:00:00. > :00:08.This is BBC World News Today, with me, Karin Giannone.
:00:09. > :00:12.At last some respite for Syria - with no civilian deaths
:00:13. > :00:17.recorded in the first 24 hours of the country's truce.
:00:18. > :00:21.International aid trucks are headed for besieged areas,
:00:22. > :00:23.but have yet to reach those who need it most.
:00:24. > :00:25.And what hope for beyond the current ceasefire?
:00:26. > :00:32.But you can't bring back all those who've died and the country
:00:33. > :00:37.that used to be here, the mix of peoples.
:00:38. > :00:40.German police arrest three Syrian migrants suspected of being sent
:00:41. > :00:43.by so-called Islamic State to prepare attacks there.
:00:44. > :00:50.I find out how the most advanced technology is taking sculpture back
:00:51. > :00:56.to classical times - by being turned into a statue myself.
:00:57. > :00:57.And celebrating the scrumdiddlyumptious
:00:58. > :01:17.magic of Roald Dahl - 100 years after he was born.
:01:18. > :01:20.There's been a "significant" drop in the level of fighting in Syria
:01:21. > :01:22.in the first 24 hours of Syria's ceasefire.
:01:23. > :01:24.That's according to the UN special envoy to Syria,
:01:25. > :01:29.International aid is now on its way to besieged areas
:01:30. > :01:32.but has yet to reach those in desperate need.
:01:33. > :01:35.The aim is for the seven day truce to allow in humanitarian aid
:01:36. > :01:38.and suspend fighting between Syrian government forces and many
:01:39. > :01:43.If the ceasefire holds, then the US and Russia will carry
:01:44. > :01:46.out joint air strikes on militant groups not included in the truce -
:01:47. > :02:00.Our Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen is in Aleppo in Syria -
:02:01. > :02:05.and sent this report from the city's old market place:
:02:06. > :02:11.They say a couple of dozen metres from rebel positions and this is -
:02:12. > :02:19.was - one of the oldest covered market souks of Aleppo.
:02:20. > :02:28.Today, because of the ceasefire, they tell me that things
:02:29. > :02:31.are quieter than they have been because there has been
:02:32. > :02:34.fierce fighting over the course of the summer.
:02:35. > :02:41.Certainly I was speaking to one general and he said by about midday
:02:42. > :02:45.More if things have really flared up.
:02:46. > :02:47.The question about this ceasefire is, if it lasts,
:02:48. > :02:54.Will there be some kind of political process built upon it that might
:02:55. > :02:57.inch this country away from war towards peace?
:02:58. > :03:01.Or will it simply be, as others have been,
:03:02. > :03:04.a time for armies to rest, to regroup, to resupply and to get
:03:05. > :03:13.Of course, the damage here is absolutely tragic.
:03:14. > :03:17.But, the loss of human life, perhaps 400,000 dead in Syria,
:03:18. > :03:21.over more than five years, that's much worse.
:03:22. > :03:26.You can't bring back all those who've died in the country
:03:27. > :03:41.that used to be here - the mix of people.
:03:42. > :03:43.The United Nations' envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura gave
:03:44. > :03:46.an update on the ceasefire a short while ago - and on the critical
:03:47. > :03:49.importance for both sides to respect the safe passage
:03:50. > :03:51.of a World Food Programme convoy delivering much needed aid
:03:52. > :04:04.Every report we have been seeing indicates a significant drop in
:04:05. > :04:15.violence. Today, calm appears to have prevailed across Aleppo and
:04:16. > :04:21.rural Aleppo. There are only so allegations of sporadic isolated
:04:22. > :04:29.incidents. The provincial council needs to accept the fact that this
:04:30. > :04:35.aid is urgent and on the Russian side, of course, that helping is
:04:36. > :04:36.unhindered for the convoys that approach, which we understand is
:04:37. > :04:39.being worked on. With me is Murad Shishani, from
:04:40. > :04:49.BBC Arabic. 24 hours later it appears to be
:04:50. > :04:54.holding up. Indeed. We might be witnessing a historic day in the
:04:55. > :04:58.history of Syria. This is the first day without someone being killed in
:04:59. > :05:03.the last five years. The numbers were increasing day by day. It might
:05:04. > :05:08.be a historic day. But this is a very optimistic view. We now know
:05:09. > :05:13.there is a sort of disagreement on implementing certain areas. But
:05:14. > :05:17.everybody is putting hope on a stick saying that now nobody was killed
:05:18. > :05:23.because of fighting so far as we have heard. But the thing is how to
:05:24. > :05:27.implement, the aid reaching the people, and how to continue without
:05:28. > :05:31.fighting in these areas, that is the major question everyone will be
:05:32. > :05:36.asking in the coming hours. While the bullets and bombs have stopped,
:05:37. > :05:39.the immediate priority is to try and get help to certain people in
:05:40. > :05:45.certain areas where the condition is unimaginable. Indeed, there are
:05:46. > :05:53.loads of them, specifically Aleppo these days and there are a sort of
:05:54. > :05:57.effort to bring in food and assistance immediately to these
:05:58. > :06:00.people in need. The problem is also disagreement since Turkey announced
:06:01. > :06:05.they will be sending in humanitarian aid. The Syrian government refused
:06:06. > :06:11.and said they cannot do that without consulting the UN. We heard that
:06:12. > :06:15.there are unconfirmed reports that there is a movement of aid going
:06:16. > :06:19.into Syria. We have just received that and hopefully that will carry
:06:20. > :06:24.on until the next coming hours. But we need to say that Turkey always
:06:25. > :06:30.wanted to create a buffer zone, they call it a humanitarian buffer zone.
:06:31. > :06:33.I have witnessed them myself. Many Syrians are stuck who have fled from
:06:34. > :06:39.Aleppo in the Borders with Turkey and they are in urgent need. There
:06:40. > :06:44.was some charity organisations from Turkey going inside. But there was
:06:45. > :06:50.no organised massive effort to help them. But the people in need, it is
:06:51. > :06:53.massive and this is the priority for the international community, as they
:06:54. > :07:00.put it, before they continue attacking Islamic State, or carrying
:07:01. > :07:06.on the political solution. Very briefly, if this truth does hold,
:07:07. > :07:13.what is the next step? The next step, carry and Sergei Lavrov said
:07:14. > :07:16.they would intensify attacks against IS and the Al Nasr affront but they
:07:17. > :07:22.will open up for the political solution. This is very optimistic.
:07:23. > :07:29.Let's see how the truce holds up and then the humanitarian aid. Then we
:07:30. > :07:32.will look to the political parties and the fighting factions and how
:07:33. > :07:37.they react to what they can see today. As I said, it might be a
:07:38. > :07:39.historic moment. Thank you very much, Murad Shishani, from BBC
:07:40. > :07:42.Arabic. Police in northern Germany have
:07:43. > :07:44.arrested three Syrian migrants suspected of preparing attacks
:07:45. > :07:46.for the so-called The men, aged between 17 and 26,
:07:47. > :07:50.were detained after a series of pre-dawn raids in the German
:07:51. > :07:52.states of Schleswig-Holstein The German Interior Minister says
:07:53. > :07:55.they were trafficked by the same organisation that supported
:07:56. > :07:58.the attackers who blew themselves up near the national football stadium
:07:59. > :08:14.just outside Paris last November. Security services are investigating.
:08:15. > :08:18.There is a lot to do. The police have recovered a lot of material. We
:08:19. > :08:22.understand among the things they found which were mobile phones,
:08:23. > :08:25.preloaded with communication applications. We do not have more
:08:26. > :08:30.detail but we know they are going to be a big part of the investigation
:08:31. > :08:34.as security services try and get more information about these three
:08:35. > :08:37.men. We know and the security services have told us that one man
:08:38. > :08:43.at least had some kind of weapons training with Islamic State.
:08:44. > :08:46.Possibly out in Syria. We know they came into Germany towards the end of
:08:47. > :08:51.last year and came through the so-called Balkans route. As you can
:08:52. > :08:56.imagine it has caused a great deal of consternation in Germany. No
:08:57. > :08:59.doubt the security services are congratulating themselves on a job
:09:00. > :09:02.well done. They have found these people, interrupting them at a stage
:09:03. > :09:07.before they got ready to put anything in concrete together in
:09:08. > :09:11.terms of a terror attack. That is why they are described as a sleeper
:09:12. > :09:15.cell. On the other hand, Germany is nervous at the moment. There is a
:09:16. > :09:19.public mood of concern about domestic security. I suspect these
:09:20. > :09:24.arrests, the acknowledgement at a senior level that Islamic State are
:09:25. > :09:27.using the refugee crisis to infiltrate Europe and infiltrate
:09:28. > :09:32.Germany, that will cause significant public concern. I think again Angela
:09:33. > :09:36.Merkel and her government are trying to reassure the public that by in
:09:37. > :09:39.effect allowing hundreds of thousands of refugees into the
:09:40. > :09:43.country that they have not endangered German citizens. They
:09:44. > :09:44.will have to work very hard to reassure them now, I think. Jenny
:09:45. > :09:47.Hill. Heiko Gerstmann is the Mayor
:09:48. > :09:50.of Reinfield, where one of today's raids was carried out
:09:51. > :09:58.at a refugee shelter. TRANSLATION: You always fear the
:09:59. > :10:02.atmosphere will change. But I think residents can see it is an
:10:03. > :10:06.individual case and not all refugees and asylum seekers are linked to
:10:07. > :10:10.Islamic State. Some refugees of integrated so well they almost like
:10:11. > :10:14.and daughters. I do not think the general atmosphere will be spoiled.
:10:15. > :10:17.Now a look at some of the days other news...
:10:18. > :10:19.Luxembourg's Foreign Minister says Hungary should be excluded
:10:20. > :10:20.from the European Union because of its tough
:10:21. > :10:24.Jean Asselborn says the country is violating the EU's core values
:10:25. > :10:27.and is treating refugees almost like wild animals by erecting razor
:10:28. > :10:30.His Hungarian counterpart says Mr Asselborn isn't
:10:31. > :10:37.worthy of consideration as a serious politician.
:10:38. > :10:40.A crew member has been killed and four others have been injured
:10:41. > :10:43.in an accident on the world's biggest cruise ship -
:10:44. > :10:47.The sailors were taking part in a safety exercise
:10:48. > :10:50.while the boat was docked in the French port of Marseille.
:10:51. > :10:52.The Filipino national died when a lifeboat came away
:10:53. > :10:54.from its deck mountings and fell more than ten metres down
:10:55. > :11:04.New research into mammal reproduction suggests that
:11:05. > :11:06.in principle it might be possible for humans to conceive children
:11:07. > :11:13.A scientific team at Bath University in Britain said they had produced
:11:14. > :11:16.healthy baby mice by fusing sperm with reprogrammed cell material
:11:17. > :11:25.It means that two men could have a child without the need for eggs.
:11:26. > :11:28.The hosts of The Great British Bake Off have announced they will step
:11:29. > :11:31.down when the television show moves to Channel Four next year.
:11:32. > :11:34.Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc have fronted the show since it
:11:35. > :11:37.In a statement, they duo say they were "very shocked
:11:38. > :11:40.and saddened" to learn Bake Off will be leaving the BBC.
:11:41. > :11:42.It's not yet known if judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood
:11:43. > :11:48.Hillary Clinton has said she didn't reveal she had been diagnosed
:11:49. > :11:51.with pneumonia because she didn't think it would be a 'big deal'.
:11:52. > :11:52.The Democratic presidential candidate staggered in public
:11:53. > :11:55.on Sunday morning as she left a 9/11 ceremony -
:11:56. > :11:58.and that has caused a huge amount of debate over her health.
:11:59. > :12:01.Clinton said she had been diagnosed on Friday but only informed
:12:02. > :12:03.a handful of close advisers and pressed on with the campaign.
:12:04. > :12:13.Our correspondent Gary O'Donoghue is in Washington.
:12:14. > :12:22.She did not think it would be a big deal but how wrong she was. Yes, how
:12:23. > :12:26.wrong she was. Since that memorial service on Sunday morning, where are
:12:27. > :12:31.we now, on Tuesday afternoon in Washington, it has been wall-to-wall
:12:32. > :12:36.coverage of her health problems and what it means, why she did not tell
:12:37. > :12:39.anybody about it, when she goes back on the Trail, how it will affect the
:12:40. > :12:46.campaign. All those questions are swirling around cable news channels,
:12:47. > :12:50.the blogs, media, newspapers, wherever you look, it is just the
:12:51. > :12:53.one issue being talked about. We are getting some suggestions, some early
:12:54. > :12:58.reports that it may be Friday when she comes back onto the campaign,
:12:59. > :13:02.not confirmed at this stage. That would amount to the five-day break
:13:03. > :13:09.she was advised to take by her doctors when she decided to power
:13:10. > :13:12.through, as she put it, before losing her balance, stumbling,
:13:13. > :13:16.staggering, however you call it, on Sunday, feeling dizzy, having to be
:13:17. > :13:20.bundled into the back of the car, helped into the back of the car by
:13:21. > :13:24.her team, of course. A bit of a stumble in the campaign, without
:13:25. > :13:30.question. A lotta people will be focusing on the next set of medical
:13:31. > :13:32.records the campaign team have promised to release. And Donald
:13:33. > :13:37.Trump himself has promised to release the results of a physical
:13:38. > :13:42.that he had. He is doing an interview with one of the TV doctors
:13:43. > :13:46.later this week. That will be a moment when health from both
:13:47. > :13:51.candidates comes back into focus. The interesting thing here is one of
:13:52. > :13:54.the things Donald Trump has tried to focus upon in the last couple of
:13:55. > :13:59.days, he has not really done any Hillary health staff at all. He has
:14:00. > :14:03.let everyone else do that. He tried to focus on comments she made on
:14:04. > :14:08.Friday when she talked about half of his supporters being in the basket
:14:09. > :14:12.of deplorable. That was a pretty elementary political mistake. You
:14:13. > :14:15.can insult the people you are running against as much as you like
:14:16. > :14:20.but insulting the voters is really not what you do in normal politics.
:14:21. > :14:23.In some ways it is a double edged sword for Donald Trump. Yes,
:14:24. > :14:28.everybody has been talking about Hillary's health, but it also means
:14:29. > :14:33.people are not really talking about something which was also a big
:14:34. > :14:37.problem for her, dismissing half of the American electorate,
:14:38. > :14:40.potentially. Gary, thank you, Gary in Washington.
:14:41. > :14:44.Don't forget, if you want to catch up on all the latest in the US
:14:45. > :14:46.you can keep right up to date on our website.
:14:47. > :14:49.There you'll find all the latest stories including this special
:14:50. > :14:51.feature on the history of the poor health of US presidents.
:14:52. > :14:55.From a leader who snuck a surgeon on a yacht in order to remove
:14:56. > :14:58.a tumour to another who died only months into his fourth term
:14:59. > :15:00.after hiding a great number of ailments from the public eye.
:15:01. > :15:06.Now for an amazing exhibition here in London that sees art
:15:07. > :15:14.Volunteers at the Royal Academy of Arts are being converted into 3D
:15:15. > :15:16.portraits and put on display in the hallowed galleries.
:15:17. > :15:19.The Veronica Scanner is the brainchild of Factum Arte
:15:20. > :15:21.in Madrid, and I had the opportunity to go along...
:15:22. > :15:31.Not a science lab, but inside London's Royal Academy of Arts.
:15:32. > :15:35.Here, a team from Madrid who usually tour the world scanning antiquities
:15:36. > :15:38.from archaeological sites are using the advanced 3-D
:15:39. > :15:44.technology to immortalise real-life members of the public.
:15:45. > :16:00.So, into the Veronica Scanner, named from Greek and Latin words
:16:01. > :16:05.It takes 96 high-resolution pictures of my head from every angle.
:16:06. > :16:10.It was like being in some sort space capsule, but it was over really
:16:11. > :16:11.quickly - just four seconds of flashes.
:16:12. > :16:13.But what place does advanced computer technology have
:16:14. > :16:17.Over the last 20 years, there has been an explosion
:16:18. > :16:25.It seemed, could we actually play with the idea of going all the way
:16:26. > :16:28.through from recording someone to carving them in wood or 3-D
:16:29. > :16:36.And could we also show what was possible if you do things
:16:37. > :16:43.Of course, there's no actual artist involved.
:16:44. > :16:45.This is a completely objective portrayal of the subject,
:16:46. > :16:51.a bit like the busts we saw in classical times.
:16:52. > :16:59.The technology is incredibly contemporary, but actually
:17:00. > :17:03.the physical objects are relatively conservative, certainly in
:17:04. > :17:06.the classical tradition - and I think that is what is
:17:07. > :17:10.In other words, I think artists will use this technology
:17:11. > :17:19.The image from the screen, turned into a bust using a variety
:17:20. > :17:21.of different materials including wood, with 3-D printing techniques.
:17:22. > :17:23.Then exhibited in the Royal Academy itself.
:17:24. > :17:32.Now, the finished article has finally arrived
:17:33. > :17:36.from the Royal Academy and I can honestly say I have not seen it.
:17:37. > :17:39.We waited for this moment to unveil it and to get my real reaction
:17:40. > :17:52.It's so bizarre to see yourself like this.
:17:53. > :17:55.I can honestly say I'm very honoured to have been
:17:56. > :18:00.This has all been done through the computer
:18:01. > :18:09.and through this incredible 3-D wooden carving machine.
:18:10. > :18:12.That was the big version - and here's a tiny model from the 3D
:18:13. > :18:20.printer they had there, but the detail is amazing.
:18:21. > :18:27.If you're in the UK and you want to go along to take a look or get
:18:28. > :18:29.scanned yourself, the exhibition is moving to Waddesdon Manor
:18:30. > :18:31.in Buckinghamshire in October - details on the Royal
:18:32. > :18:35.The World Anti-Doping Agency has condemned Russian hackers
:18:36. > :18:39.for leaking confidential medical files of US Olympic athletes.
:18:40. > :18:42.Athletes affected include tennis players Venus and Serena Williams
:18:43. > :18:50.A group calling itself "Fancy Bears" claimed responsibility for the hack
:18:51. > :18:55.WADA said in a statement that the cyber attacks
:18:56. > :18:57.were an attempt to undermine the global anti-doping system.
:18:58. > :19:00.Well, in Rio it's day six at the Paralympics and more
:19:01. > :19:07.Let's cross to the BBC's Julia Carnerio in Rio de Janerio.
:19:08. > :19:17.Hello to you. Hello. I'm talking to you from outside the Paralympic
:19:18. > :19:22.Park. It is very hot here in Rio. Fans are streaming in and out. In
:19:23. > :19:27.the velodrome, you can see here, there was a lot of action in the
:19:28. > :19:31.Paralympics and link fix and the cycling here at the tennis centre
:19:32. > :19:36.and this was packed over the weekend with record attendance, more than
:19:37. > :19:40.300,000 people. And a new record is expected for the next week when all
:19:41. > :19:45.the tickets here are sold out. Let me bring you some of the day's
:19:46. > :19:50.gripping results. Very good results for Paralympics GB, with Georgina
:19:51. > :19:56.Hermitage getting her second gold medal in Rio in the 400 metres final
:19:57. > :20:02.in the T 37 category. She broke a world record and got her second gold
:20:03. > :20:08.after winning the 100 metres earlier in the Paralympics. She has cerebral
:20:09. > :20:12.palsy and she had quit athletics as a teenager but was inspired by the
:20:13. > :20:16.London 2012 games to come back to the sport and what a comeback. She
:20:17. > :20:23.can still get another gold in Rio for the 400 metres relay. More good
:20:24. > :20:29.news for Team GB from Harley Arnold. She got the gold in the javelin in
:20:30. > :20:34.the F 46 category. She also set a new world record in the category.
:20:35. > :20:39.First breaking the record with a 41.6 metres throw and not content
:20:40. > :20:46.with that she went and had a larger throw them that, making it 43.0 one.
:20:47. > :20:51.Here in Rio also, everybody is talking about the amazing result in
:20:52. > :20:56.the athletic Stadium at the 1500 metres final in the T 13 category.
:20:57. > :21:04.That is for athlete with visual impairment. Algeria got the gold
:21:05. > :21:09.here. He came in first and he broke the Paralympic world record. What
:21:10. > :21:14.was remarkable about that and everybody is talking about it, he
:21:15. > :21:19.also came in faster than the athlete in the Olympics winning goal for the
:21:20. > :21:25.1500 metres race. He has surpassed the time of the United States
:21:26. > :21:29.Matthew Selt a pitch. The three athletes after that were also faster
:21:30. > :21:36.than him. Quite a remarkable result in the Paralympics in Rio. There are
:21:37. > :21:41.a lot of other results coming up later today in swimming, athletics,
:21:42. > :21:45.lots of finals and medals to be handed out and we will keep you
:21:46. > :21:48.updated with the latest results. Thank you very much. Yes, that 1500
:21:49. > :22:00.metres was absolutely amazing. Well, let's take a look at the medal
:22:01. > :22:04.table as it stands on day 6.China has top spot with 53 golds,
:22:05. > :22:08.41 silvers and 28 bronzes. Great Britain is in second place -
:22:09. > :22:10.and Ukraine is third. Hosts Brazil are also still doing
:22:11. > :22:13.well, currently in fifth place. And you can get the latest
:22:14. > :22:15.from the Paralympics For detailed analysis
:22:16. > :22:18.and a sport-by-sport guide, For US Olympian Ryan Lochte,
:22:19. > :22:24.his dancing debut on prime time TV might not be remembered
:22:25. > :22:26.for reasons he hoped. finished performing on US reality
:22:27. > :22:33.show 'Dancing with the Stars' when two protesters rushed
:22:34. > :22:37.onto the stage to interrupt Lochte T-shirts, were
:22:38. > :22:41.arrested for trespassing. Lochte has been suspended
:22:42. > :22:43.from competing for 10 months after he admitted lying
:22:44. > :22:44.about being robbed Now, his books have captured
:22:45. > :22:52.the imagination and bought joy to millions of children
:22:53. > :22:54.around the world. The BFG, Willy Wonka and Matilda
:22:55. > :22:58.are just some of the characters from the imagination of the writer
:22:59. > :23:01.Roald Dahl, born exactly Nowhere are the celebrations bigger
:23:02. > :23:06.than in Cardiff where he grew up, "I is not understanding human beings
:23:07. > :23:13.at all", the BFG said. "Mr Willy Wonka can make
:23:14. > :23:17.marshmallows that taste of violet." Stories that are loved by millions
:23:18. > :23:20.of children, including pupils at Roald Dahl's
:23:21. > :23:22.former school in Cardiff. Reading to celebrate the centenary
:23:23. > :23:24.of his birth, when his work is more
:23:25. > :23:26.popular than ever. His story began here,
:23:27. > :23:46.100 years ago today. The family home in Cardiff has
:23:47. > :23:48.changed little since Roald Dahl His earliest recollections were
:23:49. > :23:56.formed here and some played a part in the magical stories
:23:57. > :24:02.that he later went on to write. "Ah", said the BFG, "I is wondering
:24:03. > :24:05.how long it is before Roald Dahl wrote many
:24:06. > :24:11.of his books in a shed An idea he said he got
:24:12. > :24:17.from the Welsh author Dylan Thomas, "Oh you wicked beastly
:24:18. > :24:21.beast", cried Trunky. He began writing for children
:24:22. > :24:25.more than 70 years ago. His stories still rank alongside
:24:26. > :24:29.modern day best sellers. He popularised, I think,
:24:30. > :24:32.the children's book as a genre and now those readers are parents
:24:33. > :24:39.who are passing on that legacy. Dahl worked closely
:24:40. > :24:49.with the illustrator Quintin Blake. -- Dahl worked closely
:24:50. > :24:52.with the illustrator Quentin Blake. He used to say you could talk
:24:53. > :24:55.to children about everything, I think the drawings
:24:56. > :24:59.are a way of saying - you are not to take
:25:00. > :25:01.this too seriously. And in some schools,
:25:02. > :25:04.the celebrations for what would have been Roald Dahl's 100th birthday,
:25:05. > :25:18.have been as colourful A Spanish couple has been reunited
:25:19. > :25:23.with a wedding ring almost 40 years after losing it in the Spanish
:25:24. > :25:28.resort of Benidorm. The husband and wife lost the ring in 1979, five
:25:29. > :25:32.months after they were married. They assumed it was gone forever. You can
:25:33. > :25:36.imagine their surprise when it was found by a local diver. The woman
:25:37. > :25:41.appealed for help to find the owners on social media and a relative of
:25:42. > :25:45.the couple recognise the wedding date engraved upon the ring. It was
:25:46. > :25:47.finally returned to them almost 40 years later.
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:25:52. > :26:11.But for now from me and the rest of the team, goodbye.
:26:12. > :26:13.It has been an incredible day of weather