it began in the balkans.lly speaking if you want to look at the spark, it began in sarajevo. what happened on that fateful morning of the 28th of nq2yñjun? well, of course the archduke franz ferdinand woke up. he dashed off a note to his children. poppy and mommy can't wait to see you on tuesday. his children were actually in another town. mine are actually just staying at a hotel next door. it was a bit more difficult for him. but he was expecting to see them on tuesday. he just had one last stupid little morning of like photo ops in his royal progress, and then thank god the whole bosnian tour would be over. however, there were seven assassins lined up along the k. you can see the numbers here. there are more than seven numbers and that's because several assassins moved positions. it is true that despite the fact this seems overdetermined, you might say, the plot being hatched as we know in belgrade by subjects of austria-hungary of serbian nationality, although they did recruit one muslim, kind of window d

began in the balkans.echnically speaking, i suppose you want to look at the spark, began in sarajevo. as to what happened on that morning of the 28th of june? well of course the arch duke franz ferdinand woke up. he had no idea what was in store. he dashed off a note to his children, poppy and mommy can't wait to see you on tuesday. his children were actually in another town. mine are actually just staying in the hotel next door so it was a little more difficult for him. he was expecting to see them on tuesday. he just had one last stupid little morning of like photo-ops in his royal progress and then frank god the whole bosnian tour, which he didn't want to do in the first place, would be over. little beknown to him however there were seven assassins lined up along the quay. you can see the numbers here. there are more than several numbers. because several of the assassins actually moved positions. now it is true that despite the fact this does seem a bit overdetermined, you might say, plot being hatched

began in the balkans. technically speaking, i suppose you want to look at the spark, began in sarajevo. and so what happened on that morning of the 28th of june? well of course the arch duke franz ferdinand woke up. he had no idea what was in store. he dashed off a note to his children, poppy and mommy can't wait to see you on tuesday. his children were actually in another town. mine are actually just staying in the hotel next door so it was a little more difficult for him. he was expecting to see them on tuesday. he just had one last stupid little morning of like photo-ops in his royal progress and then thank god the whole bosnian tour, which he didn't want to do in the first place, would be over. little-known to him, however there were seven assassins lined , up along the quay. you can see the numbers here. there are more than seven numbers. that is because several of the assassins actually moved positions. now it is true that despite the fact this does seem a bit overdetermined, you might say, plot bein

began in the balkans.technically speaking, i suppose you want to look at the spark, began in sarajevo. as to what happened on that morning of the 28th of june? well of course the arch duke franz ferdinand woke up. he had no idea what was in store. he dashed off a note to his children, poppy and mommy can't wait to see you on tuesday. his children were actually in another town. mine are actually just staying in the hotel next door so it was a little more difficult for him. he was expecting to see them on tuesday. he just had one last stupid little morning of like photo-ops in his royal progress and then frank god the whole bosnian tour, which he didn't want to do in the first place, would be over. little beknown to him however there were seven assassins lined up along the quay. you can see the numbers here. there are more than several numbers. because several of the assassins actually moved positions. now it is true that despite the fact this does seem a bit overdetermined, you might say, plot being hatched

balkans. it's true that most of the balkans gained some form of independence after the treaty of berlin of 1878. some of the issues that resurfaced were already figured there. the big issue, of course, was minorities, because the populations had been so mixed that off national borders were drawn, something had to be done about minorities. places like bulgaria or greece started developing regulations, what to do with those who were different from the nation. but it's really the end of world war i with its emphasis on protecting minorities that forced these post-ottoman balkan states to articulate some sort of framework for dealingvpd wit those who were different. on one level, on paper, that was wonderful. because all of a sudden, muslims were given a special statute. quite a bit of autonomy to take care of their religious property, affairs. they had a democratic system of electing representatives to organizations. but that came along with strict monitoring. minority newspaper, whether it was g

sure, the balkans maybe, i guess this is perhaps a little early for the balkans, but it's certainly notearly for asia. there are those very smart historians in the united states, like brookes adams in 1895 who were making the important comment, it's eastern asia that is the prize for which all the energetic nations are grasping. it's not simply being used in the middle east, it's not being used in the scramble for africa, it's also being used quite importantly in increasing sort of great power attention to asia. and i guess it's sort of hard to see with this map here. but essentially, what's happening, particularly after the sino-japanese war, is great power scramble to carve out spears of influence. you're not taking parts of the ching dynasty apart, but you are sort of carving out special interests, special ability to create -- to put in naval ports, to operate mines, create railroads. basically by 19 -- the eve of the first world war, the great powers, most of the great european powers own most of the chinese economy. and they're all moving in in various parts of china. again, this i

i think there might have been a third balkan war. two had been previously fought since 1912 breaking out between turkey and greece which need not have embroiled the larger powers because none of them had a direct stake in that fight. you could pick various moments in the course of july 1914, have the germans pulled the reins on the austrians sooner, had the austrians behaved more decisively, thad hey waited four weeks ahowing the coalition against them to develop, had serbia accepted the ultimatum, that's another what-if. there are all kinds of what-ifs in july that would have led to a very different scenario. once the war broke out then you're getting into military history. there we have here professor helger hole wig talking about the battle of the marne. there are germans who wanted a divisive victory in the fall of 1914. had the coalitions played out differently, had the ottomans not entered the war, many, many scenarios might have led to a different outcome. i don't think however, once the war had begun, that is once hostilities

sure the balkans perhaps this is early for the balkans but certainly not early for asia. there are those very smart historians in the united states like brooks adams making the important comment that it's eastern asia which is the prize for which all of the energetic nations are grasping. you can see this sort of language here. it's very much not simply being used in the middle east. it is not simply used in the scramble for africa but also used quite importantly in increasing sort of great power tension to asia. this i guess it is hard to see with this map here, but essentially what is happening particularly after the sino-japanese war is carve out spheres of influx. you are not taking parts of the dynasty apart but are carving out special interests, special ability to create -- to operate minds, create railroads, basically by the eve of the first world war most of the great european powers own most of the chinese economy and are moving in in various parts of china. again, this is not formal colonial rule. based upon where they are geographically in asia you have russian

or essentially the entire balkan front. now she has her reason for this she said it would needlessly complicate the story, lead to t tiresome length and so on.th it is true it's almost such an s inexhaustibly complicated story you can see why she left it out. but she didn't just leave out the balkans. she left out the entire july crisis.it's a if you read the book closely you'll notice she devotes only one line to sarajevo, and one paragraph to the entirety of the july crisis. so her book is not really about the outbreak of the first world war in terms of causation, in gy terms of the diplomatic narrative, in terms of the drama between the european capitals in july. ans, des she picks up only on august 1stt and unfortunately she actually gets one major date wrong. that is the night of 31 july ac 1914, it's a friday, and she da, says this is the night when thee french government essentially e president premier are woken up e in the middle of the night by the russians, who have been given this ultimatum by the germans, desper

sure the balkans perhaps this is early for the balkans but certainly not early for asia. there are those very smart historians in the united states like brooks adams making the important comment that it's eastern asia which is the prize for which all of the energetic nations are grasping. you can see this sort of language here. it's very much not simply being used in the middle east. it is not simply used in the scramble for africa but also used quite importantly in increasing sort of great power tension to asia. this i guess it is hard to see with this map here, but essentially what is happening particularly after the sino-japanese war is carve out spheres of influx. you are not taking parts of the dynasty apart but are carving out special interests, special ability to create -- to operate minds, create railroads, basically by the eve of the first world war most of the great european powers own most of the chinese economy and are moving in in various parts of china. again, this is not formal colonial rule. based upon where they are geographically in asia you have russian

i will talk about the legacy of the war in the context of the balkans, the post-ottoman balkans. it is true that most of the balkans gain some form of independence after the treaty of berlin of 1878 and some of the issues that resurfaced after world war i were already figured there. the big issue was minorities, because the population had been so mixed. after national borders were drawn, something had to be done about minorities. places like bogue area or greece had adaria or greased hoc regulation initially, what to do with those who were different from the nation. it is really the end of world war i, with his emphasis on protecting minorities, that forced the post-ottoman balkan states to articulate some sort of framework for dealing with those who are different from the hegemonic nation. on one level, on paper that was wonderful. sudden, muslims in bulgaria were given a special statute, quite a bit of autonomy to take care of their religious .roperty and affairs they had a democratic system of electing representatives to communal organizations. that came along with strict moni

balkans. it's true that most of the balkans gained some form of independence after the treaty of berlin of 1878. some of the issues that resurfaced were already figured there. the big issue, of course, was minorities, because the populations had been so mixed that off national borders were drawn, something had to be done about minorities. places like bulgaria or greece started developing regulations, what to do with those who were different from the nation. but it's really the end of world war i with its emphasis on protecting minorities that forced these post-ottoman balkan states to articulate some sort of framework for dealingvpd wit those who were different. on one level, on paper, that was wonderful. because all of a sudden, muslims were given a special statute. quite a bit of autonomy to take care of their religious property, affairs. they had a democratic system of electing representatives to organizations. but that came along with strict monitoring. minority newspaper, whether it was g

i think there might have been a third balkan war. two had been previously fought since 1912 breaking out between turkey and greece which need not have embroiled the larger powers because none of them had a direct stake in that fight. you could pick various moments in the course of july 1914, have the germans pulled the reins on the austrians sooner, had the austrians behaved more decisively, thad hey waited four weeks ahowing the coalition against them to develop, had serbia accepted the ultimatum, that's another what-if. there are all kinds of what-ifs in july that would have led to a very different scenario. once the war broke out then you're getting into military history. there we have here professor helger hole wig talking about the battle of the marne. there are germans who wanted a divisive victory in the fall of 1914. had the coalitions played out differently, had the ottomans not entered the war, many, many scenarios might have led to a different outcome. i don't think however, once the war had begun, that is once hostilities

influence culturally and so forth with regard to the balkans. all of these things start getting mixed up, and the long and the short of it, ray, to paraphrase the late center moynahan, sanctions are for losers. >> go ahead? >> i really want to jump in on south stream, i'm turning it into an issue, but south stream by passes ukraine. when you're thinking about it in an economic standpoint, you're spending money to bring the same amount of gas to europe, where the economic indicators are flat lining, europe, where long-term forecast for energy demand growth is going down. so you're looking at an europe that is really aiming to diversify away from russia. so south stream is just used as a metaphor, an example as a project that you will spend money and will not bring economic value. >> if you're sitting in tiblisi or kiev, are you relaxing, watching vladimir putin on the hot seat this week? >> no, unfortunately, what i see there are more problems in kiev. i see it spreading, and i don't see near-term solution for problems in ukraine. no, i wouldn't

the balkans, it's more which side you chose.e on the right side in the war, that that is what determined it. it may not have been arbitrary, that it to say decisions being made about the future of of the minority people, whatever wilson's rhetoric and ee deals, were based on contributions to the war effort. >> of course, with the hungarians they lost. that's their problem. the arabs were on a winning side and they still lost. >> do you think?6+ñ >> jordan. >> well, i mean, sure. but the bulgarians contributed quite a bit of effort in world war i. so they did fight. that's right. so i'm wondering how much -- if i go quickly back in time. there was a war between serbia and bulgaria in 1885. and in that particular war, sort of the bulgarian army surprised european powers that it actually won battles. but it didn't transfer to anything in particular. i mean, it didn't -- they didn't win the territory. they didn't take the territory they had claimed. so these -- what i'm trying to say is the fact that you contribute troops, you can u

this low will head toward the western balkan peninsula. we actually have the red alert for heavy rain posted for the western parts of balkan peninsula. croatia you may see one month worth of rain fall in the span of 24 hours so flooding, mudslides will be very high risk. and a mixture of rain and snow once again for the northern areas. temperatures are in the single digits for the northern half while the double digits across the mediterranean countries. here's the extended forecast. >>> and that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. @ @@ñú click here are your latest headlines. siege haschool age -- killed at least 130 people come 84 of them believed to be students. military officials say at least six armed men entered the military school in peschel are -- peshawar. they were suicide attackers. and aftermath after the 17 hours siege at the australian cafe by an islamic extremist. the country's prime minister paid tribute to

there are as many being killed there as in the balkans. do you think, why should we send people to the balkans? bill said, we should go to all of them because we have the power to do that. we are the super power. that is also insane. >> if you do get a job as a pundit, the good news is -- you can never be fired. >> that is right. but the threat that the president has to see -- like the supreme court on pornography said we will know it when we see it. you elect a leader because you have faith that when he sees it, he will know it. >> i am ivana. my question is about this divide between ideology and party. it seems like that has been intertwined in my generation. can we ever restore the ideological progressivism or do we want to? do you see the future of conservatism being intertwined with a strong ideological foundation? >> and what was your question, sir? >> [inaudible] >> gentlemen? >> david said earlier that conservatism is not an ideology in the sense that marxism is. marxism is ready made. you push in whatever the question is in the an

i think it's fair to say that president clinton had hesitated to engage in the balkan wars until the events of the summer of 1995, srebrenica, and the bombing of the market in sarajevo. in that -- at that point it became the first television war. and we saw a whole lot of christiane amanpour all the time. the consequence was that there was pressure to, quote, do something, unquote. and that's when dick holbrooke got the players together in -- at wright patterson air force base in dayton, ohio. so the objectives were basically defined by holbrooke and his people. he was the assistant sect for european affairs. and execution was left to him based in washington, mostly in general terms, and to me on the ground for the specific execution of what we had envisaged. this change when john kornblum succeeded dick holbrooke in 1996, dick stayed on for awhile as special envoy but john kornblum was the assistant secretary. holbrooke came out once in awhile every couple of months in a c-20. my job was to create what was called the federation forum. which was a group of croats bosnians, so catholi

and some of the sweetest parts of the balkan he says are around for a five dollars. but what is interesting about continental's if they are not hedged, they are out there on a limb, he thinks this is a temporary thing, the prices are going to go back up, so we will find out. >> richer claritin, i want to here, put on your pimco hat for a moment and advise clients -- richard clarida, i want to bring you in here, put on your pimco hat and advise clients. >> it goes back to last week in the opec decision that essentially opec, the saudi's are willing to let the will price fall and stay there. they have learned their lessons from prior decades. i agree that in terms of the oil outlook, the recovery in the balkan will -- in the bakken will continue. the recovery is in capital spending, could take a hit, and obviously our exports to other countries that are impacted, so the decline in oil prices is clearly in a positive for the u.s. and for oil importers, but the arithmetic is not as favorable as the headline number because of these other effects. do ust phillips in d.c.,

the balkan oil is light nigerian crude.in fact, we've backed out a lot of nigerian crude since we began producing in the balkans. if we export balkans, we'll probably have implications for nigerian and the north sea. the eagleford is really unofficial. it's much, much leiter, and it needs to have the continue den sates stripped out of it. even with the light type oil catego category, there's a lot of diversity we don't have the information about. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> this time i recognize the gentleman from new jersey, mr. yarmuth, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to the witnesses for their testimony and knowledge. i've learned a lot, but i'm still not sure where i am on this issue. and i'm curious, and we talked about the potential downside and while everything hooks wonderful right now, prices down, that would seem to be -- mitigate against worrying about a crisis. but isn't it entirely possible that we could return to a 1970s situation? i was a staffer here in the '70s and remember nose l

in the limestone hills of the austro italian front or on the rugged balkan front.)ú3" how can we rememberthe impacts of war. the lost generation warned by stein and hemingway. the casualty rates unbelievable casualty rates. 35.8% from the british. we talk about the british and the lost generation. 73%.s>> here on cspan 3 all week, we're featuring american history tv programming, and we would like to get your thoughts on our shows. e-mail us at cspan.org to leave your comments and suggestions. >> we'd like to tell you about other american

integrated in the military and maybe not so much for their own defense but in southern europe and the balkans extending outwards to the middle east i think there would be a lot more concern if concerned if the u.s. were to suddenly pull out and the nato members, germany, italy, poland, if they had to suddenly put their own military expenses to raise their own military to meet whatever threats are out there asia is another case that's interesting. someone made the comment that the united states is the least distrusted actor and as some have argued that it is a linchpin for stability in the region. it's not -- again there are different views about whether the u.s. military presence is a source of stability or instability and further militarization of the region but at the moment even in the democracies in japan and south korea come even they can't really trust one another and so of course if the united states were to remove all the troops the first thing in japan would want to do is raise its own self-defense. but let's not kid ourselves that is a military and it would give them the right to ex

low pressure system in the western balkans is is now bringing wet and windy weather. in fact, it's very windy in croatia. where you want to be is in the peninsula, where it's going to be heating in double digits and you're likely to see plenty of sunshine out there. out here across the americas, two storms are pulling in. one is actually pulling waway from land, which is great news. very close to each other, so bringing very gusty conditions to the extreme east of canada and 80 millimeters of rainfall should be adding up. to the west, we have an incoming winter storm. we have avalanche warnings in place, as well as winter storm advisorie advisories. up to about 40 centimeters of additional snowfall could be piling up in the lower elevations and is going to be dipping down into the four corners regions. things are fine at 18 degrees. we're looking at denver at minus 6 degrees on your boxing day with some snow in the forecast. take a look at the eastern areas. new york, d.c. and atlanta. all in the double digits and plenty of sunshine. great day to shop. on about 165 mi

as balkans come to terms with its violent history, the return of one of the most unrepent tent nationalists threatens old tensions. al jazeera. belgrade. >> oil-producing countries in the gulf rental sai region said they won't cut prices. >> reporter: saudi arain is the world's biggest exporter of oil, and accounts for 13% of the world supply. six months of falling prices have dented the profit margins. at a meeting of arab oil ministers in abu dhabi, they blame non-opec members for the fall. they say oil producers outside of the bloc with lack of corporation and greed. >> we don't know what will happen in the future. but what we know for sure those who have the most and best production will control the market. >> reporter: gulf ministers said that they're confident that the market will stabilize again and soon. but it's dropping of oil production to 30 million-barrels a day could hurt some countries. venezuela, who relies heavily on oil revenues, struggles to balance the books. >> this is not the first disaster. this has happened before. we're just at a short-term of oversupply. this over

nine secret meetings where held in canada and the balkans. >> first thing is buying a computer. everything that normal people do. >> and while gross says he supports the change in relations with cuba, some law rakers criticized the announcement saying it rewards a government that brutal ices its people. >> the three remaining members the cuban five were released. cuban president raul castro welcomed those men yesterday. the cuban five were part of a spy network that operated in florida in the 1990s. the two others were previously released from prison. >>> and this is people celebrating in the streets of havana after hearing the announcement of the policy change with the u.s. it could give cuba's economy a much needed boost even though tourists are still banned from going there. many travel restrictions will still be lifted. and those will now breathe those famous cuban cigarettes back to the u.s. >>> joanne jesmarard killed a police officer and fidel castro granted her asylum in cuba. there's a $2 million reward leading to her capture. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert"

in the balkans in the 10 year period. the civil war and boston was just as intense as the civil war in syria today. so what's different is now it's the middle east but it's not east asia, it's not africa, america. all those places are relatively quiet. it's not the middle east. that's one difference. a second difference is the middle east is an unusual homogeneous place to give a single, dominant ethnicity. they are all most all air. of the single dominant leg you pashtun language. yet the single -- every single dominant religion and all part of a single country, less than 100 years ago. instead of having half a dozen somewhat autonomous conflicts going on with a certain amount of contagion among them, you have what appears to be an upheaval in an entire civilization. and the conflict is much more cross-border, much more intense. it has several conflicting strands, the ones you mentioned, and so that's one thing that makes a difference. second thing is the immediacy and intensity and volume of the media content. so americ

this system is still located here and will provide some stormy conditions for italy and the balkan peninsula as we go into tuesday. now, temperatures are going to be as follows. 4 degrees in paris. right at the freezing point in berlin. and partly sunny skies and across the east quite cold for this time of year. minus 3 in moscow and snow on the menu for kiev as well as moscow on the first day of the business week. now, across japan we have a couple of systems move over the country. those systems have gone. however the pressure gradients are still very tight so gusts of nearly 130 kilometers are reichly as we go into tomorrow. waves are going to be up to eight meters. and because of strong, cold winds moving over the sea of japan, sea-effect snow likely over the northwestern side of the country from hokkaido. the mountainous areas may get up to 40 or 50 centimeters of snowfall over the next 24 hours. even low-lying areas may get up to 20 centimeters of snowfall. but across the opposite side of the country, because we have high mountain rain, snow is not expected. now, because of a very cold

as the balkan struggles to come to terms with his violent history, the return of one of the most unrepentant nationalist threatens to enrage old tensions >>> in france, airbus is handing over its first a 350 passenger jet to qatar airways, carries 350 passengers and cutting fuel construction by a quarter. airbus invested $15 million. >> reporter: it's an historic day in toulouse, with the last brand new generation plane, the airbus 8350 to be taken from qatar airways and delivered to doha. why do we care? it's taking airbus into the realms of carbon composite. it's 53% carbon, lighter, more fuel efficient, making savings of 25%, which is more important when oil is up around $100 a barrel. any savings will be appreciated. it's been delayed by a week. qatar airways not happy with the state it was last week, said that the interior fitout was not ready and up to their standards, which they and airbus admitted. before christmas, this plane will make its journey to doha on tuesday. >> romania made significant progress in housing its homeless. in the tunnels in syria below buickar rest, there's peo

to southern europe via the mediterranean, the eastern mediterranean route and a third one via the balkans most boats making this journey aim for the tiny island of lampedusa, which gave its name to the 2013 catastrophe in which over 300 refugees drowned. in response, italy created the mare nostrum operation which has saved almost 100,000 lives to date. >> the italian navy ship san giorgio is on patrol in the mediterranean. not on the lookout not for enemy ships, but for refugees. >> possible target identified and heading 1.20. >> set course full speed ahead. as soon as the chopper's ready, we'll send it out for advance reconnaissance. >> they swiftly home in on the tiny dot in the sea. it is indeed a refugee boat. now, every minute counts. there's not much time left to complete the rescue operation before nightfall. >> are there pregnant women? how many? two? two pregnant women. where do you come from? syria, egypt and sudan? >> over 200 people are packed onto the old fishing boat. the san giorgio seamen throw sacks of life vests to the boat, just in case someone falls overboard. there's

as the balkan struggles to come to terms with history. the return of one of the most repentant nationalists threatens to ipp flame tensions >>> to egypt, where five members of the armed group have been killed in a shoot-out with police. the fighters who have fledged aleegeens to i.s.i.l. were hiding. egypt's interior ministery said security forces stormed the building. suicide belts, weapons and ammunition were seized in the raid >>> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalists imprisoned in egypt for 359 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were gaoled on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. >>> now, india's south seas, a region ravaged which the boxing day tsunami, thousands were killed, and large chunks of the coastline were destroyed. in some communities women were not given the support needed. we met a victim that helped others to make a lasting difference. >> sitting where her home once stood. this woman remembers the momen

ironically there is more data about the opec crude oil than oil in the balkans.ions on expanding oil reporting. i would be happy to elaborate on any of these issues. the overriding concern is that oil markets cannot function efficiently without high-quality information. question two, what are the environmental risk the oils pose? the carnegie company is comparing ideas with others. together with stanford university, we're monitoring the entire oil value chain from where the oil comes out of the ground through to how the products are used. our merit based findings are that oil's greenhouse gas imprints vary by at least 80% from one another. in other words, replacing a high amount will replace. there are several types that include emissions, like the balkans, where gas is flared instead of burned or sold. heavy oils, through the value change to yield more bottom of the barrel products like trolds or complicate. watery oil, like those in california, san joaquin valley, where it takes a tremendous amount of energy to lift as much as 50 barrels of water for every one

additional heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and a risk of hail and also mountain snow for the north of the balkaneninsula as well as the alpine region. the system will be moving into scotland. probably up to 20 centimeters of snow is likely to fall. temperatures are going to be in the single digits in many places. 1 degree in warsaw. zero degrees in moscow. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. until next time, good-bye. ccccc' >> first americans are waking up to another protest to police brutality in new york and other cities. a group gathered at times square while another group walked across the brooklyn bridge. not reach is in response to a grand jury decision not to indict a white officer for the

actually some areas saw freezing rainfall in the balkan peninsula and nearly 100 millimeters of rainfall. no big improvement on your wednesday. meanwhile winter storm conditions once again for the scandinavian peninsula. temperatures in stockholm at 4 degrees. and double digit figures in berlin and in to moscow. minus 4 for the high with snow on the menu for tuesday. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. >> tonight's top stories. in hong kong. three of the movement's founders turned themselves in as a student leaders dig in with a hunger strike. france gets set to vote on whether or not to recognize a palestinian state. the nonbinding resolution is expected to easily pass in the lower house of parliament. despite the fact that many on the right are against it. a violent attack by islamist extremists in kenya leaves close to 40 quarry workers dead, attacked in their

eastern parts of the iberian peninsula and that will spread to italy and the western parts of the balkaneninsula as we go into tuesday. and a wintry mix and gusty conditions for the british isles, as well as the scandinavian peninsula. but temperatures are generally mild in many parts of japan -- in parts of europe, i should say. now, across the american continent, lots of rain is still going on across california. an additional 80 millimeters of rain in the next 24 hours, and rain will likely continue into your wednesday, at least in the los angeles area. that is raising the potential for flooding, as well as mudslides. meanwhile, severe weathermaker is now affecting the mid part of the u.s. actually, snowfall for the northern locations, freezing rain will continue in north dakota, as we go into early monday morning. so watch out when you drive or walk on roads. now, rain will spread into the eastern parts of the united states, as we go into monday. all right, temperatures are going to be as follows. still on the warmer side in chicago, we have 10 degrees with rainy weather. but that cou

now wrapping things up with a look at europe we have a couple low pressure systems at the balkan peninsuland also into the italian peninsula producing windy and very wet conditions. look out for some possible isolated severe thunderstorms. another low pressure system whipping its way into the british isles and that's going to bring a chance for some rain in places like london on tuesday. now i want to take you down toward the southern coast of france. let's take a look at some video where people are getting ready for the holiday season here. 360 people in christmas costumes gather at the mediterranean coast monday. swimmers enjoy a plunge in the cold water. this is an annual event organized by the sport's service of the region. it was sunny but keep this in mind. daytime temperatures were in the mid teens. a little bit chilly. 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. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us. until next time. good-bye. cnónóñóñóñóñóqm?xq/p >> the last fren

the original low, though is bringing rain to the balkan peninsula is going to produce snow for kiev with a high of 1 coming up on wednesday. rain from stockholm into paris, as this cold front sps through the area. >>> let's take a look at the forecast now for east asia. high pressure provides some fair skies in japan on wednesday, as we go into thursday. a couple of low pressure systems that is bringing rain for the korean peninsula is now pushing eastward. that's going to cloud up the skies and bring some rain, some snow into hokkaido as we go through the day thursday. keeping an eye on the severe tropical storm down near and actually between the philippines and vietnam. pushing toward the west at 15 kilometers per hour. this system probably going to hang on to its severe tropical storm status but then quickly weaken into a tropical depression by the weekend. temperatures, 15 degrees for the high coming up on thursday in tokyo with a chance for some rain. much colder in seoul with a high of 1. morning showers followed by just cloudy skies as that low continues to push off toward the eas

also down to the south in italy, moving through balkan peninsula, you will be seeing storms out here. due to the storm system which has been pushing through last several days. even brought flooding back to the west. for those of you into morocco. that's a look at your world weather. i'll leave you your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for now on this edition of "newsline." i'm yuko aotani in tokyo. thank you very much for joining us. >>> good evening from los angeles. i'm tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with senator carl levin of michigan who at the end of this month wraps up 36 years in the u.s. senate. he is the outgoing chair of the armed services committee as well as chair of the permanent subcommittee on investigations. we'll get his assessment on the senate intelligence committee's report on torture, the passage of the controversial spending bill and so much more. we're glad you've joined us. a conversation with carl levin coming up right now. ♪

here's a look at the forecast for europe as we look at this low pressure system down toward the balkan peninsula, we are keeping an eye out on this because we have six water spouts reported in greece on sunday. this system will present itself with some severe storms possible for your monday. meanwhile back toward the west, we have an unstable weather pattern. that will bring some rain and we actually had wind gusts up to 126 kilometers per hour reported in france. seeing some more rain, maybe some storms coming monday with a high of 6. and rain for the eastern side of europe, as well. maybe even some snowfall into moscow and kiev. thunderstorms down towards athens with a high of 15 degrees. now we wrap things up with a look at north america. a lot of instability for the eastern side of the united states. lots of cloud cover. chilly temperatures, as we have a wedge formation trying to set up from high pressure up north, below off of the united states will actually bring some moisture and rain possibility of some rain, maybe even a few flurries for the northeastern coast and we'll see a

as the balkans struckle to come to terms with history, the return of one of the most repentant nationalistshreatens to inflame tensions. >>> pakistan has carried out four executions days after lifting a freeze on the death penalty. the men were accused of being involved in an attack on the former president. the moratorium was lived on tuesday. >>> since the syrian civil war began three years ago soldiers and troops loyal to the government defected. al jazeera spoke to an intelligence officer who left the military to join the armed opposition. they decided to leave armed groups and become a media activist. here is his story. >> i used to work as a security guard. part of the military intelligence division. by the end of 2011, at the beginning of the syrian revolution, as we received orders from the regime, and command to shoot and kim, i decided to defect. i started to coordinate to see the residents of the area. the regime's forces besieged hula at the time with roadblocks in and around the city. the situation was difficult. i reached my town in february 2012. i am married with four childre