far east hector the development of infrastructure ports airports. the support for x.p. . first and foremost known energy experts we are going to keep working on that this is not going anywhere. so there is no doubt about that this is one of the key areas for countries development this is their pastor of a country in the far east and this gives us advantages we would keep developing science education will keep supporting the federal university. we were also work on developing ship building. and we are going to build a building plant in the davis talk you know that the first steps have already been taken those were major steps. we are going to build the biggest ships in russia there and such a large ships have not yet been built in the soviet times we are going to support their every nation industry and all the plants would have relevant orders commission to them. and there's a whole new area also emerging space. and space activities. when you launch pad in. marine biology everything related to fisheries. we will keep all of that under our control and i do not doubt that we

generates a new energy creates a new movement and development for the far east. it's a well known fact that a special energy emanates from volcanoes in the ocean you walk around like what's right we may be a long way from moscow nearly nine thousand ten thousand kilometers if you're but people still come here even from abroad and we need. some of. these young surface come from moscow where they are members of a band they've been surfing all over the world then have long wanted to sell film kamchatka. you know you mean there are probably not very many places in the world where you can ski down a mountain and then at the bottom get into a neoprene suit and run straight into the so young so it's only the. first year which i'm loveliest already got surfing is becoming increasingly popular in russia and lots of people would prefer not to go abroad. so you know what i see i think a growing number will try out kamchatka as if it's a perfect destination which was you want to know that. is thinking about entering for the competition the problem is. she's the only woman i

are in russia's far east remains in its grip. this stretch of coastline is in the same time zone as tokyo and closer to alaska the moscow which is about six thousand eight hundred kilometers away. in the past nearly everyone here live from fishing or fish processing that's what the city of peytral pavlos was built for during the soviet era most people live in prefabricated buildings which will look pretty much alike. how could this be a paradise for surface. and john constantine looked like visitors from another planet the older generation viewed the surface with their brightly colored boards with suspicion how can anyone make money with that is a question even anton's father asks each used to work on a troll or unlike most people here never earn very much and tom has inherited his love of the ocean and his relaxed approach to life. it's fine as long as it doesn't lift dogs out of the air the wind has dropped a little it was really wild during the night with what we're no strangers to that we live with that there's no chance of a

enjoys the simple life around here and the straightforward nature of the people he says people in the far east of russia are much more laid back than at home mom. in the. meanwhile a powerful snowstorm is building outside for three days the can chat up an insular in russia's far east remains in its grip. this stretch of coastline is in the same time zone as tokyo and closer to alaska the moscow which is about six thousand eight hundred kilometers away. in the past nearly everyone here live from fishing or fish processing that's what the city of peytral have lost was built for during the soviet era most people live in prefabricated buildings which will look pretty much alike. the housing went up fast it's now showing its age falling into disrepair. how could this be a paradise for surfers. and john constantine looked like visitors from another planet the older generation viewed the surface with their brightly colored boards with suspicion how can anyone make money with that is a question even anton's father asks even used to work on a troll or and like most people here never earn very much and

of europe, thatis cold and in the far east of europe, that is where we have temperatures below freezingthe country, six or seven further east. let's have a look at the forecast for this evening. inter tonight, not an awful lot changes for most of us, a bit of cloud flowing here with clear spells. in the night we will see some rain moving into western parts of scotla nd moving into western parts of scotland and for our fronts in the hebrides, 10 degrees, but the east of scotland, perhaps a touch of frost as the temperatures for close to freezing. for most diverse it'll bea to freezing. for most diverse it'll be a frost free morning on boxing day itself. a lot of closer start with but we are anticipating some sunshine to develop in the afternoon across the south of the country's eastern areas as well, perhaps the north—west. milder for many of us on boxing day with temperatures of around 10 celsius. on thursday, high—pressure still in charge of the weather across western parts of europe, the weather front are out towards the west of us still another quiet day on the way for thursday. if a

not me far east or places like that. they see this taking place in shipyards in germany. winston churchill says germany welded together world war i by building this battle fleet in the years leading up to 1914. what you build can really send a signal to your adversaries. this is something we see in a sense playing out as the united states'navy looks at the chinese navy. we see an interactive dynamic potentially in motion around us today. this is a wonderful painting for the battle of jutland. the lessons of world war i carry into the arena of naval operations and tactics. especially on the organizational side. i see these organizational aspects coming out of jutland. here is an idea i would propose to you, when you get to big it is a dangerous thing for an armed force. think about being rocky balboa in the old films. you finally defeated the great apollo creed and you take it easy for a while. fight easy opponents. all of a sudden you face clubber lang, mr. t. you see rocky back on his heels. if i defeat my adversary too convincingly, it tends to make me flabby and leaves

british isles to take on britain's navy and fight for maritime supremacy in europe and not in the far east or in the americas and places like that. this compels the british basically to plan based on what they see taking shape in shipyards in germany and winston churchill when he's at the admiralty, and germany welded together to wage world war i and building the battle fleet in the years of 1914. what you build, and the implements that you amass to execute your policy can really send a signal to your adversaries and set an interactive competition such as the naval arms race in motion. this, too, is something that we see in a sense playing out as the united states navy looks out at the chinese navy and that's that interactive and dynamic in motion today. and then, of course, when this is the lessons of world war i and even carried into the arena of naval operations and even tactics and especially on the organizational side and i'll talk about the leadership and the organizational aspects that i see coming out of jetland. let's go forward and not backwards. >> here is an idea that i would p

not in the far east or the americas or places like that. this compels the british to plan based on what they see taking shape in shipyards in germany. in fact winston churchill when he saw with the admiral team had said germany welded together by building in the years leading up to 1914. what you build is the implements that you amass to execute your policy. it really sends a signal to your adversaries. and since an arms race in motion. this, too i think you see innocence playing out as the united states navy looks at the chinese navy, we see that sort of interactive dynamic potentially in motion, even around us today. and then of course, when you look at, this is a valuable painting for the lessons of world war i even carry into the arena of naval operations and even tactics to us since. but especially on the organizational side. i will talk to you about the leadership and organizational aspects that i see coming out of jutland. here's an idea that i would propose to as we start trying to get and make sense out of this. winning too big is

best of the weather for the far north—east of scotla nd the weather for the far north—east of scotland chilly start. a few scattered showers into the north—west. six or 7 degrees in the north, mild and breezy further south, 11 to 1a celsius. that rain will be replaced by another front through the night, some heavy through the night, some heavy through central and southern england. rain remains on sunday morning through northern ireland and scotla nd morning through northern ireland and scotland is, potentially it will be there for much of the day on sunday. it stays cloudy and easy for many on sunday, more rain to come on sunday. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the former us president george bush senior has died aged 9a. his son george w bush described him as a man of the highest character. a tenth member of the government resigns over brexit. the former science minister sam gyimah says the prime minister's plan is naive and calls for a second referendum. police in paris fire tear gas as protesters take to the streets against president macron‘s policy of raising fuel taxes to co

process, if you will, and i don't think there is much .hat is left in those areas to come to the far east for a moment, there were orders in japan in the summer of 1945 for destruction of records because they were afraid of war crimes there was a substantially lesser captured documents in japan as compared with germany, so more got lost they are, and ironically, , ifefore, japanese scholars they are interested, have to utilize the american intercepts and decodes of japanese documents, both diplomatic and military from world war ii, which are open to anybody who wants to utilize them in the united states. that therey friends is a general reluctance to do this in the japanese , but, obviously, that has nothing to do with the availability

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he said, the far east. he said thailand. i said i lived in the far east, i lived in laos. he said in the capital? i told him where i lived, he looked at me and said my mother lives there. i used to work there. i was a t 28 pilot that used to work for the cia. we used to bomb along the ho chi minh trail. there were tears and great conversation between us. we got to my daughter's apartment about an hour later. he got the bag out, i hugged my daughter. he came over to me and we had this wonderful embrace. my daughter looked at us and she said, "mom, that wasn't a very long trip." [laughter] small world. john went to work early one morning. he left the house at 4:00 a.m. he kissed me goodbye. he got his ak 47. he was dressed in his work clothes. he kissed me goodbye and he left. it was october 19, 1972. that was the last i saw. he died that day in a helicopter crash. your life changes in a split second. like i said, it was a small group of cia men who were working there. and very few died. it was his time. i came home to the states. i didn't know what to do. we were 27. when y

some sixty four million cubic metres of timber of felled in germany's far east each year. during the same period one hundred ten million cubic metres of new ten dogma. so germany's woodlands are actually increasing in size by around ten thousand hectares per year since nine hundred sixty. and the forestry industry has learned from past mistakes such as planting excess of numbers of fast growing spruce trees but decades. storms like kirill which destroyed huge areas of forest in two thousand and seven showed what a catastrophic mistake it can be to interfere with the natural order. now forest is getting the words time to grow even planting oped trees which need up to three hundred years to become fully grown. he me a month in these are the more you delve into the inner workings of the forest mean one of the more you understand what's happening here is that the more respect you have for these processes for the forest entire ecological system and for the power of creation behind all of this finicky that you know of it. but a hint of mystery still remains and that's what makes

process, if you will, and i don't think there is much .hat is left in those areas to come to the far east for a moment, there were orders in japan in the summer of 1945 for destruction of records because they were afraid of war crimes there was a substantially lesser captured documents in japan as compared with germany, so more got lost they are, and ironically, , ifefore, japanese scholars they are interested, have to utilize the american intercepts and decodes of japanese documents, both diplomatic and military from world war ii, which are open to anybody who wants to utilize them in the united states. that therey friends is a general reluctance to do this in the japanese , but, obviously, that has nothing to do with the accessibilitynd of the relevant records. jeremy: in the far right section in the front please. hitler'sinberg, in second book, does he offer any insights into his beliefs about america or attitude toward americans? in the second hitler book, does he offer insights or attitude, perspective about americans as he is postulating the need to take over the u.s. for more livin

already of course eight of the twenty four time zones have seen in the new years including russia's far east you can see that right now from a shelter that was the scene in front of all stocks several hours back bunch of asia are in siberia no join the festivities too while we're still almost three hours away here in moscow you zealand and australia were course among the first to get off celebrations starting as ever this is the sydney night sky in spectacular fashion and also hong kong pictures coming in now to forty. easy. easy easy. easy easy. yes beautiful isn't it just look at my list of good old cow dung here who's coming to what hello nicole now come on do us to. come into the new year a great twenty million today so as we say goodbye to twenty eight to one of the big events big places to be is a coast central moscow now it's looking quiet there at the moment but at least a small of snow in colder weather people. well as you can see behind me central moscow on red square as well lit up and just right over that bridge over there there's actually a lot of people not only from moscow and

cities as far east as texas. >> reporter: in eight search warrants police recovered $300,000 of confirmed the stolen goods. at least double that in suspected stolen goods. the day after the warrants were served no one was selling anything in union plaza. police are still looking for 28 more people to arrest. >> we hope that they do catch them. stop stealing from us. >> reporter: the operation started eight months ago but came about after retailers say they had been dealing with this problem for years. they are hopeful that this will make a big difference. coming up, i will look at just how big of an issue retail crime has become. when i say in the millions, it is pretty shocking. >>> tonight investigators say the death of a silicon valley chef was a result of a murder for hire plot. the da says maria moore hired marvel salvant to commit the crime so she could cash in on the victim's life insurance policies. 56-year old dominic sarkar was the chef at the fremont restaurant and filed a similar position at passage to india for several years. he was shot to death in his bed in october. in the

stock markets in the far east have reacted badly to yesterday's slide in shares in new york. main stockmarket index closed down 5% today. there were falls, too, in shanghai, bangkok and taiwan. investors are concerned about america's trade war with china and the us government shutdown over christmas. president trump has been speaking to the media about the market turmoil of recent days. the president was asked whether the chairman of america's central bank, the federal reserve, whom he has widely criticised, still had a future. they're raising interest rates too fast, that's my opinion. but i should have confidence, but i think it'll straighten. they're raising interest rates too fast because they think the economy is so good. but i think that they will get it pretty soon, i really do. i mean, the fact is that the economy is doing so well that they raised interest rates, and this is a form of safety, in a way. president obama didn't do much of that. much easier to run when you have no interest rate, and he had a very low interest rate. we have a normalised interest rate. a no

north and east of scotla nd south the farand head further south and england as a positive that cold air across other parts of scotland we will see snow for time and many above the hundred metres with the highlands. for the rain which will start to clear but linger through the central belt northwards through much of the day. for there to ireland england and wales were in first thing in the morning if that clears and also watch out for a fairly blustery shower and seven england. his average speeds in the afternoon with gusts up to a0 mph with some channel coast. the mild afternoon are causing the dead whales at temperatures up to around 1a or 15 celsius. still struggling to get much above eight or nine celsius across scotland and northern ireland. as ago from sunday into monday we lose the front for a time. fairly wea k monday we lose the front for a time. fairly weak affair but notice how it still goes quite close together. windy conditions as we going to monday and outbreaks of rain across wales other parts of england with fu

temperature actually for baghdad and also for kuwait city a little woman haven not a whole lot went to the far east they will continue just around the western side of the himalayas for a time terrorist guys do come back in time is now massy at around zero celsius wet weather notice and cloud and running coming its way into that western side of iran is still some when she weather in the cards for all the southeast of turkey pushing down into northern syria basin places of right to a possibility around northern sections of the gulf northeastern parts of saudi arabia had some rain here on saturday and doha possibility of one of two spots of friday through sunday maybe more so as we go on into monday the west or whether there will be across the other side of the gulf into that western side of iran some lively showers across a good part of southern africa quite a chain of storms from south africa right up towards angola big showers to across a good part of mozambique i'd also tanzania. there you look the arrival of refugees is debated in european parliament's. but the journey itself is little understand

of airy condescension from, you know, western economists about the far east as though these things, you know, these arrangements are constantly breaching this eternally set-up chicago idea of how markets work. one can say, well, there are things that are not dreamt of in your philosophy. milltop. and i think -- milton. and i think that's true. that isn't to say there aren't worries associated with it. and i'll just give you an example in the case of china. so one of the worries that people have is, well, look, china is mounting a threat to the west not merely economically, but intellectually. what it's trying to suggest that the western economic model of markets and democratic institutions is intrinsically short term and incapable, as it were the, of thereby discharging a truly efficient approach towards the building of long-term economic success through things like infrastructure projects and, you know, access to mineral rights and all the rest of it. and you can look at the way china's developed over the last 20, 30 years and the belt and road initiative and feel an enormous degre

than just one time zone and president vladimir putin has already congratulated many citizens of the far east on their.

learned the property stolen here in san francisco expanded beyond the neighboring bay area cities as far east as texas, as far north as seattle. >> we hope they catch them and words gets out, again to stay away from our shops and stop stealing us. >> a day after the initial search warrants were served, no one was selling anything at un plaza. >>> and so many people are hitting the roads today and tomorrow, paul, and everybody had the same idea. they thought they were getting out of town early, but now they have weather to contend with. >> if everyone leaves early, does it become late? tomorrow morning you're looking at rain showers likely in the south bay. this evening the roads are getting wet in sonoma and napa county. not wide vet or heaviers but -- widespread or heavy, but certainly enough to slow things down. petaluma getting some showers. a lot of action in the central valley. not as much around here, but the tri-valley, showers around dublin and livermore and south and west oudy in san francisco, 54 degrees tying you with oakland. as the front moves through we stay cloudy and temperatu

in the far east of europe we have temperatures well below freezing.here. temperatures in the afternoon. let's look at the forecast for this evening and into tonight. not a lot changes. some cloud floating and flowing. later in the night we will see rain moving into western pa rt the night we will see rain moving into western part of scotland. for oui’ into western part of scotland. for our friends into western part of scotland. for ourfriends in the hebrides, 10 degrees. to the east of scotland, a touch of frost. for most of us it will be a frost free morning on boxing day itself. a lot of cloud to start with. we are anticipating some sunshine to develop in the afternoon across the south of the country. eastern areas as well. perhaps the north—west. milder from any on boxing day with temperatures of 10 degrees. 0n boxing day with temperatures of 10 degrees. on thursday, high pressure still in charge of the weather across western part of europe. another quiet day on the wafer thursday. if anything i would say it is going to turn sunny and sunny. in the

parts of the world nine of the twenty four time zones have seed and then years including russia as far east as you can see the the sight and sound of lot of us thought i was back in siberia join the festivities. will be celebrating its new here about ten minutes. you've just given a good time we're still almost two hours away from moscow new zealand were among the first to kick off the celebrations. a splendid scene in sydney and these pictures in from hong kong to. right happy new year saw as we say goodbye to twenty eighteen time to look back at some of the events that have shaped. north korea dominated headlines throughout much of the year with nuclear codes flick maybe with the u.s. president trumping kim jong un series of threats when the to eventually met the things seem to fill a bit in the perry who seem to fill a bowl and in mail correspondent nipper trying to get the chance to look around the north korean leader's palace ahead of the visit by russia's foreign minister. we were told to leave most of our belongings and all our mobile devices behind and they're taking the subway. so

absolutely not, they are made in sweatshops in the far east.heel support, the structure of the heel support, the structure of the shoe, it's just not there with cardboard. in terms of issue, it will wearout. a particular concern. i'm just getting a pair of shoes, that's fine, but electronics like this, there is a danger element. they won't be tested. how will you tell with a box like this bastion mark its flimsy packaging. all the electrical components that products are imported in a box on the packaging is flatpack. it's got a kind of ce mark kier which would make you say it would be tested. —— mark kier. it's a safety: formative standard. everybody puts it up. if you should look on the internet. it's a specific size and shape. it might not be in the right font. just because the ceo mark is there it's not an indication. peoplejolly because the ceo mark is there it's not an indication. people jolly well should care. the battery charges which come with the products are very cheap. just quickly, tell us the four ps. new moniker. yes, we would set

well in fact four states are involved in the zala and the rhineland button vote in bergen even as far east as bavaria all involved in police looking out to see if this man has fled across the border into germany there is also roadblocks on that border stretch between france and germany near to strasburg of course stars book itself right on the border between france and germany police checking cars there has been delays going back for a while we have heard from the prosecutors who've painted that picture more of a picture of what happened on tuesday evening due to all these considering who target the perpetrators way of operating his profile and the testimonies of those who how to human. and to terror police have been called into action terrorism has once again struck our country in strasburg reminding us in a dramatic fashion that the threat is still very real by this manhunt is still very much an ongoing situation what police understand what they've released to the press so far into the public is that this is a twenty nine year old man who comes from stroudsburg he's been named in french

in the far east of europe we have temperatures well below freezing.the afternoon. let's look at the forecast for this evening. not a lot changes for most of us. a little cloud floating herewith clear spells. later in the night we will see some rain moving into western scotland. 10 degrees in the hebrides. to the east of scotland perhaps a touch of frost as those temperatures fall close to freezing. for most it would be a frost free morning on boxing day itself. a lot of cloud to start with. but we are anticipating some sunshine to develop in the afternoon in the south of the country. eastern areas as well. generally milder from any on boxing day. temperatures around 10 degrees. 0n on boxing day. temperatures around 10 degrees. on thursday, high—pressure still very much in charge of the weather across many western pa rt of charge of the weather across many western part of europe. all of the western front are still out to the rest of us. another quiet day on the way. i would say it will turn sunny and sunny. in the south of the country, lengthy bright o

more than six thousand kilometers across the country striking a test target in shotgun in russia's far east the i. i . or the missile can fly a twenty seven times the speed of sound and weighs more than forty tons of on guard is unique because of its range and ability to withstand temperatures of up to two thousand degrees celsius so the test launch a provoked a strong reaction worldwide with the media playing on fears around the development of such missiles the us government claimed that there are no countermeasures to hypersonic weapons and president putin said that russia is merely guaranteeing its own security. the u.s. is now leaving the iron if treaty was going to happen it's hard to imagine what if the rockets are located in europe what should we do of course we will have to ensure our security with concrete steps let's not say later that we are trying to get an advantage we're not trying to get some advantage with this but merely to seek your pilots to ensure our security all right we ask investigative journalist or externally how these new weapons could affect the balance of power

parts of the world seven of the twenty four time zones of scene in the new years including russia's far east which you can see right now michel to there as lot of us talk of we're still almost as a say just but throw it off i was away for the remote new zealand and australia were among the first to kick off celebrations fab fireworks as ever sydney skyline lit up. ah. so as we say goodbye to twenty eighteen is time to look back at some of the events that have shaped it. north korea domination headlines throughout much of the year with fears of a nuclear conflict with the u.s. president trumping kim jong il in exchange the series a stretch for a while but when the two eventually met things thought of the pair even see the bone for a bit in may got the chance to look around the north korean leaders palace ahead of a visit by russia's foreign minister. we were told to leave most of our belongings and all our mobile devices behind and now they're taking us somewhere. so we're here in this van just to keep our men one photographer and myself following a lot of state in. this area is completely de

the failure of the far east when by the recession you have to deal with usually. the man who led the violence against the arab youths is least. rescission but if you come to it why should. there. be a moment you don't refuse your body from. its. surface it will keep. you cool. bones move which will be just one more tool was. that. while the. generation identity's roots are in france the group rose to prominence when it occupied a mosque in twenty eight. that has called. for a national referendum on the slim integration. question there are a generation identity fronts is their main battleground in europe but it's quite simply because the muslim community in the country is the largest in europe on the op. if you stop and above all a front has been the victim of terrorist attacks in recent years on health and the . weather in the battle plan that charlie hebdo war nice with mr hobbs more so than other countries in europe. many follies boasts that if he were to mount a reprisal attacks he would target a market in the least popular with muslims if you know this film or

hundred kilometers across the country eventually striking a test target in can chat care over russia's far east the. i . i well the missile can fly around twenty seven times the speed asserted it weighs more than forty two. and so the experts guard is unique because of its range and ability to withstand temperatures of up to two thousand degrees celcius tesla's provoked strong reaction worldwide the media playing on fears around the development of missiles like this as for the u.k. the u.s. government rather they claim that there are no countermeasures to these hypersonic sonic weapons and president putin says simply russia just needs to guarantee its own security shows. the u.s. is now leaving the i.n.f. treaty going to happen it's hard to imagine what if the rockets are located in europe what should we do of course we will have to insure our security with some concrete steps that you will let them not say later that we are trying to get an advantage we're not trying to get an advantage with this but merely to seek your balance to ensure our security that we are suggesting other journalists or

using its history as a key point on the ancient trade route known as the silk road, linking the far easten able to report from the country over the last decade, but the bbc‘s ben tavener and cameraman maxim lomakin have been invited to see how the country is attempting to lure in foreign visitors. an opposition injail. a muzzled press. isolationism. some of the things uzbekistan has long been associated with. but this central asian country, with its rich silk road history, is keen to change that. after decades of dictatorship, the country's new president is betting on tourism to reinvigorate the country's economy. uzbekistan has a huge unrealised tourism potential. in 2017 you had roughly 3% or 4% of the gdp attributed to tourism. i expect to see a significant increase, starting this year, probably. for most, uzbekistan's ancient silk road cities are the main attraction. when we head across country, every spare inch of land is covered in fields of cotton. we ask to stop and film, but our request falls on deaf ears. human rights activists say over 1 million people on the government payrol

thousand one hundred kilometers across the country virtually striking a target in kamchatka in russia's far east. i . i i i. well that think you fly it twenty seven times the speed of sound it weighs more than forty turns guards unique because of its range an ability to withstand temperatures about two thousand degrees celcius the test launch provoked strong reaction worldwide the media playing on fears rather developing to such missiles the u.s. government claimed further that there are no countermeasures to hypersonic weapons as for president putin he says that russia just needs to guarantee its own security . shares the the u.s. is now leaving the i.n.f. treaty what's going to happen is hard to imagine what if the rockets are located in europe what should we do and of course we will have to insure our security with some concrete steps let them not say later that we are trying to get an advantage we're not trying to get an advantage but merely to seek your balance to ensure our security. we asked investigative journalist rick stirling how these new weapons could affect the balance of power. it

dubbed the deal the worst ever for the commander of reign in revolutionary guards muhammad ali to far east said that the u.s. the performance of warships in the gulf is merely a gesture aimed at giving its allies a false sense of security a professor of political science at the university of tehran gave us his views on the story. it's part of a larger strategy of the trumpet ministration trying to pressure iran i mean this administration since taking into office nearly two years ago has been trying to pressure iran via sanction via threats and now bringing an aircraft carrier very near to iranian waters is very provocative i think the significance is. right now are things more of a threat rather than an actual military confrontation and i think the drills in the persian gulf are essentially trying to demonstrate both to the americans and to the israelis that the rain in forces are prepared we have to remember that from the rain in perspective the americans in the past two decades have it tied to of iran's neighbors afghanistan and iraq and the only. tool that you want has as a deterrent fo

catastrophe is not going to pay off and is not that central to his concerns which are more in the far east more lewisham ship to china and the developing trade war and only for essential american military who don't like this are under the military's but they have to recognize that their priorities in europe were incidentally i think the americans will stay in militarily because really it says nine hundred forty five they have been very keen to have a military presence in europe in order to secure the domination of the region and keep our eyes in why in. the north our i'll be back in around thirty minutes time thank you for the kind of report. my son doing drugs my nephews was still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse he started going after the users in the prison population sewer we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill. then the war on drugs was a mistake there are countless numbers of people who are in prison

already six of the twenty four time zones i've seen in the new here including parts of russia's far east well the history of just under five hours away from it here in moscow new zealand and austria. we were among the first to kick off celebrations and as ever sydney let up the night sky in spectacular fashion. so happy new year to you if you there already now as we say goodbye to twenty eighteen it's time to look back at some of the events that have shaped. because north korea dominated the headlines throughout much of the year with fears of a nuclear conflict with the united states president trump and kim jong un exchanged a series of vicious threats but when the two eventually met things thought of the pair even seemed to form something of a bond and we may end up a trying to get the chance to look around the north korean leader's palace ahead of a visit by russia's foreign minister. we were told to leave most of our belongings and all our mobile devices because now they're taking us somewhere. so we're here and this just to keep our men one photographer and myself rolling a lot of st

using its history as a key point on the ancient trade route known as the silk road, linking the far easthe bbc has rarely been able to report from the country over the last decade, but the bbc‘s ben tavener and cameraman maxim lomakin have been invited to see how the country is attempting to lure in foreign visitors. an opposition injail, a muzzled press, isolationism — some of the things uzbekistan has long been associated with. but this central asian country, with its rich silk road history, is keen to change that. after decades of dictatorship, the country's new president is betting on tourism to reinvigorate the country's economy. uzbekistan has a huge unrealised tourism potential. during 2017, you had roughly 3% or 4% of the gdp attributed to tourism. i expect to see significant increase, starting this year, probably. for most, uzbekistan's ancient silk road cities are the main attraction. when we head across country, every spare inch of land is covered in fields of cotton. we ask to stop and film, but our request falls on deaf ears. human rights activists say over a million people

missile flew six thousand one hundred kilometers across the country striking a test target in russia's far east. the. the missile can fly it twenty seven times the speed of sound and weighs more than forty tons even god is unique because its range and ability to withstand the temperatures of up to two thousand degrees celcius. on the test launch provoked strong reaction worldwide with the media playing on fears around the development of such missiles the us government claims there are no countermeasures to hypersonic weapons that president putin says that russia just needs to guarantee its own security. yes the u.s. is now leaving the i.n.f. treaty what's going to happen it's hard to imagine what if the rockets are located in europe what should we do of course we will have to insure our security with some concrete steps let them not say later we are trying to get an advantage we're not trying to get some advantage but merely to seek your balance to ensure our security and we asked investigative journalist rick stirling how these new weapons might affect the balance of power it's in the interest