some areas of southern china are still seeing left over showers and unfortunately more wet weather is in the cards for you and more rain tomorrow. temperature-wise, baking hot in bangkok, 39 degrees actually. spring is the hottest season for you. i know many kids are on summer vacation. keep hydrated if you play outside. much warmer than seasonal across china. 24 degrees, 17 beijing and 14 degrees but tokyo 9 degrees and should warm up to 19 degrees as we head to thursday. look forward to that. north america, mostly quiet from the west to the east coast. some snow flurries lingering across the north u.s. and canada and other than that, it stays dry. remaining on the chilly side i cross the eastern seaboard, 9 degrees in new york and freeze warnings posted for the southeastern corners of the u.s. for the near freezing temperatures overnight. bring your pets inside if you can. >>> finally in europe, the arctic chill is hanging on in the north and spring air from the south. these air mass are colliding into each other producing severe weather into southeastern europe. heavy rain, thunder

china. that will be traveling to southern korea. across southern china where the draught condition has been persisting. this will be welcoming rain. the level of 100 millimeters could trigger flash floods. thunder showers and gusts are in store. philippines looking pretty nice and fun with a couple of shower patches. 34 degrees and bangkok 35. tokyo were looking at 23 for our high. moving over to the north american continent you can see cloud masses moving across. this is bringing blizzard warnings as well as minnesota that could create white out conditions. it's going to be traveling toward the eastern seaboard. new england states you may see white out conditions that's dangerous for traveling. oklahoma city seeing 17 degrees. i'll leave you now for your extended forecast.

dry too in southern china. what weather will set in.onvergence line, this one, heavy rain is certainly a possibility for a good part of southern china. hong kong could see some clouds and rain for the middle part of the week. clouds and rain in the forecast for much of free lanka and india. -- sri lanka and india. we will have a high here of 40 degrees celsius. ♪ >> hello again. you're watching al jazeera. a reminder of our top stories. cyprus and eu leaders have agreed at the last minute on a $13 billion bailout deal for the country's banks. the to come in separate banks -- banks will be restructured. leaders in the central republic of africa will hold democratic elections. walters tell us there is widespread looting. the former president of pakistan has returned to his homeland despite death threats. pervez musharraf flew in from dubai after four years of self- imposed exile. police in britain say there is no evidence that anybody was involved in the debt of boris berezovsky. the former russian oligarch was found dead on saturday. his

some quite famished here across southern china. let me show you a video coming up from that area. the severe storm brought strong winds to south china on thursday. large hailstones were also observed. the storm unleashed a tornado that claimed the lives of three people and injured 52. hundreds of policeman and firefighters dealt with rescue efforts. the next storm is expected to batter the area again tomorrow. there are some cloud cover across the region in south eastern parts of china yet again. as of now as we speak there's some light to moderate rain in the region but you're likely to see another front line form across the area. that's going to be supplyi inin ample moisture and dumping heavy rain and thunderstorms are accompanied which could be on the severe side yet again with large hail possible. do watch out for that if you're in the vicinities. out here in the philippines the tropical depression has moved over the country and now it's over west. it will be making its way toward northern borneo as well as high waves and windy conditions due to this strong easterly flow scatt

. >>> people in southern china are dealing with rain. >> a series of low pressure systems have been creating heavy rain and severe weather across south eastern china. this is the time of year when they are colliding across this area. still an additional 150 millimeters or more is likely in and around the province and more than 100 millimeters enough to cause some further flooding as well as land slides. some of the rain should reach taiwan within the next 24 hours which is not good news because this area was hit by a big earthquake on wednesday. the ground is loosened. i want to show you some video coming out of taiwan. an earthquake of magnitude of 6.1 on wednesday. numerous homes were destroyed more than 80 people were hurt. luckily the driver was rescued by a passer by and suffered only minor injuries. taiwan will be hit by summer rainfall within the next 24 hours. that could cause land slides. rain could hamper the recovery efforts right here. up toward the north snow will be tapering off in north eastern china and light rain for northern japan. precipitation will be rain today because w

people in southern china are dealing with heavy rain. >> yes. a system of low pressures has been creating rain and heavy weather across southeastern china when cold air is colliding with warm air across this area. an additional 150 millimeters or more is likely in the guangdong province and a wide enough area, enough to cause further flooding as well as landslides and should reach taiwan within the next 48 hours, not good news because this area was hit by a big earthquake on wednesday. the ground has loosened. i want to show you media coming out of taiwan. and earthquake of magnitude, 6.1 hit taiwan wednesday killing one of and causing heavy damage. numerous shops and homes were destroyed, more than 80 people were hurt. a rock fell on a car croushing t completely. a patter by rescued the driv driver -- passerby rescued the driver. the rain could hamper recovery efforts here. snow will be tapering off in northeastern china and light rain. precipitation will be rain today because we are going to be seeing a significant warmup. double digits for the

now japanese nationals living in southern china are told by their government to take precautions. about 180 japanese attended a consultation session at the country's counsel of general and they included company employees and their families. a doctor spoke at one child who had difficulty breathing after exercises you side on a day when pollution levels were high. he advised people to pay attention to pollution levels every day and to wear face masks when they go out. >> translator: i'm worried about my child. we're trying to stay home as much as possible with the air cleaner. >> translator: i hope the air pollution levels go down so that we can resume our normal lives. >> levels of the fine particle pollutant are nearly three times higher than japan's environmental safety standard. >>> air pollution kills thousands of people every year in china. residents of smog-choked towns and cities are fed up. so they're pressuring authorities to act now. nhk world's makato oda has more. >> reporter: the city of tangsha lies at 150 kilometers east of beijing. it's a major steel producer. ahead

to the south a rainy day for your southern china. risk of hail and thunder storms likely here as well as gusty winds. we'll probably see as much as 100 millimeters of rain into this evening. watch out for flash flood. some of the precipitation should be reaching taiwan as follows. down towards the south scattered rain for much of the philippines and the south eastern corner of the peninsula. you have had hail early this morning. here are your highs on tuesday. very hot across the south. 37 degrees in bangkok. warmer than seasonal with a high of 217 and shanghai a few degrees colder than seasonal. still getting back to double digits in tokyo. 13 degrees with sunshine in in north america a major spring storm which dumped heavy snowfall across the lower mississippi valley. the lower great lakes region has pulled away but still very strong winds are prevailing and that's causing heavy snow showers for the appalachians. this system will move away. however those conditions will likely continue throughout your tuesday. behind it a fair weat

in southern china, a man has died after being swallowed by a 20-meter sinkhole. the 25-year-old worked as a security guard at a residential complaint -- compound. police believe the sinkhole was caused by illegal digging at a nearby construction site. she is a first lady and global style icon. we are not talking about michelle obama, but peng liyuan, the wife of china's new president. she is quickly stealing the spotlight from her husband. their best foot forward, chinese fashion brands at international close shows -- clothing shows. the hot topic of conversation is an unlikely 1 -- the chinese first lady as trendsetter. since stepping off the plane, peng liyuan has been making the headlines at the head of president xi jinping -- making the headlines at the head -- making the headlines ahead of president xi jinping. chinesel homegrown fashion. >> the local brands are growing stronger. before, we were just a workshop that would turn out other peoples products. now we have the confidence confidence to promote our own brands to the market. >> the growing army of chi

this is the latest in a series of deadly storms to hit southern china. state television is also reporting a tornado in the country's problem is that killed three people. last year, the united nations said more extreme weather and rising sea levels meant that countries like china needed to get much better at planning for these kinds of natural disasters. not aloneis experiencing wild weather. in japan, yellow haze has engulfed parts of the country, severely reducing visibility and air quality. it is the second to hit japan in recent weeks. visibility in many cities has been reduced to 5-10 kilometers. >>> now, to the age-old question of how the universe began. tonight, we're closer to having an answer. new data collected by a space probe shows the universe is actually 50 million years older than scientists first thought. gaze up at the sky and is littered with stars. nearly 14 billion years ago, the skies looked like this. this is a brand picture of what the universe was like in its infancy. >> it is as far back as it possibly look. we're seeing lots of bo

dry weather stretches into central and southern china over the next couple of days. we will see a high in hong kong of 21 celsius. wind coming from a more southeasterly direct in. sunshine and showers for the philippines. the the two degrees in moneta -- manila. thickening clouds to the southwest of china. hanoi at 25 degrees. we could see a few showers creeping their way into the southeast of india. elsewhere it is warm, dry, and sunny. >> if you have just joined us, welcome. these are our top stories. at least 38 are dead and dozens injured after a bomb exploded on a mosque in the pakistan city of karachi. many are feared to be trapped under the rubble. 40 million kenyan voters will begin casting ballots in just under an hour. raila odinga and uhuru kenyatta are running neck and neck. a french soldier has been killed battling rebels in northern mali. it was in what the french claim was a heated battle. the third mass casualty attack on the minority shias of pakistan this year. we heard from a senior advisor of the asian society and former pakistani government offic

the 5.5 magnitude quake damaged more than 80,000 homes in southern china yesterday and hurt 30 peoplee chinese government says hundreds of rescue workers are on the way to the region to help out. >>> it is 6:13 right now. here's a check of the day's top stories. police investigating the city's first homicide in more than five years in campbell. an 18 year old was walking near the community center when he was shot and killed overnight. he ended up dying at the hospital. right now a manhunt is under way for that gunman. >>> the world's cardinals are at the vatican this morning talking about who will become the next pope. they're talking about the major problems facing the catholic church including the recent priest abuse scandals. >>> and a traffic hazard you do not see every day. how about this. horses running loose on 680 in martinez. this happened overnight. the road was shut down at 2:30 so officers could corral those horses. they were safely rounded up. they are now in custody of animal control until their animals can be found. we're happy to report no one was injured. >>> the make

it is imported from india and southern china. and it provides a lot of things. you know that. and stationed in india. and so however, the same question, even those -- and have leveled that. have noticed deep moral courage, again and again. >> no. i have worked with you on this problem. but collecting that. one can say that deep moral courage that gets into that. things that we have said. those forces, the version in a very interesting look, and the government, less is known about it. and the last, and modern life. because the ideal should set itself. so all of that what north america does and proposes, cannot disappear because of the value, the values of independents and all of that. at least to some extent. [inaudible] >> it is interesting. is did this or is it this? is both. a false dichotomy if you will. the ideal of the gap, arguably this gets the comparative budget too and at the beginning of your comment, which is that is the very nature of the state, this gap that is actual enforcement and some of those gaps are glaringly apparent. are you in united states the most ambi

. >>> casual dining restaurant chain denny's dropping the expansion plans in southern china.ny was planning to develop 50 franchise restaurants with great china international group over the next 15 years, the first of which was supposed to open this year. denny's has not provided details why this deal was terminated. >>> hostess brands creditor silver point capital and hedge fund reportedly expressed interest in buying hostess snack cake brands including those twinkies according to "the new york post." private equity firms apollo, global management and cd set a minimum offer of $410 million in january to buy the unit. that's the latest lori: morgan stanley in talks to make an addition to its executive management team. fox business senior correspondent charlie gasparino joins us with exclusive details on the telephone. hey, charlie. >> hey, guys. we should point out there is no word yet from morgan stanley on anytiming or whether the talks somehow broke off. i don't think that is going to happen, to bring in gary kaminsky, former top money manager at neuberger berman. most rec

denny's is dropping its expansion plans in southern china.velop this the franchise restaurants over the next 50 years. that is the latest from the fox business network giving you the power to prosper. ♪ friday night, buddy. you are gonna need a wingman. and my cash back keeps the party going. but my airline miles take iworldwide. [ male announcer ] it shouldn't be this hard. with creditcards.com, it's easy to search hundreds of cards and apply online. creditcards.com. connell: rolling right along here on markets now. that was a lot of fun with neil cavuto. let's get serious. our next guest says the careful in terms of how you enter. we have the chief economist from chase private client. >> believe it or not, the economy is improving. that is one of the things that makes me optimistic. even that consumer spending will be weak in the first half, it will accelerate. expenditures will continue to be robust and i also think the housing market recovery is well underway and continue throughout the year. these backdrops are certainly positive for the

china vote against north korea, they -- china has their own issues and they don't want the volatility of war occurring in their region. and north korea is in the southernhina. so we need to keep working with china. and this is something that's positive that china is now starting to stand up and work with the united states and with the other people in the region to make sure that north korea doesn't continue what they're doing right now. >> let me ask you a little bit more about china since obviously they're so important here. china is now saying that america's decision to bolster its missile defense system on the west coast would only antagonize north korea. gordon chang, the author of "nuclear showdown," he said last week that china has been selling north korea missile launchers for a missile. i wonder if you think china is saying the right thing but behind closed doors building up north korea against the u.s. as a back doorway to avoid having to confront the u.s. itself. >> well, look, the first thing to relate to the fact of china criticizing -- for increasing our defense, our missile defense, everything has to be on the table when it comes to prote

journey to the city of shenzhen, the birthplace of china's market economy, reaffirming his commitment to economic reform, known as dong's famous southernr. xi laid flowers at the foot of a statue to the man who transformed china's economy, a signal that he, too, would embrace reform. but public pressure is mounting. weeks after xi jinping became party chief, protests broke out in the nearby city of gaungho. lan li xian worked as a columnist in the until last year. people's patience wore out. the society is too oppressed. in a rare show of support, those who benefit from the system, celebrities, businessmen and lawyers publicly backed the journalist. online or otherwise by signing a petition demanding the party rule according to china's constitution. the constitution has long mention dollars people's right to freedom, he says. experts say reform needs to go much deeper. they say xi needs to reign in state enterprises, mirror the income gap and accommodate civil liberties and rule of law. throughout china's history, if a regime cannot change, a power rises up and it's overthrown. china could have a revolution. back in shenzhen, he hopes

southern schina ae dealing with heavy rain and flooding. >> persistent heavy rain is disrupting daily life in south eastern china. we're talking about thunderstorms and a risk of hail add well. hong kong you've had about 100 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours. the heaviest rain in several months. sill an additional 200 millimeters is possible in some area. 100 millimeters for a wide area. the soil can't absorb anymore rain. you can see vain affecting taiwan as well as south western islands of japan. you've had 70 kilometers per gusts as well. it will likely persist into the weekend. up toward high and dry for the rest of china and the korean peninsula. a cold air mass is blanketing the north. 11 degrees in beijing and 13 in shanghai. do towards the south sizzling hot. central thailand will see highs reaching over 40 degrees. around north america it's mostly quiet but rain showers will develop. this is the place where warm air from the south is collidesing with the cold air mass blanketing the north eastern part of the u.s. and canada. temperatures have been on the lower side across the east. only 12 degre

china. the explosion rocked a coal mine in a southern province last night. 83 workers underground when it happenedscaped. several were trapped under rocks. no word what caused the blast. united kingdom. creating art with x-ray technology. a photographer uses the high tech cameras to capture everything from human to airplanes to musical instruments. he says that sometimes ghostly images help us see things in a new way. the next project photographing a life size human mid mid oid robot. >> israel. sculptures on display at the city's ice festival. part of an ongoing cultural exchange between the two countries. organizers say it took 30 people entire month to weigh more than 2 million pounds. australia. the worlds top pro-surfers battling it out off the gold coast in the northeast on the first stop of the 2013 chopper i don't know championship tour. u.s. surf legend kelly slater beat the defending champ in aussie. that gives slater a record 52 career wins on the world tour and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. >> shepard: i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the

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china. that will be intensifying and head toward the east. down towards the south eastern part of asia we're seeing thunder showers with the southern parts and the north and south of the philippines. here are your highs. 21 degrees in chongging. much warming than usual. these areas will see seasonal temperatures. it looks like temperatures will go out significantly over the weekend. 19 degrees in shanghai on sunday. it looks like residents in tokyo will start to see the flowers blooming on sunday. look forward to that. all right. north america, the southern part of the continent is looking dry. however, lot of things are happening across the u.s.-canada border because this is where we're seeing colder air from the north. we're seeing persistent rain for the northwest. heavy rain here and mountain snow will be persisting as well. up to 60 centimeters of snow. we're seeing freezing rain and winter weather for the freezing parts of of u.s. and canada. low visibility maybe down to 100 meters. if you're driving, keep a lot of distance ahead of you. these conditions will then head towards the north eastern u.s. and south eastern canada for the nex

southern california. thank. we overwrote -- thank god we overwrote that. i would like to ask about china.ou tended not to --regime change and one singular korea has to be the goal. is china pulling of a lot of strings up there in north korea? are they the ones who hold the key to changing the direction of north korea? the peaceful change of direction russia mark >> the chinese -- the peaceful direction of china? >> having that north korea card to play he studied the united states over the long term and having that long-term, china sees that to be in its interests. >> you assume you would have a system that when we hear that there would be no more truce that the chinese are in agreement with the north koreans on that type of hostile act? >> the chinese are not pleased with north korea to cause it has .efied china, evenin north korea has never caved in to chinese pressure. the chinese have reasons to be displeased against pyongyang on. interests are not on the same trajectory forever. if we come to a situation whereby the chinese leadership has to make a decision to wave goodbye to the de-p

southern california. so thank god that we overrode that opposition, missile defense, which is very strong in this congress. and, finally, i would just like to ask about china do you folks, dr. lee, you tended not to sort of the buddhas, and i agree with you, regime change and one senior has to be the goal -- is in china really a lot of strings out there in north korea, and aren't they the ones who hold the key to changing the direction of north korea? peaceful change of north korea. >> indeed he. the chinese again won't take any kind of initiative to destabilize the dprk. having that north korea card to play, vis-À-vis deny states over the long term, and having that buffer zone, china sees that to be in its interest. >> so you assume, you would have us assume that when we hear things like, is there going to be no more truce and we're doing come that the chinese are actually in agreement with the north koreans on that type of hostile act? the chinese are not ver very ple with a pretty very please with a pretty good with chris already to fight china, even being such a beneficiary of chinese lodges, north korea has never give in to chinese pressure. throughou

southern california. thank god we overroad those that opposition the missile defense which was strong in the congress. finally, i would like to talk about china. -- and i agree with you regime change and one singular korea has to be the goal, but isn't china really pulling a lot of strings up there in north korea and aren't they the ones who hold the key to changing the direction of north korea? that the peaceful change of direction? >> indeed. the chinese again won't take any initiative to destabilize the dprk and seize the continued existence of north korea to be in the national interest. having the north korea cards these would be the united states over the long-term and have the buffer zone. but . >> so you assume it would have us assume there's going to be no more truce. the chinese are actually in agreement with north korea on that type of hostile act? >> the chinese are not pleased with north korea. north korea has always defied china even though being a beneficiary. they have never caved to chinese pressure throughout the last sixty years or so. the chinese have reason to be displeased. but all veteran ever national interest do not go

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southern california. so thank god that we overrode those -- that opposition to missile defense which was very strong in this congress. and finally, i'd just like to ask about china. do you folks, dr. lee, you sort of poo-pooed this and i agree with you, regime change and one singular korea has to be the goal, but isn't china really pulling a lot of strings up there in north korea and aren't they the ones who hold the key to changing the direction of north korea? the peaceful change of direction. >> indeed. the chinese again won't take any kind of initiative to destabilize and cease continued existence of north korea to be in their national interest. having that north korea card to play vis-a-vis the united states over the long-term and having that buffer zone, china sees that to be in its interest. but -- >> so you assume you would have us assume that when we hear things like, we're going to -- there's going to be no more truce and we're doing these things, that the chinese are actually in agreement with the north koreans on that type of hostile act? >> the chinese are not very pleased with north korea because north korea has always defied china, even being such

meanwhile, rain will develop across northwestern china and seasonable thunderstorms for when it's in the southerneninsula. 24 degrees expected. in the double digits for you in seoul as well as beijing, and we're going to see a peschardt drop in temperature in tokyo. north america, a winner storm is battering the shelf coats. the heaviest rain is going to be found in the upper system river valley with 24 centimetres likely in the next 24 hours. that will likely be accompanied by strong winds. conditions will be very severe across the south. thunderstorms, damaging east, sen the current as eastern, and a plume of moisture will return to parts of the southern pacific. across the southwest, looking dry and temperatures will be like midsummer. 27 degrees in los angeles. april-like, and in new york city. finally in europe, stable weather for the southern half of the continent. the heavy for the pyrenees. i tack a notice of this frontal line because of the shot for some sloexz. other and i will part for norway. temperatures will remain below freezing into your thursday. right at the freezing point in lo