so consider that in some country of northern europe, the births out of wedding are between 30% and 50%. in italy, we are about 6%, so much, much lower. [abrami] i think that as far as the specific aspects of marriage, italy is very different from other european countries, even different from some southern european countries, like portugal, for example. in italy, still 95% of births occurs inside marriage. so the postponement means postponement of marriage and after marriage, perhaps postponement of childbearing. but i mean, marriage is still, for the time being, a must, apparently, for italian couples. [speaking italian] [translator] yes. my priority is to get married and have children, rather than pursue a career. yes, of course, but first i intend to finish my studies, and then i'll be thinking of having a family. i think that, um... the value of the family is something that can't be surpassed and comes probably before everything, even before a career. women students in italy still expect to have children. the reality is that the birth rate is still falling. [montanari] i believe tha

you can source on the european scale that would be disastrous for the healthier economy is in northern europe. germany fer out of all of this there is talk indeed that germany could be very much strengthened by this current crisis even though i don't think that's true i think you're well no because the danger is obviously if we get a transfer union then german taxpayers will have to. suddenly european neighbors also there's a danger of course with the bailout the german debt levels are going to spiral out of control and of course at the back of all that we certainly see peter de buying bonds in the danger of more printing money to get out of the crisis so there are inflationary dangers in the medium to long term from this richard wellings of the u.k. based institute of economic affairs joining us live in london thanks very much indeed for your time the u.n. security council has condemned escalating violence in syria demanding an end to bloodshed and is calling for internal political dialogue comes amid reports the syrian opposition stronghold of hama has been overrun by government forces with

over towards europe, we have a large low pressure system that continues to move slowly across northern europe here. looking very windy and thundery across germany, poland and into the baltic states. looking cloudy for the british isles as well. but mostly dry. sunny skies towards the south. and for the most part of central and eastern europe covered by this high pressure system. we're looking at dry weather. good bouts of sunshine as well. as we head into the afternoon, we could see isolated thundershowers through italy into the west coast of the balkans. 28 in rome. 22 in vienna looking showery out here. and 18 degrees in london with cloudy skies. all right. here is your extended forecast now. >>> more than 200,000 visitors climb mt. fuji every year. that's the most beloved mountain in japan. this season 300 children are tackling the 3,776 meter peak. the kids came from siama city. 100 kilometers from the mountain. they started their first mt. fuji journey monday morning with a loud yell. on the way to the seventh station, they cheered each other. some pushed their friends on to keep going.

over towards europe, we have a large low pressure system that continues to move slowly across northern europe here. looking very windy and thundery across germany, poland and into the baltic states. looking cloudy for the british isles as well. but mostly dry. sunny skies towards the south. and for the most part of central and eastern europe covered by this high pressure system. we're looking at dry weather. good bouts of sunshine as well. as we head into the afternoon, we could see isolated thundershowers through italy into the west coast of the balkans. 28 in rome. 22 in vienna looking showery out here. and 18 degrees in london with cloudy skies. all right. here is your extended forecast now. >>> more than 200,000 visitors climb mt. fuji every year. that's the most beloved mountain in japan. this season 300 children are tackling the 3,776 meter peak. the kids came from siama city. 100 kilometers from the mountain. they started their first mt. fuji journey monday morning with a loud yell. on the way to the seventh station, they cheered each other. some pushed their friends on to keep going.

we're seeing pictures like this across northern europe.t for the aurora borealis across northern europe. chances are we might see a little bit of this in the northern u.s. tonight. if you have clearing, look off to the north maybe tonight. maybe just maybe you'll see a little bit of the green and red tint to the sky off to the north. temperatures for tomorrow morning, mid 50s. lots of low clouds. again, drizzle for the morning. by lunchtime 70s to already near 80 inland around livermore. 4:00, like we had today, comfortable blend of temperatures. 70s to mid-80s inland. 82 in san jose. coming up in the next half hour we'll let you know if the temperatures are going to hold up for the rest of your weekend plans in the seven day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> see you in a bit, rob. >>> what about this? what a novel idea? reaching out to someone without using a computer or a cell phone or texting. sounds old-fashioned, doesn't it? meet the bay area man who wants to help people rediscover the art of letter writing. >>> also a home inva

the eurozone i think in the long run that's the only way otherwise the healthier economies in northern europe are going to be brought down by the by the whole region. following the ups and downs of europe's money troubles on live that are. take a look at our exports of alice's production and also on the other side today. a submarine out of touch for decades the soviet the sub that's been lurking at the bottom of the baltic. from what would be suicide bomber to peace can't pay for the policy woman whose life changed when her terrorism failed she tells her story on our t.v. dot com. the syrian opposition has dismissed a decree from president assad authorizing a multi-party government system the law could see the formation of political groups . to the ruling baath party's national front where protesters demand an end to brutal crackdowns before they'll enter dialogue gesture came after the un security council condemned his regime as violence against the opposition and to quote for internal political dialogue to end the bloodshed but local reports say the military is attacking the protesters stro

which we had just passed northern europe. it was the distance between the land and the lower clouds the six hundred meters. or so after we pierce the clouds and started looking for a place to land. we again had luck and that was part of the river spit. initially planned to run for that spirit because we didn't see any runways around. but as we began to head in for it. oh i must add this. in our lending we were told by the locals that this bit has been used as a dirtier field as well. and even that was fortunate for us. so as we headed for the spit we sighted that village. and i suggest that the crew that we are somewhat to the right so that the villages might see us and quickly call rescue services to help our passengers. but as the guys got down to piloting the plane. i was turning my head left and right. only off chance that something else might turn out. and then i clearly saw a runway. on the runway should straighten even as a road. like a real highway has gotten a tiger in the forest next to the village an amazing countr

we've seen a lot of good work done in europe, particularly up in northern europe where they've had some pretty catastrophic oil spills. so, the issue then comes down to funding. and i will be the first one to admit that. and i think dave mentioned this, that following that legislation which set the whole system up very effectively, the funding lasted for a couple of years, and then, and then that was it. it's been down to a million, maybe even less per year for the last decade or so. so, i think that's where the challenge lies. i think that we probably are going to have another oil spill. we only have to look at the history here and see that every 10 or 20 years something like this happens. the next one is probably going to be in an area that's even more challenging than this is. i think, you know, one of the lessons learned here is not unlike the events that caused the modern coast guard to exist, which is the titanic hitting the iceberg 100 years ago. and that is that oftentimes we get ahead of ourselves in our ability to design things to make our lives better, whether it's a ship to

which we had just passed northern europe you see that little distance between the land and the lower cloud ash along the six hundred meters. so that's how we pierce the clouds and started looking for a place to land. there was a weekend headlock and that was part of the river spit ceased. initially plan to run for the spit because we didn't see any runways around. but as we began heading for it's like. oh i must add this. in our lending we were told by the locals that this plane has been used as a dirty air filled as well on the ticket. and even that was fortunate for us. so as we headed for the spit we sighted that village called. even more human and i suggest that the crew that we are somewhat to the right so that the villagers might see us and quickly call rescue services to help out passengers could if they felt like it was told. but as the guys got down to piloting the plane. i was turning my head left and right but that is what you would only all chance that something else might turn out. and then i clearly saw a runway. and then you saw the runway it was straight and even as a

eurozone i think in the long run that's the only way otherwise they're healthier economies in northern europe are going to be brought down by the whole region. and in egypt where as long as the groups grow in influence debates over whether the a post revolution country will become a rule state all this as the nation's former president and his allies step out of trial was the mubarak has denied the charges against him on the first day of his hearing or he was accused of ordering the deaths of protesters back in february the hearing which will continue in ten days could see her barak face a possible death sentence baby three year old was in a hospital bed as he tries tried alongside his two sons and top aides who are also accused of corruption and killing six on a broker reports even with new people in power blood is still being spilled on the streets of egypt. to vote yet old enough to die for his country this was just seventeen and egyptian police killed him on the attackers where this is portrayed are dorn's one of card. thoroughfares there's even talk of naming a street in his name what mak

eurozone i think in the long run that's the only way otherwise they're healthier economies in northern europe are going to be brought down by that but the whole region. the syrian opposition has dismissed a decree from president assad allowing a multi-party government system nor could see the formation of political factions other than the ruling baath party it comes as the u.n. security council condemned escalating violence in syria and mounted and bloodshed and called for internal political dialogue it's reported the syrian opposition stronghold of hama has been overrun by government forces and witnesses have been casualties france says it may seek further action from the security council if the killing continues let's get more on this from political analyst danny she is joining me now live from london thanks so much for being with us here in r.t. now what do you think of a sad allowing a multi-party government system there in syria how serious do you think the regime is now about change. well i think i mean i can see nothing positive whatsoever in proposal to allow a position political part

and down south and circle that you gate square mile, mileage bigger than france, spain, all of northern europe, all of germany, all the way over to where my parents are from, from hungary and czechoslavkia area, all the way down and including italy. you could cover up the entire main continent of europe with that storm right there. >> incredible scenes. the focus is on new york city. not to belittle other places. new york has not been hit of anything of this magnitude for a long time. looking at all the charts and we talk to you about this. you're the guy who knows this stuff. what's the probability right now, chad, if these charts are accurate of this doing a direct hit on new york city? >> it's not a doomsday scenario. it's not the worst that possibly could ever happen. but what we have, part of this size, part of the size of the storm. this is 250 miles around. just in a radius from middle from here to here. the wind will be blowing for hours in the same direction here. that will pile water up. think about taking a cup of coffee or a cup of tea and trying to cool it off with your breath. yo

europe. persistetish isles. heavy at times. down in the south staying dry and sunny. for the northern end of europe, you're looking at widespread showers here looking quite gusty as well across the northern end of poland, germany, into norway and sweden. then down in the southeastern corner dealing with the system moving slowly. showers to watch out for in places like ukraine, romania, and bulgaria. out towards the west, it will be generally settled for spain and portugal. it will stay warm in places like madrid and lisbon. fairly cool for the majority of europe today. 18 in kiev. here is your extended forecast. >>> video footage has been released of a japanese astronaut's experiment at the international space station. >> the experiments were carried out and proposed by members of the public. he tried to put the tips of his two index fingers together. he did it with his eyes open but failed when his eyes were closed. the brain needs to process information about the weight of the arms to put the fingers together, but it cannot fully recognize weight in zero gravity. another experiment

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 under a high pressure system. it will be generally calm out here. cloudy and cool again. then for central and eastern europe, it remains fairly settled. good spells of sunshine once again. just a couple of showers to watch out for. and we are starting to see that significant rain moving into the iberian peninsula. cooling down in lisbon, 21. 18 in london. and berlin at 19 with cloudy skies. here's your extended forecast now. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us.

europe. persistent rain for the british isles. heavy at times. down in the south staying dry and sunny. for the northern end of europe, you're looking at widespread showers here looking quite gusty as well across the northern end of poland, germany, into norway and sweden. then down in the southeastern corner dealing with the system moving slowly. showers to watch out for in places like ukraine, romania, and bulgaria. out towards the west, it will be generally settled for spain and portugal. it will stay warm in places like madrid and lisbon. fairly cool for the majority of europe today. 18 in kiev. here is your extended forecast. >>> video footage has been released of a japanese astronaut's experiment at the international space station. >> the experiments were carried out and proposed by members of the public. he tried to put the tips of his two index fingers together. he did it with his eyes open but failed when his eyes were closed. the brain needs to process information about the weight of the arms to put the fingers together, but it cannot fully recognize weight in zero gravity. another experiment

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 that continues to linger in the northern areas of europe. scandinavia, the baltic states, north coast, poland and germany again looking very unsettled. british isles under high pressure systems so it is going to be generally calm out here. somewhat cloudy and cool again and then for central and eastern europe it remains fairly settled. good spells of sunshine once again. just a couple showers to watch out for across italy, the west coast of the balkans, and we are starting to see that significant rain moving into the iberian peninsula so portugal, western spain looking very wet tonight and into your wednesday. looking at 29 degrees in madrid. cooling down considerably in lisbon as well. 29 for your daytime high. 18 in london and berlin coming in at 19 degrees with cloudy skies. all right. here is your extended forecast. >>> our lead stories this hour new japanese prime minister noda plans to inaugurate his cabinet as early as friday. noda was

things get more active on the northern tier of continental europe. showers and thunderstorms are going to be possible here. then looks like another round of showers are going to be impacting ireland first off as we head through tuesday. still very dry here for the southern tier of continental europe. and still very hot too. 32 in rome for tuesday. 34 in vienna. and budapest could see temperatures soar at 35 degrees. definitely hotter than average. now here is your three-day outlook. >>> our lead story this hour, tension continues in libya. rebels are pushing for complete control of the capital city and of muammar gadhafi. the rebels have already gained control by monday. many have gathered in a square in the center celebrating their freedom from gadhafi's rule. mustafa abdul jalil spoke on nday and declared that gadhafi's era has ended. >> translator: we will capture gadhafi alive and give him a fair trial. >> jalil says his forces plan to quickly win control of tripoli and set up a provisional government there. troops have gathered at a military fac

things get more active on the northern tier of continental europe. showers and thunderstorms are going to be possible here. then looks like another round of showers are going to be impacting ireland first off as we head through tuesday. still very dry here for the southern tier of continental europe. and still very hot too. 32 in rome for tuesday. 34 in vienna. and budapest could see temperatures soar at 35 degrees. definitely hotter than average. now here is your three-day outlook. >>> our lead story this hour, tension continues in libya. rebels are pushing for complete control of the capital city and of muammar gadhafi. the rebels have already gained control by monday. many have gathered in a square in the center celebrating their freedom from gadhafi's rule. mustafa abdul jalil spoke on monday and declared that gadhafi's era has ended. >> translator: we will capture gadhafi alive and give him a fair trial. >> jalil says his forces plan to quickly win control of tripoli and set up a provisional government there. troops have gathered at a military f

things get more active on the northern tier of continental europe. showers and thunderstorms are going to be possible here. then looks like another round of showers are going to be impacting ireland first off as we head through tuesday. still very dry here for the southern tier of continental europe. and still very hot too. 32 in rome for tuesday. expecting 34 in vienna. and budapest could see temperatures soar to 35 degrees. it's going to be very warm. definitely hotter than average. now here is your three-day outlook. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us.

europe. the heaviest of rain will occur across the northern tier of the continent. much of continental europe will stay dry and settled under this very large high pressure system. the british isles, too, looking much drier. could even see spells of sunshine as well. france will see wet weather. much of spain and portugal will stay dry. stays hot in madrid. 37 degrees. paris will be warm, 28. 20 degrees, cool in london. here is your extended forecast now. >>> an annual bonfire festival has been held in kyoto with messages from survivors of the march 11 disaster inscribed on local firewood. on tuesday evening, the first fire was lit in the shape of the chinese character dai meaning large followed by silent prayers for the disaster victims. the city government originally planned to use the firewood from trees swept away by the march 11 tsunami. but the plan was cancelled after radioactive cesium was detected in wood sent from the hard hit town in iwate prefecture. instead organizers used local wood and copied the eulogies or messages on them. >> translator: it was very

europe. the heaviest of rain will occur across the northern tier of the continent. much of continental europe will stay dry and settled under this very large high pressure system. the british isles, too, looking much drier. could even see spells of sunshine as well. france will see wet weather. much of spain and portugal will stay dry. stays hot in madrid. 37 degrees. paris will be warm, 28. 20 degrees, cool in london. here is your extended forecast now. >>> an annual bonfire festival has been held in kyoto with messages from survivors of the march 11 disaster inscribed on local firewood. on tuesday evening, the first fire was lit in the shape of the chinese character dai meaning large followed by silent prayers for the disaster victims. the city government originally planned to use the firewood from trees swept away by the march 11 tsunami. but the plan was cancelled after radioactive cesium was detected in wood sent from the hard hit town in iwate prefecture. instead organizers used local wood and copied the eulogies or messages on them. >> translator: it was very

we've seen a lot of good work done in europe, particularly up in northern europe where they have hadsome pretty catastrophic oil spills. so the, the issue then comes down to funding and i will be the first one to admit that, and i think dave mentioned this, that, you know, following that legislation which set the whole system up very effectively, the funding lasted for a couple of years and then, and then that was it. it has been down to a million, maybe even less per year for the last decade or so. so, i think that's where the challenge lies. you know, i think that we probably are boeing to have another oil spill. we only have to look at the history here and see that every ten or 20 years something like this happens. and the next one is problem i -- probably going to be in an area that is even more challenging than this is. one of the lessons earned here is not unlike the event that caused the modern coast guard to exist which is the titanic hitting the iceberg 100 years ago and that is that often times we get ahead of ourselves in our ability to design things to make our lives bett

the tragedy is that from then on there were no pro-northern reporters there europe and from britain in particular reporting on the war. there were only pro-southern reporters. and there were two in particular, francis lawly and frank visatelli. one reported for the london timeses and the other for the london illustrated news. and francis lawly became so seduced by southern charm and his reports became so increasingly biased that when the south actually fell in 1865, times readers were surprised. that's not how they had thought the war was going at all. >> host: they thought the south was winning. >> guest: yes. they were shocked. [laughter] >> host: right. i think you say some of the british press virtually sort of apologized for their coverage -- well, especially after lincoln's assassination. you know, i think we really were unfair to lincoln. we completely misunderstood lincoln or things like that. the times, some of these journals -- that's right, they did. which is amaze, and i've never seen that since. that kind of open apology. and it just goes to show, actually, that, you know,

little sport's small scale, it has a global reach. p >>homer: it's been very big in europe particularly in the northern european and scandinavian countries, but you're seeing a lot of interest now in asia and the far east, so the china asian open is the first one that is bringing players from all over the world. p >>aho: in germany it is very popular, they estimate 20 million rounds are played per year by just normal people who go playing minigolf. they have some 5000 active tournament players. finland it's a little bit smaller we have about 200 players. p the huge physical challenges not withstanding, it is a sport that is open to all. the czech republic's olivia prokobova has just returned as runner-up from the us masters: p >>prokobova: czech republic international minigolfer i travel all over the world, usa, china, sweden, many, many country. p >>reporter: "great. all for minigolf?" p >>prokobova: yes. p >>reporter: what's more, crazy golf is getting a much racier image these days, partly on account of a huge upswing in business. p >>hartley: over the five years it's been a steady increase in numbe

especially across the northern end of the uk here. for southern europe it will stay essentially dry. very pleasant and summery out here. pockets of heavy shower showing up in the afternoon. but madrid hotting up today. 28 for your high. and going to be warm in vienna as well. and thingsarm towards the east as well. here is your extended forecast now. >>> in response so last month's high speed train crash in china, the country's rail authorities will inspect one train model that's been involved in a string of problems. china's agency said on thursday that the government will carry out full scale checks and repairs on the crh-3db model. as a result daily services on the route will be reduced by 25%. china's railway ministry said the speed will be cut from 350 to 300 kilometers per hour on the line between beijing and tianjin. the top speed will also be reduced from 250 to 200 kilometers per hour on other lines. they will alter schedules starting tuesday. the chinese government said wednesday it will freeze approval of a high speed railway construction for

especially across the northern end of the uk here. for southern europe it will stay essentially dry. very pleasant and summery out here. pockets of heavy shower showing up in the afternoon. but madrid hotting up today. 28 for your high. and going to be warm in vienna as well. and things warm towards the east as well. here is your extended forecast now. >>> in response so last month's high speed train crash in china, the country's rail authorities will inspect one train model that's been involved in a string of problems. china's agency said on thursday that the government will carry out full scale checks and repairs on the crh-3db model. as a result daily services on the route will be reduced by 25%. china's railway ministry said the speed will be cut from 350 to 300 kilometers per hour on the line between beijing and tianjin. the top speed will also be reduced from 250 to 200 kilometers per hour on other lines. they will alter schedules starting tuesday. the chinese government said wednesday it will freeze approval of a high speed railway construction fo

the tragedy is that from then on, there were no pro-northern reporters from euroand -- europe and britainn particular. there were two, one reporting for the london times and the other for the london news. they became so enamored of the south, seduced by southern charm and his reports were becoming biased that when the south fell in 1865, times readers were surprised. that's not how they thought the war was going. >> host: they thought the south was winning. >> guest: they were shocked. >> host: didn't some of the british press virtually apologized for their coverage, well, especially after lincoln's assassination, some published things that said they were unfair to lincoln, we misunderstood him. the times, some of the journals were pro-southern. >> host: which is mages. i never saw that since, that open apology. it goes to show that reporting becomes a morality play. a good guy and a bad guy, and once the south managed to seize the moral high ground because they were fighting for freedom, and there was nothing anyone could say, even john stuart mill tried to point out that the south is fi

as we head on into europe a quick moving low just skirting the northern coast of poland and germany,oming into sweden as well as the baltic states. here now that brings heavy rain as well as some very gusty winds, a little bit unstable along the associated front in toward the alpine region but generally looking hot and fairly dry for much of the rest of the continent here. as for the british isles the lingering low, it's going to be showery as well as seeing good spells of sunshine as well over the weekend. let's take a look at the temperatures. 18 degrees, a little bit on the chilly side for new london compared to what's happening in paris, 13 degrees here, 39 in madrid, 27 a warm day for new vienna as well, 5 in athe35 in athens and stockholm at 16. here's your extended forecast. . once again our top stories at the this hour the u.s. dollar has hit an all-time low against the yen in new york trading on friday. the dollar dropped below its previous record low of 76.25 yen set on march 17th. selling of the dollar and the euro for yen has accelerated over concerns about e outlook for

northern countries to the periphery. >> meanwhile, we have learned that what happens in europe does not stay in europe. it is felt here as well. >> if europe does not get its act together eventually, the united states, in its own precarious situation, will not be able to sustain a big negative shock that comes across the atlantic. >> thank you for coming in. who knew what at news international? fresh allegations suggest the most senior staff at "news of the world" knew more about illegal phone hacking than they have admitted so far. a reporter says hacking was regularly discussed at editorial meetings. >> clive goodman was once the royal editor of the news of the world. he was jailed in 2007 for hacking the phones of royal aides. at the time of his trial, news international said he was a rogue reporter, acting alone. now, a letter has been given to parliament written by clive goodman to the human resources department of news international shortly after his release from prison. in it, he says phone hacking was discussed in the daily editorial conference, until explicit reference was banned by the editor

and bringing a little bit of cloudy and wet weather to the northern end of the british isles as well. but for central, western and eastern europe, under the big high pressure system, it will stay dry for the most part, plenty of sunshine as well. the iberian peninsula starting off on a sunny note. by evening, we'll start to see the new system coming in from the west, the weather conditions quite wet for you. 32 degrees in madrid. 21 in paris. looking quite chilly in berlin, 17 degrees with cloudy skies. all right, here is your extended forecast. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

northern route. from afghanistan heroin finds its way to stand and then on to russia and europe. in two thousand and ten to law enforcement. bodies confiscated more than two tons of drugs coming from afghanistan. of criminals who are different from members of a particular rule to plea they include masterminds traffickers go betweens. and consumers. the whole network is a will machine. police in the whole amount of confiscated heroin into a special laboratory here it becomes clear that drug traffickers are willing to resort to any trick to make sure their supply gets through in one of the consignments laboratory staff discovered heroin tucked away inside dried grapes. and these reasons were soaked in water before hand so disease could be removed then tiny packets of herion were inserted in the place. the republic of tragic is done is situated in the foothills of the permian range in central asia it is a landlocked country bordering afghanistan in the south as biggest on in kyrgyzstan in the north and west and china to the east the country significantly lacks major transport routes

now, for europe, we're looking at a very long frontal system stretching across the northern tier of the continent. lots of showers and strong winds in place over the next few days, especially for the british isles. you'll be continuing with that heaviest rain here. so flood could be a concern here. otherwise, looking a very unsettled conditions for the northern end of germany as well as poland. now -- picking up that moist from your the mediterranean, looking at the heavy thunderstorms, parts of bulgaria, greece, as well as romania. the central mediterranean all the way into southwestern europe, very dry and quite pleasant with good spells of sunshine out here. things really warming up. madrid at 36 degrees today. 36 in lisbon. looking pleasant in paris today, 26 for your daytime high. but looking much cooler in central and eastern areas. >>> all right. here is your extended forecast now. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining usp

now, for europe, we're looking at a very long frontal system stretching across the northern tier of the continent. lots of showers and strong winds in place over the next few days, especially for the british isles. you'll be continuing with that heaviest rain here. so flood could be a concern here. otherwise, looking a very unsettled conditions for the northern end of germany as well as poland. now -- picking up that moist from your the mediterranean, looking at the heavy thunderstorms, parts of bulgaria, greece, as well as romania. the central mediterranean all the way into southwestern europe, very dry and quite pleasant with good spells of sunshine out here. things really warming up. madrid at 36 degrees today. 36 in lisbon. looking pleasant in paris today, 26 for your daytime high. but looking much cooler in central and eastern areas. >>> all right. here is your extended forecast now. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us.