southern china looking a whole lot better for your friday, the heavy rain easing but still quite unstable up in the atmosphere and also lots more showers to come across indo china, northern vietnam and laos as well as parts of thailand should watch out for flooding and landslides. let's take you over to india and pakistan. it's been about a month since the deadly flooding occurred in northern pakistan. looking very dry across much of the country, but down in the southeastern corner, where river levels continue to rise, it's going to be quite unsettled for you. that's really not good news. it is going to be a quite serious situation here. towards india, lots of showers affecting central areas. we also got some light showers towards the north as well for this himalayan region in utah rockhand, and this area has been dealing with flooding since thursday as well, so it could be a problem in terms of further flooding here. temperature wise it's going to be hot again in tokyo, 34 degrees. 33 in shanghai. we've got 32 in hong kong with isolated showers. let's take a look at the americas, then lo

but also across much of indochina and into southern china as well looking at heavy rains over the next days as well as unstable conditions. taking a look at the bigger picture, the philippine, too, is going to be contending with heavy bursts of rain today, especially in luzon. there's low pressure that's gathering strength. that could be heading into southern japan tomorrow bringing heavy showers. to the north, this frontal line dominates much of the region bringing some quite heavy showers to north korea and northern japan today. but that's going to be weakening, but south korea and the east coast of china looking at that rain to intensify into your thursday. just to the south of beijing here. looking at your temperatures today, 28 degrees in beijing, still hot in shanghai, 34. and also quite steamy across japan as well, 34 in tokyo. in north america, we've still got this very unsettled conditions up in central canada. it looks like it will stay very stormy and very wet for you up in northern manitoba during the overnight hours. another wet day in british columbia as well. and down in

it is impacting parts of southern china as well as inland areas towards southwest, too.we're looking at this frontal line that does hang over the korean peninsula. showers today for you here. tail end of the impacting parts of central china, then that rain is going to be heading towards northern japan in the later hours of today. so we'll expect it to be a little wet are for those of you here. showers will move in from the south as well. turning a little more unsettled over the course of today. now, as for high, 35 in taipei and 31 in hong kong, really all across eastern asia we're looking at very warm conditions. 33 degrees for manila. tokyo 35 for your high today. it will be hot all across japan. even up to the north get boog t -- getting into the 30s. so very, very warm conditions on hand. it is going to be quite humid. do take precautions against that heat. keep well hydrated and try to stay indoors. now for the americas, severe weather threat tonight across parts of the rockies here right along this low pressure system. areas like colorado in towards nebraska, wyomi

indo-china, remnants of tropical storm mindulle, will continue to drench the area from indo-china into southern china. so of course these areas will be at high flood risk once again. bangkok coming in at 34 degrees, 32 in hong kong with showers. shanghai coming in at 33, and tokyo looking at a steamy 34 once again. north america is looking generally quiet. but down in central america we've got lots of tropical activity here. first of all, tropical storm frank has been with us all week, bringing wet weather to southern mexico. it's now a hurricane. it continues to stay away from shore, moving further and further away from the area. but there's still a lot of energy associated with this system feeding lots of winds, southwesterly winds into the area. so the next few days looking at more wet weather to come. localized flooding has been problematic here, so further flooding is not out of the question. it does look like the system is going to be weakening back into tropical storm later on in the week. hurricane danielle, over to the other side of the continent, is steadily making its way toward bermuda. i

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china. temperatures will remain very hot, particularly for central into southern parts of china. 34 in shanghai for friday, 32 in tokyo, and 32 also in beijing. all right. into north america we go. we're going to be talking about three front lines draped across the region at the moment, but it's this one down here to the south, the southern plains, and stretching into the northeast, that is going to be the problematic one, the big rainmaker. you see particularly bad storms and downpours in part of maryland, virginia and delaware so the mid-atlantic really getting it. a few thunderstorms across the northern fronts, but it will be quieter. we have high pressure across central canada and the northern plains into the great lakes. a much calmer picture here than we've seen earlier on in the week. as for the southeast, the heat has been the main story. it remains the main story, although these showers are moving down into the southeast. it's going to be a -- continue to be incredibly hot with excessive heat warnings posted for many areas. 36 in houston and 36 for atlanta. washington, d.c. has storms

southern china has been hit with more torrential rains and flooding. hundreds have already been killed after weeks of extreme weather. we have a report narrated by phil ray smith of independent television news. >> reporter: china's floods have left hundreds dead but the occupants of this carriage had a lucky escape. they had all been safely evacuated by the time rescuers pulled it from the track. the footage filmed inside earlier showed the panic on their faces. the conductor raised the alarm after passengers felt the bridge underneath them falling apart . >> reporter: rising floodwater had loosened the bridges base just minutes after the last passengers had made it off the train, two of the carriages they were in were swept downstream, caught in the foundations of a different bridge, 200 meters away. with 1300 passengers on board, it's a miracle no one was hurt and no one died. in the a town cameras caught an dramatic attempt to rescue a man on an es ca vater after rapidly rising water left him stranded. the torrent proved too strong for rescuers to r

planning guidelines, to expand the public open space network, allowing the city's central and southern waterfront china basin channel to san francisco county line. >> commissioners, i'm here to provide you an update on the progress for the planning at the blue green light. i last presented to the commission on this item on january 2009, september 2009, and february of this year. i also wanted to provide an update on the community meeting that we had on may 26 and recognize that this is truly an interagency effort with a lot of other city agencies and partners participating. the blue-green way, again, is generally far mission creep on the north to the county line on the south. the blue greenway project is an effort by the city to complete the bay trail and a water trail. they trail is the nine-county 600 mile circular trail around the bay, and the water trail is similar to provide access to and on to the water on the day, so when we refer to the blue green way, we are referring to the city's effort to completed and the bay water trail -- i'm sorry, the day trail and the bay water trail. as you are aware

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elsewhere across china, central, southern portions looking fairly dry. ht showers showing up in inland areas. but that should be about it. meanwhile, in the southeast, the philippines and then across the indo-china peninsula as well, monsoon rains are getting very active, and we are now hearing of flooding across the highland. and here's a look at some of the current situations. we are getting shots of widespread flooding across a lot of parts of thailand. roads of course are inundated. and as are homes and buildings. farmlands have been affected by the floods as well. you can see a lot of muddy waters everywhere. mudslides have also been reported in mountainous villages, of course being cut off as the roads get worse. so not a good situation. and of course we have been hearing of widespread flooding in pakistan. massive flooding here. and here's the outlook for the next 72 hours. so even in the next three days more showers are set to develop across really the entire indian subcontinent. and of course pakistan too. and now the heavy rains are expected to

you have air china in beijing, china southern, and china eastern. and they have been consolidating. part of the analysis has to be the companies here are going to be competing for international travelers against those foreign entities. i think that is something that we should not ignore. >> that you, mr. petri. the chair recognizes itself. during the testimony of mr. tilton and mr. smisek, i raised the question of the employees. and judging by the prior experience with airline mergers, and what has happened to employees, mr. roach raced the experience that he has been through. i understand that there is uncertainty about the future of on merged airline, what will happen to the employees. i raise the point that if there were consideration as this merger moves forward, yet there are agreements that can be worked out -- if there are grim as they can be worked out with the union, that would make this a much smoother path to the merger being approved. i want to know thus far -- i want to ask capt. s and mr. roche -- captain pierce and mr. roach, what are the answers that you are waiting

one major airline-- china southern airlines-- had already judged the runway unsafe for night landings. investigators recovered two black boxes from the wreckage and were waiting to question the pilot, who was badly injured. in u.s. economic news, new home sales declined sharply and more than expected in july. the commerce department reported july sales fell by more than 12% over june. that was the slowest pace on records dating back to 1963. and it followed yesterday's worse-than-expected news on existing home sales. but still, stocks on wall street today managed a slight gain after a late afternoon rally. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 19 points to close at 10,060. the nasdaq rose more than 17 points to close at 2,141. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jim. >> lehrer: now, yesterday's primaries. the anti-establishment wave swept up a few candidates, but other insiders coasted to easy victories. the stunner of the night came in alaska, where incumbent lisa murkowski found herself locked in a close race with attorney joe miller in the republican

that is an amazing story, and this was a hong kong, southern coastal china gang operating in thailand. in another instance, i was in the south of thyland with a migrant workers rights n.g.o., and we were at the border with malaysia, and there were all these women in a box. and after inquiry, we found out they were from north korea. and they had -- their story was they had fled north korea across the river into china, had transited all over china down to unan, from unan into burma, from burma into thailand, and from thailand they were now going into malaysia. we couldn't figure out exactly what they were doing. they told us they had been promised jobs in electronics factories. the chances of them working at jobs in an electronic factory are low, and the chances of them ever getting paid for any kind of work they do are very low. so these are the stories that, in our view, from our offices around the world, are multiplying, as the economic price it takes on workers everywhere, as more workers are dropped out of formal legal structures, as more employers seek to avoid labor loss of clien

southern japan today. it's also going to be very hot here once again. 34 degrees in tokyo, hovering around 35 in western japan. in some cases reaching the upper 30s and staying hot in southeastern china again. over towards the americas, very active storm system affecting southern mexico. this will be tropical storm frank that is really affecting the southern coast of mexico. it's just going to continue to move parallel to the coast here bringing very windy conditions and very heavy rain. could potentially become a hurricane later on in the week. so we'll keep you updated on that. as for north america, we've got this very large system impacting manitoba in central canada right now. it's not moving very much at all, so it will be bringing stormy and windy conditions for the next few days. severe thunderstorms likely to also erupt down in the central plains as well. looking much calmer towards the east coast but very unsettled in the gulf of mexico. it looks like another wet day up in british columbia, canada. 24 degrees escaping the rain in vancouver. it's going to be very hot, 37 for your daytime high. finally taking a look at europe. areas around the mediterranean looking good, again

china to boost economic development. bbc news. >> floodwaters sweeping in southern pakistan and the countries by minister is saying there is serious concern about the spread of epidemic diseases, and according to its president, it could take years for pakistan to recover from this year's monsoon floods. at least 87,000 people are still cut off from supplies, food, and water. chris morris reports. >> this part of pakistan, the caretaking matters into their own hands. waters are seeping through. these are efforts to stop it. tens of thousands have fled the city which lies across the sea. >> we are doing what we can to protect our houses. every little thing helps. >> they are ripping up the road, but will it be enough? all of this is part of the new geography of southern pakistan. the wall behind me is nearly 15 miles long. it is meant to protect the city. all across this region, similar structures are being constructed, to try to keep the flood waters back. we went out with fishermen who had been carrying out rescue missions, saving hundreds stranded by the floods. we did not have to go far before we came across this, bal

southern japan. that's where we'll see the highest risk of a little bit of wet weather forming. now, for chinae've got this frontal line here, and that is going to be producing quite a bit of rain. we'll see that rain start heading southward, too, stretching in toward eastern china. so overall pretty wet picture for the eastern half of china today. in the north here there is a chance of still some more heavy rains to fall. do stay on the watch for that. and then for southern portions and central areas here too, a lot of moisture coming off the coast as well 37 come coupled with all of that this entire area starting to look at more wet weather developing today. now, another area continues tonight indian subcontinent. a lot of showers will continue for the next couple of days. still light showers, mostly scattered across the region, although still in the next 24 hours or so there's a chance of some heavier amounts falling in southern pakistan. after that rainfall amounts slowly start easing off, although it's still a pretty continuous picture. so water levels will most likely remain quite high.

that is an amazing story appeared this is a hong kong, southern coastal china gang operating in thailand. in another instance, i was in the south of thailand with the migrant worker rights and gl -- rights anngo. there were all these women on the bus. after inquiring, we found out they were from north korea. they had fled north korea, across the river, into china, had granted -- had f transmitted all the way through various countries. we could not figure out exactly what they were doing. they told us they had been promised jobs in factories. the chances of them working at jobs in factories were low. the chances of them getting paid for any kind of work are very low. these are the stories that, in our view, from our offices around the world, are multiplying as an economic crisis takes a hidden toll on workers everywhere, as more workers are dropped out of formal legal structures, as more employers seek to avoid labor law compliance by resorting to some legal and illegal labor markets. we have a pretty word for these "semi" legal markets. we call them flexible. wages are not paid according

china to boost economic development. bbc news. >> as floodwater sweeping through southern pakistan, the country's prime minister is saying there is serious concern about the spread of epidemic diseases. and according to its president, it could take years to recover from all this. our correspondent chris morris and that's from one of the region is suffering badly from the floods. -- sent this from one of the region suffering badly from the floods. >> they are taking matters into their own hands. water is flooding, and these are the efforts to stop it. tens of thousands have fled the city which lies across the fields. >> we are doing what we can to protect our houses. every little thing helps. they are ripping up the road to help strengthen defenses. but will it be enough? all this is part of the new geography of southern pakistan. the wall behind me is nearly 15 miles long, built to protect the city. all across this region, similar structures are being constructed to try to keep the flood waters back. we sent off -- we set off with fishermen who have been mounting a rescue mission every day, saving hundreds stranded by th

china's xinhua news agency says a landslide occurred in the mountains of southern yunnan province on wednesday, leaving one person dead and 90 missing. the landslide covered a village in an iron mining site in the southwest province of sichuan near guanghan city. middle sections of a bridge collapsed and two train carriages fell into the river. according to xinhua, all the train passengers and crew were able to escape and avoid injury. weather officials have forecast more heavy rains on friday and saturday in sichuan province. on august 8th, massive landslides hit zhouqu county in gansu province killing more than 1,300 people. >> japan is going to send its self-defense force crews and helicopters to pakistan to provide relief in the wake of the disaster caused by flooding. millions of pakistanis are in desperate need of food, shelter and other aid. the defense ministry sent an advance team to pakistan on thursday to prepare for the deployment of an sdf helicopter unit. the dispatch came on the same day the government decided to send six helicopters and a support staff of more than 20

china. the plane burst into flames after overshooting the runway. as floodwaters sweep through southernakistan, the country's prime minister says there's serious concern about the spread of epidemic diseases. the former u.s. president jimmy carter is on his way to north korea on a mission to win the release of an american prisoner. mr. carter plans to travel to the capital, pyongyang, on a private humanitarian mission to persuade authorities to free a prisoner. joining me now from seoul is john. john, what was mr. gomez charged with my binorth korea? >> mr. gomes is thought to be a devout christian. he had worked teaching english here in south korea and colleagues who knew him described him as a very regular churchgoer, somebody who was very devout in his beliefs. he is thought to have walked across the chinese-north korean border on a kind of one-man peace mission in january of this year, shortly after he was, as you'd expect, arrested by north korean authorities. they charged him with illegal entry and have sentenced him to eight years hard labor. >> is this a private mission by the f

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with flash floods killing more than one hundred in southern kashmir intense rescue efforts are trying to free people stuck in debris many parts of china have also been battling the worst flooding in a decade with infrastructure destroyed. millions affected by slides. a train has derailed near the italian city of naples killing one passenger and leaving about forty injured witnesses say the four carriage express from the popular tourist destination sorrento appeared to be traveling too fast when it hit a bend transportation minister there has ordered an inquiry into the accidents caused and up next host martin continues his tour of the ancient cities that in the circle moscow is coming your way here on our team. it's pretty. trees you want this is the place to come in fact you'll be spoiled for choice there are many him. like this one here which is now a museum the full. build in the fourteenth century so welcome to the next. in the. five years after he founded and sailed it. is the perfect place to place miss me. pushing talent base that's what mia farrow islam of with its beautiful side is a perfect location to come not only for tour

southern guangzhou as well. can't rule out the possibility of further landslides here. temperatures will be hot across central china. chongqing 39, 39 for shanghai as well. looking more reasonable in tokyo today and very cool up in ulanbator without rain there as well. north america, the severe weather will be targeting the plains of the northwest once again. the dakotas, nebraska into minnesota looking at the threat of severe thunderstorms, tornadoes can't be ruled out either. essentially the same story on friday as well. that area of rain heading slightly towards the east into the great lakes, but also iowa looking at severe storms to break out on friday. central and western canada looking at very unsettled conditions tonight and into your friday. some of that rain will be making its way into the rockies over the next couple of days. another area we've been keeping an e on is the gulf of mexico. heavy wet persistent rain has been affecting the area for the last couple of days. so flooding is going to be a bit of a concern here as well. taking a look at your temperatures, the heat is going to stay put for the sout

india with flash floods killing over one hundred in southern casimir intense rescue efforts are trying to free people stuck in debris many parts of china have also been battling the worst flooding in decades with infrastructure and destroyed and millions affected by deadly landslides. the former head of nelson mandela children's fund said he did receive uncut diamonds from the british supermodel naomi campbell jeremy radcliffe issued the statement following her testimony at the war crimes trial of former liberian president charles taylor in the hague it's alleged she received the gems from taylor in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven which could link him to illegal blood diamonds campbell told the court she was given quote dirty looking stones which she later handed to charity radcliffe says he's since given them to police. now we're online twenty four hours a day at our t. dot com where you can find plenty more of the stories we're covering here's a selection of what's online right now a record breaking dancer to measure record temperatures moscow installs a thermometer over one hundred meters tall which claims to be the biggest i

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flash flooding killing over one hundred in southern kashmir and intense rescue efforts are underway to try to free people stuck in the debris also problems in china china battling with the worst flooding in a decade as well with infrastructure destroyed their little aeons affected by deadly landslides. a train has derailed near the italian city of naples killing one passenger leaving dozens injured witnesses say the four carriage express on route from the popular tourist destination sorrento was traveling too fast when it hit when the minister of transport told inquiry into the cause of the accident. five british men of facing months locked up in a greek jail while they await trial over a stabbing in a creek in crete two years ago they've been extradited despite a lack of evidence under european arrest warrant and reports now it's led to claims that the british system is failing to protect its own citizens. a last taste of freedom before these two young men are extradited to a foreign country accused of instigating a drunken brawl in a popular holiday resort in crete which left a man in a coma george hollands and ben herdman must go to greece fol

and in southern kashmir rainfall has killed more than a hundred rescue teams are trying to save people trapped under rubble dozens. birds are still missing. out across parts of china the worst flooding in more than a decade destroyed houses and left millions affected by months lights and downpours . efforts continue to rescue at least thirty four workers trapped after a mine collapse in chile there's been no contact as yet or relatives and rescuers hope the miners were able to take refuge in an underground shelter which contains oxygen and water mining accidents are rare in the country due to thai government controls. the arctic is becoming an international bone of contention as russia the u.s. and canada search for evidence to support their territorial claims that's because a fourth of the world's oil and gas reserves are thought to lie near the north pole and climate change melting ice is likely to tamp nations closest to the region to start drilling. the reports. the race is on the u.s. together with canada and russia of launch competing expeditions to the bottom of the sea near the north pole. the country just take its place here well determine its prosperity

investigators say lost in southern russia that injured thirty could have been the work of the al qaeda linked militants behind mulches moscow metro bombings police in the capital on china. and russia brings together afghanistan to seek a stunning pakistan to discuss how to topple drug traffickers and terrorism and some from asia the afghan was seen as the major cause of instability and. clashes are held every day despite the time of year and weather conditions right now it's extremely hot here but as you can see the troops are pulling dressed in their uniforms don't have to get used to it since this is what they'll have to wear on the job takes you to the front line of the anti drugs fights where a lot of god suppose through tough training for the mission ahead. i started to look at american history and politics and realize that my whole life i had been lied to. the ideals gone silent hundreds of u.s. nationals feel the american dream has failed them and choose to denounce their citizenship. and i for one studious. in central moscow twenty four hours a day this is r.t. police in moscow being put on a high state of alert over fears a car bomb in russia's north caucuses

china operations are all day. from the russian capital twenty four hours a day top stories now the president medvedev ordered an immediate investigation into a car bomb turner attack in southern russia which is injured up to twenty three people near a bustling city center catherine. as the popularity of plastic surgery grows here in russia so does the number of disfigured victims being caught up in legal disputes with qualified doctors. russia has promised a visa free regime for the duration of the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two world cup finals if it's awarded by the tournament specters are currently in moscow scrutinizing the bid which pledges state of the art football stadium and. country. private security companies in afghanistan to be in order to end operations within four months the president's decision is expected to be met with resistance from nato which relies on them for many every day duties. with another update for less than fifteen minutes from now on the mean time despite all the progress we are returning to an imperial society with the hunger for power and resources driving the agendas of major world powers and the current us invasion of afghanistan no di