:00:00. > :00:00.I'm Rajini Vaidyanathan with BBC World News.
:00:07. > :00:11.A gunman has opened fire on a bar in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv,
:00:12. > :00:13.killing two people and wounding several others.
:00:14. > :00:19.After Ramadi was reclaimed by Iraqi government troops earlier this week,
:00:20. > :00:32.Islamic State fighters have launched an offensive on a nearby army base.
:00:33. > :00:35.Grammy award winning singer Natalie Cole has died aged 65.
:00:36. > :00:37.And Delhi tries taking a million cars off the road,
:00:38. > :01:02.in an attempt to clean up its notoriously polluted air.
:01:03. > :01:05.Police in Israel say they have yet to establish a motive for a shooting
:01:06. > :01:09.in Tel Aviv, which left two people dead and seven others injured.
:01:10. > :01:12.Four are said to be in a serious condition.
:01:13. > :01:16.The attack happened at a restaurant in the centre of Tel Aviv,
:01:17. > :01:18.in Dizengoff Street, a busy thoroughfare where many cafes
:01:19. > :01:20.and bars have tables outside on the pavement.
:01:21. > :01:27.Forensics officers are still at the scene, carrying out
:01:28. > :01:29.a detailed examination, and hundreds of armed police
:01:30. > :01:33.You may find some images in this report from Kevin Connolly
:01:34. > :01:39.Video cameras captured the moment of the shooting,
:01:40. > :01:45.the killer calmly raising his weapon and opening fire.
:01:46. > :01:48.In an area of Tel Aviv filled with packed bars and cafes,
:01:49. > :01:57.I hide myself under the bar, and I hear and I am waiting
:01:58. > :02:03.that it's finished, but it was horrible.
:02:04. > :02:05.It's scary, because it is happening all over the world.
:02:06. > :02:11.The gunman escaped on foot, and a huge manhunt began.
:02:12. > :02:17.The security forces quickly sealed off the scene,
:02:18. > :02:20.working to save the seriously injured inside the shattered bar.
:02:21. > :02:24.The painstaking work of piecing together a picture of what had
:02:25. > :02:30.Armed police units have been combing Tel Aviv.
:02:31. > :02:36.It's not clear if there have been credible sightings of the gunman
:02:37. > :02:39.The motive for the shooting for now is unclear.
:02:40. > :02:42.It may have been straightforward criminality, or it could have been
:02:43. > :02:44.a hate crime if the gunman believed the bar was popular
:02:45. > :02:53.Here at the scene, there is growing speculation
:02:54. > :02:57.that police have now identified a suspect,
:02:58. > :02:58.deepening suspicions that this attack was linked
:02:59. > :03:00.to a recent increase in tension
:03:01. > :03:12.Fighters from the Islamic State group have attacked an army base
:03:13. > :03:15.near Ramadi, in the biggest assault it's launched since the city
:03:16. > :03:17.was recaptured by government troops earlier this week.
:03:18. > :03:21.An Iraqi army officer said suicide car bombers and fighters wearing
:03:22. > :03:24.explosive belts led the attack in the desert north of Ramadi.
:03:25. > :03:27.The attack comes as Iraqi forces try to consolidate their hold
:03:28. > :03:40.Our Arab Affairs editor Sebastian Usher reports.
:03:41. > :03:47.Much of Ramadi was reduced to rubble in the ferocious battle to win back
:03:48. > :03:52.from Islamic State fighters. Caught in the middle were civilians
:03:53. > :03:55.stranded between the two sides. Families have been bringing their
:03:56. > :04:02.young, they're old and their wounded out of the buildings where they
:04:03. > :04:08.tried to take shelter. Cosish-macro day, IS, are not Muslims, they are
:04:09. > :04:13.beasts, one man told journalists. Another said people were killed when
:04:14. > :04:18.they refused to move would IS fighters to another area. There were
:04:19. > :04:20.reports that IS were preventing trapped civilians from leaving and
:04:21. > :04:26.rounding them up or using them as human shields. Explosions in the
:04:27. > :04:29.distance showed that the battle is by no means over. In the past few
:04:30. > :04:33.days, Iraqi soldiers have been moving carefully through the centre
:04:34. > :04:37.of the city to clear it of booby traps and bombs. But on the
:04:38. > :04:42.outskirts of the city and the areas beyond it, an unknown number of IS
:04:43. > :04:44.fighters remain a potent threat. The recapture of Ramadi has been
:04:45. > :04:49.portrayed by the government is very much a victory for its soldiers,
:04:50. > :04:50.notable by their absence were Shia militias that have played a key role
:04:51. > :05:00.elsewhere in the battle against IS. In his Friday sermon, read out for
:05:01. > :05:06.him in the city of Kabul, Iraq's most senior Shia cleric, Ayatollah
:05:07. > :05:10.sisterly, warned that residents and tribes of areas liberated from IS
:05:11. > :05:15.must work with the security forces to ensure that the jihadists cannot
:05:16. > :05:18.return. As a new year begins, the war against IS has taken a new turn.
:05:19. > :05:21.There is talk again in Iraq of winning back Mosul, the group's
:05:22. > :05:31.biggest stronghold that. But any celebration may prove
:05:32. > :05:34.premature if the key next step of securing Ramadi and returning its
:05:35. > :05:36.battered population not just to its streets, but to a sense of belonging
:05:37. > :05:39.to the Iraqi state, fails. In France, a man has tried to ram
:05:40. > :05:44.a soldier with his car in the south The soldier opened fire
:05:45. > :05:47.to stop the driver, The incident took place outside
:05:48. > :05:52.the city's mosque, where the soldier had been deployed as part
:05:53. > :05:53.of heightened security measures in place in France
:05:54. > :05:58.since last year's attacks. Police in Germany say Thursday
:05:59. > :06:01.night's terror alert in Munich was based on concrete information
:06:02. > :06:06.about a planned suicide attack. Officials say a tip off
:06:07. > :06:13.from the French intelligence service suggested there were up
:06:14. > :06:15.to seven suspects - and Iraqis linked to
:06:16. > :06:18.so the called Islamic State. Our security correspondent
:06:19. > :06:20.Gordon Corera has more details. Minutes before midnight,
:06:21. > :06:24.and German security forces usher people away from Munich's
:06:25. > :06:31.busiest railway stations. Intelligence received just hours
:06:32. > :06:33.earlier suggested a group of between five and
:06:34. > :06:37.seven Iraqi and Syrian suicide bombers would attack
:06:38. > :06:40.New Year's crowds here. With the level of detail,
:06:41. > :06:45.including names, coming in from two separate foreign
:06:46. > :06:47.countries, German officials today It was on information,
:06:48. > :06:55.and we have to do our And we have to guarantee
:06:56. > :07:00.the security and Today, the stations were open again,
:07:01. > :07:09.a police presence visible, although authorities
:07:10. > :07:10.now say they can't be sure if the attackers really
:07:11. > :07:13.are in the city or even New year celebrations
:07:14. > :07:16.have been the focus It wasn't only Germany,
:07:17. > :07:22.with the closure of Two days ago, Turkey
:07:23. > :07:30.arrested two men in Ankara, said to be planning a suicide
:07:31. > :07:34.attack on celebrations. The Belgian capital,
:07:35. > :07:35.Brussels, cancelled its fireworks after a group
:07:36. > :07:38.of men were arrested, also said to be plotting
:07:39. > :07:40.to strike targets. And in New York, the
:07:41. > :07:43.FBI arrested one man said to be planning a knife attack
:07:44. > :07:46.on a restaurant yesterday, to demonstrate his support
:07:47. > :07:51.for so-called Islamic State. Paris had also cancelled
:07:52. > :07:53.its usual fireworks, instead projecting a video
:07:54. > :07:57.onto the Arc de Triomphe, In his new year message,
:07:58. > :08:01.France's president warned that the terrorist threat
:08:02. > :08:07.was still at its highest level. We're not done with terrorism.
:08:08. > :08:12.The threat is still there. It's even at its most strong.
:08:13. > :08:23.We regularly foil attacks. But last night's celebrations
:08:24. > :08:27.passed without incident. Europe has been on edge,
:08:28. > :08:32.and while the New Year passed re-election for a third
:08:33. > :08:46.term next year. was expected after a referendum
:08:47. > :08:49.approved constitutional changes to allow him to run
:08:50. > :08:53.for three further terms. It could potentially see him stay
:08:54. > :08:57.in power until 2034. Mr Kagame said Rwandans had made
:08:58. > :09:00.clear they wanted him to lead Firecrackers and stray bullets
:09:01. > :09:07.at New Year celebrations in the Philippines have killed
:09:08. > :09:10.at least one person and caused a massive fire in a residential area
:09:11. > :09:14.of the capital, Manila. A drunk man is said to have died
:09:15. > :09:18.as he embraced a giant firecracker Fire officials said the blaze in one
:09:19. > :09:22.of the city's cramped shanty towns spread quickly, gutting
:09:23. > :09:30.around a thousand homes. Mash star Wayne Rogers,
:09:31. > :09:35.who played US army surgeon "Trapper" John McIntyre
:09:36. > :09:37.in the cult 1970s TV series, The actor, who was 82,
:09:38. > :09:41.also had a recurring role in the 1990s series
:09:42. > :09:42.Murder, She Wrote. He died of complications
:09:43. > :09:53.from pneumonia. President Obama has hinted that he
:09:54. > :09:57.will soon unveil measures to try and tackle gun violence in America. In
:09:58. > :10:01.his weekly radio address, Mr Obama said he would meet the Attorney
:10:02. > :10:03.General on Monday to discuss actions he could take. He described it as
:10:04. > :10:07.unfinished business. Last month, we remembered the third
:10:08. > :10:09.anniversary of Newtown. This Friday, I'll be thinking
:10:10. > :10:11.about my friend Gabby Giffords, five years into her recovery
:10:12. > :10:14.from the shooting in Tucson. And all across America,
:10:15. > :10:16.survivors of gun violence, those who lost a child, or parent,
:10:17. > :10:22.or spouse to gun violence, are forced to mark such awful
:10:23. > :10:25.anniversaries every single day. And yet Congress still has not done
:10:26. > :10:28.anything to prevent what happened to them from happening
:10:29. > :10:43.to other families. Three years ago, a common-sense bill
:10:44. > :10:46.would have required background checks for virtually everyone who
:10:47. > :10:50.buys a gun. Keep in mind that this is a policy that is supported by
:10:51. > :10:53.some 90% of the American people. It was supported by a majority of NRA
:10:54. > :11:00.households. But the gun lobby mobilised against it, and the Senate
:11:01. > :11:04.blocked it. Since then, tens of thousands of our fellow Americans
:11:05. > :11:08.have been mown down by gun violence, tens of thousands. Each time, we are
:11:09. > :11:12.told that common-sense reforms like background checks might not have
:11:13. > :11:16.stopped the last massacre or the one before that, so we shouldn't do
:11:17. > :11:21.anything. We know we can't stop every act of violence, but what if
:11:22. > :11:25.we try should stop even one? What if Congress had something, anything, to
:11:26. > :11:29.protect our kids from gun violence? A few months ago, I directed my team
:11:30. > :11:33.at the White House to look into any new actions I could take to help
:11:34. > :11:38.reduce gun violence. On Monday, I will meet with our Attorney General,
:11:39. > :11:41.Loretta Lynch, to discuss our options, because I get too many
:11:42. > :11:43.letters from parents and teachers and kids to sit around and do
:11:44. > :11:45.nothing. The head of the worldwide Anglican
:11:46. > :11:47.communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby,
:11:48. > :11:49.has called on the nation to welcome refugees, by offering them
:11:50. > :11:51.hospitality and love. Our Religious Affairs Correspondent
:11:52. > :12:06.Caroline Wyatt reports. Justin Welby filmed his message at
:12:07. > :12:11.Marsh academy, the school in his own diocese of Canterbury. There, he met
:12:12. > :12:16.some of the students. Away from the cameras, he met one boy who had come
:12:17. > :12:21.here alone as a refugee, aged just 14, fleeing war in North Africa.
:12:22. > :12:25.This is just one example of the many desperate journeys children are
:12:26. > :12:29.making on their own to save their lives. This school represents the
:12:30. > :12:36.best of what we can do in this country. It welcomes, it loves, it
:12:37. > :12:39.serves, it teaches and equips people and the mistress our ability to live
:12:40. > :12:45.up to our long established tradition of warmth and hospitality. The
:12:46. > :12:48.Archbishop's message comes at the start of a year that is likely to
:12:49. > :12:54.see many more people fleeing persecution and poverty, risking all
:12:55. > :12:59.on their perilous journey. In 2015, just over a million refugees and
:13:00. > :13:03.migrants reached Europe, hoping to begin a new life. Just in world the
:13:04. > :13:10.points out that Jesus himself started life as a refugee seeking
:13:11. > :13:15.shelter. He tells us to be those who welcome the alien and stranger, the
:13:16. > :13:21.poor and weak. As a nation, we have always done so. In today's world,
:13:22. > :13:26.hospitality and love are our most formidable weapons against hatred
:13:27. > :13:30.and extremism. The Archbishop of Canterbury said that through the
:13:31. > :13:34.sentries, we had always offered asylum to those fleeing oppression
:13:35. > :13:38.and tyranny. That theme of the need to reach out and help was once
:13:39. > :13:45.echoed in Rome today I Pope Francis in his new year's homily. Addressing
:13:46. > :13:47.the crowd on St Peter's Square, the Pope spoke of the injustice and
:13:48. > :13:56.violence that wounded the human family everyday. He said that on the
:13:57. > :14:01.world Day of peace today, mankind must cultivate peace, because the
:14:02. > :14:05.enemy of peace was not only war, but also the indifference of others to
:14:06. > :14:10.the violence and hatred that affected so many innocent victims.
:14:11. > :14:12.Stay with us on BBC World News, still to come:
:14:13. > :14:16.Pakistan has controversially named fast bowler Mohammad Amir
:14:17. > :14:18.in its national squad, despite a five-year ban and three
:14:19. > :15:37.Israeli police say two people were killed when a gunman opened
:15:38. > :15:40.fire with an automatic rifle on a crowded bar in the centre
:15:41. > :15:48.After Ramadi was reclaimed by Iraqi government troops earlier this week,
:15:49. > :15:50.Islamic State fighters have launched an attack on an army base
:15:51. > :15:59.The office of the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
:16:00. > :16:03.to criticism about comments he made citing Hitler's Germany
:16:04. > :16:05.as an example of an effective presidential system,
:16:06. > :16:12.In a statement, an official said it was unacceptable to suggest
:16:13. > :16:14.Mr Erdogan was using the reference in a positive sense,
:16:15. > :16:16.but rather as an example that presidential systems
:16:17. > :16:32.Mr Erdogan also said there would be no letup in the offensive against
:16:33. > :16:33.the PKK. Two police officers and a soldier and 12 PKK fighters were
:16:34. > :16:36.killed in the past 48 hours. An operation is currently underway
:16:37. > :16:48.in the southeastern city of Cizre. TRANSLATION: In 2015, the number of
:16:49. > :16:53.terrorists who were neutralised during operations, both inside and
:16:54. > :16:57.outside the country, is 3100. Our greatest source of sadness is the
:16:58. > :16:59.200 security officials who were martyred, as well as citizens who
:17:00. > :17:00.died in those events. There's been an suicide bomb attack
:17:01. > :17:03.in the Afghan capital, The Ministry of the Interior has
:17:04. > :17:07.confirmed to the BBC that the target was a French restaurant
:17:08. > :17:09.popular with foreigners, Kabul police said the attack
:17:10. > :17:13.was a car bomb and that two people All the casualties were
:17:14. > :17:17.Afghan civilians. One of the attackers
:17:18. > :17:20.was captured alive with his gun. The Taliban say they
:17:21. > :17:42.carried out the attack. Firefighters in Dubai have finally
:17:43. > :17:45.extinguished the blaze which broke out in a high-rise literary hotel
:17:46. > :17:49.shortly before New Year's Eve fireworks display. It took more than
:17:50. > :17:52.20 hours to put out the fire, and a search for the cause of the blaze
:17:53. > :17:54.can now begin. It is expected to focus on the materials used to clad
:17:55. > :17:57.the outside of the story hotel. More than a million cars have been
:17:58. > :18:00.forced off the streets of the Indian capital, Delhi, at the start
:18:01. > :18:04.of a two-week trial to help clean up one of the world's
:18:05. > :18:05.most polluted cities. The roads are open to vehicles
:18:06. > :18:08.with odd and even-numbered licence Here's our South Asia Editor,
:18:09. > :18:18.Charles Haviland. This is what pollution in Delhi
:18:19. > :18:22.looks like, the result of many factors including coal-fired power
:18:23. > :18:25.stations, the burning of crop waste, the proximity to a desert and the
:18:26. > :18:31.sheer number of vehicles in its choked up streets. The World Health
:18:32. > :18:35.Organisation now says it the world's most polluted city. That has grave
:18:36. > :18:40.implications for the health of those living there. Little wonder the city
:18:41. > :18:45.or 30s want to act. Today, New Year's Day, vehicles with an even
:18:46. > :18:49.number on their plate, like this one, are supposed to stay off the
:18:50. > :18:53.streets, while on even dates like Saturday, it is the others that must
:18:54. > :18:57.languish at home. Volunteers are boosting the campaign and it has
:18:58. > :19:06.plenty of public support. If the number of cars on Delie's roads get
:19:07. > :19:12.halved and people go for measures like using public transport, it
:19:13. > :19:18.should definitely create some difference. It has fallen to the
:19:19. > :19:22.police, many in masks, to monitor compliance. They say there are
:19:23. > :19:27.surprisingly few violators. But the scheme has its pitfalls, and
:19:28. > :19:31.critics, who are unhappy about the many exemptions given, including to
:19:32. > :19:40.VIPs, judges, women driving alone and motorbikes, or two wheelers. Two
:19:41. > :19:43.wheelers, because of the sheer numbers, are also major contributed
:19:44. > :19:47.to pollution in the city. Therefore, if you are letting them off, the
:19:48. > :19:54.whole effectiveness of the programme will be compromised. Others, like
:19:55. > :20:00.this man, say it would be better to force all cars away from petrol or
:20:01. > :20:03.diesel to cleaner fuels. Or, like this man, that only common people
:20:04. > :20:10.will suffer, as the rich can just buy a second car. Delhi's chief
:20:11. > :20:16.minister said he was overwhelmed by the good public response. But an
:20:17. > :20:18.official government agency said air quality remained poor throughout New
:20:19. > :20:23.Year's Day, as atmospheric conditions didn't allow polluters to
:20:24. > :20:26.be disbursed. Clearer results will emerge in the coming days.
:20:27. > :20:30.Olly Foster has the latest sports news.
:20:31. > :20:32.We'll start with cricket, because it's the eve
:20:33. > :20:34.of the second Test between South Africa and England in Cape
:20:35. > :20:41.The hosts have confirmed that their fast bowler Dale Steyn
:20:42. > :20:43.is out with the shoulder problem that he picked up
:20:44. > :20:49.England won that, but look like they will change a winning
:20:50. > :20:52.James Anderson is back to full fitness after recovering
:20:53. > :21:04.His rehab went as well as it could, and he knows his body better
:21:05. > :21:06.than the medics and the physios and the doctors,
:21:07. > :21:10.We would love to have him in our team,
:21:11. > :21:13.but he has to be 100% certain of getting through the five days
:21:14. > :21:33.He managed to bounce back. There are quite a few members in our team who
:21:34. > :21:37.have been part of it, and the young members have settled down nicely. So
:21:38. > :21:40.to remain positive is a challenge sometimes, but it is always there.
:21:41. > :21:42.Mohammad Amir is back in the Pakistan squad
:21:43. > :21:46.for spot fixing and deliberately bowling no-balls during the 2010
:21:47. > :21:50.He's 23 now and in the squads for three Twenty20s
:21:51. > :21:53.and three one-day internationals in New Zealand next month.
:21:54. > :21:55.Some of his teamates aren't happy about it,
:21:56. > :21:56.with one-day skipper Azhar Ali actually
:21:57. > :22:03.Amir's availability is subject to him getting a visa to travel
:22:04. > :22:10.Exeter Chiefs missed the chance to go top of Rugby Union's
:22:11. > :22:17.It was a low scoring match, just the one try scored for Saints.
:22:18. > :22:24.Pro 12 leaders Scarlets could only pick up a losing bonus point
:22:25. > :22:28.as they were beaten 29-27 by Cardiff Blues.
:22:29. > :22:32.Earlier, Ospreys beat Newport Gwent Dragons 12-7.
:22:33. > :22:36.And in Ireland, Leinster saw off Connacht 13-0.
:22:37. > :22:43.Natalie Cole, the Grammy-winning daughter of Nat King Cole,
:22:44. > :22:48.A family statement confirmed that she died on Thursday
:22:49. > :22:53.from complications due to ongoing health issues.
:22:54. > :22:57.Cole's greatest success came with her 1991 album,
:22:58. > :22:59.Unforgettable With Love, which paid tribute
:23:00. > :23:03.to her father with reworked versions of some of his best-known songs.
:23:04. > :23:09.In a recent BBC documentary, she explained how it came
:23:10. > :23:16.Let's hear a little of the title track first.
:23:17. > :23:25.# How the thought of you does things to me
:23:26. > :23:33.# Never before has someone been more...
:23:34. > :23:46.I was talking to my manager and said, I have started to think
:23:47. > :23:51.I want to do a record of my dad's music.
:23:52. > :23:55.And my manager, you know, he was pretty flexible,
:23:56. > :23:58.and he was like, yeah, that is not a bad
:23:59. > :24:06.We went to the record company and they said the last record I had
:24:07. > :24:12.I was not even that happy about it. It was called Good To Be Back.
:24:13. > :24:15.And this was after I got out of rehab,
:24:16. > :24:23.And the record company said, well, you really should be
:24:24. > :24:26.coming off a hit record before you do a record like what you're
:24:27. > :24:29.talking about - this tribute to your dad.
:24:30. > :24:32.I said, what if I don't have another hit record?
:24:33. > :24:40.Basically, I was able to leave my contract.
:24:41. > :24:42.When you fast forward to the Grammys, that night,
:24:43. > :24:47.when Unforgettable won everything, and
:24:48. > :24:50.one of my acceptance speeches was to Capitol for letting me out
:24:51. > :25:31.People have been taking to social media to pay tribute.
:25:32. > :25:33.Well, the fireworks are over, but the party's still going,
:25:34. > :25:37.and we're covering all sorts of ways of celebrating the new year around
:25:38. > :25:42.In London, tens of thousands of people lined up to see the 30th
:25:43. > :25:50.year of the traditional New Year's Day parade.
:25:51. > :25:53.marched the route from Green Park to Parliament Square.
:25:54. > :25:55.Meanwhile, up north in Scotland, thousands of people put on fancy
:25:56. > :25:57.dress and took a dip in the freezing waters of the River Forth
:25:58. > :26:03.for the annual "loony dook" - or mad duck - dip.
:26:04. > :26:06.In front of the iconic rail bridge, an unlikely cast of characters
:26:07. > :26:13.gathered to welcome in the new year shivering and screaming.
:26:14. > :26:19.It is that none of the day when we look at some of the weather stories
:26:20. > :26:22.from around the world. We start in the South Pacific, with Fiji in
:26:23. > :26:26.particular, because it has been very wet here. They are underneath a
:26:27. > :26:31.massive cloud which has brought heavy rainfall. That is slowly
:26:32. > :26:34.clearing away. Then attention turns to a cyclone which is drifting
:26:35. > :26:38.southwards and westwards. It should stay offshore for Fiji, but may whip
:26:39. > :26:42.the waves up on the eastern side of the islands and bring some heavy
:26:43. > :26:46.rain. Now let's head north towards northern Japan. An area of low
:26:47. > :26:49.pressure is bringing snow showers to Hawk-Eye though and a bit of a
:26:50. > :26:54.breeze, but high pressure for central and eastern China means the
:26:55. > :26:57.winds are very light and they have poor air quality in this part of the
:26:58. > :27:01.world. Light winds as well across northern India and Pakistan. Again,
:27:02. > :27:04.we have very poor air quality in this part of the world. We need the
:27:05. > :27:09.breeze Jupiter up to help stir things up, but no sign of that in
:27:10. > :27:12.the near future. A cold wind is pushing across the Middle East. That
:27:13. > :27:16.has brought some rain and mountain snow, but the cold air will see
:27:17. > :27:21.temperatures in Baghdad well below where they should be, and getting
:27:22. > :27:25.colder. Some very cold nights to come in this part of the world. It
:27:26. > :27:31.will be subzero for quite a few. We need to keep an eye on developments
:27:32. > :27:35.off the coast of Madagascar. It may or may not turn into a tropical
:27:36. > :27:42.cyclone, but it will be windy for Mauritius. It should be bright in
:27:43. > :27:46.Cape Town, and hot as well. But quite chilly in Cairo, with that
:27:47. > :27:50.breeze blowing down across the eastern Mediterranean. We have seen
:27:51. > :27:54.heavy rainfall recently in the south and east of Brazil. Plenty more to
:27:55. > :27:57.come through Saturday. Rio is also in the firing line for some pretty
:27:58. > :28:04.wet weather. Wet weather also in the north of Mexico. But much of the USA
:28:05. > :28:08.is dry. It is chilly and windy around the great Lakes, and around
:28:09. > :28:13.Mississippi, we have flooding issues at the moment. Cold, too, across the
:28:14. > :28:17.eastern side of Europe. The cold air reaches all the way to Cyprus.
:28:18. > :28:21.Further west, milder, and to go with that comes some wind and rain. The
:28:22. > :28:26.rain will turn to some significant snow as it hits the Alps, which is
:28:27. > :28:28.good news because some of the snow sports results have not opened due
:28:29. > :28:33.to a lack of snow Omagh but that will soon change. It will change
:28:34. > :28:40.dramatically in the next few days. There is the temperature contrast.
:28:41. > :28:51.Pretty grey in Moscow through the day on Saturday. Cold, and a similar
:28:52. > :28:55.cold day in Minsk and Kiev. Just above freezing in Sarajevo. Further
:28:56. > :28:59.south, more sunshine in Athens, but it will not do much for
:29:00. > :29:02.temperatures, which are in single figures. Single fingers as well --
:29:03. > :29:05.single figures also in Istanbul.