from freiburg it takes you about half an hour to get to the black forest by car the black forest is germany'shighest low mountain range and bought in between back to number one tourist destination. my journey to the fells back to blackboards highest peak takes me past links to t.v. which is frozen in winter. time now for some skiing around the failed back there are thirty eight lifts and some sixty three kilometers of peace a day pass cost thirty five euros. me a few leave. i'm going to start with a blue slope one of the easier ones. who've. been great weather perfect snow and a view all the way to the alps i couldn't ask for more full. time for a break here in the black forest that's no problem there are lots of chalets restaurants and rustic ns for instance the rhine monte holds a guest house run by the hundreds family. the best way to try as much as i can seems to be a platter with regional delicacies it's time to move on floyd have been waiting for this moment. i know i know i've been as russia because i saw him come over and. i get to go dog sledding with these adorable huskies my yelena

seeing the deep south by car and the black forest by train. and the scottish porridge wars.ers in the land of milk and honey. no prizes for guessing where i am this week. london has some of europe's most recognisable architecture, even when it's covered in scaffolding. each year, many of the capital's most magnificent buildings open their doors to the public for the annual open house. 2018 is their biggest event yet, with over 800 venues to explore, and i've come to fitzrovia to visit one of this year's most striking openings. from the top of this tower of technology, you get the best view of london there has ever been. the bt tower was opened in 1965, and for over a decade it was london's tallest building. standing at more than 600 feet, it was built to carry telecommunications all across the uk, and in true ‘60s fashion, the top doubled as a revolving restaurant. when you eat here, they give you a certificate of orbit to say you have been above and around the houses two and a half times in every hour. doors closing. it's actually been closed since the late ‘80s, so the ope

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and the cafÉ when they meet over black forest cake and streusel planning a film and further chapter forthe nazi women's league. outside of the camp, blond girls and boys wearing lederhosen past the windows returning from the new shores. some of the youngsters look up to the sky in hopes of catching a few of the silver passing overhead. there are young boys wearing swastikas on the armbands and promised marching under the tutelage from a youth club and the gymnastics society. hitler's birthday is just around the corner and there will be purveyed. the partymen will march in their shirts, arms raised trade out before them saluting like the fear. at these moments might be unfolding in 1930s germany. but instead, the afternoon scene is typical of a host of towns in southern brazil were a million ethnic germans left on the eve of world war ii. ii. a thick, italians and japanese reside in countries from mexico to argentina as world war ii loomed in europe. franklin eleanor roosevelt's greatest fear was that fascists especially subversion in latin america would threaten the security of the unit

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at the cafÉ, women meet over black forest cake and apple strudel planning a film night for their chapterof the -- [speaking in native tongue] the nazi women's league. outside the cafÉ blond girls in pin that fores and boys wearing leader hosen pass the windows. some of the youngsters look up to the sky in hopes of catching sight of the zep passing overhead. newspaper vendors hawk their fares and very young boys wearing swastikas on armbands practice marching under the tutelage of kings from the nazi youth club and the gymnastics society. hitler's birthday is just around the corner. there will be parades. the party men will march in their uniform shirts, armeds raised straight -- arms raised straight out before them. these moments might be unfolding in 1930s germany, but instead the afternoon scene is typical of a host of towns in southern brazil where a million ethnic germans lived on the eve of world war ii. ethnic italians and japanese too resided in countries from mexico to argentina as world war ii loomed in europe. president franklin delano roosevelt's greatest fear was that fascist

his mom had a leather factory in the black forest. he was engaged to be married. he died trying to save the life of his friend. save pauling to palmer and the other prisoners by killing the americans. --in york was trying to kill trying to save the lives of his friends. the french gave permission for europerom the u.s. and to evaluate. it is a big deal. time layingot of out the facts, laying down history and archival evidence, battlefield evidence and analysis. this, we officials saw got permission to build a trail in the argonne forest. along the way, would put up interpretive signs in french, german and english. it is more fun with me. if you want to hire me for a tour, that me know. we had some eagle scouts do their service project out there. my phd ining on canada and discouraging him from doing his egypt -- eagle project in france. he said, i grew up in the argonne. he had the most ambitious eagle project i have seen in boy scouts. he laid 30 tons of gravel in the argonne forest and rerouted in artesian well. that last trail is the last load of gravel. he got

his mom had a leather factory in the black forest. he was engaged to be married. it is a very sad situation. he died trying to save the life of his friend. alvin york, because he was trying to save paul palmer and the other prisoners by killing the americans. alvin york was trying to save the lives of his friends. to commemorate this, the french gave us permission for the teams from the united states and in europe to evaluate. this was a big deal. we spent a lot of time laying out the facts, laying down history and archival evidence, artifacts andd forensic analysis. after the officials saw this, we got permission to build a trail in the argonne forest. it is five kilometers if you start down the center of the village. along the way, would put up nine interpretive signs in french, german and english. it is more fun with me. if you want to hire me for a tour, that me know. we had seven eagle scouts do their service project out there. i was working on my phd in candidate and i was discouraging him from doing his eagle project in france. it is going to be a lot of ef

after this pass you are actually entering the black mountain forest.a lot of evil spirits. >> anthony: with the last remnants of sun still with us, and the views, spectacular, enthusiastic amateur mixologist darren suggests a pit stop. >> darren: this is a cool spot, no? >> anthony: yeah. >> anthony: to fortify ourselves against the reputed horrors ahead. >> darren: so our main alcohol, ara, is that what it's called? >> anthony: let me take a whiff. oh, jesus. >> darren: we have this, which is a bitter. >> anthony: yeah, okay, it's like aftershave. >> darren: exactly. >> anthony: should we put some orange in there? >> darren: we do have oranges. >> anthony: spin in the air. catch in the other hand. hello, ladies! >> darren: oh, hold on. hold on, hold on. dude, it needs a yeti in it, the bhutanese pepper. no, no, no, go for it. >> anthony: with the seeds in it? >> darren: do it. let's do it, let's try it. it has a bite. did you get a little sting? >> anthony: i'm getting it, i'm getting it. >> darren: actually this is pretty good. >> anthony: yeah, i co

portugal are battling a forest fire near the cops lisbon police say it started overnight in the national park is forty seven people have been told to leave the area wildfires routinely black and large parts of forest every year in portugal last year one hundred and six people were killed in what was the deadliest season on record still ahead here on al-jazeera began keys gary sanchez says the monster mash at fenway park details coming up with cool. it was the world's most wanted underworld banker. until a year long i do cover operation finally took him down. what do you suppose inside the billion dollar book and how does it. i mean this is different whether someone is going for someone who's very rich but that's not a weenie trick i think it's how you approach an individual and that's what it is a certain way of doing it you can't just. store in the eye out. she's seventy years old she's a hard worker she's cool and dad is the best friend. to get mad they want to make their dreams come true. viewfinder kicks off its asian series with china's little rock star. at this time on al-jazeera. and get your support now with paul laura thank you very much the biggest fights in the

despite his support for torture plans to open up the amazon rain forest to big business and derogatory comments about women gays and blacks to be reckless five people have died as fierce winds and rains lashed much of the country the city of venice famous for its canals is reporting record high water levels the extreme weather which is battered several parts of italy since sunday is causing severe trauma petition and power destructions and has led to some free at lax a dense. red alert and mounted also al-mahdi traffic partially paralyzed in liguria and italy's northwest bad weather also inching a popular holiday destination. for the east st mark's square was temporarily closed submerged up to a meter and a half schools and universities have been shut flooding is not unusual in venice but the water hasn't reached this level for ten years. many italian regions are on highest alert schools were closed in rome and the scene here mirrors that elsewhere in italy. firefighters and civil defense workers working around the cloak a falling tree in your room killed two people and injured fifteen shipping lanes were shut down around

investigation in a couple of areas outside of stamboul one of those areas the belgrade forest which is close to the black sea another area this area code yellow of which is. farmland area close to the mom or a c. and we were led to believe that there was potential interest in in a farmhouse in that area we have spoken to high level police sources this morning and they are telling us now that there is no definitive plan as yet to do a thorough investigation in these areas it just shows you how difficult it is here to get solid confirmed information where there are so many seemingly competing voices even amongst it's fair to say some government sources. other information that we've heard in the last forty eight hours. that pieced together some of the evidence that has been leaked to us in that period then we've going to have to talk about what some of these sources say will found the jury the the the search of the consul general so sources telling us that there was some pools that were found that matched salt pools that were found in the consulate but we have no indication as to what those assault bills ac

forests from destruction. the mars room by rachel kushner takes place in a prison in california. and focuses on a woman serving two consecutive life sentences for killing her stalker. esi edugyan‘s washington blackd on a true story. set in the 19th century, it's about a young slave who escapes from a caribbean sugar temptation and travels the world. —— plantation. robin robertson's book the long take is a novel told in verse and photographs. it follows a d—day veteran in america during the golden age of hollywood. a little bit earlier i spoke to two of those authors, both americans. roger roger kushnerfor of those authors, both americans. roger roger kushner for her third novel mars room. i asked her why she wa nted novel mars room. i asked her why she wanted to write a story set in a women's prison. i wanted to write a book about contemporary times and in california in particular but all across the united states the story of the people who entered the criminal justice system of the people who entered the criminaljustice system is the story, essential story about the contemporary in america. richard powers, your book is an ecological epic about trees. you have written about environmental issues

everyone envies me and conspires against me the city is black and everything follows rules i want to be alone i want to go to the beam in forest he was yearning for a place called kumo is the doctor stuff sheena referred to it has the dead city and in fact it was. the german population had been expelled and young czechs didn't want to live in the old town center they'd built new houses on the outskirts. is the town was entirely empty cats roamed the streets and it was just one house that was fit to serve as accommodation everything else was barricaded there were trees growing from attics the town was dead. i see the dead city as a key painting to understanding all his unrelenting hasn't thought. it appears dreamlike as if the town were rising up from a river. of but it's dead there's no one in it. he repeatedly painted a part of the old town with a bird's eye view from the console not from the tower but from a long passageway from where if you look down you see exactly this part of the tunnel. you can still see almost every building today you can see this house this house in this house and this long gable she had painted what

forests and they probably want more. looks of owning. cities. and sundra and settings. and everything. is the song. comes black box valleys and scotland's. made political. talking to. it's the places you've trained on. and with dreams come true. when you live for adventure. and discover hidden charms when you're warm inside when it's warm on the outside because my memories of following places are closer than anything. going together these cats are always. in the lead up to the u.s. midterm elections we will be talking to the american people looking at key issues for voters from immigration to economic struggles to the health care system to greece's and women's rights join us through i took over for special coverage and analysis the u.s. moved time on. more than seven decades ago a country was split into a good deal to me and now. to the bench all it took was a pen a map of the collapsing empire when the british had to draw a line they pulled his servant who had never been to india before al-jazeera examines the violent birth of india and pakistan and asks what the future holds for these nuclear neighbors partition borders of blood. the u

forest. we understand that's around about an hour's drive from here it's a vast area of woodland close to the black sea another area that is being concentrated all we understand is. yellow now this area comprises of a large area of farmland we do we have reports that a farm house may have been the focus of this investigation as well that area is at least two hours drive from istanbul so we may well be getting more drips of information from the government in the hours ahead today as we believe that search in those areas continues it's not also forget that as a result so we're told by government sources all of this she's here at the consulate and the consul general we were told by government sources that there had been solved pools found in the consul general home that matched samples found in the culture that we're unsure as to exactly what those saw bills but they will of course one can imagine be increasing attention on the analysis of these as well but . as we've been reporting that the hunt for this body goes on and certainly analysts are telling us that it is going to be increasingly it's going

despite his support for torture plans to open up the amazon rain forest to big business and derogatory comments about women gays and blacks it's. turning out the u.s. for the countdown has begun to the midterm elections is just one week away midterm elections take place halfway between presidential elections every four years democrats and republicans are vying for control of both houses of the u.s. congress here's a look at what's at stake. the midterms are first and foremost about congress and they can make or break a president's agenda republican control of both houses has made trump's life relatively easy so far but if democrats split one or even both the good times may be over the entire house all four hundred thirty five seats is up for election as it is every two years republicans currently hold two hundred thirty five over democrats one hundred ninety three calise are on the thirty or so toss ups races that polling data have is too close to call. on the senate side republicans rule with the slimmest of majorities fifty one to one hundred seats but polling data suggest maybe just six seats are toss ups. if the democ

moved away from istanbul into areas of one area called the belgrade forest this is a very large area of woodland and lakes close to the black sea another area we understand that could well be the focus of attention is an area called yellow via which is close to the mom or a c. we're getting reports that it could well be focus of attention on a building there as well a farmhouse but as i say we cannot confirm these reports i'm let's not forget as well respect to the kind of evidence that has been found at the consulate. turkish leaks government leaks say and at the consul general is home we heard yesterday that samples that had been found in the consul general home matched samples found at the consulate we don't know what these samples are but we can imagine that if indeed this is true there's going to be a lot of attention on analyzing these samples also focus of attention so we understand on. somebody who the turkish authorities so we've been told they believe may well have tracked. movement sees day to day activities here in turkey and fed that information back to the saudi authorities from the time that arrived here a ye

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forests from destruction. the mars room by rachel kushner takes place in a prison in california. and focuses on a woman serving two consecutive life sentences for killing her stalker. esi edugyan's washington blackn a true story. set in the 19th century, it's about a young slave who escapes from a caribbean sugar temptation and travels the world. robin robertson's book the long take is a novel told in verse and photographs. it follows a d—day veteran in america during the golden age of hollywood. so, an intriguing list of four women, two men, three british writers, two americans, and one canadian. let's look at it in a bit more detail. why don't we start with daisyjohnson and everything under? she has been the author who has been wrapping all the headlines, notjust because everything under is her first novel, but at the age of 27, she is the youngest rider to ever be shortlisted for this book. this is a modern reworking of the comic story. how much of an achievement do you think it is for a first novel was a lot i think it is incredible, it has a dreamlike and mythical quality to it. it's all about words and how she plays with worst iraq, i think it is an incredible debut. the judges thought it

forests from destruction. the mars room by rachel kushner takes place in a prison in california. and focuses on a woman serving two consecutive life sentences for killing her stalker. esi edugyan's washington black is a novel told in verse and photographs. it follows a d—day veteran in america during the golden age of hollywood. a little earlier, i spoke to two of those authors. the canadian author, who has been shortlisted for this prize before, but this year is up for her third novel, washington black, and anna burns, who was also shortlisted for her third novel, milkmen. i started shortlisted for her third novel, milkmen. istarted by shortlisted for her third novel, milkmen. i started by asking anna burns, how much the book had been inspired by her own childhood growing up in belfast in the 1970s. my upbringing in northern ireland had an immense influence on the book, but i'm writing about an entire society affected by long—term violence, and existing under intense pressure. the narration's to the personal voice of an 18—year—old girl who is not me, and she is living in this society, being sexually starved by a milkmen. your novel is based on a true story. how did this become your novel? is b

forests from destruction. the mars room by rachel kushner takes place in a prison in california. and focuses on a woman serving two consecutive life sentences for killing her stalker. esi edugyan‘s washington black say that i‘m joined by two of those authors, daisy johnson shortlisted for her novel everything under and robin robertson ford the long take. daisy, you are 27, the youngest writer ever shortlisted for this prize. and it is your first novel. can you believe any of this is happening to you? i'm very overwhelmed, i feel quite sick and excited. how did you hear about your being shortlisted ?|j and excited. how did you hear about your being shortlisted? i was baby—sitting your being shortlisted? i was ba by—sitting and my your being shortlisted? i was baby—sitting and my editor rang and told me. you thought it was bad news? every time she rang i thought it was bad news that she kept saying nice things. rob on your shortlisted for your narrative poem, the long take,is for your narrative poem, the long take, is it a novel, should be up for this prize? of course because in iti for this prize? of course because in it i was for this prize? of course because in ithasa for this prize? of course