9430GDACS EMM News Feed Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material Texas senators Cruz and Cornyn say yes to border wall but no to using Harvey relief dollars to build ithttps://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/01/11/texas-officials-will-oppose-using-harvey-dollars-border-wall-john-cornyn-saysAUSTIN -- Texas Sen. John Cornyn said Friday he and other members of the state's delegation will oppose redirecting the use of any Hurricane Harvey disaster funds to build a Mexican border wall. As the government shutdown entered its 21st day with no clear end in sight, the Trump administration....Fri, 11 Jan 2019 22:41:00 +0100dallasnews-e816a4a72095f31a61c8463a61be1c6520190111224100Plans for two new hospital ships could relieve strain on Royal Navy in dealing with natural disastershttps://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/plans-for-two-new-hospital-ships-could-relieve-strain-on-royal-navy-in-dealing-with-natural-disasters-1-8763801TWO new hospital ships could be bought with British foreign aid cash to deal with natural disasters and support the Royal Navy on military operations, it has been revealed. International development secretary Penny Mordaunt has outlined her plan to inject tens of millions of pounds into building the two new ships.Wed, 09 Jan 2019 18:55:00 +0100portsmouth-831c8553b918fef667f3d492d3c7ec6a20190109185500Foreign aid could fund two hospital ships for disaster zoneshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6563095/Foreign-aid-fund-two-hospital-ships-disaster-zones.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490Tens of millions of pounds in foreign aid money could be used to build ships to provide humanitarian relief – and help the Royal Navy. International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt believes this dual role will quell concerns about Britain annual £14billion foreign aid budget.Sun, 06 Jan 2019 23:14:00 +0100dailymail-9fde624141e0c46e2142146e81b721ed20190106231400Tropical Cyclone Mona Heads Toward Fijihttps://www.newsweek.com/tropical-cyclone-mona-track-update-fiji-path-storm-braces-wind-and-rain-1280238Tropical Cyclone Mona was moving through the Pacific Ocean toward Fiji this week, likely bringing severe wind and rain to the area. Mona was classified as a Category 2 storm, packing winds of up to 80 miles per hour. Mona was expected to reach northern and central Fiji on Sunday, and southern Fiji by Monday.Sat, 05 Jan 2019 08:40:00 +0100newsweek-USA-6e15ab0c119b233258cc7a726a6a9d5e20190105084000