We are told, experts at predicting football results. Sarah and i have visited all of the host cities for next years tournament, and we have discovered a whole menagerie of soccer soothsayers. First stop, sochi. Heres the stadium. Meanwhile, down at the aquarium. This is harry the otter. Here in sochi he has a reputation for predicting sports results. In fact, at the sochi olympics, he had a 75 success rate. Will england win . Yes or no . And he is going for. Straight for the green a couple of seconds and he decided, no doubt about it, england will win. Now to ekaterinburg, where the excitement is building. Not on the pitch, but in the zoo. Maggots at the ready. Meet suri, the fortune telling meerkat at ekaterinburg zoo. I am told he has plenty of experience picking winners. Lets see where he has gone . England that is a good sign. In rostov, theyre proud of their new stadium, and elyce, the fortune telling raccoon. But she isnt playing ball today. She is harder to catch than harry kane
Israels Prime Minister shows no signs of compromise drucilla has become the reason its going to resume for three thousand years its going to be jewish gave. Away warnings that recognition of jerusalem as israels capital is a threat to peace netanyahu says palestinians must get to grips with reality also coming up global arms sales are on the rise for the first time in five years. The most and the most. Also kremlin insider are crusading outsider hits the campaign trail with the former reality t. V. Star who standing against Vladimir Putin she says she wants to create a new and different russia. Also coming up in the next sixty minutes and winter hits europe with a vengeance heavy snowfall across the continent creates a Winter Wonderland for songs but. Travel chaos for most. In the bundesliga a blizzard of goals and blizzard conditions in cologne but the teams former coach was feeling the warmth at percy dortmund after getting a surprise call. Im serious oh my god i thank you for joinin
Early hours, continuing into the morning. Gusts 60 mph elsewhere. Gusty winds for a while, further south there will be some stronger winds but it will not be as windy here. After a spell of rain clears away overnight, we should get more sunshine arriving, just one or two showers. Very windy weather across the northern half of the uk in particular, as the storm moves out into the north sea, the winds will ease through the afternoon. After a speu ease through the afternoon. After a spell of sunshine we will see more of these showers packing in from the west, they could be quite heavy. Still gusty winds around, a range of temperatures like today, six in scotland, 12 across southern areas of england. Moving on a fewer hours to see in the new year, there will be some showers around, but the winds will be much lighter by this stage in scotland and it will be starting to turn chilly. For the first day of the new year, there is a chance of rain running east across southern parts of england, th
American Television Audience in the united states, if they start at green park station and end here the americans get to see much more of the iconic views of london. Our reporter talking to be a short time ago. It looks pretty pleasant out there. What about the weather prospects for the rest of the day. The rain is clearing the south east of england, but we have quite a few showers around elsewhere, notably gcioss showers around elsewhere, notably across Northern England and parts of wales and the midlands. Those will push further south for a while and later in the night they will fade away and we will see the winds easing and skies clearing allowing temperatures to dip away. Frost more widely across scotland, but frost elsewhere in some rural areas, but again, things change quickly on tuesday. We have got rain coming into Western Areas with stronger winds. The rain pushes eastwards through the morning. Doesnt last too long. Some snow over the pennines and over the scottish hills. Temp
David vers goliath. His tiny buddhist monastery has taken on a mighty steel corporation, one that has their sights set on the monks little piece of enlightenment. Yet the company has no spiritual deeds in mind. Their interests are purely economic. [bell ringing] reporter in shad chup ling, morning begins with meditation. In a cloister high on mount katchkanar, we meet with young buddhists, men and women who live in accordance with buddhas teachings. [wind blowing ] [. Barking dog barking] this guy has been peacefully meditating here for 20 years. But the peace and quiet could soon be disturbed, because the mountain here contains iron ore, and the lure of profits for the Steel Industry at the foot of mount katchkanar. The temple, and the whole mountain, is in danger. This mountain is fiveandahalfbillion years old. No one has the right to own it. Ive been living here for so long. So im staying here. Reporter up to now, only blocks of ice are crushed here daily, for water to make tea. But