this force was born in northern italy over thirty years ago particularly in rivendell a place the world's top beach tennis players still call home today a resort holiday makers call it the scene of their people hitting a tennis golf paddle on the beach well it's now an official sport with established rules or regulations one that's gaining popularity in colder places like russia as well what can be done and should not be city only started playing beach tennis and we don't have full racquets in full people now take a look at how many people they had for the eighth inning many people a curious ticket to try and find it fan and that's what we're doing we have numbers of people who wish to try out because it's bad because it's easy. well fun or not beach tennis is starting to attract at least from its much older sibling regular tennis while it's on the three years old in russia drastically as an infant stage the country's national teams are already competing for top honors on the international scene county dominated by its release. well it's late outstanding results are tough to beat alexande

this force was born in northern italy over thirty years ago particularly in revenge on a place the world's top beach tennis players still call home today a resort holiday maker has probably seen a pair of people hitting a tennis ball with a wooden paddle on the beach well it's now an official sport with establishments regulations one that's gaining popularity in colder places like russia as well look at that let's you know you beat it when we started playing beach tennis in st peter's bank we only had four rockets in four people now take a look at how many people hate the aping many people a curious to give it a try and find it fan and that's what we're doing we have huge numbers of people who wish to try out beach tennis because it's banned because it's easier than making a tennis well fun or not beach tennis is starting to attract athletes from its much older sibling the regular tennis while it's only three years old in russia brashly as an infant stage the country's national teams are already competing for honors on the international scene currently dominated by its late though it's an

but northern italy, northern balkans and through eastern europe all will be looking at snow as temperaturesropping yet again. and that does follow the warm spell we did see over the past few weeks. and, in fact, with all that warmth we've been hearing of all the flooding in germany. that situation still continuing today. here's a look at some of the recent footage we've got. especially northern germany still looking at some very high water levels. and, in fact, some rivers reportedly still on the rising trend. this has been caused by all the recent snow melt as well as the rains following all the warmer temperatures. however, things are going to be looking a little bit cooler in the days to come. friday, zero for your high in berlin and only 1 in vienna and 9 degrees in rome. a lot more cooler air headed your way. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani.

this is r t live from moscow i'm marina joshie authorities in northern italy say more than a thousand turtle does have dropped dead over the past five days it's the latest in a series of unexplained sudden death incidents affecting creatures in the sky and i water the events of sparked a media frenzy with doomsday speculators saying it hails the end of the world but is there really something fishy going on or is it being overhyped. reports. sing a song of suspense one where the end is nigh as thousands of black birds fell out of the sky and when the birds were found the news began to sing the end of days conspiracy does have a catchy ring. at first it was just arkansas grabbing the world's attention then whose iana followed suit and your feathers with mysterious avian deaths in sweden experts attempted to calm the public by suggesting the birds got scared of fireworks for flew into trees in cars because of bad weather and we know is that fireworks or weather could not cause five thousand black birds to have a liquefied insides that's what the fish and wildlife veterinarian sad they've

rough -- but it will be moving into turkey and aotf rgh weather across southern france and into northern italy. temperatures are also very low. look at this. pair of 3s in london and paris, minus 2 in vienna, 1 in berlin, just zero at stockholm and barelyn eoue digits in athe athens. here's your extended forect. ♪ >>> visited a buddhist temple on friday to pay respects to the nation's statue shown to the public only once a year. the statue of fudo myo, a buddhist deity dates back centuries and is an important national asset. it's enshrined on a cave on a cliff on the back of the temple. the stone statue is displayed once a year on january 28th. the date of the festival. >> i prayed to the statue and lit a candle. i hope to live safely over the coming years. >>> that's all we have for this addition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in 30 minutes. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

areas of snow will really spread throughout this wide area even in towards the balkans as well as northern italy. a little further to the south will be mostly rain for you. looking at lower temperatures across continental europe today. 3 only in vienna and 2 in berlin. quite a big drop in temperatures throughout this week. all right. so that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. ♪ >>> once again the headlines at this hour. chinese president hu jintao is visiting the united states. he met with barack obama on wednesday and discussed a wide range of issues including tensions on the korean peninsula. the two leaders held a news conference after the summit. obama praised china for increasing the flexibility of the yuan but urged hu to let the currency rise further. the u.s. president also called on china to respect universal human rights, including freedom of speech and religion. regarding north korea's nuclear issue, obama called on china to play a more aggressive role. >> north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile program is increasingly a direct threat to the security

hundreds of turtle doves turned up dead in the parks and streets of a town in northern italy today. and scientists don't know what killed them. maybe not news that would normally cross the globe except that this is at least the sixth bizarre incident of its kind in the first week of the new year and that's not to mention all the dead crabs and fish. so what is going on? nick watt has our report. >> i would let them go outside right now. >> heard thumping outside. >> he said i heard what sounded like someone knocking at the door. >> it was unreal. something i didn't know what to think -- what to think. >> reporter: there's something strange going on and it's not that every man in town has a beard. >> all dead. >> the police were like not drunk, not on drugs and she immediately said you're calling about the birds. >> reporter: 3,000 red winged blackbirds on the ground. >> a little panicked. thinking it's the end of the world quoting 2012 prophecies and things like that. >> yes, ma'am, i was wondering why all the birds are just like dying. >> we are trying to find that out. we are tryi

it was popular in northern italy for a couple reasons. was a poor region of italy and because the price is so versatile. over the years ahead many incarnations and what makes it so good at all is its versatility, flavor which you could do with that. it's called italian creditsgrants. corrects. >> i like to cook it for about two or three hours and releases a starch. we made yesterday i laid out an oil the have sheet pan and i put a little urban and at the end just before we finish and take it out of the heat. we add parmesan cheese, parsley. some salt and pepper. i at those going >> this is what is not used it to plant them. >> you either like that you lay them out added to it and then have it so you could have a warm in the morning or take it with your lunch. we do wet both for a lunch items at a dinner item. were going to plate some of those at the moment. when that's done it going to make a sauce and sauteed mushrooms some nice questions here we've got some field mushrooms, we had some roast chicken that we rested up and pick them off t

and that is a worry for europe especially the european countries on the northern shores of the mediterranean spain and france and italy but the france would be the major part of destination for these waves of immigrants because a most of them also have some friends who speak french after all these countries were part of the former french empire and they're also in france a lot of arabic speaking population and so if any country is extremely worried about this or could be worried about it it is france. on those north africans continue to take to the streets all season excite yourself ski takes a look at similar events in the not so distant parts. georgia two thousand and three. and ukraine two thousand four. cutest on two thousand and five. and egypt twenty eleven i think these are all completely different revolts well think again and not only because a racist fist was one of their symbols if you look more closely you look at the people who are leading this are being coached in the they're being coached by u.s. intelligence services the same way the orange revolution was an in ukraine or the roles revolution was talkin

and that is a worry for europe especially the european countries on the northern shores of the mediterranean spain and france and italy but the france would be the major point of destination for these waves of immigrants because most of them also have some friends they speak french after all these countries were part of the former french empire and they're also with france a lot of arabic speaking population and so if any country is extremely worried about this or could be worried about it it is france. and also his political contributor wayne matson's as the rest in egypt shows the need for us german to have groups like hamas and hezbollah are some of the me still. there is one opposition movement that was formed on facebook one of the reasons of course they had cut off the internet. and you've also got i would say the official opposition now this is where you get into maybe groups that have been nurtured by the united states the national endowment for democracy in other words we've had contacts with the opposition but i think because of the economic situation and the number of people have gotten out in the street th

that is a worry for europe especially of the european countries in the northern shores of the mediterranean spain and france and italy but the france would be the major player in the destination for these waves of immigrants because most of them also have some friends they speak french after all these countries were part of the former french empire and they're also in france a lot of arabic speaking. population and so if any country is extremely worried about this or could be worried about it is france europe doesn't want to see a fall apart and send boatloads of desperate people across the mediterranean who are striving to. achieve it there as their final destination france. and as the clashes in north africa continue artes and actually had a chef he reports now on how they bear some striking parallels with elsewhere. georgio two thousand and three. and ukraine two thousand four. cutest on two thousand and five. and egypt twenty eleven i think these are all completely different revolts well think again and not only because they're raised fist was one of their symbols if you look more closely you look at the people w

that is a worry for europe especially of the european countries on the northern shores of the mediterranean spain and france and italy but the france would be the major player in the destination for these waves of immigrants because most of them also have some friends they speak french after all these countries were part of the former french empire and they're also with france a lot of. arabic speaking. population and so if any country who is extremely worried about this or could be worried about it is france on the other hand the european union and france could play a positive role france can't get directly involved in tunisia price nicely because of its its imperial past its colonial past that but france can work with other europeans through european institutions to try to bring some stability. democratic transition in tunisia so it's more likely in a positive sense we're going to see the european union and its institutions try to shore up. with the tunisians are calling their democratic jasmine revolution that's probably that's more likely in the near term to be the relationship between europe and that would likel

italy and in towards greece. chances of some of strong to severe thundershowers for you tonight. otherwise, a fairly settled picture for the northern half of europe. a little bit of snow moving in toward the norway coastline, but that will be just about it. here's a look at highs. it is remaining quite low. minus 6 in stockholm. 0 for berlin. as well as vienna. minus 2 in warsaw and minus 4 in kiev. lots of temperatures here well below zero. it is going to be quite chilly again on thursday. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani. x

italy, architecture and music and whine. we didn't have that. we had a kind of grimace in the northern country. there was plenty of poetry, song, love of the landscape of nature and of women. but in recent times, after the family had something of the irish soul. >> host: you have an audio book. you read it yourself. four and a half hours long. why did you read it yourself? >> guest: i didn't want any effect if broadway actor feeling about it. broadway actors always pause into meaningful pauses. i just wanted to do it myself because i think i could invest it with what i wanted to have. it wasn't easy. >> host: where did you do it? >> guest: they have their own recording facility. >> host: how long does it take you? >> guest: a week. >> host: that's not as bad. how did you do the audio? >> guest: they put me in a room and they sat there in a bed what they gave me to read. there are parts that i'd like to go back and put in. but there's also an abridged version coming out from recorded books. >> host: ggg that? >> guest: no, i did it long after this. >> host: how long did that take you? >> guest:

italy--architecture and music --and wine and joie de vivre. we --and wine and joie de vivre. we didn't have that. we had a kind of a gentleness--grimness in--in the northern country. there was --there's plenty of poetry, song, love -of--of the landscape of nature and of women. that love poetry died for a long time in ireland. but in recent times as--the--after the family thing something happened to the irish soul. c-span: you have an audio book. you read it yourself--four and a half hours long. why did you read it yourself? guest: i didn't want any au--i didn't want any effective broadway actor fiddling around with it. broadway actors always pause. there's always--there's these meaningful pauses. i just wanted to do it myself because i think i could invest it with what i meant it to have. c-span: do... guest: it wasn't easy but... c-span: where did you do it? guest: in--on--in--at scribner's. c-span: in new york. guest: they have their own--they have their own recording facilities. c-span: how long did it take you? you? guest: a week. well, that's not as bad as a friend of mine, donald donnelley who did "ulysses." it took him 15 months. c-span: how did yo