some republicans, who have accused him of being too slow on china. however, the white house denies that and says he doesn t regret the action that he took the first time round. now it s a case of getting down to the bottom of what these devices are. nomia iqbal, thank you. nomia iqbalfor us in washington. cyclone gabrielle has battered new zealand leaving tens of thousands of homes without power. a state of emergency has been declared in five regions on the country s north island. richard galpin has the latest. cyclone gabrielle has battered much of the north islands, including the most popular city of auckland. the authorities say tens of thousands of people have lost power. fearing the worst, many here have been going to the shops to stockpile food and water, leaving the shelves empty. we are seeing the impact of the cyclone across the top of the north island. as at 1.30 today, around 116,000
our headlines. the us defends its decision to shoot down unidentified flying objects. washington and beijing each accuse the other of aerial espionage. one week on after the devastating earthquake hit turkey and syria, 37 thousand are known to have been killed. the un warns the number is expected to double. new zealand has declared a national state of emergency for only the third time in its history after cyclone gabrielle ravaged the country s north island on monday night. one firefighter is missing and another is in a critical conditon after a landslide near the city of auckland. several beach side communities have also had to be evacuated and dozens of relief centres have been set up across the region as gale force winds, heavy rains and flooding have left tens of thousands without power, grounded flights and damaged buildings and infrastructure. this most recent storm comes just weeks after the auckland area experience record rainfall and flooding
with winds of up to i30kph expected. the storm which has been downgraded from a cyclone comes weeks after torrential rain inundated the city of auckland, which remains under a state of emergency. rio dejaneiro has been gearing up for its iconic carnival by performing a spiritual cleanse of the sambadrome, where the parades will take place. the cleanse is designed to bring good energy to the event, which is due to take place for about a week from the 17th of february. around 80,000 tourists from abroad are expected to travel to rio for the carnival. the rain might have helped with the cleaning, but the revellers will be hoping it holds off next week. lets hope it does. you have been
continent, an area of low pressure with strong wind around, trying to encroach into the north west of scotland at times so the wind will pick up here through the day. a breezy day for northern ireland, verily blustery around the irish sea coast but the further east you are it should stay dry. temperatures 5-8 it should stay dry. temperatures 5 8 and could be quite low whether mist and fog holds in the far south east otherwise a little less cold towards the north west. as we end the week a lot of fine dry weather continues as high pressure dominates. they can try to keep the weather fronts at bay but there will be rain at times across northern and western parts of scotland so stay tuned to the forecast. i will see you later. last week, heavy rainfall brought havoc to the city of auckland in new zealand, downing trees, flooding homes and closing major roads.
one rnli lifeguard who travelled to work in new zealand during cornwall s off season was part of a team who saved 69 people from the floodwaters with the help of their surf rescue boats. we can speak to harry barea now from new zealand. we were going to speak to him, it is a fascinating story because he spends most of his time in cornwall but goes to auckland and found himself in the middle of all of this. we hope to speak him that make to him later in the programme. that was the damage to him later in the programme. that was the damage done in auckland last week. but let s have a look at the papers and see what is making headlines. the sunday telegraph, we already mentioned this, about the 4000 word essay by the former prime minister liz trust.