10 things you need to know today

Trump calls for U.N. reform ahead of Tuesday speech, Hurricane Maria devastates Dominica with 160 mph winds, and more

1. Trump calls for U.N. reform ahead of Tuesday speech President Trump made his first appearance at the United Nations on Monday ahead of his Tuesday speech, which is expected to address how his "America first" theme can be compatible with a push for global cooperation. Trump, a frequent U.N. critic, called for "truly bold reforms" during a brief event he hosted. "In recent years the United Nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement, while the United Nations on a regular budget has increased by 140 percent and its staff has more than doubled since 2000," he said. "The United Nations must hold every level of management accountable, protect whistleblowers, and focus on results rather than on process." He added that he was "confident" he could work with other leaders to build a "stronger, more effective" U.N. Source: Reuters

2. Hurricane Maria slams Dominica and barrels toward Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria made its first landfall on Monday, devastating the tiny eastern Caribbean island of Dominica after rapidly strengthening into a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm with top sustained winds of 160 miles per hour. Dominica's prime minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, said the roof of his residence was destroyed by high winds but police got him to safety. "I don't think there were very many roofs which would survive the hurricane," Skerrit said. Maria continues on a path that could take it to the U.S. Virgin Islands late Tuesday and Puerto Rico on Wednesday. It could be the strongest storm to hit Puerto Rico in 85 years. Source: CNN, The Miami Herald

3. Senate GOP makes final push to replace ObamaCare Senate Republicans on Monday launched a final attempt to replace ObamaCare. The bill, proposed by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) would replace much of the Affordable Care Act with block grants to states, and phase out the Medicaid expansion. It also would end the mandate for Americans to buy insurance. Republicans have two weeks to pass the bill before special procedures preventing Democrats from filibustering it expire. Until then, the GOP can pass the bill with 50 votes. After the deadline, it will take 60, which the 52-seat Republican majority can't get. The Congressional Budget Office, however, said it could not provide estimates on the proposal's impacts on premiums and the number of Americans without insurance, which would rise. Source: The Associated Press

4. Suu Kyi breaks her silence on Myanmar's Rohingya refugee crisis Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, broke her silence on the exodus of 400,000 Rohingya refugees, saying the country's government condemns "all human rights violations and unlawful violence," but sidestepping allegations of atrocities against members of the Muslim minority group. She said there have been "allegations and counterallegations" since Aug. 25, when attacks by Rohingya insurgents in the Rakhine region triggered a military offensive the United Nations has called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing." Human rights activists have been calling for Suu Kyi to speak out. "The security forces have been instructed to adhere strictly to the code of conduct ... and to take full measures to avoid collateral damage and the harming of innocent civilians," she said. Source: The New York Times

5. Report: Investigators wiretapped Manafort before and after the election U.S. investigators wiretapped President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after last year's election, CNN reported, citing several people with knowledge of the situation. Three people said the intelligence collected suggested that Manafort may have encouraged Russians to help with the Trump campaign, although the evidence was not conclusive. The order was authorized by the court that handles the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and started after Manafort became the subject of a 2014 FBI investigation focused on work he did consulting Ukraine's Part of Regions. The surveillance ended in 2016, then started up again and extended into early 2017, one of CNN's sources said. The information has been passed along to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team. Source: CNN

6. 3 arrested at Georgia Tech protest after police shoot and kill student Police arrested three people at a protest at the Georgia Tech campus police station on Monday after a vigil for a 21-year-old student, Scout Schultz, who was shot and killed by police over the weekend. Officers said Schultz, who was president of the campus Pride Alliance, advanced on them with a knife and refused repeated requests to put it down. WSB-TV reported that the knife was actually a half-open multi-tool with no blade extended. Schultz's mother, Lynne Schultz, said the student was brilliant and had suffered depression and other medical issues, and attempted suicide two years ago. Source: The Associated Press

7. Donald Trump Jr., seeking privacy, foregoes Secret Service protection President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has given up his Secret Service protection, seeking more privacy, The New York Times reported Monday, citing a senior administration official. Donald Trump Jr. is an executive at the Trump Organization and lives in New York City. Kellyanne Conway, a counselor to President Trump, also is losing her Secret Service protection. The moves are unrelated, but could provide relief to an agency whose resources have been strained by the demands of protecting the president's family and inner circle during frequent business and leisure trips. Source: The New York Times

8. St. Louis protests continue after ex-officer's acquittal Protesters shouted "free our people" outside St. Louis' downtown jail on Monday night, the fourth day of demonstrations sparked by Friday's acquittal of a white former police officer, Jason Stockley, for the fatal shooting of a black man, Anthony Lamar Smith, in 2011. Police said more than 120 people were arrested on Sunday night. Each day, peaceful daytime protests have been followed by vandalism by small groups that authorities called "agitators." "The days have been calm and the nights have been destructive," Mayor Lyda Krewson said Monday. Source: The Associated Press

9. Spain becomes 4th nation to expel North Korean ambassador Spain expelled North Korea's ambassador on Monday, giving the diplomat until the end of the month to leave Madrid. It is the fourth country to kick out Pyongyang's representative since the isolated communist regime conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, following similar moves by Mexico, Peru, and Kuwait. U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis hinted on Monday that the U.S. had military options to contain North Korea's defiance in the face of international calls to rein in its missile and nuclear weapons programs, adding that the U.S. actions could spare South Korea from a devastating counterattack. Source: The Washington Post, Reuters

10. Toys 'R' Us files for bankruptcy protection Toys 'R' Us Inc., the nation's largest toy store chain, filed for bankruptcy protection late Monday. The retailer has been struggling under a heavy debt load since a buyout more than a decade ago. Its troubles mark the latest in a series of setbacks for brick-and-mortar retailers due to tough competition from Amazon and other online retailers, along with falling mall traffic. Under bankruptcy protection, Toys 'R' Us will try to restructure $400 million in debt due next year. "This filing is really a buildup of financial problems over the past 15 years," said Jim Silver, an industry analyst and the editor of toy-review site TTPM.com. "Finally, the straw broke the camel's back." Source: Reuters, Bloomberg

MOST POPULAR Toys 'R' Us files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Peter Weber Fox News guest Scottie Nell Hughes says Fox Business host raped her, then Fox News blacklisted her Peter Weber Trevor Noah LOLs at Steven Mnuchin, his comically 'out of touch' wife, and his boss Trump's tax plan Peter Weber Trump's debut U.N. address will aim to square 'America First' with global cooperation Peter Weber Hurricane Maria strengthens to a dangerous Category 5 storm, batters Dominica en route to Puerto Rico Peter Weber

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. © 2015 THE WEEK PUBLICATIONS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THE WEEK ® IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OWNED BY FELIX DENNIS.

Get 4 Risk-Free issues of The Week TRY IT OUT Subscribe Subscriber login Give a gift Back issues Classroom subscriptions Newsletters Privacy policy Terms & conditions The Week UK Contact Us Ad info RSS

1.Trump calls for U.N. reform ahead of Tuesday speech President Trump made his first appearance at the United Nations on Monday ahead of his Tuesday speech, which is expected to address how his "America first" theme can be compatible with a push for global cooperation. Trump, a frequent U.N. critic, called for "truly bold reforms" during a brief event he hosted. "In recent years the United Nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement, while the United Nations on a regular budget has increased by 140 percent and its staff has more than doubled since 2000," he said. "The United Nations must hold every level of management accountable, protect whistleblowers, and focus on results rather than on process." He added that he was "confident" he could work with other leaders to build a "stronger, more effective" U.N. Source: Reuters 2.Hurricane Maria slams Dominica and barrels toward Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria made its first landfall on Monday, devastating the tiny eastern Caribbean island of Dominica after rapidly strengthening into a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm with top sustained winds of 160 miles per hour. Dominica's prime minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, said the roof of his residence was destroyed by high winds but police got him to safety. "I don't think there were very many roofs which would survive the hurricane," Skerrit said. Maria continues on a path that could take it to the U.S. Virgin Islands late Tuesday and Puerto Rico on Wednesday. It could be the strongest storm to hit Puerto Rico in 85 years. Source: CNN, The Miami Herald 3.Senate GOP makes final push to replace ObamaCare Senate Republicans on Monday launched a final attempt to replace ObamaCare. The bill, proposed by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) would replace much of the Affordable Care Act with block grants to states, and phase out the Medicaid expansion. It also would end the mandate for Americans to buy insurance. Republicans have two weeks to pass the bill before special procedures preventing Democrats from filibustering it expire. Until then, the GOP can pass the bill with 50 votes. After the deadline, it will take 60, which the 52-seat Republican majority can't get. The Congressional Budget Office, however, said it could not provide estimates on the proposal's impacts on premiums and the number of Americans without insurance, which would rise. Source: The Associated Press 4.Suu Kyi breaks her silence on Myanmar's Rohingya refugee crisis Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, broke her silence on the exodus of 400,000 Rohingya refugees, saying the country's government condemns "all human rights violations and unlawful violence," but sidestepping allegations of atrocities against members of the Muslim minority group. She said there have been "allegations and counterallegations" since Aug. 25, when attacks by Rohingya insurgents in the Rakhine region triggered a military offensive the United Nations has called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing." Human rights activists have been calling for Suu Kyi to speak out. "The security forces have been instructed to adhere strictly to the code of conduct ... and to take full measures to avoid collateral damage and the harming of innocent civilians," she said. Source: The New York Times 5.Report: Investigators wiretapped Manafort before and after the election U.S. investigators wiretapped President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after last year's election, CNN reported, citing several people with knowledge of the situation. Three people said the intelligence collected suggested that Manafort may have encouraged Russians to help with the Trump campaign, although the evidence was not conclusive. The order was authorized by the court that handles the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and started after Manafort became the subject of a 2014 FBI investigation focused on work he did consulting Ukraine's Part of Regions. The surveillance ended in 2016, then started up again and extended into early 2017, one of CNN's sources said. The information has been passed along to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team. Source: CNN 6.3 arrested at Georgia Tech protest after police shoot and kill student Police arrested three people at a protest at the Georgia Tech campus police station on Monday after a vigil for a 21-year-old student, Scout Schultz, who was shot and killed by police over the weekend. Officers said Schultz, who was president of the campus Pride Alliance, advanced on them with a knife and refused repeated requests to put it down. WSB-TV reported that the knife was actually a half-open multi-tool with no blade extended. Schultz's mother, Lynne Schultz, said the student was brilliant and had suffered depression and other medical issues, and attempted suicide two years ago. Source: The Associated Press 7.Donald Trump Jr., seeking privacy, foregoes Secret Service protection President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has given up his Secret Service protection, seeking more privacy, The New York Times reported Monday, citing a senior administration official. Donald Trump Jr. is an executive at the Trump Organization and lives in New York City. Kellyanne Conway, a counselor to President Trump, also is losing her Secret Service protection. The moves are unrelated, but could provide relief to an agency whose resources have been strained by the demands of protecting the president's family and inner circle during frequent business and leisure trips. Source: The New York Times 8.St. Louis protests continue after ex-officer's acquittal Protesters shouted "free our people" outside St. Louis' downtown jail on Monday night, the fourth day of demonstrations sparked by Friday's acquittal of a white former police officer, Jason Stockley, for the fatal shooting of a black man, Anthony Lamar Smith, in 2011. Police said more than 120 people were arrested on Sunday night. Each day, peaceful daytime protests have been followed by vandalism by small groups that authorities called "agitators." "The days have been calm and the nights have been destructive," Mayor Lyda Krewson said Monday. Source: The Associated Press 9.Spain becomes 4th nation to expel North Korean ambassador Spain expelled North Korea's ambassador on Monday, giving the diplomat until the end of the month to leave Madrid. It is the fourth country to kick out Pyongyang's representative since the isolated communist regime conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, following similar moves by Mexico, Peru, and Kuwait. U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis hinted on Monday that the U.S. had military options to contain North Korea's defiance in the face of international calls to rein in its missile and nuclear weapons programs, adding that the U.S. actions could spare South Korea from a devastating counterattack. Source: The Washington Post, Reuters 10.Toys 'R' Us files for bankruptcy protection Toys 'R' Us Inc., the nation's largest toy store chain, filed for bankruptcy protection late Monday. The retailer has been struggling under a heavy debt load since a buyout more than a decade ago. Its troubles mark the latest in a series of setbacks for brick-and-mortar retailers due to tough competition from Amazon and other online retailers, along with falling mall traffic. Under bankruptcy protection, Toys 'R' Us will try to restructure $400 million in debt due next year. "This filing is really a buildup of financial problems over the past 15 years," said Jim Silver, an industry analyst and the editor of toy-review site TTPM.com. "Finally, the straw broke the camel's back." Source: Reuters, Bloomberg MOST POPULAR Toys 'R' Us files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Peter Weber Fox News guest Scottie Nell Hughes says Fox Business host raped her, then Fox News blacklisted her Peter Weber Trevor Noah LOLs at Steven Mnuchin, his comically 'out of touch' wife, and his boss Trump's tax plan Peter Weber Trump's debut U.N. address will aim to square 'America First' with global cooperation Peter Weber Hurricane Maria strengthens to a dangerous Category 5 storm, batters Dominica en route to Puerto Rico Peter Weber Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  Unsubscribe from this list | Update subscription preferences | Privacy Policy © 2015 THE WEEK PUBLICATIONS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THE WEEK ® IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OWNED BY FELIX DENNIS. Get 4 Risk-Free issues of The Week TRY IT OUT

DLRMagazine 154/155: The power of salt

DLR German Aerospace Center
- Web Portal News -

DLRMagazine 154/155: The power of salt


Without solar and wind power there would be no Energiewende (energy transition). And no energy transition without energy storage. Energy storage materials store the energy and release it when it is needed. Salt could play an important role here. The new and worldwide unique test facility TESIS of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) will research this. The September issue of the DLR Magazine features an interview with the man who makes salts flow and his team, who are exploring new horizons in terms of molten salt storage. We are also entering new territories when we talk about automated driving in the future. Intelligent cars will change driving as a whole and the urban scene in particular. DLR researchers are investigating how at the test facility in Lower Saxony, among others.

Full article with link to download the latest DLRMagazine: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-24019/year-all/#/gallery/28212


DLRMagazine archive: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10625//year-all/


Stay up to date - Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube:

http://www.twitter.com/dlr_en
http://facebook.com/DLRen
http://youtube.com/dlrde

For updates in German:
http://www.twitter.com/dlr_de
http://facebook.com/DLRde

ONS releases - Contracts that do not guarantee a minimum number of hours: September 2017, Average Weekly Earnings, bonus payments in Great Britain: 2017

View in browser 19 September 2017 Employment and labour market Contracts that do not guarantee a minimum number of hours: September 2017 Estimates of the number of employment contracts that do not guarantee a minimum number of hours are derived from our twice-yearly survey of businesses. They are complemented by estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a survey of households, of the number of people who report that they are on a "zero-hours contract" in their main job. This report includes the latest figures from the LFS for April to June 2017, first published in August 2017, as well as new estimates from the survey of businesses for May 2017. The results from the May 2017 survey of businesses indicated that there were 1.4 million contracts that did not guarantee a minimum number of hours, where work had actually been carried out under those contracts. This represented 5% of all employment contracts. The equivalent figures for May 2016 were 1.7 million and 5%. The number of contracts that did not guarantee a minimum number of hours has fallen on the year; however, their share of total contracts used is unchanged. Average weekly earnings, bonus payments in Great Britain: financial year ending 2017 In the financial year ending 2017 (April 2016 to March 2017), the combined value of all bonuses paid in Great Britain was a record £46.4 billion, growing by 6.5% on the financial year ending 2016 , surpassing the previous highest amount seen in the previous financial year. The financial and insurance activities industry paid the highest average bonus per employee, at slightly under £14,770, while the health and social work industry paid the lowest average bonus per employee at close to zero. People, population and community Deaths registered in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 8 September 2017 The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 8 September 2017 (week 36) was 9,497; this represents an increase of 1,348 deaths registered in comparison with the previous week (week 35). The average number of deaths for the corresponding week over the previous 5 years was 8,940. Explore causes of death since 1915 The top causes of death at the start of the 20th century were very different to those that we see today. Take a look at the top causes of death between 1915 and 2015 for different age groups and how those causes of death have changed over time. Our digital team regularly write about our approach and progress to the website and social media. Visit our Digital Blog National Statistical is our corporate blog. It's the place to find insight into the role data plays in the decisions affecting our lives, the changes we are making to take advantage of it and the ways we keep it secure.  Visit our Corporate Blog Looking for local statistics? A handy guide to let you know where to find local statistics. Census Discover how our census statistics help paint a picture of the nation and how we live. Visual.ONS Visual.ONS is a website exploring new approaches to making ONS statistics accessible and relevant to a wide public audience. Email sent by Office for National Statistics

 

 

---

Questions? Contact Us

STAY CONNECTED:

---

This service is provided to you at no charge by Office for National Statistics.

---

This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Office for National Statistics · Room 1.101 · Government Buildings · Cardiff Road · Newport · South Wales · NP10 8XG · 0845 601 3034