16 taken to hospital hundreds of people ran for safety. as italy s prime minister suggests global warming played a part in sunday s deadly avalanche in the dolomites, we look at the extreme climate events across the globe that are all linked to climate change. and scientists discover a new species of giant water lily the largest in the world hiding in plain sight for almost 180 years. let s start the united states, where shots have been fired at the start of an independence day parade north of chicago. he also confirmed that it is still currently an active incident. we are now being told six people died in highland park during the independent state parade. six 16 people are said to be in hospital, police say it is still an active shooting situation. it started at 10am local timejust shooting situation. it started at 10am local time just ten shooting situation. it started at 10am local timejust ten minutes into the parade. one reporter at the scene said they had seen fiv
in the ring the woman angela merkel had since selected as her successor says she is no longer in the running. i m told me a lot of bowl welcome to the program the latest advance by syrian government troops into the rebel held it live province has fractured relations between the key international players in the conflict the past 10 days have seen deadly clashes between turkish soldiers supporting syrian rebels and forces of the syrian regime which is backed by russia turkey s president range of time erdogan has hit out at syria and its russian allies promising to retaliate if his troops are attacked meanwhile the country s humanitarian crisis continues to grow. the roads out of sarmento province in the last 2 months more people have fled the fighting here than at any other time in the syria conflict many are braving the harsh winter conditions simply to get tight. them it s really sad to see people here enduring snow and cold and most of the children what are we going to do we
rebel stronghold triggers an international standoff and prompts hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee plus could this man become the next head of germany s conservative party and the next chancellor predict marriage throws his hat in the ring a moment a chance on the marital had selected as her successor she says she is no longer in the run. off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome tonight the most positive outlook since the coronavirus scare began china is suggesting that the virus is outbreak has reached its peak health officials there have reported 97 more deaths and more than 2000 new infections but they say these are the lowest figures. since january and they predict the epidemic could be over by april but the world health organization says that an apparent slowdown in the epidemic should be viewed with extreme caution adding that the alberich could still go in any direction. for more now i m joined by duns hong kong a senio
europe. your regular guide to the top stories in brussels and transport. 0n today s programme: angela merkel and martin shilts fight it out in the closing weeks of the german election campaign. what will the outcome mean for the future of the eu. schulz. never mind brexit, let s push on with the european project. that was the message from the president of the european commission. is he right? while britain regrets leaving? and brexit will leave empty seats in the european parliament. what are the remaining 27 countries do with them? what short? so all that to come and more in the next 30 minutes. joining us today a journalist tony young and anne mcelvoy. first up, here is a guide to the latest from europe in just 60 seconds. a good job took centre stage in strathbogie this state of the union speech this week. but meps also discussed evil gates, 0x wagon and admission scandal new testing regimes in germany and austria introduced earlier this month after a parliamentary e
to politics europe. your regular guide to the top stories in brussels and strasbourg. 0n today s programme: angela merkel and martin schulz fight it out in the closing weeks of the german election campaign. what will the outcome mean for the future of the eu? never mind brexit, let s push on with the european project that was the message from the president of the european commission. is he right, that britain will regret leaving? and brexit will leave empty seats in the european parliament. what should the remaining 27 countries do with them? so, all that to come and more in the next 30 minutes. joining us today are journalists toby young and anne mcelvoy. first up, here s our guide to the latest from europe in just 60 seconds. jean claude juncker took centrestage in strasbourg with his state of the union speech this week. but meps also discussed diesel gate, the volkswagen emission scandal, debating new testing regimes in germany and austria introduced earlier this month a