that includes, ankara. this is what people are dealing with right now. it's the first snowfall of the season which swept over the capital of turkey on tuesday. the heavy snowfall was accompanied by a chilly air mass with temperatures dropping to about minus 17 degrees. in istanbul all government offices and schools were closed on tuesday. further south in lebanon in israel, heavy snowfall is falling there. in is the heaviest scene in this area since december 2013 when the worth storm in 50 years swept over the eastern mediterranean. i'm afraid to tell you that the residents across this area will be dealing with more heavy snowfall and will be having to dig up this snow. not so much in istanbul but in ankara. will see many snowfall. it's up to 9 centimeters now. additional amounts will be falling here. so avalanche risk and snow falling off the roofs will be very dangerous. you can see that athens will possibly see some snow there as well. there are some waterspouts and damaging lightnings that have been reported from greece. now ankara, the snow will be

. >> joining us live from ankara i'm sorry to interrupt you. thank you for joining us with your thoughts from ankara, thank you. relatives are still waiting for news to be investigated. 11 people died in the blaze. the ferry was towed in to the port but heat on board has prevented firefighters from entering. authorities fear there are more bodies in the cargo of the ferry are the fire started. >>> still ahead this half hour, explosions in the yemeni capitol. celebrations show that houthi rebels are now in control. >> a reminder of those top stories in al jazeera. israel said it is withholding around $127 million of tax it collects on behalf of the palestinian authority. it comes the day after an additional request was made with palestinians to join international criminal court. four large objects have been detected in the search for the crash airasia plane. enter is threatenening to revoke its license. >>> refugeesa cattle ship is found abandoned over the coast of italy with hundreds of refugees on board. >>> coptic christians have been kidnapp

now, ankara the snow will be tapering off. the temperatures down to minus 10 degrees on your friday. jerusalem, you'll likely see snow and sleet on thursday. back to snow on your friday. sophia also see some snow. and very cold temperatures. talking about the arctic air, this area is also dealing with biting cold. especially the northcentral where winter warnings are in place. and parts of eastern canada has extreme cold warning in place out there. these are the temperatures that people are dealing with. the three-day forecast are as follows. bismarck minus 32 on wednesday. in louisiana, that's minus 3 for your overnight hours. and actually the windchill factor is what you actually feel like. it's not the actual temperature on the mercury, but this is what you'll likely feel. minus 26 on your wednesday in new york. even in the daytimes, these are the temperatures that you're going to be feeling. so it's dangerous life-threatening biting cold air mass that's going to be coming through. frostbite is in a matter of minutes and po

the camden city of ankara is seeing major blizzard like conditions. slow moving storm system.isture in place. it is all coming do you know as heavy snowfall across the region. very powerful winds. we'll get the mix of rain and snow indicated in the top of your screen. they have seen minimal delays. generally 45 or so minutes. it will push through the region and certainly impact the region as well. it is five below zero. about six inches. maybe ten inches roughly 20 to 25 centimeter in the forecast. and here are the airport billboard. you can see the major delays out of ankara the temperatures of course across portions of the east millions across this region are displaced. you look at the temps well below the normal. it should be about ten celsius, 50 fahrenheit. into the upper 30s fahrenheit. very cold across the region. conversely you go across australia. the hottest temperature they've seen for a january day since 1991. 44.4 celsius, that's about 110 fahrenheit. the sixth warmest day on record in perth history. you might know what's happening across australia. we have the lo

tonight in ankara blizzard-like conditions with two-hour delays expected.is, gusty winds could slow you down just a little. notice this fizzling out before it falls apart. five or six days ago we were talking about the refugees dealing with the significant me? came down. fortunately for them, it will be cooler as opposed to having the cold and snow that we saw a couple of days ago. improvement in the weather there. want to show the images out of saudi arabia. impressive. the video also showing you some of the higher elevations across saudi arabia this being in the region about 1,-500 kilometers northwest of the capital of riyadh. san mateomen being made in the -- snowmen being made in the desert. impressive. not a scene you see often. in fact each of the last three years we've had snow accumulations occur in this portion of the world. this of the scene across this region. and we have updates across the southwestern u.s. about a million people dealing with wintry weather. notice the major cities of albuquerque out of the warning spot. even salt lake city rem

notice in ankara highs negative 15 and negative 17 as we go to thursday, friday. we'll see snowfall on saturday. we will see wet weather from stockholm to paris throughout thursday. cold temperatures as we go to north america for the eastern side of the united states. this jet stream dips down and high pressure whips around the cold air from canada. wind chills down around negative 10 for the southern portion of the united states. down to negative 30 in some areas closer to great lakes. we will see the cold weather continues. snow might be whipping through for the northeast of the united states so chicago will see a snowfall possibility and high of negative 10. negative 17 winnipeg as we go to thursday. wrapping up as we look at the forecast for australia. the asian cup is taking place starting on friday. we will see thunderstorms in melbourne with high of 19 degrees as australia and and kuwait face off in the first match. hope you have a great day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> children at a kindergarten in western japan are showing they've g

when they come up with the telephone records and the flight reservations and they've clearly gone to ankara out that she had arrived in turkey and then probably walked across the border into syria. but in all these investigations, the first leads are often wrong and lead nowhere. but i think we'll get the full picture within a week or two. >> right. i want to talk to you about tracking these people who are on all of these watch lists. we've read so many things in the past three days, everyone talking about how you keep up with thousands of people that set off red flags and are known to have gone to yemen or afghanistan or to isis. some say it's impossible to track their every move, but you would dispute that? >> no, i think you can track them in the west, or the united states. and you can figure out who is communicating with whom on cell phone calls and the rest of it. and traveling together. the problem really occurs when these people disappear in syria or yemen. i mean, there are legitimate schools, you can study arabic or islam, the moderate form of it. but without a government in yemen

take a look at ankara. again, minus 8 is for your high. despite the sunshine.s here we're also talking about some frigid conditions across north central and into new england states. we have some images from new york city where the mercury hit minus 14 degrees celsius on thursday in the big apple. and the water fountain in the bryant park completely froze up. well, this biting cold weather will be continuing throughout your weekend. not so much of what we saw on thursday but still very chilly. in fact the wind chill factors may go down as much as minus 30 degrees. in jacksonville, where florida is famous for their sunshine, looking at some snow here on your thursday and into friday. out across the bigger picture, likely to see gusts very high and blizzard conditions in and around minnesota. down towards the south, here in san diego, in and around los angeles, also 21 degrees for your high on friday. quite some nice temperatures out there. a quick look here in japan. winter pressure pattern still picking up. gusts reaching 100 kilometers per hour. that's likely t

and because of that we're looking at some snow for places like ankara and also to istanbul as we go throughout the day. so, be prepared for some chilly weather as we go throughout wednesday. stay warm, hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. eñaoao e of carnage as described by some witnesses. the report say multiple gunmen -- the numbers are still unsure -- went into charlie hebdo, the satirical magazine, and started shooting. 10 people dead, five injured critically injured. what is the latest? >> francois hollande has been speaking to the media over the last number of minutes. he moved back down toward the offices. he was standing in t

blizzard-like conditions in ankara. istanbul moscow and bay route also will will see delays.ature in the last 24 hours down to minus 5 degrees celsius. so very cold weather for this time of year across this portion of the world. >> 70 days until spring. >> and counting. >> and counting. >> yes. >> look at you, your little research unless you're smarter than i think, which is probably right. >> thank you. >>> okay. so there are hugs that tug at the heartstrings. and then there are awkward hugs. >> we've all had a few of those in our day. governor chris christie was caught on camera in a group hug at a football game. some embraced that hug. others not so kind. jeanne moos has more. >> reporter: it was the hug some fans couldn't wrap their heads around let alone their arms. the governor of new jersey in seventh heaven at dallas cowboys win. not his home team giants or jets. the cowboys. as governor christie told wfan. >> i don't need advice on how to root for the cowboys. >> reporter: first he tried to high-five jerry jones. jones was distracted by his son and the governor ended

one area to touch on, the capital city of ankara picking up blizzard-like conditions.ve had delays reported of up to 2 1/2 hours throughout portions of the turkish capital. istanbul. the winds again will be howling across this region. and accumulations mainly across northern turkey and interior turkey could be over 20 centimeters while in istanbul we'll get minimal snowfall accumulation but still a rough go if your travel takes you across northern turkey. more news with errol and rosemary shortly. >>> okay. take a look at this next piece of video. is it a car, a living room or both? >> ooh, look at that. >> this is the mercedes-benz f-015. unveiled at the consumer electronics show in vegas. they call it a mobile living space. i saw this tweeted so many times after they debuted it. that's because when in automatic mode the seats rotate so all riders can face one another while the car drives itself. >> looks pretty amazing. another interactive technology introduced at the expo is an app that allows to you access your online accounts by using a selfie. >> do we need more

what's to stop them from sneaking through syria and doing into turkey, getting on the airplane in ankarand flying in to london and say, i went to take pictures of the landmarks and had a nice vacation when actually like these guys -- these two brothers apparently they laid low for a whole number of years, so much so that the french surveillance was dropped because they apparently weren't doing anything bad. >> we need to deny and to disrupt their travel plans. they can get into those particular countries but one of the key things that we have learned since 9/11 and we have been been very successful with, is we have structure, we've got organizations now in place. we've got collaborative networks in place to work to prevent people from transiting on air transport, sea transport, train transport, between different countries and the united states. we just have to be exceedingly vigilant. our counterterrorism center which is established after 9/11 the lessons learned in the 9/11 report needs to be reviewed again. it's a new day. looking at the french experience here. they're looking at do th

. >> reporter: ankara video most of our patrol and looking at whether to not it was activated for.rs what appears to be a handgun and a taser. please sable weapons were used by two different officers after responding to reports of a man walking back your car park justin military jacket and wielding a big knife toward people. the officers arrived to o'clock in the afternoon and confronted the man third. their encounter one officer fired his taser one officer fired his big weapon. on clear at this time what the third officer and altman was any. a few is a witness. none of the officers neighbors injured during a shooting a police department says it's most likely going to place all three officers are not paid administrative leave pending the outcome investigation. >> reporter: felipe reporting and other news this morning and information on the office troubleshooting and richmond on thursday night. police say the zoster it was shot by an officer after a allegedly drew a pistol. truman's hospitalize critical condition this morning. officer who fired his weapon was not injured and police