transgender people in germany pursue careers in the armed forces. we begin with india where tens of thousands of people have fled military violence in the ring me and mar they remain in constant fear for the loved ones they left behind. but the last 6 years hani doll and how girls have felt safe here in delhi but it didn't come easy to get they had to leave everything behind in their need of man much hennie says her husband was thought jordan killed by the military. plato they were forced to run for their lives after they were caught shells do things to one's protesting against the military. now the situation in myanmar is bringing back painful reminders from home again last month when his brother was arrested for demonstrating against the group he was released a few days ago but this still isn't good news. right now he's in the hospital because when the military arrested him they tortured him so much that we're told his face isn't even recognizable the. protests broke out across non-modern right after the military coup in february this year. since

transgender people in germany pursue careers in the armed forces. we begin with india where tens of thousands of people have fled military violence in the ring me and mark we remain in constant fear for the loved ones they left behind. but the last 6 years any doll and her girls have felt safe here in delhi but it didn't come easy to get here they had to leave everything behind in their need of man much hennie says her husband was thought jordan killed by the military. they were forced to run for their lives after they were caught sheltering students protesting against the military now the situation in myanmar is bringing back painful reminders from home again last month when his brother was arrested for demonstrating against the group he was released a few days ago but this still isn't good news and i have hospital right now he's in the hospital because when the military had rested him they tortured him so much that we're told his face isn't even recognizable. protests broke out across non-modern right after the military coup in february the c.o. .

30 close relatives will attend the ceremony and will reflect the prince's close ties with the armed forces and his many years of public service. will bring you live coverage of the procession the silence and the funeral mass here. and throughout i'll be joined by d.w. culture correspondent robin batterham here in the studio i do u.k. correspondent shell that chelsea till is in the wind and we'll hear from both a just a moment. first let's take a look back at prince philip's life and times also known as the duke of edinburgh he was the longest serving a british royal called sort spending more than 70 years of queen elizabeth's side he died on friday the 9th of april 2 months short of his 100th birthday. prince philip juke of edinburgh the husband of queen elizabeth the 2nd. always a test side or a few steps behind that was royal protocol for the british prince consuls the couple was married more than 70 years the former royal navy officer lived an eventful public life that was occasionally seasoned by his sharp tongue and the dry humor. he was born prince philip of greece and denmark on the

_ women in many areas of the armed forces. d women as well_ the non—commissioned men and women as well to _ the non—commissioned men and women as well to discover what modern day military— as well to discover what modern day military life — as well to discover what modern day military life was like. we know and we have _ military life was like. we know and we have heard extensively how much he enjoyed _ we have heard extensively how much he enjoyed his time in the navy, full-time — he enjoyed his time in the navy, full—time in the military. and one can only— full—time in the military. and one can only wonder what heights he would _ can only wonder what heights he would have reached had he stayed within— would have reached had he stayed within the — would have reached had he stayed within the service. but this, very coordinated comic very specific honour— coordinated comic very specific honour that is being portrayed today seems _ honour that is being portrayed today seems very— honour that is being portrayed today seems very fi

. >> at the time, he was head of state and the head of the armed forces. he decided at the time to send french military forces into the region in october of 1990 to support the president dictator's regime. from that point onward, france put in place a policy to take over control of rwanda. rwanda wasn't a french colony, it was a belgian colony. it had an advanced position in an area predominantly under u.s.-u.k. influence. and he wanted to take over more control in the area. it was a well thought out policy. he measured the full extent of france's influence in africa and wanted to extend the french presence and power in africa. so he used that and relied on the presence of the french republic in the area, dominantly through the private staff. it is kind of like a presidential military counsel. so you normally have the head of the armed forces advised by military advisors. that was the case here, but it was private. and through his diplomatic forces, he was able to bypass all of the regular chain of command, the head of the armed forces, the head of the army

armed forces veteran, jj chalmers.— himself a former armed forces veteran, jj chalmers., jj chalmers. yes, i'm in home park, 300 metres from . veteran, jj chalmers. yes, i'm in| home park, 300 metres from the veteran, jj chalmers. yes, i'm in - home park, 300 metres from the front gates of windsor castle. it will take the trip for a few minutes to possess interposition. a lot of area round here is a public park, gifted to the residents of windsor in 1851 by the queen victoria, but today it is the forming up point for the over 700 military personnel that will be on parade. you can see them over my shoulderfalling in in position. they have been rehearsing all week for this event, since the passing of the duke. the duke himself was involved in the planning and preparation of this event. he was a humble man who knew when and when not to use pomp and ceremony, but for the military, and i can say this myself as an armed forces veteran, this is the military spectacular that we feel he deserves. there is a real sense of pride in the air, a sense of sorrow and a sense of anticipa

what is going on is the military armed forces of the country of myanmar are now declaring war on thele of myanmar, and they are determined to kill as many as possible and arrest as many as possible and to detain as many as possible. and the international community has less say. otherwise, if there is no international action against the military operation against the people of myanmar, i am afraid it will be the greatest civil war that we have never seen before. it is not far. it is very close. >> you are mentioning the word civil war. this has been by and large a peaceful protest movement. we have seen, however, in recent days people saying you want to defend yourselves -- in recent days people saying they want to defend themselves. are you saying now the protest movement in the face of repression from the military could become violent because that is the only thing they are left with basically? dr. sasa: my people, the people of myanmar, are peaceful people. our peaceful movement is stronger than their terrorism. but our people are left with no choice. these military operations by t

the armed forces, and a pacifist, and i don't want- rearming the armed forces, and a pacifist, and iind of spend.“ thank you both. i'm going to put some of your points to doctor paul williams just now. doctor paul williams, quite a lot to chew over from a woman who says she has been labour all her life. you must be disappointed to hear what she is saying. she is not necessarily going to vote for you next week. i saying. she is not necessarily going to vote for you next week.- to vote for you next week. i hope she will think _ to vote for you next week. i hope she will think about _ to vote for you next week. i hope she will think about it, _ to vote for you next week. i hope she will think about it, and - to vote for you next week. i hope she will think about it, and at - she will think about it, and at least — she will think about it, and at least she _ she will think about it, and at least she said she is still considering. at the end of this election— considering. at the end of this election we will leave the harrods a labour— election we will leave the harrods a labour mp— electi

united states armed forces. charles watson is live from fort benning, georgia, with more about the competition. a great front row seat. charles, to you. >> reporter: hey, molly. you think about the best ranger competition, and you may think it's a bunch. of shooting and guys talking of jumping off a tall structure. but these guys are really put in circumstances that are supposed to simple late real combat zone scenarios like this downed hell continueder here which normally would have a $175 pound -- 175-pound dummy body who has been injured. the ranger team will come from this hill, they'll be under simulated gunfire, which you can hear in the background. they'll move right here and fire back at the enemy. meanwhile, his team member will provide some assistance to the dummy body here in the helicopter. the full amount -- [inaudible] [gunfire] getting those wounds situated and getting the dummy onto a

-- believe it armed forces the only way to return democracy. veral areas have armed militias and some have announced the coup, saying that will protect their territories and protesters. brent: earlier we spoke to our myanmar correspondent and asked if myanmar really is on the brink of eight civil war as a you and envoy is warning? >> when you look at how the situation deteriorated the past few weeks, the massive uptick in violence, the security forces attacks largely on unarmed civilians. now we may see mo armed ethnic roots getting involved with the fight in different fronts. the fact that students and office workers from the main cities have been going to the jungles to get essentially crash courses in guerrilla warfare. all of this shows you this really does have the potential to turn into a full-blown civil war. how quickly we get there is difficult to say. but as this develops, we could be looking at food shortages. the public health care system in myanmar, before the piegan -- before the pandemic was under resourced. now it is barely funct

you all know that less than 1% of merps serve in our armed forces. the remaining 99%, we owe them. we owe them. they have never backed down from a single mission that we've of them. i've witnessed their bravely firsthand in my visits to afghanistan. they have never wavered in their resolve. they have paid a tremendous price on our behalf. and they have the thanks of a grateful nation. our diplomatic and humanitarian work will continue. we'll continue to support the government of afghanistan. we will keep providing assistance to the afghan national defenses and security forces. along with our partners we have trained and equipped a standing force of over 300,000 afghan personnel today and hundreds of thousand over the past two decades. and they'll continue to fight valiantly on behalf of the afghans at great cost. they'll support peace talks as we will. support peace talks between the government of afghanistan and the taliban facilitated by the united nations. and we'll continue to support the rights of afghan women and girls by maintaining significant humanitarian and development a

years in the armed forces. we begin with india where tens of thousands of people have fled military violence in the ring me and mark they remain in constant fear for the loved ones they left behind. but the last 6 years and how girls have felt safe here in delhi but it didn't come easy to get here they had to leave everything behind in their need of man much hennie says her husband was thought jordan killed by the military years later they were forced to run for their lives after they were caught sheltering students protesting against the military now the situation in myanmar is bringing back painful reminders from home again last month when his brother was arrested for demonstrating against the. he was released a few days ago but this still isn't good news. right now he's in the hospital because when the military arrested him they tortured him so much that we're told his face isn't even recognizable. protests broke out across non-modern right after the military coup in february this year. since then hundreds h

transgender people in germany pursue careers in the armed forces. we begin with india where tens of thousands of people have fled military violence in the ring me and mark we remain in constant fear for the loved ones they left behind. but the last 6 years any doll and how girls have felt safe you know in delhi. but it didn't come easy to get here they had to leave everything behind in the need of man much henning says her husband was thought jordan killed by the military. later they were forced to run for their lives after they were caught sheltering students protesting against the military now the situation in myanmar is bringing back painful reminders from home again last month when his brother was arrested for demonstrating against the coup he was released a few days ago but this still isn't good news. right now he's in the hospital because when the military arrested him they tortured him so much that we're told his face isn't even recognizable. protests broke out across non-modern right after the military coup in february this year. since then

the concessions were introduced by the new armed forces minister, leo docherty. johnny mercer, who was sacked on tuesday. he'd been unhappy that the legislation excludes personnel who served in northern ireland. i would, before moving on to the main meat of my speech, to formally put on record my thanks to the honourable member for plymouth in his fantastic work on issues for many years and his work in getting this bill to this point today. and i know, madam deputy speaker, he will share my satisfaction that it will make further progress today. importantly, madam deputy speaker, i would also like to confirm to the house, although not in the scope of the discussions today, that a bill will soon come forward from the northern ireland office. it will protect our northern ireland veterans of operation banner and address the legacy of the troubles. that is very good news indeed. i look forward to it because right now, or if that does not happen, we have second—class veteran soldiers because those who have serve abroad are first—class in the way this is treated, and th

and speaking now from that experience and his commander in chief of our armed forces. i feel it is my duty. speak up. for the two and a half million fine young americans who have served in vietnam. the atrocity charges and individual cases should not and cannot be allowed reflect on their courage. and their self-sacrifice war is a terrible and cruel experience for a nation. and it's particularly terrible and cruel. for those who bear the burden of fighting but never in history. have men fought for less selfish motives. for conquest not for glory only for the right of a people far away. to choose the kind of government they want. and while we here and read much of isolated acts of cruelly. we do not hear enough of the tens of thousands of individual american soldiers. i've seen them there. building schools rose hospitals clinics who through countless acts of generosity and kindness? tried to help the people. south vietnam we can. and we should be very proud of these men. they deserve not our scorn. but they deserve our admiration and our deepest appreciation. and the wa

the armed forces created the mixed race baby if it was the further army or the air force there would be a tiger woods there would be a joke or a fate you u.s. forces. well speaking of. the. mixed plate chronicles of an all-american couple years such a young man i think you're 49 and no doubt you know a little a lot a lot a lot of more exploits over the years go why it 49 an auto biography by fred what if what have you gleaned wisdom wise that you felt the need committed to pirates i you know one thing that i struggled on being a mixed kid growing up in the seventies and growing up in the eighty's. it was hard dennis like you know my identity i latched on to my mom's side being filipino my mom and dad divorced my mom raised me i latched on to that side but then we lived in a country where it wasn't represented and it was hard it was hard to make decisions like i want to be a comedian as funny as that sounds when you have an immigrant mom moves to this country and she hears that or so it must become a comedian all she hears this failure it's. dealing with that struggle and dealing with

armed forces that will be more than 8 percent we already have on duty. on the. state of the art hyper sound missile complexes intrade continental. guard laser battle complexes pettus that. and the 1st dragon and. we have intercontinental ballistic. missile. will be delivered to cord into the plan by the end of it $22.00 we are going to increase. we are increasing the number. taking. we. arm to with hyper sound weapons. we are going to deliver in the near future hyper sound to me sells circuit. and in full crisp on the nz to our previous prior plans we are working on the author of. battle complexes including sidon very vast inc and other systems. and a leader in the building state of the yard weapons she is a chemist and developing the modern nuclear of course is a bit russia is suggesting. to our counterparts to discuss the matter is concerning of the strategic weapons. regarding. be critical of safety and stability coexistence. safety good grasp not only traditional weapons into continental ballistic missiles and have the bomb birds send submarines. all the fan

transgender people in germany pursue careers in the armed forces. we begin with india where tens of thousands of people have fled military violence in the ring me and mark they remain in constant fear for the loved ones they left behind. but the last 6 euros henny dollar and how goods have felt safe here in delhi. but it didn't come easy to get here they had to leave everything behind in the need of man much any says her husband was tortured and killed by the military. later they were forced to run for their lives after they were caught sheltering students protesting against the military now the situation in myanmar is bringing back painful reminders from home again last month when his brother was arrested for demonstrating against the group he was released a few days ago but this still isn't good news. right now he's in the hospital because when the military arrested him they tortured him so much that we're told his face isn't even recognizable. protests broke out across non-modern right after the military coup in february this year. since then hun

man mars democratic hopes have been shattered on february 1st the armed forces staged a coup seizing back power after a decade of cautious change for 50 years generals have ruled the multi-ethnic state with an iron fist in practical isolation from the outside world then 10 years ago under pressure from international sanctions the military allowed elections and the introduction of what it called disciplined democracy. the military held a long song suchi under house arrest for 15 years suchi became an icon of the struggle for freedom the nobel peace laureate began fighting for democracy and man march in the 1990 s. . as the military came under more and more pressure from sanctions and economic boycotts they decided to release their arch enemy from house arrest and 2010 a sign of goodwill toward the west but on song suchi was barred from standing in the forthcoming elections at her national league for democracy boycotted. virtually unopposed the military gained almost all of the seats. in any case the constitution guarantees the armed forces 25 percent of seats and key ministries. the c

we begin in myanmar where a coalition of 3 powerful armed groups of reportedly attacked security forces for the 1st time since a ceasefire in 2019 at least 10 officers were killed in the eastern shan state last month the rebels had threatened to end a ceasefire with the military after the joint as violent crackdown on civilians added bargo details are emerging of friday's violent crackdown by the military at least 80 people are believed to have been killed there tony chang reports. even before the sun rose the sounds of battle raged man miles armed forces moving into the city of an important gateway to the south behind the barricades the protesters tried to stand their ground but the military advance was fierce automatic gunfire and evidence that heavier weapons pictures posted to social media appear to show rifle launched grenades and reports that 3 of myanmar's ethnic rebel groups attacked a police station in the far eastern shan state on saturday morning unity amongst these disparate groups could be problematic for the military as it faces attacks on its outposts and civil unrest in

transgender people in germany pursue careers in the armed forces. we begin with india where tens of thousands of people have fled military violence in neighboring me and mar they remain in constant fear for the loved ones they left behind. but the last 6 years any knowledge and how girls have felt safe here in delhi but it didn't come easy to get here they had to leave everything behind in their need of man much hennie says her husband was thought to have been killed by the military . later they were forced to run for their lives after they were caught sheltering students protesting against the military. now the situation in myanmar is bringing back painful reminders from home again last month when his brother was arrested for demonstrating against the coup he was released a few days ago but this still isn't good news. right now he's in the hospital because when the military arrested him they tortured him so much that we're told his face isn't even recognizable the. protests broke out across non-modern right after the military coup in february this

me and mars democratic hopes have been shattered on february 1st the armed forces staged a coup seizing back power after a decade of cautious change for 50 years generals have ruled the multi-ethnic state with an iron fist in practical isolation from the outside world then 10 years ago under pressure from international sanctions the military allowed elections and the introduction of what it called disciplined democracy. the military held a long son suchi under house arrest for 15 years. became an icon of the struggle for freedom the nobel peace laureate began fighting for democracy in myanmar in the 1990 s. . as the military came under more and more pressure from sanctions and economic boycotts they decided to release their arch enemy from house arrest in 2010 a sign of goodwill toward the west but on song suchi was barred from standing in the forthcoming elections at her national league for democracy boycotted. virtually unopposed the military gained almost all of the seats. in any case the constitution guarantees the armed forces 25 percent of seats and key ministries. the civil servi

on competition, russia and china, the white house proposed defense spending after inflation and armed forces, ignoring the facts, asking about squandering leverage. this is not what the american people bargained for they know it doesn't have to be this way. past president have ways to work effectively with bipartisan progress on important issues. for example, smart policies to improve actual infrastructure, big bipartisan majority have signed on. last year, when we work across the aisle untargeted rescue package to help american families that want the -- once century pandemic. not one of the bills we passed last year and fewer than 90 votes right here in the senate. this year, the story has been different. president biden's familiar face like the most radical democrats have had and they are trying to speed as far left as they can, possibly go before american voters ask for it back but it's not too late. this white house can shake off the sweeping socialist legacy that will never happen in the united states. they can we commit to solving our nations capitol problems, fostering consensus inste

armed forces at his funeral tomorrow— armed forces at his funeral tomorrow. ., , , ., ., , armed forcesps not too early to talk about legacy, _ tomorrow. perhaps not too early to talk about legacy, although - tomorrow. perhaps not too early to talk about legacy, although it i tomorrow. perhaps not too early to talk about legacy, although it is i talk about legacy, although it is the day before the funeral. but looking back on his many visits to the country and, as you say, that strong military connection, he spoke about being off the beaches of sicily in 1943, and canadian forces being nearby. what will his legacy being nearby. what will his legacy be in canada?! being nearby. what will his legacy be in canada?— be in canada? i think prince philip embodied. _ be in canada? i think prince philip embodied, for— be in canada? i think prince philip embodied, for us, _ be in canada? i think prince philip embodied, for us, the _ be in canada? i think prince philip embodied, for us, the link- be in canada? i think prince philip embodied, for us, the link that i be in canada? i think prince phi

members and friends were allowed to attend the events reflected the prince's close ties with the armed forces having served in the royal navy and seen active service during world war 2 i mean also the fact of course he said decades of public service his body was carried to the chapel on a modified long drive which he helped to redesign but his longest serving role was queen site you're in a record breaking rain that began in 1953 you passed away for a month long stay in hospital where he was being treated for a heart condition i'm sure prince was interred in the royal votes of st george's chapel which also houses the. father joseph thanks a mother and her younger sister princess. known in washington d.c. w. . windsor we thank shall the help for joining us i'm robin merrill here in the studio there yet you can always get the latest news headlines on our website with more world news of the top of the of the day. stand for. language courses. any time any place. missing. their story their very own personal trauma. the people who survived the catastrophe and remember. and they share private footag

very low intolerance of corruption our armed forces a family under civil control and therefore who says that. corruption is connected at the high level but how do you how is it how is it then that in a state which is supposed to have a functioning justice system that these 2 fugitive brothers rerum each even an innocent harris convicted murderers actually are reported to have to return to tackle in broad daylight in 2019 to celebrate a family wedding there are many fugitive killers who can shop in a big society wedding mingle with the president dignity a master have protection right at the top you know that as well however. we are both you are absolutely right if it was known to anyone that this gentleman have returned to bangladesh. immediately they would have been apprehended there is no. question about that they were pictured at the wedding talk to reveal a picture let let let let us know i mean literally club to convey murderous uncles of the bridegroom happily celebrating with everyone else we at telescoping something that happened over 25 years. into a single incident the the brot

a very low intolerance of corruption our armed forces a family under civil control and therefore who says that. corruption is connected at the high level well how do you how is it how is it then that in a state which is supposed to have a functioning justice system that these 2 fugitive brothers of your army chief anniston harris convicted murderers actually a report we turn to return to tackle in broad daylight in 2019 to celebrate a family wedding there are many fugitive killers who can shop in a big society wedding mingle with the president dignity unless they have protection right at the top you know that is well i do i we are we are both you are absolutely right if it was known to anyone that this gentleman have returned to bangladesh. immediately they would have been apprehended there is no. question about that they were pictured at the wedding doctrine let let let let let us ronnie military club to convict murderous uncles of the bridegroom happily celebrating with everyone else we at telescoping something that happened over 25 years. into a single incident the the brothers ha

even before the sun rose the sounds of battle raged man miles armed forces moving into the city of an important gateway to the south behind the barricades the protesters tried to stand their ground but the military advance was fierce automatic gunfire and evidence that heavier weapons pictures posted to social media appear to show rifle launched grenades and reports that 3 of myanmar's ethnic rebel groups attacked a police station in the far eastern shan state on saturday morning unity amongst these disparate groups could be problematic for the military as it faces attacks on its outposts and civil unrest in towns and cities at a news conference in yangon the gintas spokesman said support for the protest was waning and the death toll is considerably lower than reported with an ominous warning. if we really shoot at the protest group using automatic rifles the $500.00 you refer to could be killed within hours but the evidence from mandalay on saturday suggest protesters is still out in large numbers marching through the streets despite the threat of detention or worse. some have fled t

to be fair, the british armed forces do do it very well.offin going up the west steps but equally, once inside it was quite unusual, of course, to see the queen and royals in face masks, and a particular image where she had her head bowed and only saw the top of her black hat and handbag on her lap which seemed to me a sad image, really in terms of a woman facing the rest of her life without her beloved husband at her side. she is 95 next week and i think we can expect those birthday celebrations to be extremely muted as she comes to terms with everything that has gone on in the last week. this is a personal sadness, isn't it? as a monarch she has carried out royal duties in the past few years since prince philip retired from public life either by herself or with other members of the family. chooses to now sort of flying solo are not having her liege man next to because he did retire in 2017 and having said that, they describe her as head of state and him as head of the family and he was the ultimate patriarch, wore the trousers while she w

since then hundreds have been killed a vested and be deemed for opposing the armed forces in the army on musharraf along the border but the indian government is not happy with the influx of refugees it has ramped up border security to stop them. here and dead thousands have sought asylum since the late eighty's mommy's refugees are disappointed by india's lack of support. requests for information have been pouring into james from mine. who heads the refugee support group here the group has written to indian prime minister nadine's more be urging him to condemn the putsch as a democratic country they are shocked by his silence. human rights violations you know the where the military torture of the people. in the street and dead body and all but india is doing nothing. when he feels helpless in her safety because she can do nothing for those back home but she believes that the international community should speak up when. sisters and brothers have to defend themselves against the military with their bare hands they don't have any c.v.s. even before the cool henny new myanmar good never

a very low intolerance of corruption our armed forces a family under civil and troll and therefore who say that. corruption is connected at the high level well how do you how is it how is it then that in a state which is supposed to have a functioning justice system that these 2 fugitive brothers of your amici vanished and harris convicted murderers actually are reported killed returned to tackle in broad daylight in 2019 to celebrate a family wedding not many fugitive killers who can shop in a big society wedding mingle with the president of dignity i must have protection right at the top you know that as well i do i we are we are both you are absolutely right if it was known to anyone that this gentleman have returned to bangladesh. immediately they would have been apprehended there is no. question about it but they were pictured at the wedding doctrine let let let let let us ronnie military club to convict murders uncles of the bridegroom happily celebrating with everyone else we are at telescoping something that happened over 25 years. into a single incident the the brothers had co

since then hundreds have been killed or vested and for opposing the armed forces. and the numbers are likely to. india myanmar share a long border in times like these people have often fled across the border into india to escape the authorities but the indian government is not happy with the influx of refugees it has ramped up border security to stop them. here in delhi thousands have sought asylum since the late eighty's refugees are disappointed by india's lack of support the value of both friends and relatives back home as internet shutdown slowed you know updates to just a trickle. requests for information have been pouring into james. who heads a few support group here the group has written to indian prime minister nadine's more be urging him to condemn the putsch as a democratic country we are shocked by his silence it is indeed our side. the violent. human rights violation you know the where the military story from the people who just looking at them in the street and dead body and all. but india is doing nothing. penny feels helpless in her safety because s

he held many very senior honorary ranks within the armed forces.marshal in the raf, but for us in the royal marines he was our captain general and we loved him. he was an inspiration to us and we were very proud to have that association with him for 64 years of his life. we association with him for 64 years of his life. ~ . , association with him for 64 years of his life. ~ ., , , . , ., his life. we are seeing pictures of the duke now _ his life. we are seeing pictures of the duke now chatting _ his life. we are seeing pictures of the duke now chatting to - his life. we are seeing pictures of the duke now chatting to large i the duke now chatting to large groups of particularly young marines there, i think. groups of particularly young marines there, ithink. what groups of particularly young marines there, i think. what was that like when younger recruits would be told that the duke of edinburgh was coming to visit? what was the response and what were the sort of conversations and stories that went on? , ,., , ., , on? everybody was delighted when

under certain circumstances, it will be desirable to put certain national armed forces at the disposal of the security council, making them subordinate to the united nations military command. this proposal, which i accept has already been made that a global observational system be established force parting emergencies. the united nations secretary general should be authorized to put it into action, even before a conflict becomes violent. the coronation of un organizations with regional structures would only enhanced its capacity to settle disputes in the world of course, the united nations contemporary role and first and foremost, and expanded and strengthened security council will require substantial funding. the method adopted for financing at the founding of the united nations revealed its weaknesses just as soon as some years later, it became more active and came closer to actually carrying out the tasks which it was assigned by its founders this method must be supplemented by some mechanism tying united nations into the world economy my thoughts at first glance appear somewhat unr

by roosevelt in august of 1941 to take over command of american armed forces in the western pacific in east asia. he was however at that time confident that the japanese would not attack the philippines. so here he is the new commander in the pacific appointed by roosevelt just on the eve of the outbreak of the war in 1941. now world war one world war ii, excuse me came in 1941 to the united states with the attack surprise attack on pearl harbor on december 7th that year macarthur was in the philippines. he was the commanding officer there at the time. and right at the beginning of the war, he essentially committed a big mistake that really did sully in some ways i think is reputation during the war. macarthur got noticed from the war department six hours after. bombing of pearl harbor the pearl harbor attack had occurred and that the united states was at war with japan. the only offensive striking force that the united states had in the western pacifica at that time was a group of b-17 bombers. stationed in the philippines most of them at clark air base just north of manila. the comma

russia armed forces have wrapped up a large scale exercise in crimea more than 40 warships 1200 vehicles and 10000 soldiers took part in those drills. russian defense minister sergei should go wraps up military drills in crimea on the ones they were at least send 1000 ground and marine troops to fort. pierce because you were with today the armed forces have successfully completed complex drools will defending russia's souls and don't. believe that the aims of this chick have been fully carried don't know and notice that the exercises have now finished. for moscow this was business as usual and now that's been wrapped up all the troops and their military equipment are headed back to their permanent bases a pretty anticlimactic ending to all the hype over his so-called russian aggression that we've been hearing about for the best few weeks right in case you missed it here's a little sampling of what's been said on that front as a flate tensions are rising in ukraine as russia continues to ramp up its military force on the border between the 2 countries a pentagon spokesman has called the d

well the crusher insists on its right to put its armed forces or whatever it wants as long as they are on the russian grounds and that's clear nobody can force russia to withdraw its troops bot for pool political reasons russia cannot disregard on us because of the loss of don't bust could result in further political losses for russia bought on the other hand there is a risk of getting involved in a big war with almost the entire western world given that russia has hardly allies or even sympathizes with the west so we go on some consequences for me putin could be absolutely unpredictable ultimately it would be better if moscow stops its direct link as soon as possible and withdraw its troops from the border voluntarily maybe just before let me put in state of the nation or address to the russian parliament on april 21st all shortly after that may be our correspondents yuri resettled there in moscow and david stern in ts thank you both very much. let's 2nd hours of other stories making headlines around the world in northern ireland amassed demonstrators hurled petrol bombs at police and