the king of morocco is making a huge bet on clean energy. and the goal is that rewables will power half of this country by 2040. within this strategy, noor, the solar plant, is the flagship project. the north africanation says it wants to be the saudi arabia of solar energy, tapping its vast "solar reserve." morocco's king inaugurated noor, and flipped the plants' "on" switch in february of 2016. >> this was a huge, brave decision at the time. when they took it, 2009 to '10, everybs laughing. it was a very expensive. it was a very brave decision. >> reporter: back in 2003, the think tank, club of ro, came up with an ambitious project called desertec. the idea: harness solar and wind energy across the sahara to power all of europe. >> desertec set the guidelines on how to produce renewable energy in the desert to supply electricity to europe and cover european energy demand. >> reporter: francisco stepo is president emeritus of the club of rome in the u.s. n other organizations are implementing the desertec thncept. >> reporter: stepoe noor p

it has generated high expectations for morocco and the future of solar power. for the pbs newshour, i'm monica villamizar in ouarzazate, morocco. >> woodruff: the past few days have been rougher for the american team at the winter games in pyeongchang. dime of the bigger names h into these olympics have not won as many medals as hoped. but as william brangham checks in with an update from south o korea, tmpics are still providing their share of memorable moments in skill, drama and grace. >> brangham: i spoke earlier with christine brennan of "usa today," who's also a sports commentator for cnn. she's in pyeongchang. and i began by asking about some of the standout performances in e gure skating over the last week, including e dance competition last night. >> when you think of figure skating, it's one of the most dramatic locations for the gme, and this is no different. certainly ice dance had all kinds of thrills and chills and falls and spills. the canadians actually won their fifth olympic medal. that's most olympic medals ever won in figure skating. they've

that the european union's top court has ruled that official raised deal between the block and morocco doesn't include waters off the disputed western sahara region the case was brought by a lobby group supported by the policy area front which is fighting for independence in western sahara well the areas been contested since morocco claimed the territory as its own back in one thousand nine hundred fifty five and that's when spanish colonialist withdrew from the region when a year later an armed dispute began between morocco and the policy area front which so self declared the arabic democratic republic in one thousand nine hundred seventy six it's now recognized by many governments and it's a full member of the african union when in one thousand nine hundred one the u.n. monitors ceasefire failed to break the deadlock leaving the territory status undecided the un says the western sahara has a right to self determination let's talk to abdel moneim el amrani joins us now from what is this ruling by the news top court mean for morocco is a setback for the kingdom. well daryn like an hour

authorities in morocco are struggling to clear roads after heavy snowfall affected parts of the country the transport ministry says it has mobilized more than one hundred snow plows to clear roads in the worst affected regions schools have been closed and rural areas are teachers and students don't have to travel in the dangerous conditions parts of morocco have experienced snow this winter for the first time in fifty years. and here in germany it's carnival season and thousands of revelers have been dressing up in flashy costumes to celebrate many groups take part in the festivities by creating humorous floats for huge parades on rose monday and this year the jewish community of this is joining in the fun i revelers in germany's carnival strongholds like here in cologne have been getting into party mode well in advance of monday's big parades. in neighboring doesn't this year's procession will feature a novelty for the first time the jewish community is taking part in the parade with its own float. right now we're experiencing a sharp increase in anti semitism in germany. you can lamen

taxpayers paying for first class tickets, trips to the vatican and morocco. even a $25,000 secure phone booth. >>> and chloe kim stealing the show, along with her dad. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy tuesday night. and we begin with the domestic abuse firestorm consuming the west wing again tonight. this evening, the fbi contradicting the timeline given by the white house, saying they informed the white house four times about rob porter's past. the president asked again tonight, after offering words of support for porter, does he have any message for the women? two ex-wives accusing porter of abuse. the white house claiming it only fully learned about the allegations last week. but that is not what fbi director christopher wray said today. abc's senior whouls correspondent cecilia vega leading us off. >> reporter: president trump's own fbi director today publicly contradicting the white house's shifting story about when they were first informed of the domestic violence allegations against former staff secretary over an

. train line is due to open this summer in morocco.f the time it takes to travel from the —— the port of tangiers where you can pick up slower connections. another key upgrade recently has been the stretch from mombasa to nairobi, in kenya. that route used to be known as the lunatic express because its construction in the late 19th century was so dangerous. thousands of labourers died working on it. many from malaria. some from being attacked by lions. the 12 hour journey has now been reduced to four and a half, but at those speeds you mightfind and a half, but at those speeds you might find that any visible the game makes it slightly trickier to spot. 0ne makes it slightly trickier to spot. one of the most luxury is and most expensive rides africa has to offer is south africa's blue train. it ta kes to is south africa's blue train. it takes to be seven hours to travel the nearly 1000 miles from pretoria to cape town and will set you back around £900, or about $1200 us. however, you are paying notjust for dramatic views of the landscap

the bodies of sixteen migrants have been recovered off the coast of morocco is the latest in a number of deadly attempts to reach europe so far this year according to the international organization for migration more than two hundred forty people have died or gone missing in the mediterranean since the new year began catherine stansell reports. this is becoming the new routes to europe for would be migrants more than a dozen bodies were pulled out of these waters near malea a spanish enclave bordering morocco most of them were from north africa trying to get to europe fired the so-called western mediterranean route as opposed to arriving in greece or italy. twenty eighteen may have only just begun but it's already proving to be a deadly year for those trying to seek a better life in europe on wednesday more than one hundred migrants were rescued from rubber boats off the coast of tripoli. and on friday it's believed ninety people were on a boat that sank off the coast of libya the sole survivor told authorities that many were from pakistan he along with the other pakistanis were broug

sixteen bodies are recovered off the coast of morocco the latest in a number of deadly attacks across in the mediterranean. at least nine people have been injured in a suspected chlorine gas attack in syria's northwestern italy province activists video shows people being treated in the town of socket they report. a foul smell following a raid by syrian government aircraft it follows another suspected fourteen attack by president assad's forces on duma in rebel held eastern ghouta that was the third reported chlorine attack there in fifteen days and at least eleven people have been killed in russian and syrian government airstrikes in lives southern countryside the strikes targeted a hospital in the village of moderate a new man and also caused extensive damage to several buildings in the novel and. now this all comes just a day after a russian fighter jet was shot down above the town of saddam head three opposition factions in syria say they were behind the attack this is video from the army it's one of the groups that says they took down the fighter jet to russia's defense ministry s

morocco is not targeted by many other countries are.dministration, no one can come here. >> how do you look at that as someone who is here. >> you've been outspoken on daca. your view is that you want to convince your fans or you want to hear about the issue of makeup? you're using your platform. >> i just want to open people's eyes because if it wasn't for programs like daca, i wouldn't be french montana. >> you came here -- >> right now 800,000 people are suffering from that. and i don't think people is aware of that. if congress don't step in, i think they might stop people from dreaming, coming to the state and having equal opportunity and becoming whatever they want. so i just feel like people have to open their eyes to it. >> you mentioned going to uganda for unforgettable. i'll tell you this, every single one of our younger viewers have seen that video which just broke over half a billion, 600 million views. some of our older viewers are seeing the footage for the first time as we play it now. >> yes. >> how do you decide to go t

across parts of morocco and the ca nary isles. blowing across parts of morocco and the canary isles.ith a few showers around. could be some or hill snow to come across the higher ground of morocco. further south, some rainfall across eastern parts of south africa, up towards zimbabwe and botswana. for europe, low—pressure developing in the mediterranean, bringing heavy rains to the balearics. for the balkans, also strong southerly gales through the adriatic combined with some heavy rain and also heavy snow across the balkans could be significant flooding problems across as part of the world. we are keeping as part of the world. we are keeping a close eye on that. closer to home, the outlook for the uk weather. things are going to be staying quite cold for the next few days. there will be some sunshine, a bit of rain over the weekend and things also turning less windy. i think friday we will see the lion's share of the sunshine, turning wetter by the time we get to saturday. some stop possible over higher ground. we will keep you up—to—date, more in half an hour. hello, i'm philippa t

sixteen bodies are recovered off the coast of morocco the latest in a number of deadly attempts to cross the mediterranean island in sports a return to winning ways for this tennis star and he's going to have the details later on. from long flowing on in winds to an enchanting desert breeze the. well there's no real less south in that set chilly weather that we have across a good part of central and southern china go normally when coming in five celsius in shanghai thirteen celsius there for hong kong but we want to see showers into the philippines over the next few days but at least the many it will be dry temperatures edging up to around fourteen celsius in hong kong well let's follow that northeasterly wind there as you can see it makes its way across the philippines a few showers here as i said and it drifts all the way down towards malaysia some showers i think across the taiwan and western side of borneo looks a little west over the next day i would say but for many it's not looking bad thailand potentially large i want to see showers there towards some much wetter weather will be

so ok thank you very much for joining us on the stand collymore show up on monday in the sum out morocco back twenty years since the last will cook how excited are you to be back at the world cup went on to tell them which i think for. one. but i thought biased but i'm not a local sports face with football or no. i don't know. one minute and the whole when we. want to put out put up with any of that i. i'm done that will sell or came. in on one of them which i know this president down the us didn't i mean almost when we moved in i was. almost i thought of us out and one of the most i. don't. see. all these mix of experience and you. tell us about these things. for kitchen poco mixed on all part of. i almost all of us there in. bed all i wallowed his holiness. people see a church isaac some said. fossil time down. to the sun does not have it on may do but not the whole idea of until just before the winter sun to get only that many people. in them and their mutual goal while lotus how did they shall look at them innocent around for the pharaoh and that although some of them were on the roo

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as we head through wednesday but there's still going to be some rain around the coast not surround morocco is looking fairly heavy so also keeping the temperatures down so you are about won't see any higher than around twelve degrees elsewhere you can see this little area of travis pushing its way east with that's mostly been high cloud not doing too much to hamper the temperature. good to have you with us on al jazeera these are our top stories a magnitude six point four earthquake has hit east of taiwan killing at least four people and injuring more than two hundred others firefighters in the port city of fallen says several people remain trapped in buildings that on the brink of collapse at least ninety one people have been killed in just one day investment how areas of syria's eastern ghouta and the province government and russian jets have increased their attacks despite mounting west of and you when pressure for troops and south africa's ruling a.n.c. party has postponed a meeting which had been expected to decide on the potential of removal of president jacob zuma from office zuma i

and in morocco over the mountains of course very cold here so we're expecting some of that to turn to snow robots will get to around twelve degrees. the in. more than seven decades ago a country was split into three to be a good place with good to me and now at the time. being robbed all it took was a pan amount of the collapsing empire when the british had to draw a line they pulled seventy he had never been to india before al-jazeera examines the violence of india and pakistan and asks what the future holds for these neighbors politicians borders of blood at this time. a reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera a political crisis in the moldings has word send with the president declaring a state of emergency now the security forces and broken and to the supreme court. at least fifty nine people have been killed in syria as the government and russia intensify their airstrikes on rebel control of the country and protest in johannesburg both for and against south africa's president jacob zuma pressure is mounting on him to quit and he is reportedly refusing. the philippine says i

as we head through wednesday but there's still going to be some rain around the coast not surround morocco is looking fairly heavy so also keeping the temperatures down so i robot won't see any high than around twelve degrees elsewhere you can see this little area of travis pushing its way east with that's mostly been high cloud not doing too much to hamper the temperature. a young so molly refugee thrilled to gain u.s. residency in twenty sixteen. of those lucky too good to hear i was a really really good dancer and my career but with anti immigrant sentiment under the trump presidency al-jazeera world ask sally was when they use american dream is still alive and so molly in america at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back remind our of the top stories here on al-jazeera at least two people have been killed on one hundred forty four injured after a six point four magnitude quake struck eastern taiwan a number of buildings have collapsed in the city of wiley and. the u.n. has called for a month long truth in syria to get aid to civilians trapped by fighting at least sixty six people have b

last year saw record tourism numbers in morocco more than eleven million tourists spend about six point three billion euros that significantly more than in the previous year tourism plays an increasingly important role in the country's economy already accounting for a tenth of g.d.p. here in a friendlier national park with cedar forests and volcanic plateaus affluent americans maintain vacation homes among them the king and his subjects are just as excited to be here you know do that so we come with our children to enjoy the snow we've put on a lot of layers we don't want to freeze. clothing because it's so cold here that means winter cabin gloves. warm clothing there is a particular need for it this year both among moroccans and tourists it's snowed so much in the mountains that farmers were forced to buy food for their livestock to keep the animals alive. it's even snowed outside the mountains twice this year up to ten centimeters most americans go the entire year without having to put a sweater on but even the sahara saw snow flakes in february for the first time in fifty years. now

if we dressed up towards morocco you will see a weather front extending in towards morocco you will seeeather front extending in here and it will be followed by a few showers. all part of an area of low pressure and it will come into play for our european weather story on wednesday. you probably already know that europe is in the grip of a big freeze, exceptionally cold weather, snow reported in corsica and there is more wintry weather to come in the next couple of days. the cold extends into italy, greece and the north of spain for wednesday, our area of low pressure that is pushing into africa will bump into portugal and spain bringing heavy snow across the pyrenees and eventually into the south of france and torrential rain for spain and portugal and strong and gusty winds. this low will push further north towards the uk affecting us at the end of this week, but take a closer look at how that works with our uk report in half an hour. hello, this is outside source, these are the main stories. it could be the red light for diesel ca rs it could be the red light for diesel cars in germa

and in morocco over the mountains of course very cold here so we're expecting some of that to turn to snow robots will get to around twelve degrees. the in. again you're watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour stock markets around the world have been plunging this tuesday asian markets crumbled as investors took their lead from a huge selloff on wall street. political crisis in the maldives is deepening after the arrest of an opposition leader and two supremes court judges that's just hours after state of emergency was declared. the israeli army says it's killed palestinian leader ahmed and just are in the occupied west bank city of jeannine was wanted over the death of a settler last month. so we've been reporting on the current turmoil in the asian markets which is going on twenty years after a much bigger disaster the asian financial crisis that began with the collapse of thailand's currency the botton spread across east asia and one of the contributing factors was high public debt in the affected countries including allow us now there are similar warnings about gover

some of the cold air has dug into africa, into morocco and also the ca nary islands.k at this, monday night into tuesday, a weather front rising to that cold air. there will be a period of snow across some of these western areas, settling across the hills for sure. ten centimetres is possible. even the towns and cities could have a covering during early tuesday. by the time that weather front reaches the south—east, the snow should have snowed itself out. tuesday night into wednesday, we are in between weather systems here. there will be a window of fine weather. sunshine around on wednesday. it looks as though things will cloud over once again by the time we get to thursday with outbreaks of rain and possibly turning milderjust for the day. overall this week it will stay cold with widespread frosts at night where the skies clear, and from time to time we'll have some snow. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories. top anc officials meet presidentjacob zuma as pressure continues to grow o

sixteen bodies have been recovered off the coast of morocco according to the international organization for migration well over two hundred people have died or gone missing in the mediterranean so far this year catherine stanko reports. this is becoming the new routes to europe for would be migrants more than a dozen bodies were pulled out of these waters near malea a spanish enclave bordering morocco most of them were from north africa trying to get europe fired the so-called western mediterranean route as opposed to arriving in greece or italy twenty eighteen may have only just begun but it's already proving to be a deadly year for those trying to seek a better life in europe on wednesday more than one hundred migrants were rescued from rubber boats off the coast of tripoli. and on friday it's believed ninety people were on a boat that sank off the coast of libya the sole survivor told authorities that many were from pakistan he along with thirty of the pakistanis were brought to the world that will be in the sea off the coast of. these people were being illegally transported. in the

the continent's first ever high—speed train line is due to open this summer in morocco.e than halve the time it takes to travel from the port of tangier to casablanca, where you can pick up slower connections onto fez or marrakesh. another key upgrade recently has been the stretch from mombasa to nairobi, in kenya. that route used to be known as the lunatic express because its construction in the late 19th century was so dangerous. thousands of labourers died working on it, many from malaria, some from being attacked by lions. the 12—hour journey has now been reduced to 4.5, but at those speeds, you might find that any visible big game whizzes by at a pace that makes it slightly trickier to spot. one of the most luxurious and most expensive rides africa has to offer is south africa's blue train. it takes 27 hours to travel the nearly 1,000 miles from pretoria to cape town and will set you back around £900, or about $1200 us, however, you are paying notjust for dramatic views of the landscapes but also for high—end 5—star service onboard. and in egypt, the line from cairo

biggest crowds the festival organizers have also invited other african musicians like spirit from morocco. for us coming here is like visiting a neighbor visiting the family we don't have many chances to travel between north africa and sub-saharan africa which we progress we want to make the most of this occasion because it's a shame that we play more and year of that into kenya faso all senegal. you know when they go despite security concerns money and turned out in huge numbers they were determined to make the fourteenth best milan the new share a success. and to the u.s. now the philadelphia eagles have finally shed their underdog status to win their first ever super bowl a forty one to thirty three victory over long time favorites the new england patriots in a trophy drought stretching back fifty eight years and that when triggered scenes of high emotion and the city of brotherly love. the white is a. i've. philadelphia finally has a super bowl after years in the shadows eagles fans are rightly making the most of the historic victory over the new england patriots. they may have been t

some of the cold air has dug into africa, into morocco and also the ca nary islands.any western parts of europe. back home, look at this, monday night into tuesday, a weather front rising to that cold air. there will be a period of snow across some of these western areas, settling across the hills for sure. ten centimetres is possible. even the towns and cities could have a covering during early tuesday. by the time that weather front reaches the south—east, the snow should have snowed itself out. tuesday night into wednesday, we are in between weather systems here. there will be a window of fine weather. sunshine around on wednesday. it looks as though things will cloud over once again by the time we get to thursday with outbreaks of rain and possibly turning milderjust for the day. overall this week it will stay cold with widespread frosts at night where the skies clear, and from time to time we'll have some snow. hello. a very good morning. this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. the start of a crucial week of brexit talks. as the eu's chief negotiat

and morocco may not include the waters off the disputed western sahara region the area's been contested since morocco claimed the territory as its own in nine hundred seventy five that's when spanish colonialist withdrew from the region the un says the western sahara has a right to self-determination. north korea has confirmed it will send athletes to next month's palin pics in south korea that's according to local media representatives from both countries met in the truce finished up on monday june to discuss the logistics of going to plans to send about one hundred fifty people including athletes and supporters so let's try to use the peeling chang games to open up dialogue between north korea and the u.s. . noways mark the tenth anniversary of the so-called doomsday seed vault by promising to spend thirteen million dollars upgrading it the facility as security for the world's seed stock it now houses just under a million samples after receiving seventy thousand new varieties on monday the global sea vault is on the arctic island. well that's it for now the news continues here on. aft

equally, morocco has qualified for the world cup as well.t will sort of bring additional unexpected business that will do good. yousef: how comfortable are you with where you are over the next 3-4 years, gs, given where oil prices are? adel: i think one, obviously if one had a crystal ball, we probably wouldn't be having this conference. or this interview. i would have been more focused on oil and prediction. but, you know, we hedge oil for an operational reason. so far, for the last five years, we have been doing it and it has helped us. 2017, again had a good impact on overall our result. i think what we look at, we continue to hedge at 50%. around that figure. at the figure that we feel that either way it goes we will end up with a good positive result. so therefore, oil hedging is not necessarily done for the profitability of making money out of oil, it is done to make sure that we buy security and insurance of the operation. having said that, i think oil, the good oil price we are seeing, it will fuel the economy in a positive manner an

biggest crowds the festival organizers have also invited other african musicians like spirit from morocco. yes. for us coming here is like visiting a neighbor visiting the family we don't have many chances to travel with tween north africa and sub-saharan africa which we regret we want to make the most of this occasion because it's a shame that we play more in europe than in bikini afonso all senegal. you know with and they got despite security concerns mullions turned out in huge numbers they were determined to make the fourteenth estimate on the share a success. and from those balmy conditions to the icy conditions and the winter olympics go of course hand in hand but organizers in pyongyang are concerned that the south zero temperatures could prove problematic for fans where temperatures dropping to minus ten during the day and minus twenty at night even some south koreans have found the climate grating but the athletes have welcomed the icy spell which should provide perfect conditions for competition. and speaking of competition the underdog philadelphia eagles scored eighth the reel

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spain's costa del sol arcs eastward, and 15 miles across the hazy strait of gibraltar, the shores of morocco beckon. these cliffs and those over in africa created what ancient societies in the mediterranean world called the pillars of hercules. for centuries, they were the foreboding gateway to the unknown. descending the rock, whether you like it or not, you'll meet the famous apes of gibraltar. 200 of these mischief-makers entertain tourists. and with all the visitors, they're bold, and they get their way. yeah? you can have it. you can -- you can -- you can -- here on the rock of gibraltar, the locals are very friendly, but give them your apples. legend has it that as long as these apes are here, the british will stay in gibraltar. - [female voice over]: this program is made possible in part by the town of marion, home of the wayne henderson school of appalachian arts, celebrating 21 years as a certified virginia main street community. the historic general francis marion hotel and the speak easy restaurant and lounge, providing accommodations and casual fine dining. in downtown marion, vi

head through wednesday but there's still going to be some rain around the coast and that's around morocco is looking fairly heavy so also keeping the temperatures down so ribot won't see any high than around twelve degrees elsewhere you can see this little area of travis pushing its way east with that's mostly been high cloud but to too much to hamper the temperature. for the pneumatic john cartwright survival is about reaching their destination. if we don't hurry never be able to get the time but the storm we follow the mongolian herdsmen on a treacherous migration. and very dangerous to the ice is a thing as they strive to preserve their traditional way of life. sometimes luser cattle they were diving for because of the storm risking it all mongolia at this time on al-jazeera. well if we cannot have palestina my government was certainly not allowed britain to control french polish time would be an outrage but then we need to find another solution before we come to blows more than a century ago britain and france made a secret deal that would influence the shape of the middle east for mo

and in morocco over the mountains of course very cold here so we're expecting some of that to turn to snow robots will get to around twelve degrees. in twenty twelve al-jazeera traveled to iraq people here are definitely scared to speak on camera they're saying that if they talk to us they think they'll be arrested down the line to take the pulse of a country ravaged under us occupation some of these graves are completely destroyed it's one of the most holy and sacred sites in all of iraq could turn into a battleground between the mighty army the americans six years on rewind returns to iraq after the americans at this time on a disease. we're entering. the minds of our top stories here on al-jazeera the political crisis in the maldives has worsened with the president declaring a state of emergency now the security forces have broken into the supreme court. and security council has failed to reach an agreement on the use of chemical weapons in syria the u.s. they've been russia. u.s. stocks of for more than one thousand one hundred fifty points the largest struck in a single day. phil

the uk, it goes all the way down to the bay of biscay and it turns around and moves all the way to morocco great across that part of europe. back to the wind, look what happens when it drags in those showers during the course of sunday night into monday, snow showers get into kent, sussex, essex, norfolk, suffolk, possibly the london area which means first thing monday morning there could be a little bit of snow lying around across the south—east all the way up to lincolnshire just in time for the rush—hour. this is what it looks like on tuesday, a weather front this time moving across the north and west and on this day we could have some snow in north—western parts of the country down to wales possibly the midlands, still cold, two, three degrees at best for most of us. here's the summary for the week ahead, it's going to stay cold, cold enough for some snow, widespread frost. as i said, cold enough for some snow. welcome to bbc news, i'm duncan golestani. a syrian rebel group that was linked to al-qaeda says it shot down a russian fighter plane in northern syria this afternoon, killing t

making music for all the peoples in the five continents because we stay in japan, australia, and moroccoafrica. damian: they like banda in japan? oscar: yeah, yeah. in 2002 and--world cup in 2002, we stay in japan and making many performances in, like, five places in japan. and making so many friends because we have communication with friends in japan. and then we traveling to australia and making music for the people in australia. it's so funny because the people stay in the seats, making move, but don't stand up, eh? and we-- damian: try to encourage them. oscar: yeah. and-- [speaking in foreign language] the people don't want to sit again before-- [speaking in foreign language] damian: talk about what it's going to feel like to share the stage with los tigres del norte and paquita la del barrio. who can answer that one? alfonso: [speaking in foreign language] [speaking in foreign language] [speaking in foreign language] [speaking in foreign language] [speaking in foreign language] damian: all right, i don't think that needs any translation because just the power of having three legend

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snowfall over the past week has made the crew's job difficult search the area our correspondent morocco's the of reports from the ground. rescue is working in shifts there are dozens and dozens of not hundreds of them but one part of one group works at the crash sites another group breasts and then they switch. rescuers a also making use of snowmobiles ferrying supplies to and from the crash site itself because there's a lot of snow at the crash site that the jet crashed into a field more trucks and requip going through the arriving every hour heavier stuff the conditions at the crash site are fresh the this is not because of this though because of the worry and. obviously they want to get this crash site in order quickly here is another ambulance moved likely carrying the remains of another victim or perhaps victims judging by the frequency by which these are passing us the rescue operation is proceeding rapidly lugol's have also been describing what they've seen. my friend say the bang was so loud said the windows almost shouted. kill of the others watching the t.v. and the band everyon

uk, it goes all the way down to the bay of biscay and then turns around and moves all the way to morocco back to the wind, look what happens when it drags in those showers during the course of sunday night into monday — some snow showers get into kent, sussex, essex, norfolk, suffolk, possibly the london area, which means first thing monday morning, there could be a little bit of snow lying around across the south—east all the way up into lincolnshire just in time for the rush hour. this is what it looks like tuesday — a weather front moving across the north and west and on this day, we could have some snow in north—western parts of the country down to wales and maybe the midlands, still cold, 2, 3 degrees at best. the summary for the week ahead — it's going to stay cold, cold enough for some snow, widespread frost. as i said, cold enough for some snow. this is bbc news, the headlines: a syrian rebel group says it shot down a russian fighterjet near the city of idlib. tahrir al—sham said the plane had been hit by a shoulder—launched anti—aircraft missile. moscow says the pilot ejected bu