The strongest recorded typhoon to hit land is battering the fi philippines it has caused power blackouts in the central philippines where storage surges reached identify meter as many as two have been killed and 2 million affected. Reporter the philippine is his no stranger to tropical storms. But even by its standards, this is no ordinary storm. The tie fa typhoon is one of tht powerful ever recorded with gusts reaching 370kilometers per hour, there arent many buildings that can stand that force. It made landfall this morning and provided by storm surge and incredibly winds. Roofs have been ripped from buildings, windows been blown in. Reporter once it clears the philippines it wont be as strong but still pack winds over 150kilometers an hour as it heads for a collision course if vee he had tsunami. The pill fine philippines govers evacuated thousands of homes in coast the areas, people have been moved to shelters or are staying with friends and relatives in safer areas. Populations w
And ill have the latest from europe, including a british soldier convicted of murdering a wounded afghan fighter. And the ukraine fighting for its own gas supplies after twice being left out in the cold by russia. So we begin in geneva and the attempts to end the standoff over Irans Nuclear program. The meeting in its second day has taken on new significance with the arrival of many of the worlds senior foreign ministers. William hague is already at the talks. Top diplomats from france and germany are also on their way. And u. S. Secretary of state john kerry has just arrived. He says no deal has been done yet, but he hopes a solution can be found. I want to emphasize there is not an agreement at this point in time, but the p5 is working hard and i look forward to the meetings that ill be having very shortly with with lady ashton, and my fellow ministers in the p5 and then i will be meeting with minister zarif. We hope to try to narrow the differences, but i dont think anybody could mi
Signs of promise, but there is still no deal tend to the standoff over Irans Nuclear program. The uns nuclear chief is heading to geneva to join those talks. Secretary of state john kerry and his counterparts are going to try to reach an agreement. Phil ittner joining us live from geneva where john kerry has just arrived, and phil, the Senior Leaders are gat ering. Are we expecting anything to happen any time soon . Well, dell, it doesnt look like today, but it is interesting to note we have heard from the state department that secretary of state kerry has canceled his travel plans. He was scheduled to go to algeria and morocco and he will be doing that. He will be staying here. So you have a lot of heavy hitters trying to get this started. But there is still an awful lot of work to be done. There are still some very important issues on the table that are unresolved. It is important for those to be properly, thoroughly addressed. I want to emphasize there is not an agreement at this po
Humanitarian catastrophe. Finding out the complete truth about who killed Yasser Arafat is a National Responsibility and a moral one was the conclusion of palestinian investigators that follows the publication of two reports into the death of the late Palestinian Leader and swiss scientists said he was certainly poisoned and they confirmed that he had poison in his body but the findings were inconclusive. Translator this is the crime of the 21st century. We will not save an effort and no obstacle will stop us arriving at the facts. The basis, ladies and gentlemen, is to find out who stands before the assassination of Yasser Arafat. And who has the technical and scientific resources for that. We say that israel is the only one to be accused. Reporter and joining us now is phil reese one of the journalist in the special Investigative Unit who spearheaded the investigation into Yasser Arafats death. We heard the conclusions by palestinian officials and a slight difference between the swis
Questions will be on this topic. A patient at bellevue tested positive for ebola. There is no cause for alarm. New yorkers need to understand the situation is being handled and handled well. Theres no cause for every day new yorkers to be alarmed. Ebola is an extremely hard disease to contract. Its transmitted only through direct contact with the blood or other bodily fluids of another individual. Only through that direct contact can the disease be transmitted. It cannot be transmitted through casual contact or airborn fashion. New yorkers who have not been exposed to an infected persons bodily fluids are simply not at risk. And theres no reason for new yorkers to change their daily routine in anyway. I want to talk to the people who are with us at in point, and every new yorker should be proud of the leaders of our city agencies who have responded with extraordinary ability. We should be very proud of the men and women who have done the work in addressing this crisis, the months befor