oh, a magic corner hotspot with some great cultural memorials to boot w travel off we go. ah, ah, this is, these are the news live from berlin? a winter stormed bats is the us east coast visit warnings are issued across the

region. people being told to stay home and brace for extreme cold and heavy snow. also coming up. italy's political leaders convinced there 8 year old president to stay on. sergio, my parallel will serve a 2nd time and office of the days of debate failed to find a successor and poland starts building a fence on its border with bella rouge to keep migrant south. but critics say the e u is failing asylum seekers. ah, i'm available. hm. at welcome to the program. a major winter storm has land into the us east coast with heavy winds and heavy snow. severe weather alerts were issued across the region of around 70000000 people. residents are being urged to stay in doors and avoid unnecessary travel. the snow storm has almost

emptied the streets of boston, with authorities urging people to stay at home. the bomb cycle and is met the religious call. it has generated a dangerous mixture of snow and hurricane force winds. in new england storm search as a threatening community along the coast, forcing many people to flee inland to safety. we got some sandbags. we elevated things in our basement, but this is one of the worst storms i've seen so far. tens of thousands have been left without power along the east and us. in rhode island, driving is only allowed in emergencies. new york city was spared the worst of the blizzard. some were out enjoying a rare sight manhattan blanketed by half a meter of snow. this is just a nice sweet winter snowfall. i'm so happy that it's harry,

i love you here for that. so i can hear snowball fight. the storm is expected to continue until sunday morning until then it stay home or get there as soon as possible. early we spoke to just have it bow a nibble in new york city, and he has more on the severity of this type of snowstorm. the bible, phenomenal to storm is not unusual. it happens so frequently, especially in winter time. it's cold in north east. it's a coastal storm. this one is especially strong. what happens is a low pressure system forms off the coast and rapidly intensifies metrology is called is a bomb cycle. and then all these marshes are being thrown against the coast against the land. and of course, right, it's so cold in the form of snow are talking about the coal. that is a real issue. still, temperature,

air temperature here in new york city is now minus 8 degrees. if you factor in the wind, it feels like minus 20 degrees. it's got to be a very cold my here in the northeast in the us. and then the big, big out is going to start along the coast from new york to boston. and much of south and east africa have been hit by days of heavy rain, exposing the destructive force of tropical storm anna. at least 90 people have died across madagascar, mozambique, and malawi. tens of thousands have been forced from their homes, and some of the displaced people are now returning to find devastated communities. in tie, a neighbourhood submerged after tropical storm, anna swept through malawi. for days, the torrents lashed down cutting off roads and forcing people from their homes. the scenes a similar across the border in mozambique and in madagascar which was hit 1st when

the storm made landfall from the indian ocean. here some residents returned to assess the flooded streets and battered homes as the storm left devastation in its wake. well i am pathetic. i'm very sad because we work very hard to earn a living. and now the house is destroyed. how can we not be sad? silvers isn't, we are disaster victims up to city and we received no help. all at no support. there's nothing so many have taken up shelter in the main stadium in the capital antenna, an arrival, but there isn't enough relief material to keep them here much longer for the southern and well, if all the, the weather has improved over the past 3 days. it's sunny. the water has gone down in several areas. we spoke to the disaster victims will bill sheltering here in the

stadium, and they agreed to return home on the front. oh, up the season. second, tropical storm has already formed over the indian ocean. so as some of the displaced go back to what's left of their homes, they might once again have to brace for impact on his look at some other stories making headlines around the world. 3 days after launching to short range ballistic missiles, north korea has conducted what could be its largest missile test since 2017. according to analysts, japanese official say the missile potentially travelled 800 kilometers before landing in the sea. if north korea's 7th round of weapons launched this month, members of the economic community of west african states have arrived in working a fossils capital water to go. it's suspended, looking at fossil over the military coup last week, making it the 3rd nation in the regional blocks be punished for

a military takeover in just 18 months. in peru, demonstrators have protested outside the rep, soul, refinery, responsible for spilling of almost 12000 barrels of crude oil and fruit declared an environmental emergency last week after the slick, contaminated, more than 20 beaches on this pacific coast authorities have opened a criminal investigation and banned reps all executives from leaving the country. and thousands of protesters gathered in canada capital ottawa to protest against over 19 restrictions. they joined a convoy of truck drivers, demonstrating the government policies are demonstrating against the government policies. some compare the measures to fascism. a premises justin trudeau described the demonstrators as a quote, very troubling, small, but very vocal minority. now, sergio, martha rella has been re elected as italy's,

the president of the 6 days and 8 rounds of voting. the 8 year old privacy said he didn't want to serve another term, but prime minister maria druggie urged him to stay on to insure political stability in the country, but to rely seen as a compromised candidate. after all the candidates put forth by the coalition, government failed to gain enough support. but to read, i said he is staying in power to help it's they recover from recent hardships. chris, they're going to kill these conditional require that one doesn't step away from the duties to which one is called upon in a little meant that they've all been naturally, these must have pre valence over other considerations. and other personal prospects with the commitment to the expectations and the hopes of our fellow citizens. let's put on. so they don't, they're going to type in earlier i spoke to janice sima gupta who's been following

the story for us from rome. and i asked her if you want to realize reelection as president was a last resort. well, it seemed to be the only resort at this stage in terms of the only one that all political factions, whether the center, right, or the center left, felt that the could get behind. i mean, this voting process went through 6 days, 8 rounds of voting before the a t o president was re elected with 759 vote right after he was the topic 505 threshold that made him president. there was a lot of laws in the parliament and people finally found their solution. madea drug, the prime minister, releasing a statement after the election thing. it was blended news for italian, the thank the president and said that the strong parliament parliamentary backing show that he was the right man for the jobs. and pretty much the, just for,

if you like said martha rella as president and mario drug remaining in his role as prime minister. what does lots of when mean for instance, when we look at things politically and economically? well, in terms of economically and politically and in terms of the social situation, it's really what it intentionally new to stability. and that's what, perhaps internationally that's an international community will be welcoming any challenge themselves. they want to see that ability, particularly when it comes to putting in place the much needed forms, are required in italy, reforms that are necessary in order to gain access to the new cobit recovery funds . billions of yours that it needs a spec to, to get from the european union and that they expected stability. they want to see those reforms put in place and model drug the, they believe is the man to do it. so in that sense, it is a better situation,

but in terms of the situation, a key, perhaps one can see that the current coalition is weakened by this process. the situation in terms of the back and forth of suggesting candidates, not getting the support abstentions in voting blank vote to create more time for discussions. all of that has not helped the ability within this very broad coalition that is in power at the moment. a coalition that will end it legislature in 2023. britain is preparing to offer nato, a major deployment of troops, weapons, and jets to eastern europe. i'm going to parse johnson said the move was in response to russia's rising hostility towards the train. if nato accepts the offer, it could double the number of u. k. troops already stationed there. and you as president or by also plan and american troops abuse nato's president. in the region. u. s. defense officials are

wanting that russia has deployed enough forces on ukraine's order to invade the entire country, detentions on another border, and poland is working on a permanent security fence along its frontier with bell roofs. for months, thousands of migrants have been trying to reach the you via that route. poland says the wall is justified as a response to the crisis. but critics say it's also a barrier for genuine asylum seekers. the foundation for a border wall is dug into the frozen ground along the polish belly routine border. the 1st stage for a 5 meter high steel fence with motion detectors, poland barrier to prevent people from crossing the fence is being erected for safety reasons. so that we don't have to fear any further provocation from bell roofs. details of the exact roof of the fence, a being kept secret. every day between 20 and 50 undocumented people try to cross

the border, say polish border gods. that significantly less than a few months ago. they met by almost 10000 polish soldiers and gods, and loudspeakers blaring in different languages. the polish border is closed. this is the end of your journey go back to me. but refugee 8 organizations believe the more than $360000000.00 euro project is misguided and the vast sums of money spent on building this barrier would be enough to establish an effective arrival and asylum system in poland. this has been lacking for years back we all the critics offense is not a sign of strength, but rather of the failure of polish and european refugee policies to some sports news now and in women's tennis world. number one ash barty was, has won the australian open, she bates,

daniella collins and the final on saturday becoming the 1st australian in 44 years to win the title bought. he took the 1st set, 63. the 2nd set was a back and forth battle with her american opponent. taking a 51 lead but fought, he fought back to win on a tie break. this is a 3rd major title off to the front opened in 2019 and whom ended in which happened last year. the activists are using the tournament to demand on says about the chinese tennis player. pang chalet charade disappeared from public view off to making, then attracting accusations of sexual assault against a former vice premier activists handed out t shirts ahead of the women spinal tournament organizes 1st bound the ships on the grounds that they were a political message. now the australian open says that spectators can wear the shuts as long as they remain piece of his reminder of

our top story. major winter storm has stamped into the u. s. east coast with high winds and heavy snow. severe weather and us what issued across the region of around 70000000 people, residents are being urge to stay home and avoid unnecessary trouble. you're watching the diabetes lie from berlin to stick around up next is reporter ex, watching. ah ah, one of mankind's.