while we see the missiles being fired from two warships and one submarine currently located in the mediterranean and these latest airstrikes managed to destroy one i still command center as well as. weapons stockpiles in the area and turkish an israeli forces operating in the region happen informed but we haven't heard about the u.s. forces being informed as because on monday russia has already hold to that this agreement of military cooperation with the u.s. in syrian air space after the u.s. has shot down a syrian government jet back on sunday and will be interesting to see what the u.s. is response will be to this latest development but thanks for the update the saudis only say. to germany now where the parliament has approved a law allowing the country's secret services to monitor medicine messaging platforms like what critics say that this plan infringes civil liberties artie's peter oliver has more german parliament has adopted this law that would allow what's up messages or any other messaging service that using crippin to be loved those messages that are sent to be read by the authoritie

shows six cruise missiles being launched from two warships and a submarine currently located in the mediterranean and the strikes managed to destroy and i saw a command center and several i saw weapons stockpiles in the province as well turkish and israeli forces that are also operating in the area they happened informed about the strikes in advance but nothing is said about communicating with the coalition forces as on monday russia has halted the agreement of military cooperation in syrian air space with the u.s. after they downed a syrian government fighter jet near iraq on sunday. germany's parliament approved a law allowing the country's secret services to monitor messaging platforms like what's up now critics say the planning fringes civil liberties piece all of our reports from berlin. german parliament has adopted this law that would allow what's up messages or any other messaging service that using crippin to be loved those messages that the sent to be read by the authorities what they do is they intercepted before it sent from one device to another where the encryption takes place. now

we the mediterranean around majorca are, please. i will do that. we will see you at 11:30pm when you have done your research. that's it for the papers tonight. another martina cole thriller, another number one bestseller. betrayal continues herjourney through the london underworld where, in martina cole's stories, it's the women who are the most dangerous. in this one, it's jade who is plotting to become miss big. for 25 years, since dangerous lady, this is an author who has made that world her own. welcome. 25 years since dangerous lady, martina, and the ladies are still pretty dangerous and rough, aren't they? yeah, i think i like my dangerous ladies, and i also like my dangerous men. i normally write from the point of view of the criminal, as everybody knows, as opposed to the police. i don't really write many police procedurals, so i quite enjoy sort of being on the other side of the coin. the other side of the coin — it's where you've always been, in a way, and the brilliance with which you made these tough women the ones who really ran the

hundreds on board inflatable boats in other vessels mostly unfit for a perilous journey across the mediterranean on the way some get rob kidnapped and sometimes even murdered in the process. well meanwhile in europe there are voices questioning whether those arriving in europe on mass are actually fleeing war and famine or just seeking better job opportunities or some of the ngos rescuing migrants in the mediterranean are being accused of encouraging human traffickers earlier my colleague daniel hawkins asked joel millman senior press officer at the international organization for migration about the reasons fueling migration and the role n.g.o.s play in the crisis. there's been a certain argument rising especially from the sort of center right political spectrum about the difference between migrants and asylum seekers in particular they're saying that many of these people coming are economic migrants rather than people who are victims of war does that argument hold any water to you at all. well it's certainly true and we're not we're not going to be we were in a political about this two years ag

ministry has released a video showing missiles being launched from warships underfoot moving in the mediterranean targeting islamic state positions in syria. where the justice further now i'm joins me live in the studio good to see you emily so this is the latest update isn't it what more do we know so far well based on the russian report from the minister of defense russian intelligence is tracking i saw fighters who are trying to escape their stronghold through the so-called southern corridor or if i believe we can show you this map on the screen now iraq you know has been surrounded by u.s. led coalition forces for quite some time now in all directions so via the southern corridor is pretty much the only way out of the city and if a lot we understand that the fighters are trying to go towards palmira through the hamam province where they've been targeted in these latest airstrikes of course this is not the first time that we've heard terrorists managed to escape in fact there have been several reports before about the currents we ported the opening of a cord or for the terrorists to escape the

shows six cruise missiles being launched from two warships and a submarine currently located in the mediterranean and the strikes managed to destroy and i saw a command center and several i saw weapons stockpiles in the province as well turkish and israeli forces that are also operating in the area they have been informed about the strikes and afghans but nothing is said about communicating with the coalition forces as on monday russia has halted the agreement of military cooperation in syrian airspace for the u.s. after they downed a syrian government fighter jet near iraq on sunday. germany's parliament has approved a law allowing the country's secret services to monitor messaging platforms like what's up critics say the plan infringes civil liberties piece all of our reports from berlin. germany poland has adopted this law that would allow messages or any other messaging service that using christian to be bulldozed messages that the said to be read by the youth or. what they do is they intercept it before it's sent from one device to another where the encryption takes place. now this is a move

he brought this booook that from the mediterranean -- boat back from the mediterranean. and these lifejackets. he come them in a memorial to the dead -- he hung them in a memorial to the dead. reporter: dw follow the artist in exile over the space of several months. our film, "drifting," had its world premimire in berlin. >> the only way i think my life can continue is to develop, to have new ideas, or to put myself in even more difficult situations. then force myself to answer some questions. reporter: for dw, the artist opened up his studio where he works. it is now impossible for ai weiwei to return to china and work as an artist. for a glimpse of his life in a file, tune in to "drifting" on june 24. brent: world champions in germany are in final preparations ahead of their confederations cup football campaign in russia. the cup is a precursor to next year's world cup interval pit a young german -- and it will pick a young german squad against champions from the six continental federations. reporter: one last training session in germany than it is off to saatchi. -- t

he brought this book that from the mediterranean -- boat back from the mediterranean. and these lifejackets. he come them in a memorial to the dead -- he hung them in a memorial to the dead. reporter: dw follow the artist in exile over the space of several months. our film, "drifting," had its world premire in berlin. >> the only way i think my life can continue is to develop, to have new ideas, or to put myself in even more difficult situations. then force myself to answer some questions. reporter: for dw, the artist opened up his studio where he works. it is now impossible for ai weiwei to return to china and work as an artist. for a glimpse of his life in a file, tune in to "drifting" on june 24. brent: world champions in germany are in final preparations ahead of their confederations cup football campaign in russia. the cup is a precursor to next year's world cup interval pit a young german -- and it will pick a young german squad against champions from the six continental federations. reporter: one last training session in germany than it is off to saatchi. -- to

i mean you've got to remember that thousands drowning in the mediterranean off the mediterranean shore sixty thousand were rescued in the past few years in the mediterranean and the figures are astounding when the producers on going underground show we do i say is that really the number because it seems so so high a quarter of all people in greece between the ages of eight hundred thirty are unemployed i mean you know you can't there's a reason why should your looking i mean yeah you're i mean they may have a good macro and a technocratic neoliberal government there but we go to elections coming up of course in germany and europe is not a continent of ease with itself either and if britain makes the move away from financial services that the financial services go to go to frankfurt and britain riek concentrates on a different. pivoting of the economy away from well let's face it it's all you guys well did lehman brothers if you all worked at lehman brothers and it's a. i believe it rather than probably wouldn't be in full bloom as they would be police on the story. forgive me it. was t

the daily telegraph reports that the number of migrants crossing the mediterranean from morocco to spain has more than tripled this year, according to the united nations, making it the fastest growing sea route into europe. the sydney morning herald focuses on the incident at melbourne airport in which a passenger tried to storm the cockpit of a malaysia airlines flight to kuala lumpur, threatening to blow up the plane. and finally the business section of the daily telegraph reports that the technology firm deliveroo is offering its riders the option to be paid per delivery, rather than per hour, in an effort to reinforce their status as self—employed contractors instead of employees. joining us is cornelia meyer — the ceo of the business consultancy, mrl corporation. thank you very much are coming to join us. we have two start with the gulf news. of course, that massive bomb blast. there are still a lot of speculation over who was behind it. no group has claimed responsibility. speculation as to who could have been behind it exist, but of course, most of the people who died were civ

for the poor lives journey across the mediterranean some of them get robbed kidnapped and sometimes even murdered in the process now meanwhile in europe there are voices questioning whether those arriving in europe actually fleeing war and famine or just seeking better jobs opportunities are some of the ngos rescue margaret said about reagan being accused of encouraging human traffickers earlier i spoke to joel millman senior press officer at the international organization for migration about the reasons fueling migration and the role in jos play in the crisis. there's been a certain argument rising especially from the sort of center right political spectrum about the difference between moderates and asylum seekers in particular they're saying that many of these people coming economic migrants rather than people who are victims of war does not all going to hold any moves at c. you it's all. well certainly true and we're not we're not going to be we were in a critical about this two years ago the vast majority of migrants on this particular route through tripoli were or were distressed mi

think russian policy is more interesting because russian policy appears to want to secure a kind of mediterranean guard them a letter carrier from musketeer down to. doctors that along this coast where there is a russian naval base a russian air base and the idea of russia having a mediterranean garden there is not something intolerable to the world unfortunately it involves supporting us and as is really bad's yeah i think russia doesn't support assad personally i think russia supports the fischel damascus and if it came down to it who knows maybe russia could trade assad for someone else from official damascus. i think for russia having a libya as an example of someone who is overthrown and having that disarray in the country and having that i would say was also a dictator but after he got shot he got hanged everything went downhill from there i think those two examples were very vivid for russia because russia is much closer to those countries the united states it prefers to support the official damascus rather than undefined rebels. who we don't really know what they wrote leave the country t

and that time, almost 1900 people have died trying to cross the mediterranean. the two-day summit has been overshadowed by discussions of britain's departure from the bloc. to theresa may sought reconfirm people living in her country's future will be resecured. people in the uk's who made their lives and homes and the u.k., no one will have to leave you we will not see it torn apart. it is a fair and a serious offer and i want to give those citizens certainty about the future and to see that certainty given to british citizens living in the eu >> i am joined by armand. we saw prime minister may given the floor for 10 minutes and she was able to lay out a first proposal. what is she offering? >> she is offering settled status for european citizens living in britain. if you have been there for five years at the time of the cutoff date, we do not know when the cutoff date is, if you have been in britain for five years, you will get rights to health care, education, welfare and pension. and as for more recent eu rivals, they would be allowed to stay until they clock

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a tomato sauce with spices, and diced octopus or squid from the mediterranean. all covered with another layer of dough. >> the consistencey of the dough after baking is not the same everywhere. it has two different flavors. here in the middle it stays soft because of the sauce. but the edges are crispy. >> cedric opened his shop two years ago. his employees follow his grandmother's tielle recipe down to the letter. >> i canan't say exactly what'sn the tielle. as f far as i knowow it's tomas and squid. it's a small delicacy, and very typical of the region. and very tasty. >> the specialty of the house, a tielle made with eggplant and parmesan cheese. ♪ >> more than 4 billion people worldwide currently use mobile phones.. china accounts for morore than % of global prprojectition -- gll production. 450 billion mobile phones a year. in industrialized nations, people purchase a new mobile phone everyone a half -- every 1.5 to 2 years. they contain a treasure trove of precious metals. the biggest producers of this metal are china, rwanda and the democratic republic

the central mediterranean route for many refugees it's the only option for reaching europe. but it's an extremely dangerous one. at least 5 thousand people lost their lives attempting the crossing in 2016 more than any previous year. many of those who do make it only survive thanks to good luck. and then there is the italy, for example, rejects over half of asylum applications. ♪ >> this is the hilltop village of riace, in the southernmost part of italy. iman and atieh al jedi and their four children are building a new life here. their first step has been to start learning the language. the family originally came from syria, but fled from there to lebanon, where thelived fo five years. atieh remembers what a shock it was to arrive in italy after traveling for 30 hours. >> when we got here my first thought was: take me back to lebanon. i was so tired. but then, bit by bit, i calmed down. the people here treated us well. the italians are good people, and the welcome was warm. >> flashback: beirut, the capital of lebanon -- syria's neighbor in the middle east. about two and a

the central mediterranean route for many refugees it's the only option for reaching europe. but it's an extremely dangerous one. at least 5 thousand people lost their lives attempting the crossing in 2016 more than any previous year. many of those who do make it only survive thanks to good luck. and then there is the daunting prospect of gaining legal l residency. italy, for example, rejects over half of asylum applications. ♪ >> this is the hilltop village of riace, in the southernmost part of italy. iman and atitieh al jedi and thr four children are building a new life here. their first step has been to start learning the language. the family originally came from syria, but fled from there to lebanon, where they lived forr five years. atieh remembers what a shock it was to arrive in italy after traveling for 30 hours. >> when we got here my first thought was: take me back to lebanon. i was so tired. but then, bit by bit, i calmed down. the people here treated us well. the italians are good people, and the welcome was warm. >> flashback: beirut, the capital of lebanon --

a tomato sauce with spices, and diced octopus or squid from the mediterranean. all covered with another layer of dough. >> the consistencey of the dough after baking is not the same everywhere. it has two different flavors. here in the middle it stays soft because of the sauce. but the edges are crispy. >> cedric opened his shop two years ago. his employees follow his grandmother's tielle recipe down to the letter. >> i can't't say exactly what'sn the tielle. as farar as i know i it's tomas and squid. it's a small delicacy, and very typical of the region. and very tasty. >> the specialty of the house, a tielle made with eggplant and parmesan cheese. ♪ >> more than 4 billion people worldwide currently use mobile phones.. china accounts for morore than % of global prprojectition -- gll production. 450 billion mobile phones a year. in industrialized nations, people purchase a new mobile phone everyone a half -- every 1.5 to 2 years. they contain a treasure trove of precious metals. the biggest producers of this metal are china, rwanda and the democratic republic

the central mediterranean route for many refugees it's the only option for reaching europe. but it's an extremely dangerous one. at least 5 thousand people lost their lives attempting the crossing in 2016 more than any previous year. many of those who do make it only survive thanks to good luck. and then there is the daunting prospect of gaining legagal residency. italy, for example, rejects over half of asylum applications. ♪ >> this is the hilltop village of riace, in the southernmost part of italy. iman and a atieh al jedi and thr four children are building a new life here. their first step has been to start learning the language. the family originally came from syria, but fled from there to lebanon, where they lived forr five years. atieh remembers what a shock it was to arrive in italy after traveling for 30 hours. >> when we got here my first thought was: take me back to lebanon. i was so tired. but then, bit by bit, i calmed down. the people here treated us well. the italians are good people, and the welcome was warm. >> flashback: beirut, the capital of lebanon --

the central mediterranean route for many refugees it's the only option for reaching europe. but it's an extremely dangerous one. at least 5 thousand people lost their lives attempting the crossing in 2016 more than any previous year. many of those who do make it only survive thanks to good luck. and then there is the daunting prospect of gaining legal residency. italy, for example, rejects over half of asylum applications. ♪ >> this is the hilltop village of riace, in the southernmost part of italy. iman and atieh al jedi and their fofirst step has been to startew liflearning the language.eir the family originally came from syria, but fled from there to lebanon, where they lived for five years. atieh remembers what a shock it was to arrive in italy after traveling for 30 hours. >> when we got here my first thought was: take me back to lebanon. i was so tired. but then, bit by bit, i calmed down. the people here treated us well. the italians are good people, and the welcome was warm. >> flashback: beirut, the capital of lebanon -- syria's neighbor in the middle east. about

the talks are aimed at reunifying the mediterranean island that has been split down ethnic lines for over four decades. crash is piling up on the streets in greece as garbage collectors across the nation continue to strike for job security. with tourist season underway and temperatures in the mid-30's celsius, fears are that mountains of uncollected garbage could spark a health crisis. spying on friends is unacceptable -- those were the words of german chancellor angela merkel after revelations in 2013 that the u.s. national security agency, the nsa, had been eavesdropping on one of her cell phones. more than three years later, the parliamentary committee charged with investigating the u.s. spy agency's activities has delivered its final report. reporter: three and a half years of work and more than 1800 pages, german mp's presented on wednesday the final investigative report on the nsa spying scandal that rocked the country. politicians interviewed nearly 100 witnesses, including german chancellor angela merkel. the report reveals a wealth of information about german and internation

shows six cruise missiles being launched from two warships and a submarine currently located in the mediterranean and the strikes managed to destroy and i saw a command center and several i saw weapons stockpiles in the province as well the turkish and israeli forces that are also operating in the area they have been informed about the strikes in advance but nothing is said about communicating with the coalition forces as on monday russia has halted the agreement of military cooperation in syrian air space with the u.s. after they downed a syrian government fighter jet near iraq on sunday. we spoke to ward winning journalist martin joy about the difference between the russian and american approaches in the country. if you look both of the strategies in the ethos of both of these big plays one on the american side there is a two pronged approach which is confusing and conflicting at the best of times america wants to support a large demographic of forces not its own of course but others largely kurdish who are supposed to take over and destroy isis positions but the same time the americans also ha

defense ministry has already video showing missiles being launched from warships a submarine in the mediterranean targeting islamic state positions in syria. russian intelligence is tracking eisel fighters who've been trying to escape their stronghold in iraq through the so-called southern corridor that's pretty much their only way out as the city has been surrounded by u.s. led coalition forces for quite some time now for we understand the fighters have been trying to go from broccoli to palmira of the hamas profits and that's where they've been targeted in the latest series of air strikes from russia now as i still continue to lose ground a rocket this is certainly not the first time we've heard terrorists managed to escape the city in fact there have been reports last month of the kurds one of the main forces fighting isis opening up a chord or allowing the terrorists to leave the city of raka the kurds have the night this by the ministry of defense and russia have confirmed seeing the movement of large eisel convoy moving from towards palmira these latest images released it shows six cruise m

sea packs on through inflatable boats and other vessels most of course unfit for journey across the mediterranean some kidnapped and sometimes even murdered in the process i mean while in europe there are voices questioning whether those arriving in europe on mass are actually fleeing war and famine or just seeking better job opportunities some of the n.g.o.s that are risking moderates a bit in the mediterranean are being accused of encouraging human traffickers earlier i spoke to and from the international organization for migration about the reasons fueling migration and the role n.g.o.s play in the crisis. there's been a certain argument rising especially from the sort of center right political spectrum about the difference between migrants and asylum seekers in particular they're saying that many of these people coming economic migrants rather than people who are victims of war does that argument hold any moves at c u it's all. well certainly true and we're not we're not going to be we were at a critical about this two years ago the vast majority of migrants on this particular road through tr

think russian policy is more interesting because russian policy appears to want to secure a kind of mediterranean guard them a letter carrier from musketeer down to. factors that along this coast where there is russian naval base are russian air bases and the idea of russia having a mediterranean garden there is not something intolerable to the world unfortunately it involves supporting us out and as is really bad yeah i think russia doesn't support assad personally i think russia supports the fischel the mosque this and if it came down to it who knows maybe russia could trade assad for someone else from official damascus. i think for russia having libya as an example of someone who is overthrown and having that disarray in a country and having that i would say he was also a dictator but after he got shot he got hanged and. the thing went downhill from there i think those two examples were very vivid for russia because russia is much closer to those countries that united states it prefers to support the official damascus rather than undefined rebels who we don't really know or are they right leav

shows six cruise missiles being launched from two warships and a submarine currently located in the mediterranean and the strikes managed to destroy and i saw a command center and several i saw weapons stockpiles in the provinces while turkish and israeli forces that are also operating in the area they have been informed about the strikes in advance but nothing is said about communicating with the coalition forces as on monday russia has halted the agreement of military cooperation in syrian air space with a u.s. after they downed a syrian government fighter jet near iraq on sunday. let's go live now to a warden journalist more to discuss this further thanks for joining us and here it seems the russians the americans two similar perhaps very different methods though was the lot of differences mainly in the two approaches to fighting us all. good question i think the difference is a quite vorst if you look both of the strategies in the ethos of both of these big plays one on the american side there is a two pronged approach which is confusing and conflicting at the best of times america wants to s

the militarization of all of these borders in the balkans the beefing up front taxes policing of the mediterranean and the. yeah the whole internal politics of refugee detention made these countries we were were creeping there slowly but surely it could get a lot worse and there's definitely a struggle over the meaning of this which is i think you know very important and the great irony in the european situation is that europe is turning into a cherry actress or demean demographically they actually need young people that's why i do not mind your article and it sounds like america will out a million because who is going to build the cars yeah yeah so and in a way the right wing politics fits perfectly into that and you can have it both ways are in the best thing from the point of view of economic elites in many of these countries is to have immigrants but not let them have rights so this to keep their wages down and that's that's been the secret of of much of america's economic dynamism right i mean what is what is our agricultural sector right if not based on the tremendously hard work and skill o

with the previously seventy nine tomahawk missiles from navy destroyers in the eastern mediterranean we now have a carrier operating there. there's heavy strike capability that has to weigh on the minds of a side and his russian handlers i think it's a good strategy to lay that out as long as he will enforce it. well the theme of your book is how oceans influence geopolitics much more than we think so how much of the syrian conflict is to do with the fact. that the russians have a naval base in syria. certainly russia's historical geo political interest in the eastern mediterranean is to have access to that kind of warm weather report. it fits with their black sea fleet and it also allows them to demonstrate global reach we're seeing russia pushing not only into the eastern med laura but. into the baltics into the north atlantic and indeed into the pacific it's part of a global naval strategy by vladimir putin. one in your book you toured the oceans of the world you talk about the arms race. race around the pacific how concerned are you about china's military build up the possibility

ministry has released a video showing missiles being launched from warships and a submarine in the mediterranean targeting islamic state positions in syria. russian intelligence is tracking eisel fighters have been trying to escape their stronghold iraq through the so-called southern corridor that's pretty much their only way out as the city has been surrounded by u.s. led coalition forces for quite some time now for what we understand the fighters have been trying to go from to palmira the hamas profits and that's where they've been targeted in the latest series of air strikes from russia now as i still continue to lose ground a rocket this is certainly not the first time we've heard terrorist managed to escape the city in fact there have been reports last month of the kurds one of the main forces fighting isis opening up a chord or allowing the terrorists to leave the city of raka the kurds have the night this by the ministry of defense and russia have confirmed seem to move on up large eisel convoy moving from towards palmira these latest images released it shows six cruise missiles being lau

in the mediterranean, a research crew has made a surprising discovery. they've found the rising temperature and acidity of waters here is faster and greater than anywhere else on the planet. that means species such as oysters are at risk of extinction. they say the cause is man—made climate change. what's happening here and in coastal areas around the world is year by year, bit by bit, the level of the sea is rising. it's why scientists say climate change is making a real impact and why many are worried about the us pulling out of the paris accord. president trump says it's about us jobs but renewables like solar and wind are outcompeting coal on price and creating three times morejobs. donald trump may have fulfilled his promise, but america first might mean america alone, leaving a gap for other countries to take the lead. laura westbrook, bbc news. only a few hours to go before the first test match between the british and irish lions and new zealand in auckland. the bookies make the all blacks firm favourites for the game, but many analysts think it

in the mediterranean, a research crew has made a surprising discovery. they found the rising temperature and acidity of waters here is faster and acidity of waters here is faster and greater than anywhere else on the planet. that means species such as oysters are at risk of extinction. they say the cause is man—made climate change. what's happening here and in coastal areas around the world is year by year, bit by bit, the level of the sea is rising. is why scientists say climate change is making a real impactand climate change is making a real impact and why many are worried about the us pulling out of the paris claude. donald trump says it's aboutjobs paris claude. donald trump says it's about jobs but renewables paris claude. donald trump says it's aboutjobs but renewables like solar and wind are out beating coal on price and providing morejobs. donald trump may have fulfilled his promise but america first might mean america alone, leaving a gap for other countries to take the lead. laura westbrook, bbc news. parts of the us have seen record tempera

churchill describes the encounter and says at that moment on the mediterranean renamed the british see and betty help make that possible. there is another incident involving betty ciphers. the years 1941, and it is a low point in the war for the allies. pearl harbor has just been bound, the british have been pushed off the continent of europe, germany is marching into russia and at this point churchill comes to this united states and is meeting with fdr and tried to convince him of what the next move. eventually the operation towards north africa. even if they're working towards this decision the british government decides they need the ciphers if they're going to get into north africa. betty is told about this missi mission. to explain it when the nazis invaded france paris of the north became part of germany in effect, while the south and central area with its headquarters at the town that's famous for the mineral waters are an independent state which really just answers everything germany says. they are allowed to have an embassy in the united states. they have one on wyoming avenue

the video showing missiles being launched from warships and a submarine in the mediterranean targeting islamic state positions in syria. russian intelligence is tracking eisel fighters who've been trying to escape their stronghold in iraq through the so-called southern corridor that's pretty much their only way out as the city has been surrounded by u.s. led coalition forces for quite some time now for we understand the fighters have been trying to go. to palmira the hamas profits and that's where they've been targeted in the latest series of air strikes from russia now as i still continue to lose ground a rocket this is certainly not the first time we've heard terrorists managed to escape the city in fact there have been reports last month of the kurds one of the main forces fighting isis opening up a chord or allowing the terrorists to lead the city of raka the kurds have the night this by the ministry of defense and russia have confirmed seeing the movement of large eisel convoy moving from towards palmira and these latest images released it shows six cruise missiles being launched

shows six cruise missiles being launched from two warships and a submarine currently located in the mediterranean and the strikes managed to destroy and i saw a command center and several i saw weapons stockpiles in the provinces while the turkish and israeli forces that are also operating in the area they have been informed about the strikes in advance but nothing is said about communicating with the coalition forces as on monday russia has halted the agreement of military cooperation in syrian airspace for the us after they downed a syrian government fighter jet near rock on sunday we spoke to award winning journalist modern gioia about the differences between the russian and american approach in syria. both of the strategies and the source of both of these big players one on american soil and two pronged approach which is confusing. conflicting at the best of times america wants to support a large demographic of forces not its own of course but others largely kurdish who are supposed to take over and destroy isis positions but the same time the americans also have their own geo political strug

in the mediterranean, a research crew has made a surprising discovery. they've found the rising temperature and acidity of waters here is faster and greater than anywhere else on the planet. that means species such as oysters are at risk of extinction. they say the cause is man—made climate change. what's happening here and in coastal areas around the world is year by year, bit by bit, the level of the sea is rising. it's why scientists say climate change is making a real impact and why many are worried about the us pulling out of the paris accord. president trump says it's about us jobs but renewables like solar and wind are outcompeting coal on price and creating three times morejobs. donald trump may have fulfilled his promise, but america first might mean america alone, leaving a gap for other countries to take the lead. laura westbrook, bbc news. parts of the us have seen record temperatures over the past week — particularly in the southern states. in dallas a film of one resident trying to stay cool has gone viral. zola the gorilla likes his po

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you could literally build a road from tehran to the mediterranean sea. that is a huge strategic importance, something that many of the white house and washington don't want to see. i think that is part of it. it may be, we don't know what the americans have seen at this airbase, they may simply be trying, as they say, to thwart another syrian chemical attack. but a subplot in all of this, and an important one, is this growing struggle with iran or iranian backed forces and us backed forces coming ever closer together. i guess with this statement, the white house is to some degree boxing itself in. if there were a chemical attack, which international bodies decided the abbas regime were behind, the us would have to respond —— the assad regime. behind, the us would have to respond -- the assad regime. one would assume the syrians wouldn't be fullish enough to launch such an attack —— foolish enough. you made another point moment ago, the last attack by the americans, although it sounds significant, some 59 cruise missiles were launched against this

the militarization of all of these borders in the balkans the beefing up front taxes policing of the mediterranean and the. yeah the whole internal politics of refugee detention made these countries we were were creeping their slowly but surely it could get a lot worse and there's definitely a struggle over the meaning of this which is i think you know very important and the great irony in the european situation is that europe is turning into a geriatric ward i mean demographically they actually need young people as well and do not mind your article and stuff like americal out a million because who is going to build the cars yeah yeah so and in a way the right wing politics fits perfectly into that and you can have it both ways are in the best thing from the point of view of economic elites in many of these countries is to have immigrants but not let them have rights so this to keep their wages down and that's that's been the secret of of much of america's economic dynamism right i mean what is what is our agricultural sector right if not based on the tremendously hard work and skill of immigrants

you take the navy, and you start moving it towards the mediterranean, the eastern mediterranean. nothing came out of it. eventually, all the sides backed off. washington kept its side of the deal. >> thank you. we'll take the questions over here. yeah. and then ross. >> thank you very much. i was wondering -- >> if you could introduce yourself, please. >> laura -- [inaudible] the earth in lands. i was wondering -- the the netherlands. i was wondering whether you could say a little bit more about the soviet side, in particular about the junior allies because i see you have bulgarian files, east german files, so a little bit more about that. >> thank you. and ross johnson right behind -- >> ross johnson, wilson center in the runup to the outbreak of the war in israel, was there thought, assumption that the outcome would be a larger israel? and was there post-war planning? was there thought about what one would do with new territories? >> but you're asking the first question? be i didn't hear it clearly. >> no, it's one question. in israel, in the runup to the war -- >> was there po

the militarization of all of these borders in the balkans the beefing up front taxes policing of the mediterranean and the. yeah the whole internal politics of refugee detention in these countries and we're we're creeping there slowly but surely i mean it could get a lot worse and there's definitely a struggle over the meaning of this which is i think you know very important and the great irony in the european situation is that europe is turning into a geriatric ward i mean demographically they actually need young people as well and do not mind your article and stuff like miracle out a million because who's going to build the cars yeah yeah so and in a way the right wing politics fits perfectly into that and you can have it both ways are in the best thing from the point of view of economic elites in many of these countries is to have immigrants but not let them have rights so this to keep their wages down and that's that's been the secret of of much of america's economic dynamism right i mean what is what is our agricultural sector right if not based on the tremendously hard work and skill of immi

the militarization of all of these borders in the balkans the beefing up front taxes policing of the mediterranean and the. yeah the whole internal politics of refugee detention in this country and we were we're creeping there slowly but surely i mean it could get a lot worse and there's definitely a struggle over the meaning of this which is i think you know very important and the great irony in the european situation is that europe is turning into a geriatric ward i mean demographically they actually need young people as well i do not mind your article you cited miracle out a million because who is going to build the cars yeah yeah so and in a way the right wing politics fits perfectly into that and you can have it both ways are in the best thing from the point of view of economic elites in many of these countries is to have immigrants but not let them have rights so this to keep their wages down and that's that's been the secret of of much of america's economic dynamism right i mean what is what is our agricultural sector right if not based on the tremendously hard work and skill of immigrants

the militarization of all of these borders in the balkans the beefing up front taxes policing of the mediterranean and the. yeah the whole internal politics of refugee detention made these countries we were were creeping their slowly but surely i mean they could get a lot worse and there's definitely a struggle over the meaning of this which is i think you know very important and the great irony in the european situation is that europe is turning into a cherry actress or i mean demographically they actually need young people as well do not mind your article and stuff like americal out a million because who is going to build the cars yeah yeah so and in a way the right wing politics fits perfectly into that and you can have it both ways or in the best thing from the point of view of economic elites in many of these countries is to have immigrants but not let them have rights so this to keep their wages down and that's that's been the secret of of much of america's economic dynamism right i mean what is what is our agricultural sector right if not based on the tremendously hard work and skill of imm

ministry has released a video showing missiles being launched from warships and a submarine in the mediterranean targeting islamic state positions in syria. russian intelligence is tracking eisel fighters who've been trying to escape their stronghold iraq through the so-called southern corridor that's pretty much their only way out as the city has been surrounded by u.s. led coalition forces for quite some time now for what we understand the fighters have been trying to go from to palmira the hamas profits and that's where they've been targeted in the latest series of air strikes from russia now as i still continue to lose ground a rocket this is certainly not the first time we've heard terrorists managed to escape the city in fact there have been reports last month of the kurds one of the main forces fighting isis opening up a chord or allowing the terrorists to leave the city of raka the kurds have the night this by the ministry of defense and russia have confirmed seeing the movement of large eisel convoy moving from towards palmira and these latest images released it shows six cruise missile

there's even a japanese naval squadron that's at work convoying allied ships in the mediterranean. but what does world war i really do in terms of the big story, particularly in terms of midway? after the treaty of versailles concludes the first world war, japan is beneficiary of all these of islands. so the care lines and the marshals all become japanese territory. the united states has always figured, well we'll defend the philippines and just counter any aggressor or harm, but now suddenly post-world war i japan controls a large stretch of the central pacific. well, the other thing that happens after world war i is the national conference. most people think in the aftermath of world war i, well we have the league of nations whereby japan joins the league of nations, the united states does not. okay, there's going to be a new era of peace. we're going to pass these naval treaties that basically limit capital shift construction. somehow, someway there's going to be peace. well, that certainly doesn't happen. but let me suggest to you as we sort of do these landmarks as japan goes