there were fires in siberia, it was very, very warm and siberia.hat side of the arctic ocean. it took a long time to recover, so you had a warm anomaly over there. it is possible that that could be linked with the sudden stratospheric warming, although, you know, the analysis has yet to be done on that. as global warming heats the arctic more quickly than at the equator, that could be having an impact on the jet stream. it could, at times weaken, with some scientists saying it's more likely to wobble or meander, at times, taking cold air unusually far south, but further along its meandering path, take warm air unusually far north. as the usa froze, parts of europe had exceptional warmth, with several countries logging their highest february temperatures on record. but assessing how weather patterns that would naturally bring us spells of very cold weather are being affected by climate change is far from clear and still very much a work in progress. but no matter how hard the freeze, the thaw will come. that's something these skaters will remember f

so often, we can get winds coming from siberia and the continent.o or three years ago is the beast from the east, as it was known, where very cold winds from siberia came across the continent, picked a bit of moisture off the north sea and created quite a heavy snowfall in the eastern side of the uk. dr hall says it's unclear whether sudden stratospheric warming events and their subsequent cold—weather outbreaks will become more or less frequent in the future due to climate change. but extreme warmth in the arctic region last summer may have played a role in this latest example of it. there were fires in siberia, it was very, very warm in the sea ice was very low on that side of the arctic ocean. it took a long time to recover, so you had a warm anomaly over there. it is possible that that could be linked with the sudden stratospheric warming, although, you know, the analysis has yet to be done on that. as global warming heats the arctic more quickly than at the equator, that could be having an impact on the jet stream. it could, at times weaken, wi

can fight off mutant strains r t was invited to visit the high security laboratory in the heart of siberia where it's me. this sign is probably worth a 1000 words because we are in one of the few places in the world where it has been plastered against the door not for cool looks not for show but as an actual warning behind this door is one of the world's 2 largest virus collections some of them so deadly they make covert 19 look like an allergy we are at the vector research institute met here with armed guards barbed wire and the no fly zone above us inviting journalists is worlds apart from common practice here but they're eager to show and talk about how with their jab corona is made so this machine is where the work on the vaccine begins basically an inactivated virus from the red zone from the dirty zone is brought here and this machine it separates the r.n.a. from the rest of the virus is isolated and from here at the r.n.a. is being passed on for further study and work this is the preferred final stage of producing a vaccine basically here they are preparing a foundation for it it's

>> alexey navalny: yes, of course. >> stahl: meanwhile, his team in siberia searched his hotel room,ve touched, like this water bottle, which the doctors in berlin sent, along with a blood sample, to a german military lab to see exactly what the poison was. and, the answer was novichok. >> alexey navalny: they discover novichok, this nerve agent, in my blood, inside of body, on my body and on this bottle from the hotel. so, that's why we now we know that i was poisoned in the hotel. because i-- well, it's-- again, it's just pure speculation, because no one knows what-- what-- what happened, exactly. but i think that when i was-- maybe put some clothes with these-- with this poison on me, i touch it with the hand, and then i sip from the bottle. so this nerve agent was not inside of a bottle, but on the bottle. >> stahl: novichok is a highly-toxic nerve agent said to be ten times more potent than sarin gas. labs in france and sweden corroborated the finding: there's no doubt it was military-grade novichok. >> alexey navalny: it's maybe, it's the most toxic agent invented by the humans

traditionally protest here in russia but also in many other cities across the country including in siberia in the far east that could potentially and as early as next week there's a court case a hearing looking into whether or is anti corruption fund could be declared an extremist organization that would essentially make any activity of the organization impossible and it might make them make it impossible for them to organize protests and organize their activities in the future going forward as well emily sherwin from moscow to thank you emily for u.s. president joe biden is set to open a global climate summit today marking the united states' return to international if it's to cut greenhouse gas emissions the summit opens on earth day which is also the in the environmental movement back in 1950. humankind is pushing the planet to its limits the exploitation of resources the pollution of the oceans the air the soil and rivers as well as the climate crisis of bringing eco systems ever closer to collapse scientists already pointed out the dangers of the 50 years ago. this planet is threatened

you get that if you feel you're having a bad day, just remember, there is a a guy in siberia pickingash in a home made chewbacca costume. and finally, a singer in british columbia just set the world record for the lowest note ever recorded by a woman. listen to this >> la la la la la. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i think one more note, and her lunch would have made an appearance [ laughter ] that's actually a bear for, "wow, is that tent gucci?" [ cheers and applause we have a great show give it up for the roots, everybody! [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: what a show we have for you tonight. they are hosting the vaccination awareness special, "roll up your sleeves" airing sunday night on nbc. russell wilson and ciara are here [ cheers and applause joining us in studio from the number one movie, "godzilla vs kong." eiza gonzalez is here. [ cheers and applause and we got great music from jon pardi! [ cheers and applause plus all new "thank you notes" later in the show. >> jimmy: guys, have you seen this did you hear about this? white claw is coming out with a new dr

. >> just last summer, putin's fiercest critics collapsed on a flig from siberia.eated in germany where doctors found traces of a nerve agents. alexey navalny returned to russia only to be arrested at the border. if the kremlin hopes to be silent behind bars, he has defied that. last week, state television showed these images of alexey navalny and his prison camp, calling his complaints of back pain and numbness in his legs lies and attention seeking. many russians do believe that and the kremlin's claim that he is aool of the west,ut in the run down town where he is locked up, alexey navalny does have supporters. >> i am really worried. really worried for his health, because this is outrageous. he is so sick and they are treating him this way. >> this is how they treated the doctor, the concern over alexey navalny's health will not be dismissed so easily. he has a fever now and his prison hunger strike goes on. bbc news. >> he is still managing to get those messages out, but interesting that there is a mixed reaction to him. the indian capital delhi has become the

. >> last august, alexi navalny nearly died on a flight from siberia, poisoned with a nerve agent.he recovered and returned to russia, he was arrested on arrival. since then, his offices have been rated -- raided, team members targed with searches interests. despite everything, crowds took to the streets throughout russia again last week, demanding his release. but the price of such dissent is rising all the time. this is the man the kremlin wants silenced and forgotten. any attempt to challenge that is of liberated. -- is obliterated. >> russia's treatment of mr. navalny has drawn widespread criticism by many in the west. president biden stopped short of mentioning the opposition leader by name but did say that america would not back away from its commitment to fuamental freedoms. mr. biden said no responsible american president can remain silent when basic human rights are violated. let's bring in the chief international correspondent. president biden was silent on the case of alexi navalny when he made this set piece address. is that is -- is that because he is hoping not to ups

. >> last august alexei navalny nearly died on a flight from siberia, poisoned with the nerve agent.he recovered and returned to russia defiant, he was arrested on arrival. since then, his offices have been rated constantly. team members targeted with searches and arrests. despite everything, crowds to -- took to the streets throughout russia last week demanding his release. but the price of such dissent is rising all the time. this is the man the kremlin wants to silence and forgotten and any attempto challenge that is a bit rated. sarah rainsford, bbc news st. petersburg. >> well, from sarah in st petersburg to turkey bringing in its first nationwide lockdown to try to curb a surge in covid-19 infections. it has come into force a couple of hours ago. this drone footage shows istanbul in the hours leading to that moment. you can see heavy traffic on the thousands of turks trying to get out of town to holiday homes before restrictions kick in. they will last for 17 days and people must at home, except for essential shopping trips and urgent medical treatment. alcohol sales will be li

steve rosen beck reports from siberia on the growing tensions with russia.e is russia going under vladimir putin? what kind of a country is the president building? what is he thinking and planning? getting inside vladimir putin's mind is one artist's job. he sees a leader determined to keep our. -- power. >> however you mix up the pieces, russia's jigsaw will always shape putin. he's outplayed everyone.all of his opponents have been removed, jailed, poisoned or killed. steve: alexander was poisoned and later imprisoned. he's on hunger strike. there's is growing concern about his health and growing pessimism among his supporters. in january, police detained igor, a pro-navalny protester. >> we are going back to the red terror for anyone who thought differently from the great leader was persecuted. now people who don't support our president are seen as enemies. steve: patriotic chimes, a sign of the times. the kremlin's encouraging national pride and distrust of the west. we're being followed. there it is again. everywhere we go. the fact we are being followed

huge wildfires erupted in siberia after dry grass caught fire gusts of wind caused the fire to spread rapidly and hampered firefighters efforts to put it out thick smoke temporarily restricted traffic on a highway nearby no victims have been courted. well hollywood is gearing up to present the 93rd academy award ceremony tonight but while the red carpet is rolled out just as every year the oscars will be unlike any other before with no host and no audiences show producers are still hoping to bring some a glamour to the ceremony most of the films up for awards tonight have never made it to a movie theater bump streaming services have come to their rescue both as doing platforms and also as creative engines for high class drama here's an. review of the nominees. mag with 11 nominations is technically the front runner of this yes ask us david finch is black and white to the golden age of hollywood is up for best film and best director gary oldman could take home a 2nd best acting oscar for his performance of the alcoholic screenwriter helen manc mankiewicz the man who wrote citizen kane.

now at the end of the may he'll join other hopefuls in irvine and then go to montenegro and then to siberia. this is where the team eats final roster will be announced. >>> and a cal graduate and team usa swimmer nathan adrian has his sights set on making his fourth olympic games, his first olympic games back in 2008. the eight-time olympic medalist was on the "today" show this morning talking about the feeling of getting back in the water with his team. >> we were lucky enough to compete this last weekend and that just -- that just stoked my fire so much. i think that's what we all live to do and obviously with covid it was a little bit tough, you know, across the different sports, but, man, when you just get to jump in that pool to race everybody it's a lot of fun. >> now, u.s. swimmer katie ledecky is looking for a repeat in tokyo. her olympic career started in the 2012 games when she was just 15. you arer that. lickedy was the youngest athlete on the u.s. olympic time. that's not all. she made huge splash when she won gold in the 800 freestyle race and in 2016 she won four gold and one

ever jab you choose you are getting the best shot at immunity done of reporting from the heart of siberia r.t. . well meanwhile germany is vaccination program a suffer the other blow with again suspending use of the astra zeneca jab this time for the sixty's that's left many in that age group who have already had their 1st shot in a state of limbo is this all of it is undoubtedly a setback that one of the vaccines available to us for this pandemic appears to pose an increased risk for a certain age group 31 cases of cerebral vento strombo this had been reported after vaccination with the astra zeneca jab 9 of which were unfortunately fatal. well people under 60 can still get the shot but only on prescription and after an individual risk assessment as comes in the number of people in that age group suffered blood clots after vaccination so unburdened say they're wary of the government's flip flops on the vaccine. i completely understand being cautious but the problem of stopping the vaccination all the time is that we are already so far behind compared to the rest of the world and that is

our correspondent steve rosenberg reports from krasnoyarsk, in siberia, on the growing tensions withinf a country is the president building? what is he thinking and planning? getting inside vladimir putin's mind is artist vasily slonov�*s job. he sees a leader determined to keep power. translation: however you mix up the pieces, russia'sjigsaw- will always show putin. he's outplayed everyone. all his opponents have been removed, jailed, poisoned or killed. alexei navalny was poisoned and later imprisoned. the opposition leader is on hunger strike. there's growing concern about his health and growing pessimism among his supporters. injanuary, police detained igor at a pro—navalny protest. translation: we're going back to the red terror of stalin - when anyone who thought differently from the great leader was persecuted. now, people who don't support our president are seen as enemies. patriotic chimes — a sign of the times. the kremlin�*s encouraging national pride and distrust of the west. in krasnoyarsk, we're being followed... ok, there it is again, the same numberplate. . .everywhere

over the buildup of troops on the ukrainian border. 0ur correspondent, steve rosenberg reports from siberian putin's russia. where is russia going undeeradimir putin? what kind of a country is the president building? what is he thinking and planning? getting inside vladimir putin's mind is artist vasily slonov�*s job. he sees a leader determined to keep power. translation: however you mix up the pieces, i russia's jigsaw will always show putin. he's outplayed everyone. all his opponents have been removed, jailed, poisoned or killed. alexei navalny was poisoned and later imprisoned. the opposition leader is on hunger strike. there's growing concern about his health and growing pessimism among his supporters. injanuary, police detained igor at a pro—navalny protest. translation: we're going back to the red terror of stalin - when anyone who thought differently from the great leader was persecuted. now, people who don't support our president are seen as enemies. patriotic chimes — a sign of the times. the kremlin�*s encouraging national pride and distrust of the west. in krasnoyarsk, we're bei

it was just last summer that vladimir putin's fiercest critic collapsed on a flight from siberia.ctors found traces of a military—grade nerve agent. alexei navalny returned to russia, only to be arrested at the border. but if the kremlin hoped he'd be silenced behind bars, he has defied that. so, last week, state television showed these images of mr navalny. he's in the middle here. it called his complaints of back pain and numbness in his legs "lies and attention seeking". many russians do believe that, and the kremlin�*s claimed that he's a tool of the west. but in the rundown little town where he's now locked up, alexei navalny does have some supporters. translation: i'm really worried. - really worried for his health, because this is outrageous. he's so sick and they're treating him this way. and this is how they treated dr anastasia. but concern over alexei navalny�*s health won't be dismissed so easily. he has a fever now too, and his prison hunger strike goes on. sarah rainsford, bbc news, pokrov. pro—democracy protesters in myanmar have sprayed red paint on roads and bus s

siberia in 2020 saw temperatures six celsius above average.ggering the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. scientists believe these arctic heatwaves are now 600 times more likely due to climate change. in recent years, record high temperatures have been recorded from germany to india, antarctica to japan. extreme heat also creates the hot, dry conditions to fuel wildfires and a record number of these have been seen in australia, california, south america, and again, in the arctic. not only are lives lost and homes and habitats destroyed but the carbon dioxide emitted by these fires adds to the levels of co2 in the atmosphere. and these levels are rising all the time, due to the burning of fossil fuels, involved in our industry, travel and energy consumption. earlier this month we saw the highest weekly level of co2 on record at the mauna loa observatory. 419.28 parts per million. copernicus estimates that if current trends continue, as this graph shows, by 2034 the world will be 1.5 degrees warmer than before the industrial revolution

and huge wildfire has erupted in siberia after dry grass court fayyad gusts of wind caused the fire to spread rapidly and hampstead firefighters says if it's to put it out thick smoke temporarily restricted traffic on the highway nearby no victims have been reported . and hollywood finally got to roll out the red carpet for the film industry's biggest night of the and install contrast to previous years the 93rd academy award sole a very diverse lineup of nominees and winning 2 of the top prizes went to chinese foreign. made history as the 1st woman of color to take home the best director trophy now her take road movie nomad land struck a chord with the academy who turned her into the evening's biggest winner. last year's best director bong junho announcing this year's glories our moment around chloe's out picked up her 1st big award of the night. it was an event moved to an intimate socially distance room in the heart of los angeles at union train station so this is for anyone. who had the faith and the courage to hold on to the goodness in themselves. shows no man's land which starred

huge wildfires erupted in siberia off to dry grass court fire and gusts of wind caused the fire to spread rapidly and have paid 5 fighters as if it's to put it out thick smoke temporarily restricted traffic on the highway near by no victims have been reported. now to turkey where a trial for a prominent pro kurdish politician has begun center who teen dimity h. was the leader of the h d p party that destroyed president richard type at a once parliamentary majority he has numerous charges against him and has been in court several times now the opposition politician has been behind bars for more than 4 years despite consistent international pressure and a ruling by the european order of human rights ordering his release. 2015 at the height of his political success a free man as co-chair of the kurdish h d p party he delivered a dramatic blow to president wretch of type. b. h d p one enough seats to destroy the parliamentary majority of everyone's ruling party . he was arrested the following year beginning an odyssey of court cases and appeals that have kept him behind bars ever since. my hu

last august, alexei navalny nearly died on a flight from siberia, poisoned with a nerve agent.defiant, he was arrested on arrival. since then his offices have been raided constantly, team members targeted with searches and arrests. despite it all, crowds took to the streets throughout russia once again last week demanding navalny�*s release. this was the response in st petersburg. history tutor alexander was one of more than 800 detained. a week later we returned to the spot. alexander told me the price of dissent is rising now. they punched me with electro shock. navalny�*s supporters, he insists, though, want peaceful change. of course extremist for our government, for the putin's people who want to fight with him in political things. people like navalny, the man the kremlin wants silenced and forgotten, and any attempt to challenge that is obliterated. sarah rainsford, bbc news, st petersburg. let's get some of the day's coronavirus developments. turkey's first, full coronavirus lockdown came into effect earlier — imposed to try to curb a surge in infections and deaths. unde

he went to germany to recover from a near fatal attack in siberia last year.enies involvement. emmanuel macron is calling for clear red lines in dealing with russia. in an interview, he said an open dialogue with moscow is needed for the sake of world stability. america's top infectious disease expert says it is unlikely the country will cancel. a decision on how to resume the shots will come next friday. last week, the head of the u.s. cdc panel said more data is needed. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. rishaad: let's get to late news. special acquisition companies are known as blank check companies. they have plunged against the broader market. cooling in a recent mania in the market. what is going on here? >> if we dive right into the bloomberg, we can see these special purpose acquisition company is that everybody seemed to want to get in on are down 23% since february. the man who is the face of this frenzy, at the start of the ye

kilograms since arriving at the facility last month he was sentenced to 2 and a half years jail in siberia on charges he says are politically motivated. people in england and wales are enjoying a taste of freedom normality as the united kingdom slowly steps out of lockdown restaurants restaurants hairdressers and gyms have reopened and so we challenge reports from brighton it's a relief to many. the english have a reputation for liking a good q well on monday with non-essential shops opening for the 1st time since early january there was enough queuing to satisfy the country's most ardent fans this was the brighton city center branch of prime uk a budget fashion chain popular with teenagers and their parents a lot of pocket money has been saved up over the last few months and it's nice to hear so what you spent a lot of time signed waiting for this might have been living in tracksuits and trainers for. the best part of a year working from home so you get some gladrags on some dresses and i get ready for the summer but tell me about the frenzy right in the queue if we just want to divert fr

last august, alexei navalny nearly died on a flight from siberia, poisoned with a nerve agent.l. since then, his offices have been raided constantly, team members targeted with searches and arrest. despite everything, crowds took to the streets throughout russia once again last week, demanding navalny�*s release. but the price of such dissent is rising all the time — this is the man the kremlin wants silenced and forgotten, and any attempt to challenge that is obliterated. sarah rainsford, bbc news, st petersburg. the time is 6:15. our top story this evening: and go from cladding campaigners who say the new law does not do enough. the gene therapy giving hope to patients with a rare eye condition. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel, 1.2 million more inactive people — sport england's survey finds activity levels fell last year as the country was put into lockdown. during the presidential campaign last yearjoe biden had to endure the "sleepyjoe" jibes from his opponents. now, 100 days into his presidency, a very different man is emerging. his legislative plans could m

it was just last summer that vladimir putin's fiercest critic collapsed on a flight from siberia.ry—grade nerve agent. alexei navalny returned to russia, only to be arrested at the border. but if the kremlin hoped he'd be silenced behind bars, he has defied that. so last week, state television showed these images of mr navalny. he's in the middle here. it called his complaints of back pain and numbness in his legs "lies and attention seeking". many russians do believe that, and the kremlin�*s claimed that he's a tool of the west. but in the rundown little town where he's now locked up, alexei navalny does have some supporters. translation: i'm really worried. really worried for his health, because this is outrageous. he's so sick and they're treating him this way. and this is how they treated dr anastasia. but concern over alexei navalny�*s health won't be dismissed so easily. he has a fever now too, and his prison hunger strike goes on. sarah rainsford, bbc news, pokrov. in the us state of minnesota at the trial of derek chauvin, a former police officer accused of killing an afri

our correspondent steve rosenberg reports from siberia, on the growing tensions within putin's russiaesident building? what is he thinking and planning? getting inside vladimir putin's mind is artist vasily slonov�*s job. he sees a leader determined to keep power. translation: however you mix up the pieces, i russia's jigsaw will always show putin. he's outplayed everyone. all his opponents have been removed, jailed, poisoned or killed. alexei navalny was poisoned and later imprisoned. the opposition leader is on hunger strike. there's growing concern about his health and growing pessimism among his supporters. injanuary, police detained igor at a pro—navalny protest. translation: we're going back to the red terror of stalin - when anyone who thought differently from the great leader was persecuted. now, people who don't support our president are seen as enemies. patriotic chimes — a sign of the times. the kremlin�*s encouraging national pride and distrust of the west. in krasnoyarsk, we're being followed... ok, there it is again, the same numberplate. . .everywhere we go. the fact th

last august, alexei navalny nearly died on a flight from siberia, poisoned with a nerve agent.sted on arrival. since then his offices have been raided constantly, team members targeted with searches and arrests. despite it all, crowds took to the streets throughout russia once again last week demanding navalny�*s release. this was the response in st petersburg. history tutor alexander was one of more than 800 detained. a week later we returned to the spot. alexander told me the price of dissent is rising now. they punched me with electro shock. navalny�*s supporters, he insists, though, want peaceful change. of course extremist for our government, for the putin's people who want to fight with him in political things. people like navalny, the man the kremlin wants silenced and forgotten, and any attempt to challenge that is obliterated. sarah rainsford, bbc news, st petersburg. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: the ground back to the united states, where president biden isjust back to the united states, where president biden is just arriving for that rally marking 1

last august, alexei navalny nearly died on a flight from siberia, poisoned with a nerve agent.rrested on arrival. since then his offices have been raided constantly, team members targeted with searches and arrests. despite it all, crowds took to the streets throughout russia once again last week demanding navalny�*s release. this was the response in st petersburg. history tutor alexander was one of more than 800 detained. a week later we returned to the spot. alexander told me the price of dissent is rising now. they punched me with electro shock. navalny�*s supporters, he insists, though, want peaceful change. of course extremist for our government, for the putin's people who want to fight with him in political things. people like navalny, the man the kremlin wants silenced and forgotten, and any attempt to challenge that is obliterated. sarah rainsford, bbc news, st petersburg. bafta has tonight suspended the actor noel clarke just weeks after he received one of its top awards — following newspaper allegations of sexual harassment. he denies the allegations. in a statement, b

of people for example gathered in the far eastern city of leyte you both stuck and also in the in siberia but pretty much from the get go there was a huge police presence including here in moscow where the protests are kicking off as we speak and over 200 people have been arrested already according to the independent monitors in full this morning several political activists including some of these closest allies were arrested even before the protests began now can you tell us do we know how mr vali is doing what is what is his medical condition at the moment. well the chain of i know has been on hunger strike in prison for over 20 days now asking calling for his doctors to be able to come and see him he said in an instagram post that he published yesterday that he is a bag of bones because he's lost so much weight and before he also was complaining about back thing about numbness in his arms and legs which he said could be down to the fact that he was poisoned last year with the military. nerve agent his supporters of also said that they have blood test results that show that he could be