kristoff is one of the best ice speedway races in russia but only a few people actually know about it this is not a sport that promises glory or riches. medic's competing in the european championship too but he still has 2 days to practice he could go to a neighboring city and practice in a stadium but he's decided that it's easier to make his own track on a lake just a couple of kilometers from his garage. is ethics for and. then you set up a track on a lake without friends. to shoot visitors are never sure if the. the shoot the one from a shuttle bus full of you should meet with. the snow needs to be cleared from the lake to expose. you know it's beneath going to do that you need. the big problem is that people are scared of losing their vehicles in the water. seemed to have convinced. that his tractor weighs 1000000 tons. and the ice has to be at least 60 centimeters thick to stop the tractor falling through it. the ice seems to be strong enough. but when the tractor gets on the lake the ice starts to creak. reluctant to go any further the tractor driver drives away. outside and in

floodwaters wales and parts of northern england have been battered by heavy rain and strong winds storm kristoff has delusion parts of the nation with some rivers surging to record levels. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for double suicide bombings in the iraqi capital which killed 32 people and wounded more than 100 others it's the 1st major attack in baghdad in 3 years and with an election looming tensions are running high. security forces assess the damage from the deadly suicide blast and are met with pools of blood and widespread destruction. medical workers tend to dozens of injured victims. and we were there by the stands someone came and fell to the ground instructions complained that his stomach hurt then he pressed the detonator in his hand and it exploded immediately people were torn to pieces many died and were injured. these kinds of attacks were once common in baghdad but have been rare since the islamic state was driven out and 2017 tensions have heightened over forthcoming elections and an economic crisis. forces are on high alert in case a further attacks.

rolling in from the atlantic we are going to see increasing cloud and rain tumbling from his storm kristoff that's been producing some very heavy rain across northern parts of england more than whiles as that milder weather as we go on through the next couple days it punches right into central and even pushing them towards eastern parts of you have so we see temperatures gradually rise here but it is still if you told it is still on the cold side the recent snow around for western russia pushing towards moscow once again clear skies for the central areas but that's that wet weather which is going to continue tumbling in across france good parts of spain and portugal we have got 5 risks back in form here then as we go through the next couple days hopefully thursday looks a little drier across england wales as christoff head syquest no way to see towards norway with some snow pushing in across norway central and northern parts of swayne and as we go on into friday that will continue to bring snowy weather in across a good part of scandinavia stays dry there cause much of the u.k. brighton bre

floodwaters wales and parts of northern england have been battered by heavy rain and strong winds storm kristoff has to lose parts of the nation some rivers surging to record levels with the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for double suicide bombings in the iraqi capital which killed 32 people and wounded more than 100 others it's the 1st major attack in baghdad in 3 years and with an election looming tensions are running high. security forces assess the damage from the deadly suicide blast and are met with who is of blood and widespread destruction. medical workers tend to dozens of injured victims. and we were there by the stands someone came and fell to the ground and stacia complained that his stomach hurt then he pressed the detonator in his hand and it exploded immediately people were torn to pieces many died and were injured or. these kinds of attacks were once common in baghdad but have been rare since the islamic state was driven out in 2017 tensions have heightened over forthcoming elections and an economic crisis. forces are on high alert in case of further attacks.

boy is it when they we have got stormy weather sweeping across the british isles now this is storm kristoff now in the norwegian sea but some very strong winds raffling in behind bringing a fair bit of snow across northern parts to scoff and then they'll be a fair bit of snow pushing into norway and sweden as we go on through the next couple days with those damaging winds some very strong winds pushing in across the northwestern corner of your windy enough to into france with cloud and rain piling in harris while there's still some bits and pieces of freight moving into spain and portugal madrid at around 12 degrees celsius we'll see some showers easing across the western side of the med pushing into a place and snow over the outside that snow will become of them a widespread as we head towards the weekend snow to just around the western side of russia or minus 7 in moscow that something of a warming here and we'll see temperatures picking up to one celsius above freezing so a real warming taking place as we go on into friday more snow there she can see across scandinavia troyer interlude f

that's before the bulk of kristoff�*s reign has even begun to arise.rther north ireland and northern england. colder airfurther north in ireland and northern england. colder air further north in scotland, ireland and northern england. colder airfurther north in scotland, a ireland and northern england. colder air further north in scotland, a few wintry showers here with frost and the risk of some icy stretches in the risk of some icy stretches in the south. mild with temperatures at 10 celsius in plymouth. through tuesday, this band of rain will be unrelenting across northern ireland, north wales, northern england and parts of the midlands. rain for a time across southwest england, brighter for the time across southwest england, brighterfor the north in scotland, still with that plenty of showers. in england and wales, mild, 11—12 c, it may be dry and bright across the southeast for most of the day. into tuesday evening and overnight, into wednesday, we see further pulses of rain falling on increasingly saturated grounds. so hour by hour, the risk of f

storm kristoff through the bridge aisles yesterday and left the river mersey breaking its banks into its flood plain much of north wales northwest and saw some flooding from the amount of rain that fell the storm itself is producing strong winds in scandinavia that is it if you follow the course of the frontal systems touch to it the next area development down in the west and met the breeze a lot of rain for it's a lay a creek the croatian coast was there up at height and the a community big color than it was probably the focus to continuous rain is going to be southwestern france poach go in some parts of spain stop to keep cold here so there was no it was a result of rain but the cold is returning to eastern europe look at these current temperatures and remember a few days back we were subzero by many degrees when not any more not that it will last innsbruck for example goes back down to subzero once the snow has gone through enough to be on sunday and stays that way for gets colder by the time we get to monday so the picture on sunday there is increasing me the wintry feel returns

we've got storm kristoff now making its way across the north sea easing over towards norway some very strong winds rattling behind across scotland because if there was snow on this is well with that northerly blast coming in and a fair bit of snow there's no way easing over towards the sweden as we go through the next couple of days so that wet weather that wintry weather will gradually continue to not just way further raise was as we go on into friday things will quiet and down there for much of the british isles want to shower still coming into northern parts of more than a wetter weather to just pushing across into that western side of spain through the by of biscay and some very wet weather some very heavy snow coming in across the alps remold air pushing into some very cold air so big dumpings of snow certainly likely avalanche risk is certainly elevated as a result of that in temperatures elevated to ensure that a ceasar if you're moscow get up tomorrow it's a plus one celsius on friday just a few days back we were struggling to get to minus 21 so that is something of an improve

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the winter sponsored plan qatar airways the 1st named storm of the year for europe this is storm kristoff this one here went to trust in a wells producing floods is now producing severe gales in norway but that's almost a dying feature now funnily enough the next developments could be further south the warm waters of the mediterranean and what's coming in from the atlantic combine to give very windy weather for portugal and spain then rain then snow then developing circulation just the west of italy which means rain for money and snow quite easily for the sudden now now all this time there will be snow falling thick and fast in norway northern sweden and finland now look at the temperature regime nowhere is subzero by days that's a huge warming trend over the last few days over birds to eastern europe and even moscow just up to about freezing so in progress presents what's coming up from the central mediterranean is 10 degrees and cloudy on friday when it snows on saturday may subzero on sunday now that he's considerably more like winter and this is that masses they're going out through w

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floodwaters wales and parts of northern england have been battered by heavy rain and strong winds storm kristoff has delusion parts of the nation with some rivers a surging to record levels. and at least a 32 people have been killed and more than 100 others wounded in a double suicide bombing in iraq it's the 1st major attack in the capital baghdad in 3 years 2 bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at a crowded market authorities believe the incident could mark the resurgence of the so-called islamic state. security forces assess the damage from the deadly suicide blast and are met with pools of blood and widespread destruction. medical workers tend to dozens of injured victims. and we were there by the stands someone came and fell to the ground instructions complained that his stomach hurt then he pressed the detonator in his hand and it exploded immediately people were torn to pieces many died and were injured. these kinds of attacks were once common in baghdad but have been rare since the islamic state was driven out in 2017 tensions have heightened over forthcoming elections and

storm kristoff through the bridge are all z s today and lest the river mersey breaking its banks into its flood plain much of north wales northwest and saw some flooding from the amount of rain that fell the storm itself is producing strong winds in scandinavia that is it if you follow the course of the frontal system is attached to it the next area development down in the west and met the obvious a lot of rain for italy he created the croatian coast was there up at height and the a community culture than it was probably the focus to continuous rain is going to be southwestern france portugal in some parts of spain stopped to keep cold here so there was snow it with a result of rain but the cold is returning to eastern europe look at these current temperatures and remember a few days back we were subzero by many degrees when not any more not that it will last innsbruck for example goes back down to subzero once the snow has gone through enough to be on sunday and stays that way if that gets colder by the time we get to monday so the picture on sunday there is increasing me the wintry

rolling in from the atlantic we are going to see increasing cloud and rain tumbling from his storm kristoff that's been producing some very heavy rain across northern parts of in more than whiles as that malda weather as we go on through the next couple days it punches right into central and even pushing them towards eastern parts so if you have so we see temperatures gradually rise here but it is still if you told it is still on the cold side the recent snow around for western russia pushing towards moscow once again clear skies full of the central areas but there is that wet weather which is going to continue tumbling in across france good parts of spain and portugal we have got 5 risks back in form here then as we go through the next couple of days hopefully thursday looks a little drier across into the wells as christoff heads syquest no way to see towards norway with some snow pushing in across norway central and northern parts of swayne and as we go on into friday that will continue to bring snowy weather in across a good part of scandinavia stays dry there cause much of the u.k. brig