have a developing system in the southeast here, so storms are going to be on the cards for the southern balkans as well as turkey. here are your temperatures and i'll leave you now your extended forecast. >>> and that wraps it up for this edition of "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. and from all of us at nhk world, thanks for joining us and happy holidays.

have a developing system in the southeast here, so storms are going to be on the cards for the southern balkans as well as turkey. here are your temperatures and i'll leave you now your extended forecast. >>> and that wraps it up for this edition of "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. and from all of us at nhk world, thanks for joining us and happy holidays. .

stormy weather, severe thunderstorms, gusting winds and mountain snow will likely continue in the southern balkan peninsula and western turkey. and in bulgaria more than 30 centimeters of snow are possible by late thursday. we're expecting zero degrees in moscow with a mix of rain and snow and minus 1 in quay everybod kiev. i'll leave you with your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, a japanese panel says a lapse in communications led to the explosion at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. they say they halted the number three cooling system without informing the plant director. the suspension on march 13th allowed it to heat up for seven hours and led to an explosion the next day. the operators stopped the cooling system in the early hours of the day. the operators tried to use fire pumps instead. they were afraid the system's batteries might lose power. the members say the operators could not pump water into the reactor because there was no power to open the reactor's valves so they could not reduce the inside pressure and pump water in. the operators gave up on the pumps an

the winter sports. this is a bit of a potent storm system moving through southern italy and in towards the southern balkans as well. that will be a bit stormy. but all of this heading up towards western russia. that is going to be snow for you rather than the rain or the storms. all right. here are your temperatures. just around the freezing mark for many years across the east and actually into central locations as well. 4 in vienna. 4 in berlin as well. 16, in the mid teens in athens, as well as in lisbon. 12 in paris and a bit warmer in london also on your wednesday at 10 degrees. here's your extended forecast. >>> and here's a recap of our headline stories. north korea's heir apparent, kim jong un has appeared in the country's state-run media for the first time since his father's death. korean central television is broadcasting footage of the ceremony at kumsusan memorial palace in pyongyang. kim jong il's body is lying inside a glass coffin surrounded by flowers. kim jong un bowed toward the coffin and then walked alongside it. at one point during the ceremony, he was accompanied by the country's numbe

we do have scattered showers and thunderstorms for areas in the southern italy as well as the balkan peninsula while this long frontal system is looking to set into continental europe. it is bringing a round of showers and snow for upper elevations. the alpine area in particular will want to watch out for the possibility of heavy snowfall. for the british isles, once again new showers coming in off the west. so ireland then scotland, too, looking at icy weather. highs on tuesday 8 for london. same also in paris. 2 only in vienna. things looking colder here. not above freezing in moscow. here's a look at your three-day outlook. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us.

there's going to be about 50 centimeters of snow in the swiss alps, maybe southern germany, austria, you'll be seeing a good amount of snow as well. in the balkans we have another system that's affecting southern italy, too. storms to the south and then in the upper elevations, it will be snow. some parts of bulgaria getting about 15 centimeters. all right here are your temperatures. out to the east, we're just around freezing in moscow, warsaw, kiev. minus 2 for stockholm's high. 4 for berlin and also for vienna. and then to the south and out to the west, we're a little bit warmer, 13 in london and also in paris. here's your extended forecast. >>> latest coming up at the top of the next hour, so please stay tuned to nhk world, i'm yuko fukushima in tokyo.

there's going to be about 50 centimeters of snow in the swiss alps, maybe southern germany, austria, you'll be seeing a good amount of snow as well. in the balkans we have another system that's affecting southern italy, too. storms to the south and then in the upper elevations, it will be snow. some parts of bulgaria getting about 15 centimeters. all right here are your temperatures. out to the east, we're just around freezing in moscow, warsaw, kiev. minus 2 for stockholm's high. 4 for berlin and also for vienna. and then to the south and out to the west, we're a little bit warmer, 13 in london and also in paris. here's your extended forecast. >>> the latest coming up at the top of the next hour, so please stay tuned to nhk world. i'm yuko fukushima in tokyo.