gibraltar's old town is long and skinny, with one main street. gibraltarians are a proud bunch, remaining steadfastly loyal to britain. its 30,000 residents vote overwhelmingly to continue as a self-governing british dependency. within a generation, the economy has gone from one dominated by the military to one based on tourism. but it's much more than sunburned brits on holiday. gibraltar is a crossroads community with a jumble of muslims, jews, hindus, and italians joining the english, and all crowded together at the base of this mighty rock. with its strategic setting, gibraltar has an illustrious military history, and remnants of its martial past are everywhere. the rock is honeycombed with tunnels. many were blasted out by the brits in napoleonic times. during world war ii, britain drilled 30 more miles of tunnels. the 100-ton gun is one of many cannon that both protected gibraltar and controlled shipping in the strait. a cable car whisks visitors from downtown to the rock's 14,000-foot summit. from the top of the rock, spain's costa del sol

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danny knows friend paul cartwright works for gibraltar's government he also sees bracks it as a mistake but worse he says is that spain of all countries is to be given a say in future as part of the brics in negotiations. if we have to kick the e.u. out of your oprah we don't mind as long as we remain british are not spanish in any way whatsoever we would never ever contemplate sharing any type. maybe with a. any other nation in the world but not always paid off fears is we going to spoil something that works is an old saying if it works why mend it and it's working we are thriving with thriving small nation against all odds. and. we don't need this thread to sovereignty i think spain is going to do most to gain as much and the stones i don't. sympathize with it and they going to use this unnecessary. to try and get a foot into it it is quite scary for. spain is making efforts to dispel the fears of the local population so far madrid has only demanded joint use of the pencil as airport and more cooperation on offshore tax evasion but many gibraltarians see even that as interference in t

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the construction of this fort, the village of helsinki became a boom town supporting this grand "gibraltar of the north." today, suomenlinna is most appreciated by locals for its scenic strolls. explore the park. there are ramparts to ramble and cannon to ponder. cafes nestle in the shade of the walls. you'll find finns on the rocks and families enjoying their humble beach.

. >> let's move on over to gibraltar. they're experiencing high winds. 66 miles per hour gusts.t we're looking at is the ocean spa plaza, an 18 story luxury apartment building under construction. that wrapping is a protective wrap around the scaffolding of the building. >> it's more of a sail. >> it appears so. some of that is tearing apart at the top. beginning to whip around and catch more and more of the wind until -- >> oh! >> that was scaffolding and that cover. >> looks like a lot of the scaffolding came down. it looks like most of it crashed down on a lower level of the building, protecting most of the cars that were parked on the street. again, surprisingly, no injuries related to this collapse. >> gee, what could possibly be hiding in this bathroom down under in australia? >> snakes. >> spider. >> rat. >> pick one. >> i'll go snake you go spider. >> you win. >> where could it be? underneath the toilet seat ready to bite your tuchas. >> that's not a spider, that's a tarantula. >> if i would have seen that i would have filled that toilet. >> immediately. >> that's actuall

gibraltar, the suez, the strait 0 of hormuz. what is not responsive to is artificial lines. we have to make sure we preserve the inherent agility of the navy as it maneuvers weapon don't think in terms of where a particular naval capability is, right? but not only where it is but then it's only a few days away from wherever it might need to be. and they this idea of tethers rather than a one or a zero presence. and then final dimension. this is getting complicated so the only thing i could have done worse is to have every one of these things on a slide. so, the final dimension is everything i've talk about right now, sort of a fleet in being. potential energy, if you will. until you get the force out and train it and this is the ready fleet, so turning all of that potential power, the potential energy into kinetic energy requires readiness, and that means you have to go out, have to steam, have to fly. you have to have your magazines full. you have to have your logistics element in place. you have to have your parts, do the maintenance, all of those things bring that fleet l

someone has been around since the navy starts years ago and you can see them the gibraltar, the suez administrative [inaudible] for the strait of malacca and all these chokepoints define our structures. what it is not responsive to is artificial lines combatant command and we have to make sure that we preserve the inherent agility of the navy as it maneuvers and we don't think so much in terms of where a particular naval capability is but not only where it is but it's a few days away from where it needs to be is this idea of tethers and a one or a zero but all right? final dimension and this is getting gated so the only thing i could have done worse is to have everyone of these things on a slide so the final dimension is everything i've talked to murray now was a fleet potential energy and until you get that force out and train it and this is the ready fleet is so turning all of that potential power into kinetic energy requires readiness and you got to go out and fly. you got to have your magazine full and you got to have your logistics elements in place and you got to have your part