see if you can get what the heck this is over the skies of southern norway. right in the middle of the screen? >> oh. >> again. >> a falling star. a really, really big falling star. >> really, really big falling star or ufo. a lot of people thought but who are we kidding. >> i was passing notes. >> know who is good at science? our science guy zach. >> it's zach time. >> bring him in. zach, there you are, man. what the heck is in the sky in norway. >> people saw this thing in the sky and it made a bang. people are thinking it's a meteorite that actually hit the earth. one of the people that saw it is an astrophysicist. he and his wife are meteorite hunters. they think they have pinpointed it to a mountain range in southern norway. >> they know where it hit the ground. >> they think so. >> are they going to go investigate and see if aliens are living in the mountains. >> might be. >> you know aliens don't clash. couldn't be an alien. they hover and -- >> e.t. the real life e.t. in norway. whatll us. >> i'm going with meteorite. >> ufo. >> ufo. >> meteorite is s

some rain in southern norway. it will be accompanied by strong winds up to 80 miles an hour. some rain is moving away in turkey. you will see coastal rain and snow today before it starts to move away. temperatures will improve. back up to double digits by sunday. up to 13 degrees on monday. minus 2 in moscow. a little bit cooler. temperatures should start to improve. you can see the warmth through europe. 19 in vienna. 11 degrees in london. i'll leave you now to your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, rival politicical factions are power play at the top of the china leadership. bo xilai's removal as the party's secretary in the city of chongqing. senior members of the parties are assigned to posts in such cities. bo led efforts to develop chongqing by attracting foreign investment. he was destined for a position within the senior leadership. they say he was dismissed with a struggle between two groups. groups are fighting over which leadership they should take this autumn. bo is said to be part of a group backing president xi jinping. she is said to be picked fo

up towards the north, wet and windy in southern norway a risk of avalanches is extremely high.perature wise not too bad. stokehome 6 degrees, 10 in berlin, out towards the east chill on the chilly side but temperatures moderate into next week. now into east asia, thundershowers developing over much of the east indochina peninsula. cambodiaill see heavy rain. the risk of flash flood is very high here. meanwhile, showers in the south coast will linger into next week. as for japan widespread showers to the southern half of the country but by saturday morning -- by saturday afternoon most of the precipitation should be gone. we may see some snow on saturday morning, 9 degrees in seoul, 8 degrees in shanghai and some light rain in taipei with 23 degrees. a long frontal line is still with you producing heavy rain and strong winds from eastern canada into the southern plains because of humid air from the gulf of mexico lots of things are going on in areas like eastern texas, louisiana as well as mississippi. we're talking about severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds and even

norway in the next 24 hours. down towards the south, thundershowers are gradually diminishing over southern italy and the southern balkan peninsula. temperatures as follows. lots of double digits in mediterranean countries. 9 in paris, 11 in london, 7 in berlin. and to the east, cooler than average in moscow, minus 7, despite the sunshine and minus 3 in kiev with cloudy skies. i will leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. tokyo. do join us again. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

going to be southern france as well as eastern spain, this low pressure system will continue to bring gusty winds and heavy snow as well as rain here. up towards the north, windy conditions in norway will ntinue throughout wednesday. lots of double digits across the continent looking at 16 degrees in berlin, and 18 degrees in vienna, and getting up to 9 degrees in kiev. all right, that's it from me now and here is your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, the u.s. government has exempted japan and ten other countries from its financial sanctions against iran. the u.s. says these nations have significantly reduced their imports of iranian crude oil. u.s. secretary of state hillary clant announced the decision in a statement tuesday. the statement says japan and ten european countries, including france and germany, will be exempted from the measure. the u.s. enacted a law last year that effectively bars financial institutions from its domestic market if they do business with the iranian central bank. the move is aimed at blocking countries from importing crude oil from iran. japan imports nearly 10% of its oil from iran. it has been urging the u.s. to exempt japanese fir