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leaving tens of thousands without power. also coming up a landmark visit to the gulf. the 1st is where the president lands in the united arab emirates, 2 years after the countries agreed to normalize relations and ruffin. a dull makes history at the australian open is a 5 said victory of a dentist, levant deb gives him 21 grand slam titles. a record in men's tennis ah, i'm really mohammed welcome to the program. the u. s. east coast has plunged into a deep freeze as a major winter storm left. several states snowed in and the coast lines flooded. tens of thousands of people have been left without heating and electricity. severe weather alerts were issued across the region of around 70000000 people. it's

a snowfall to remember, a ferocious winter storm dumped more than 80 centimeters of snow. and parts of the north eastern united states winds whipped up the white stuff at speeds of 112 kilometers per hour. cocooning the region creating dangerous white out conditions. we're putting nasty out and i got we wouldn't want to be driving so it's most to be able to walk us through these huge snow dress her in pretty tough condition. the blizzard has made walking. the most reliable mode of transportation with trains stopped on their tracks. thousands of flights grounded and roads blocked off there so much, no one boston, that crews are loading up their trucks with it and dumping it in unused parking lots where it will stay until it melts. 40 ariel was roll. waterfall law wanted sloth,

the worst of the storm has passed. but plunging temperatures, threatened thousands of people still living without electricity and heat while aloe. he spoke to matthew cut, pushy meteorology, a sorry a meteor lodge. can't even say the word today. and meteorologists in cape cod in massachusetts, and we asked him how people there are dealing with the power outages in freezing temperatures. well, we've heard a lot of people firing up generators, and one thing i think is really important distress. you cannot run generators near your house or in your house. a lot of people are buying them now. they haven't used the before, but we had a big spate of recent storms in the past couple years that have left people without power for days or weeks of the times. a lot of folks now buying generators so they can stay warm, but it's important people know generator safety, carbon monoxide, stuff like that. we're also hearing people to try to stop upon blanks and everything that can fortunately,

folks in this area know what storms can do. they bought non perishable foods, they bought water, they made sure they have all the medications they need. it's one of those things where no one can really go out about for about 48 hours time and you're not gonna stay home. enjoy the beauty of it, but make sure you stay warm through all the blizzard is extending as far as south as florida where some places. so the coldest temperatures, and more than a decade, the rad phrased into pants, cause serious damage to florida's important orange crop. but it didn't cause a shock to states cold blooded iguanas, with many falling from palm trees, the reptiles bounce back to life once they warm up again. and northern europe is also recovering from a powerful wind to storm. high winds and heavy rains and snow left at least a full people dead across the continent. in germany, the storm left its smock from the mountains, all the way to coastal regions. the storm system known as

nadia in germany hit the north sea coast with spectacular force wind gusts of more than a 100 kilometers an hour combined with a tidal surge to push hard but it couldn't keep on look is away. brandon, it's amazing. the kind of power nature has while coastal areas will lift, battered and waterlogged by the rising tide, further inland, the emergency service workers were left to deal with down trees. while services were halted in many places around berlin in nearby brandenburg, one man died after being hit by a falling election poster. as the storm moved east and towards the higher

elevations on germany's border with the chick republic, the winds power remained, but war and e re white, cloak of snow. mornings of hurricane force winds, lived up to all expectations. only those with a job to do were brave enough to get out and make tracks as germans stayed, battened down to get through the night with storm nadia and israel's had us have states is that her sog has arrived in the united arab emirates in the 1st ever official visit by an israeli president and comes 2 years after the 2 countries normalized diplomatic ties. hertzog flew to abu dhabi the capital of the amorites, where he met crown prince and defacto ruler mohammed been zeit. the 2 sides discussed security economic and bilateral ties. israel's

president isaac had so on his way to the united arab emirates historic visit, the 1st of misery leda, to the gulf states at the royal palace in abu dhabi as meets crown prince mohammed bins. i had a message with as part of the u. s. mediated abram accords, israel the u. e, establish diplomatic relations in september 2020 almost overnight, commerce and tourism between the 2 countries flourished. $400000.00 israeli tourists have already visited the emirates freight. true, the 2 countries has multiplied by a factor of 12 within a year. is already, technology is boosting the u e. economy and even arms deals are in the pipeline. is in a gates hudson biden linden if gelati the synergies between the 2 countries are immense

to that and it will benefit from each other during the corona virus pandemic. when the undone men, lakeville and technology handle, it set of, built on mutual benefit, these ties are set to strengthen further. well, let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. north korea has confirmed it tested a ballistic missile on sunday. it's 7th launch. so fathers, here, information from japan and south korea suggest is the most powerful missile test by the north. since 2017 soul is wanting, that young young could soon restart nuclear and inter continental missile tests. britain as preparing to offer nato. a major deployment of troops worships and jets to eastern europe. u. s. president biden also plans to send american troops to boost nato's presence in the region. u. s. defense officials are wanting that russia has deployed enough forces on ukraine's border to invade the entire country

. so don security forces have shot and killed an antique, who protested in the capital cartoon medic say, the man died from a chest wound, his death rings, the number of those killed demonstrating for civilian rule 279. since the military took over in october, music streaming giant spotify as taking new measures to combat coven 19 mis information. it follows a dispute that so artists, neil, young and joni mitchell remove their music from the platform. press. harry and michael michael hoover sign deals with auto fi have also expressed concern of a vaccine misinformation and northern ireland is mocking 50 years since the bloody sunday massacre. in 1972 british soldiers shot dead, 13 unarmed civilians during a protest in the city of london. dairy, the consequences are still being felt to day. okay, these people

a commemorating one of the darkest chapters of the north, not in conflict, one that unfolded 5 decades ago to day. thousands of mostly catholic processes had gathered for rally against a new law, allowing imprisonment without trial. bridges. troops were deployed to block. the marches off to you started throwing bottles and stones. soldiers responded with tear gas rubber, bullets, and water cannon. the paratroopers also had been fi with live rounds, shooting at the marches off. less than half an hour of shooting, 13 marches were dead. with over it does more injured. the 14th would succumb to their wounds. months later, the soldiers claimed their talk did gunman and bon throw us a government inquiry support to the armies account that was planned as a whitewash. only in 2010 would a 2nd inquire report ever one shot was unarmed,

but no bombs were thrown. that soldiers had lied. the conclusions of this report are absolutely clear. there is no doubt. there is nothing equivocal. there are no ambiguities. what happened on bloody sunday was both unjustified and unjustifiable. it was wrong. the british government issued a formal apology. but to this day, no one has faced trial over the killings. now there are growing signs that german catholics are losing faith in the church. after a recent report revealed the sexual apiece of children by a clergy investigation documents a cover up that went all the way to form a pope benedict who was then the archbishop of munich in a country where practicing christians pay a tax tax and he catholics are now saying they've had enough preparations for a sunday morning mass augustine, his bower is

a priest in the catholic parish of christ koenig and munich, he feels both a deep insecurity in himself, but also in many community members who ask him questions you so it's done with people ask, how am i supposed to deal with this? no. can i stay in such a church at all? so in my seat is actually so important to me in my life. but i can't support an organization that has done so much wrong itself. that is so much dirt on a shaking hot kal shinkel from munich, drew a line this week he left the roman catholic church as kit m d. it's about how these cases have been handled, how everything is covered up and that can't be done. and that was the reason why and it's very, very difficult for me. we are dissolved. these exits are skyrocketing in many states. after the abuse report was published, the munich district administration department confirmed twice as many resignations

as usual within 6 days. others wanted to stay. it's been acres, i'm faithful to the church, and i think things are being very much scandalized by the media, which i don't think is quite right. miss miss gonzales this hand. so what test is protest is right and is good, but leaving is never solution. then nothing will change in the church empty in their kitchen mix in them. augustine is power wishes for a new open culture in the church where not only the bishops, words count, but where each individual can represent their own opinion based on their faith. does the sports news now? and raphael and al has made tennis history at the australian open spaniards clenched a record breaking 21st grand slam title. putting him ahead of novi, chalk of ich, and roger federer and al defeated russian dentist med with have in an epic final. it all began as a one sided affair. after striding to a 1st set victory,

daniel med would have kept his cool to claim the 2nd and seemed ready to double his grand slam tele, the even began to win some fans over. though the crowd was firmly in the pals camp . that may just have been the boost, the 35 year old needed so awesome. the come back king in his career middle school, his way back into the match, winning to set 6 full thought. his opponent was with him all the way up to 5 hours of playing time. the exhaustion. and the 5th and final set was there to see made would have again threatened to be the man to deny player the reco 21st grand slam title after his us opened when over novak joke, a bitch. but natal somehow found the energy to reach the all time record. after 6 months injury lay off, i'm catching coven prior to the tournament. the spaniard says he now feels ready to play on with his favorite french, opened the next opportunity to make history. and to the africa couple of nations where senegal have made it into the semi finals. they beat editorial guinea 31 and

will facebook in a faso and the final for on wednesday earlier egypt got past morocco after extra time and will play hosts. cameroon, on thursday, in the semi final well, his reminder of our top story, the us east coast, is plunged into a deep freeze after a major winter storm, broad, heavy snow, and flooding coastlines that tens of thousands of people have been left without heating and electricity. several states declared emergencies as a tried to restore power and cameras in watching tedious life from berlin. stick around up next as well. stories as watching a by.