we can see a long rain stretching for the british isles into western russia. we are seeing heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms. the heaviest rain can be found across the baltic sea and it's windy across the northern parts of germany. as for the british isles, things will be dryer as we head to wednesday. the thunderstorms are erupting across turkey and the stormy conditions will linger for the . to the south, things are dry and mild. temperures are looking like this. we are expecting 27 degrees in rome and 30 in madrid. it's cool in stockholm. we are expecting only 9 degrees and 14 degrees in berlin. here's the extended forecast. >>> that wraps upthis edition in tokyo. do stay with us.

the british isles looking very unstable as well. at system will be moving in towards the central continental europe in the next coming days. so looking very unstable. but as of now, still warm in vienna, 24. 25 in rome. and the iberian peninsula, summery weather in the low 30s. here is our extended forecasts. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

rain spreads to the british isles and scandinavian peninsula. a lot of cool air coming on. temperatures will be dropping for northern end of the british isles. monday's highs only 9 for stockholm. 10 in warsaw. cooler here. more seasonable temperatures here. that's a look at your weather conditions for now. here is the three day outlook. >>> before we go, we have a story from japan's southernmost prefecture of okinawa. the first world dance festival in naha city over the weekend. it is the traditional folk dance. people from the united states and brazil with objecting now a in roots participate. it is to coincide with a worldwide reunion. it is held every five years. this year, the festival attracted more than 5,000 people from 25 different countries and regions. the largest turnout ever. >> i am from hawaii. it has been 40 years. >> it feels like visiting my old home. >> a group from brazil performed a dance based on the theme of immigrants crossing the ocean by ship. third generation immigrant made his first visit to okinawa this year. he began practicing this dance ten ye

as for the british isles, things are dryer wednesday afternoon. meanwhile, lots of thunderstorms erupting across turkey and stormy conditions will linger the next couple of days. to the south, things are very dry and mild. temperatures are looking like this. we are expecting 27 degrees in rome. cool in stockholm. 13 in berlin. here is the extended forecas of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

meanwhile, things are startg to calm down a little bit for you in the british isles. not going to last for very ng we have another round of wet and windy weather coming . it is going to be chilltoo and you can actually expect widespadrost to greet you thursday morning across much o the british isles, especially up towards the north. then we have this are of rain and storms just dashing across the alpine region coming in towards the northern balkans. that's going to be increasing in strength as it goes. temperaturewise, let's take a look at what is happening on thursday. 8 degrees in stockholm, 9 in moscow, 10 in warsaw, 10 in berlin. we're struggling to stay in the double digits for the highs across much of the continent. 23 in athens, 21 in rome. cooling down in madrid, down to 19 degrees. think you're in the 30s just a couple of weeks ago. i'll leave you with your extended forecast. ♪ >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

it went on the campaign off but the british isles to take the word to the british. it ended in a battle against a top of the ship. the bonhomme richard is not. the bottom line is that they had no right to win. there were sinking. half the crew was dead. the crew did what they had no right to do, and they won that battle through climbing in the yard arms, hand-to-hand, and they eventually to the other ship. bonhomme richard sunk next day. it is a great testament to what sailors can do in a testament to defeating diversity. the crew on board today are just as a heroic, when you see the things they do every day, as those heroes were in 1779. again, i want to welcome you here. i hope you get a chance to see some of the ship as you walk around when you do tours talk to some the sailors and marines who operate it. i am is available for questions about the sheep. i will turn it over to the fleet week folks. thank you again for your hospitality. [applause] >> all right, dave told me to take this, so i am is already breaking the rules. he is our stage manager today. good mor

and the system is approaching the northern british isles. t's going to be wet and windy across the british isles in the days to come. and down in the south rain is moving southward and reaches italy as well as the northwestern balkan peninsula in the next 24 hours. meanwhile, it's largely dry across the iberian peninsula. we're expecting 19 degrees in madrid and 26 in lisbon. but it's largely cold in much of europe. 10 degrees in berlin and 9 in vienna. and it's going to be 13 in kiev and 9 in moscow with plenty of sunshine and 8 degrees in stockholm. all right, then. here is your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> our lead story this hour, much of greece came to a standstill on wednesday as tens of thousands of people walked off the job. the action is part of a two-day strike ahead of a crucial vote in parliament on a new round of salary cuts and tax hikes. >> reporter: greeks are descending on the streets in central athens to take part in the demonstration. >> the nationwide strike began on wednesday morning, when public transport and other w

but for the time being, we're getting a bit of a break across the british isles and the scandinavian peninsula as well as much of western and central europe. it will be stormy in the southeast. italy seeing some nasty storms moving in and it's going to be chilly out towards the east. have a look at these temperatures, we're really into the single digits for the highs now. just six in moscow, nine in stockholm, nine in warsaw and seven in kiev. over towards the west, looking better for you, 17 in paris, as well as in london. 28 in madrid, still 33 in lis n lisbon, finally the temperatures start to come down. i think we'll be seeing the mid 20s by sunday. here, now, is your extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline," we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo, thank you for watching, bye-bye.

as we head into europe, we have this big massive cloud coming down across the british isles, i think t weather is going to start probably by your friday night you can start to see the showers coming in. the rest of western europe, central europe, northern europe, too, looking not too bad. at the moment you can see the showers coming into western norway for the time being. high pressure is in control. we will see the storms continuing to the southeast. heavy rain coming into you in greece and precipitation out to the east. probably falling for you as snow in ukraine as well as belarus, we're looking for single-digit highs, moscow, four for a high in the middle of october. 17 in london, a lot better than you had through most of the summer months, and a little cooler but still well above average in iberia. here's your extended forecast. >>> giant patchwork quilts carrying messages from canadian kids to young survivors of the march 11th disaster are on display at the canadian embassy in tokyo. two giant quilts combining about 850 pieces of white cloth carry messages and drawings by canadi

as we head into europe, we have this big massive cloud coming down across the british isles, i think the wet weather is going to start probably by your friday night you can start to see the showers coming in. the rest of western europe, central europe, northern europe, too, looking not too bad. at the moment you can see the showers coming into western norway for the time being. high pressure is in control. we will see the storms continuing to the southeast. heavy rain coming into you in greece and precipitation out to the east. probably falling for you as snow in ukraine as well as belarus, we're looking for single-digit highs, moscow, four for a high in the middle of october. 17 in london, a lot better than you had through most of the summer months, and a little cooler but still well above average in iberia. here's your extended forecast. >>> giant patchwork quilts carrying messages from canadian kids to young survivors of the march 11th disaster are on display at the canadian embassy in tokyo. two giant quilts combining about 850 pieces of white cloth carry messages and drawings by

and another system is bringing rain across the british isles and parts of spain out front. the rain will stretch to the southern scandinavian pranciliauskas as well as europe in the next 24 hours. the iberian peninsula is escaping rain, but more on wednesday. temperatures are shaping up like this. it's going to be 22 degrees in rome and 19 in athens. but very chilly in moscow with only six did he gleeegrees. all right, then. here's your extended forecast. >>> and that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. >> "california's gold" is produced in association with kcet los angeles and is seen statewide on california public television. this series is endorsed by

. > ur we have here, for the rth it's going to be wet, windy and chly and if we' tkingbo the british isles as well as inhe center across western and through into eastern new york but fairly chilly for you as well. and into the weekend we'oblyeec throughout the south. w mpatewise, we' hanging on to the 20s in the south. elsewhere we're look between 10, maybe 14 degrees f new paris. ceaiy ng ditfoth highs out towardthea re your extended forecast now. >> t y hit a fresh historic high against the dollar on fray hti 75.78 at one point in new york trading. the yenrobove its previous record high of 755,etn august 19th. investors sold tolr i exchange for the yen during trading hours in new york. at onein ten briefly hit 75.78 against the dollar. maet src say expectations are high that european leaders would come out wh a package of measures to stem concerns about europe's debt obms is has led investors to sell the dollar and buy the eu. vestors also sold the dollar in exchange for the yen. >>> euro zone finance ministers are discussing how to t eedebt crisis and prevent it from spreading to other

another system bringing rain across the british isles and spain and france. it will spread to the southern scandinavian peninsula and western europe in the next 24 hours. the iberian peninsula escaping rain at this moment. another round of rain will effect wednesday. temperatures shape up like this. it will be 22 degrees in rome, 19 in athens. chilly in moscow, only 6 degrees. all right. here is the extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. tokyo. thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

we have this active low, frontal system bringing in showers from the british isles, iberian peninsula and scandinavian peninsula, more rain coming in, starting with norway. baltic states, fin land, showers tonight, but that's heading in towards western russia. as for the temperatures on monday, 10 in stockholm, 16 in berlin. turkey dealing with the recovery efforts. 8 degrees is the high. but the morning hours are well below freezing mark. still chilly with a chance of some sleet on monday. all right. that's a look at your weather conditions for now. here is the three day outlook. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. we'll be back at the top of the next hour. see you then.

we are looking at windy weather right now for the british isles as well as the scandinavian peninsula. strong gusts have been reported across ireland and windier weather will spread to the rest of the uk as well today. this frontal system will head on in, start bringing a rond of rain into continental europe. rain band will stretch from the northern end of the iberian peninsula up to the baltic states. so weather conditions for a change, it's been dry for the past few days definitely here. as that frontal system comes on in, a lot more cooler air will also start to invade europe. we're looking at only 15 for your high in london. really starting to drop here. paris, too, comes in in the upper teens. berlin at 21. the south still looking quite warm, especially the iberian peninsula, madrid 30 degrees, lisbon coming in at 31. that's a look at your weather conditions for now. up next is your three-day outlook. >>> our late stories this hour, apple reported that its former top executive steve jobs has died. he resigned from the post at the end of august. jobs was a world renowned charismat

windy weather for the british isles as well as scandinavia. ndier weather will spread through the rest of the uk. this frontal system is going to head on in, start bringing a round of rain into continental europe, rain band will stretch anywhere from the northern end of the iberian peninsula all the way up toward the baltic states. so what are conditions for a change? it's been dry for the past few days definitely here. as that frontal system comes on in a lot cooler weather will also start to invade europe. 15 for your high in london. paris comes in in the upper teens. berlin at 21. 13 for stockholm. the south still looking quite warm. especially the iberian peninsula, madrid, expecting a high of 32 degrees. that's a look at your weather conditions for now, up and next is your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> our lead story this hour, one of the most powerful politicians in japan is going on trial in just two hours. ichiro ozawa, the former leader of this country's main governing democratic party, is facing criminal charges in connection with a

the british isles is experiencing a dry spell but a system is approaching, so the's going to be verycross this area over the weekend. a high pressure system is keeping things dry and unsettled across much of continental europe but temperatures are very cool in berlin with only 11 degrees and 10 degrees in vienna and 9 degrees in warsaw, but the iberian peninsula is experiencing a dry weather. expecting 28 in madrid and 33 in lisbon. all right. now, here is your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. kcsm needs you financial support. you can pledge at any dollar level that is comfortable for you. at the 50 dollar level, you will receive the kcsm polo shirt. whenever you wear it, you'll show your support of kcsm, the bay area's independent public tv station. this 100 percent cotton shirt features the kcsm logo on the front. it's a great way to show your appreciation for your local independent public tv station. also to say thank you we'll include a dvd copy of one of the many kcsm produced

as for the british isles, dry for tonight. re rain comes in out of the north, so it will start looking wet for areas like scotland and northern ireland and throughout tonight, winds are going to be on the gusty side across the area. as for the temperatures, along with rain, it is starting to drop across a lot of europe. looking at 14 only for the high in berlin friday. 11 in vienna. that's been a big drop the past couple days. seeing highs reach mid to upper 20s. paris and london coming in at 16 degrees. madrid looks to be dropping at 23 degrees. lisbon in the 20s. here is the three day outlook. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. >>> hello. this is nhk world tv. in the first of this week's three choices, we look at japanese aesthetics in the mark of beauty. since the late period, this has been used to serve and enjoy sake. some are valued as fine art. we will share tips on appreciating their beauty. next, a documentary that looks at economic disparity in china

the british isles has a dry spell, but a system is approaching. it will be very wet across this area over the weekend. a high pressure system is keeping things dry and settled across much of continental europe, but temperatures are very cool in berlin with only 11 degrees, and 10 degrees in vienna, 9 in warsaw. but the eye beerian peninsula is experiencing a dry weather. expect 28 in madrid and 33 in lisbon. here is the extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. we'll be back with more updates at the top of the next hour. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >p >>>> i'm here with world. tthe first pick is a documenta thp that loothat looks at tthe first pick is a documenta thp that loothat looks a in use of new energy sources. since the japan earthquake, interest in energy resources have skyrocketed. this follows the competition between companies to provide new energy systems for the energy saving smart cities of the future. next, a fresh look at water and how it is valued b

the very strong winds in the british isles will be gradually diminishing. here are your temperatures, london, cooler than yesterday, down towards the mid teens. 16 degrees also in paris, but still, lisbon, pretty warm at 27 degrees. here are your extended forecasts. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

we will be seeing some on and off showers here in the british isles, as well as western norway and theinds will be picking up, up to about 80 kilometers there. out towards the east, looking very clear and fine for you. then, at van at eight degrees with snow in turkey. kiev, eight degrees as well, rome 24. and lisbon, 21 degrees. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline," we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

heading over to europe, while the british isles on and off showers will be tapering off. but the scandinavian peninsula, we'll still be seeing the remains of wet weather, as well as windy conditions. in southern france, we'll be looking at a heavy bulk of rain that will be persisting in towards the weekend. but the system that led floods in italy, as well as northwestern balkans, this is going to be tapering off for you. and out towards the east, looking dry and calm in the eastern continental europe. we're a little bit concerned about van, this is where we're going to be seeing sleet and snow. the quake-hit region of turkey. degrees for a temperature. stockholm at 9 and lisbon at 20 degrees. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline," we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching, bye-bye.

another new system coming in across the british isles, wret, cold and windy, once again i'm afraid as we head into the weekend, it will be affecting very many of you. continental europe across the west, high pressure is in place, not too much to worry about here. but we do have a storm system just sitting over the alpine region and moving in towards the northwestern balkans. in the lower-lying areas, it's going to be some heavy rain and thunderstorms for you, too. and the upper elevations, you could see about ten centimeters of snow specifically in the eastern alpines if we take a look at temperatures, things are really starting to look pretty chilly. you're just in the double digits in berlin, develops vienna and paris. just 11 degrees for the high. 14 meanwhile in london. seven in moscow as well as in stockholm. and we have eight and nine in warsaw and kiev respectively. and towards the south, we're in the 20s, so fairly warm here. even madrid, cooling down no just at e 20 mark. i'll leave y now with your extended forecast. >>> back to our top story now. that breaking news out of li

heading over to europe now, we have got disturbance here over the british isles.ome may be very heavy in uk. here as well, showers and some strong winds to be felt, but stronger winds will be felt here. high waves of up to 6 meter high could be reaching the coast of the iberian peninsula and gusts of about 100 kilometers per hour and heavy rain to come there. maybe severe thunderstorms here too as well as balkan peninsula and italy as well. but out towards the east, we're looking at a very clear weather here, dry and calm. here where the earthquake hit in van, the temperatures are going to drop significantly and we are looking at snow for our thursday forecast. the temperature here is 9 degrees. london at 12. paris at 17. and here is your extended forecasts. ♪ >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye. >>> a town in thailand is covered in water.

as for the british isles, norway and ireland will see rains.e have a well developed low coming in and a cold front that extends from it is start to go bring in cooler air again. we'll see temperatures falling back to more seasonal averages. london's high on tuesday expecting 19 degrees. that's a significant drop from monday when it was in the mid-20s. paris, too, looking cooler at 22. that cooler air will start impacting the rest of continental europe as well. that's a look at your weather for now. here is the three day outlook. >>> our lead story, the euro swooned to a new ten year low against the yen on the new york foreign exchange market amid concerns over greece's debt crisis. in new york, foreign exchange trading monday, euro dropped to 101 yen, the lowest since june, 2001. it is trading 101.04-08 yen. european kur seen was sold as it became apparent greece will be unable to cut fiscal deficits as much as expected this year and next. a market ober says there is renewed credit uncertainty as many are taking a harsh view of greece's fiscal

as for the british isles, dry for a moment tonight, but there is more rain coming in out of the north. so it will start looking wet for areas like scotland and northern ireland and throughout tonight, winds are going to remain on the gusty side across the area. as for the temperatures, along with rain, it is starting to drop across a lot of europe. looking at 14 only for the high in berlin friday. 11 in vienna. that's been a big drop the past couple of days, we've been seeing highs reach mid to upper 20s. paris and london coming in at 16 degrees. madrid, too, looks to be dropping coming in at 23 degrees. lisbon, too, finally dropping down into the 20s following all the 30s we've been seeing this week. so that's a look at your weather for now and here is your three-day outlook. >>> our lead story this hour, friday marks the tenth anniversary of the u.s. invasion of afghanistan, in response to the september 11th terrorist attacks. however, taliban fighters are stepping up their offenses, making the prospects for rebuilding afghanistan unclear. a decade has passed since the united states

but a couple of systems that will be disturbing the british isles as well as western norway with stormyons. very wet and windy. but here, the iberian peninsula, as you can see, summer weather for you and very warm just around much of the area. as you can see. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast this hour on "newsline," we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

maybe the potential for more flooding across the british isles, it's going to be wet and rainy and some of those downpours are going to be on the very heavy side. also dealing with the rain is going to be western france, and then coming in towards the iberian peninsula, we have the ongoing thunderstorms, too. yet another system here, over italy will keep things very, very wet indeed and stormy. with snow up towards the north of that system over the alpine region. out east, things are looking very good. very settled and calm indeed. just where we'd like it to be a bit more settled, unfortunately, we're going to see continuing rain showers, i'm talking about van in turkey, of course, it looks like it's going to be overcast and a bit showery all week. most highs in the single digits and the lows steadily decreasing down below the freezing mark. i'll leave you with your extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

heading over to europe, we have disturbance just over the british isles. pressure system and this cold front will be bringing some severe weather to come. just in british isles. just a few showers and some strong winds to come. but this could be nasty. just around france and then towards the alpines and italy. we may see some severe thunderstorms even to pop up there. but out towards the east, a different story. looking pretty dry. scandinavian peninsula, also dominated by the high pressure system. but just in the eastern area of the black sea, we have an upper-level low disturbance. and we know that this is van, just around turkey, where the earthquake hit and some precipitation, it's going to be cold. so the recovery could be affected by this kind of rain. and higher elevations will be a mix of snow. the low on friday, minus 2 degrees. this is your five-day forecast for van, turkey. and here's your extended forecast. >>> as we've been reporting, the flooding in thailand is having the ripple effect. it's affecting supply lines far away. the waters are now

heading over to europe, we have disturbance just over the british isles. low pressure system and this cold front will be bringing some severe weather to come. just in british isles. just a few showers and some strong winds to come. but this could be nasty. just around france and then towards the alpines and italy. we may see some severe thunderstorms even to pop up there. but out towards the east, a different story. looking pretty dry. scandinavian peninsula, also dominated by the high pressure system. but just in the eastern area of the black sea, we have an upper-level low disturbance. and we know that this is van, just around turkey, where the earthquake hit and some precipitation, it's ing to be cold. so the recovery could be affected by this kind of rain. and higher elevations will be a mix of snow. the low on friday, minus 2 degrees. this is your five-day forecast for van, turkey. and here's your extended forecast. >>> hope of finding more survivors is driving a rescue crews in turkey. they've been digging through the rubble for more than 24 hours, t

certainly are we know were first semi finalists it's not good reading for art and tears across the british isles but wheels in france they are there we're going to have a look at how they got there in just a second. thanks for joining us this is sports of a plenty ahead over the next ten minutes or so and moving the stories in brief. one foot in the door barring an epic collapse russia are set to qualify automatically for the european football championships following victory away to slovakia. top setting the all odds wales on from school to meet in the semifinals of the rugby world cup following wins over arland and. sebastian vettel will start from pole in japan on sunday the red bull driver can wrap up his second straight formula one chron this week a. point against the lowest ranked football team in the world next week is all russian need to automatically qualify for the euro two thousand and twelve finals dick advocaat charges making it easy on themselves following victory away to slovakia on friday richard bump or fate has the story of the night. rush hour in touching distance of a year is

as for the british isles, they'll continue to see rain as will ireland. winds remain strong for this area, too as we have a well developed low coming in. and this cold front is starting to bring in cooler air. we'll see temperatures falling back to more seasonal averages. london's high on tuesday expecting 19 degrees. that's a significant drop from monday when it was in the mid-20s. paris, too, both start looking cooler at 22. and the cooler air will start impacting the rest of continental europe as well. that's a look at your weather for now. and here is your three-day outlook. >>> on the new york foreign exchange on monday, the euro fell to a ten-year low against the yen dipping to the 100 -- upper 100 yen level. euro/yen continues to hover at those levels here in tokyo this tuesday morning. investors sold the single european currency taking their cue from news that debt-strapped greece will not be able to meet its deficit reduction target this year. the euro is currently at 101.11 to 16 yen against the greenback it's now at 1.3193 dollars. meanwhile, s

a system is moving through the northern british isles, spreading rain. e system will then move to the southern scandinavian peninsula. cold precipitation and strong winds will effect this region through friday. to the south, severe weather across southern italy and western balkan peninsula. things getting clearer here, but western balkan west through friday. stays dry through most of continental europe. 11 degrees in paris. 10 in berlin, 8 in warsaw. 20 degrees in madrid and 25 in lisbon. here is the extended forecast. blab that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. i'm catherine k tokyo. do stay with us. >>> our first pick this week, a science program known for breathtaking misty scenery. its milky fog is on an island. the fog formed on the ocean surface some 500 kilometers away. the latest filming technology captured the mechanism behind its journey. >>> next, a program on mal asia. an islamic country with unique export strategy. the islamic term means it is allowed. in mal asia, products including food

a system is moving through the northern british isles spreadine southern scandinavian peninsula. ld winds expected. down towards the south, severe weather can be found throughout italy as well as the balkan peninsula. the west peninsula will remain wet throughout friday. on the other hand it stays dry and settled across continental europe. we're expecting 11 degrees in paris, 10 in berlin, and 8 in warsaw. but 20 degrees in madrid and 25 in lisbon. here is your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, libya's national transitional council says its forces have killed deposed leader muammar al gadhafi and one of his sons. citizens are celebrating in the capital tripoli. the ntc leader announced that its fighters have killed gadhafi and his fourth son. that was in sirte, central libya. sirte s the last stronghold for gadhafi loyalists. he disappeared when the council took control of tripoli in august. while reportedly hiding in a suburb of sirte, he used satellite tv to call on hitz supporters to fight unti the bitter end. crowds in libya burst into songs of jubilation. the d

a series of low pressure systems continues to bring wet and windy conditions across the northern british isles and scandinavian peninsula. some of the rain will move northward and turn to snow across norway in the mountain areas. down toward the south, another system is bringing heavy rain as well as gusty winds across southern france as well as eastern spain. the wet conditions will likely continue into saturday. temperatures are shaping up like this. we expect only eight degrees in van, turkey, that was hit by a major earthquake on sunday. you'll see a mix of rain and snow and it'll be 12 degrees in vienna and 24 in rome and 18 with rain. that's all for now. here is your extended forecast. >>> researchers from the butterfly society of japan have seen something unseen since the 1930s. they went to the himalayan county of bhutan and found a rare swallowtailed butterfly and an nhk crew traveled with them. scientists preserved scientists of the bhutan swallowtail at britain's natural history museum in london. >> this is in 1933. >> researchers found the insects in a valley in eastern bhutan 78 y

a series of low pressure systems continues to bring wet and windy conditions across the northern british isles and scandinavian peninsula. some rain moving northward and turn to snow in the mountain areas. to the south, another system brings heavy rain and gusty winds across southern france and eastern spain. the wet conditions will likely continue into saturday. temperatures shape up like this. we are expecting only 8 degrees in van, turkey. that was hit by a major earthquake on sunday. and you'll see a mix of rain and snow, and it will be 12 degrees in vienna, 24 in rome, and 18 in madrid with rain. all right. that's all for now. here is the extended forecast. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. tokyo. thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the first of three picks this week is a special program documenting a charity project by world renowned pianist bob james. in northeastern japan, iwate prefecture where the tsunami caused severe damage, bob james played with a local big band. he composed a new piece of music in the hope

the number of people across the british isles claiming unemployment benefits is above 2 million. the figure is due out right about now, and it's expected to be higher for a seventh consecutive month. we've got the ftse 100 up putting on modest gains of about 0.25%. broadly speaking it's the dax that is powering ahead. >>> here in asia, markets down at least at the open. they did recover somewhat later in the session. so let's take a look at how they did end the day. shanghai getting a much belated pop, up more than 3%. it was around 2 1/2-year lows at the beginning of the week. getting a bit of a pop, getting help after the chinese government said that they would step in to buy stocks of the big four chinese banks. that's helping. that also helped hong kong on its way. hong kong is up more than 12% since october the 5th, beginning of trading october the 5th. there's certainly a rally going on strong there. the nikkei down just about 0.4%. >>> it was a mixed day on wall street tuesday partly because of small europe mean couldnan count on the u.s. stock market. >> caution ruled on w

approaching the northern british aisles isles. do ith ut rn is moving south ward and reaching al awe anorthwtern. anil iis largely dry across the peninsula. a eecting 19 degrees and 26 in lisbon. largely cold in much of euro. en.degrees in berlin and 9 in n kiev and 9 in moscow. plenty of sunshine and 8 degrees inocol all right, then. here is your extended forecast. >>> that's ail for this eti "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. please stay with us. want to feel cooler - or warmer - without running up your utility bill? you can reduce your bills with a flip of a switch on your ceiling fan. in summer, set your fan counter- clockwise. it stirs up the cool air that hangs near the floor in winter, just flip the switch again so your fan runs clockwise on low speed. this pushes the warm air down where you need it. and if you're buying, choose an energy-efficient fan. now that makes sense.

so instead, parts of the baltic states and british isles will see rain and some winds. london warms up to 25 degrees during the daytime. paris up to 28. still very warm conditions continuing for you here. berlin, 23. vienna coming in at 25 degrees. that's a look at your weather conditions for now. i'll round it off with the three day outlook. >>> japan hopes to strept strengthen ties with russia. putin plans to return to the presidency next year. putin announced his intention to run in rush's election in march. his victory seems likely as there are no viable candidates. japan continues on course to strept entice with russia no matter who is president. they expect progress on territorial issues between the two nations if putin is elected saying he had a good understanding of the issues during his last presidency. efforts to enhance bilateral ties are under way. japanese government is studying the possibility of holding high level security talks with russia. >>> par eegss can share electric cars. they began a two month pilot program sunday. the test service called auto lib

the affects, as well. system's not moving a whole lot. just spreading that wet weather and british isles, scandinavian peninsula looking unsettled. the black sea region, we're still looking at lingering thundershowers and some rain. some of this precipitation northward to parts of ukraine and bell ruse. highs on tuesday look like this. 14 degrees in london. 15 degrees in paris. warmer at 25 in madrid and up to 29 degrees in lisbon. all right. so that's a look at your weather for now. here's your three-day outlook. >>> visitors at the shrine east of tokyo were treated to a special performance on monday when a chef prepared food for the gods. the ritual reportedly dates about 1,000 years to pray for a good harvest. the shrine in chiba prefecture is dedicated to the god of cooking. the chef carefully cut up a 70 centimeter sea breen with knife and chop sticks and laid out in the shape of a flower. the technique was developed so human hands don't touch the food in the gods and defile it. >> translator: i feel like i've been purified. i am a chef so my attitude towards cooking will change. >>

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the affects, as well. system's not moving a whole lot. just spreading that wet weather and british isles, scandinavian peninsula looking unsettled. the black sea region, we're still looking at lingering thundershowers and some rain. some of this precipitation northward to parts of ukraine and bell ruse. highs on tuesday look like this. 14 degrees in london. 15 degrees in paris. warmer at 25 in madrid and up to 29 degrees in lisbon. all right. so that's a look at your weather for now. here's your three-day outlook. >>> visitors at the shrine east of tokyo were treated to a special performance on monday when a chef prepared food for the gods. the ritual reportedly dates about 1,000 years to pray for a good harvest. the shrine in chiba prefecture is dedicated to the god of cooking. the chef carefully cut up a 70 centimeter sea breen with knife and chop sticks and laid out in the shape of a flower. the technique was developed so human hands don't touch the food in the gods and defile it. >> translator: i feel like i've been purified. i am a chef so my attitude towards cooking will change. >>

because it suits the troika of international lenders a dozen british banks are their credit ratings dropped this week moody's decision comes after the government says it's unlikely to belle-isle dry and right lloyds and r.b.s. of big trouble again just days later fairtrade other one of the big three rating for it was it gave the thumbs down to italy and took spain scored out to an arch is british economist mark littlewood says it's a wake up call for us well banks what we've got to get away from in the united kingdom and actually right across the western world more generally is this idea that every single bank has copper bottomed because if they get into trouble the taxpayer will play all the banks and one of the key things that the u.k. government is struggling with is how do we allow our brain to go for the war to fail without actually discovering the wider economy and i think that these these downgrades of actually reflect the fact that we are beginning to move away from what was a hopeless and helpless situation which basically every bank you know you crashed in the government would come to the right so it's a grim warning put in the sun why as you would wish to have an a