to take a cold shower in the morning or have accidently turned on the cold water then you know it feels like minus 10 degrees but of course it s a bit warm hearty wouldn t sweat most go into the water so when it s just above freezing we thought that would be a nice challenge for feel if you re a max reporter max mera in our series quirky customs he travels to north and finland to where and i see swim is very popular in winter. this town in northern finland is playing host to a frosty race in the icy water it s minus 12 degrees celsius outside but the locals take to the water as if it was summer. by putting forward a customs has led me to go in a suit over in finland and today i m taking out ice winning championships in the frames trust me they are absolutely bonkers. arrived the day before the race in order to get ready for this challenge. to see how to or one of the races organizers has brought me to the local swimming club is. the. first of all i really want to know why do
a narrow victory for marine le pen over president mccrone in france in germany meanwhile historic setbacks for chance in america conservatives and the social democrats a major surgeon support though for the greens good news for europe an unexpectedly high turnout question here on quadriga today is vote your vote s wake up call for brussel. to discuss that question i m joined here in the studio by derek scally who writes for the irish times and derek says pro e.u. forces have dodged a populist blitz with one last chance to deliver on the issues too big for individual member states above all he says climate change and also witnesses show michelle to deal a freelance journalist who reports in the french german and english and he cautions do not overstate the significance of the fall. for. it s interesting stuff and a very warm welcome to say the political activist karen taylor who argues that even if there has been no major shift to the right in germany there is no guarantee tha
tear gas and stun grenades are regularly used to keep back the crowd but they aren t giving up some believe a more calm approach will get them through the border we will try peaceful end we will see you are too well to do you. will not throw anything in not doing anything just just go on friday thousands arrived at the cordon demanding to be let through setting small fires in the field and confronting police the unrest also sprach athens dozens of refugees blocked the main railway station demanding access to other e.u. countries but the greek government and the un say the borders remain closed that heard stories of people saying that from there and. there s going to be the european commission is going to come to to a sitting there briefing and discussion to try and figure out how they can open the borders with these people that. there s going to be money and buy. it isn t everything to score damage to the system to get to the borders but the police here is going to be to prot
a naturally wet particularly in italy with some flash flooding as a result now both these two items would change would only slowly for example twenty degrees in vienna on sunday and about the same north of the black sea coast it s cooler to the west although not much in the wet areas still about the same low twenty s that rain i think will spread itself into the current the creation coast slovenia and up into the south of france i m talking down behind a northerly breeze might suggest is going to get a bit colder and that will be the case as the rains friends down so briefly they ll be a northerly breeze but of star only toss the swiss are in there about eighteen degrees in zurich and seventeen in london about nineteen vienna says a bit of a levelling out warsaw in places to the north show the real chills this time of the year. now given that all the action is in the northwestern part of the mediterranean that means the african coast is not quiet and that by sunday so there b
a payoff to the republican party and to president trump or will it deliver a lot of the critics to the polls because they want to change the outcome of the balance of power in both houses of congress it looks like they might be able to carry a majority in the house of representatives but it s the senate that just voted this confirmation and that looks like a very very tough job to change the majority in the senate you know it s so difficult to predict these things but what is the most likely scenario than from the midterms to you. the the most likely would be that the house of representatives has a narrow democratic majority possibly even a somewhat larger democratic majority because there are so many vulnerable republican seats particularly in affluent suburban areas among educated voters who have always been republican but can t stand donald trump on the other hand in the senate the most likely outcome is that democrats will not be able to claim a majority that s not certai