after nearly a week of smog they've been suffering like the rest of northern china. but being home to much of the country's iron and steel production. they had some of the worst air. >> the smog was bad. >> we couldn't see the sun. >> there's too many cars and factories. in nearby budget people have been living in the twilight world under polluted skies. >> you can see and smell the pollution and touch it. >> this is the car we've been travelling around in. this is what has built up on the route since then, a lair of airborne particles. the people of beijing have been breathing it for a week. >> widespread discontent and anger to tackle the problem has been limited to social media. people have been using twists to show their displeasure. other residents found solutions to deal with it themselves. >> this sprang up from a simple idea of strapping up a filter and a fan. at over $30 us a piece, they can't make it fast enough. >> it's more and more a preoccupation, an obsession, there's rarely a conversation i have in beijing where it doesn't come up. >> the smog emergen

people in northern china really like eating dog meat. healthy tasty and good you can buy a pie in the last of which many think it's like a more savory and delicious and pork or beef. luckly that a teacher is very easy to find their donkey meat restaurants scattered throughout the day the document is a vital part of danger and it is cold and windy winters of northern china. ordering a donkey meat sandwich and a bold donkey meat to the consumer the best deals for beijing is at the time. but the doggies value to the top ten the height tilt and alternate o'dowd chinese have been used in china for over three thousand years the jolt of one type of traditional chinese medicine that differed on tuesday after boiling and extraction the carpentry job is that the magic. in traditional chinese medicine but we could all get to out all sorts of medical benefit. if that doesn't comply to attend the meeting from ten thirty and improve the immune system we can believe in chinese medicine. the valuable thing the fact we don't hide open quite popular with

he's trying conditions for the korean news line in northern china but the sky is not so clear take a look. this mom in goals with a sheen and elyse behalf of the northern and eastern china for the fifth day. the us and the secret memos of the pm two point five x four hundred and five in the capital where the level of the fairy hundred is considered a house a mess. the second highest level whining maintained for a fifteen percent of the country. snoopy air and prompted health concerns among presidents. many commuters are wearing masks danielle's at the bit that carries that a high pressure system is in place when humans come out with a winged sandals and no precipitation for this area and it's not the case for the content actually simply dickens. this mini into western japan center japan at the apt in northern japan by this evening. so if you cannot you may want to wear a mask. now the course the america that quiet cool conditions with many parts of the us and canada and back is causing senate winter storm conditions for the northwest we talking about blowing snow for the northern roc

and it's closing down highways in northern china.e meet logical center there issued an orange alert, the second highest inside the warning system to remind drivers to slow down and turn on their fog lighting. a dozen highways are shut down because of poor visibility. >> have you heard it's groundhog day? the punxsutawney phil made his annual appearance in front of huge crowds this morning on gobbler's knob. he did, infact, see his shadow and we have six more weeks of winter. we don't have punning opinion if our predictions but we do have doppler radar. >> we will be a dessert planet at time. let's hope it's wrong. hopefully turned a corner in all of this. as we look live out towards all capote razz to look at the after math of sunset and the after math of the storm that pressed through. a few tourists out there. and a fair weather. things to be clearing out as yes now go town to's beach. 48 in caught lin. liver more at 48 and san francisco 50 degrees. santa row is a is chilly. 44 texas rangers grease right now. here's what it looked

. >> a crisis for the world health organization is labeling the affecting most of northern china this welcome. evels of the smallest most dangerous pollution particles are more than 20 times the internationally recognized safer the capital of beijing. people have taken to the street that something be done to clean the air. ur correspondent sent us this report. >> just to go outside you need a mask. a cloth one really isn't good enough. smog smothering beijing one of he world's biggest cities barely fit to live in. some scientists say it is like a starving everything of sunlight. isn't a's economic past sustain ab sustainable. moving is no good. most cities in china are like there. crisis is ution dissatisfaction rising as of the health impact. hundreds of thousands of remature deaths, up to five years lost from average life expectancy. should like this people stay indoors advises the doctor. outdoors they staged a fun run last weekend. in this smog. fun as chinese get richer they are paying more attention to their of life. small individual acts of protest like there by beijing artists

this hospital in northern china had to be rebuilt because it was sinking. you can still see the effects. >> translator: we are suffering from acute water shortages in this area. we want the problem to be resolved soon. >> reporter: to solve the chronic shortage authorities are building canals to bring in water to drought-hit areas. the main source is the yangtze river. the length of each waterway is 1,400 kilometers. the government has spent about $40 billion on the project so far. after 11 years the main part is nearly finished. more than 1,000 bridges span the canal for the convenience of locals. the water is expected to flow sometime next year at the latest. >> translator: i'm honored to be involved in this national waterway project. i'm fully committed to proceeding with the work, bringing it to a perfect completion. >> reporter: but the waterway can only supply about one-third of the annual demand in the capital, beijing. that's far from a complete solution. that's why china is building water recycling plants. a japanese water processing plant is opera

and so we can tell you that cities in northern china including beijing tianjin and surrounding areas are experiencing moderate to heavy small bit and air pollution that is expected to last for a week the capitalization dull yellow on the forehead the air pollution which is the first since the municipal government issued an emergency response plan for severe air pollution lost all tied up with another cold front and sides to help disperse the small via a large parts of the country's north will continue to cease to be a potion for the next three days. the air quality is not expected to improve until the strain of cold air comes for next thursday local residents were advised to take protective measures reduce outdoor activities and use transport children and they only have been advised to use ie indoors. you listen closely as possum amendment on the city's population and family planning. according to the amendment taking couples can now have a second child of honor for the parents is an only child. the wilsons stipulates that a couple can only have a second child for years up to having

three people in large areas of northern china have been smuggling to cope with alarming levels of smog in the air. the city is entering its eighth day of orange alert. the second highest level of people say their case gritty and many are worried about the impact that it will have on their house the world famous portrait of mao zedong in tiananmen square is barely visible and prince mom has blanketed the team for more than a week even at midday. it feels like counts. the sun simply can't penetrate the polluted air. there's even a lawyer a week being trying to stay home as much as possible today. the pollution is really bad. the stakes are extra tree system. it just didn't go out unless we absolutely have to. a lot what can you really are some criteria that it had been thinking about relocating actually i kinda conditions return to the elderly and children union on a commuter on the top. one league matches pollution and eighteen. the greenpeace activists as the greens are as much as sixteen times and beyond what the world health organization says kissing she is calling for action it shou

way down we have the right point of that money has forty three degrees as of friday and here in northern china minus thirty point six degrees across a kind of any telltale minus their point five degrees at five am so that's the cool this they are unfit for this season. so that's something to be aware have to bundle up as well and the temperatures will be seen clay take the milk into the latter half of the week sixty trees for the protests today. i dislike the sunshine here in town camp. private cars a year and the sentiment a new niece is so looking on stable but take an mc at this beautiful smile is a huge atlantic since then it's a potent went now down to a nine hundred forty six has surpassed our mini platoon system that is going to be packing gus about a hundred twenty eight kilometers per hour across the uk the weasel be high as late as seven meters we do have warnings this in place. these two once after the coastal areas. the real evidence not the sole be on the high elevations in spain as well as the all time the shoot but that if and to assist in this interview coming up as much as for

the chinese capital beijing and much of northern china under a thick cloud of dangerous smog.'s now so bad hundreds of thousands of people are fearful for leaving their homes because of the impact of breepthing on their health. >>> ukraine's enter richl authorities say they've ordered the units of riot police and marks men to be disbanded. >>> there have been angry protests in turkey where the prime minister's opponents are calling for him to resign. erd wine may come under pressure in which the prime minister orders his son to dispose of millions in crash. he described them as a fake. he faces allegations of widespread corruption. >> reporter: protesters demanding the resignation of prime minister rah jeep type erdogan. riot police respond with water cannons and teargas. it's further followup of corruption scandal where there were arrests on corruption. this week what appears to be a recorded conversation between the prime minister and his son was posted online. in it the prime minister is allegedly ordering his son to get rid of millions of euros of cash from the home during

thriller set in northern china at the berlin film festival. y of a former policeman turned private detective and investigating a series of unsolved killings. at the china academy of drama, he has directed to other films. he also picked up the best actor award. let's have a look at what is happening as far as trading goes. we have a japanese lunchtime close upon us in about four minutes from now. let's take a look at that. kei is lower and it was pulled down after we had growth data come out showing that the pace of growth was slower than any economist he had surveyed forecasted in the fourth quarter. risks that underscoring to the recovery as we have the sales tax increase looming large in april. the taiex, kl, and philippines composition all. the straits times index up .6%. to takep, we are going a break. talking about the great climate change debate. skeptics are told to bury their heads in the sand. blunte john kerry's comments in indonesia on "on the move," next. ♪ . . >> we go again to the asia-pacific, the shanghai composite and raising d

after nearly a week of smog they have been suffering like the rest of northern china from hazardous pollutionevels. but being home to much of the country's iron and steal production, they have had some of the worst air. >> the smog was really bad this time. we couldn't even see the up. >> there are too many cars and too many factories. the government should do something as a priority 2347 in nearby beijing people have been living in a twilight world under polluted skies. you can see and smell the pollution. you can also touch it. this is the car we've been traveling around. it was last washed three days ago. and this is what's built up on the roof since then. a thin layer of airborne particles. people in beijing and surrounding particles have been breathing this for weeks. >> widespread discontent with the government for not takes action and residents have found innovative solutions to deal with it themselves. this business sprang up with the simple idea of strapping a millster to a fan to clean the air. just over $30 u.s. a piece they can't make them fast enough. >> it's more and more a pre-

oddly, there are 3 million relevant visitors in northern china that could go to tokyo as opposed to macaus a chunk of money, but are they really going to do that? >> you have had your eyes on casinos as well. you are bullish on macau. >> i think it is a build it and they will come sort of scenario. there is a lot of pent-up demand that is there. the hongtually liking kong names better than the u.s. names at the moment. it is just technically better to own the hong kong names because nobody wants to buy them. >> great seeing you. [indiscernible] up next -- >> flying through the air with the greatest of ease. >> we go for a ride with singapore's top guns. >> this is "asia edge." stay with us. more in a moment. ♪ .> trading has begun in india >> that is right. it has not been a very good start to the day in india. weekis a truncated trading because thursday is a holiday. markets opened lower. the sensex and the nifty both down. at the startdown of trade. we are watching for one particular sector and that is the power sector. news has come out over the weekend that the electricity regulatory

morning in chile current right conditions the wall and that it's not so for residents in northern parts of china to color some pictures of from a sheen on tuesday. this mom thing called the police union of mars mouth of the northern and eastern china for the sixth day. the world health organization said the level of their preaching in chinese cities needs to be seen and the crying says it very very bad conditions out there. it's not the case for an orderly can actually add this monday settled single thing the korean peninsula and parts of the west and japan. that we are seeing some changes finally in beijing is as you can see rain will likely develop here so that i could i improve air quality finally answered the south of south korea in western japan was seattle improvement. because of impending rain showers thunderstorms are likely to fold some locations temperatures are going to be quite warm in many areas including tip and we have the advisories for about a full and just to sit for a twinkie prefecture is out of the forty seven ten k at thirteen bakeries in next month's like and then just whe

after nearly a week of smog they've been suffering like the rest of northern china from hazardous pollution levels. but being home for much of the country's iron and steel production, they had thick air. >> the government should do something as a priority. >> reporter: in nearby beijing people have been living under a twilight world under polluted skies. you can see and smell the pollution and touch it. this is the car we've been traveling around. it was last washed three days ago and this is what has built up on the roof since then. a thin layer of airborne particles. the people of beijing and surrounding provinces have been breathing this for a week. >> reporter: widespread discontent even anger as the perceived inaction by the government to tackle the problem has been largely limited to social media. people have used imaginative twists of well-known beijing landmarks to show their displeasure. this business sprang up by trapping a filter to a fan. at $30 u.s. a piece, they can't keep up with them. >> there isn't a conversation in beijing where it doesn't come up. >> reporter: this smog e

recorder of the globe money flying around world, starting in northern china where one guy is the first person to sue the government over the country's toxic smog. the fed up president is demanding compensation for the money he spent on safety masks, and air purifier, an indoor treadmill, outdoor exercise is no longer an option. would you exercise outside? looking at these photos you see why he would feel this way. the first is beijing on a normal clear day. next to it is how the city ooks right now. look at that just two weeks later. that cannot be held..3 switzerland, credit suisse acknowledging conduct by a small group of employees that allows wealthy american clients to stash away billions in and tax assets. investigators say the bank has been holding up to $12 billion in cash, 22,000 accounts for those u.s. customers and the bank says it is ready to hand over more info on those clients. chief executive brady dugan was on capitol hill to face a grilling by the senate subcommittee heading to the crow. landing in brazil where sporting goods brand adidas is withdrawing its world cup t-

the air quality in this city and northern china is bad because of energy consumption driving the -- it is bad. i'm just going to sum it up that way. it is bad. >> the property numbers are down. joined. stay tuned for that. let's turn to the other stories making corporate headlines for you this hour. blackberry. dropping microsoft for blackberry. they hope the system will be less expensive and more reliable. netflix is said to have struck a deal with comcast. will go to a third party. sources say totals millions of dollars a year. making a profit of $3.3 million. that is in the six months through december. it is up from $23 million. performances from north american, australian businesses were behind the rebound. we will talk to a home hourly later this morning and a half an hour from now. the g 20 switch to the spotlight from austerity to growth. they minister supports the talks in sydney. he says that the fears of deflation are groundless. i do not think we are in a situation of deflation. it is also a chance to enhance the demand and we have to be careful about that. that he takesre t

high pressure at the moment sitting there across a good part of northern china and through beijing andis our weather system and increasing clouds and going east through the next couple days and the wind is picking it up and stir the air and beijing is around 14 degrees celsius and here comes the rain and snow and will make its way wednesday and thursday and falling back to 8 degrees celsius and conditions coming in long last and winter will go further east and drive its way across the korean peninsula through the weekend and temperatures ten above in seoul and around 14 celsius and clouds and rain spilling into a good part of japan and over the next couple of days. in fact, the wet weather links back to the unsettled weather that will push to the eastern side of china and shanghai seeing some for a time and clearing its way through and stretching its way to southeastern parts of china. >> reporter: thank you and still ahead on this al jazeera news hour we will tell you why columbia is suddenly feeling the effects of antigovernment protests across the border. and two young to die, and t

a detective thriller set in northern china has won the golden era word at the berlin film festival. former policeman turned private detective in a series of killings. the movie also picked the best actor award. all right. that is it from us for today. we have a lot more on the move. . . >> the morning, everybody. i am rishaad salamat and this is "on the move." disappointment in japan as shares are falling in tokyo. the lending force of china, a record amount of new creditors. steering away from bangkok, we look at the tourism strain on growth today. singapore about to kickoff the first trading day of the week. japan --

i tried to list down to it getting control of the northern part of china in the dark so he was changing province to care for them. so it was a key strategic location. you use for just a season make it suitable for the xi and a people's traditional way of life grazing livestock hunting and farming. she and the nobles were satisfied with a life close to the northern routes i was too low for it recently. he integration into chineseloser culture was to wait for sushi and people to develop. with the proposed new sandals cause misgivings. this connection. consistent with its thick with prince was vehemently opposed. which i went to get the idea to me i'm sick. stuck. i want hee hee. tuesday the music. it's more. who can enter to win anyone interested in turning them into culture. he came to warrior and three years ago on the job as an english teacher and settled in here it's weird to him. he likes to search for him to relax today he plans to go with friends to a place particularly interested in in were and more i told long was raised by his grandmother it was challenges. she and a nobleman wh

on turning out to explain whether in china it's no fun has gradually and they did in northern and central china but its effects remain with snow and ice is still causing traffic problems in the region. one of forty expressways have been ten parent to temporarily close in six provinces including club a candle for bait and efficiency. at the beijing international airport to thirty five flights would delay and eight others canceled and poison kite an anti an awful saw flight delay is due to freezing fog that reduces visibility and makes the well a slippery many passengers who had planned to travel by air and rolled have turned to trains in southern china wing father in cloudy weather is expected to continue for another few days. the national weather bharti has warned of a new cold front that will bring camping shops and precipitation to seven times a strong storm is that during passion city in northwest china station get weaker thomas region paralyzing transport and swinging in a one thousand people. second rescue efforts are underway as snow is expected to linger hunting files to my kids. t

the event so please watch out but another topic i want to mention over asia is an ace over northern areas of china beijing we have some pictures just a hope that the situation is. they serve residents have welcomed us moms rounded saturday morning the beijing municipal environmental protection bureau had based its the devil. the second highest with the first time they faced a christensen from state media for failing to act against hypertension last weekend. and these two presidents were considering whether to move elsewhere now the reason for ed that bad air quality is this high pressure system compressing the air so that that era house to stay over the same area. it's not going to many anywhere for the next couple of space about air quality will remain a lease for the next few days the cliches or something in the korean peninsula. the air is not too bad over a discount because the moisture and they will intensify over his chin area from tomorrow temperatures whatnot but the over the content of thirteen hm high enough to attend increase and so on monday. while the chorus the america as the last we

i finally all over asia korea condition for northern areas of china and parts of japan. the weather heavy rain is coming down over the southwestern time is of the country and this system will likely pass i'll put your hand and then from my no wind is mt of this snow for the pacific coast of the country that includes tokyo took in the season accumulating snow from friday morning in to your sad that i could kill state st the day with highs at nine increased threat to succinctly. i wound. and. it succinctly. i wound. and. it is the eye

depicting that robert koch on the north it's coming out on both and to quote one of the most northern areas of southern china so they took the day when he came over to mom and rachel north china to to perform. we don't know which god is the attack was aimed at tourists. what does that mean for egypt. because fail to note that different take on twitch and tumble no time to get to know we had always hectic and we station to curate the perth group that has to prove the truth is going to get through it to fight the development of the quest because the wind effect that the tory plan to teach just picked up but didn't get to in the under achieving either. the silence of the delicate selling for egypt was for present muhammad morrissey in court again today interim trial. is any connection that evening to get it to the cricket but to try to put trading scheme to pay because it could have avoided the of the political climate was the last day to get to court because they were told that the bishop is that the child who cannot float between the islamic world and the court that the potential to put this to last dollar th

snow across northern parts of china, pushing east, pushing across the korean peninsula as we go on friday. as you can see, ♪ not far away. it will be cold, textures around 2 degrees celsius. smog conditions into indonesia, ifs unsettled. further north, no significant rain in singapore for a month. staying dry. further dryness for much of thailand. >> egypt's prime minister designate has reappointed several ministers as part of his government - the interior, oil and planning ministers reinstated. the interim government resigned on monday. this were appointed to form a new government. al jazeera is demanding the release of staff held in egypt. mohamed fadel fahmy, bamohammed ba badr, and peter greste have spent 60 days in prison, accused of spreading false news and having links with a terrorist organization. abdullah al-shami, from the al jazeera arabic channels has been in custody since august. he's on a hunger strike. the canadian government is providing mohamed fadel fahmy with consular assistance and help, they said: lots to come on al jazeera. what launched 1,000 protesters. crowds pro

north eastern section of the korean peninsula and am grateful for most of the southern china and snow for the northern here. temperatures are much cooler than average across most of china sudden become a cinch and dry at a decreasing term change. we'll all get nine bakeries and we expecting some snow could fall on friday and saturday once again it could be in nineteen oh four of the season so far. now finally across the america s we have a toothache start assist and one here over the north west will bring torrential rain for the coast areas heavy snow showers with the mountains in northern rockies may get as much as sixty centimeters of snow fall and across the south east were expecting a quiet strong since then i did not because of freezing rain fall my area from texas and today caroline as snow to the north the event and then the system laugh at the north eastern us and by then makes a couple of days. eventually the heavy rain maker an ice maker report by on more than one affected more than one hundred people across the eastern parts of the u s temperatures below average minus one foot behind washin

they would say water is the number one problem they were concerned about in the northern part of china, where basically you are looking at roughly the precipitation because of water pollution. the water issue is quite serious. there's all sorts of dramatic things like in the yellow river that doesn't reach, you know, through shanghai anymore where you can see those 16,000 dead pics floating down the tributaries and a lot of germanic say of water turning green or black or whatever were pollution. it is an enormous pressure on the chinese system. so the potential for energy development. mike has done a lot of work. this is an area that china's interest did not only investing in the united states, but also in developing its own reserved. one of the challenges, not the only challenge, but one of the challenges it faces is that kind of energy development requires enormous amounts of water. it simply does not house. in some cases, type of energy developed a highly limited by its water constraints. china has for many years undertaken a lot of different experiments with water pricing, water co

water was the number one problem that they were concerned about particularly in the northern part of china, where basically you are looking at roughly 19th of the precipitation that the southern part gets that even in southern china because of pollution the in the water issue is quite serious. and all sorts of dogmatic things which the yellow river stops running and it doesn't reach shanghai anymore but you can see those 16,000 dead pigs floating down the river. there's a lot of dramatic sets of water churning green or black or whatever the colors from pollution. but fundamentally it is an enormous pressure on the chinese system. what are they doing about it and it does affect exactly as you say the potential for energy development. mike is done a lot of work on development of shale gas and fracking. this is something that it china's interest in not only in united states for developing its own reserves and one of the challenges, not the only challenge but one of the challenges it faces is that kind of new age development requires enormous amounts of water and it simply doesn't have so in s

water is the number one problem that they were concerned about particularly in the northern part of china. basically you are looking at roughly the precipitation the southern part gets but even in southern china because of water pollution the in the water issue is quite serious. these are also dramatic things like the yellow river stops running and it doesn't reach out through shanghai anymore and you can see those 16,000 dead pigs floating down the chevy terry's of the river. there's a lot of dramatic sides of water turning green or black or whatever the colors from pollution but fundamentally it is an enormous pressure on the chinese system. it does affect exactly as you say the potential for energy development in the developmedevelopme nt of shale gas and fracking. the chinese are in just a not only investing in united states its own reserves. one of the challenges, not the only challenge that requires enormous amounts of water for simply doesn't have so in some cases the type of energy development that china wants are limited by its water constraints. china has for many years undertak

china increases its shale deposits, what role does ge play? >> that a bunch of shell capabilities and the northern the country. they lack the water and technology today to get at it. a lot to the innovation we work on, we would be working just as hard in china and other places to try and enable gas developments and in those countries as well. if you look at china, they have such an energy pollution issue today. gas is one of the things the government of china is looking at in terms of opening up new potentials for their country really. books that would ge chairman jeff immelt. imagination,e eco they have pledged $10 billion to cleaner energy. we will take a look at how all top designers are innovating everyday products. we are going to introduce you to the british watchmakers who are changing how we look at time. all of that is coming up in design. how about this? malone fashion week wrapping -- milan fashion week wrapping up. ♪ >> this is "lunch money" on bloomberg television. we are also streamed on bloomberg.com. designers come together for the second annual bloomberg design conference. new gol

outlook things are shaping up rather decent some snow showers in northern parts of japan but as far as the rest can create most of china's concern. i personally dominating the can for some sunny skies. not all good news though northeastern china there is these advisories in effect on here though. your fluids and me of the aisle by aisle while at high pressures can be happy in it. unfortunately both his advisories are warning of people with respiratory issues he tried to. i'm really not a cool outside all too often over the next several days as these conditions continue to remain in place the pictures will be on a rise in the hymnal to go to this hongkong up to twenty degrees thereby or monday still getting up the tent and type a gradual rise in the one above average for you as far as europe go slow western europe and other low continues to push to hear some gusty winds and heavy rainfall across parts of the british isles and even over towards italy. looking at a separate low continuing going to carry the heavy rain advisories in effect for northern parts of the country plus it'll look really quick at what is going on out

northern kenya. >> reporter: still to come on the program, how china is dealing with the growing mountain of electronicnd find out who is the tallest in the nba all-star game. ♪ ♪ more than 20 people have died from denge fever since the beginning of the year and three times more from the same period last year and we have an effort to control the mosquito-born disease. going into battle against a deadly enemy. regular fogging by teams of health inspectors is many ways to keep the denge mosquito under control but no amount of work like this can destroy them completely. >> this is unfortunate disease and not enough vaccine and no antiviral treatment. so everything revolves around control. the entire management of denge resolves around control. >> reporter: what the health minister means by control is removing the sites where mosquitos can breed. anywhere there is stagnant water and can be private homes as well as outside. >> reporter: and discarded trash is where they breed and all they need is a small pool of water to lay eggs and larvae will appear within three days. door to door house calls are another

has been this front that is lingering in southeastern china over towards taiwan and the southern japanese islands. sea effect snow as well in northern parts of japan, mainland japan being dominated by high pressure. as far as that front, though, that's improving, as well, because this is going to drift south and then drift east as a high comes in from the north. that means, well, big bubble, no trouble, like they say and clear weather coming in as well. that's a look at your world weather. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. a7guc "franceme back to the 24 two newsroom. situationcus on the in ukraine. targeting sanctions against ukrainian leaders by thursday so stop francois hollande says he wants a reaction as quickly as possible. the president view cain -- of ukraine is blaming the opposition on the deadly violence that left 2500 dead. hundreds more have been hurt in fighting between riot police and protesters.

northern sea route rushes on to icebreakers. an article at business insider brags for americans who feel insecure about their country in light of china's impressive achievements it may be reassuring to know that wealthy chinese would rather live to the united states and stay at home yes rich chinese are getting green cards in record numbers do they love you for your freedom well not exactly for according to the headline china's wealthiest citizens are fleeing to the u.s. amid corruption crackdown yes you americans should feel so insecure because apparently america is the best place to flee if you're corrupt. you know everybody gives you jaywalking tickets this way to get to check you for all sorts of warrants as they now say every time you change trying to do something you get itchy walking stick right up the street here i've had guns put them ahead by the. finest several times for a smoke america medical marijuana they have to realize well as i got as marijuana and a marijuana pipe and i got the medical marijuana card they let you go but that's you have to sit there with your hairs on your head these guys are all shaky and they got th

and northern portions of japan, we still do have some sea-effect snow, nothing too unusual. 30 centimeters in western parts of hokkaido. towards korea and china, high pressure is going to be smack right over top of you and that means some clearer skies. now unfortunately not everybody here sharing in that, though. parts of northeastern china around beijing, there has been haze advisories issued here because of the high caps, any pollutants in the atmosphere, very little wind to disperse it. that's going to be a problem out there for you going through the weekend. down towards the south even into the tropics, the northeast monsoon keeping things cool. a couple scattered showers across parts of luzon. for the most part, partly cloudy skies, afternoon showers towards bangkok. now let's take a look at europe where another system continuing to push through the british isles. this one is going to still bring some gusty winds out here. really, 50 -- gusts up to 120 kilometers per hour along the western portions of the british isles. could be seen over the next 24 hours. also scandinavia, you have some snowfall farther off towards the north. so reall

water was the number one problem they were concerned about, particularly in the northern part of chinahere basically when looking at roughly one ninth of the participation but the water solution, the water issue is quite serious. also dramatic things like the yellow river stuff, doesn't reach through shanghai anymore, or 16,000 exploding down. the dramatic sites of water turning green or black, the water from pollution. fundamentally it is an enormous pressure on the chinese system. it does what you say, the potential for energy development. mike has done a lot of work. this is an area that china is interested in not only investing in the united states but also developing its own reserves and one of the challenges it faces is the energy development requires enormous amounts of water that it doesn't have. in some cases the type of energy development china wants on a limited by is water constraints. china has for many years undertaken a lot of different experiments with water pricing, water conservation, working on desalination, big desalination but expensive and take time to develop. th

well china's national weather will cause he has issued was of them was for a number of areas of the country. temperatures have plummeted since tuesday with central and northern regions already experiencing heavy snow. somewhere buried under as much as sixteen centimeters. the capital by jane is also expected to get its first taste of snow the one hundred and seven bodies with life force on friday morning. however a fine monday it still hasn't started. it'll be the longest period without snow debating when to since the records without them back in nineteen fifty one. those some of the sick eating our fingers crossed that we'll was saying it might be here another night. i will let sit for the suprise of cctv news to stay with us now for the weather. total was fashionable to take the time that i read the help of a doubt for africa live. i did with not liking like him the eye and the us the house ichi life changes. this is just a split asserts that swan or if it's the longest time. a win and two. as this level is rising soon. yet the cutest salvation extortion and water borne diseases. when he was nineteen at the ticket has two c to eighteen. i got out we unders

china's air pollution for over again. he concluded that the pollution from coal burning to death in the evening news and i stand by and on average about five years for northern chinese and they also concluded that long term exposure to ten pm two point five weeks to cardio and monkeys seasons and they also say that increases the chance of monthly answer by fifteen percent. these findings are pretty much has no confirmed by the world health organization which also added that bladder cancer as well as complications of childbirth has some nice air pollution. now the two groups of people were really high impacted by the heats are people who are suffering from asimov also people who are suffering from copd which stands for want of stuck in pulmonary disease and died in two thousand twelve the world bank concluded that said people were suffering from copd. happy fifth highest mortality rates in china that could be good news is in store until nice and says that's fine if conducting clinical trials on herbal concoctions against the yen to five. however he says all of us. everyone of us and they really take the precautions team maintain a good immune system first of

china from america over this issue. >> martin patience there in beijing. after a cease-fire lasting two and a half years in northern spain, there's growing speculation that the bask separatist group will announce it is ready to disarm. what do we know for them? they waged a deadly complain leading to the deaths of 800 people. they were fighting for the seven regions in northern spain and southwest france that bask sprat activities claim as their own. between the 1970s and 1980s. after one failed cease-fire in 2011 eta declared a permanent cease-fire. tom is in madrid. earlier i asked how much of a surprise this talk of disarmament came. >> well, i don't think a massive surprise really. we are two and a half years since that cease-fire. unilateral cease-fire announced by eta. so we have been moving in the direction of disarmament. there's a lot of talk about the end of eta. disarmament is a crucial part of that. the detail, what we have real got to look out for, made and built by this international committee of former politicians, diplomats and political advisers, the detail will be crucial. what proof, what evidenc

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northern shore of the black sea. that to be consider their territory? >> russia considers it to be a strategic interest without question. it has military stakes, historic stakes. it is the neighborhood. a china-- signed free-trade agreement with mexico, the united states would take notice. we would say excuse me, we have quintess -- have interest also. looking, what has been written this morning in the financial times. brillianttentially he's by him. this is his neighborhood. he says do not over do it. >> that was my morning must reads. toional security advisor jamaica carter. he writes irrespective of what happens in the near future, i continue to believe sooner rather than later will be part europe.emocratic i saw this over the weekend and i'm thinking of dr. chicago -- shaveago. why is there a finland option? >> that means they did not join nato. bufferre seen as a between the west and russia. russia is very sensitive to its neighborhood. it has been invaded from the west throughout its history and take seriously not to have nato reach against it. was neutral but clearly aligned with the west. that is as much a threat -- that is a threat to the russian president in a way that 50 years ago