We begin in india, where cleanup has begun on the eastern coast after the strongest Tropical Storm there in more than a decade. 17 people were reportedly killed, but a huge evacuations effort by the government seems to have avoided the catastrophe many spirit many feared. They are returning to their homes on indias east coast. Many people here had lost everything. Landfallhailin made with wind speeds up to 200 kilometers per hour. It uprooted trees and cut power lines and communications. Most of the casualties were caused by flying branches and debris. Us did not know what else would happen. There was so much to structure and. Right primary concern now, can indication has been crippled. We are not in touch with administration. The damage is catastrophic, but the major loss of life that accompanied typhoons in the past in this region has been avoided. The last storm of this severity hit the region in 1999. Up to 10,000 people died as a result. This time, authorities were better prepared. People living in critical areas were evacuated to higher grounds. Evacuationhe biggest efforts in indias history, almost one Million People were moved to schools and temples that serve as shelters. Those with nothing left are receiving food rations. Iny of these people lived simple hats that were swept away by the storm. Around 600,000 people in the state of orissa are now homeless. Authorities in central india raised the death toll to ace of a central tempe 1089. Panic broke out as thousands of pilgrims tried to cross a bridge near a remote hindu temple. The panic was apparently started by a rumor the bridge was going to collapse. The pilgrims were gathering to celebrate a holy festival. In the u. S. , the Government Shutdown continues. Washington has given the individual states permission to reopen their National Parks, though. But that comes with a big catch. Tourists are back at the grand canyon. Not thanks to the u. S. Government, but to the state of arizona. It is footing the bill to reopen the National Park to the public. Attraction draws millions of visitors every year. I refuse to let wrongheaded federal policy deny tourists worldwide the opportunity to see this magnificent landscape. The squabblingn, about the shutdown and the debt ceiling continues. There is still no deal to raise the government borrowing limit. The deadline is just days away. In his weekly address, president barack obama called for republicans to show flexibility. But that appeal has so far come to nothing. International pressure on america is spiraling. If the United States cannot pay its bills, it could drag down the entire world economy. I urge u. S. Policy makers to quickly come to a resolution before they reach the debt ceiling deadline. The closer we get to the deadline, the greater the impact will be for the developing world. In action could result in rising, rates confidence falling, and growth slowing. 651,000 is the sum the date of arizona shown shelled out to fund the grand canyon. And not to keep it running for seven days. Everyone here is hoping a solution to the u. S. Theyll mate will be found long before that time comes to an end. The Israeli Military says it has discovered and destroyed tunnels leading from gaza into israel. It is the third one found in the past year. Officials believe militant palestinians were planning to use the tunnel to attack or kidnap israeli soldiers. At a depth of 18 meters and was almost two kilometers long. In response, israel suspended the flow of Construction Materials into gaza. Last month, israel lifted a ban on shipments of steel and cement into gaza for private building projects. U. S. Secretary u. N. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon globalled on the community to address the root causes behind the stream of people trying to reach europe. There has recently been a number a sharp increase in the number of migrants traveling by boat. Shipwreck,f fridays where more than 30 people drowned, arrived in sicily. Italy says it will step up patrols to try to prevent more people from drowning. Leave parts of africa and attempted voyage to europe for many reasons. Among them, hunger and poverty. Ckrman president joachim gau urged the world not to let up in the battle against hunger. He was speaking to mark a start of fundraising dedicated to tackling the problem. The right to food and drink is a human right. That applies especially to children. Fortunately, countless organizations are working to combat hunger and poverty. There have been successes in the fight against malnutrition. The number of undernourished children has been cut in half since 1990. Even so, a child under five dies every 10 seconds because it does not have enough to eat. Staying in germany, the Catholic Bishop who ran up high costs for a New Residence may be an even more trouble than originally thought. A newspaper is reporting the price tag for the bishop of newmberg limburgs residence is likely to hit 40 Million Euros. A state prosecutor has charged him with lying in a legal case. The bishop went to rome to meet with pope francis. Many catholics gathered at limburgs cathedral, praying for a new beginning for their dioceses reedit the scandal caused many here to lose faith in their bishop. He should apologize again. He cannot give a policy i possible expedition, he should step down, along with those who should have stopped him. I am praying for our bishop to be healed of his egomania. , bishop tebartzvan elst dubbed by some media as the bishop to locks, was nowhere near deluxe, was nowhere near the rally. He took a trip to, reportedly on a budget airline. This after he took criticism for flying first class on a trip to india last year. Saving a few euros on a european flight certainly will not give back the money he spent on his New Residence. One new report says the price tag could be as high as 40 Million Euros. Original plans stock costs of 5. 5 Million Euros. The bishops fate is in the popes hands. Francis is encouraging the church to become a more fumble institution. Tebartzvan elst plans to tell vatican officials his side of the story. To the weekends formula one action. German driver Sebastian Vettel has won the japanese grand prix. His fifth win in a row, but not enough to secure the drivers championship title. Storms toan vettel victory again, to the delight of his team. It was not enough to become the youngest driver to win four world titles, yet. His nearest rival, fernando alonso, fernando finished in fourth place, leaving him with only theoretical chances of winning the championship. Vettel started from second on the grid. A clash with Lewis Hamilton meant he spent most of the race trailing another driver. Vettel overtook the frenchman, who was chasing his maiden formula one victory on the 41st lap. He was followed by teammate mark webber, who took second place. I had a very poor start, but after that we were patient enough and had incredible pace toward the end. We managed to get past on another strategy. All in all, it is fantastic. Vettel faces a two week wait until the indian grand prix and another shot at the championship. The deciding battle for the world title is still to come, but Sebastian Vettel will be hard to catch after extending his lead. His ur races to go, he has 290 points, 90 ahead of fernando around so fernando alonso. Racing from motor racing to lung power. The ironman championship in hawaii. Year domination has been broken. Marathon, bike, and swam, all in just over eight hours and 12 minutes. In second andcame a german came in third. An australian took the womens title for a second time, setting a new world record in the process of eight hours, 52 minutes, 14 seconds. Tennis now. The german world number 10 has at her first title this year the open in austria. She beat the serbian in a straight set. She already secured a spot in the seasonending championship in istanbul later this month. Meanwhile, world number two, you the novak djokovic, won shanghai masters. The new european kite surfing champion has been crowned near barcelona in spain. He managed to defend his european title. Both germans pocketed the most points in the tournament with spectacular jumps that wowed spectators as well as judges. Beautiful cities in italy, and perhaps the world. Venice. But its canals and lagoons put the city under constant threat from rising water levels. Engineers have been working on an elaborate barrier system to control the amount of water in the lagoon starting in 2017. The ambitious multibillion euro project was put to the test for the first time this weekend. Venice just would not be venice without water. The lagoon and the canals are what make the renaissance city so iconic. But water is also venices biggest problem. 40 to 50 times a year the city experiences what is called aqua alta, high water. Things are getting worse. Sea levels are rising, and over the past century venice has sunk by 23 centimeters. On saturday, the first new mobile flood barriers were put to the. 78 of them are to be installed in the venice lagoon. They will be activated when waters rise 1. 1 meters above sea level. They are iron gates on the bottom of the channel. Inside, so they began to float. Construction started a decade ago. The final bill is set to reach 5. 4 billion euros. Leastlikely to be at another three years before the system is up and running. When it is, authorities hope it will keep the city of water dry. Writer who has been called the moral memory of the soviet union received the peace prize of the german book trade. She accepted the award at a ceremony in frankfurt. Sufferingdocument the of ordinary people in the soviet union during events likes dahlens purges, the soviet war in afghanistan, and chernobyl. She lives in belarus, even though her books are banned their. You can find out more about her dws indepth interview this week. Thanks for watching, and do join us again at the top of the hour. The Nobel Committee in sweden honor the best in various fields. The prize for medicine came first on monday. Two year it went to americans and a german scientist for their research into how human cells transport molecules. All three are based in the u. S. It was a total surprise. I did not expect it at all. On tuesday, the nobel prize for physics was awarded to a belgian and peter higgs of britain. They were honored for predicting the existence of the higgs boson. They theorized its existence in the 1960s to explain how matter requires mass. Their theories were confirmed last year. On wednesday, the chemistry prize was awarded to three scientists in the u. S. Were honored for developing the basic computer programs used to experiment experiment simulate experiments. Their work revolutionized modern chemistry. I was pretty astonished. This ismething which, not something that was inconceivable. It was not that i felt it was so great that it deserves a prize. On thursday, the prize for literature went to Canadian Writer alice munro. The academy hailed the veteran author as a master of the contemporary short story. Prize was toeace follow later in the week. The awards themselves are given out in december. Smash intoilin chinas eastern coast on monday. At least 10 people were killed. Over three quarters of one Million People were evacuated landfall. Made around 7 million were evicted in all. The unrest in egypt continued this week. On monday, militants attacked several military posts in the sinai peninsula, killing 18 people. The government launched a crackdown on islamists, triggering repeated clashes. Amid the violence, the United States later announced it was suspending millions of hours in financial and military aid to egypt. Washington said the assistance could resume when cairo moves toward an elected and inclusive government. Egypt condemned the move. The limbic flame began its relay through russia ahead of the Winter Olympics next february. The mayor moscow oversaw the official start. Human Rights GroupsHope International interest in the relay will also focus attention on deficits in russian democracy. The olympics will be held in the black sea resort of sochi. In the wake of last week strategy on the italian tragedy on the italian island of lampedusa, politicians are searching for solutions. Ministers agreed action is needed to, human trafficking. Cooperate our dialogue with the countries on the transit of migrants in order to open up more legal channels of migration but also to fight the horrible network that makes such a big profit off of people in distress. Italy proposed a reform of first law that states the point of entry to the eu is where the asylum application has to be made. The European Commission president and italian Prime Minister later traveled to lampedusa, where they were heckled by local residents. ,hey shouted, shame on you holding pictures of migrants. Said the sight of all the coffins was something he would never forget. He promised 30 Million Euros to help italy care for newly arriving refugees. Later in the week, in other boat capsized off lampedusa, killing dozens of migrants. President nas underwent surgery on tuesday to remove a blood clot on the brain. The operation forced her to abandon her campaign for midterm operations. Her supporters held vigils outside the hospital. The president is expected to make a full recovery, but it is not clear when she will return to work. A new study comparing Adult Education levels in industrialized nations made for Summer Reading in germany this week. The organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Study to four nations. 24 nations. The survey showed major disparities in germany, with background playing a key role. Adults in japan and scandinavia scored best in the study. Wonpresident of azerbaijan a third term in office after a landslide victory in elections on wednesday. He took 85 of the vote. The outcome had never been in any doubt. Led the oil has rich country for the past 10 years. Voteivals accuse him of rigging, intimidating voters, and controlling the media. They say they will take their objections to the countrys constitutional court. Supporters of the president took to the week later to celebrate the victory took to the streets later in the weakness of the great victory. International observers said they agreed with the opposition that the election was seriously flawed. The Frankfurt Book Fair opened wednesday with a focus on brazil. The countrys Vice President attended the opening. On behalf of the president and the brazilian people, who are proud to show the world the diversity of their country, i really micro deepest gratitude for the invitation and naming my country guest of honor. [applause] of 190population million, brazil is one of the Worlds Largest book markets. Around 100 countries are presented in frankfurt this year, with thousands of individual exhibitors. German chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservatives began exploratory talks with the green party on thursday on forming a possible coalition government. A coalition between the parties would be the first ever for germany. The two parties are not natural allies. Talks lasted longer than expected. A little over three hours. This, themeeting like first step is to talk about where we want to go before we start looking in detail at the route we want to take. It is more about plotting the course then tackling each stage of the process. The two sides said they discussed europe and energy policy. They said they found some common goals but differed on how to get there. The second meeting is planned for next week. We still have not had the opportunity to discuss a range of important issues, like fair wages and a National Minimum wage, equal pay, childcare subsidies. But most observers still expect Angela Merkel to pursue a socalled grand coalition with the social democrats. The conservatives are due to hold more talks with the spd on monday. Libya Prime Minister of was met by wellwishers as he returned to his office in tripoli shortly after surviving a hostagetaking. He was kidnapped by members of he wasilitia after only held for a few hours, but it highlights the growing lawlessness in libya. The kidnapping was in apparent retaliation for a u. S. Operation in which an al qaeda operative was captured on libyan soil. Education is the only solution. Her courage brought her worldwide fame. Usafazaiold malala yo rov prize. D the sakha she was shot in the head last year by the taliban and verily barely survived read she was campaigning for womens education. Despite the attack, she remains undaunted. The European Parliament president called her one of the most remarkable people of the 21st century. In the United States, efforts to end the Government Shutdown and agree on a debt ceiling continue this week. On thursday, House Republicans put forward a plan that would give a shortterm debt limit increase and reopen the government. That would give Congress Time to agree on new spending cuts and a. Udget the Obama Administration would avoid a default on government bonds. The president is happy that cooler heads seem to be trailing prevailing in the house. That there are at least seems to be a recognition that default is not an option. A u. S. Debt default would be unprecedented and have implications for the global economy. Friday saw the longawaited announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize in the norwegian capital of oslo. Year, the award went to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. Ofthe conventions and work opcw have defined the use of chemical weapons as a taboo under international law. Recent events in syria, where chemical weapons have again been used, have underlined the need to enhance the efforts to do away with such weapons. Neare sarin gas attack damascus earlier this year killed more than 1400 people. Now, monitors from the netherlandsbased watchdog in syria are in serious to oversee destruction of the chemical arsenal. Their goal is to rid the country of all, weapons by 2014. This award i hope this award and the opcws Ongoing Mission together with the United Nations in syria will have broader efforts to achieve peace in this country and ease the suffering of its people. The choice of the opcw is very much in line with the will of alfred nobel, who hired highlighted disarmament efforts as one of his right. Criteria. Germany saw its first major snowfall at the end of the week. Up to 35 centimeters of snow fell in the southern bavaria. The weight of the snow brought down numerous trees, blocking roads and keeping local Fire Departments busy. Schools were closed in the region, giving children a day off to play in the seasons first winter wonderland. First winter wonderland