meanwhile, rain band moving into northeastern china developing as it goes. and the far southeastern corner of china. nanmadol still with us. it continues to go towards the coastline here. looks like it will make landfall today as a tropical storm. as you can see, not much has changed. it's still the same area of taiwan that continues to bear the brunt of the storm. also heavy rain continues to impact the region. southern taiwan reporting 300 millimeters in the last 24 hours. additional rain will fall. looking at about a hundred millimeters in some of these areas. risks of flooding will remain extremely high indead. over the next couple days, that will move slowly away from the region. as you can see for the northern philippines will continue to see southwest monsoon enhanced by that storm system. temperaturewise, got 30 degrees in hong kong today. hotting up to 39 in chongqing. in europe we have a large low pressure system lingering in the northern areas of europe. scandinav scandinavia, baltic states, poland, and germany looking unsettled. british isles is u

the rain will weaken in northeastern china. the rest of japan will be looking at clear skies. to the south we've got this very large powerful high pressure system. that continues to bring a lot of moisture in from the south. south korea as much as -- watch out for isolated heavy rain of course. flooding and landslides not out of the question. temperatures stay hot in chongqing today. 37 degrees. tokyo rising to 34 degrees. in fact across much of japan, things really hotting up here. 33 in aomori. and coming in at 36 in kyoto. for the americas we've got widespread thunderstorms impacting the great lakes regions. that's really impacting the northeastern corner of the u.s. as well as southern ontario, canada, throughout the night. also some thunder clouds organizing themselves over the central plains. cool air ushering from the north and that's colliding with the humid air from the gulf of mexico. that will be creating this widespread thunderstorms in and around nebraska into kansas as well. watch out for strong to damaging winds, large hail, severe thunderstorms as well as inten

the rain will weaken in northeastern china. the rest of japan will be looking at clear skies. to the south we've got this very large powerful high pressure system. that continues to bring a lot of moisture in from the south. south korea as much as -- watch out for isolated heavy rain of course. flooding and landslides not out of the question. temperatures stay hot in chongqing today. 37 degrees. tokyo rising to 34 degrees. in fact across much of japan, things really hotting up here. 33 in aomori. and coming in at 36 in kyoto. for the americas we've got widespread thunderstorms impacting the great lakes regions. that's really impacting the northeastern corner of the u.s. as well as southern ontario, canada, throughout the night. also some thunder clouds organizing themselves over the central plains. cool air ushering from the north and that's colliding with the humid air from the gulf of mexico. that will be creating this widespread thunderstorms in and around nebraska into kansas as well. watch out for strong to damaging winds, large hail, severe thunderstorms as well as inten

now, meanwhile, looking at scattering of showers for the northeastern china, that's going to be pulling away. another round of rain, though, expected to move into the region on wednesday and thursday. now, let's focus on this other storm system affecting southeastern china just now. the center of the storm over the taiwan straits. it is packing winds of 83 kilometers per hour. and really impacting taiwan and southeastern china right now with very strong winds. it is going to be moving into fujian province tonight and significantly weakening after that. but even as the wind dies down, we're going to see the rainfall -- the rain really heavy rain over the next couple of days, upwards of 100 millimeters is expected to fall along the coastal line here, also for southern taiwan as well with the ground already saturated and dealing with various flooding problems. and continues to enhance the southwest monsoon into the northern philippines as well. not out of the woods here either. temperature wise, 34 in hong kong. 31 in shanghai, warming up to 30 degrees in tokyo. now for the americas, looki

meanwhile, rain bound moving into northeastern china developing as it goes dumping moderate rain here and the southeastern corner of china. not much change i'm afraid. the tropical storm still with us. it continues to meander towards the coastal line here but it does look like it will be making landfall during the day today as a tropical storm. as you can see not much has changed. it's still the same area as taiwan, that continues to bear the brunt of the storm, strong winds and also heavy rain continues to really impact the region. southern taiwan reporting over 300 millimeters in the last 24 hours. it has caused havoc here and additional rain will fall. looking at about 100 milliliters in some of these areas so risks of flooding will be extremely high indeed. over the next couple days the rain will slowly move away from the region but as you can see for the northern philippines we'll continue to see southwest monsoon being enhanced by the storm system. temperaturewise, 33 degrees in hong kong today. up to 32 in shanghai. now over to europe. we have a very large low pressure system t

north of that, in moderate to heavy rain band pushes across northeastern china and into southeastern russia. now, down across indochina, lots of scattered thundershowers here as well. most of the heavy stuff is once again taking aim at northern and northeastern thailand. so here, again, extensive flooding is taking place. and this heavy rain could add to further flooding as well as the possibility of mudslides and landslides. temperatures are going to be set up like this on saturday. about 33 in tokyo. 27 in seoul. 33 also in beijing. 20 in ulambatur. 3 234d chongqing. it's dry and shot and doesn't look like a change in that as we head into the weekend. >>> into north america here, out west, things are looking dry and fine, moderate temperatures as well. but then we run into a little bit of a nasty storm system. now this one is bring something severe weather on friday. this is the same storm that brought some pretty horrible storms through the northern plains and into nebraska as well on thursday. we had tornado reports here, about six of them, i think, in nebraska on thursday. on fr

above it, we have high pressure in place, because it's going to be fairly dry across northeastern chinas well as mongolia. no change here just where we need the rain it will stay very dry and very hot. i'll show you temperatures in a second. indo china we are going to be seeing more showers and scattered thunderstorms with the southwest monsoon doing its thing. heavier rain in parts of vietnam and laos and that could lead to the potential for flooding over the weekend. let's look at the temperatures, 41 degrees in chongqing, very, very hot in fact anywhere in the orange, southeastern china as well, temperatures are going to be widely in the upper 30s, low 40s, as we head on into the weekend. 26 degrees in tokyo, a cooler day as we have the showers moving in yet again and fairly warm day in ulan ba tour at 30 degrees. this massive cloud is our hurricane greg, moving away and we no longer have any warnings or watches posted for it but this one over here just heading in towards honduras as well as belize, guatemala this one is a tropical depression that could cause a bit of a problem in te

. >>> in northeastern china today, 22 coal miners were rescued after being trapped for a week in a flooded mine. they've been working almost 1,000 feet down in a mine that was shut down four years ago. it was reopened illegally this month. they were trapped when they broke through into a flooded pit. >>> in libya the hunt for moammar gadhafi continues this morning as rebel forces close in on his hometown. but he's been abandoned by his family members, that includes his wife, who turned up yesterday in neighboring algeria. kendis gibson has more on that. >> reporter: the algerian foreign ministry says moammar gadhafi's wife, daughter and two of his sons have taken refuge in algeria. libya's national transitional council considers this an act of aggression. a spokesman says, quote, we will use all legal measures to extradite these criminals and put them on trial. they're offering a $1.3 million reward for gadhafi's capture or killing. the obama administration says it has no indication gadhafi has left libya. >> if we knew where he was, we would pass that information along to the opposition f

will remain a fairly strong system, so a heavy rain will continue to impact this region northeastern corner of china, southeastern russia as well. winds today could reach the northern end of japan by mid-week. down towards the south, south korea looking showery as well. high pressure system over the region pulling in lots of moisture into the peninsula here. also in eastern and southern china looking unsettled over the next couple of days. meanwhile, japan will stay in the dry intense sunshine. today just a couple of strong thunderstorms to watch out for up in the mountains here. the temperatures again exceeding 30 degrees in many areas. today tokyo coming in at 35. sapporo 30 degrees. heat advisories have been issued many areas. 30 degrees in seoul today. 35 in beijing. it stays hot in chongqing at 37 degrees. now heading towards the americas, the western half of the continent looks very calm and pleasant today. out towards the east, it's a different story. we have a couple of systems in the works here bringing lots of unsettled weather, lots of thunderstorms tonight and into your tuesday. tonight

will remain a fairly strong system, so a heavy rain will continue to impact this region northeastern corner of china, southeastern russia as well. winds today could reach the northern end of japan by mid-week. down towards the south, south korea looking showery as well. high pressure system over the region pulling in lots of moisture into the peninsula here. also in eastern and southern china looking unsettled over the next couple of days. meanwhile, japan will stay in the dry intense sunshine. today just a couple of strong thunderstorms to watch out for up in the mountains here. the temperatures again exceeding 30 degrees in many areas. today tokyo coming in at 35. sapporo 30 degrees. heat advisories have been issued many areas. 30 degrees in seoul today. 35 in beijing. it stays hot in chongqing at 37 degrees. now heading towards the americas, the western half of the continent looks very calm and pleasant today. out towards the east, it's a different story. we have a couple of systems in the works here bringing lots of unsettled weather, lots of thunderstorms tonight and into your tuesday. tonight

thousands of protesters in china's northeastern quarter city of course the relocation of a chemical plant demands to shut it down and grew after a storm last week broken dike that was protecting the facility spreading fears toxic chemicals maybe against the mayor promised to move the project out of the city the local committee of the communist party ordered an immediate shock. and it's a pretty dramatic footage at least five killed forty injured after a stage collapsed. in the u.s. state of indiana the accident happened on saturday night during stormy weather when strong winds caused the stage working for the concert to fall according to witnesses many people suffered head and neck injuries and broken but. all right i'll be back with the latest headlines in just a few minutes please stay with us. the boom is. just so. it's. coming. up. for the full summit we've got it from. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.

thousands of protesters in china's northeastern core city of delhi have forced authorities to relocate a chemical plant demands to shut down plant grew after a storm last week broken dikes there was protecting the plant spreading fears toxic chemicals may be released the mayor promised to move the project out of the city are local committee of the communist party ordered an immediate shutdown. and i'll be back with the headlines in just a moment. still trying to recover. u.s. regulators that declare war on the ratings agencies after america's. school gets the chop sent the world markets into a chaotic tumble. i want to stay with us here in our next hour exclusive interview .

thousands of protesters in china's northeastern quarter city of delhi have forced authorities to relocate a chemical plant commands to shut down the plant grew up a storm last week. there was protection upon spreading fears toxic chemicals may be released the mayor promised to move the project out of the city the local committee of the communist party ordered an immediate shutdown. and i'll be back with the headlines in just a moment. with . the atmosphere to. just say. it's. wealthy british style but it's sometimes its finest. markets why not scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the kinds of reports on our key.

china's state-run xinhua news agency says the navy carrier left the northeastern port of dailan on wednesday. it says the sea trial will be short and that the carrier will undergo further rebuilding and testing after returning to port. china says the vessel will be used for research and training. last month a chinese defense ministry spokesperson said the country has a long coastline and broad marine areas under its jurisdiction and that the military has an obligation to protect the country's sovereignty and maritime interests. china is reportedly planning on building other aircraft carriers on its own. observers say the chinese military is increasing its ocean going capable to secure its maritime interests and sea lanes. japan's secretary yukio edano said wednesday he's closely watching the refurbished carrier's trial voyage. >> translator: i think japan is not the only country to take a keen interest in china's naval buildup. southeast asian countries are watching as well. japan will work with those countries to seek higher transparency from china. >>> british prime minister david cameron

. >>> in cline na, tropical storm has weakened but still bringing heavy rains and gales off northeastern chinaa million people had to be evac with waited because of the storm. >> diana nyad's attempt to swim from cuba to the florida keys it's over this morning. the 61-year-old swimmer called it quits early this morning after 29 hours in the water. she was suffering from severe shoulder pain, asthma and vomiting. nyad was trying to become the first person to make that 103-mile swim without a shark cage. she made it about halfway. almost halfway. >> wow. >> i still admire her. >> sure. absolutely. >> i couldn't have made it even a little -- >> trouble getting to the other side of the pool. i'm full of admiration for her. >>> real madrid, one of the greatest soccer clubs in the world has gone to grade school to look for new talent. the team has signed a 7-year-old prodigy out of argentina. how good is he? he already just has one name. leo. espn says the kid will begin training in madrid in september. if all goes well, he should be ready -- >> who's he going to train with? >> i don't know. >> like

the former soviet union built the ship and china bought it from the ukraine 13 years ago. the navy carrier left a northeastern port on wednesday. it says the sea trial will be short, and that the carrier will undergo further rebuilding and testing after returning to port. china says the vessel will be used for research and training. last month, a chinese defense ministry spokesman says the country has a long coastline and broad marine areas under its jurisdiction, and that the military has an obligation to protect the nation's sovereignty and maritime interests. china is reportedly planning on building other aircraft carriers on its own. observers say the chinese military is increasing its ocean going capability to secure its maritime interests and sea lanes. japan's chief cabinet secretary said on wednesday he is closely watching the refurbished carrier's trial voyage. >> translator: i think japan -- at watching as well. japan will work with those countries to seek higher transparency from china. >>> time to check on some of the stories we've gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin with this item se

the former soviet union built the ship and china bought it from the ukraine 13 years ago. the navy carrier left a northeastern port on wednesday. it says the sea trial will be short, and that the carrier will undergo further rebuilding and testing after returning to port. china says the vessel will be used for research and training. last month, a chinese defense ministry spokesman says the country has a long coastline and broad marine areas under its jurisdiction, and that the military has an obligation to protect the nation's sovereignty and maritime interests. china is reportedly planning on building other aircraft carriers on its own. observers say the chinese military is increasing its ocean going capability to secure its maritime interests and sea lanes. japan's chief cabinet secretary said on wednesday he is closely watching the refurbished carrier's trial voyage. >> translator: i think japan -- at watching as well. japan will work with those countries to seek higher transparency from china. >>> time to check on some of the stories we've gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin with this item se

planning on building a $300 million industrial park in northeastern giling province to host north korean firms. it will be the first of its kind in china. provenÇal authorities say the complex will be built in tumen city which borders north korea. the project is the latest move by the two countries to strengthen their economic ties. in june, they started the construction of two special economic zones in north korea's border area. >>> china apparently wants to help its ally open up its economy and supply goods according to market demand. north korea is aiming to ensure a smooth transfer of power from current leader kim jong-il to his soon kim jong-un building on its relationship with china to so it can revamp its own economy >>> u.s. vice president joe biden is now in china on his first leg of the asian tour. one objective of the trip is to build a relationship with the likely successor president hu jintao. biden is expected to hold wide ranging talks with vice president xi jinping during his six-day visit. many believe xi jinping will take over from president hu in 2012. the two will meet for discussions and dinner. they will also visi