in the arab world, she learned farsi, she understood everything.ntly played by tilda swinton, as you would expect. what is well done in the documentary, directed by two women, they resurrected these letters, finding brilliant archive footage from baghdad and damascus — all of that stuff we see on the screen now. the sphinx is an apt figure as gertrude bell stares out. there's footage now from the region which is war—torn and ravaged. war was always something in that sand, but there is an elegance to it, a kind of colonial innocence in that footage which is beautiful. it really summons up a lost time. gertrude bell's voice rings out as a lost voice of the british empire. let's move on to their finest. a british film crew attempting to boost morale during the second world war. what's not to like? in this film, they have bill nighy and gemma arterton. they wanted to make authenticity and optimism shine out to boost morale through the war. happy news wasn't enough. stiff upper lip, chocks away for their finest, directed by denmark's lone scherfig. this

he's considering teaching farsi himself. >> he knows the value of a good education -- and tries to convince others. >> i advise them, i tell them that you should send your children to school. but it's -- >> so there are parents who don't want to let them -- >> they want, but some parents in every country they are a little bit lazy. >> oinofyta is co-managed by american non-profit organization "do your part". lisa campbell, one of its founders, is in charge of fundraising. the group aims to help people here retain their dignity and become self-sufficient again. >> it's a concept that i've tried to spread to other areas, but you know bureacracy and people's ideas. they want to build camps. and, for me, i want to build a community. >> nesar's work day is done. he lives here with his sons said and sohail. many things in this room remind him of his wife. for the past few weeks she's been living with the couple's two youngest children in trier. because nesar, said and sohail dream of joiningng them in germany, they're diligently learning german. nesar radin likes the way oinofyta is run. he enjoy

farsi --and swiss re and vinci.'t set -- the 2017 outlook, the plastic manufacturer soul volume rises 9% thanks to sustained demand for polymers. the company's ceo patrick thomas for his first interview of the day. take you for your time this morning. boom time and should we be wary of what next year will bring? >> the way you have to look at it is this is the ninth -- consecutive quarter. i would characterize it not as a boom but as positive momentum continuing. while i think it is happening in the market, we are seeing the global growth accelerating and that is why we have raised our forecast. as you said earlier 9% global growth. it is interesting to look at the geography of that. china with a growth rate of 13% in asia. in europe and north america we saw 7% growth. how is it that we grow above gdp? the main reason is because we are substituting materials with high performance plastics and which replaces things like steel and glass to make cars lighter, to make better windmill blades. it is a great name of the lo

in the arab world, she learned farsi, she understood everything.cumentary, directed by two women, they resurrected these letters, finding brilliant archive footage from baghdad and damascus — all of that stuff we see on the screen now. the sphinx is an apt figure as gertrude bell stares out. there's footage now from the region which is war—torn and ravaged. war was always something in that sand, but there is an elegance to it, a kind of colonial innocence in that footage which is beautiful. it really summons up a lost time. gertrude bell's voice rings out as a lost voice of the british empire. let's move on to their finest. a british film crew attempting to boost morale during the second world war. what's not to like? in this film, they have bill nighy and gemma arterton. they wanted to make authenticity and optimism shine out to boost morale through the war. happy news wasn't enough. stiff upper lip, chocks away for their finest, directed by denmark's lone scherfig. this goes back to the 1940s, gemma arterton making her way as a script girl, direc

schwimmer and an arms dealer who had been stationed in iran under the shah , he spoke farsi and so on. through that connection may raise this idea of maybe we can make some money with iran. iran is in the throes of its war with iraq which started in september of 1980. if that war had not been going on iran would not have needed weapons. through this coincidence of events, the appearance of these , andes in one place exists. spark telling him there may be possibilities here. during the course of different conversations the subject comes up, maybe the best approach to showing the iranians goodwill would be if you had some -- were willing to offer weapons they need. the shah military was based on america's. they had a lot of hot missiles, of high-levelinds equipment the shah had managed to get out of different u.s. presidents. needs. the spark farland not because he is personally interested in the hostages. i think he did think there was a strategic opening at hand. wrote about the comparison between the possibility of opening up to iran with henry kissinger's opening to china and everyo

in the arab world, she learned farsi, she understood everything.ese letters, finding brilliant archive footage from baghdad and damascus — all of that stuff we see on the screen now. the sphinx is an apt figure as gertrude bell stares out. there's footage now from the region which is war—torn and ravaged. war was always something in that sand, but there is an elegance to it, a kind of colonial innocence in that footage which is beautiful. it really summons up a lost time. gertrude bell's voice rings out as a lost voice of the british empire. let's move on to their finest. a british film crew attempting to boost morale during the second world war. what's not to like? in this film, they have bill nighy and gemma arterton. the mod wanted to make authenticity and optimism shine out to boost morale through the war. pathe news wasn't enough. stiff upper lip, chocks away for their finest, directed by denmark's lone scherfig. this goes back to the 19a0s, gemma arterton making her way as a script girl, directing "slop dialogue", the romantic dialogue in mov