nato leaders who ve been meeting in brussels say they re considering strengthening the bloc s eastern flank, in the light of the crisis over ukraine. that would mean creating new battle groups in central and southern europe. nato also says, it s seen no evidence to confirm russia s claims, that some forces have been pulling back, following the completion of military exercises in crimea. police in london are investigating allegations of cash for honours linked to one of the prince of wales s charities. his aides say he had no knowledge of the alleged offer of honours or british citizenship to a saudi national. at least 70 people have died in landslides in brazil. a month s worth of rain fell in just a few hours, causing landslides in the town of petropolis, not far from rio de janeiro.
and the actions of the former president, ashraf ghani. to italy now, and the island of sicily is being battered by a rare cyclonic storm known as a medicane. torrential rain has caused widespread flooding around the city of catania. at least two people have been killed. courtney bembridge reports. during a brief respite from the rain, residents of catania were out checking the damage. translation: here, it was like a swollen river, a lake. - it spread and caused major damage to this beautiful area of our city. between yesterday and the day before, 300 millimetres of rain fell. the annual average in catania is 600 millimetres. this means that in 2a hours, half of what is recorded in one year fell. it s very unusual. this is what that much rain looks like. streets turned to rivers, the water strong enough to pick up cars. mud filled many homes and in some areas, the water
torrential rain has caused widespread flooding around the city of catania. at least two people have been killed. courtney bembridge reports. during a brief respite from the rain, residents of catania were out checking the damage. translation: here, it was like a swollen river, a lake. - it spread and caused major damage to this beautiful area of our city. between yesterday and the day before, 300 millimetres of rain fell. the annual average in catania is 600 millimetres. this means that in 2a hours, half of what is recorded in one year fell. it s very unusual. this is what that much rain looks like. streets turned to rivers, the water strong enough to pick up cars. mud filled many homes and in some areas, the water supply has been cut off, making the cleanup even harder. translation: it was a disaster. my mother was sleeping here.
a swollen river, a lake. - it spread and caused major damage to this beautiful area of our city. between yesterday and the day before, 300 millimetres of rain fell. the annual average in catania is 600 millimetres. this means that in 2a hours half of what is recorded in one year fell. very unusual. this is what that much rain looks like. streets turned to rivers, the water strong enough to carry cars. mud filled many homes, and in some areas the water supply has been cut off, making the clean up even harder. translation: it was a disaster. my mother was sleeping here. local businesses are trying to salvage what s left. translation: we don t know yet. we will try to clean these plants, but i think it will be difficult to save some of them. and the worst could be to come. forecasters are predicting more heavy rain.
by a rare cyclonic storm known as a medicane. torrential rain has caused widespread flooding around the city of catania. at least two people have been killed. courtney bembridge reports. during a brief respite from the rain, residents of catania were out checking the damage. translation: here, it was like a swollen river, a lake. - it spread and caused major damage to this beautiful area of our city. between yesterday and the day before, 300 millimetres of rain fell. the annual average in catania is 600 millimetres. this means that in 2a hours, half of what is recorded in one year fell. it s very unusual. this is what that much rain looks like. streets turned to rivers, the water strong enough to pick up cars. mud filled many homes and in some areas, the water supply has been cut off, making the cleanup even harder. translation: it was a disaster.