so wet weather likely continues into the next couple days in sapporo. however, the rest of japan, sunny weather continues into next week. back to you. >> a lot happening on the weather front, thanks, sayaka. >>> north korea says they are castg a satellite, but others are having ubts. they say pyongyang wants to test its defense program. they say a peaceful space program is the right of a sovereign nation. >> translator: the north korean government will defend its dignity by taking all available actions against the injustice of prohibiting a peaceful satellite launch. >> pea young you says it may launch a satellite to mark the 70 th anniversary of the founding workers party but widely perceived, if a launch if it takes place, is a test of a long range ballistic missile. the last launch occurred in december of 2012. he says that north korea's nuclear program is a measure against what he called hostile policies and nuclear threats by the u.s., indicating that the u.s. should chang its policies and hold dialogue with his country. japan's chief cabinet secre

sapporo, you may see some snow on your overnight tuesday.ave you now for our extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. announcer: "euromaxx highlights." and here's your host, anne o'donnell. host: welcome to "euromaxx highlights," where we put together the best stories of the week for you. let's have a look at our top three. beer bash. checking out the fashions at the munich oktoberfest. tourist magnet. why nice is a top vacation resort in southern france. and community spirit. investigating the growing trend of sharing. the international motor show is currently underway in frankfurt. car lovers come to look at the technology, but also the interior design is just as important. the car designers are very m

harbin 6 degrees saturday, and sapporo may have the first snowfall of the season sunday. mexico, there's a newly formed hurricane to the south of mexico. patricia is expected to intensify to a major hurricane and hit center coast of mexico friday local time. strong winds are expected along with 500 millimeters of rain in coast tallow kagss. watch for flooding and landslides. rain has been tremendous in the southern united states. we are hearing a lot of reports of flooding and landslides and reports of hail in new mexico as well as texas and more rain is expected, so flooding is going to be a continued concern. don't try to drive through flooded roadways because the water depth could be much deeper than you think. now, temperatures are pleasant in the eastern united states. all right. that's all for me now. here's your extended forecast. >>> one more item before we leave you. hobbyists showed off maneuvers ahead of japan's first drone flying competition next month. operators conducted test flights in a race site near tokyo. the coming event aimed at using the safe use of

fukuoka has rain then sunnier day with a high of 20 degrees, rain in osaka and a high of 23, tokyo and sapporo, more rainfall as the front takes longer to get out of this region, and when we transition into thursday, there's more sunshine, but, again, much cooler temperatures. now, further towards the west, high pressure is controlling the weather over china, and that's extending into the korean peninsula, and because of the northerly winds coming in, that's going to help bring down the temperatures. the high around 14 degrees as we go throughout the day wednesday. 21 in shanghai, 16 in beijing, and further south, a mix of sun and clouds, highs will be in the upper 20s. now, as we go further west into the middle east, notice the clouds rolling over portions of iraq and also iran. that's associated with a low pressure system creating stormy weather earlier into israel. over into tel-aviv where there was a crane that snapped because of the strong winds. must have been a scary sight for those on the ground level for motoristand pedestrians, but no one, as far as we know, was hurt from this, and s

moving into northern areas by the weekend, so we may see the first snowfall of the season on sunday in sapporo. all right. here's your extended forecast. >>> and that was newsline live from tokyo. be sure to watch "newsroom tokyo" at the top of the hour, aside from business cncng. >> welcome to "france 24." in the frank . capital. spring they are angry over planned hikes and go to our and we correspondent tort latest. seeking a diplomatic solution to war top officials from russia, united states, saudi arabia and turkey meet for talks. regional power iran is left out of discussions.

gusts continue in northern hokkaido, but temperatures will be as follows, 19 degrees for a high in sapporoweather will happen over many parts of northern japan as well as central portions of japan including tokyo on sunday. now, china is dry in the eastern areas, but wet weather is expected across taiwan and temperatures of 26 degrees for the high in taipei and tokyo at 26 degrees, four degrees higher than normal. now let's go to the eastern side of the pacific. you can see plume of moisture battering british columbia, the pineapple express because it starts year hawaii famous for pineapple, and because of the ample flow and moisture, we are continuing wet weather intoed weekend with 200 millimeters of rainfall. rain is not expected for the south where rain is much needed. drought is continuing, and sunny weather continues into the next couple days, and temperatures will be extremely high. l.a. at 36 degrees, that's 12 degrees higher than normal, and in the 40s for palm springs into the weekend. wet weather continues in the northea northeast, dry weather in columbia, but they are battled b

still some showers back towards the north into sapporo, but that is going to clear up at least by the time you look into wednesday and thursday. talking about showers here into the southwestern u.s. you have been looking at this moisture in full coming off the pacific and also the gulf of mexico, taken has been bringing widespread heavy showers, even thunderstorms out there for you. also there have been dust storms, showers pushed down strong downdrafts and kicks up the wind so haboobs are very well possible and add a threat as we go ahead into your tuesday and wednesday. staying on the cool side toward the east, high pressure has been dominating but it is going to be on the rise, new york with a high of 19, washington, d.c., at 20, but overnight lows were rather chilly out here on your monday, it will gradually warm up there on your wednesday and thursday. quickly want to mention severe weather still possible, if you have travel plans out here across the mediterranean, watch out for that especially in southern areas of the iberian peninsula and working toward the east and moving into

so as we go into saturday, actually sapporo looking at partly cloudy skies.howers kicking in, monday as well. tokyo, partly cloudy skies all the way through sunday. but you are expecting some showers on sunday here with a high of 22. i mentioned much of tohoku and hokkaido, you are starting to get into the foliage season. you might want to head out during your holiday weekend, enjoy it a bit. over towards october 20th is the peak of your average foliage outlook here. so you're really starting to get into that area. you're going to have to wait a few weeks if you are in tohoku and the korean peninsula and longer into tokyo. not really coming up any time soon. decent weather heading up here. over towards the west, coming out of siberia, a cold high pressure area into northeastern china dropping the temperatures down. over towards beijing you're only looking at a high of around 19. seoul as well dropping down from the mid-20s there on your thursday. tokyo though staying partly cloudy skies, i mentioned a bit early on. the americas, this is the pineapple express.

they go in, take it out of the cabinet, they go out. sapporo. it was incredible. usually the doctor's like -- you lots of questions. i was like, i believe i have a urinary tract infection. the doctor's like, i believe you too but pee in a cup just in case. probiotics at the same time. instead of telling me, go find probiotics, he gave me printed-out images of both pills lest i confuse them. put it all in an unmarked plastic plastic bag. this is the best place i've ev had a uti. i've been all over the world. >> jimmy: where's the worst place you've ever had one? >> the worst was germany. >> jimmy: what? i would think it would be completely opposite. i would think the germans would be great at having utis. [ laughter ] >> the communication with the doctor was bad. and it's not because i'm jewish. [ laughter ] it's because the doctor was just -- the doctor was like a and her english wasn't great. and i had taken -- this is great tv fodder. i'd already taken the pill that kind of starts to soothe it that makes your urine bright orange but i hasn't been able to express