:00:00. > :00:08.This is BBC World News Today with me, Philippa Thomas. One of the
:00:09. > :00:17.biggest storms ever to make landfall hits the Philippines at ferocious
:00:18. > :00:21.force. Typhoon Haiyan is lashing central parts of the country,
:00:22. > :00:23.bringing winds of more than 300 kilometres an hour.
:00:24. > :00:28.A crucial meeting gets underway in Geneva between Iran and the US
:00:29. > :00:31.Secretary of State John Kerry. With news that the Russian Foreign
:00:32. > :00:35.Minister is flying in tomorrow, is a nuclear deal in prospect?
:00:36. > :00:38.Also coming up: Identified by survivors of the Lampedusa boat
:00:39. > :00:42.tragedy, a Somali man is arrested in Italy accused of people smuggling.
:00:43. > :00:50.And if you've ever dreamed and we find out what inspired our
:00:51. > :01:05.man in Moscow to do this. Hello and welcome. One of the
:01:06. > :01:09.strongest typhoons ever to hit land has slammed into the Philippines,
:01:10. > :01:12.forcing millions to take shelter. Typhoon Haiyan's winds have so far
:01:13. > :01:16.reached 314 kilometres per hour waves are being recorded as high as
:01:17. > :01:24.six metres, and as you can imagine, the storm leaving a widespread trail
:01:25. > :01:27.of damage. Hundreds of thousands of people in its path were evacuated,
:01:28. > :01:32.but the national disaster agency says at least four people have been
:01:33. > :01:43.killed. From Manila, here's our correspondent Jon Donnison.
:01:44. > :01:51.This could be the most powerful typhoon ever to hit land. From dawn,
:01:52. > :01:54.winds up to 200 mph started to batter the Philippinesmulti-macro
:01:55. > :02:03.central island. In the East and province of A, the coastal town here
:02:04. > :02:08.was swamped by storm surge. Streets turned into rivers of debris.
:02:09. > :02:10.Satellite images track the Typhoon Bopha macro on this progress. It is
:02:11. > :02:18.now heading towards Vietnam and southern China. Millions of people
:02:19. > :02:24.had been urged to seek shelter. Some, though, had chosen to stay
:02:25. > :02:28.put. Filipinos are well used to typhoons. They have had more than 20
:02:29. > :02:33.this year, but none of this strength. The country is still
:02:34. > :02:36.recovering from an earthquake last month that left hundreds dead and
:02:37. > :02:41.tens of thousands of people living in temporary shelter. Today, those
:02:42. > :02:46.same people had to face a super-tight or in. The president has
:02:47. > :02:52.called for the country to pull together. TRANSLATION: As always, no
:02:53. > :02:55.storm can bring a united Filipino people to its knees. It is my hope
:02:56. > :03:00.that people will stay safe in the coming days. Large parts of the
:03:01. > :03:06.central Philippines are without power, with phone lines also down.
:03:07. > :03:13.After such heavy rain, there remains a heavy risk of landslides. People
:03:14. > :03:16.across the Philippines are facing a difficult night. The capital,
:03:17. > :03:22.Manila, has largely avoided the brunt of the damage, but elsewhere,
:03:23. > :03:25.aid agencies are seeing the damage could be unprecedented. One United
:03:26. > :03:29.Nations official here told me hundreds of thousands of homes could
:03:30. > :03:33.have been damaged or destroyed. Already, many families here have
:03:34. > :03:37.lost everything, but it may be days before you know the full extent of
:03:38. > :03:41.the damage, and the number of lives that have been lost.
:03:42. > :03:45.For the latest on the storm, we go now to our weather presenter John
:03:46. > :03:53.Hammond - as far as records go, this is one of the worst storms ever
:03:54. > :03:56.witnessed? It could be the worst we have seen. It is early days, and it
:03:57. > :04:01.will be a while before we get all the data in about this storm, but
:04:02. > :04:06.certainly the potential is there for it to have been the worst storm to
:04:07. > :04:10.have made landfall. The Philippines have already had four typhoons this
:04:11. > :04:14.year, and this part of the world is used to typhoons. That is, of
:04:15. > :04:18.course, no consolation if it is your community that has been wrecked by
:04:19. > :04:21.this vicious storm. The worst of the storm has now gone through the
:04:22. > :04:25.Philippines, but that is not the end of this typhoon. It continues to
:04:26. > :04:31.track further west, as we will see in a moment. If you like, this is a
:04:32. > :04:36.perfect storm. All the ingredients were there, high seat averages, at
:04:37. > :04:40.least 26 degrees, a lot of spin in the atmosphere, caused by the's
:04:41. > :04:44.rotation, and you need the win is not to be too strong. To strong
:04:45. > :04:50.winds whipped out the storm apart. But everything came together to
:04:51. > :04:55.create this monster. It was a deadly storm, obviously, and still is. We
:04:56. > :04:59.get in underneath the clouds, and take a look at where the strongest
:05:00. > :05:03.winds were. They were particularly vicious around the eye wall. This is
:05:04. > :05:08.where the worst of the winds are concentrated, with gusts of 250
:05:09. > :05:13.kilometres per hour, but much more widely across the storm, you have
:05:14. > :05:17.over 100 kilometre per hour winds. These are destructive winds, huge
:05:18. > :05:22.amounts of rain, colossal waves as well. Just now, it has cleared
:05:23. > :05:26.through the Philippines ended in the South China Sea. It is only going to
:05:27. > :05:31.weaken a little bit, because the seat averages here are still very
:05:32. > :05:35.high, and the atmosphere is very conducive to this storm. It is
:05:36. > :05:39.powering its way westwards, and currently, there is some
:05:40. > :05:44.uncertainty, but we think that it looks as if by Sunday, it will
:05:45. > :05:47.threaten the coast of Vietnam. We will keep a very close eye on that.
:05:48. > :05:50.Thank you very much. Thank you
:05:51. > :05:54.In the last hour, the US Secretary of State John Kerry has begun a
:05:55. > :05:57.crucial meeting in Geneva with his Iranian counterpart - a meeting that
:05:58. > :06:01.could lead to a ground-breaking deal on the future of Iran's nuclear
:06:02. > :06:05.programme. 24 hours ago, Mr Kerry wasn't even due to be there, but now
:06:06. > :06:08.he's in Geneva with the UK, French and German foreign ministers for a
:06:09. > :06:13.series of unscheduled talks with the Iranian delegation. Let's remind you
:06:14. > :06:17.what would be involved in a possible deal. Firstly, Iran would have to
:06:18. > :06:27.halt some of its uranium enrichment activity - that is the process that
:06:28. > :06:30.could produce a nuclear weapon. In return, the US, EU and UN may
:06:31. > :06:33.provide some limited relief from the economic sanctions they've imposed,
:06:34. > :06:35.which could be related to Tehran's access to global markets or to its
:06:36. > :06:37.crucial energy sector. which could be related to Tehran's
:06:38. > :06:45.access to The EU, for example, currently bans imports of Iranian
:06:46. > :06:51.oil. I want to emphasise, there are still some very important issues on
:06:52. > :06:58.the table that are unresolved. It is important for those to be properly,
:06:59. > :07:04.thoroughly addressed. I want to emphasise there is not an agreement
:07:05. > :07:07.at this point in time, but the P five is working hard, and I look
:07:08. > :07:17.forward to the meetings I will be having very shortly, with Lady Cathy
:07:18. > :07:21.Ashton and with my fellow ministers in the group, and I will also be
:07:22. > :07:24.meeting with the Iranian minister. We hope to narrow those
:07:25. > :07:30.differences, but I don't think anybody should mistake that there
:07:31. > :07:35.are some very important gaps that have to be closed. John Kerry. But
:07:36. > :07:38.the prospect of a deal between Iran and the West is already causing a
:07:39. > :07:46.backlash, most powerfully expressed today by Israel's prime minister. I
:07:47. > :07:49.understand the Iranians are walking around very satisfied into Geneva,
:07:50. > :07:53.as well they should be, because they got everything they wanted. They
:07:54. > :08:00.wanted relief of sanctions after years of a gruelling sanctions
:08:01. > :08:05.regime. They got that. They are not reducing in any way their nuclear
:08:06. > :08:12.enrichment capability, so Iran got the deal of the century will . The
:08:13. > :08:19.international community got a bad deal. This is a very bad deal.
:08:20. > :08:24.Israel utterly rejects it, and what I am saying is shared by many in the
:08:25. > :08:29.region, whether they express it publicly or not. Israel is not
:08:30. > :08:33.obliged by this agreement, and it will do everything it needs to do to
:08:34. > :08:38.defenders Alf and defend the security of its people. Our state
:08:39. > :08:43.department correspondent Kim Ghattas is in Geneva. Kim, you were not
:08:44. > :08:47.meant to be there either. You are travelling with Secretary of State
:08:48. > :08:50.John Kerry. Although we have heard a powerful objection from Israel, the
:08:51. > :08:55.momentum seems to be with some sort of agreement with Iran. Absolutely.
:08:56. > :09:00.You are right, we were not supposed to be here this evening. We were
:09:01. > :09:04.supposed to be in Oman, and in Abu Dhabi tomorrow, but this is
:09:05. > :09:09.diplomacy. Unexpected things happen. Sometimes they are good, even though
:09:10. > :09:14.they are also criticised by those who don't support the move. You
:09:15. > :09:16.heard there from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who
:09:17. > :09:20.said the deal was a very, very bad one. We have a reaction from the
:09:21. > :09:25.White House, who said this was a pre-mature reaction by the Israeli
:09:26. > :09:30.Prime Minister. There is no deal yet, but of course, the gaps are
:09:31. > :09:34.closing, and that is why Mr Kerry is here in Geneva. He decided to change
:09:35. > :09:39.his travel plans to come to Geneva and increase the level of
:09:40. > :09:42.participation in the negotiations. The Iranian minister has been
:09:43. > :09:47.negotiating with negotiators from the P five Plos one. He'll was
:09:48. > :09:52.wanted to have those talks with his counterparts, with Foreign Minister
:09:53. > :09:57.'s, and yesterday, it was agreed that the talks would reach the stage
:09:58. > :10:01.where it was logical to increase the level of representation and bring Mr
:10:02. > :10:05.Kerry and his foreign counterparts to Geneva. That is not to say that a
:10:06. > :10:10.deal is done. There are still big gaps between the two sides that are
:10:11. > :10:14.being discussed this evening, and the talks will continue tomorrow,
:10:15. > :10:18.but this is indeed a turning point, not just in the discussions about
:10:19. > :10:23.Iran's nuclear programme, but also in the relationship between the US
:10:24. > :10:25.and Iran. And briefly, we understand the two main areas for discussion I
:10:26. > :10:30.Iran's uranium enrichment activities, and then the sanctions
:10:31. > :10:37.that are imposed on Iran. On the latter point, what kind of sanctions
:10:38. > :10:42.could be lifted, but ratcheted up again should Iran proved to be
:10:43. > :10:46.acting in bad faith? In private American officials are very keen to
:10:47. > :10:50.stress that they are not planning to lift any sanctions. They are
:10:51. > :10:55.offering Iran in the short-term relief from sanctions, which would
:10:56. > :11:00.allow Iran to get access to some of its cash, which is frozen in bank
:11:01. > :11:03.accounts around the world, from oil sales, for example. We are really
:11:04. > :11:07.talking about a fraction of that money, $1 billion out of an
:11:08. > :11:11.estimated $50 billion. To some extent, that is where the gap
:11:12. > :11:17.remains between the two sides. Iran wants to know that at the end of
:11:18. > :11:20.this, all sanctions will be lifted. It is unclear whether the West and
:11:21. > :11:25.its partners in these negotiations are willing to put that on the table
:11:26. > :11:30.at the end goal. Thank you very much. Kim is very close to the
:11:31. > :11:33.talks, but our next guest is closer. Michael manage the spokesman for EU
:11:34. > :11:40.foreign affairs at the European Union. He joins me on the line from
:11:41. > :11:48.Geneva. Thank you very much for your time. Can you give us an idea of
:11:49. > :11:54.where we are at right now? Well it has been a very intense day here.
:11:55. > :11:56.People have been meeting other people, and they started early in
:11:57. > :12:03.the day with a meeting between the six powers that are representing
:12:04. > :12:07.their web represented in the talks by Cathy Ashton. The ministers have
:12:08. > :12:11.been flying in as well. That has been going on for the last hour and
:12:12. > :12:17.three quarters, and meeting between the Iranian Foreign Minister, John
:12:18. > :12:21.Kerry and Cathy Ashton. That is still continuing. It is basically
:12:22. > :12:24.intense activity, and Allah 's likeable continue tomorrow as well
:12:25. > :12:28.with the arrival of a couple more ministers. Is it confirmed that the
:12:29. > :12:31.Russian foreign minister will be flying in tomorrow? Clearly, his
:12:32. > :12:37.presence and his backing for Iran has been crucial. It adds weight to
:12:38. > :12:43.the negotiations if the Minister is coming, and so far we have for the
:12:44. > :12:47.six here. Tomorrow, the last two, Russia and China will be represented
:12:48. > :12:50.at ministerial. Clearly, there are different tracks of these
:12:51. > :12:55.negotiations. They are led by Catherine Ashton on behalf of the
:12:56. > :12:58.six, and there has to be a sort of diplomatic track as well as a
:12:59. > :13:02.technical track, so the technicians are talking, the experts on the
:13:03. > :13:06.nuclear programme and also the diplomats are talking, and we have
:13:07. > :13:10.the ministers now as well. So the different tracks are being worked on
:13:11. > :13:13.in the hope that we can further be progress. We have already made
:13:14. > :13:16.progress compared to the previous Iranian government, where we did not
:13:17. > :13:24.really get anywhere. There is already a lot of forward movement.
:13:25. > :13:28.We spoke on this programme the last time everybody met, and you told us
:13:29. > :13:30.about the sense of drama in the room as the Iranians opened up their
:13:31. > :13:36.laptop and there was a plan there. Is there the same sense, to be
:13:37. > :13:42.nontechnical, positive buzz there tonight? Yes, although I think we
:13:43. > :13:46.should be cautious. They put their proposal on the table last time and
:13:47. > :13:51.we had the first real property detailed discussions on the issue
:13:52. > :13:53.last time. There was a lot of positive noises going around
:13:54. > :14:01.yesterday, but clearly in a negotiation like this, there is a
:14:02. > :14:04.lot of things that still need to be thrashed out. No one is taking
:14:05. > :14:10.anything for granted, but we want to push things forward. It is all about
:14:11. > :14:14.getting a completely watertight deal that is verifiable, that proves
:14:15. > :14:19.unequivocally to the international community that Iran is not
:14:20. > :14:22.participating in a military nuclear programme, just a peaceful
:14:23. > :14:26.programme. There are some things Iran clearly has to do, and they
:14:27. > :14:30.must do them quickly. We want to do a deal as fast as we can, but it
:14:31. > :14:32.clearly must be a good deal, so we are not rushing things. Thank you
:14:33. > :14:36.very much. Yasser Arafat did not die a natural
:14:37. > :14:39.death, according to an inquiry set up by the Palestinians to
:14:40. > :14:41.investigate the death of their former leader. Speaking at a news
:14:42. > :14:45.conference in Ramallah, Palestinian officials said they see Israel as
:14:46. > :14:49.the "only suspect" in the death of Mr Arafat in 2004. Their allegation
:14:50. > :14:52.follows a forensic report by Swiss scientists which concluded that Mr
:14:53. > :15:00.Arafat's remains contained high levels of radioactive polonium.
:15:01. > :15:09.Israel denies any involvement. Our Middle East correspondent Yolande
:15:10. > :15:14.Knell reports. Emotional scenes back in 2004. The
:15:15. > :15:19.Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, didn't know he was bidding a
:15:20. > :15:24.final farewell to his supporters. He had been taken six suddenly at his
:15:25. > :15:28.headquarters in the mall and doctors could not work out what was wrong.
:15:29. > :15:32.He was flown to a hospital in Paris, where he died. Last, new
:15:33. > :15:38.research suggested that the late leader might have been poisoned with
:15:39. > :15:43.a radioactive substance. Then his body was exhumed behind these
:15:44. > :15:47.screens so samples could be taken. Today, Palestinian investigators
:15:48. > :15:51.gave their first response to the findings of the teams that carried
:15:52. > :15:58.out the tests. TRANSLATION: Both reports, the Swiss
:15:59. > :16:00.and the Russian, confirmed the findings of the ongoing
:16:01. > :16:05.investigation. Yasser Arafat did not die of old age. He did not die from
:16:06. > :16:12.disease. He did not die a natural death. Scientists found higher than
:16:13. > :16:19.expected levels of polonium-210 the same substance used to kill a former
:16:20. > :16:24.KGB agent in London in 2006. The tests cannot say for sure if Arafat
:16:25. > :16:27.was poisoned. If more of the substance had been extracted, it
:16:28. > :16:33.could have left a tale tale signature. If you have a large
:16:34. > :16:38.sample of polonium, you can look at the radioactive spectrum coming out
:16:39. > :16:41.of it, and get an idea of where it was made. That can tell you whether
:16:42. > :16:47.it came from a nuclear reactor or natural source that was refined and
:16:48. > :16:51.perhaps which react to it came from. The Palestinians are accusing Israel
:16:52. > :16:55.of killing their president, and they say they will continue to
:16:56. > :17:01.investigate this case. Israeli officials deny any responsibility.
:17:02. > :17:06.Let me say this as simply and clearly as I can - Israel did not
:17:07. > :17:11.kill Arafat. It is as simple as that. We have nothing to do with
:17:12. > :17:17.this, and the Palestinians should stop levelling baseless allegations
:17:18. > :17:22.without a shred of proof. Yasser Arafat lies here, at his grave,
:17:23. > :17:27.where visitors can come and pay his respects. His loss as the leader of
:17:28. > :17:31.the Palestinian national cause is strongly felt, but nine years on, it
:17:32. > :17:39.is still possible the exact cause of his death will never truly be known.
:17:40. > :17:43.Now to a new development in the tragic sinking of the migrant boat
:17:44. > :17:47.off the coast of Italy last month. A Somali man has been arrested in
:17:48. > :17:53.connection with the disaster of Lampedusa, in which 366 African
:17:54. > :17:56.migrants died. The 24-year-old has been accused of being part of the
:17:57. > :18:01.group which smuggles people from North Africa to Europe. It is
:18:02. > :18:05.reported he pretended to be a migrant himself, but was identified
:18:06. > :18:11.by the survivors of the disaster as one of the organisers of the trip.
:18:12. > :18:17.Arriving in Sicily for questioning, the Somali malik used of involvement
:18:18. > :18:22.in organising a long and terrible journey that ended in hundreds of
:18:23. > :18:27.deaths. Two weeks ago, he landed here, in the harbour of the Italian
:18:28. > :18:31.island of Lampedusa. He was among yet another group of migrants hoping
:18:32. > :18:37.to be able to start new lives in Europe. But the island's refugee
:18:38. > :18:42.reception centre was attacked. Survivors of last month 's
:18:43. > :18:46.disastrous sinking in Lampedusa said they recognised him, that he was
:18:47. > :18:52.among a group of armed smugglers who transported them across the Sahara,
:18:53. > :18:56.then help them at a camp in Libya and demanded money. The migrants
:18:57. > :19:01.said there was torture and rape and the arrested man faces allegations
:19:02. > :19:05.related to people trafficking, kidnapped and sexual violence. The
:19:06. > :19:09.migrants were eventually passed on to another organisation that
:19:10. > :19:15.arranges boat journeys like this in Europe. These travellers were lucky.
:19:16. > :19:22.They were saved. But the boats are often overcrowded and unseaworthy,
:19:23. > :19:26.and the journey at the centre of the story of the Lampedusa disaster
:19:27. > :19:30.ended this way. The boat caught fire then capsized, and was eventually
:19:31. > :19:38.found on the sea bed, its whole crammed with dead bodies.
:19:39. > :19:42.Now a brief look at some of the day 's other news. A car bomb has
:19:43. > :19:47.exploded outside a hotel on the main road in the Somali capital,
:19:48. > :19:52.Mogadishu, killing at least six people. Local reports say the hotel
:19:53. > :20:00.was hosting a number of VIPs at the time of the blast.
:20:01. > :20:07.A British Royal Marines has been found guilty by a military court of
:20:08. > :20:11.murdering an injured Afghan insurgent in 2011. Two other Marines
:20:12. > :20:16.have been acquitted. His actions were recorded on a helmet mounted
:20:17. > :20:21.camera. All three Marines have denied murdering the man whilst on
:20:22. > :20:25.patrol in Helmand province. Spain's High Court has ordered the
:20:26. > :20:32.release of nine members of the bask militant group, ETA. It is the first
:20:33. > :20:35.group prisoner release since a ruling by the European Court of
:20:36. > :20:43.Human Rights last month, and it could lead to a release of other ETA
:20:44. > :20:48.prisoners after that court ruled that Spain had acted illegally.
:20:49. > :20:50.The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have met the Indian
:20:51. > :20:55.President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi. The visit came on the third
:20:56. > :21:02.day of the couple's nine day tour of India. They will then travel to Sri
:21:03. > :21:03.Lanka to represent the Queen at the Commonwealth Heads of Government
:21:04. > :21:07.Meeting. China's leaders gather on Sunday for
:21:08. > :21:13.a closed-door meeting which could dramatically shift the past -- the
:21:14. > :21:16.path the country takes for years to come. The Plenum of the Communist
:21:17. > :21:23.Party is expected to announce major changes to the country's economic
:21:24. > :21:26.direction. Our correspondent is in the southern province of Yunnan
:21:27. > :21:29.where land is at the heart of conflicts between the Communist
:21:30. > :21:34.Party, the people and the government.
:21:35. > :21:41.The skyline of Shanghai. It is where you see china's incredible rise and
:21:42. > :21:46.economic story unique in history. Enormous wealth created in the shift
:21:47. > :21:51.from communism to capitalism. Now, the breakneck growth is slowing so
:21:52. > :21:59.to reinvigorate it, china's leader, Xi Jinping, is promising
:22:00. > :22:05.unprecedented reforms. Outside the city -- outside the cities, where
:22:06. > :22:09.almost half the population lives, reform is urgently needed. The issue
:22:10. > :22:14.here is land. Private ownership of land is still banned, but land
:22:15. > :22:18.values are soaring, pitting farmers against the government. This is
:22:19. > :22:22.Yunnan, in the far south-west. People fighting to stop their land
:22:23. > :22:27.being taken from them, seems repeated across the country.
:22:28. > :22:32.China's farmers, like hearing Guangxi village, can only work the
:22:33. > :22:38.land. They cannot sell them all or money against them. They are shut
:22:39. > :22:42.out of china's economy. The authorities want to build a giant
:22:43. > :22:46.tourist village. Many local governments are deep in debt.
:22:47. > :22:51.Seizing land is the main way they make money, so the tax system also
:22:52. > :22:57.needs reform. People from the area soon heard we were in Guangxi. They
:22:58. > :23:02.hurried to the village, wanting us to hear their complaints too. Every
:23:03. > :23:06.complaint was about land rights As you can see, it is a problem that
:23:07. > :23:10.affects hundreds of millions of people. What is blocking change of
:23:11. > :23:12.the developers and the local governments who benefit from all of
:23:13. > :23:22.this. TRANSLATION: If Xi Jinping in-laws
:23:23. > :23:27.us, what can we do but buys up? Xi Jinping could really help farmers if
:23:28. > :23:32.he abolished china's system of residence permits, which makes it
:23:33. > :23:35.hard for them to move to the city. But that is contentious. People in
:23:36. > :23:39.the city 's fear a flood of poor migrants will take their jobs and
:23:40. > :23:45.add to the burdens on hospitals and schools. Major reform is needed here
:23:46. > :23:49.too. The state controls the banks and the financial system. China s
:23:50. > :23:53.commonest leaders may be reluctant to loosen their grip. They have seen
:23:54. > :23:59.what happened in the financial crisis in the West. Party officials
:24:00. > :24:03.say, we have seen what has happened to you guys in Europe and the United
:24:04. > :24:08.States, and we are nervous about giving too much power to bankers. I
:24:09. > :24:11.think the state is still going to control all of the significant
:24:12. > :24:17.institutions. They are just going to push them to operate more on market
:24:18. > :24:23.principles. As China has boomed many have enriched themselves.
:24:24. > :24:30.Powerful commonest families, giant state enterprises, vested interests
:24:31. > :24:34.that could lose out in any reforms. But if Mr Xi can push through
:24:35. > :24:39.reform, this could be just the start for China.
:24:40. > :24:42.From today, passengers in the Moscow underground can travel absolutely
:24:43. > :24:52.free. It is a special offer ahead of next year's Winter Olympics, which
:24:53. > :24:57.Russia is hosting in Sochi. I am always doing this. I rush off
:24:58. > :25:01.to the underground to catch a train, and then when I actually get here, I
:25:02. > :25:05.realise I have left my wallet behind and I haven't got any money to pay
:25:06. > :25:10.for my journey. From today, that will not be a problem in Moscow
:25:11. > :25:17.because now, there is another way to get your ticket. This is how you do
:25:18. > :25:23.it. I agree, it is unorthodox, but I think I will get there in the end. I
:25:24. > :25:27.am trying to do squats in this rather unusual Russian vending
:25:28. > :25:33.machine. I am told that if I can do 30 squats in two minutes, then this
:25:34. > :25:40.machine will actually reward me with a free Metro ticket, worth 30
:25:41. > :25:45.rubles. This is the brainchild of the Russian Olympic Committee, and
:25:46. > :25:49.the whole idea is to in courage a sporty lifestyle for Russians ahead
:25:50. > :25:53.of the Sochi Games. If you think you can fool this invention, think
:25:54. > :26:00.again, because there are special sensors here. If it doesn't like any
:26:01. > :26:11.of my squat, it won't count them. There we go. Three, two, one. There
:26:12. > :26:16.we go! I've done it. I am going to get my ticket. Here it comes! Thank
:26:17. > :26:20.you very much. Mind you, was it worth it, because I really don't
:26:21. > :26:24.have the energy to get on that train!
:26:25. > :26:29.We will have to go back to him to see whether people take up that
:26:30. > :26:33.offer. A reminder of our main news. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most
:26:34. > :26:37.powerful storms on record, has been battering the central islands of the
:26:38. > :26:41.Philippines with winds of 200 kilometres per hour, and a storm
:26:42. > :26:43.surge which has inundated coastal villages. Next, the weather.
:26:44. > :26:49.Goodbye.