armed forces. an estimated 8,300 merchant mariners lost their life during the war and around 12,000 were wounded. but these brave men and women who put their lives on the line to sustain our armed forces were not even given veteran status until 1988. much less public recognition for their invaluable services. today, i'm going to meet with a group of world war ii merchant marine veterans, charles mills of texas, age 97, eugene barner from kansas, age 92, and robert regant from illinois, age 92. i also will be meeting with families of other veterans who are no longer with us. i'm meeting them to hear firsthand their stories of bravery and peril in the service of our armed forces. they deserve the recognition of a congressional gold medal, and that's precisely what this legislation will do. i urge you, all the members of this house, and the senate to give our merchant marine veterans and their families the honor they deserve. i'll also be discussing with these gentlemen and their families a piece of l

unlike the armed forces radio service, where war officials were able to direct programs largely under their own control, this would not be the case with motion pictures. as the domain of hollywood producer, films underwent government review but were not direct under cultural development. in the summer of 1942, the office of war information warned hollywood unless the public adequately understands the word a few military reverses can chatter behind the american people. during the war years, the bureau of motion pictures wrote approximately 1,600 film scripts until harry truman abolish the agency appeared within the government or program the inclusion of black americans. yet these progressive inclinations were constantly tempered by a conservative congress. and many studio heads were unwilling to challenge racial ideas. only a handful of films represented african americans. while the productions did not often live up to rhetoric. nonetheless signaled the beginning of what would become a promotion of racial liberalism on behalf of the motion picture industry. the two most anticipated fil

it's a day to remember and honor those in our armed forces who their lives for o across the bay area tributes are being held this memorial day to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. good afternoon. >> it is a day to remember those who served in the armed forces and sacrificed their lives for our country. >> reporter: volunteers are laying down 27,000 roses, one for each gravesite here, honoring veterans and the men and women who sacrificed their lives for our country. some laying roses for the following this memorial day, others carrying their names with them every day. >> i have it right in my pocket. >> reporter: sergeant first class thomas popa has the names underlined in red, the men who died in his platoon a few weeks after he left vietnam. >> there was an explosion that killed all of them. >> reporter: he also carries this picture of the men he served with. now and 83, he is not sure who is still alive, but every year he comes here to the san francisco national cemetery to honor all those who serve and sacrifice. this year, the 150th anniversary of the memorial day

budget for the current year and it's set to spend thirty eight point five billion euros on its armed forces now that may sound like a lot but the defense ministry is up in arms saying it needs far more to modernize germany's fighting forces as pressure grows on the country to fulfill its obligations to nato. a german euro fighter taking to the air something of a rare sight these days germany possesses one hundred twenty eight of the jet work plates but only four are reportedly mission ready that could leave the country unable to fulfill its commitments to nato germany needs to modernize its armed forces the bundeswehr but there's no consensus on the cost. conservative defense minister was a left under lyon says she needs an additional twelve billion euros by twenty twenty one to get the military back in fighting shape but she's only receiving two point five billion extra she's taken the extraordinary step of filing an official letter of protest. and a terse statement from the line played down the conflict but stressed germany's military responsibilities. somebody has to make its contributio

where the defense secretary is calling on journalists and i t specialist to enlist in the armed forces in an attempt to tackle this information on online propaganda he made the comments in the unpublished interview with the hot spot takes magazine to care closer like this our ecosystem of. he is a rising star a fireplace salesman turned defense secretary he is gavin williamson and he summons you my fellow british geek it's battlefield world wide web and the u.k. army is ready to charge at the enemy in this age where there's so much this information we're britain's enemies will use every angle they can do to change the narrative people who have traditionally thought about joining reserve forces we want them to come in but actually it's looking to different people whether it be journalists those people with amazing cyber nighty skills those people with the ability to really understand about getting messages across their worst nightmare is coming true with the enemy has infiltrated but your id skills are a game changer. we are living in the era of fake news and competing narratives the go

is is very disturbing if you're looking to journalists gently join up with the armed forces i find really peculiar and very strange as you say a journalist can do a perfectly good job discovering truth and exposing things that need to be exposed through the normal channels so why would they suddenly become pockets of if you like a particular aspect of government but of course with fake news being such a hot topic now at least we can be sure the british army will stay trendy at least while williamson is in charge. indeed right let's check out the football now that countdown continues of course the feed for world cup trophy is no arrived here and . head of football's biggest event which kicks off right here in moscow in just six weeks just over six weeks time the most iconic prize in the sport spring to more than fifty countries in its long journey before finally arriving in the far east and russia's lot of all stock that trophy is now going to visit eight other cities here in russia i finished his trip in moscow also on tour across russia is artie's own a legend of the game former manchest

join up with the armed forces i find really peculiar and very strange as you say journalists can do a perfectly good job discovering truth and exposing things that need to be exposed through the normal channels so why would they suddenly become puppets of if you like a particular aspect of government but of course with fake news being such a hot topic now at least we can be. sure the british army will stay trendy at least while williamson is in charge. let's check out the football now tracking that the fee for world cup trophy is arrived here in russia football's biggest event which kicks off here in moscow just six weeks now and counting the most iconic prize in the sports meet the more than fifty countries burst far before arriving in russia's a lot of astarte were released the trophy will now visit eight other cities in russia to finish its trip in moscow also on tour across russia as artie's own legend of the game we're delighted to say as well for much the united goalkeeper peter schmeichel is in sochi to the south for his latest report on the host cities check it out on our site

join up with the armed forces i find really peculiar and very strange as you say journalists can do a perfectly good job discovering truth and exposing things that need to be exposed through the normal channels so why would they suddenly become puppets of if you like a particular aspect of government but of course with fake news being such a hot topic now if least we can be sure the british army will stay trendy at least while williamson is in charge. indeed he goes down off they come without real news u.s. democrats are losing the support of young voters it seems calling the latest polls give more detail after this ninety second break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to a guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. price perceives news and so if you have fake prices you end up with a fake name. so here when you have manipulation of markets and there if you have interest rates at zero and you can borrow money at zero percent and have an unlimited credit line and you can muscle prices around it well that creat

handed out also coming up germany's defense minister calls for a vast overhaul of the country's armed forces to focus on national security over foreign missions but it comes with a hefty price tag. and later in business from a chief executive to chief suspect u.s. prosecutors charged volkswagens former boss for his part in the company's falls of the cation on a mission data they say he knew about the cheating. i'm sumi so much got the good to have you with us the swedish academy has announced that it will not award the nobel prize for literature this year it says it will instead award two prizes in two thousand and nineteen the institution is in crisis over its handling of sexual assault allegations against the husband of one of its members the scandal has seen a string of board members leave in recent weeks the prize for house for over one hundred years crowned what many view as the world's best writers but it has not always been free of controversy. the nobel prize in literature an award to quote denote the most outstanding work in an outstanding direction the can for the greatest good on

germany's defense minister calls for a vast overhaul of the country's armed forces to focus on national security over foreign missions but it comes with a hefty price tag after tomorrow marks that you understand a verse or a of karl marx's growth he's one of the most divisive thinkers in modern history we ask people here in berlin what they make of the founder of communism. they got to have you with us the swedish academy has announced that it will not award the nobel prize for literature this year it says it will instead award it to prizes in two thousand and nineteen the institution is in crisis over its handling of sexual assault allegations against the husband of one of its members now the scandal has seen a string of board members leave in recent weeks. and we have our culture editor with us and told the story for us hi. karen thank you joining us this is an unprecedented decision why are we seeing this now ok well the whole mess is surrounded in this french photographer and cultural figures you know he's the husband of academy member who carried a friend since and who is also a po

downing of a flight over eastern ukraine three years ago say it was a russian missile from russia's armed forces that shot down the plane. russia has always denied that is the case. french president emmanuel macron opens the tech conference in paris. facebook and ibm are there, as well as startups from around the world. also coming up this hour, the trump administration has launched an investigation into auto imports, once again raising concerns of global trade war days after stepping back from the brink with china. as "france 24" starts broadcasting today in vietnam, take a closere look at the ties that have bound the countries together for generations. first-come, our top stories live first, our top stories live from paris. ♪ genie: north korea has followed through on a pledge to blow up tunnels used for nuclear testing. that comes from journalists who are there on-site. it is part of steps to reduce tension on the korean peninsula in the possibility of a summit with united states. a group of international reporters witnessed that demolishing in the mountains of north korea. for more on that,

so let's speak about the challenge that our armed forces are facing of course also the german government the challenge. it is to make sure that we will not just. so equip our soldiers on the foreign missions that they are going to be able to carry them out well but that i have the same time at home because of a national and alliance based defense obligations we will provide the equipment there and the infrastructure needed and that means for example as surveillance on the baltic sea which means also the security concept for poland and the baltic states. and this means our commitment instead in poland and in other countries we need to be able. to send troops to the place needed quickly and we can't just equip our overseas mission and our broader missions but we need to equip everyone. where it is needed that's one of the challenges offered down our forces and the second challenge is the challenge of digitize ation you need to take that in as well this means to digitize the german armed forces structures and it's also about the cyber capability is the need to establish the cyber command be

was held in the shadow of thousands of men women and children injured or killed by british armed israeli forces not one question was asked about the carnage in gaza jeremy corbyn instead asked about britain's possible imminent economic isolation from the e.u. whilst your government did does the dutch government has now begun training the first batch of extra customs officials to deal with the reintroduction of customs checks with british goods a dutch borders in october the prime minister the fischel spokesperson said h m r c . o two the right only general completes his question more quickly if members don't shout from. the shouting couldn't have come from corbin's m.p.'s who are members of labor friends of israel who had to take down a pro i.d.f. tweet corbyn never even asked about the atrocities on monday here's how may replied they said they would tackle anti-semitism promise broke. it is only the conservative party that can be trusted by the british people to deliver a correct that is in the interests of british people to deliver opportunity for all of the britain that is fit for the future

held in the shadow of thousands of men women and children injured or killed by british armed israeli forces not one question was asked about the carnage in gaza jeremy corbin instead asked about britain's possible imminent economic isolation from the e.u. whilst your government did does the dutch government has now begun training the first batch of extra customs officials to deal with the reintroduction of customs checks with british goods a dutch borders in october the prime minister the fischel spokesperson said h m r c . o two the right only general completes his question more quickly if members don't show up for. the shouting couldn't have come from corbin's m.p.'s who are members of labor friends of israel who had to take down a pro i.d.f. tweet corbin never even asked about the atrocities on monday here's how may replied they said they were to tackle anti-semitism promise broken. it is only the conservative party that can be trusted by the british people to deliver a correct that is in the interests of british people to deliver opportunity for all of the britain that is fit for the fu

the armed forces personnel put their eyes on the line. they now work and law enforcement. in the piece we see today in northern ireland is a very much do to the law enforcement and northern ireland. we've an unfair situation at the moment. the situation we had is that the only people being investigated for things that happened on the past are those in our armed forces or those who served in law enforcement and northern ireland. terrorists are not being investigated terrorists should be investigated and as what the government wants to see. thank you mr. -- mrs. deputy speaker. my constituents his initial claim was reduced. he then waited 56 weeks for an appeal. when will the and this hostile environment. they raise issues. it is consistently looking. but one of the issues that he raised in his question. as he head for the wall constituency. he should talk to the neighbor government in wales. thank you mister speaker. with my constituency. 3million pounds. ensure me and enter the house that your computer works with the new housing secretary to ensure that more people will fu

join up with the armed forces i find really peculiar and very strange as you say a journalist can do a perfectly good job discovering truth and exposing things that need to be exposed through the normal channels so why would they suddenly become puppets of if you like a particular aspect of government but of course with fake news being such a hot topic now a feast we can be sure the british army will stay trendy at least while williamson is in charge. indeed that's news right so far this morning from moscow i'm kevin now in thanks for watching out international and to check it out by side on the mobile for so much more from us twenty four seven. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to get a feel of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you there. in the heart of the swiss alps this is a place probably more secretive than the pentagon more mysterious than the cia and better guarded than for knox swiss customs are here permanently all the site is controlled by them and they impose the opening time so if you're opposite the possibil

we have some breaking news out of israel now the country's armed forces have shot down rockets fired into its territory from the gaza strip there's rarely military says that missile shield intercepted the rockets after sirens warned residents to find shelter in southern towns near the border it's thought to be the biggest rocket attack on israel in recent years we will bring you more on that as it becomes available to was. a new human rights watch report says israel's leading banks to help and support and maintain and expand unlawful settlements in the occupied west bank it says that israel's seven big banks have loaned three million dollars to construction projects building the illegal settlements they also give financial assistance to regional and local authorities to provide basic services like sanitation and schools and these illegal settlements get loans on easy terms from the banks meanwhile the palestinian west bank residents of forbidden by military order to enter settlements except as a laborers bearing special permits well let's get more on this now we're joined by sari bas

has presented its budget for the current year, and it is set to spend 38.5 billion euros on its armed forcesat may sound like a lot, but the defense ministry is up in arms saying it needs far more to modernize germany's fighting forces, as pressure grows on the country to fulfill its obligations to nato. reporter: a german euro fighter taking to the air. something of a rare sight these days. germany possesses 128 of the jet warplanes, but only four are reportedly mission-ready. that could leave the country unable to fulfill its commitments to nato. germany needs to modernize its armed forces, the bundeswehr, but there is no consensus on the cost. the conservative defense minister says she needs an additional 12 billion euros by 2021 to get the military back in fighting shape. but she is only receiving 2.5 billion extra. she has taken the extraordinary step of filing an official letter of protest. in a terse statement, she played down the conflict but stressed germany's military responsibilities. >> germany has to make its contribution here, not just for security in germany, but for our commo

join up with the armed forces i find really peculiar and very strange as you say journalists can do a perfectly good job discovering truth and exposing things that need to be exposed through the normal channels so why would they suddenly become puppets of if you like a particular aspect of government but of course with fake news being such a hot topic now at least we can be. sure the british army will stay trendy at least while williamson is in charge. the fee for world cup trophy has arrived in russia ahead of the upcoming tournament the twenty eighteen world cup kicks off right here in moscow in just over seven weeks the famous jewels remain a trophy has been to more than fifty countries before arriving in russia's vladivostok the trophy will now face it aid to other cities and finish its trip in moscow. while also on tour across russia as artie's own legend of the game form at manchester united goalkeeper peter schmeichel is in tsotsi for his latest report on the host cities it's available online and ati dot com but here's a quick preview. welcome to the new welcome to start you. r

he was the minister of defence and head of the armed forces.ister of defence and head of the armed forces. no, i want to correct that. the people of egypt removed the muslim brothers. we were 30 millions in streets, saying that we would not have an islamic government. we would not have an islamic state, and even president sisi at the beginning was reluctant. we were pushing him and the army to ta ke we were pushing him and the army to take over. so, we have to be clear, because what is happening in egypt is not really portrayed by the outside. i have to put it to you that in the elections, after the toppling of new president mubarak, and the muslim brotherhood who refashion themselves as the freedom and justice party, and also the other islamist party, they brought the support of the muslim —based parties to more than 70%? this is an illusion, we did not have democratic elections in egypt. because there is no democratic elections in any country. it is money and power. do you think that he was elected democratically? i was an excel for 20 years.

join up with the armed forces i find really peculiar and very strange as you say a journalist can do a perfectly good job discovering truth and exposing things that need to be exposed through the normal channels so why would they suddenly become puppets of if you like a particular aspect of government but of course with fake news being such a hot topic now a feast we can be. sure the british army will stay trendy at least while williamson is in charge of. giving young children a new lease on life one mother in russia's republic of dagestan has adopted eight children proving she's a woman of her worked. richard you're. not the sort i vow to. you brings my son back i'll adopt or from church. i need you like they all have different diagnoses and characters you have to leave them for a bit till we call them down then explain how to do things they've been with me for eighteen months now and we're getting better. she did the right thing me my sister will always back her decision. to fifa world cup trophy has arrived in russia ahead of the upcoming tour i'm only which case often a right her

the us with twenty eight hundred proving deadly if a student amazingly than for members of the armed forces that is think show thirty one people have died in sixteen school shooting incidents while they've been twenty nine military casualties both combat and non-combat since january because that doesn't mean that schools are more dangerous than combat zones since the number of people in the armed forces is nearly fifty times less than the number of students a large part of the shooting victims came from the parkland massacre alone took place three months ago. we discussed the issue with international criminal or attorney jennifer braden who says that it's easy to oversimplify the problem of gun control. you know we have one side going for more mental health issues screening wanting to protect that and the other side we have just gun control in trying to demonize things like the n.r.a. and i think there are aspects to both you know there are these gray areas which in america we're sort of losing when it comes to these political talking points so i think there are some gun control issues that

that the only people being investigated for things that happened in the past are those in our armed forces or those who served in law enforcement and ireland. terrorists are not being investigated. terrorists should be investigated. that is what the government wants to see. haveibunals and wales quadrupled over the past few years. cancer, angina, diabetes, copd, and all servers. refuse.ms were he waited 56 weeks for appeal, .hich he won will the prime minister her environment have hostility toward second disabled people? male: people have raised issues and questions. it is being looked at at present. one was the health of the individual concerned. welsh constituency, i would think he wanted to talk about government from wales. here!e construction site in my constituency. will my right honorable friend with the new housing secretary to assure the more people in my constituency well -- >> can i say i give my commitment to her. it is very important as i mentioned in response to a question earlier about issues.onal young people today will never be able to get a home. this government is committ

literally, every male has served in the armed forces in my family since 1864. even our slave owner's family to the american revolution. we took and understood that. my father was a world war ii veteran, as was his grandfather. world war i and world war ii. they lost people. they knew people who were lost. memorial day was not a day just to kid around. it was a day in which to celebrate this nation and to hold dear the values that they fought for and we could fight for when we served. >> was it ever a question, fall com -- malcolm, that you were going to serve? what was it like when talking about what to do with your life? >> no, there was never, never a thought that i wasn't going to serve. my father had served. i had at that time five brothers who had served in the navy. i knew i was going into the navy. it was a question of when and what career field. you know, i was a sea cadet leading up to that. i went in the navy. my younger brother went into the navy. i now have a niece who is in the navy, who served in combat all of yemen last year. you know, that's jus

representative spear mentioned the case from the court of appeals fort armed forces. i happened to clerk for the chief judge of that court many, many years ago. and this is what they were wrestling with in that case. the court martial was originally ten members, seven of whom were women, this was disproportionate of women. of those initial ten members, voir dire revealed that five had served as sexual assault victim advocates and two more had training or experience assisting victims of a sexual assault. the defense challenged three member and they granted two of those challenges and defensed use one per em try challenge on the third. the prosecution made no challenges. seven members remained after challenges. five of them were women. all of whom had victim advocate experience. unlike the federal system where you get ten peremptory challenges, that's a challenge where you don't have to state the reason why you want the juror eliminated, you only get one in this system. so it's that much more important when you have random system so in community you are not getting disp

join up with the armed forces i find really peculiar and very strange as you say journalists can do a perfectly good job discovering truth and exposing things that need to be exposed through the normal channels so why would they suddenly become puppets of if you like a particular aspect of government but of course with fake news being such a hot topic now a feast we can be sure the british army will stay trendy at least while williamson is in charge. moving on our france is dealing with the fallout of what's being described as. the worst may day violence since nineteen sixty eight on tuesday block block on our kids joined a peaceful protest in paris against president. forms and began clashing with police hurling smoke grenades destroying cars and property over two hundred people were arrested with more on the riots we're joined live now on the program to charlotte dubin in part charlotte still people of course there behind you it looks a lot quieter just bring us up to date out about what you saw at the rally and indeed the fallout the reaction to this scene. well some of the violence

is is very disturbing if you're looking to journalists gently join up with the armed forces i find really peculiar and very strange as you say journalists can do a perfectly good job discovering truth and exposing things that need to be exposed through the normal channels so why would they suddenly become puppets of if you like a particular aspect of government but of course with fake news being such a hot topic now a feast we can be sure the british army will stay trendy at least while williamson is in charge. yes democrats are losing the support of young voters according to the latest polls that story much more still to come stay with us. me a. perfect . eleven. thank you so tell you that. they. tell me you are not cool enough to deal. with. and welcome back you're watching our new international live from moscow the u.s. a democratic party is failing to win over young voters according to a new poll a survey by reuters news agency found that support for the democrats has fallen from fifty five percent two years ago to forty six percent in the under thirty four age group parties came up a

reached earlier this year that delivered the highest year on year increase of funding for our armed forces in 15 years. one bill after another, one confirmation after another, the senate continues to produce major accomplishments that will directly improve the lives of the american people. now, on that subject, yesterday brought another piece of exciting news for american workers and middle-class families. the u.s. manufacturer united technologies announced new plans to invest $15 billion right here in america and hire 35,000 american workers in the next several years. this fortune 100 company makes a wide variety of engineered products from jet engines to elevators. now, because of this favorable climate for business growth, investment, and job creation, they're putting billions into research and development and capital investment. and creating tens of thousands of new jobs openings. and to fill some of these job openings, the company is partnering with community colleges, high schools, and other workforce training programs. this all comes on the heels of the company's other recent invest

promised to take the fight to terrorists on our terms on their soil, and due to the courage of our armed forcesnd commander of chief, isis is on the run and the caliphate has crumbled, u.s. coalition has captured the most wanted and will some drive them out of existence once and for all. [applause] [crowd chanting: u-s-a] vice pres. pence: you're at home, president trump promised to stand on the thin blue line of law enforcement, and every day of his administration we have worked to give our law enforcement personnel the resources and tools and respect that they deserve every single day. [applause] our president promised to enforce our laws and secure our borders and he signed biggest funding increase for border security in nearly a decade. he set the national guard to this southern border and secured funding for the first 100 border walls. -- 100 miles of a new border wall. [applause] [crowd chanting: build that wall] [applause] vice pres. pence: i promise you when it comes to that wall, we're going to build it all. this president has also stood for the liberties enshrined in the constitution

join up with the armed forces i find really peculiar and very strange as you say a journalist can do a perfectly good job discovering truth and exposing things that need to be exposed through the normal channels so why would they suddenly become. of if you like a particular aspect of government but of course with fake news being such a hot topic now if least we can be sure the british army will stay trendy at least while williamson is in charge. us a democratic party is failing to win over young voters according to a new. hole a survey by reuters news agency found that support for the democrats has fallen from fifty five percent two years ago to forty six percent in the under thirty four age group parties and went to the streets of new york for us to gauge whether the younger generations values are really shifting. are young americans just less rebellious and more friendly to tradition and authority or is there a problem on the left side of the spectrum we decided to talk with some younger americans and find out shutting down conservative or right wing speakers on college campuses to

obviously, his role within the armed forces has died down but he's carried on the work he's doing with wedding from the uk because i have lots of family back in london. my dad is from barbados. that's why i had an interest in this as well. your father is from barbados, your mother is white danish. meghan markle is also from a mixed—race background. do you see it as significant that meghan markle is coming into the royal family with that heritage? actually,i do, it is a nice symbol that the royal family can represent the current population as well, so it keeps the royal family quite relevant for everybody in the british population, so everybody can see, that is our king and our queen. it is remarkable and a good thing that she is marrying into the royal family. there are a total of around 650 british troops in afghanistan. the vast majority stationed in bases around kabul, mentoring afghan forces. for many, today will be a day to relax in what can, of course, be a very tense situation. let's return to those watching a little closer to home. we canjoin babita sharma, who's at the long wa

join up with the armed forces i find really peculiar and very strange as you say a journalist can do a perfectly good job discovering truth and exposing things that need to be exposed through the normal channels so why would they suddenly become puppets of if you like a particular aspect of government but of course with fake news being such a hot topic now a feast we can be sure the british army will stay trendy at least while williamson is in charge. ok changing gears now the fifa world cup trophy has arrived. in russia head of football's biggest event which kicks off right here in moscow in just over six weeks time the sport's most iconic prize has been to more than fifty countries before arriving in russia just talk the trophy will not visit eight other cities and finish its trip in moscow. will also tour right across russia's artie's own legend of the game former manchester united goalkeeper peter smikle ease this week in sort she he's doing a report on on all the host cities across the country this time it's the southern city and it's available online at r.t. dot com for now let

you that my administration is totally committed to every family that serves in the united states armed forcesthat is why, earlier this year, i was proud to sign that big pay raise that i've already spoken about. and i am proud of it. and i guess there will be others, too. would you like one sooner, or do you want to wait another 10 years? i don't know. [laughter] we're also taking action to expand employment opportunities for our great military spouses. and i know what you've gone through. the competence is so high and yet it's so difficult. that's not going to happen anymore. one of the things that helps is anymore. one of the things that helps is our tremendous job situation in the united states. we just did 3.9 percent unemployment, which is the biggest of this century; the best of this century. so that helps. that really helps a problem. but even beyond that, you're going to be given treatment like never before. as you know, the unemployment rate among military spouses, of whom more than 90 percent are women, is estimated to be four times higher than the unemployment rate that i just spok

but just to give you a sense of the atmosphere here the supreme leader who is the head of the armed forces according to iran's constitution is using is using fighting words in the same way that the united states says of the president he said simply wait for president trying to die as other u.s. presidents have in the past and once the ensign snakes have eaten then iran will still be standing say many thanks sub-zero same describing there in tehran. loud explosions been heard over the saudi capital after the rebels say that they fired a volley of ballistic missiles saudi media said the defense systems intercepted the incoming missiles for the rebels and neighboring gambon say they targeted economic areas including the largest inland ports in the kingdom riyadh's been hit several times recently by missiles which the saudis say manufacturers in iraq. i saw has claimed responsibility for at least eight explosions in afghanistan's capital the blasts happened they had two police stations in kabul one building is on fire the interior ministry says there are still suicide bombers in another buildi

there are 250 members of the armed forces taking pa rt members of the armed forces taking part in tomorrow'sm, they are all very much on show, and two of them are with me now. captain william calder and staff sergeant william north. this isa staff sergeant william north. this is a big day, because this isn't something that traditionally you do? this is absolutely right, ceremonial duties is well at side of the army's normal comfort zone, but that makes this all the more special, out of the ordinary, and a chance to shine in front of a very large audience. and sean, last—minute preparations under way, you worked with harry as an apache pilot, so a colleague but an apache pilot, so a colleague but a friend as well? definitely, i had the opportunity to work with him in 2012 and came to respect him not just as an officer but as an individual. he worked exceptionally ha rd individual. he worked exceptionally hard at everything he did, it was amazing to see. and now to have the honour to be here today at his wedding means that little bit more. you have joint american citizenship as well, so why do