Sentences with phrase «meet the threat from»

David Cameron has said the Conservative Party will meet the threat from UKIP in the South East head - on as it campaigns for a by - election in Rochester and Strood.

Their venom evolves to best meet threats from predators and to cope with changing aquatic environments,» explained Dr. Yehu Moran.

Not exact matches

The ministers were not prevented from inquiring about the threat of tunnels on their own, independent of the cabinet meetings.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Trump administration has approved a $ 130 million missile defense sale to Japan to meet the escalating threat from North Korea.

The highly - anticipated summit, which follows decades of missile tests and threats from the North, precedes a meeting between Kim and President Donald Trump expected to take place in May or June, during which more of these details may be fleshed out.

In a statement Friday from the IMF meetings, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged the IMF to «step up to the plate» to call out countries engaged in unfair trade practices — a frequent refrain from the Trump administration is that its trade penalty threats are not protectionist, but simply seeking «fair» exchange.

The U.S. military flew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump met with top defense officials to discuss how to respond to any threat from North Korea.

The meeting, convened to address threats online posed by radical organizations such as the self - declared Islamic State, included executives from Facebook (fb) and Twitter (twtr).

In response to the threat from inflation, which in August of this year reached a 16 - year high, Mexico's central bank sharply tightened monetary policy, increasing interest rates at seven consecutive meetings up to June.

He knew that the meeting was little more than a communist propaganda ploy, but he also sensed that the threat of a nuclear holocaust was so grave he had to take a stand for disarmament, despite resistance from the Reagan administration and steel - tipped invectives from the Religious Right.

It took the threat of a suit from the ACLU to make him stop holding mandatory prayer meetings for his players.

The Jamaican government is currently working with agronomists at the Scientific Research Council and the Ministry of Agriculture to save the Scotch pepper which is under threat from the use of inferior seeds, the use of the name Jamaican Scotch bonnet to describe peppers that are not real Scotch bonnet, inferior quality products and inability to meet demand.

Moreover, the Baggies have also plundered at least one goal in 14 of 16 at home this season, as well as scoring in each of their previous eight, but that run will come under threat at the weekend by an in - form Liverpool side who have kept three clean sheets in their last four away from home, not to mention having won all nine of the previous Premier League meetings between the two sides, all without conceding a single goal.

According to the Energy Commission which is mandated to ensure that energy supply meets demand at all times, even though the expected power supply this year is a significant improvement over that of last year, it will still not eliminate the threat of load - shedding until the country is able to obtain significant imports from neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire to augment supply.

He's met several times with de Blasio's fellow Democrat and rival, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, even appearing with the governor at a breakfast for the New York delegation amid a walk - out threat from Sanders supporters at the Democratic National Convention.

He accused the Cuomo campaign of using «threats and intimidation» to prevent rabbis from meeting with Paladino — even going so far as to make veiled suggestions that public funding might be in jeopardy, although no proof of this claim was provided.

The very first question Andrew Cuomo was asked at his Cabinet meeting this afternoon was in reference to an interview he gave with the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in which he sounded like he was backing down from his threat to veto any lines drawn by lawmakers in the once - a-decade redistricting process.

They have been bombarded with phone calls and text messages from whips in recent days demanding they attend meetings and briefings detailing the threat from ISIS terrorists.

«The biggest threat to the human rights of older people receiving care at home is from cuts to adult social care budgets and it is very unclear whether tightening eligibility criteria to care will allow local authorities to continue to meet their human rights obligations,» she said.

Evidence of a major threat to the government is emerging from the darkened public meeting - places of east London.

The meeting will bring into focus the full palette of issues that colour the US - Russia relationship: from allegations of Russian interference in the election that brought Trump to power to sanctions levied on Russia owing to its incursion into Ukraine, premature discussions about which forced the resignation of Trump's first National Security Advisor, to the threat of escalation in Syria as military tensions increase and each country's political objectives in the country remain opposed.

Britain's efforts to open up new markets for trade in South America were rocked by the Julian Assange case yesterday, after a meeting of regional foreign ministers united against «threats» from the UK.

According to Bill Lipton, head of the Working Families Party, Cuomo made the threats during a meeting that included officials from various unions.

«Threat to life» notices from the Met to vulnerable Rwanadans, seen by the New Statesman, suggest they are in danger of being killed by the Kagame government.

MRSA Action UK has persistently through its press releases and in meetings with politicians of all political parties along with senior Department of Health officials, warned that the present screening system was in our opinion inadequate and that they had to step up their game or we would be overwhelmed in the future from threats far more dangerous than MRSA and C.diff.

The attempt by the NPP and its surrogates like Mrs Samira Bawumia to wage a personal war against President Mahama would be met with equal jabbing from GOYCA; this is not a threat.

The report, into which Intellect had input, discusses the MoD's own activities to protect itself from the threat, the development of capabilities to meet the future threat, and the role and responsibilities of the MoD within the wider government's cyber security activity.

Won't work past 2 pm: «Making good on Sen. John McCain's threat to withhold all Republican cooperation from Democrats in the Senate in retribution for the majority party using reconciliation to pass health care reform, the GOP used the rule that states committees can only meet when the chamber is in session with the unanimous consent of all members.»

The threats by the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, JNDLF to bomb major government facilities in Abuja as from midnight has compelled the federal government to hold an emergency security meeting.

A meeting on the threat from the MERS coronavirus has been called under a procedure used only once before — for the swine flu pandemic in 2009

He's pledged to make the Maldives carbon neutral by 2020 and held an underwater cabinet meeting in scuba gear to highlight the existential threat his nation faces from rising sea levels caused by global warming.

The ability to meet this demand is at risk as water is increasingly under threat from climate change and population growth.

After an Emergency Committee meeting, WHO raises the pandemic threat level from phase 3 to phase 4, indicating sustained human - to - human transmission in a community.

Confronting threats from angry silverback gorillas and armed rebel troops in the Congo, Raffaele follows in the footsteps of Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey and meets the next generation of scientists working to protect these intelligent and endangered animals.

Aspin said the changes represented a shift away from a programme designed to meet «a threat that has receded to the vanishing point — the all - out surprise attack from the former Soviet Union».

The Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), at their 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Quito, Ecuador, agreed today to adopt a Central Asia Migratory Mammal Initiative to protect wildlife in the region from increasing development threats, WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) reports.

Nuclear Security — To address our national security needs and meet emerging threats from around the globe, the bill provides a total of $ 13.9 billion for DOE's nuclear weapons security programs, including Weapons Activities, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Naval Reactors — a $ 976 million increase above the fiscal year 2017 level.

Seismologists and volcanologists from the two nations met at the border town of Munsan to discuss the threat posed by mount Baekdu, which straddles the border between North Korea and China.

It's always risky meeting someone from an online dating site in person, and I am talking not about physical threat as long as most of the scammers online aren't people who harm you in the real world.

Let's face it, if you've seen one superhero story, you've pretty much seen them all: alien / regular kid affected by supernatural powers / rich person with access to fantastic gadgets rises to meet regular threats from ne'erdowells, learning lessons about the costs of being a hero.

Cable's threat is met by quickly drawn guns from Wade and Leslie Uggams» Blind Al (who certainly has the best of intentions).

From the moment Dar Adal (F. Murray Abraham) first met President - elect Keane (Elizabeth Marvel) in Homeland's season - six premiere episode, «Fair Game,» he's been convinced that she poses a threat to American sovereignty.

The Kids Are All Right, an adorably high - spirited romp from Laurel Canyon director Lisa Cholodenko, is an indie film (with glossy studio production values) about a suburban family standing up to a threat from without; plundering from Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Odd Couple and Meet the Parents, it's a classic Hollywood domestic comedy with a mischievous twist.

After collecting trophies for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series and Best Television Series (both in the Musical or Comedy categories), the triple threat was met with questions from the press about his other major project — playing young Lando Calrissian in the upcoming Han Solo Star Wars anthology film.

This includes the Bentonville district, which serves the city that is home to retail giant Wal - Mart, which threatened to mete out three - day suspensions for engaging in the protests, and the Needville Independent School District in Texas (whose threat was met with protests from the American Civil Liberties Union and others, who noted that it also violated the district's discipline guidelines).

And now, the U.S. Department of Education has taken advantage of the threat of upcoming sanctions for schools and districts that don't meet student proficiency targets under the federal No Child Left Behind law to extract agreements from states that they will overhaul their evaluations and attach them to student growth.

But to do it, she must tear down a neighborhood riddled with dangerous criminals who will stop at nothing to claim vengeance.Sent away from the threat for a week long tour in the wilds of Colorado, Jenna meets a stranger so intense her desire is equally mixed with fear.

As with pretty much every group of ranchers, dairymen, biomedical research scientists, and chicken farmers I've met, the breeders I spoke with this weekend had varying levels of awareness about the looming political threat from HSUS.

In the most recent 2011 meeting of this group, the Island Fox Working Group, data was presented that indicated that 4 of the 6 island fox (Urocyon littoralis) subspecies were stable or increasing, with high survival, though island foxes still face potential threats from pathogens and predation.

Unlocking more options for the Rauser involves you meeting these threats head on, as each part has a series of challenges associated with it, ranging from blowing up a specific enemy type, to destroying a number of enemies without letting off of the fire button.