an adjective to describe all of us, it would

s. senate. we are not. we don't have a lot of time. a year ago, last week. the president committed the united states to cutting greenhouse gas pollution by over 50 percent by 2030. that is a very bold coal. that was america's pledge to the international committee under the pairs agreement after 4 years of backsliding under president donald trump. project are promised to allies broad and further for road of america's international credibility on climate change. so i believe that there is not 10 republican votes for a bold policy. they will actually stand this crisis and get us on the pathway to meeting our international commitments or president a report to shared with us. you know, the, the fact of the matter is that this is a, an urgent issue. and it is an issue that you know, had to be tackled yesterday and frankly, is blaring in our faith. this is today, and it's not like we haven't moved on quick times, bills in this country before. what we saw in the midst of world war 2 was an economic mobilization that was able to fight the threat of fascism in a world

s. g. 3 republican senators voted with the democrats to confirm brown. jackson is only the 3rd black person and woman to serve on the u . s. his highest court. the vote concluded a bitterly part is an approval process. they were that so brown, jackson grilled by republican senators on hot button issues like race relations and abortion. as well as her raincoat as a judge. senate democrats were overjoyed by the result. it is just an amazing day. if i had to think of an adjective to describe all of us, it would be elated, elated because of this wonderful person going on the court. this has been a long, hard road as we try to get to greater equality, less bigotry in america. and there is often steps backward, but when you have a day like this, it inspires you to keep moving forward. frown jack, set your play, steve and brian, when he retires at the end of the cold current term. but with the conservative set to maintain that 63 majority, she may find it difficult to make much impact on the increasingly right wing court well joined by bear mcdonald, a law prof

just import on the cia confirms the u. s. is expanding its intelligence sharing with ukrainian forces. this comes after the u. s. senate select committee, urge the by did administration to ramp up agency to support with just on the 7 am on friday morning here in moscow. my name is peter scots, with all the latest news here on r. c international. andre, each in from thank you for joining us. we start with breaking news. this. our multiple explosions have been reported in the ukrainian capital t. f. as air raid sirens bled out across the country was also reported the most part of the city were left without power. according to local media sites in residence is the most intense explosions in the region since the war begun. meanwhile, harker is reported under heavy shelling and yvonne, a phone call, which is in the west of the country. local media claims. the last major oil refinery in ukraine has been destroyed. local authorities in russia's brianna could region, which is in the west of the country, have accuse ukraine of carryin

s. senate confirms catan g brown jackson as a 1st black woman to say, a supreme court justice. and more than a 1000000 people left without power, as i went to rico plunges a 3rd of the island into done ah but now it's still cold enough in northern europe. the snow to fall out of storms that run through a dragon. some of the other stoop co, north, the arctic circle. yes. about the time it's windy, cold weather as well. does this sort of cut off? so below which it's an awful lot more settled from the point of view of. is it winter or is it not? but this is definitely still winter where spoken fall at low levels in, posit denmark, norway and widely in sweden. and then these are snow showers brought down to scotland, but the cold wind blowing to the low countries, northern france. but it sort of stops this dark blue line here, a frontal system. this system carries on friday and saturday attempts to single figures. i mean, it's not going to be hugely cold because it's early april, though, just feel a bit disappointing when it should be spring, which is a bit more evident in the sout

s. senate, we are not, we don't have a lot of time. a year ago, last week, the president committed the united states to cutting greenhouse gas pollution by over 50 percent by 2030. that is a very bold goal. that was america's pledge to the international community, under the pears or even after 4 years of backsliding. under present donald trump projections show that the country will need the full reconciliation climate package . we need the clean energy tax credit. we need a civilian climate court. we need a green bank, we need a major investment to a lower carbon emissions and buildings and, and in transportation and failing to pass the reconciliation bill would severely undermine our promised allies, broad and with further or america's international credibility on climate change. so i believe that there is not 10 republican votes for bold policy. they will actually stem this crisis and get us on the pathway to meeting our international commitments or president by in the campaign commitments we need to move forward with a reconciliatio

the u. s. senate has confirmed katana brown jackson as a supreme court justice. she'll be the 1st black woman to serve on the country's highest fort president biden called her confirmation, a historic moment for our nation by the extraordinary honor of this moment. this is dw news. my colleague steven beardley is coming up next to the old business update . adequate awesome, thanks for being with i got some hot tips for your bucket list. i magic corner hotspot for food and some great cultural immortals to boot w travel. all we go to be your own health advocate by tuning into your.

the u. s. senate has confirmed kentucky brown jackson as a supreme court justice. she'll be the 1st black woman to serve on the highest court present. joe biden has called her confirmation, a historic moment for the nation nomination. at least 2 people have been killed in an attack on these really city of tel aviv. several others were wounded when a gunman opened fire on a bar in a popular night life district. there's been a surge of violence. israel and the occupied was bank in recent weeks. did up you corresponded on your car, was close to the scene and has this update for us. happened around 200 meters behind me. and if you see the background here, you will see that this place looks really quiet. but the attack and where i'm standing right now is in downtown televi, if you could say, i could say at the heart of television, and usually this place would be bustling with people. it is thursday night. so this is for most israelis at the start of the beginning off the weekend, so people, a lot of them usually would be out here and they would go to the restaurants, bu

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s. senate. much of the eldorado national forests is now open months after the keldorf fire tore through that the park has been closed since last august, when the massive fire hit that area last year. still federal forest officials are warning visitors to be very cautious. they say the burned out areas well, they could be dangerous with damaged trees or landslides. keldorf firebird more than 200,000 acres and actively burned over two months. this new month of april is getting off to an unseasonably warm start here in the bay area. temperatures and some of our inland areas could climb into the upper eighties and perhaps even the low nineties next week. and firefighters cross to pay area now reminding everyone that this warm weather is creating very high fire danger several months before the peak of fire season. there's an awful lot of dry vegetation out there. we've had enough moisture this winter to cause it to grow pretty significantly and we haven't had enough and many, many, many weeks to keep

in the united states, that would require at least two thirds of the u. s. senate to vote to ratify their membership. exactly how that debate would go down could be quite interesting, especially in light of the republican parties slight that significant trump era drift into more skepticism of nato. and the looming unknown would be trump himself weighing in on the process, and not necessarily in favor. just last week, more than 30% of house republicans voted against even a symbolic measure reaffirming support for nato. i mean, on the one hand it would be very unexpected for a nato member like the u. s. to block new countries joining the alliance, on the other hand, given the parties involved, and given the weird trumpy feelings about putin and the republican party now, maybe this is a real thing to worry about? joining us now is washington post reporter who wrote that piece for the washington post, aaron blake. it is nice to see you, thank you for making time to be here tonight. >> thank you. >> i have oversimplified this a little bit. i acknowledge. but let

s. senate foreign relations committee. our purpose is to make sure that they have within their hands the ability to repel the russian aggression. and indeed to strengthen their hand at an eventual negotiating table. we've seen no sign to date. the president putin is serious about meaningful negotiations if he is. and if the ukrainians engaged will support that. so doesn't cancel your experience in your state department and elsewhere. having seen what appears to be the bad faith of the russian states in so many of these negotiations. do you anticipate that better sort of back channel negotiations going on away from t v cameras? well, this certainly, as we know there's, there's platforms, doors in both in belarus and turkey. there's other world leaders that we have seen, including israeli officials and others try to play mediating role. and so secretary blanking was absolutely right about providing ukraine with the weapons. it needs right now to provide for security to strengthen its hand. so that when there is an opportunit

she the u. s. is expected. the u . s. senate is expected to confirm the historic supreme court nomination of catan g brown jackson. if confirmed she will be the 1st black woman to serve on the country's highest courts. jackson was an ounce as president joe biden's pick in february. 3 republicans have said they'll vote for her. in addition to all 50 democrats, members of parliament in germany have rejected mandatory cove in 1900 vaccinations for the over sixty's. the votes being seen as a setback for government ministers who back the mandate from october as a way to avoid further locked downs around. 200000 germans are being infected daily . the 328 covert related deaths reported on thursday aah! far contender. marina pan is holding her final rally of the french presidential election campaign. polls suggest the race is tightening with lapel and increasing threat to president minute my cross reelection chances. natasha butler reports ah, at the ukranian cathedral in paris, the war is never far from people's minds. in sup

the u. s. attention to the upcoming presidential elections was side by side with direct pressure on the ukranian establishment. major forces were engaged in the struggle, including george soros or wishing to lead me mission, last decisions. good love. so to sort of for some, yes, i mean, you know, to put on there was try where they would have to sit naturally and, and you, well, what can they will in my with yours? or i may have just a, have me, and i mean, you shall go. so this is up there, but it's useless info. so a little to put it to me, company that'll put in the, you know, what i meant with somebody take the photo for a little fish or the but they should be able, legible, wish it just live in a pushing generally, you know, but it just completely out so the so the lake and make us the son of us to show something in may. 2004, the very cove narada published a report that revealed financial interference by western countries in the internal politics of ukraine in july, 2004. the u. s. house

and 4, the u. s. house of representatives adopted resolution number 336, which gave a negative assessment to the political situation in ukraine. usually, this means of bern. notice on the opposite side. on september 2004, the u. s. senate passed a resolution ordering the executive branch to impose sanctions on ukraine in case of violations during the presidential campaign. basically, the ukranian president had already been selected in the united states. there was little left to do simply force ukraine to bend to the will of the united states. ah, when discussing ukraine, we must remember that his external and internal borders were formed in a unique environment. all in 1020 ukraine became a part of the socialist community. and then after the formation of the ussr, it's borders were not historically defined, but are officially created by moscow. as a result, ukraine received both territories with a diverse population in ideological social and religious terms, and also with a very diverse industrial str

s. funding intelligence sharing with ukranian forces. this comes up to the u. s. senate select committee divided administration to ramp up it's strategic support. ah. just on 4 am on friday morning here in moscow moneys pizza. scott, and i'll be with you throughout the small hours bringing you all the latest hero. nazi. thank you for joining and we start with the breaking news. this our, on our see multiple explosions have been reported in ukrainian capital, where part of the city have been left without power. this comes after moscow warranty would target decision making centers if you crane continues attacks across the border, kid has denied moscow's obligations of those attacks and we cross live now to our correspondent roman cost to rev roma. could you bring us the latest developments on that situation? i know it's very new and a fluid situation yes, the situation is developing as we speak. and indeed we're getting reports from a social media in ukraine that indeed parts of the city of key of is. and now with that tricity as a bombing and shelling continues,

the u. s. attention to the upcoming presidential elections with side by side with direct pressure on the ukranian establishment. major forces were engaged in the struggle, including george soros or wishing to lead me mission last decision on the do of so total for us with cit, napoli, i and you, well, but can, they will, in my windows or mac, houston, and with me. and you shall go, so just if it is up there, but it's useless info. so a little to put it to me company that'll put in lieu of, of what i meant with. think if somebody could put it for a little fish or the but they should be at a would, legible wish it just a little bit even though pushing digitally. but it just complied. yeah. so the, so the lake on them because the son was their shows them in may 2004. the very cove narada published a report that revealed financial interference by western countries in the internal politics of ukraine in july, 2004. the u. s. house of representatives who adopted resolution number 336, which gave a ne

that was the u. s. senator of defense law at austin, speaking that ramstein at germany. i had a conference off of 40 governments how to support ukraine, and i'm still with you to be political correspondent, nina and nina. tell us what was what stood out for you in that pretty strong statement. it was a pretty strong statement and of course it comes just a day after the u. s. defense minister and was in cave himself. and he was clearly still very impressed by the result that the ukrainians have shown in trying to defend their own sovereignty. that's what a lawyer austin, just stressed in his address to the delegates and at this important meeting today. and he said that vladimir putin has clearly underestimated the response of the west . i found that interesting that he didn't say the western allies, but it actually said that putin underestimated how the whole world would unite behind ukraine and decide to strengthen it and to strengthen its capabilities to try and defended sovereignty. so this is something where the u. s. a clearly as signaling to the well, this is not ju

is there enough of a parallel between the 2 to prompt u. s. senators, to make this trip to tie one? i think it's reasonable for us lawmakers to, to go to taiwan, to signal america's commitment to taiwan and to, to highlight the similarities that exist between taiwan and ukraine. but i think it's also incumbent upon people like me, an academic and you and the media to point out the differences that exist between ukraine and taiwan. because those are pretty significant to how would you describe those differences? but one difference is why was mentioned in your report, which is taiwan has some kind of economic leverage over china. and in a way that ukraine really did not have and does not have over bush time one semiconductor industry, as was mentioned in your report is responsible for produce and over 90 percent of the well high end microchips, china, like the rest of the world, is highly dependent upon access to those chips for any advanced economy is the threat of losing access to taiwan. semiconductor industry is, is a serious threat and it's one the, at least some intelligence rep

s. senate select committee sent a letter requesting for more information to be shared with key if it is ortiz. caleb martin with more essentially you have the senate intelligence committee requesting that intelligence from the united states be shared with you crane. and they give a, an intended purpose what they're helping ukraine to do with that intelligence. and this is the words of the latter. as we watch russia turn its focus to southern and eastern ukraine, we urge you to ensure that our intelligence agencies proactively share intelligence with the ukrainians to help them protect, defend and retake every inch of ukraine sovereign territory, which includes crimea and the don bass. these stated goals, which essentially, you know, our effort to help you crane retake, don bass and crimea flies in the face of peace talks. as these are one of the main points of negotiations with russia. and we also have gen saki, the white house spokesperson, claiming that the united states supports the b stocks piece talks to something we're always going to support the president, secretary of state o

s. senate the significance of the moment was not lost on camilla harris, who made history is america's 1st female and woman of color, vice president. you will inspire generations of leaders. and they will see for the 1st time for women sitting on that court at when i get to angie brown. jackson's confirmation is a victory for president joe biden, whose approval ratings are in need of a boost, including among black voters who helped elect him to the white house. but on friday it wasn't his political future that biden was focused on. but instead, the women this moment could inspire this is going to lead so much sean sunshine on so many young women so many young black. so learning are presently look back and see this was a moment of real change and merck. initially, jackson says that is the child of parents who attended, racially segregated schools more america is on the right path. in my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the supreme court. i would, jackson sworn in later this year for the 1st time white men will no longer make up a majority on the court said t

he's also a former national security adviser to the u. s. senate. it's good to have you back on the show rad. we've got a lot that's going on right now, rushes offensive to take control of eastern ukraine. it's now underway. here is how the pentagon is describing yet. let's take a listen to that. i'm like to get your reaction. just over the last several, several days. you can see, you can continue to see the russians are, are doing what we call shaping. they're trying to set the conditions for more aggressive, more overt and larger ground maneuvers in the don boss. but again, i would remind this is an area of the country that has seen fighting over the last 8 years. this is terrain that both sides understand and know what, what are your thoughts brand? i mean, is this a new offensive where both sides have equal chances, if you will. thanks for the option to join. you guys can to see again, thanks for the question. you know, i, i think what we've seen over the last week or 2 is obviously that withdrawal of russian forces around key after that defeat

here in the u. s. tirade author on form a u. s. senate aid many thanks tom. we appreciate it. thank you. ah. as the crisis, the over ukraine developed, the issue of military equipment has become a top issue to discuss the master anti sat down with russian deputy for i would say you're a bonus. solve who handles the military industrial complex when you, you chest and like you said you was regarding state defense procurement. we don't see any serious threats that could undermine our work on the plan tasks in this area. perhaps this is a result of our western partners keeping us on our toes since 2014. we have had plenty of time to adapt to the continuous sanctions. they have been introducing against russia. we now have import substitution policies in place, and we have accumulated unnecessary reserves talk of critically important materials and components. therefore, russia's current state defense procurement program is under no threat material. it surely is a very challenging situation for our automotive industry. now that some key components are no longer available, if we consi

s. senate confirmed the 1st black woman to service a supreme court just thousands ordered to leave their homes in australia to have the flooding. some places received a month's worth break. ah winter still bring his cold fingers down through the plains states wrapped around the central over the great lakes, more or less last the pictures it stands. this is all cold air being brought down to replace what's particularly warm weather that happened in the southern states are running up through the mid atlantic as well. so we talked about the u. s. in canada here, snow encounter snow showers in the midwest temperatures. right. and single figures running almost down to the southern states, but here you just feel a bit of a chill in the air. and when that's all gone through, attempts has been knocked back in new york and d. c, for example. but not as cold, chicago which hangs on to snow throughout friday, and he slowly warms after that there's more wind to come for the west on the pacific. so they've got washington, oregon, idaho. all light see snow shares or even proper existing snow sunshine

s. senate select committee, urge the by the ministration to ramp up with welcome to r t international. my name's peter scott and wherever you join us from, welcome to 30 minutes of news and analysis. and we start with breaking news. this. our multiple explosions have been reported in ukrainian capital as air raid sirens bled out across the country. part of the city are also left report to live without power. his art sees roman course read with ball. the situation is developing as we speak, and indeed we're getting reports from a social media in ukraine. that's indeed part of the city of key of is and now would that electricity as bombing and shelling continues there, there are multiple explosions and people are panicking on social media saying that the shilling is really intensive. and people are saying that today they haven't heard such explosions. we haven't, we are receiving a similar reports from the city of har golf. and also we are getting reports that the last oil refinery. that is, they're working great right now in the city all for you on a front cost is now also out of commi

the u. s. senate has confirmed guitar g brown jackson as a supreme court justice. she'll be the 1st like woman to serve on the country's highest court. prison bind called her confirmation, a historic moment for our nation. i am especially re, here. you're watching the w news here is a reminder of our main story. at least 50 people, including 5 children, have been killed in a rush, an air strike on a train station in the eastern ukrainian city of crematory. thousands of civilians were at the station at the time of the attack, attempting to evacuate to save for parts of the country. you're watching the debris, news ally from berlin coming up next andy w. news, asia, japan easiest pandemic related entry restrictions after 2 years of shot borders and high summer temperatures. sweep india even though it's early spring die when he's puppets go on sale as entities. so how hot is the market in asia for digital art then huh. coming up in just a moment, i see at the top of yeah mm hm. ah, with ah, with india toxic tied in deli yamuna river made from detergent. indian cities

s. senate has confirmed guitar g brown, jackson as supreme court justice, should be the 1st black woman to serve on the country's highest court present. biden called her confirmation, a historic moment and for our nation grateful for the care. former germantown, a star boris becker, has been found guilty in a london court. of 4 charges are failing to declare assets. the 54 year old was declared bankrupt in 2017, but was accused of hiding millions of pounds worth of assets including tennis trophies. mr. becker will be sentenced on april 29th, and could even face a prison term. fealand is investigating a case of sanctions violations. after artworks bound for russia were confiscated. customs officials say b c's, 3 shipments containing paintings, sculptures and antiquities. the arts had allegedly been alone to foreign museums and was being returned to russia. 5, finland, 42000000 euros. that's the insurance value of russian art works, impounded during transit through finland, among them, a titian, a picasso, and a carry. annie. they were intercepted at finland's volume, a border crossing wi

the u. s. senate has confirmed could time g brown jackson as a supreme court justice. she'll be the 1st block woman to serve on the country's highest court. president joe biden called her confirmation a historic moment for our nation. a german lawmakers have rejected legislation to introduce compulsory coven, 19 vaccination for everyone. over 60 years old proposal voted on was already a compromise health minister carl out. her bach initially argued for a mandate for all adults to boost the countries vaccination, res and cooling thousands of motorists have taken to the roads and the colombian capital bogota ought to protest a new rule that bands more than one passenger per bike on certain days overtime. mares says it's meant to tackle rising st. crime. the lower cycle is say it stigmatizes them. heavy rain, any australian city of sidney has sparked flash flooding, leading authorities to issue evacuation orders in some areas. sydney's 5000000 residents have been warned of more flash flooding in the coming days. australia's east coast has been lashed for months by unusual

s. senate has confirmed contain g brown, jackson as a supreme court justice. she'll become the 1st black woman to serve on the country's highest court. president joe biden called her confirmation, a historic moment for our nation. and i am got some breaking news coming in israel . at least 2 people have been killed in an attack in the city of television. police report receive reports rather of shootings at multiple locations. one of them, a popular night time hang out in the center of the city, a motor for the attack is not yet known, but it follows a spate of similar incidents at the end of last month. for more on the story, we're joined now by on your call in tel aviv, where the attack has happened on you know, what more do we know so far? well, i'm actually pretty close to where the attack happened and happened around 200 meters behind me. and if you see the background here, you will see that this place looks really quiet. but the attack and where i'm standing right now is in downtown televi. if you could say, i could say at the heart of television, and usu

s. senate has passed the ethiopian piece and stabilization act, a controversial bill aimed at punishing those responsible for alleged atrocities in the east african countries. we not only shine a light on the extra judicial killings, mass, sexual, engender based violence, force displacement and civilian humanitarian aid blockades. as being used as weapons of this war. but we also take a big step to end these atrocities by setting up a policy framework that calls for a determination by the secretary of state related to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. a critical element in holding perpetrators accountable to legislation introduce last november on orders by joe biden. foresees sanctions against individuals that the u. s. alleges are fueling the conflict. the bill has sparked claims. the u. s. is overstepping its bounds and meddling in the affairs of a country beyond its traditional sphere of influence, an expert on african politics and economy. lords, freeman accuses us of attempting to undermine if you'll be as independence. they have nothing to do with helping the yoga

all right, todd late word tonight that former u. s senator orrin hatch has died. the longtime republican from utah was known for crossing party lines. he was the longest serving senator in utah's history holding office for 42 years. you were tired back in 2019 and was replaced by senator mitt romney or hatch 88 years old. to florida, now a dramatic rescue caught on camera sheriff's deputy who was first to arrive on the scene of an apartment fire saved a baby's life by climbing up the balconies to a third floor unit on fire reporter mike teresi has more now from orlando. flames reached into the sky, the aisles at least millennia apartments in orlando this morning, orange county deputies got their first chaos everywhere, but as i start to look around, you can see families trapped on each floor hanging off the balconies above the roaring fire. deputy william paczynski says he thought he heard a baby crying balcony. there was a one year old baby. the mom was trying to get over. and um so at that moment, i knew that i had to save the baby with his fellow deputies backi