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Harare, Zimbabwemdash; The presidents of Mozambique and Zimbabwe returned home on Monday to deal with the effects of a powerful cyclone that has air force killed more than 215 people across southern Africa. Hundreds more were missing on Monday, and Mozambique s leader warned that with so many missing injured and unaccounted for, the death toll could eventually surpass 1,000.Tens of thousands of people were cut off from roads and telephones in mainly poor, rural areas.Cyclone Idai has affected more than 1.5 million people in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, according to the U.N. and government officials. At least 126 people had died in Mozambique and Malawi, according to the Red Cross. In Zimba airmaxplus bwe, 89 people have died from the fl asics sneaker oods, the country s information ministry said Monday.As much as 90 percent of Mozambique s central port city of Beira has been damaged or destroyed by the cyclone, according to the Red Cross. Beira was battered by the cyclone, which cut off electricity, forced the airport to shut down and closed road access to the city of 500,000, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Monday. Residents are seen protecting themselves from the rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, March 17, 2019. Getty Mozambique s President Filipe Nyusi and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa had both left for foreign trips ju Wjev Contractor that holds migrant children scraps plans for holiday party at Trump golf club
Updated at 7:54 a.m. ET CBS/AP ISLAMABAD - Pakistan s top court declared on Tuesday that the country s prime minister was disqualified from office due to an earlier contempt conviction, delivering what appeared to be a fatal blow against the premier s political career and ushering in political turmoilIn its ruling, the Supreme Court ordered the country s election commission to formally dismiss Yousuf Reza Gilani and said he was no longer the prime minister.Gilani s stanley thermoskannen party, which heads a ruling coalition, announced that it accepts the ruling, CBS News Islamabad bureau chief Maria Usman reports. The party expected to decide on a nominee for prime minister at a meeting Tuesday night. If the Pakistani parliament accepts the decision of the Supreme Court, the ruling coalition s nominee stanley cup would have to be appointed in a vote of confidence. Gilani was convicted in April for refusing to open a corruption probe against his boss, President Asif Ali Z stanley mugs ardari. He has been refusing to step down. The Supreme Court ruling came in response to petitions filed against Gilani for not standing down after that conviction.Party supporters have said that they believe they have the support in parliament to elect a new prime minister in the event of Gilani s disqualification.A senior official at the office of President Asif Ali Zardari told CBS News Farhan Bokhari that the president is already looking at a short list of potential new prime ministers.
Harare, Zimbabwemdash; The presidents of Mozambique and Zimbabwe returned home on Monday to deal with the effects of a powerful cyclone that has air force killed more than 215 people across southern Africa. Hundreds more were missing on Monday, and Mozambique s leader warned that with so many missing injured and unaccounted for, the death toll could eventually surpass 1,000.Tens of thousands of people were cut off from roads and telephones in mainly poor, rural areas.Cyclone Idai has affected more than 1.5 million people in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, according to the U.N. and government officials. At least 126 people had died in Mozambique and Malawi, according to the Red Cross. In Zimba airmaxplus bwe, 89 people have died from the fl asics sneaker oods, the country s information ministry said Monday.As much as 90 percent of Mozambique s central port city of Beira has been damaged or destroyed by the cyclone, according to the Red Cross. Beira was battered by the cyclone, which cut off electricity, forced the airport to shut down and closed road access to the city of 500,000, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Monday. Residents are seen protecting themselves from the rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, March 17, 2019. Getty Mozambique s President Filipe Nyusi and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa had both left for foreign trips ju Wjev Contractor that holds migrant children scraps plans for holiday party at Trump golf club
Updated at 7:54 a.m. ET CBS/AP ISLAMABAD - Pakistan s top court declared on Tuesday that the country s prime minister was disqualified from office due to an earlier contempt conviction, delivering what appeared to be a fatal blow against the premier s political career and ushering in political turmoilIn its ruling, the Supreme Court ordered the country s election commission to formally dismiss Yousuf Reza Gilani and said he was no longer the prime minister.Gilani s stanley thermoskannen party, which heads a ruling coalition, announced that it accepts the ruling, CBS News Islamabad bureau chief Maria Usman reports. The party expected to decide on a nominee for prime minister at a meeting Tuesday night. If the Pakistani parliament accepts the decision of the Supreme Court, the ruling coalition s nominee stanley cup would have to be appointed in a vote of confidence. Gilani was convicted in April for refusing to open a corruption probe against his boss, President Asif Ali Z stanley mugs ardari. He has been refusing to step down. The Supreme Court ruling came in response to petitions filed against Gilani for not standing down after that conviction.Party supporters have said that they believe they have the support in parliament to elect a new prime minister in the event of Gilani s disqualification.A senior official at the office of President Asif Ali Zardari told CBS News Farhan Bokhari that the president is already looking at a short list of potential new prime ministers.
