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plenty of sunshine across southern parts of africa. >> thank you everton. in over a week, scotland will vote on whether to breakaway from the u.k. opinion wols show both sides are neck and neck, surprising many politicians. the british prime minister is in edinburgh for last-minute campaigning. we have more from the scottish capital. >> for so many months, the message from westminster to scotland is don't vote for independence, we'll make your life difficult, you can't share the pound, you won't be able to join the european union, it's a bad idea. that has not worked, as we now. in edinburgh the leaders from london, including david cameron are coming here with the opposite message, the message being for the u.k., not scotland, but the u.k., would be damaged if the great and glorious scotland was to go, and it would be damaged on the world stage. a reversal of messaging, almost trying to make the scots feel guilty, it seems to me, about the prospects of leaving the union. it's a high-risk strategy. it will be easy for it to be painted as a metaphor, for bein
plenty of sunshine across southern parts of africa. >> thank you everton. in over a week, scotland will vote on whether to breakaway from the u.k. opinion wols show both sides are neck and neck, surprising many politicians. the british prime minister is in edinburgh for last-minute campaigning. we have more from the scottish capital. >> for so many months, the message from westminster to scotland is don't vote for independence, we'll make your life difficult, you can't share the...
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stayed -- everton is here with us. give us some details. >> i'm afraid it is bag.re has been staggering amounts of rain fall over the last few days. a few more heavy showers to come. 319mm of rain in 24 hours. that was friday in islamabad, and we have seen showers continuing as we go through the past 24 hours. see how the cloud and rain is trying to ease away from the pakistan border. it's very much in evidence, and we take a look at the rain fall totals we have seen. over the last three days, 430mm of rain, in 72 hours. north, 221mm of rain came down here in the last 24 hours, but take a look at the 3-day total. a staggering 517mm of rain. over half a meter of rain. we are talking up towards my waist. a lot of heavy rainfall coming down, helps the heavy conditions. the wetter weather trying to make its way eastwards. as we go through sunday, we see further showers around the border. wet weather in place, and it lippings with the rain around -- rinks with the rain around the -- links with the rain around the east of india. it's wet here through the coming days. loo
stayed -- everton is here with us. give us some details. >> i'm afraid it is bag.re has been staggering amounts of rain fall over the last few days. a few more heavy showers to come. 319mm of rain in 24 hours. that was friday in islamabad, and we have seen showers continuing as we go through the past 24 hours. see how the cloud and rain is trying to ease away from the pakistan border. it's very much in evidence, and we take a look at the rain fall totals we have seen. over the last three...
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and north africa we have seen flooding rains around 56 millimeters of rain, darren. >> everton, thanke new i-phone six has a powerful encryption setting to make it hard for security agencies to get users' information and saying they are having criminals to evade the law and we have a report. >> reporter: the new iphone is leaving some bent out of shape, not the hoards of people who slept to be the first to get their hands on the i-phone 6 but security officials concerned about the encryption coding which could take more than five years to break and security agencies and nsa under resent criticism for the mass data pooling methods won't be able to access e-mail, photos and contacts stored on the phone. but it's not the first time this level of encryption has hit the market. >> android offered encryption for years and not straight out of the box and the i-phone is not the first to do so and google is falling close behind. >> reporter: the highest profile official to voice criticism of the cutting edge technology saying what concerns me about this is companies marketing something express
and north africa we have seen flooding rains around 56 millimeters of rain, darren. >> everton, thanke new i-phone six has a powerful encryption setting to make it hard for security agencies to get users' information and saying they are having criminals to evade the law and we have a report. >> reporter: the new iphone is leaving some bent out of shape, not the hoards of people who slept to be the first to get their hands on the i-phone 6 but security officials concerned about the...
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everton is on their way. there are few to speak of in group f. the one strike. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] group k. a hat trick put the game out of reach. [indiscernible] the italians on target. a german cyclist is broken the record. it never looked in doubt from the get-go. 49.7 kilometers was the target. it became more and more apparent that the chuck norris of cycling was to become the new record holder. he selected a small town in switzerland is the perfect place to main history. -- make history. he was cheered on by family, friends, and fans alike. the german is probably a little bit relieved now that it is all over. [cheers] >> i'm very happy. i started perhaps a little too quickly. i had to slow down a little bit. i give everything i had. i knew that it would be very hard. bites, or surgery, we will keep you up- to-date. >> -- bugs or bites, or surgery we will keep you up-to-date. >> we will fin
everton is on their way. there are few to speak of in group f. the one strike. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] group k. a hat trick put the game out of reach. [indiscernible] the italians on target. a german cyclist is broken the record. it never looked in doubt from the get-go. 49.7 kilometers was the target. it became more and more apparent that the chuck norris of cycling was to become the new record holder. he selected a small town in switzerland is the perfect place to main history. --...
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and everton just how extensive the flooding and rain?well, bare in mind this is supposed to be the end of the rainy season in this part of the world. you see this large area of cloud just around the border, it pushes into the far north of india there. huge area of cloud and rainfall. we have seen some really big totals recently. some places have seen only 24 millimeters of rain in 24 hours. for the entire month of september 1, 'st, '8 september 1, '89 september 1, '89 -- millimeters of rain have come down. we have had landslides as well. i'm hoping that things won't be quite as heavy in terms of the rain, but of course, this is a hilly area, this is going to be runoff and that will continue to sink its way further southward, so don't be surprised if you hear about flooding in other parts of the region as well. as we go to saturday, the showers pushing a little further eastward, notice really wet weather in this area. i think that will be the next focus for very heavy rain, and don't be surprised, again, if we hear about flooding here. an
and everton just how extensive the flooding and rain?well, bare in mind this is supposed to be the end of the rainy season in this part of the world. you see this large area of cloud just around the border, it pushes into the far north of india there. huge area of cloud and rainfall. we have seen some really big totals recently. some places have seen only 24 millimeters of rain in 24 hours. for the entire month of september 1, 'st, '8 september 1, '89 september 1, '89 -- millimeters of rain...
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it's appropriate time to bring in everton fox with pakistan and surrounding countries with the weather>> that is right, david, the weather has no borders and that is certainly the case here. you see the massive cloud up to the far northwest of india into that northeastern side of pakistan. massive cloud here. we have seen very, versus heavy rainfall. and a cloud over the last 24 hours we seen 250 millimeters of rain. look at this, 189 millimeters of rain in only 6 hours, hence the widespread flooding we have seen here and move across the border into the northwestern corner of india and this is the kind of conditions people have been contending with here, widespread flooding here as well and rescues have taken place, the army, the fire department and indeed the police force helping out with a rescue mission in place here. i think the flooding may well continue through the weekend. i think the rain should ease a little but it's still there or thereabouts. you can see how close it is to the border going through saturday. by saturday i suspect the weather will make its way to the eastern s
it's appropriate time to bring in everton fox with pakistan and surrounding countries with the weather>> that is right, david, the weather has no borders and that is certainly the case here. you see the massive cloud up to the far northwest of india into that northeastern side of pakistan. massive cloud here. we have seen very, versus heavy rainfall. and a cloud over the last 24 hours we seen 250 millimeters of rain. look at this, 189 millimeters of rain in only 6 hours, hence the...
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everton take on crystal palace laterer. >> barcelona can ex-attend their leek at the top -- extend their lead at the top. they go in with momentum. the catalan giant holding a record, winning three out of three and haven't conceded a goal yet. >> what counts is the protect and the reality. we are not as good when we win as we are doing now. >> we'll be the same, with lots to improve. >> one game finished in la li : liga:. >> cameroon has been announced as the host for the 2019 african cup of nation. ivory coast will be the venue in 2021. and guinea in 2023. libya had to pull out because of the security situation, no new host has been named. >> translation: the competition will take place in 2017 as decided before. the country chosen will be one that hosted an african cup of nations, one will installation and infrastructure. >> kav tan possible fans are focussed on the semifinals. tunisia playing later. >>> just two days after announcing her requirement from tennis, 2-time champion, li na, spoke for the first time about her tough decision during a press conference in beijing. >> this is a
everton take on crystal palace laterer. >> barcelona can ex-attend their leek at the top -- extend their lead at the top. they go in with momentum. the catalan giant holding a record, winning three out of three and haven't conceded a goal yet. >> what counts is the protect and the reality. we are not as good when we win as we are doing now. >> we'll be the same, with lots to improve. >> one game finished in la li : liga:. >> cameroon has been announced as the host...
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as joey said, they looked a lot more dangerous than your sorry side everton. >> as long as i have a celle day i die. more than my children's birth, and that goal -- >> okay, that is about as good as it gets for an everton fan. you want to go to north london? >> tottenham spurs. tottenham opened the scoring with the goal. this is the equivalent of randy quaid outacting dennis quaid. arsenal leveleded with possibly the most english name in football, a young gentleman called alex oxley chamberlain. >> your son needs to translate what he's -- >> no, no, joey, arsenal, arsenal always finds a way. >> a bit of cleavage for you, mika. >> if they can get healthy, they're clearly not gelling yet, if they get healthy, but that's a question every year. >> always does it at the end. the final four. how many years have they been in the final four? >> it might as well be 30. >> since 1736. you mentioned health, let's talk about mental health. >> oh, wade rooney, oh, my god, he's getting absolutely massacred by the tabloids in london. >> as he should be. two sides of wayne rooney in this game. they win,
as joey said, they looked a lot more dangerous than your sorry side everton. >> as long as i have a celle day i die. more than my children's birth, and that goal -- >> okay, that is about as good as it gets for an everton fan. you want to go to north london? >> tottenham spurs. tottenham opened the scoring with the goal. this is the equivalent of randy quaid outacting dennis quaid. arsenal leveleded with possibly the most english name in football, a young gentleman called alex...
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. >>> everton fox is here. you tell if the worst for these people is over, or perhaps is there something else on the way? >> well, in terms of the rain coming out of the sky, i think you can. because along the northeast parts of pakistan and india, we have a little rain, but the wetter weather is definitely moved on. so the rivers further south will continue to swell in the next few days, and there in lies the problem. 143 millimeters of rain over the last 24 hours. 101 millimeters of rain in this area, over that same period. and that will be the focus over the next few days then. we will see that wet weather on saturday, gradually pressing down to this area, but as you can see it does stay a good deal dryer and clearer, so things in terms of what is coming out of the sky will improve. further east, we have a tropical storm making its way in across the region, that will bring flooding rains across much of the area as we go through the next couple of days, david. >> reporter: thanks much indeed. >>> life in a fl
. >>> everton fox is here. you tell if the worst for these people is over, or perhaps is there something else on the way? >> well, in terms of the rain coming out of the sky, i think you can. because along the northeast parts of pakistan and india, we have a little rain, but the wetter weather is definitely moved on. so the rivers further south will continue to swell in the next few days, and there in lies the problem. 143 millimeters of rain over the last 24 hours. 101...
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everton where should they be bracing for impact next?, odile is now making its way north across california, it is going to push up into the southwest of the u.s. actually, so that will be the next problem area that we see over the next couple of days. you can see the line of cloud coming across the deep south, and i'll move out of the way, and you can see the system swirling away, gradually making its way, now in a general northerly direction. at the moment you can see the sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour. the winds will continue to weaken, but the heavy rain is set to continue, and we're expecting it to run up into arizona, gradually push on through new mexico and head towards texas over the next couple of days. that's the position for the rest of wednesday. more heavy showers and downpours coming through here. and then it will push north of the border as we go through thursday and into friday. so more big downpours to comes at that particular time. some of these areas could see 75 to 150 millimeters of rain. that could have th
everton where should they be bracing for impact next?, odile is now making its way north across california, it is going to push up into the southwest of the u.s. actually, so that will be the next problem area that we see over the next couple of days. you can see the line of cloud coming across the deep south, and i'll move out of the way, and you can see the system swirling away, gradually making its way, now in a general northerly direction. at the moment you can see the sustained winds of 75...
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. >>> all right, a check on the weather with everton. how is the weather for the ryder cup going? >> not as bright and beautiful as it has. it doesn't look too bad. let's look at the satellite picture, an area of cloud sitting over scotland. sinking south wards. it's not going to cause rain. there should be some sunshine, a weak weather system, bright but drank wilt. it's fine and dry across the u.k. lovely decent weather. 23 in london. 17 at this time of year. this wind is keeping temperatures up and looking good over the next couple of days. madrid kitting 22 degrees. rain in spain over the next day or two. heavy bursts and rain into the south-east. turkey with unsettled weather. that weather is kurd si of the large area of live pressure. it's having the effect of squashing the showers out of the way. we go into monday. fine and dry. the weather pushed away by the high. still fine and dry across the u.k. showers coming to the eastern side. through the course of monday and into tuesday. warm, fine and sunny. >> lots more to come on the newshour, indian prime minister narendra mod
. >>> all right, a check on the weather with everton. how is the weather for the ryder cup going? >> not as bright and beautiful as it has. it doesn't look too bad. let's look at the satellite picture, an area of cloud sitting over scotland. sinking south wards. it's not going to cause rain. there should be some sunshine, a weak weather system, bright but drank wilt. it's fine and dry across the u.k. lovely decent weather. 23 in london. 17 at this time of year. this wind is...
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everton took the points.the spanish league, the big one is a repeat of the champion's league final between the two madrid teams, and it's square between atletico and real. a goal cancelled out by cristiano ronaldo's penalty. >>> france through to the davis cup files, closing out their series. securing a 3-0 sweep against thomas burredic and stepan ebbing. >>> italy trail switzerland 2-0. their hopes alive. the tie continues on sunday. >>> new zealand maintained a 5-year unbeaten record at home, beating south africa 14-10 in the rugby championship. the all blacks made it 56 home wins with the help of a 25th international try for richie mccall. new zealand have a 6-point head at the top of the rugby championship table. >> australia joint second with south africa, beating argentina in queensland. michael hooper scoring two tries for the wallabies. acknowledge pushing to the end. third try touched down. australia held on for the 32-25 win. argentina win this after three years in the competition. >> n.f.l. star ad
everton took the points.the spanish league, the big one is a repeat of the champion's league final between the two madrid teams, and it's square between atletico and real. a goal cancelled out by cristiano ronaldo's penalty. >>> france through to the davis cup files, closing out their series. securing a 3-0 sweep against thomas burredic and stepan ebbing. >>> italy trail switzerland 2-0. their hopes alive. the tie continues on sunday. >>> new zealand maintained a...
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. >>> everton thanks very much indeed. >>> used electronics are one of the fastest sources of global, but in kenya, slum residents and garbage checktors have found a way to turn it into lucrative business ventures. >> reporter: at the only electronic waste recycling plant in east africa, these employees break part computers, they ship the waste, some of which is dangerous, to europe. used electronics is one of the fastest growing sources of waste in kenya. it's is also what comes from the west in the form of second-hand electronic goods. the country seems to generate more ewaste than it can dispose of. >> it ends up rivers, so when it goes to the rivers, it -- it pollutes the environment, and this is what you get the cause like this [ inaudible ] e-waste is dangerous. >> reporter: kenya produces about 17,000 tons of e-waste ever year, but only a fraction gets to this recycling site. so here in one of the garbage sites in nairobi, collectors try to find what they can. she tells me she is quite likely to find this computer mother board. it tells at about $5. this is a good day for her.
. >>> everton thanks very much indeed. >>> used electronics are one of the fastest sources of global, but in kenya, slum residents and garbage checktors have found a way to turn it into lucrative business ventures. >> reporter: at the only electronic waste recycling plant in east africa, these employees break part computers, they ship the waste, some of which is dangerous, to europe. used electronics is one of the fastest growing sources of waste in kenya. it's is also...
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what is the story, everton? >> have been hearing about flooding for the last two weeks. it's an ongoing issue. it moved on from croatia, from italy and the balkans. you can see a curl of cloud swirling away around serbia. and we have seen very heavy rain here, and that caused flooding. it looks fine and dry. a nice big area of high pressure, into the eastern side of serbia, there's awful conditions that the rain led to. mudslides, rain slides, and it has caused major problems. many places are under water. lots of roads knocked out. and across the border into romania, it's a similar picture. heavy rain bridging problems across the area, states of emergency has been declared as a result of that. the showers are expected to continue down to the south-eastern corner of europe. easing into north and central agrees, and the western side of turkey, that's a picture for the remainder of thursday, well see the weather pushing across central turkey. as you can see, it looks fine and dry, and remains that way until we get to the western side. there's a few showers around the far we
what is the story, everton? >> have been hearing about flooding for the last two weeks. it's an ongoing issue. it moved on from croatia, from italy and the balkans. you can see a curl of cloud swirling away around serbia. and we have seen very heavy rain here, and that caused flooding. it looks fine and dry. a nice big area of high pressure, into the eastern side of serbia, there's awful conditions that the rain led to. mudslides, rain slides, and it has caused major problems. many places...
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. >>> let's check on the global weather with everton. we saw the floods in india and pakistan starting to get better. >> at long last. you can see from the pictures that the sun is out, so something of an improvement. we have the run off making its way down to lower ground. that will cause problems in the coming days, if not weeks. looking at the satellite - the main areas of heavy downfalls is south across the northern plains towards bangladesh. there's lively showers, and that is the case there the next few days, through the west and east of the heavy rain right the way there across the northern plains. to the far north-west it is dry, and we'll see sun shine coming through here over the next few days. for the central areas, heavy downpours. heavy council pores, wide spreadflooding, major disruptions. look at the rain fall totals. sapporo, 72mm of rain in 24 hours. enough to cause flash flooding. south, twice that amount, 154mm of rain in 24 hours. the wet rain is making its way east and. >>> scotland's independence from the u.k. is lo
. >>> let's check on the global weather with everton. we saw the floods in india and pakistan starting to get better. >> at long last. you can see from the pictures that the sun is out, so something of an improvement. we have the run off making its way down to lower ground. that will cause problems in the coming days, if not weeks. looking at the satellite - the main areas of heavy downfalls is south across the northern plains towards bangladesh. there's lively showers, and that...
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everton fox is here with the weather. >> we have seen heavy rain across a good part of south asia. we talked about the flooding rain across india. taking a look to the south-east. 59mm of rain in chennai, in 24 hours. big downpours. plenty of cloud on the satellite picture. look up towards the north-west. rajasthan, a big lump of cloud. more rainfall coming down here over the last 24 hours. joked pure 156km. north of the border into lahore, a whopping 169mm of rain in 24 hours. that has caused widespread flooding, causing problems as we go through the coming days. it stays wet as we go through friday. look at the rain across the far north-west of india into the north-west corner of pakistan. really heavy downpours, and it extends down a good part of the western gap. we could see flooding problems here. on the other side of the country, up to the north-east. more downpours here. no great improvement as far as that is concerned. we should see something of improvement for the eastern side of pakistan as the race starts to drift. the rain is there, they'll ease off a touch. soon to bec
everton fox is here with the weather. >> we have seen heavy rain across a good part of south asia. we talked about the flooding rain across india. taking a look to the south-east. 59mm of rain in chennai, in 24 hours. big downpours. plenty of cloud on the satellite picture. look up towards the north-west. rajasthan, a big lump of cloud. more rainfall coming down here over the last 24 hours. joked pure 156km. north of the border into lahore, a whopping 169mm of rain in 24 hours. that has...
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the other two premier league clashes, sundayserlands and james e beat everton 4-nil to reach the fourthround. on loan striker forres scored his first goal for milan in his first start for the club in their 2-2 draw. meanwhile, in germany, normal service was received in the bundesliga. with ball less options and a surprise package of the season so far having been the first ever season in the top flight. >> record topped the table but it now dropped down after the defeat. two goals from gerta and am the champions had a 4-nil win. they go top of the table. real madrid's christian on med irano scored four times. it was a home side who scored first. >> just serves to wake mad rid up. gareth bales scored the equalizer but then it became the cristiano ronaldo. two, now three points behind leaders barcelona. the world's best goal for error -- golfer rory mcelroy as they defends their ryder cup title. the former manager has 38 trophies gave the europeans a motivational speech. understandway in scotland. he is a huge fan of the fwaurl team and admits he was in a trans listening to ferguson speak.
the other two premier league clashes, sundayserlands and james e beat everton 4-nil to reach the fourthround. on loan striker forres scored his first goal for milan in his first start for the club in their 2-2 draw. meanwhile, in germany, normal service was received in the bundesliga. with ball less options and a surprise package of the season so far having been the first ever season in the top flight. >> record topped the table but it now dropped down after the defeat. two goals from...
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of flights have been cancelled and it's heading to vietnam and we can get more on the typhoon from evertonhe typhoon is getting week. >> plenty of rain to come in the system and it actually is still a typhoon and soon it will be a tropical storm so i would say in the next 3-4 hours it will be downgrade but heavy rain to come and this is a mass of cloud making its way across the south china seas to the gulf and have seen huge amounts of rainfall coming from the storm and sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour and it's just about a category one hurricane on the scale. barely a typhoon at the moment. still strong and damaging winds a possibility. the system will make its way further west, northwest and interacted with the land and losing the strength in terms of the wind but not so in terms of the rainfall, plenty of heavy rain still coming in behind and 233 millimeters of rain coming down in only 24 hours, i think some of these areas across southern china will see 100-200 millimeters of rain over the next 24 hours and any consolation i can offer is it's making its way westward in a quick
of flights have been cancelled and it's heading to vietnam and we can get more on the typhoon from evertonhe typhoon is getting week. >> plenty of rain to come in the system and it actually is still a typhoon and soon it will be a tropical storm so i would say in the next 3-4 hours it will be downgrade but heavy rain to come and this is a mass of cloud making its way across the south china seas to the gulf and have seen huge amounts of rainfall coming from the storm and sustained winds of...
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english side everton put on impressive display as they beat german 4-1. beat the chek 3-1 and they beat dutch side 2-0. asian golf club in st. andrews voted to allow women members for the first time in 260 year history and the club is known as the home of golf that uses the old course that hosted 28 british opens and 2400 members on the issue. of the three quarters that responded 85% agreed to allow women to join their exclusive club for the very first time. al jazeera's lee weldings has more on what vote by them actually means. >> reporter: yes decision has implications beyond the famous st. andrews club and the royal and ancient club has a lot of power in golf particularly outside of america and runs the golf championship where courses and clubs apply at the stage and one is true in the stage on 2016 and this is male only and pressure may be applied to change their policy before 2016. and this is another of the open championship courses and also male only and some stage i expect them to have a vote of admitting female members. what you won't get is imme
english side everton put on impressive display as they beat german 4-1. beat the chek 3-1 and they beat dutch side 2-0. asian golf club in st. andrews voted to allow women members for the first time in 260 year history and the club is known as the home of golf that uses the old course that hosted 28 british opens and 2400 members on the issue. of the three quarters that responded 85% agreed to allow women to join their exclusive club for the very first time. al jazeera's lee weldings has more...