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Authorities shutting down airports including in france, belgium, denmark, iceland, sweden, switzerland, london and paris. more than 300,000 people in a large volume volcanic hotspot. two centuries ago a eruption killed more than 40,000 people. a scientist says it could take days, weeks or months before the ash settles. amy kellog works in london and these at heathrow. i guess it's quiet there, huh? >> it's never quiet on this particular stretch of land. i have a sample of the offending ash. this is not from the particular volcano but it looks denine, like powder but it gets in an engine and tu...

No one has independently verified either claim today amidst the fanfare. experts say even the iaea or nuclear watchdog may not get the full story on all of this. >> it's problematic because if iran can make thousands of these more advanced machines or two thousand of these machines, outside the site of the ia, iran can put the machines in a secret site and produce enriched uranium. >> the real headline out of this event is more efficient centrifuges. we don't know if the model is the real deal but our expert says iran doesn't show things off publicly if they're not authentic. >> amy, thank you...

The regime, centrifuges that will allow them to pump up the program to new levels. amy kellog is following this. >> the significance is not only that iran can enrich uranium more quickly but it needs fewer to get the job done. it needs to get a lot of the components from abroad. if it gets by with fewer that's easier as the screws are tightened on iran's procurement. the other thing today that iran declared is it showed off a sample of what can calls 20% enriched uranium for the medical reactor but experts say it's not enriching the uranium to 20%, it's having it in safe fuel rods to work in t...

To update its economy and it's reportedly having success. amy kellog is in london right now. >> hey, u.s. officials told me one of the most important things going on in syria right now is economic reform. they're really courting foreign investment, a stock exchange, not very many listed companies. syria is under u.s. sanctions and remains on the u.s. list of countries that -- states a is that sponsor terrorism. >> syria had to turn elsewhere. this is a pattern now, according to syria's deputy prime minister. >> some of the best engineering companies in the world are american and they're not pa...

Benefiting from taking part in this very exciting journey. >> in syria, you hear a lot of about u.s. sanctions affecting air travel, the airline down to three planes. despite the sanctions, you can get just about anything you want through third parties, third countries. the minimum wage is $80 a month and acknowledged problems with corruption. syria realized it needs to boost the standard of living. and corruption. they plan to seize $50 billion u.s. dollars in investment and infrastructure projects over the next five to ten years. so people watching the region will be curious to see who actua...