and back streets. now parents scavenge for food. there s no you power, phone signal, internet or other way to send a message. that was a report from our british broadcasting partner int news describing the dyer situation in one city of the philippines. the world has witnessed one of the most powerful storms in recorded history. that s until the next one strikes. people of philippines are sifting through the wreckage left in the wake. devastation is yet to be realized. the cost of the storm could top $14 billion. as more human toll, more than 10,000 are feared dead. many are believed to be in tacloban. once over 200,000 resident, now completely levelled, streets
return the species from the brink of extinction. the new panda baby has yet to be named. so cute. in syria there is evidence of another slaughter led by the assad regime. reports indicate between 300 and 600 people may have been massacred near the capital of damascus. among the victims, women and children. and disturbing new images have surfaced which may show a dumping ground for victims. john ray of our english broadcasting partner itn reports. reporter: the full force of syria s still-formidable army is said to have smashed through derhea. first the artillery shells. a after the bombardment came the tanks. then troops moved in. facts are hard to verify. but the opposition claims there has been killing on a scale that surpasses the bloody standards already set in this brutal civil war. we have disguised images that
nearly 50,000 people living nearby were evacuated. and sue seville from our english braf broadcasting partner itn reports for many it brought back painful memories of the war. this bomb lay submerged for over 65 years. then low water levels after a dry autumn revealed a deadly war-time legacy. this 1.8-ton british aerial mine, the largest of various unexploded bombs that have recently come to light. defusal experts stacked sandbags around the bomb and began their work. it s very, very dangerous sat said this member of the defusal tomb. but after three years, the bomb was deactivated and a smoke grenade was blown up. blockbuster, an american export to germany. blockbuster bombs were
the new york city marathon yesterday as jeffrey my tie shattered the course record by more than two minutes. dado of ethiopia won the women s race. after missing several performances with an undisclosed illness, singer andy williams, most famous for moon river says he s battling bladder cancer. he announced his diagnosis during his annual christmas show. a canadian dentist shelled out more than $31,000 at auction for a discolored molar that once belonged to john lennon which he gifted to his house keepr in the late 60s. tomorrow evening an astroid the size of an aircraft carrier is expected to pass between the earth and moon some 202,000 miles away. emily morgan from our english broadcasting partner itn reports. reporter: don t be fooled,
next week on new dna evidence and affidavits from witnesses who say they heard other people confess to the murder. the case was the basis for the best-selling book and tv mini serious fatal vision. now an extraordinary report from our british broadcasting partner, correspondent stephen douglas has an exclusive look at a group of pakistani criminals who say their biggest source of income is kidnapping. reporter: well, tamron, what the kidnapping of a 5-year-old british boy in pakistan has revealed is that this is now big business there. and we ve discovered that some gangs are prepared to specifically target westerners. what you re about to see is a glimpse inside one of the kidnapper s lairs. with a gun in one hand and chains in the other, they carry the tools of kidnapping. in pakistan, it s a business a growing number of brits are falling victim to. deep beneath the ground these men show us where they say their hostages are held.