states feel are more important for south korea its peacemaking engagement in a piece on the korean peninsula and for the united states is denuclearization frank smith in serial thank you for breaking that down for us. winter in northern india is just one meter to treat means no fall and winter sports the center for most of these activities is the town of good modoc famous photo it's ski slopes it is now drawing crowds for another reason and it molds drinking tea and eating snacks. in the snowy high country it's really not out of place but of course this isn't the far north of canada or greenland. this is the western himalayas and while the igloo from a distance says in a weird tribe the flourishes at the entrance way and then inside say jamu and kashmir. cissie is what i would usually use as fund as part of a ritual for good omens it also helps to keep the evil spirits away. beyond the aroma and the patterns on the igloos curved walls of the furnishings provide a good amount of regional flair there's seating for 16 people looking to chill and yet warm up starting with their traditional kashm

continues, basically, what the 38th parallel has thrown into relief, which is that for nobody on the korean peninsula at that point does anyone think that decolonization has actually finished, right? there's no agreement about what a liberated sovereign post colonial korean state is, right? so by moving the kind of pieces so quickly to voluntary and individual choice it really bypasses this more critical structural material element of everyone's experiences and what's really at stake on the ground. >> yep. >> i'm a little confused -- >> could you introduce -- >> i'm bruce guthrie who's also still confused. in your talk you talked about about the japanese interrogators who were american or whatever, was that -- were the same teams interrogating both camps in the north and in the south? and you talked about the 21 who decided not to repatriate to the u.s., although you only had pictures of 20. how many on the other side chose not to be repatriate? >> okay. so maybe i'll start out with the numbers question. i mean, the numbers question doesn't quite get at the full story, but for korean p.o.w.s, those w

even warmer could touch 20 celsius 68 in found hot not mild air that comes right across the korean peninsula 68 in cells a good 10 degrees above the average 17 celsius tefl beijing much of china will be tries some walks in shanghai as well as around $23.00 degrees with those southerly winds coming through but a chance of wanted to showers down towards the southwest of china with impossible vietnam which also wanted to show us to into the eastern side of india as we go through the next day or so you can see some showers just sliding towards others but that she's ing over into tumble not too much of southern india a chance of seeing a little bit of wet weather as is the case to into shrank of the showers will pop up just around chennai as we go on through sunday by the time we come to monday they are still there they are hopefully just making the weddell for the west was becoming a little lighter in the process further north just some wintry flurries coming in across northern pakistan. qatar airways. this thing is a set and it's time for a different approach one that is going to challenge the

sponsored point qatar airways we've got to return to winter for parts of the korean peninsula and japan over the next couple of days because this little bank of clouds sliding across the northeast of china behind our cold front which will gather and move further southward so sad but a snow coming through here maybe as much as 50 or 60 centimeters into parts of north korea some of the snow pushing into the north of south korea further south some very heavy rain maybe 6070 millimeters of rain coming through here and that could cause some localized flooding make the most of the dry day that we do have a monday for much of japan because the system will move through the sea of japan heavy rain coming through with still coming in from the south there for tokyo so the temperatures not faring too badly at around 18 celsius before the system sweeps through later on in the week and things do start to cool down behind that it is generate drive-by choose day across the korean peninsula into a good parts of china low one or 2 showers down towards the southeast of china want to show as to ensue and o

dry few showers there around the eastern side of the korean peninsula northern china looks largely settled on the cool side basing around 5 celsius with a bit of cloud into central areas but for the most part it will be settled come down into southeast asia the usual scattering of showers coming through i think for the showers into central and southern parts of the philippines they may well pay pop over the next day or so while showers there across malaysia and some very heavy showers once again into indonesia some heavy showers now making their way into sri lanka for much of n.p.r. it should be settled and sunny we have got some rain sleet and snow westley disturbance now in the process of retreating out of the way clear skies coming back in behind you delhi where the top temperature of 20. sponsored paul qatar airways its america's worst kept secret cracked open in the time of a pandemic exposed in the time of trump through the turmoil of 2020 the big picture traces a century of racial injustice to reveal how philanthropy politics and economics preserve structural inequality keeping whit

to try a few showers there around the eastern side of the korean peninsula northern china looks like she settled on the cool side basing around 5 celsius with a bit of cloud into central areas but for the most part it will be settled come down into southeast asia the usual scattering of showers coming through and i think for the showers into central and southern parts of the philippines they may well pad pop over the next day i would say well showers there across malaysia and some very heavy showers once again into indonesia some heavy showers now making their way into sri lanka for much if india should be settled and some we have got some rain sleet snow westie disturbance now in the process of retreating out of the way clear skies coming back in behind you delhi where the top temperature of 20. after more than a decade of civil war life remains a challenge in sierra leone. we follow the citizens of this war torn nation as they push their limits. for survival. risking years of sierra leone. welcome back a quick recap of our top stories here at this hour libya's warring factions have

sponsored point qatar airways however we've had some balmy conditions across china and the korean peninsula recently sunday afternoon temperature in beijing got up to 25.6 celsius that's the 1st time we see the temps to get above 20 degrees celsius in the month of february or greco so some exceptional heat in northern parts of china and across the korean peninsula normal conditions will be received as we go through the next couple of days temperatures a back near where they should be at around 5 celsius there for basic we got some wintry weather sliding into central and northern parts of china right on the southern flank of that and that will continue to make its way further eastward push across the yellow sea as we go on through thursday we'll see some western weather coming into south korea southern parts of japan something of a wintry mix too into northern parts of japan tokyo should be largely dry but much colder than it has been recently ice is just 11 degrees celsius or so sit down around 10 degrees on recent values across south asia slightly fine and dry we got a few showers just pus

going to affect all this western side of honshu and hawk harder but less so boxes day in the korean peninsula and then the wind sort of falls out altogether or changes direction and suddenly we lift him she is quite significantly for an awful lot of china the korean peninsula and even japan but let's see how far they go so all should be on average about 5 degrees right tanana on friday and we keep going up to 14 by the time you get to sunday well above average and the major change will be a soul going on i think in some positive path as well. the active weather for the south where we cause we never talk about snow but we took this circulation forming a tropical cyclone in the making quite possibly and quite likely that's where most of the action is there a few showers elsewhere sumatra on the west coast and jobbers full of them and there are showers building now in the middle of india not everywhere and it's only february but they're building all the same a bit of the biggest in the monsoon wind might prompt a few big shots and it's a curse a towel not a but nothing much is happening in that

states feel are more important for south korea its peacemaking engagement in a piece on the korean peninsula and for the united states is denuclearization frank smith in circle thank you for breaking that down for us. went to northern india. to treat mean snow fall and winter sports the center for most of these activities is the town of good modoc famous for its ski slopes it is now drawing crowds for another reason and it's a molds drinking tea and eating snacks. in the snowy high country it's really not out of place but of course this is in the far north of canada or greenland. this is the western himalayas and while the igloo from a distance says in a what tribe the flourishes at the entrance way and then inside say john woo and kashmir. says he is what i would use as fund as part of a ritual for good omens it also helps to keep the evil spirits away. beyond the aroma and the patterns on the igloos curved walls of the furnishings provide a good amount of regional flair there's seating for 16 people looking to chill and yet warm up starting with their traditional kashmiri drink coffee. bec

the snow will fall throughout the korean peninsula and the cold will be felt in shanghai.igh temperature about 12 degrees, down to seven by wednesday. the snow is quite widespread, though not as heavy as wednesday. the cold w't necessarily last. if anything, the sun will do its job, wind direction will change. shanghai would go up to about 15 by the time we get to friday. there are that many showers. we have some in the philippines. quite a few in indonesia. malaysia is largely dry. thailand is largely dry as well. in india, of course is largely dry. not as dry as it was one week ago. a shower moving slowly east. temperatures are slowly rising, the north indian plane is seeing a rise in temperatures. most of the date is spent in hazy sunshine. ♪ >> the weather, sponsored by qatar airways. >> the son. a father. a mutual love of the arts. the stage is set to immorlize fading memories. in a magical race against time. witness our time machine. on al jazeera. ♪ anchor: elegant -- hello again. myanmar's military has imposed a near-total internet blackout across the country for a

leon soon was a sex slave during japan's occupation of the korean peninsula she says japan and south korea should have the united nation's highest court decide on an issue that continues to divide them that is whether japan should do more to acknowledge and compensate for the system of enslaving and abusing thousands of women who were sent to military brothels. japan insists all wartime compensation issues have been settled and 1965 treaty that normalized relations with south korea also extended compensation. but victim anguish and activism persisted a settlement in 2015 with japan said to be final and irreversible provided $9000000.00 to a victim's fund but many victims criticized the language and the current south korean government dissolved that deal to take the issue to the international court of justice in the hague both countries would have to agree and it might be the south korean government saying no to the idea considering the possibility of losing or at least not gaining an overwhelming legal victory. the matter has long put a wedge between japan and south korea and a recen

was attempted getting up to 21 celsius in tokyo just 70 in found hot woman off to across the korean peninsula 15 degrees a little further west get up to 80 in beijing and a bit of fair weather cloud around here but bright skies as we go on through monday quite as warm but in light winds still feel quite pleasant to ourselves is that the solace well it's warmer in tokyo with a high of around 12 so 22 degrees the further north we have got some rain sleet and snow into northern parts of honshu easing up into the chance of want to see showers too into southern parts of china chance of wanted to showers too into southern parts of india over the next day or so much of india is settled and fine but some heavier downpours down towards dashed was done will not it could see some localized flooding in here so certainly something to watch out for over the next couple of days just a little further west which as we go on through monday and shoes day so a chance of showers just coming into carola sri lanka also with a chance of seeing some showers from a small problems continue across the northern plains we

perhaps one or 2 snow flurries there into all caught and then signs of clear weather across the korean peninsula and bunch of japan's push on into the 2nd half of the weekend there we go with a few snow showers into western areas of honshu and also into quite a keen drift on the wind here this stays but said other side of the mountains tokyo will get up here around 18 celsius so some decent warmth coming through here but you know the china again fine and dry central areas a little more cloudy here was a chance of some spotty right but down towards the south hong kong present sunshine but temperatures getting up to around $26.00 degrees a lot of sunshine supercross much of in the air we have got a few showers running towards the next day also up towards the far north of india was seeing this westley disturbance now feeding a few showers across the pool over to wolf blitzer snow over the high ground but it will continue to drift further east was bright skies coming back in behind the temperatures lifting in new delhi to 23 degrees. welcome to down from every one of us. even those working quietly b

however we've lost the exceptional heat this been running across northern parts of china into the korean peninsula recently and some they some want to into or japan it has to be said about 10 degrees cooler in tokyo to around 12 celsius we go through where to stay notice the wintry flowers are returning western parts of honshu just pushing up into hokkaido clear skies behind not too bad in so but 9 celsius 5 degrees celsius there in beijing quite a shock when you consider sunday we got up to 25 decrees big change here when she weather will make its way into central parts of china northern and central areas seeing some snow in some rain just to the south of that so making its way further race was a little colder than of late than in shanghai supply to 10 degree drop on as of around 14 celsius as that wet weather pushes through tonight is a fair bit of rain there coming into southern parts of china not too much rain coming in across india at present losey clear skies we have got a fine and dry weather for the most part although going to westerly disturbances just moving across pakistan will bring so

look at last he settled and sunny 40 celsius in tokyo similar temperatures there across the korean peninsula there is a change underway this wetter weather the central parts of china will push its way across the yellow sea snow on the northern flank of that just pushing into north korea a little bit of wet weather too just making its way up into q 2 on sunday but tokyo doing very nicely at 17 degrees celsius 17 celsius 2 for shanghai father dry of course a good part of southern china and as far to try to across a good part of indochina sunshine in showers there into the philippines more pockets of heavy rain there coming into malaysia borneo seems to be rainfall and we will again see some very heavy rain for a good part of indonesia rain started to push east weights was over the next couple of days it does make slow progress but it will eventually get there so one or 2 showers coming in on saturday much of south asia is fine and settled we got a few showers just around the foothills of the himalayas nothing too much to speak of temps just starting to rise new delhi talk temperatures here 29.

the mountains tokyo not too bad with that pleasant sunshine 18 celsius losey try to across the korean peninsula they want to choose showers for the eastern side of the peninsula both in china generally dry still a few showers there to central parts of china the sunshine down towards the south there bit of sunshine into india over the next day or so we got some showers returning to sri lanka the northeast the winds just stayed in those showers down across the bow have been gold into the eastern side of sri lanka tending to peter out as we go on through sunday further north of this generates dry shabby rain making its way across the poland clearing through got some shabby rain pushing in across northern parts of the middle east over the next couple of days it will be heavy at times with the threat of flooding with some snow. support qatar airways frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse for $2200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bomb in the situation he c

less so now as you can see over the korean peninsula seoul is in the sunshine and these slowly warming up because something of that cold air coming down we've now got the wind change in shanghai is up to 16 cells up to 9 and the snow stopped by the time we get to friday as a dramatic and fairly quick change shanghai hangs on to that changed increase is it 20 degrees by saturday the average just for comparison is about 10 or up to 23 the time we get to sunday and there are changes afoot throughout india quite a few showers are trying to generate in south strata good parts of central and southern india wanted to moving further north still not disturbing the persistent fog around the far northern plains for example in delhi an increase in shower seems like it down towards time out there and sri lanka but the delhi it's more the say at least fog in the warning it might briefly clear in the afternoon still poor equality. qatar airways. a place to treat our world so you're not going to lecture which artists and activists me where i do use a spark and history is made. to have brought al-jazee

that with a more pleasant weather pushing right up across northern parts of china through the korean peninsula and back into japan want to show it was the western side of china we will see want to see showers too into the philippines over the next day or so heavier showers will be around malaysia indonesia looking very unsettled as we go on through the coming days with those seasonal storms looking pretty active at the moment active showers to making their way towards flanker over the next day or so flooded as long as you dry rural it across much of south asia but as we go on into saturday this little clutch of storms will roll their way a little further westwards easing over towards franca through the course of sas day northern parts turning increasingly wet with the risk of flooding. to qatar airways. that. mutual love of the ox. the stage is set to immortalize fading memories. in a magical race against time. witness our time machine. you're watching out of their mind top stories this hour us democrats have wrapped up the 2nd and final day of opening arguments against donald trump graphic an

well we'll see temperatures going to 21 celsius in tokyo that will be stretching across the korean peninsula to northern parts of china quite as warm here as you go on through monday but it will be warm a still photo with a high of 20. to tack. sim india. leave many scars most of which cannot be seen. they also create a bond. born of her seared ordeal and stronger than the many obstacles their survivors will now face. black roses and red dresses parts of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. the in. the. back look at main stories this hour security forces in myanmar of shot dead 2 protesters they were killed in the city of mandalay as anti coup demonstrations continue across the country in terms of international reaction the e.u. and france have condemned. russian opposition leader alexina valley has lost an appeal against his jail sentence the kremlin critic lost the appeal for breaching his probation while recovering in germany from poisoning he was also fined for defaming a world war 2 veteran. and the us president joe biden has approved a major disaster declaration for the state of t

brighter and more pleasant there into weather far north of the country not too bad across the korean peninsula and into beijing temperatures here around 16 or 17 degrees is looking fine and dry for much of china although we could see want to showers towards the southwest of the country wanted to showers creep in the way towards eastern parts of india and if you catch a shower here it could be on the heavy side you might see a shower seizing over towards couple nadu over the next day or so chance to some showers to into a good part of sri lanka further north it is generally dry but you notice up towards the far north of india up towards northern parts of pakistan we have got some rain sleet and snow in the form of a westerly disturbance coming through hopefully that will just start to mix things up but ahead of that we have got the usual folk problems across the northern plains temperatures in new delhi at 29 to greece. sponsible qatar airways. they may not be top of the table. they might not have the biggest stadium. but they stand as titans in the face of the fascist fall right movement. if y

sponsored point qatar airways there will be a smell of spring in the good part of china the korean peninsula even japan is temperatures rapidly rises the wind reverses from a northerly to the south westerly and it keeps going for at least a couple of days admittedly this snow stephen hawking rider but not for most of it is rain showers for honshu now the forecast for shanghai shows pretty high temperatures the average is 10 for february and we're up to about 23 in the sunshine it just cooled down a little bit by monday and tuesday back down to nearer the average but hey those 3 warm days active weather further south as well for the southern philippines this tropical cyclone may well strengthen but i don't think it'll get typhoon strikes however it will be a shock because sometime in the weekend it will go through the beside us wind and rain there is sort of i just seized rain just a few showers in some parts of india more significant over the water further south nothing has moved the persistent fog in the northern plains and belize still stuck in it for most days of forecasts of honesty is n

attempt to lightly rise again with feeding at this wants through the yellow sea towards the korean peninsula yes there is still snow in japan and tokyo down to 11 but it's been an up and down story and seoul reflects that too we get the evenings though dying out to say the temps dropping subzero and they were back up to 7 again on friday in a cloudy picture changing fortunes here and they are changing little bit in india the showers are in sri lanka touch eastern india to a degree but as you know most is quiet at this time the year the cold why is the policies freezing up in the finals of the near northern pakistan the some snow still to fall but the folks have been the saying now you can disrupt this fog which is a good thing and in new delhi the focus was just to athens on thursday and friday sunder storms was no cause for the north but that improves the air quality temporarily. sponsible qatar airways. i really did bad things with i be able to forgive somebody like me a convicted war criminal seeks out the survivors of a prison camp to apologize for the crimes of his past i just can't get

warmer still as we go into sunday could touch 20 degrees found high that was stretches across the korean peninsula 16 there in seoul in the 17 there for beijing much of china will be fine and dry a few showers down towards the southwest and we got some very heavy rain meanwhile making its way towards central and southern parts of the philippines. in the form of a tropical storm has its local name and the name given by the joint typhoon warning center my butt winds have around $95.00 clematis pratt gusting to 120 kilometers per hour said doesn't mean the potential for damaging winds and large ways very heavy rainfall that's the main threat 150 maybe 250 millimeters of rain over the next couple of days and that could lead to some localized flooding as in italy makes its way into southern parts of the philippines and then pushes across into those central areas elsewhere will say some wet weather coming into the southeast of india but to the north of that is try and find. ways to jump into the stream there is a lot going on in this show and julian on global community when i talk about the misinformati

sliding out that ace's sort of chart of the sea running a little further east which across the korean peninsula as it makes its way through picking up the moisture across the sea of japan very heavy rain coming in for a time and some snow over the high ground 13 celsius there for tokyo we're going to see that colder air really getting to the eastern side of japan but certain across western and northern parts there you go significant snowfall coming back in on tuesday could cause further disruption further south of this generally dry by the time we come to choose day but you can see more wintry weather just sliding in across the korean place missile with the top temperature of just one degree celsius further south we have got some wet weather there into southern parts of china just a fine and dry in hong kong stays far and try to across indochina and of course much of india want to see one or 2 showers just creeping towards for lanka as we go through monday about monday you could just catch a shower what city is in across southern parts of india carol like catch a shower or 2 but for the most pa

however that we've got somalia where pushing in across much of japan now and the korean peninsula feeling very spring like temperatures well above the seasonal average highs in tokyo 21 degrees below is a fine and dry for much of japan and find it right to fall south korea solet around 15 celsius warmer still in beijing and we're going to hang on to that wolf as we go into the next couple days could get up to 22 celsius in tokyo say really feeling very springlike ala northern parts of one she could still see one or 2 wintry florist's much of chart of is fine enjoy a chance of some showers down towards the south most of india's fine and dry again a chance of wanted to show was down to the south here we could see some wetter weather just easing into under pradesh is seeing some heavy showers maybe some showers just creep in the way over towards kara over the next day but a little further north you get a little disturbance making its way across the 4 not fall north of pakistan with some rain sleet and snow coming through here woolfolk concerns over the northern plains of india new delhi at a

wet weather pushing into japan over the next couple of days some very heavy rain through the korean peninsula with some snow that will slide over towards japan as we go on through the next couple of days dry behind. the population growth. is increasing the most pregnancies. to self crisco. introducing family planning interview to your culture is a challenging task the fire resistance tissue to come through a man when a woman can decide for him. and how many children she wants he thinks should be in policy and. perseverance is transforming her community and women make change on al-jazeera. the all the world the author. of the vacuum is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera 18 people have been killed in the bloodiest day of protests in me and large the u.n. human rights office says that at least 30 people were injured and nearly $100.00 detained at the end of the 4th week since the military took control. nearly 50 pro-democracy activists in hong kong have been charged on the record traversal national security law it's the largest single crackdown on the opposition under the law and posed

recently with some decent temperatures but we've got a little area cloud moving through the korean peninsula cross the sea of japan driving some very heavy rain in this we go on through monday temperatures in tokyo around 13 degrees and fulling as we go on through shoes day we will see that snow grassi making its way into western parts of japan back up into her car by significant snowfall coming through and that cooler weather will continue to drive this way east was just one celsius there in the so 3 degrees there in beijing that way some western weather coming back into southern parts of china as we go on through the next couple of days just as somewhat of weather moving towards sri lanka or over the next day or so but across much of south asia is generally sat there with a good deal of dry weather and sunshine they fog up towards the northern plains that will continue a few showers just around the pool around town but as you can see largely dry and finally we might just catch a shower or 2 pushing into work carol as we go on into the middle part of the way they want to cross the right inf

in so once again the snow for japan those temps is slowly rising the walls going back to the korean peninsula was still snowing admittedly in japan. but. frank assessments you got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there is only one doctor and one nurse for 2200 people and in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines. inside story on al-jazeera from the world's most populated region. in-depth stories from across asia pacific. type us culture and conflict and politics when i went east on al-jazeera. i know in your mind the top stories here now to syria mean miles military has tightened its grip on power purging key ministers in the day following a coup the un security council is expected to meet on tuesday to discuss the situation. whereabouts of unsound suchi are still unknown after she was detained in the middle of the night she had earlier urged people to resist a military takeover. a plane carrying south africa's 1st 1000000 corona virus vaccine doses has arrived in johannesburg countries battling a 2nd wave of infection is driven by a more contagious variant

little further north you can see sapporo at around 3 degrees pleasant won't there cross the korean peninsula into northern china but temperatures in beijing and so i around 12 celsius and here comes that cool weather well down into single figures it is cool to in a western parts of honshu and up into hokkaido will be some snow coming through for a time sheltered by the mountains not too bad in tokyo but not quite as mild as it has been recently but the seventy's not that may well we got some wetter weather moving across the philippines in the form of a tropical storm did weaken to the tropical depression briefly but it's picked up in strength once again winds of around 65 kilometers per hour more the rain that we are concerned about over the next couple of days for those central areas of the philippines slides out into the open waters of the south china sea the still a legacy as she was coming back in behind a lose on we'll see some heavy downpours as we go on through choose day elsewhere the usual scattering of showers across malaysia still some heavy showers there into indonesia but a litt

we go on through sunday that will make its way up towards the yellow sea pushing across the korean peninsula so some snow on the northern flank of that some western weather for south korea easing into q.c. as we go through sunday got some weather to make yes waits was a bit for much of south asia it does look fine and dry that rain will gradually notch its way into eastern parts so sri lanka as we go on through saturday as we go on into west sunday you can see how it just makes its way a little further westward so they will see more the way of cloud just tumbling in here across india it is settled and sunny because a few spots afraid some wet weather just making its way around the foothills of the himalayas and i were course over the high ground but it's not so bad in new delhi although it is looking a little misty and folky. sponsored poll qatar airways its america's worst kept secret cracked open in the time of a pandemic exposed in the time of trump through the turmoil of 2020 the big picture traces a century of racial injustice to reveal how philanthropy politics and economics preserve s

carder and for a while in the old shape the cold outbreak would suggest snow throughout the korean peninsula including quite possibly in seoul on tuesday gets even colder ones down to minus 5 this looks like a return of winter with a cold going down through shanghai but by the end of the week lol gone the temperatures in seoul back up to about plus 9. to make a change. change a life for the path of a country challenge the accepted truth you want to create something you push to break you continue remolded overturn the status quo and fight injustice all month the day. will. witness personal documentaries like alter of deception on al-jazeera. the all. amount to top stories here now jazeera security forces in myanmar have opened fire on protesters in the city of mandalay as part of a wider crackdown on the 10s of thousands of people who demonstrated against the military coup. a series of explosions in the iraqi city of erbil has killed one person and injured several of those 3 blasts were heard with smoke seen at the perimeter of the airport where u.s. forces are based. the global effort to vac

we've got some snow in the forecast for the korean peninsula and also for japan it's been a lovely recently in japan not big area of high pressure in charge that's just not going away into the northwest pacific it's next system comes through this cold front is still area of low pressure will sink further south words that will bring quite a bit of snow in across north korea that is likely to cause widespread disruptions some of that snow sneaking into the north of south korea but for much of south or is going to be the really heavy rain that will cause some problems as we go on through monday we could see of around 70 or 80 millimeters of rain coming through here and cause widespread disruption in that wetter weather will gradually push across the sea of japan into the western half of japan we see some western weather and some wintry weather rolling through here eventually it will move over the mountains but notice the warm 30 tokyo to around 18 degree celsius temperatures and i hadan around 7 all right behind that is it clears up with some christmas sunshine for the soul and for beijing a l

sponsored point qatar airways hello we've got some cold weather in the forecast for the korean peninsula over the next couple of days little area cloud head just sliding out of china that's going to make its way further southwards and a switch so sunday will see temperatures in seoul written around 13 degrees celsius by monday we're struggling to get to 4 degrees celsius so there will be some snow sweeping across the peninsula sweeping across the sea of japan that rain statement snow setting in the cross a good part of japan saying it's a hot issue and hokkaido for monday temperatures falling back to around 14 celsius in tokyo of course it's going to be rain here but there will be some snow over the high ground so the parts will clear up as we go on through the day is clearing up as you see across a good part of china some wet weather over towards that western china there is something to watch out for next week so wet weather also making its way in across the philippines at present we've got some lively showers in play plenty of showers through malaysia and yes i was too into indonesia n

that all the more pleasant weather pushing right up across northern parts of china through the korean peninsula and back into japan i want to show it was the western side of china we will see want to see showers too into the philippines over the next day or so heaviest showers will be around malaysia indonesia looking very unsettled as we go on through the coming days with those seasonal storms looking pretty active at the moment active showers to making their way towards flanker over the next day or so fraught it as long as you try rural it across much of south asia but as we go on into saturday this little clutch of storms will roll their way a little further westwards easing over towards franca through the course of sas day northern parts turning increasingly wet with the risk of flooding. at ways. these things are said at a time for a different approach one that is going to challenge the way you think on asking me questions now is the new host of the next season of the show that's got no space for sound bites only comedy politically simplicity into the headlines join me as i take on the lie

doesn't go by any means for the sydney smell of a difference in the air at the moment over the korean peninsula parts of china and japan rain came up rain's going away and the cold replaces what's temporarily mildest this is choose days for cuts now would he have so it's cold enough for a bit more snow in home share with subzero in so then we go above freezing up to plus 2 in the breeze from the south so yellow sea and once again got some snow well the high ground and home shoe or hawk however so represents a flip flop nature of this plus 2 to minus 2 and then back up to 7 degrees in the southwest breeze by friday now the rainy season is still of course going strongly in malaysia and indonesia but the focus is definitely down the western side of borneo then when the winds come together through java and all points east was poppea new guinea rain is not really the thing in india at the moment a few showers on the east of the delta and in strykers be quite sherry there's a hint there was something happening for the knoll snow showers in the north of pakistan the finals of in the year certainly col

will still be some wintry flurries from time to time moderate comes back in behind across the korean peninsula so getting up to 7 celsius and we could get it in double figures for beijing with a high of around 11 to create unnoticed by that state we will see some west whether it's eastern parts of china shanghai could see some heavy downpours for a time chance of some heavy downpours just pushing into eastern parts of sri lanka meanwhile but for much of in the air it is dry and quiet we have still got the fog there across the northern plains but hopefully this little disturbance just westerly disturbance further north i'll just mix things up that will lift the fog and ship clean the air somewhat as it just drives this way towards the foothills of the himalayas temperatures in it that way at around $22.00 celsius cool enough in the whole with a high of 80 degrees by friday. welcome to down from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax join break. and when you leave with a smile we know how day's work is done cons are always welcome to our. you know with 0

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degrees as we go on into saturday some pleasant sunshine coming through which stretches across the korean peninsula much you try to by saturday will be fine and dry and pleasant 26 in hong kong for good measure but as you try to across a good part of indochina into a good part of india we have got some showers still lurking there very close to sri lanka but a westerly disturbance now in the process of pushing across northern parts of india helping to clear the air for its side we are going to see that western weather that wintry weather moving across the foothills of the himalayas brighter skies do come back in behind not just some of that wet weather grass easing across into northern parts of bangladesh. discover a world of difference. determination i'm talking about when the need we are moving . freedom will climb the skill of the small child soldiers and on the 16 people in the corruption in both it and compassion. al jazeera world a selection of the best films from across our network of couples. the top stories this hour on al-jazeera the international criminal court at the hague has found ugan

continent across the water there was a massive dump to come i think much of honshu less so in the korean peninsula probably kitsch hit but so looks like it could be in the freezing cold but sunny weather and that will slowly warm during service to the still snow to come but the cold is gradually being warmed by the sunshine shanghai's only now in taipei's at 14 most a child looks fine and sunny and not cold spell will disappear 9 degrees on friday is replaced by 13 in seoul on saturday so considerable warming in the next 2 or 3 days and the something to watch in the philippine sea just east the southern islands this circulation may well develop into something say no more than half an hour we'll watch it go otherwise the rainy season is still showing itself mostly into the sea and mostly in java rather less so in sumatra and all less so in peninsula malaysia i was we got a few showers bring in land in india the northern plain is still quiet and colder not back much disturbed which is not good news for delhi still stuck in the fog. sponsored paul qatar airways. for this 11 year old girl football is