side. no one yeah i have done that a yeah yeah. the perrin's landings that led to france's liberation from *-*- germany are remembered seventy five years later president of money on my car with heels for the memory of african veterans to be properly. any running oil tankers released after being detained for a month in gibraltar this despite a last minute us attempts to seize the vessel. iran calls it a humiliating defeat for washington. and u. s. democratic lawmakers denounced israel's decision to ban it to congresswoman from entering the country f from minister benjamin netanyahu says the move is justified. it's l. hanna m marin

rasheeeeda played supports the palestinian led boycott movement of israel. what a match the friends three four news room i'm uncle i thank you for joining us again. it's been called the forgotten landing bubut seventy five years ago to the day. operation dragoon is remembered as instrumental in freeing friends from *-*- occupation. as several hundred thousand f french and allied troops landed on southern beaches in provence. a huge majority of them from france's been colonies in africa. on thursday both french president emmanuel michael and his counterparts from ivory coast and guinea pay them tribute the trigger has more. seventy three views on veterans of from his african army still remember their own marching songs. four hundred and fifty thousand men landed in the southern performance as a follow up to the d. day landings in normandy when i hope of the french from the vampires colonies. as a mark of respect emmanuel macron invitedd by hisis i. foror indid

cananaan counterparts to pay tribute a a similar at this moment when france with the aid of her allies was fighting for her survival and freedom. and the sons and daughters of africa felt cold involved. and shared the absolute and universal call of freedom. attending the proceedings formerer president nicolas sarkozy raced p pensions fabricant veteranss to be in line with the rest of the armed forces in twenty ten. now macro has made his own overtureses to one of those often overlooked by history the girl that does if he can. these african fighters for many decades did not receive the glory and esteem that they deserve for their bravery. france has a part of africa withihin her. and that's why i am today launching an appeal to mayors across france to bring it to life. in the names of our streets and squares our monuments in ceremonies. the memories of these men who make all africa

proud d to catholic. france has had an often sensitive relationship with a former colonies three quarters of a century after they overwhelmingly helped to liberate the nation from *-*- occupation all were united in remembrance of the common struggle. gibraltar has allowed the release o of any running an oil tanker d detained there for over a month the grace one was seized by the british royal navy as it passed through the straits of gibraltar last month. on sususpicion is that it was transporting oil t to syria against e. u. sanctions. the vessel was given the grereen light to leavave despite a last minute legal intervention by the us justice department. to keep in custody franklin is the latest. the grace one released from detention. on thursday gibraltar's chief minister lifted the ordered that's kept the iranian supertanker in custody for six weeks. the ship is no longer as specified ship within the provisions. of the you use sanctions. and as it is

no longer such a specified trip. there is no cause for its arrest. and therefore the arrests has lapsed immediate. the us justice department had sought to convince gibraltar to extend the greats ones detention as the trump administration tries to deepen the effects of western sanctions against both iran and syria. the grace one and it's two point one m million barrels of iranian crude weree seized by british royal navy commandos off the coast of the u. k. territory on july fourth. what tehran called an act of piracy gibraltar suspected the tanker was on route to deliver its oil to syria in violation of e. u. sanctions authorities though now say they have a written assurance from iran that the grace one will not discharge its cargo there. the ship's seizure set off a diplomatic and security crisis between london and tehran iranian forces sees the british flag swedish owned tanker stand i am pero on july nineteenth

observers believe thursday's decision opens the possibility for that ships release. recent weeks have seen six separate attacks on oil tankers i in the persian g gulf regionn that the. s. is blamed on iran tensions between iran and the west have been on the rise since donald trump's decision in may of twenty eighteen to unilaterally withdraw the u. s. from the iran nuclear deal. and re impose punishing sanctions on the islamic republic. israel is open to criticism but not calls for boycott. that's prime ministster benjamin netanyahu's take after his country barge to u. s. congresswoman from entering on a plan to visit. l. hannaa marin or should sleep have both supported the palestinian led boycott of israel. president donald trump had urged israel to ban their visit but the move has been denounced by u. s. democratic lawmakers. and even the powerful pro israel lobby a pack. omar has called it an ininlt to demomocratic values.

what else i'm for media watch with james create an hello james hi and you've been looking at reactions to the story on social media and on the internet that's right as you can imagine it has ignited an awful lot of comments online and was probably designed to do so because that's a- very much again with the tweets. right into the heart of it the communication strategy of u. s. president of course divisive comments online divisive decisions. so this was the initial remark made about five hours ago now it would show great weakness if israel and i would add the representatives to visit they hate israel and old jewish people. and there is nothing that can be said or done to change their minds. so at you you know the sort of an extreme language at that is fact just factually incorrect because i think it's just. if it's clear that you can't say that these two individuals hate all jewish people and you can see you'll see shorty comments at. add to that effect witith peop disagagree the represenentativess are the facef the democratic party and the cages are now i think that pretty much exposes what's going on here this is a bipartisan on. domestic politics it's about sort of

labeling the democratic party the opposition. party with a face that's particularly convenient for him at to try to sort of to criticize for various reasons. in any case it just some of the comments on those tweets at our our our our- sale often themselves as a writer florida based writer how dare you. again the mud slinging going back and forth action reaction. how dare you say that they hate old jewish people i am jewish and every day i am discuss to buy your phones and pathological. lies see even see the kind of that that that the reaction that the sort of comments from at the us president via twitter can provoke an awful lot of obsession. and that is again as i said sort of at the heart of the communication strategy because it's not open top headline on so many news organizations around the world. new york times israel denies entry after trump's out cold for the representatives to be blocked mr trump's decision drug recommended another country block entry to two us citizens let alone members of congress. at rights at the paper was one of the most

pronounced. violations of democratic norms. that he's engaged. in since taking office in january twenty seventy. baht there is some support far at this move at from various. from various of points of view the jerusalem post. m. ad says at that said this is an analysis piece by herb. klein o on. if israel lets the congress women in it will be they will lose because they will use every opportunity at the al aqsa mosque. at the security fence at a refugee camp. to bash the jewish state and of course from the point of view. all the at or via netanyahu and others. at they were only gonna be visiting one side in n this trip it was all about just sort of. showing their solidarity with the palestinians on their support. for b. d. s. at boycotts divestment sanctions which of course is. something that to these restated very much against bought. again looking at further actions bernie sanders. himself let it be said. jewish on to because remember t the way that's that's was worded by donald trump he said that they hate old jewish people to hear you have. a jewish a politician. a very critical of this move by the israeli authorities a pocket the- chief a- israeli lobby. in

in the us is also against the decision. i'm on. a lot of criticism as well of the israeli ambassador. are the are you a u. s. ambassador to israel. for essentially siding with donald trump on this. and you can see he he he he- can he threw his weight behind the decision from the point of view of. of provoked an- opposing b. d. s. support right. hi this is john hutson of the washington post. again talk about how. the ambassador is speaking on behalf of. a of america essentially and this is something that has upset a lot of people. and that he would it be so a part is on in. his in his in his position. looks like a weakling says it jennifer rubin also the washington. it creates a rift with jewish organizations. this is sorry that she's. she's talking here netanyahu himself. at that this decision to bow down to donald trump's sure makes him. look like a king of finishing this comment by age. at about an israeli folder. journalist for

channel in. a a month ago. movig on finally some respect. for the one hundred and forty seven migrgrants on board the rescue vessel open arms. they'rere allowed to disembark w when the ship dockeked in linee t tdo s o it'll be a short while ago. this more than two weeks after the ship first became stranded in the mediterranean. italian intimate interior minister matteo salvini refusing to let that ship in. italy's change of heart came after six europeann countries offered to take the migrants and- including france germany romania portugal spain and luxembourg. indians are celebratating their seventy second independence day but this year the festivities have been overshadowed by india's revoking the region of kashmir as a tonic. the controversial move has increased tensions in the region prime minister narendra modi's however using

his independence day speech to defend his actions in the disputed region. the old arrangements during the last seventy years in coverage secessionism. they gave birth to terrorism i nurtured nepotism. and in a way they made the foundations of corruption and discrimination stronger. neighboring pakistan which also claim sovereignty in kashmir the mood was decidedly darker pakistanis called it a black day protest took place in pakistan run cashmere and i it near the indian embassysy in isislamabad pakistan's military also reported clashes on the de facto border saying unprovoked firing from india it killed three soldiers and two civilians morris office has more. in karachi pakistan's largest city supporters and members of prime minister imran khan's ruling party came out to demonstrate on thursday. it's being called a black day in

pakistan. the symbolic protest against india's revocation of kashmir special status and its celebration of independence. our demand is that india should withdraw their decision regarding cashmere the prime minister imran khan has said that we will raise the issue with the united nations. this month we so go to the u. when there is you and resolution on this issue so how could you deny it. we will knock on the u. n.'s door and say that we cannot compromise on. the cage merry people's right to self determination. in the capital of the pakistani administered region of kashmir on thursday more than a thousand supporters of the hizbul mujahedin militant groups took to the streets in protest against what it calls india's occupation of the region. has been outlawed as a terrorist organization by the indian government as well as the e. u. and the united states but not by pakistan. meanwhile on thursday around

seven million kashmiri statayed indoors for the eleventh day of an unprecededented s security lockdodown and communications blackouts. the hong kong which is bracing for another round of weekend protests amid growiwing concerns that beijijing will directly intervene in the territory china again warned against foreign interference in the escalating crisis as western govovernments i includig the united states have stepped up calls for restraint. beijing has repeatedly accused the united states of interfering in hong kong. paradingng andnd wavg chinese flags hundreds of m men from the people's liberation army were seen conducting exercises at a sports stadium mentions in. the cd located just kilometers away from the border with hong kong. in london the chinese ambassador to the united kingdom stressed that the country stood ready to intervene. never allowed anyone to undermimine one country two systems. sure the situation in hong kong deteriorated further

into and rest. and controllable for the government of the hong kong special administrative region. the central government. would not say it on its hands and watch. we have enough solutions. and you not power within the limits of basing all. to quell any unrest swiftly in recent weeks trainee state media have also released footage of the chinese army flexing its muscles in the slick video published by the global times on one st rose of armored vehicles roll through the cd. footage aired by trying to cc tv channel also showed anti riot drills with people wearing yellow hats the de facto uniform of hong kong's protesters. meanwhile western and asian diplomats have said they believe the recent escalatition as p part o of a br

propaganda effort andnd that china has l little a appetite fr deploying its army on to the streets of hong kong. those are from his arm thanks for watching stay can much more coming up on friends ready for . zero plus on the head when you sit down yes our contact what. yes yeah should be the difference in the mall not just for. six if you know me give us some deservedly from fusioion to sising for. hello the deductible

for lost kitten deductible. hello and thanks for joining us for this week's edition of fronts in focus coming to you from the southern port city of too little we've come here to run the events of seventy five years ago at the start of the allied invasion of southern france which began in mid august nineteen forty four watten massive operation was originally supposed to happen at the same time as the normandy landings in june. but resources dictated that operation dragoon begin two months later we're gonna start by taking a closer look at just what happened here. three quarters of a century ago. a formosa fifty thousand troops landed in provence in southern france on the fifteenth of august nineteen forty four. velshi member of the african commandos was among them. alarmed at the l. five we were across the water over there between the rocks and the islands when it started company thought he realized that t they had to be around one thirty in the morning. then bob twenty

landing vessels arrived on the beach where we're now. and when we set foot on the sand. we didn't even have wet feet there were six hundred men on the small beach and we trust the gardens. the main road. the goal of operation dragoon launched by the americans was to take control of the ports of two don't announce say before joining unlike troops were landed in normandy. landings here took place along around one hundred kilometers of coast provide us with its deep water ports and rugged terrainin was a deliberate choice. any thoughts and also the german defenses were much more limited in the region most of thth rtificatioions were on the english channel and most o of te divisions based in thee south went to fightt in normandy. that meant that there were almost no large numbers to deal with in a landing in ththe sound of almost you know reinforcece the man nearly one hundred thousand men landed and establish solid positions in the first phase of the operation. five hundred soldiers died in battle. a few ofof them the ten thousand killd

in normandy on the sixth of june. the germans were overwhelmed by the scale and speed of the attack on forces i mean we n never thought it wawas goining to bebe that simple on s we were really expececting a response butut i in the end that didn't happen. looking for a home your portal it meant tt the posts of two nor anonother day with feet by twenty eighth of augugust earlier than expected. success was possible thanks to french quarter the french resistance on a dollar ththe resistance plalayed a roln helping air operarations and preventing deployment of. german reinforcements. there were not so many. it's important role was in providing details on german. make the may ninineteen fortyty. where at mon

shop on a mountain which overlooks too long and here to its peak is a memorial dedicated to those nineteen forty full of holes landings. find out more i'm joined now by floating on kennels immediate direct to all of the polls landings memorial thank you very much indeed for speaking to us what do you think the provost landings changed that for. massage for g. really cool sick also due to certain. date change the outcome of world war two in western europe. music is due to this pmr is broke through with those points in the german defense alone yeah the full so german defense was weak in the northwest. following on from operation overlord. and also in he says because of operation bagration. and if the operation dragoon here on the fifteenth of august. nineteen forty four yeah finally finished off any german

resistance. the operation in normandy in operation impulse the two landings was supposed to happen at the same time. in the end they didn't happen at the same time they were two months apart why was that it is you you and you won't feel who's used to put it they t took placace at different times for logistical reasons that yeah that was one of the course the allies needed lots of boats and equipment. in the northwest for operation overlord bob dole northwest will gosh what the hold. in a play pause about they couldn't find some to friends at the same time the bulk of my units of the normandy landings took place on the sixth of june. and some of the vessels then came to the mediterraneann planes and to most of the logistical support also came to paul's may leading the two operations simultaneously on this scale logistically it was too difficult you position. thank you very much indeed flowing cattle danny the director of the. polls landings memorial thank you. thank you very much.

we tend to him more about the normandy landings than we do about the pollsls landings we're gonna take a closeser look now t why that is what's been done to keep the memory alive. looking at the rows of parcels and happy holiday makers. it's hard to imagine that blackwell than men spotting beach was once the site of a crucial military operation. get under the palm trees this sign post acts as a discrete reminder. a lot of but nor do i just noticed the sign so i was reading it out to my daughter so she knows what happened. city by city. today is a job that allows an evil are you who are fighting to keep the memory alive. former army mechanic loves in history buff boy a. each had an organization that works to wield raising a awareness about ththis page of local and nationl history. starting with school children. only the lord to is all we bring them here every year find the usually in may is a school year and seasonal you

see it okay. we come with remembrance. such as this to be a wholesale cost forty four in the keep we work as a team. artist to explain the provost landing which is a forgotten detail fortunately yes. so why has this d. . day foreign on the way side of history. one woman these a deadldly landingsgs have become part of the region's brand the mediterranean is all about seaside leisure. naturally here to sun is the main attraction and it takes precedence over to land on normandy norman d. v. d. as a mass all draw from this. so here. we don't need to attract towards london. so it's been forgotten. and there's another aspect to this historic collapse. to move by the coasts tourist infrastructure. a little acropolis on the side of the road. testifies to the diverse origins of the soldiers. who took part in thesese landings. many of them came from france's colonies. i wish to do the record keeping

mine but not long after the landings came appeared to be colonization. leave the cemetery trees that. these troops came from suddenly became independent. and i think there was also a political will to have raised about parts of the equation. set the speed against you. a selective memory that france has yet to fully regain. for now about fifteen kilometers north over to the individual of sony is the i'm joined by a gray gloves off cool who is historian who's written. about the polls landing thank you so much for speaking to us. only plaque behind us we can see. the names of some people who lost their lives as a result of the august nineteen forty four landings one of those names tell us ababout who actually was involved. certainly give the box the army the landing was made up of men and women from five continents most were from

france that's zero. and then africa and also asia the usa and oceania. the memororl i is astonishing and thatt at least french soldiers some born in north africa sometimes thehere's also a corsican. an italiaian. and d lots of africacan soldiere requested africa. keygenn p peoe from senegalal. did you see jeff governor kean offensive. the king of france who. is the best known what's surprising is that they were all in the same army unit. the sick thing senegalese infantry regiment in together which suffered the worst losses in the battle to log. o on about take a tool with a volunteer is. full with a force to come and fight hearing problems. thank you. it's a curious mix of national conscription was just meaning that if you eighteen or nineteen you called up by the military. no matter where you are in the colonies. anywhere

in the colonial empire with a non. is a student journal some little piece of coming out of. he law if you can mark yourr son would drorop the please. the log side the system a hundred more offices people went to villages. and recruiting volunteers of people were created equal. he offered president in the case of the provence landings after the war because volunteers had more military experience than conscripts up today the majority of those landing work in reality component is. when the war ended many of the people from the french colonies they went back to their countries. they then went on to change the course of french colonial history different day. shop works for the bus. i think this is something that goes beyond any individual destiny local the army generally speaking so the scenes of nationalism of consumer products i have to explain that as it is paradoxical. to those on the colonial rule experienced a sense of inferiority on a daily basis again mall it could work it was

imposed by french little. often include a computer by suddenly becoming a soldier in. the french army the door opened towards equality. when the soldiers returned home after liberating france and becoming safe use of the french nation. if you want to come up with a different office resume summary one symbolic example is ask me and bella thousand on if the french army sergeant who was quite extraordinary. i feel he was cited for bravery in battle twice. i received the highest distinction a soldier can get. many if you cancel doctors for what. he became one of the founders of algeria's national liberation front for you guys and he was the first president of the republic of algeria. because you again she was incredibly i saw a model french soldier who went on to find out

from you know g. area. okay well that's all we have time for historian and author greg lage option cool thank you very much for speaking to us. it was a pleasure. well if we have time for this week's edition all from a focus

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