Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Anger in Spain: How a town was blindsided by a wall of water | About That

Cars stranded in the road flooded with mud and water. Text overtop that reads "A battlefield without bombs"

Historic rainfall and catastrophic flash flooding in Spain have killed more than 200 people and left thousands more enraged with their country's response to the crisis. Andrew Chang breaks down the devastation left behind in the hard-hit town of Paiporta in Valencia, and how rescuers and volunteers are working around the clock to find survivors and clean up a mountain of debris.



source https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6556200?cmp=rss

Cuba readies for arrival of Rafael, expected to reach island as hurricane

Furniture is carried away from a Havana restaurant, ahead of the expected arrival of Tropical Storm Rafael.

Tropical storm Rafael was chugging past western Jamaica on Tuesday and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it headed toward Cuba.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tropical-storm-rafael-hurricane-cuba-1.7374454?cmp=rss

BCE to buy U.S. internet provider Ziply for $5B, in part with funds from MLSE sale

The outside of a building is shown, with big blue letters saying Bell at the top. A man is biking past at the bottom of the image.

BCE has signed a deal to buy U.S. fibre internet provider Ziply Fiber for about $5 billion in cash, using in part the profits from the high-profile sale of the company’s stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment earlier this fall. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bce-ziply-mlse-1.7374405?cmp=rss

Israel's Netanyahu dismisses defence minister, citing 'crisis of trust' amid multiple wars

Two men speak to each other

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed his popular defence minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise announcement that came as the country is embroiled in wars on multiple fronts across the region.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/netanyahu-gallant-1.7374256?cmp=rss

U.S. agencies warn of ongoing foreign efforts to sow election doubt

U.S. Capitol Police stand guard outside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

U.S. law enforcement and election security agencies are debunking two new examples of Russian disinformation on the eve of election day, highlighting attempts by foreign actors to sow doubt in the voting process and warning that the efforts run the risk of inciting violence against election officials.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-intelligence-community-election-interference-warning-1.7373719?cmp=rss