News Headlines - 15 February 2014

▽Hanyu Falls Twice, but Still Wins Gold - NYTimes.com

Hanyu became the first skater to break 100 points in a short program after receiving high marks for all his jumps, including a quadruple toe loop. But in the long program, he fell on two jumps, including his first one, a quadruple salchow. Adam Leib, a coach and national technical specialist for U.S. Figure Skating, breaks down the competitors’ performances, jump by jump:

▽UK weather: High anxiety among jet stream watchers - The Independent

It travels around the world at up to 200mph, at altitudes of between five and seven miles. It controls Britain's weather and can make or break a summer holiday. But something is happening to the jet stream that could explain why Britain has experienced a conveyor belt of storms dumping huge amounts of rain onto flood-battered parts of the country.

▽UK weather: three dead as forecasters warn Britain will be gripped by ice - Telegraph

Three people have died in the storms that have wreaked havoc across Britain, but as they finally ease the Met Office warn that the country will be gripped by ice.
A cruise ship passenger died when 80mph winds whipped up freak waves in the English Channel and a woman minicab driver was killed when part of a building collapsed on to a car in central London.

▽AFP: Venezuela split by pro- and anti-Maduro protests

Supporters and opponents of Venezuela's leftist government staged dueling rallies Saturday in Caracas and other cities in the latest public displays of discontent at soaring inflation and basic goods shortages.

▽BBC News - Syria talks: UK and France blame government for collapse

The UK and France have blamed the Syrian government for the collapse of peace talks with the opposition in Geneva.
"The responsibility for it lies squarely with the Assad regime," UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said.
His French counterpart, Laurent Fabius, said the government had "blocked any progress".