the forest is an intent grow part of siberia it's solved. then they return to the village passing vast fields in the past and this area was covered in trees says the sharman. she has invited the environmental activists to her home for dinner. she describes how the logging is causing local springs to dry up. he springs have given us a long life expectancy. in my village there are many who lived until they were 9294 or even 96 our ancestors used to say anyone who comes here wielding a sword will reap the consequences. that's why locals together with the help of both forest and to vests are taking action against illegal logging and pretty soon some of the culprits will be going on trial. several days later. is preparing to our footage when she hears that apparently the locals got wind that something was up there was an accident. he wouldn't. to day we learned that they tried to transport all the timber out of the forest over night i knew were as usual running as a couple but the driver loaded up too many logs and his vehicle tipped over killing

north-east siberia is now easier to reach. we start this week in copenhagen. by 2025 they hope this will become the world's very first carbon neutral city. we sent cat to find out how they are getting on. denmark is a country that takes its ego friendly reputation very seriously. it is claimed more than two—thirds of their waste is recycled and 30% of their energy consumption comes from renewable sources. they even say the harbour is clean enough for you to swim in. not something i will be trying on a cold winter's day. instead, i am on a boat that is a fleet of electorate votes available to hire here in copenhagen. it is charged back at the dock with solar panels. that means no noisy engines and no c02 emissions. this green drive has had another added push with the opening ofa another added push with the opening of a new tourist attraction. built on top of the unlikeliest of buildings, a power station. fuelled by waste and build upon of the most environmentally friendly plants of its kind. opened last month, the copen hills spans more than 40,000 square met

. —— siberia. we start this week in copenhagen. by 2025, the danes hope this will become the world's very first carbon neutral city. we send cat to find out how they are getting on. it is claimed more than two—thirds of these people waste is recycled and 30% of all of their energy consumption comes from renewable energy sources. they even say the harbour is enough to swim in. not something i will be trying a cold winters day. instead, i am on a free electric boat available to hire here in copenhagen. it is charged back at the dock with solar panels so back at the dock with solar panels so that means no noisy engines and low c02 so that means no noisy engines and low co2 emissions. this green drive has had another added push with the opening of a new tourist attraction. built on top of the unlikeliest of buildings, a power station. fuelled by waste and build is one of the most environmentally friendly plants of its kind, opened last month, it spans more than 40,000 square metres. the slope i am on works its way from the bottom all

yakutsk, in north—east siberia, is now easier to reach. we start this week in copenhagen. by 2025 the danes hope this will become the world's very first carbon—neutral capital city. we sent cat moh to find out how they are getting on. denmark is a country that takes its eco—friendly reputation very seriously. we start this week in copenhagen. by 2025 the danes hope this will become the world's very first carbon—neutral capital city. we sent cat moh to find out how they are getting on. denmark is a country that takes its eco—friendly reputation very seriously. it is claimed that more than two—thirds of their waste is recycled, and 30% of all their energy consumption comes from renewable sources. they even say the harbour is clean enough for you to swim in. not something i'll be trying on a cold winter's day. instead i am on a goboat, one of a fleet of electric boats available to hire here in copenhagen. it is charged back at the dock with solar panels. that means no noisy engines, and low co2 emissions. this green drive has had another added push, with the opening

so they stayed in iran or siberia. people were released from the labor settlement in siberia and said where will we go? there is a war. their small children. now they said we will stay. i did not know any of this at all. so the horror of their deportation was horrible. so taken as a family and brought to these not the gulags but the conditions were atrocious deathly atrocious in some ways as a concentration camp but then there would definition between the catholic polls and the polish jew. in that theme that i thought was interesting in your book as well but the tension between poland and polish nationalism in the jews were patriotic polls through the polish army and how that treatment was affected by the army and who they belong to. >> yes. these are unknown to the holocaust museum in washington. they haven't collected it as material remember there was no story in the sense of auschwitz. we know what happened you can discover your parents went to a concentration camp and then you know what they went through. so i had

they're of an 18,000—year—old puppy, found in siberia, though scientists have been unable to determine whether it's a dog or a wolf. the animal has been remarkably preserved in the snow and ice, with its fur and teeth all intact. that's all. stay with bbc world news. more on our web site bbc.c0.uk/news and the news app. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. black friday all bleak friday? what's in store from the global shopping bonanza for retailers and the environment? india's economic slowdown. officialfigures the environment? india's economic slowdown. official figures are today are expected to confirm the weakest growth in more than six years. welcome to asia business report. it's friday but it's notjust any friday. it happens to be black friday. it happens to be black friday today, the start of what retailers are hyping as the cyber weekend global shopping spree in the world's biggest economy the united states, spending over the next four daysis states, spending over the next four days is expected to break the $29 billion mark by the time cyber mondays over.

and you're a kid from siberia. and i'm having trouble knowing how a young person is able to pull this off. >> butina: that's a great question to ask here in america. because there were times when people didn't believe that women are capable to be leaders at all. >> stahl: that wasn't a sexist question. >> butina: because that it is. because, i was-- >> stahl: no, no, no, i'm saying you're a young person. you're 23 years old. >> butina: but this is exactly the same. how can one judge me and say, what, i was too smart for my age? i think that is what is praised in america. when a young person takes his or her destiny in his own hands and fights. >> stahl: you traveled across the united states, attending n.r.a. meetings. the u.s. government says that you were making connections with republicans so that you could influence u.s. policy, and you were doing it slowly but deliberately. >> butina: if i were not russian, that would be called social networking. >> stahl: have you ever had a case like this? john demers, the as

and open coal mines in northern china to take advantage of factories in eastern siberia and open coal mines in northern china to take advantage of cheap hydro electricity and cold temperatures china is now the undisputed world leave cheap hydro electricity and cold temperatures china is now the undisputed world leader in bitcoin mining who keep the networks the care by approving transactions and ensuring fairness there and bitcoin mining who keep the network secure a by approving transactions and ensuring fairness now as of july 29th bitcoin miners generated about $6000000000.00 now as of july $2900.00 bitcoin miners generate about $6000000000.00 in revenue from mining rewards and transaction fees on an annualized basis but they listen revenue from mining rewards and transaction fees on an annualized basis but they weren't always this good during the crypto winter we saw daily mining revenue for the industry plus weren't always this good during the krypto winter we saw the daily mining revenue for the industry plummet from $53000000.00 in december of 2017 to just under $5000000.00 it

and you can watch the entire interview next week on inside the area politics with host cap in hand in siberia politics runs on saturday and sunday mornings at 11 oh 5 on kron on download the kron on app start watching now. >>up next a lawmakers are gearing up for next week's hearing on pg e's power safety shut offs. we'll tell you who set to testify >>the is being summoned to the state capitol for investigative hearing on monday our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains why. >>the genie ceo bill johnson will make his second appearance to the state kept reese the utilities and power shut-offs johnson is set to testify monday in front of the senate energy utilities and communications committee along with the ceos of the state's 2 other investor owned utility companies according to the hearing agenda released friday, the committee will dig into the impact the blackout had on the economy school's emergency management and businesses across the state senators will also examine the state's oversight with testimony from top officials including callow yes director mark ghilarducci and preside

an 1000-year-old puppy has been found in siberia, and scists are unablto determine whether it is a dog or a wolf. the dog was two months old, apparently, when it died, and as you can see in these pictures, it has been rerkably preserved in t snow and ice, with fur, teeth all in ta experts think it might shn evolutionary link between wolves and dogs. let's turn to china now. ite has warned s. it would retaliate after president from trump signed a bill supporting pro-democracy activists in hong ong. the new law sets of an annual view to check if hong kong has enough autonomy toti j a special training status with -- tradi that status exemptst from sanctions against the st of china. china is certainly not celebrating. it has called the u.s. law malicious andcc hased washington of sinister intentions. let's hear more from nick beake. nick: this university campus han the battleground for one of struggle for hong s in the and the primitive weapons kept the police at ba today officers moved in and began to clear up. all morning police have been gathering up the unused molotov cocktails that pr

it isa it is a city above the polar circle in russia, siberia, one of the most northern cities in the world with a population of 180,000 people. my mother loved above the polar circle during her youth and told me the studies about it. i was really interested to explore and understand how it is to love with apollo nights and days. and who is a life this attitude. —— how is life at this attitude. —— how is life at this attitude altitude. it is an interesting history, situated and kind of preservation, no ground links with other cities of russia. it isa links with other cities of russia. it is a very extreme place. for me the main idea was to talk about this environment and climate. almost inevitably we can find a scenario and people go quite often there, it is not luxury, it is very common and something people need. when there are stronger snowstorms buses are organised and workers go to mines or pla nts organised and workers go to mines or plants by the buses. pollinate comes very slowly, —— polar night comes very slowly, —— polar night comes very slowly. then you under

this is siberia and russia's far north instead of icy tundra reveal lots of melt water. the region is warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe arctic permafrost is thawing. with deadly consequences subsidence has led to the collapse of homes roads and bridges. it's become an everyday problem in many arctic cities and melting permafrost also has consequences for the climate. organic matter trapped in the ground since woolly mammoths roamed the earth is being exposed. and with that microbes that devoured these plants remains releasing c o 2 and meeting into the air. greenhouse gases that warm up the atmosphere even more than one thing to invite a vicious circle. yeah the more the permafrost thaws on the more carbon is released still now. as it's field. landing considerable quantities it's estimated that almost twice as much carbon is stored in permafrost as is found in the earth's atmosphere. in summer 29000 there were wildfires in the arctic places themselves are not unusual but they lasted longer and were on a far bigger scale than ever before many of them burnt th

again in siberia but that one would have had that come in over a city today. you know that there are not that many cities you know on the surface of the earth but had it come in over a city it would have wiped out an entire city so what does this defense looks like or what is it like no you don't build a defense in space translated to our language what is it like yes you predict by by knowing what these asteroids these asteroids are out there finding them. determining their orbit i can then predict they're there they go around the sun the same way that the earth does but they're pez cross the orbit of the the earth and if they do cross the orbit of the earth you have a 3 dimensional intersection and sooner or later the earth and the asteroid will be in the intersection at the same time it's just like 2 cars you know if there are only 2 cars in the whole 'd on the whole planet not often have an intersection but on rare occasion you will and if you can predict that then you can take action to prevent that asteroid from arriving at that intersection at the same t

have a feeling that they will appear, and norilsk is a city situated above the polar circle in russian siberia. it is one of the most northern cities in the world. with a population of 180,000 people. my with a population of 180,000 people. my mother, she lived above the polar circle during her youth and she told me lots of stories about it, and i was really interested to explore, to understand how it is to live with the polar or polar day. and how it is actually the life, in these latitudes. i chose norilsk because it has an interesting history. it is situated in a kind of installation that isolation, because it has no ground links with other cities of russia. it is a very extreme place. for me, the main idea was to talk about the adaptation of this environment, to this climate. almost in every building we can find... and people go quite often there. —— find a solarium. it is not a luxury, it is needed. when there are stronger snowstorms, columns of buses are organised twice a day and workers are brought to the mines or the pla nts are brought to the mines or the plants by these buses. po

and these pictures are trending on bbc they're of an 18 thousand year old puppy, found in siberia, though scientists have been unable to determine whether it's a dog or a wolf. the animal has been remarkably preserved in the snow and ice, with its fur and teeth all intact. stay with bbc world news

they‘re of an 18,000—year—old puppy, found in siberia, though scientists have been unable to determine whether it‘s a dog or a wolf. the animal has been remarkably preserved in the snow and ice, with its fur and teeth all intact. that‘s all.

and these pictures are trending on bbc they're of an 18 thousand year old puppy, found in siberia, though scientists have been unable to determine whether it's a dog or a wolf. the animal has been remarkably preserved in the snow and ice, with its fur and teeth all intact. stay with bbc world news i'll be back at1 o clock for more newsday with sharanjit but now on bbc news, hardtalk welcome to hardtalk. i'm shaun ley. sometimes a tv drama does more to entertain, it brings to live an of world an audience failed to see. the american tv series the wire, which methodically dissected america's war with drugs, was an eye—opener for many. wendell pierce‘s role as detective bunk moreland brought him international attention. now he's on stage in london as the protagonist in arthur miller's play death of a salesman. he describes the play as the american hamlet but in today's america, you are on your own. wendell pierce welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. 14 years ago, hurricane katrina, you are visiting your parents when the evacuation was mandated. it was your family home, the ctu ha

is trying to push slowly sas was between saturday and sunday will be snow in this part of china and siberia and just catching maybe the north of north korea but it's on its way this in this direction is has got there by the end of the weekend similarly there is more winter coming out of the tibetan plateau and this is for sure you don't see it on saturday where it's quite quiet it's one of but in shanghai at 90 degrees it's still 60 inch and do but cloud will stream off the plateau and it was event eventually developed into rain in the south snow in the north but it's still 13 in children still $29.00 fans warmed up if you like in hong kong south of all this and the majority of the rays still falling in this trip from sumatra southern thailand towards the central philippines. this powerful social network is sculpting a global cyber society and regulation is playing catch up with us scandals begin to unfold they will witness is that we should not be in this position. while this much strain contradistinction can undercover to gauge how ethics weigh against profit and how the rules are being w

well here across north asia we are dealing with some very cold air that is coming in from parts of siberia across parts of china as well as eastern russia tempters all the into the low single digits for vladivostok 2 degrees there mongolia minus 14 is going to be your high on tuesday getting a little bit warmer by the time we get to stacey about minus 13 degrees there over here towards parts of japan though it is going to be quite rainy the teens is going to be a high maybe tokyo 13 degrees with rainy conditions there of soka it's going to be a rainy day few as well plenty of clouds across much of china over the next few days even some rain up here towards the north a little bit cooler out here towards the east we do have winds coming out of the north and we're going to be seeing for show maybe about $22.00 degrees for shanghai it is going to be quite wet as well as cool over the next few days we're going to be seeing the rain come into play here on wednesday and linger as we go towards thursday 12 degrees expected high there normally this time of year we would see about 15 as your average

front week so it is this one here now you know it's been very cold up in the far north east of china in siberia but this is the 1st snow fall in beijing of the season and it was actually quite enjoyed we're not talking about disruption he was just talking about a spell of 6 day which everybody is really rather enjoy confirmation of the change of season now there won't be any will and in fact temperatures by day will probably come up to a few degrees above freezing so what's on on the ground will most likely melt but to be frosty by not on the cold air makes its way across the korean peninsula towards japan doesn't make it not make it is fossil cardew a bit of snow but more importantly it's contrast in temperatures once again with the opposing winds coming in from the pacific and siege that means it's going to be a wet day on monday tokyo includes the heaviest affair the south dry behind frosty start sunny day in pyongyang is and beijing has 2 examples in mainland china the same is true but not the same extent south of rouhani and we're talking about the teens or more for the most places and thi

. >> i am from russia, siberia. >> the next lesson, of course, was one in geography. >> cambodia, right there. >> just remember shalmette, louisiana. >> henry ended up with hundreds of pins in dozens of countries. >> we got two from russia today. >> in the end, though, henry says he learned something else. during his several visits and many hours at the end of the bridge, there was one thing that everyone had in common. no matter what they looked like, no matter where they came from. >> they were friendly. yeah. >> and they were all just friendly. and i think that just kind of builds inside of him and, you know, an understanding that, hey, it doesn't matter where you're from. you're just like -- you're people, too. >> a lesson learned from henry's map that should stick with all of us. >> one of the great things about henry's map is that this is an experiment that kids all over the country can do. in fact, henry and his dad think it would be a great activity for cub scouts and boy scouts to do all over the country. nbc bay area news. >> it's a great idea. >>> it is 7:26. we have much mor

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if it is not snowing it is freezing and frigid temperatures are coming all the way from siberia. >> everything is freezing right now. >> reporter: people from new england to texas could see records. the twin cities experienced the coldest high temperature there in three decades just 18 degrees. chicagoans woke up to single digit temperatures tuesday and windchill below zero. for the first time ever the convention center in downtown dallas is being used as a warming center and the lines to use it are long. >> on nights like this. >> reporter: some anticipate the changing conditions. but they don't have to like it. >> we had our first snow last year about this time but now it is getting to be too much of a regular thing. >> reporter: the arctic air blast isn't expected to move into canada until thursday. in chicago, mike towbin. fox news. >>> sang the frigid conditions that folks are facing on the east coast certainly makes us appreciate what we have here in the bay area which are blue skies for the most part and some really warm and comfortable temperatures as we give you a live look from the e

all of this icy air came all the way from siberia and pushed into the united states. it's moving east and headed to new york. interesting point, it hangs around this part of the country. and to get to a new york, expected to break a record that's been held since 1873. at least you get to be part of a record book. >> neil: but not outside like you, my friends. you know, this kind of weather might have you shivering, but in retail, they love it. it's very conducive to shopping. my next guest talking about retail watchers. good to have you. it's true, right? tell me where that is. some of it is obvious. >> you and i grew up in the blizzard belts. >> this is like a joke. >> the food stores, jim donald and safeway ran chains where you could literally do 50900 more volume in a week. when they get the news from fox and other news organizations and stores, they find mike everything. milk, bread, beer, they buy more clothes. >> neil: in that order? what about the holiday shopping that puts people in the mood and all that? >> comfort food and beverages. thinking about christmas

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comes from the north so we're looking at the north pole and the arctic circle and a piece is heading to siberia but the other piece is heading down through canada and that's what is sliding down now, into areas of the central plains, so we get a storm, an area of high pressure, and the winds funnel it down through the middle of the two and there is nothing to stop. it there are no mountain ranges or anything like that. it comes down, and this is what is going to happen in the next couple of days, over 150 potential record lows, as we go through thursday, so this is unusually cold, for this early, in our winter season. and i mean all the way down to the gulf coast it will be cold. so these are some of the temperatures we're dealing with. these are the lows tomorrow morning. minneapolis will be four. and wind chill of two. so at least not that windy but you say chicago, will feel like negative 3 and for the east coast, the cold doesn't come in until we go tuesday into wednesday. and so be prepared as you go through wednesday morning, the wind chill in new york will be nine. and that will be a wak

price again miners are flocking to abandon soviet era factories in eastern siberia whole non-science in every neuer than it in china as to take advantage of the much mines in north higher than trying to take advantage of cheap hydro electricity and cooler temperature electress city and cold temperature and as china now is now the undisputed world leader in bitcoin mining who keep the network secure by approving transactions and ensuring fairness. who keep the network secure by approving transactions and ensuring fairness now as of july 2019 big point miners generate about $6000000000.00 in revenue from mining rewards and transaction fees on an annualized basis but they weren't off now as of july 2019 big point miners generate about $6000000000.00 in revenue from mining rewards and transaction fees on an annualized basis but things weren't always always as good as good in the crypto window winter we saw the daily month mining revenue for the industry plummet from $53000000.00 in december of 2017 to just under $5000000.00 in from $53000000.00 in december of 2017 to just under $5000000.

a frigid air mass from siberia brought deepold across much of the eastern united stas today. commuters inhicago braved single-digits, while partsw f upstate nerk got record snow. even southern states like tennessee saw a blanketi of snow and chills. authwest airlines is faci dozens of used boeing 737's that it bought from foreign airlines. that's after the "federal aviation administration" threatened to ground the jetliners. it's been reported they may not have had needed repairs, or had repairs that were ner documented. southwest insists the aircraft are safe. and, on wall street, the dow jones industrial average was unchanged, to close at 27,691. the nasdaq rose 21 points, and the s&p 500 added four. ill to come on the newshour: open hearings start tomorrow-- who is testiing, and why it tters. victims of firearms score aor fresh viin their fight to hold gunmakers accountable for mass shootings. how we got here-- the timeline that took us to the precipice of impeachment. and much more. >> woodruff: the u.s. houseir impeachment inmoves to the next level, with the first public

justice department has charged 2 former twitter employees with spying on behalf of siberia his government they're accused of accessing the accounts of phases. of users including prominent critics of the society governments and iran has resumed enriching uranium at an underground facility as it scales back commitments to 2015 nuclear accords they're on accuses european partners of not doing enough to help us avoid u.s. sanctions that are hurting its economy washington withdrew from the deal last year . where 3 african countries all over a multi-billion dollar dam project on the nile hope to resolve the disputes by january 15th foreign ministers from egypt ethiopia and sudan are in washington d.c. for talks aimed at reducing tensions the u.s. is helping to mediate this feat president donald trump who met with the ministers says the meeting went well well if you will be has been building what it calls the renesas own stand near its northwestern border with sudan for 8 years egypt fears the dam could reduce the flow of the nile river downstream which accounts for nearly 90 percent of its wate

it started this morning when the snow came in down from the north, this storm system started in siberia, turned to snow down town chicago. turned into chiberia, then. we had an american eagle flight, aircraft, slide off the runway on landing. someone sitting right over the wing taking a picture of the plane as it came down, they got a bit of a thrill perhaps a thrill. you know sometimes people rate the landings, that was a 9, a 7 that was about a 2. headline is not this wind or the snow. this was lake-effect snow here. the real story headline is going to be windchill. we're at 22 right now, real temperature, real feel much lower, by the time we're done we'll be around 10 degrees real, and below that in real feel, that is with windchill factored in. all of this, i might remind you, comes 40 days full 40 days until we get to the starts of winter. as far as we're concerned in indiana, here is here. melissa: you are making my shiver, winter has started get inside. reporter: wish you were here. melissa: yeah. very kind of you, you need hot chocolate with something poured into it. connell: he

student who actually created a story about her struggle and her wait in the united states, i believe from siberia, and it ended up being a film. so she was invited to this film festival. things like that is already starting. and again, it's learning. and we're now moving onto the middle school, where middle school are also sort of like being exposed at young age, because this is a skill that we will need for our future workforce. i think we have to start early. as teacher, we need to be there and continue our mentorship. we still continue to communicate with them. thanksgiving, one of my former students just graduated with a degree in physics. he now is working at the division of lockheed martin. he's told me, i'm coming home at thanksgiving, and i want to buy you dinner. things like that where you just give everything that you have, because it's not for me anymore. it's about my kids, the future and their en children's children, and i want to contribute now. >> i'd like so to have see a lot more students having choices like that. >> i'll be brief. i think the only extra point i would add to that

i am not sure what you didn't state to being sick to siberia but congratulations nonetheless. i never confidence that you will perform and ably in the snow role. let's talk about some different aspects of russia. russia as you know is long history of using energy as a weapon. one of the tools that i believe poses a real threat for strengthening russia for weakening europe and weakening america is the nursery to pipeline. can you give me your assessment of the regional global impact of russia's north stream to pipeline the construction is completed. >> i think it's going to be extremely detrimental to ukraine. it's going to begin the russian federation and enormous lever over ukraine and a hammer that they can you carry onions if the russians cut gas transit to ukraine, ukraine lewis billions and hard, desperately need it for its economy. the president has been as differences that almost on any issue. in urging her native aleppo alloys in particulate germany and not cooperating committing this pipeline has been damage it will do to ukraine we haven't succeeded today in convinci

i'm not sure what you did at state to merit being sent to siberia, but congratulations nonetheless. i have every confidence you will perform ably in this new role. let's talk about some different aspects of russia. russia, as you know, has a the long history of using energy as a weapon. and one of the tools i believe poses a real threat for strengthening russia, for weakening europe, and for weakening america is the north stream to pipeline. can you give me your assessment of the regional and global impact of russia's north stream 2 pipeline if the construction is completed? mr. sullivan: i think it is going to be extremely detrimental to ukraine. it is going to give the russian federation and a norma's lever over you train and a hammer they can hit the ukrainians with. if the russians cut gas transit to ukraine, ukraine will lose billions in hard currency that it -- is desperately needed for its economy. so the president has been as vociferous as he has been in almost issue that i've seen in opposing nord stream 2 and urging our nato allies, and particularly germany, in not coopera

greetings from siberia. i didn'tnted to say have health insurance for quite a few years, starting when i was working in pennsylvania. i was a subcontractor. i was on unemployment for some time. i came to north dakota. i'm doing rather well now. it took me about three years to get in the system. i appreciate the big sky country. it is better to be out here. host: you came from new york? caller: from bucks county, pennsylvania. it is a beautiful place to grow up. it is too overcrowded. the oil, they went to fields. i lived in my car. i saw a lot of people before trump got in there moving up here from all over the country. it was like grapes of wrath. i have a lot of jobs. i didn't have the health coverage read -- coverage. statea job now with the in agriculture. it is full medical coverage. i have never had it in my life and i am 54. i am grateful for it. it's a privilege. toant to say, when i went local clinics, it's very expensive if you don't have health insurance. meansaying this not to be to people i work