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all the way across north america. if you're interested here with me now is derek williams, from dw science department. to see you, derek were in doors. no eclipse. here, a big one, north america. why is it such a big deal? well, in order to answer that, you kind of have to do a little bit of elementary background stuff. now 1st of all, although the sun and moon look like they're the same size, they of course aren't. the sun's diameter is about $400.00 times the diameter of the moving, so it's much, much, much larger. but it's just that the moon is $400.00 times closer to the earth. send the sun. yeah, sure. so that makes them appear to be sort of the same size. um, now, as the moon orbits, the earth which is orbiting around the sun at the same time, there are moments when the moon passes directly between the sun and the portion of the or its surface. and when it does that, it blocks the sun's way to ation for a while and, and in what's called a partial solar eclipse. the moon only appears to take kind of flight this b

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a once—in—a—century solar eclipse will be happening right here in north america.re's what you need to know. the old advice still applies — you mustn't look directly at a solar eclipse. that could permanently damage your retina, the part of your eye which senses light. so, to witness this spectacle, what can you do? time to accessorise. these are solar viewing, or eclipse, glasses. nasa says they're 1,000 times darker than your average sunglasses and will keep your eyes safe. they're widely available but remember to check that they have the iso symbol and have the code 12312—2, to show that they meet the latest international safety standard. and if you don't have eclipse glasses, you can make a pinhole projector with just paper or tinfoil pricked with a small pinhole. this allows you to watch a projected image of the eclipse without having to look directly at it. but the same principle works with anything that has small holes, like a colander. even just holding your hands like this can give you a projection of the solar event. and if you can't do any of these, or a

before totality. sky gazes across north america with treated to once in a lifetime view. so beautiful. oh my goodness. listen for the birds. i don't hear any during totality the sun's atmosphere, the corona is visible and you can see flags on the sun surface. some of them the size of our own planet. the solar eclipse is the consequence of the cosmic co incidence. the sun and the moon appear the same size in our sky, even though the sun is some $400.00 times larger. and every now and then the moon passes directly between us and the sun blocking out its lights and creating a path where when eclipse is visible for those in the center of the path, the eclipse is total with every columbus. so you move of that path. the coverage gets less, a total eclipse usually happens once or twice every yes, somewhere around us. but it's not often that the pos of to tell it to the process through a densely populated colorado like this one from mexico, through the united states and into canada. and just the southern, as it disappeared, the sun returns the sky is again filled with lights. as

but the solar eclipse will start in mexico, make its way across north america, so it will be in texasen over to canada. so the path of totality goes across three north american countries. up to 44 million people live in the path of totality, so a lot of people get to see it. the only curveball right now is the weather. i keep looking up at the sky and it is pretty cloudy, it looks like it might rain. which means it will affect how we view it because you won't get to see if it stays like this, the really breathtaking moment when the moon moves in front of the sun and it leaves behind this crown, a corona. but it is full body experience. we will feel it get cold, it will get very dark, nocturnal animals will semi—wake up thinking it is night time. so... i have never experienced one but everyone that tells me it is indescribable, it is awesome, you never experience anything like it so there is a lot of excitement across north america when this happens. nomia iqbal, enjoying the moment. if you are lucky enough to be in that territory than don't look directly at the sun. a bit of advice on

and a spectacular total eclipse springs darkness to north america. tens of millions of people watch the moon comforter, the sun over mexico with the us and canada the i'm in dolton berlin. thank you very much for joining us. the ones top court in the hague is hearing a case against germany. ford support of his real nicaragua accused is germany of quote, facilitating genocide in the gaza strip by supplying weapons to israel. germany has denied the accusations and will present its defense on tuesday. nicaragua, his case against germany has to main goals, to holtz bowen's military exports, to israel, and to restart german funding for the un palestinian refugee agency. the arguments that germany's actions are in breach of the genocide convention government is taking to on the result of the gauge and prevention the side which with respect of international humanitarian law, a gemini, supply of alms to israel, is a central pillar of nicaragua, as case germany is israel, 2nd largest on supply of behind to the united states. accounting for about 30 percent of all is rails with an imports. nicara

i mean, in north america, you'd have to 2044. that's quite a ways. but there's a solar eclipse somewhere on the, on the or surface pretty much every year. so you can see these maps and gutter space like center. so that clips side. and so you have the means, you can reposition yourselves around the or, and find the location. and you can see one next year of the year after if you want . okay, we'll leave it the same service a lot. so that's it, chris, mt. thank you. the pleasure of these say this eclipse has been sweeping across the north american. we're gonna have a look at some more pictures of this now and does. we've just been seeing millions of people across the canada and mexico. the us had been seeing the moon block the sun, and when some places eclipses last and more than full minutes, scientists have been conducting experiments as well that we can see houses of people in each area have been waiting for a long time to see this. and experience what has been many a once in a lifetime, experience and something that's been quite for expiring for th

millions of people in north america, iam back many millions of people in north america, i am back ins, coastal flooding across parts of southern england and wales, this was the picture in rural early in the day, the strongest of wind, heavy of the rain easing quickly, turning quiet at night and colder especially in the east, as low clues away to the north of the rain easing quickly, turning quiet at night and colder especially in the east, as low—pressure clues away to the northey, the ridge of high pressure with us, under clearing skies temperature dropping quite quickly, by the time we get to the early hours of wednesday morning, especially for central and eastern parts of scotland, those temperatures to a three degrees, in some urban areas, a touch of frost around in the east, cold air mass with us not long until the next area of milder air works in behind this weather front, of milder air works in behind this weatherfront, warm of milder air works in behind this weather front, warm front tracking eastward through wednesday bringing rain i think at times to all areas, the best of

millions in north america was the solar _ me. millions in north america was the solar eclipse - me. the solar eclipse at - me. millions in north america was the solar eclipse at the i was the solar eclipse at the sky went dark on monday afternoon where the sun experience a total blackout. also known as the point of totality, that is when the mood perfectly obscures the sun. on this map the red line shows the path of totality outside of the track view only saw a partial eclipse. there were cheers as the totality hits in mexico where people camped out on sunny beaches to catch a glimpse behind the safety of solar viewers. the fog and mist around niagara falls made it tough to see the eclipse but it did not stop the crowds from trying. the bbc had correspondence all over north america taking it in. here are some of the reactions. it is a multisensory experience but you want to see the corona. you want to see that moment and the weather lucked out for us, thankfully. cheering and applause everybody...just taking that moment in. it is incredible. there it is! it's peeking through the clo

parts of north america has experienced a total solar eclipse. the moon crossed paths with the sun, causing what is known as a path of 2 towers shed, which has been traveling from the west coast of mexico. up through the central and eastern united states, north west pass newfoundland, 10 millions of people all across north america have been following this speak check dealer natural phenomena including keith cowan, who is editor at nasa watch. he joins me now from washington. he's been making the media rails today on this day of the total solar eclipse. so it keeps telling me of what did you experience with that you're in washington dc. you were not in the path of to tell of the right you know, but we got about 90 percent. we had our glasses, we went outside and it was a, you know, we, we got, we didn't get the full show, but we got a good, you know, 3rd row seat to what was going not vote for people who have never experienced a solar eclipse or even partial tell us what was it like, what did you experience in the moments of the actual eclipse? wh

the, the dw news line from berlin tonight, a total eclipse of the sun sky gaze was across north america. tens of millions are marveling at a rear total solar eclipse watching the move swallow up the sun over mexico. the us and canada also coming up tonight accused of helping israel commit genocide, that is the claim by nicaragua, against germany, earrings and started at the international court of justice and the hague. nicaragua claims berlin is an accomplice to alleged genocide in gaza. germany says the case is simply not just the front on the library. golf is good to have you with us. we start tonight with that dazzling show in the sky visible across north america. tens of millions of people and witnesses, a rare total solar eclipse. it's path cut across the continent from mexico through the us, across canada. there's lucky enough to be in the path of their talent. you've solved the moon, completely engulfed the sun and briefly turn day into not in the last slip of lions before the sun. this swallowed up by the moon. then a single bright speed of lights, like the jewel on the diamond

the the dw news line from berlin spectacular total eclipse springs darkness to north america. tens of millions of people watch the moon cover the sun over mexico with the us and canada, also coming up in the program. nicaragua accuses germany of helping is real commit genocide in the concept hearings had started at the international court of justice in the hague. germany says the case is not justified. the, i'm here until berlin. thank you very much for joining us. tens of millions of people have a weakness array or total solar eclipse in north america. the moon shadow traveled across the continent from mexico to canada. those lucky enough to be in the path of to tell what he saw. the moon completely engulfed the sun and briefly turned date and tonight the last slip of lines before the sun this swallowed up by the moon. then a single bright speed of lines like the jewel on the diamond ring. before tow tele to sky gazes across north america were treated to once in a lifetime view. so beautiful. oh my goodness. listen for the birds and on here and during totality the sun's atmosphere, t

a once in a century solar eclipse will be happening right here in north america.d to know. the old device still applies, you must not look directly at a solar eclipse. that could permanently damage your retina, the part of your eye which offences light so to witness the spectacle what can you do? time to accessorise! these are solar viewing or eclipse glasses, nasa says they are 1000 times darker than your average sunglasses and keep your eyes safe. they are widely available but remember to check they have the iso symbol and have the code 123, 12 — two, to show they meet the latest international standard. and if you do not have eclipse glasses you do not have eclipse glasses you can make a pinhole projector with just paper or foil, pricked with a small pinhole, allowing you to watch the projected image of the eclipse without looking directly at it. the same principle works with anything that has small holes, like a colander, even holding your hand like this could give you a projection of the event and if you cannot do any of these, or are not in the path of the ec

millions of people in north america are gearing up for a total solar eclipse today.the moon blocks the sun's light, will extend across parts of mexico, the usa and canada. 0ur north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports. music this park has turned into a family music festival. there's a stage for dancing, food stalls, bouncy castles, and people camped out. the big star everyone is here to see is in the sky. we wait for things like this, to be able to be outside and not stuck inside on doing something, or school, or whatever is going on. to be able to spend time together as a family is amazing, especially to see something so cool. the one in 2017 was the first one i had experienced — or the first total one that i had experienced — and, yeah, it was... it was pretty mind—blowing. the moon will move in front of the sun, blocking its light and plunging the earth into darkness for up to four minutes in most places. there will be a total eclipse of the heartland, the path of totality will stretch from mexico, across the us and through to canada. the weather is sadly

north west, pass newfoundland, 10 millions of people all across north america have been following this speak check dealer natural phenomena including keith cowan, who is editor at nasa. once he joins me now from washington. he's been making the media rails today on this day of the total solar eclipse. so keith, tell me of what did you experience through that you're in washington dc. you were not in the path of to tell the right no, but we got about 90 percent. we had our glasses, we went outside and it was a, you know, we, we got, we didn't get the whole show, but we got a good, you know, 3rd row seats or what was going not vote for people who have never experienced a solar eclipse or even partial tell us what was it like, what did you experience in the moments of the actual eclipse as well, when does it, if you're actually in what's called the pathogen county where it is? yeah, there's a picture of the moon completely covers the sun. as you approach that, it starts to get weirdly dark like the, the shadows or the angles are not used to during the day. and then it gets quiet. and that'

will vernon, our north america correspondent keeping us. ated, thank so very much. live now to retired lieutenant general mark schwartz who served as united states security coordinator of the israel—palestinian authority. thank you so much for being with us, we do appreciate you taking the time. ijust want we do appreciate you taking the time. i just want to start what i getting your assessment about what we are seeing right now, about the scale, about the scope as well, in your assessment.— your assessment. great to be with ou. i your assessment. great to be with yom i think _ your assessment. great to be with you. i think the _ your assessment. great to be with you. i think the initial— your assessment. great to be with you. i think the initial response i your assessment. great to be with you. i think the initial response byj you. i think the initial response by iran with the launch of these assessed hundred or so drones coming out of irani and sovereign territory towards israel is expected, we can also expect that as they approach, israel

that based on the i'm john 100 in indianapolis, indiana where people who have come from all over north america to be in the path of totality for a total solar eclipse. the has just gone 16 gmc and we begin in southern garza where is really off. hillary fly has killed at least 8 palestinians in san eunice. people were targeted as a return to what is left of their homes to search for any belongings. most is rarely troops have withdrawn from the area as well as defense minister says that's aimed at preparing them for ground defensive in rasa. now some palestinians had hope they might have homes to return to. there is almost nothing less daunting. need my mood has moved from rough. uh, or for some of the 1st palestinians to go back to han. eunice, there isn't much recognizable left once home to around half a 1000000 people. the city in the south of garza has been flattened by israel's military. the city looks heartbreaking. it's unbelievable. what do you expect this kind of destruction? there isn't a house without a martyr, wounded or destroyed. words can describe its men of the people who have be

a rare total solar eclipse brings darkness to millions as it sweeps across north america. : we have been experiencing a one cent and lifetime celestial event. ♪ anchor: welcome to world news america. we begin in the middle east care --, where benjamin netanyahu says a date has been set for a ground offensive into southern gaza. he has not yet sad when it will take place. he is facing international pressure to not invade the city without a specific plan to keep civilians safe. as many as one million people are begin -- believes to be shelters there. it's more than half of them are children. >> today, i received a detailed report. we are constantly working to achieve our goals. the release of all of our hostages. and achieving a complete victory over hamas. this requires entry into rafah. it will happen. there is a date. anchor: reports say the u.s. state department has not been briefed. the department spokesperson responded. >> we have been clear with israel that we think a full-scale military invasion of rafah would have an enormous harmful effect on civilians. we think the

and the 1st bill will be from here, counting down to dog minister clips watches in north america, a gathering out for one of nature's greatest shows. the as we begin in southern gaza, where is riley artillery far? it has killed at least 8 palestinians. in con units, people were targeted as they were ton to what is left of the homes to search for any belongings laced is ready. troops have withdrawn from the area as well as defense minister says that is aimed at preparing them for a ground defensive in rasa. some palestinians had hoped that they might have homes to return to thought there was almost nothing left standing. honey. my mood in rough as more on those. returning to the devastated homes for some of the 1st palestinians to go back to han unit. there isn't much recognizable left one's home to around half a 1000000 people. the city in the south of garza has been flattened by israel's military. the city looks heartbreaking. it's unbelievable. what do you expect this kate of destruction? there isn't a house without a martyr, wounded or destroyed. words can describe it's made of the people

welcome parts of north america and have experienced a total solar eclipse. the moon crossed paths with the sun, causing a what's known as a pass of 2 towers shed, which has been traveling from the mexican west coast. it's now headed way up north, west, past newfoundland in canada. millions of people all across north america who have been following this rear phenomena of nature. that includes the w simon bone. he is on the phone with this now joining us from paducah, kentucky where he has been following the solar eclipse. so i'm gonna tell us, um, why did you experience and were you in the past? the total a hi was indeed brent. um yeah, this is steve. the 3rd time i've seen it's a total solar eclipse and it never seen it fails to astonish. and we saw the sun disappear behind the moon, and this was a very special eclipse. it was a rather wide path of totally the moon was relatively large compared to the sun this time. and so the more people were able to see it just by staying where they were. but it also attracted a lot of visitors this time who, who missed th

but it isn't just that the river systems of north america were shaped by beavers. and this is huge and this is why they're playing incredible role now in our environmental future, because we need them back now to help us restore the integrity, integrity of our river system. so it's really exciting, new role they have to play. so we almost wiped them out through the fur trade. but thank goodness we didn't. how to extinction do they think we were? well, no one's exactly sure. but the estimate is that something like 400 million beavers were living throughout all the water sheds of north america. so just imagine that creek, that river that you used to seeing as maybe a thin stream of water was actually once a river scape. it was just a messy multiple circulatory of water going into the land with because beavers were there managing there are original rivers river keepers and now there's probably 10 to 15 million beaver but efforts were made big efforts were made in the 1900s to bring them back. and we really have to, you know, applaud whoever was behind that. and rememb

but boston is not all of north america right much. i mean, i hate to break it to all of us who are here in boston. but there are other colonies out there. you you start the book with a chapter that's the tea party that wasn't which is about what happened down in charleston, south carolina, because tea ships went to many different ports. right so can you just give us a little bit of a glimpse of how things may have played out differently in other places? what happened in south carolina? yes, boston was very strange it was the only city that had a big fight over the tea that it couldn't resolve all the other places the tea ships went. they found a resolution, some sort of coming to terms between the local customs officials, the and the governor, the tea merchants that were set to receive it, and the sons of liberty and the patriot organization in south carolina. the tea shipped arrived christopher gadsden, the sons of liberty campaigned against it and they had a huge meeting in the exchange, which was large building that housed customs

that's available in north america, both in the us and canada.friday, a us report tied its wider range of autonomous driving modes to at least 13 crashes, including one death. despite that, chinese customers are angling to use full self—driving software, but it's not yet available in their market. mr musk said it would be rolled out there very soon, but here's the rub — all the data from tesla's chinese fleet is held in shanghai and, under chinese regulations, isn't accessible to tesla's us headquarters in texas. and that hampers the learnings that tesla needs to do to deliver a safe and effective product in china. mr musk needs to navigate that with chinese officials. one's the premier, li qiang. now, he's been making very positive noises, saying that china's market will always be open to foreign—funded firms and that beijing would provide a better business environment for the likes of tesla. today, there's fierce competition between tesla and its chinese rivals — byd, for example, china's biggest ev producer, and new entrants such as xiaomi, be

and the total eclipse will now be watched by tens of millions across north america has and continues to sweep north and east the next hour. so we're up to date. lots more news at the top of the as the sunsets individuals within the occupied with bang, the bit of multi family is getting the dinner table ready to break their dainty fast. but the buzz around the table is missing. the woman who used to put it all together ended, but lucy was the rest of the week before the start of his reading. officials have not given their reason yet for detaining her during 8 of the home. a few kilometers away in drama. look at the house, one is not missing 12, or even see members of his property 5 in the occupied west bank at least 9000. i left it in families are missing at least one loved one at the start table. the life of the 9 year old under is ready, bombardment trauma center is safe, displaced in scarcity. and the moments where childhood still shines through a child of because on a just every use thousands of one piece they use to scientific percent activate and conservationists. the testing see

and they turned out to be incredibly diverse and abundant in north america. if you are known from east asia as basically a large north american living in to the state, people keep finding in the cretaceous formations of the western interior, new species of these kinds of dinosaurs. this was all due to an incredibly talented collector that must recruited named john bell. hatch. he worked for marsh for the rest of marsh's face. and then later on first moved to princeton as a connector when he conducted a huge one person expedition to patagonia, which he not only collected fossils, but he also helped finance himself by being an east player. as a famous story, he left argentina. he had to do by walking backwards to a with two six shooters pointed at a very irate local village population whom he had completely cleansed of any funds that they had through his poker skills. so a very resourceful man. he went on ultimately to become curator at the carnegie museum pittsburgh, but unfortunately died very early on of the typhoid before he could complete a lot important sc

but this was the first total solar eclipse since 2017, in north america. right. it happens around the world all the time. >> it does. there's a few of them that happen every year, you just have to hopefully get lucky , a lot of them are over the, over the ocean, so those are harder to get to, so our next one in north america won't be until 2044, so hopefully a lot of folks got out and got to experience this today, because it's going to be a while until we get another one. >> well, i was going to say 20, 44 or 45 for last, but, but you may as well, since you brought it up. okay. explain the difference. there's 1 in 44, but i know there's 1 in 45 that i'm super excited about because that's going to be right here in north, northern california. and i even looked at the map and we have it. i feel like if i just drive up to redding, i will be in the path of totality. >> that's right. yeah. you just have to go a little bit north of the bay area, i believe, to get to get into totality. see? there it is. yeah. so luckily, in california, hopefully people won't have to trav

at the same time, north america also needs your alliance leaders, hale nato's history with an item new challenges that could put it to the test. also, coming up, outrage grows over israel's deadly attack on aid workers in guns of the n g. o world central kitchen is demanding and the defendant investigation into the attack that killed 7 of its stoppers. the groups founder says they were deliberately target. plus the w speaks to women in ukraine, volunteering to clear minds about 30 percent of their country is contaminated by concealed explosives, the hello, i'm terry morris, and good to help you with this. they do. foreign ministers have gathered in brussels to mark the lines of 75th anniversary. the russian invasion of ukraine has given nato a new sense of purpose in recent years. in response to the anniversary rushes for administrator, he said the dialogue between moscow and nato has reached a critical 0 level, but that it's not seeking direct conflict with the alliance. this week, the organization support ministers are discussing a long term aid package for ukraine. the ceremony and

finally, dominating tv news output on monday was the solar eclipse that appeared across parts of north americahose that witnessed it. nada tawfiq was one of the bbc�*s reporters on the spot. crowds on the beaches of mexico's west coast were the first to experience the astrological phenomenon as the moon passed in front of the sun, completely blocking its light. watching that was alberto nieto who sent us this video. finally, dominating tv news output on monday was the solar eclipse that appeared across parts of north america, prompting great excitement among those that witnessed it. nada tawfiq was one of the bbc�*s reporters on the spot. crowds on the beaches of mexico's west coast were the first to experience the astrological phenomenon as the moon passed in front of the sun, completely blocking its light. watching that was alberto nieto who sent us this video. and the journalist was describing the crowds witnessing the astrological phenomenon, now, as an astronomy graduate, i've had to explain the difference between astrology and astronomy to my barber, but i would not have to explain this

our north america editor sarah smith explains more about the fine. week to pay that fine. and it seems he's already taken down the social media posts in which he was attacking his former lawyer michael cohen, the adult film star stormy daniels, even the jury pool here in new york. he's not allowed to go after witnesses in this trial, court staff orjurors. and when he breaches that order, that's when thejudge can fine him. he left here a short while ago, though, complaining about this order, saying that it was totally unconstitutional as part of this corrupt trial and conflicted judge, he said. but the gag order, he claims, isn't fair because he's running for president and he has to be allowed to speak out. the judge has been very clear, actually, that his political comments are protected for that very reason. but what he can't do is go after witnesses, jurors or court staff. and the judge did say that he's rather disappointed he can't fine him any more — he could only impose a fine of $1,000 for each breach of the order, nine times in this case, $9,0