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Yesterday. both sides are starting to make some concessions for the powerful to each other, and we are moving towards a point where perhaps even zelenskyy and putin could meet in person. i think we are quite far away from that, but i do think the gap is narrowing. >> thanks very much indeed. just to underline what we are telling you about, a super yacht seized yesterday the transport secretary -- announcing that this 38 million pound super yacht belonging to an unnamed russian businessman had be...

Next year the could you make lomonosov would generate seventy megawatts of electricity but russia has no experience with such an atomic power station and its exactly that which worries greenpeace in the east siberian sea there are icebergs and reefs and the accident with the reactor could contaminate large parts of the arctic. its the two hundredth anniversary of karl marxs birth and a massive statue in his likeness has been unveiled in the german town of chair where he was born in the town have...

But russia has no experience with such an atomic power station and its exactly that which worries greenpeace in the east siberian sea there are icebergs and reefs an accident with the reactor could contaminate large parts of the arctic. its the two hundredth anniversary of karl marxs birth and a massive statue in his likeness has been unveiled in the german town of tree air where he was born in the town have grappled with the decision to accept the statue which is a gift from china at unveiling ...

Meters above sea level. a lot of areas have been evacuated. about 3,500 people evacuated and additional 2000. you take 150 kilometer are possible with the storm at land fall. if that is the case thats going to cause a lot of disruption right there on the costal community. something to keep in mind, that about 80% of all cyclone fatalities are associated with a water element not the wind element. so keep that in mind here and really go to show that you dont discount a storm by wind speed alone an...

Island, work your way out towards hide away bay and some of the areas that will be susceptible to major costal erosion, a lot of people are being warned to exit this area. notice the rain fall amounts, you dont see that every single day with storm systems, that is a half meter of rain fall, talking well over 25 to 30 inches in a few spots coming down over the next several days. significant, we talk about the amount of rain fall forecast here. when it comes to fatalities, it is that takes lives. ...

Right now. category two. it will weaken before it makes any close pass to japan here. by the time we get to the weekend, okinawa will have to watch it closely. we could be looking at significant winds there. it weakens to the north. what does not weaken is the rainfall. i think we will be talking about additional rainfall tallies of 100 to 200 millimeters. in japan they have picked up a half meter of rainfall. it will be a wet go of it coming up this weekend with our typhoon. >> way swallowed wh...

In japan. back in 2011 talas a tropical storm dumped 71 inches of rainfall in a couple of days time. other storms brought in between 60 to 70 inches in the past. heres the perspective for kochi. a lot of rivers in the city center as well. 340,000 people call the area home and the highest elevations 1100 meters high. heres the storm system kwif tloent a category one hurricane. landfall expected to be east of kochi. look at the rainfall across japan from kochi to tokyo could see upwards of 100 mil...

Sioux city iowa 90. but you see the perspective, when its warmer in kansas city than miami, you know things are toasty. that was the scene across the united states. as of march 1st we had 60% of the nation under snow. so pretty significant melt off. of course flooding a major concern with all of this in the last several days. i want to draw your attention to australia because tropical cyclone nathan the equivalent to a meek tropical storm. it has meandered over cooktown causing road damage. it h...