Global National: Dec. 13

Hundreds of West Coast residents are still under evacuation orders and alerts Saturday night as the region deals with widespread flooding, with more rain in the forecast. A major diplomatic shift is happening in Eastern Europe. The United States is lifting some trade sanctions against Russian ally Belarus. This is in exchange for the release of more than a hundred political prisoners, including opposition leaders. Killer whales are among the ocean’s apex predators, but new research off British Columbia’s coast shows they are getting some help in the hunt. Plus, northwest of Australia, another animal has been causing problems in the tropical paradise of Christmas Island.