check that out, that is an axe. —— act. # sapporo, sapporo... sapporo, sapporo... hello there.lly across england and wales, the wettest weather in snowdonia. that rain—bearing weather front is putting away from the south—east of england but this area of low pressure is going to be the one constant right the way through the weekend. that will focus the showers towards the north—west of the uk — some of them will be heavy. we'll get some sunshine, yes, but they will be accompanied by some blustery winds as well. those showers continue into the morning, these are the temperatures first thing, 12—15 degrees, but some heavy showers from overnight especially in scotland and the north—west of england. it will be western scotland and northern ireland that sees the bulk of the showers on saturday, wetter weather in the north—west and the winds really picking up later on. one or two fleeting showers for england and wales but not many, good chance it will stay dry at lord's for the cricket, but we will have these strong winds, not as strong as last weekend, and those temperatures back int

i'm heading south, where my trip comes to an end in hokkaido‘s main city of sapporo.ish the trip around hokkaido, because here in sapporo, they are hosting a dance festival that pays homage to the whole island's connection to the sea. it's the fifth largest city in japan, sapporo, and hokkaido‘s biggest by some distance. and just down there is where the festival is taking place. yosakoi soran is one of the region's biggest international dancing competitions. teams dance to music which is all inspired by the hokkaido folk song soran. traditionally, this folk song was about hokkaido fishermen. it's come an awful long way since then! all: soran! and one of the teams here with their own take on this dance is. . .the russians! interesting, considering the history between the two nations. singing in own language. hats off to them, really good. i had arranged to meet someone who had taken part in this festival many, many times, since she was a child. but finding one dancer amongst 30,000 others was proving a little trickier than i had expected. hi! konichiwa! so you are a ve

i'm heading south, where my trip comes to an end in hokkaido's main city of sapporo.est city in japan, sapporo, and hokkaido's biggest by some distance. and just down there is where the festival is taking place. yosakoi soran is one of the region's biggest international dancing competitions. teams dance to music which is all inspired by the hokkaido folk song soran. traditionally, this folk song was about hokkaido fishermen. it's come an awful long way since then! all: soran! and one of the teams here with their own take on this dance is. . .the russians! interesting, considering the history between the two nations. singing in own language. hats off to them, really good. i had arranged to meet someone who had taken part in this festival many, many times, since she was a child. but finding one dancer amongst 30,000 others was proving a little trickier than i had expected. hi! konichiwa! so you are a veteran of soran, of this dance festival, you are going to teach me about all of this? 0k. fantastic. so tell me, what makes this festival unique in japan? this yosakoi sor

. -- here in sapporo. argentina's currency collapse after the president's defeat in sunday's presidential primary. it fell by more than 30% against the dollar but since actually recovered by 15 points. hundreds of protesters have to fight a security lockdown in kashmir. residents of the territory mark the holiday. in and in an is of interview with al jazeera, iran's foreign minister accuse the u.s. of military buildup in the strait of hormuz that could destabilize the region. the trump administration has rolled out another attempt to reduce the amount of people coming into the u.s. it will be harder for illegal immigrants to rely on food stamps or housing to attain permanent legal status. we have reports. reporter: as migrants come to the united states seeking a better life, those who come legally sometimes rely on government benefits. food and housing. that assistance may now, the cost of obtaining full citizenship. on monday, u.s. officials announced those who come to the u.s. must be financially indepen

japan over the next few days with tokyo at $34.00 degrees or stuck at $35.00 but up here towards sapporo you're going to be seeing the remnants of francisco the temperature there of $24.00 degrees and rain and your forecast. jordan has one of the world's highest obesity ruds but maybe a take up the flaws against military style white let's go to bottom surgery of what i want to investigate as the chinese battle to get in shape on al jazeera. we're going to one of the top stories here under 0 indian prime minister has addressed the nation for the 1st time since stripping kashmir of its special status or into modi says he's bringing about a new era for the disputed region freeing it from corruption and separatism. at least 9 people have been killed in the yemeni city of aden as fighting between government forces and separatists backed by the u.a.e. continues meanwhile yemen's who see rebels say they launched 2 drone attacks on an airport in saudi arabia. and the united nations is aged a reduction in global meat consumption in order to limit the effects of global warming it says the earth's

against wales, ireland and italy before their opening match of the world cup against tonga in sapporo see are the names on the bbc sports website. andy murray makes his long—awaited return to singles action later today. he thought his career may be over 8 months ago, but a second hip operation has been a success. murray, now at 324 in the world rankings, says he's playing without pain — and has enjoyed some success on the doubles circuit. his return to singles action starts at the cincinatti masters against the frenchman richard gasquet. sometimes the thing that is difficult in tennis in comparison to other sports is when you are coming back from an injury, if you look at football or basketball, is that you don't play 90 minutes straightaway. you might come into a football match and play 15—20 minutes then 30 then 60 minutes but with tennis, once you step back on the court you have to be ready to compete and play three sets. the pga tour is reviewing its policy on slow play after the american golfer bryson duchambeau was criticised over the weekend. here he is in the flat cap in the m

but up here towards the north we're still looking at some very heavy rain particular pier towards sapporo where the likelihood of flooding will continue there down here towards a sock a $33.00 degrees in tokyo a warm day if you at $35.00 well here across much of china is going to be seeing some sunny conditions up here towards the north we are going to be seeing some rain down here along the coast and that has been going on for the last few days so for show for hong kong for taipei you can be seeing some rain there on friday and as we go to saturday the rain continues but up to the north it is going to be quite warm and sunny with hans a contempt of 38. sponsored by countdown and. i have been looking at your instagram and. any reading takes the atmosphere behind the scenes base is a dialogue when donald trump announce his candidacy for president after them everyone has a boy's best chance for democrats to beat donald trump is to nominate an exciting inspirational charismatic nominee to join the global conversation in your thoughts get twitter and you on down to 0. 000 let's recap the top

it's moving very quickly it because of the skies but not a cold day 24 degrees celsius the few in sapporo. all i'm counting the cost india $1.00 of the biggest defense spending is in the world but the emerging superpower ramp up at security purely on imports plus the young people tap into the world of the sports and streaming services we offer these pay t.v. killing off leash for. counting the cost on al-jazeera. this is the opportunity to understand the very different way where there recently happens and we don't leave up to. come back a quick look out the top stories now the un security council has met to discuss the tensions in indian administered kashmir after new delhi were folk the region special rights last week hundreds of kashmiris have to fight a security lockdown that is now in its 12th day. riot police in zimbabwe these actions and take out to quell anti-government demonstrations in the capital harare several protesters were injured as they rallied against the soaring cost of living . and the outbreak has spread to a 3rd province in the democratic republic of congo doctors say

president in flood just that he thought that you know the breaks if you agree with that sapporo. gallery in westminster abbey it's all parties to issue a declaration calling on you not to use the device of suspending parliament to force with no deal but it was to be give them that commitment that you want to spend part of that ok we're going to achieve that thanks for the thanks bob and i think i think we're really sort of circling back over the same sort of ground here i i didn't hear the the president say exactly that he thought it would be a no deal because i think what i heard him say was that the e.u. are tough negotiators that's true but then so are the americans and so indeed of the australians in the new zealand everybody everybody the top to go share your pretty tough negotiator like that so look the but that doesn't mean we won't do a deal and i were working very hard to do that it will be it will be difficult there are there's a substantial. disagreement but my job is to make our case and you know what our cases the backstop to is and he democratically keeps the u.k. l

southern japan over the next few days with tokyo at $34.00 degrees or suck at $35.00 but up here towards sapporo you're going to be seeing the remnants of francisco with a temperature there of $24.00 degrees and rain and your forecast. china has one of the world's highest are based on roads but maybe taking up the farmers against for military style white let's go to bottom surgery what i want to investigate is the chinese battle to get in shape on al jazeera. 0 where ever you are. if you are looking at this from the outside you would really wonder what was going all what is this gross is a religion that they have an in-depth exploration of global capitalism and our obsession with economic growth this is still the center of capitalism there is no limits i view myself as a capital artist we are trying to because the world smaller and smaller we don't want to be set realistic in the world we would rather have a fantasy growing pains on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. low on our intended this is the al-jazeera news out live from london coming up india's prime minister defends his decision to strip k

lot of rain across much of the northern part of the korean peninsula as well as into china but for sapporo expect to see a nice day with a temperature of 25. in an exclusive series of documentaries i was born into a very ordinary japanese family edges iraq shows 5 different stories i am just so excited to focus on anything else right now from 5 different countries and it was really really. well i was supposed to leave. with one journey no one in my family has ever been to mecca this is the joyful location the road to has an al-jazeera. al-jazeera explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how and why bill rees influence the course of history the felt that he did not get enough credit for ending up but if you want to be the big historical figure but he was mandela the biggest icon in the world the prisoner and the president who came together to end up partite in south africa nelson mandela and f.w. de klerk face to face on all just see. this is al jazeera. hello i'm norm taylor this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up. a shock defeat for argentina's president push

lot of rain across much of the northern part of the korean peninsula as well as into china but for sapporo expect to see a nice day with a temperature of 25. in an exclusive series of documentaries i was born into a very ordinary japanese family edges iraq shows 5 different stories i am just so excited to focus on anything else right now from 5 different countries and it was really really. well i was supposed to leave. with the one journey no one in my family has ever been to mecca this is the joyful location the road to has an al-jazeera. al-jazeera explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how and why bill reese influence the course of history the salt that he did not get enough credit for ending up but if you want to be the big historical figure but he was mandela the biggest con in the world the prisoner and the president who came together to end up partite in south africa nelson mandela and f.w. de klerk face to face on i'll just see. this is al-jazeera. this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up. a shock defeat for argentina's president pushes the country's