we're in the faroe islands. there are 18 different islands. they're part of denmark, but they're their own country. 49 000 people live here, in the faroe islands. everyone seems to know everyone. it's a very small, close-knit community. on this specific island, there are four adults and four kids. lots of animals: 450 sheep. they have sheep farms, but then they have wi-fi. 95% of what they eat comes from their farm. what else do you need? (paetur marjunarson dahl) the faroe islands are 18 islands somewhere in the north atlantic, just between iceland and norway. they were created about 55 million years ago by these huge volcanic eruptions, just like spurting out of the sea. you could say that these islands are like this volcanic geological test, just like the small burp at the beginning and then they went on to form the bigger islands in iceland and some in greenland. so we're like this test rabbit that got lost somewhere in the north atlantic. (sophie fouron) paetur marjunarson dahl, professor of philosophy, film producer and father. sixth gen

this is his island. (kala holiday) we're a polynesian island. the whole culture is of polynesian descent, just like the people of tahiti, new zealand, samoa and tonga. from the 1790's onwards though, we had immigrants from all over the world who began settling here in the islands. so we're a melting pot of many different cultures today. chinese, japanese, filipino, portuguese, spanish, caucasian and of hawaii descent. big island is the largest and the youngest of more than a 130 islands in the hawaiian archipelago. only the eight largest make up the statof hawaii and we are the largest because we are the last to rise out of the ocean. many people refer to us by different names. some refer to us as the island of fire and ice because we're unique in that our tallest mountain will get snow during the winter season. and on the southern half of the island, we also have a currently erupting volcano known as kilauea and it's considered one of the most active volcanoes on the planet. it's been erupting for more than 32 years to date and that's why peopl

now, solomon islands, prime minister, manassas, of our, i said, as a sovereign nation, the islands could determine whom it wanted to partner for its security interests with. i mean that's, that's like a reasonable argument, isn't it? that's absolutely right. when every country has the, the sovereign ability to choose whether it wants to have the foreign military power, putting forces on its soil. the concern that countries like australia in new zealand have here is that this is firstly, very contentious within the solomon islands. it's. it's divided between the government and the opposition, which strongly opposes the china military connection. and also, there is a big question mark over the origin of the steel. there have been allegations in the past of chinese influence campaigns helps even bribery to strengthen china's position in the sullivan islands. it was only a few years ago that the solomon's the, basically a big switch from recognition of taiwan to recognition of the people's republic of china and the accusation. there was a lot of money changed hands in that process. so yes, t

guinea not, not far from the solomon islands to follow suit also should be noted the solomon islands have quite a few interesting resources and metals and other raw materials which i'm sure the be the developed. now that victor will go to you on this, if you just heard alice under mentioned possible contracts and specifically wall way. but the solomon islands, they do want to expand their ties with china to combat security threats and also become a haven for more investments. why is it seeking that protection specifically from china? well 1st of all, in the solomon islands, there is a large ethnic chinese community and we know that in the recent riots, lots of the chinese members in the community were threatened. and also we're committed to their properties, i mean, it cetera. so this was very unfortunate, and i think the solomon islands, government realized that to better protect the solomon people from such rioting. and i'm a key and destruction of the rule of role in the islands are better relations with china. definitely will be help because what china can bring on to the table i

they currently operate 114 units on the island. so, it is currently expected that that building will be fully occupied, transitioning just existing home households into that building. it is not anticipated to include any transition units. and then the other one treasure island partner agency's health rate 360, they perform transitional housing and drug and alcohol treatment programs within their existing units and we will be developing a building in partnership with them that would include space for those programs that won't necessarily be conventional housing units, but based upon the space required to transition their current programs, we expect will be able to codevelop that site with some additional affordable housing units and some of those units will include transition units as well. the exact number is yet to be determined. and then it is really, the fifth -- the fifth affordability building where we expect to have a significant number of additional transition units. we have more than 160 households to transition. some of th

i think domestic politics in the solomon islands plays into this. find politics in the solomon islandse relations between _ plays into this. and those tense relations between china - plays into this. and those tense relations between china and - relations between china and australia also possibly a factor in what we are seeing from the australian response. how do you see australian response. how do you see australia in the us, for instance also responding to this the future? i think there will be a great deal more emphasis from washington on the pacific than we have seen for washington has announced it will open a new embassy and the capital of the solomon islands and the state department is putting a great deal more effort into relations at this very tiny country but i think there's a sense that there's competition with china that has become almost global and that you have to engage with it wherever in the world you happen to be. in the strate . ic the world you happen to be. in the strategic rationale _ the world you happen to be. in the strategic rationale for _ the world you happen

as the solomon islands . i'm talking about diego garcia, for example. it's far away, but it's still the same idea. these old powers want to keep these little states to use as a support for their own interest. thanks for joining us here in asi international will be back in the top of the hour with the latest theater. ah, ah, is your media a reflection of reality? in the world transformed what will make you feel safe? isolation for community. are you going the right way? where are you being led somewhere? direct. what is true or his way in the world corrupted, you need to descend a join us in the depths or remain in the shallow ah a special operation may be in new trade. however, the war is against the west in general, and against wald order, which we have for this moment. and when the special operation and why are going to change in future of frame the doses waiting to national relations are posted to, we mean, traditional financial system post and to wait. actually, the countries down with russia, ah, ah, dom

sovereignty over the 4 southern korean islands. closest to the main japanese island of ho. last month, the discovery of a u. s. submarine near the koreans, during rush and military exercises added to the hostile atmosphere between russia and the west. we're looking during part of the drills we have detected near the korean islands, a submarine most likely from the united states. in the far east orange island area is sir. after 3 hours of actions, we have removed us from our territory. so, lou, this week, japan's foreign minister yoshi marcia. hi. archie described the 4 islands as an integral part of japan. the sabre rattling over the cordial archipelago goes on. we have jeff kingston, director of asian studies at temple university, japan, a jeff, we just had a quick look at japan and russia as territorial gripe. but tell us what the other motivations are for japan taking a strong position on the ukraine crisis. well, i me, i think that the tokyo shares the global outrage at hooton's invasion of ukraine and the assault on a rules based international order. so i think it want

and the people of the solomon islands and other pacific island countries can see this clearly any attempt to disrupt and undermine mutually beneficial cooperation between china and pacific island countries is doomed to fail . we discussed western governments concerns have chinese encroachment with a panel of experts. solomon islands, together with about 2000, i was a pacific island in countries are so many nations and they have the right to, to, to, i mean, they're economic and political relations as well as how they want to position themselves. it's very hypocritical that australia can send it battleships to the south, china sea and other location, thousands of miles away from its borders. and at the same time, it has a his, if it every time that someone else kind of thousands of kilometers away from its own and what it defines is its sphere of influence. but i think that on this particular case, we are over reacting. i think china will not only secure more agreements with the solomon islands, but i expect happen. your guinea, not far from the solomon islands to federal suit, also should

. >> first time i ever heard of indian island and the indian island massacre was when i was about 6 years old, and mother sat me down and talked about it. koch: because of the wiyot's proximity to development of the city of eureka, you had an indian problem. we've had an "indian problem" since the time that this country was invaded, basically, so the branch of the government that dealt with indians in the beginning was the military and it got to a point where they couldn't kill all the indigenous people, and so they decided, "well, we need to deal with this a different way," and so youad this group of self-appointed vigilantes that decided to murder 200 women, children, and elders. >> the people that came onto the island came with these tools. they didn't use anything that could be heard by the people sleeping in eureka. you know, they quietly crept onto the island in the middle of the night and killed people literally in their sleep. from that day forth, wiyot people weren't legally allowed to be on the island again. canter: we're looking at this old, aerial image of tuluwat, which is th

guinea not, not far from the solomon islands to follow suit also should be noted the solomon islands have quite a few interesting resources and metal than the other raw materials, which i'm sure could be the developed federal relations with china, and d will be help because what china him bring onto the table is economic development . packages of one of them. proposals, grades are connectivity of all kinds, australia, they should realize that they were the colonizing country in australia. they really took away the rights of the regional people. australia should really look at its own human records abuses, especially address the original people before they should have any expectation that southwest region countries will look at australia as an equal country with a perfect human rights record. we hear day or night from western leaders about the importance of sovereignty and territorial integrity and all these jazz. but that principle need to be applied across the board. solomon island is just a case study, but it's happening all over the world. it's happening in the middle east, other

and these are his islands. (edo heinrich-sanchez) okinawa was the place of the bloodiest battle in japan, the battle of okinawa. the okinawans were kind of caught in the middle between the japanese and the u.s. forces. a lot of the older okinawans feel that the americans, the g.i.'s, had treated them very well until time went on, and they were here. so it turned from a force that perhaps liberated them from the situation, to an occupation force. you might have seen and heard that here in okinawa, you have many people that are demonstrating against the military basis. but it's amazing to where people will be demonstrating, but then they'll be going to a barbecue with their american neighbours. so people in okinawa have a really good relationship with americans, with the u.s., and they have overwhelming patience on this ongoing situation. (emily manco) i don't know if you notice, but the y plates, that is all americans. "y" for "yankee". that is how you know if it is an american or if it's a local japanese. so we

this h mix of both sad and happy stories. >> people have called angel island the ellis island of thehe two immigration entry points served much different roles. >> this is the former surgical suite and operating room. >> in a time of anti-asian sentiment angel island's hospital was used by the government to turn away numbers of immigrants especially people from asian countries. >> what the doctors were looking for were any of the medical diseases or conditions that could prohibit an immigrant from entering the u.s. especially if you were an asian immigrant, you could potentially spend anywhere from a couple of days to a couple of weeks to as long as two years here on angel island. >> for some, the door to a new life opened. for other, it slammed shut. >> for some people it was the end of a dream because they couldn't get their medical condition resolved or they couldn't afford the medical treatment of and so they were barred. >> edward tepern, from the immigration foundation, says the hospital is filled with exhibits highlighting the immigrant experience. >> this exhibit celebrates t

the snake island -- needed to surrender. the snake island guards would not surrender. one soldier announced russian warship -- russians decided to open fire on the island, pounding it with heavy ordnance and eventually, they would storm the beach. but that one sentence, russian warships, that is now the rallying cry of the ukrainian resistance. it was heard this morning when georgian gas station on the sea decided that it wouldn't refuel a russian ship and when the russian ship said, what are you talking about and they said, you're the bad guys, and they said, why not put politics aside and let us buy gas and the georgians decided to repeat the ukrainian motto and said get out of here and the russian warship pulled away. they said, you look strong enough, why don't you row. that summarizes the brave ukrainians and what they are doing as they stand in the face of the much larger invading forces. snake island is incomprehensible to a man like vladimir putin. he doesn't understand human dignity. he doesn't understand courage. he doesn't understand principle. he's too smal

the virgin islands was no stranger to enslavement and european colonization. on the island of st. john, a man is credited with leading the first and one of the longest lasting rebelons in the americas on the island of st. john. he empowered more than 150 enslaved africans to fight for their freedom and to hold that island for over six months where the danes had to bring in the spanish armada anti-french fleeo get the slaves back in line. several years, almost a century later, in 1848 on the island of st. croix, slaves led a repelon and armed insurrection which led to the emancipation, 15 years before the united states emancipation. the virgin islands and haiti are the only two places to gain freedom through violent overthrow. the celebration of v.i. emancipation day on july 3 marks this date. virgin islands' history does not end with the bleak stories of european colonialism and forced slavery. we have so many celebrated heroes. from individuals who were the founders of san francisco, denmark bessie who led the rebellion in something s. hubert harrellson, the great socialist mind,

on the main island of solomon go under a go veil, shows me the best way to experience the islands. natural beauty on foot. first we make our way through what looks like an enchanted forest. a few steps further on . we are on the edge of a volcanic crater. ah, the head of us, less de code there are set to seduction, which means 7 cities walk m o. j, the view that's life, the huge code there are boasts to different colors, shimmering lakes, to get a great view of them on many of the islands, dozens of hiking trails. ah, i really like the hikes when are challenging and huge since there's a lot of mountains on in one single hike, he can do a bit of everything up the hill flats down to hail slid bree, ah, you can, you can ike across a forests and a few minutes later you're, you are already outside on the, feels like this. so i x are very, i would say my opinions are very complete. there's a bit of everything with the as or as i also a whale and dolphin watches, paradise. the various ocean currents around the islands make these waters of playground for them. i joint marine biologist, maria initi

stephanie: you marshall islands were the site of u.s.ng between 1946 and 1958, and she tidies have shown nuclear fallout has been correlated with higher rates of certain cancers among those from the marshall islands, another systemic barrier is health care. >> prior to the pandemic, our people did not have access to good health care. people kind of sat on their health, even though they were sick. they would not visit doctors. stephanie: she says many did not treat their conditions because they were uninsured. medicaid was only extended to those from the marshall islands who have a special immigration status in the u.s. in december 2020. she could see the pain that covid was causing in her community, but until they worked with the team at ucla, they did not have the data to prove it. >> i think it was vital and important because that information really told the story. stephanie: having her numbers about case and death rates enabled the organization to apply for and receive resources. on the date the consul and opened its new offices, her

the solomon islands and australia have long been closely linked.our government is the government that stepped up in the pacific and be stepped up and the face of increasing threats and increasing pressures and responding to those and we will respond as a family of pacific nations of which australia is one. the solomon islands' prime minister has said the proposed security agreement with beijing was "ready for signing", and denied reports that his country had been pressured to allow a chinese naval base to be built in the pacific island nation. here he is speaking in parliament. we are not pressured in any way by our new friends and there is no intention whatsoever, mr speaker to ask china to build a military base in the solomon islands. goodness. we are insulted! in beijing, the foreign ministry dismissed all concerns, and said the new pact should not be criticised. as we have clearly stated multiple times already, the law enforcement and security corporation of two sovereign countries such as china and the solomon islands is in line with internati

it's practically islands. the usa is china has deployed missile systems fighter jets and laser and jumping equipment, despite paging the short interest of the country. it's why us forces routinely patrol the area to monitor chinese actions. these u. s. navy personnel are on their way to conduct to recognizance mission over one of the most hotly contested regions in the world. they're flying over the south china sea looking down at outposts in the sprightly islands held and claimed by beijing. i mean, your everyday monitoring the u. s. sais on at least 3 of the islands, china has built military facilities, including missile arsenals and aircraft hangers. and that this could pose a threat to all the nation's beijing denies. such allegations saying it's military is defensive. but during the patrol, china makes its presence felt warning. the u. s. plane repeatedly that it has illegally entered its territory and ordering it to move away with the u. s. navy plane dismisses the warnings and presses on with its missio

in the marshall islands, same family.s lady, right here. >> sy: fellow countrymen from the marshall islands laid to rest in springdale, arkansas, more than 6,000 miles away from their homeland, a group of more than 1,200 small islands, about halfway between hawaii and australia. alik is springdale's consul-general for the marshall islands. he represents the estimated 20,000 marshallese who live in northwest arkansas, the largest such enclave in the continental united states. >> july, like, two years ago; we had, like, a-- a person dying every day. we had 33 deaths that month. every morning, i'd get up and my phone would ring and somebody else would die. >> sy: despite making up less than 4% of the population of this area, in the first two months of the pandemic, 38% of all covid-19 deaths were marshallese. ninez ponce heads u.c.l.a.'s center for health policy research. she says arkansas's marshallese are not alone. others from the pacific region, known as “native hawaiians and pacific islanders,” faced similar covid dispa

pat between china and the solomon islands. a lake documents said china's military and police will be allowed to protect the chinese projects that y'all and prime minister says the backlash is very insulting men a say the gulf or a is denying opposition, reports that any deal it will lead to an autocratic government. joining us from camera is michael, she bridge, he's the director of the stranding strategic policy institute, defense strategy and national security program. michael, thanks for being on the program. the prime minister says its utter nonsense that china's presence in the region is a security threat. is that true or does china have an agenda here? well, emily, china not only has an agenda, but they have a track record where the p m. i, people's liberation army. turns out whether it's in the south china sea, the taiwan straits, so close to japan. they bring aggression and military tension and the prospects of the chinese armed police and military working inside the small, solomon islands and using the solomon islands

yerba buena island.3, it is stunning. we have the partners working with us, the l.e.j., and replanting the trees. so many things are happening on yerba buena island, the whole world will soon know, so thank you. >> thank you. and are there any other questions or comments from the board? okay. are there any public comments? >> clerk: there is no public comment. >> so thank you very much for this presentation. >> thank you, everyone. >> and we'll go to the next item. >> clerk: item 11, review of issues log and discussion of future agenda items by directors. >> and do the directors have any questions or comments on this? >> director tsen, i'd love to add director bob beck's follow up with the sfpuc tomorrow for the next meeting, and i'd like to know if there's going to be any open ceremonies or opening announcements for the two parks that we just saw because that's just next month and i'd love to coordinate on that, the timing. >> yes. we have a lot of celebrations to have, and we -- director beck, i think

but losing it did not change people's determination to get the islands back.hing, it made it stronger. >> the claim is going to be everlasting. the -- is going to reclaim the island. nora: the falklands are still a divisive issue. before we go, let's have a look at the cutest safety inspector i have ever seen. a four-legged robot dog named spot. the automated animal designed by boston dynamics room to the engine streets and tunnels of pompeii. gathering data to fix safety issues. because spot has a 360 degree camera, he will also protect the site from red like hunters who illegally dig tunnels, damaging pompeii's infrastructures. you can find more on our website. plus, to see what we are working on any, check us out on twitter. i am laura trevelyan, thank you so much for watching bbc world news america. ♪ narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected

here's the thing, here's what happened here. >> greg: it is not the island's fault, it is not the island'sng about it you should go for it. >> greg: i don't have 125 million to spare but who knows? me back at work extra. just work all the time, you hate your family life. kt, would you consider buying the silent? >> you buy the island, you get the guestbook. then you have a side hustle of calling all the people on the guestbook and assaying i have some information that you may not want public. >> greg: i don't think the guestbook will come with the island. >> how do you know? >> there's got to be something buried there. >> greg: there's probably a lot. you had to really scrub those walls and everything. >> you're good have to get a really good maintenance crew. you have to think about people still hiding in there, old senators and the stuff coming up in the closet, is it safe? kids dig in the backyard, we found fossils. if those aren't fossils, that is a body. it's probably a fixer-upper and i'm sure they have a lot of showers and there, it's going to feel dirty every time you go into any r

sovereignty over the 4 southern carol islands. closest to the main japanese island of ho. last month, the discovery of a u. s. submarine near the korea islands during rush and military exercises added to the hostile atmosphere between russia and the west. with, during part of the drills, we have detected near the koreans, a submarine most likely from the united states. in the far east orange island area is after 3 hours of actions we have removed from our territory. so, lou, this week, japan's foreign minister yoshi marcia. hi. she described the 4 islands as an integral part of japan. the sabre rattling over the cordial archipelago goes on. we have jeff kingston, director of asian studies at temple university, japan and jeff, we just had a quick look at japan and russia as territorial gripe. but tell us what the other motivations are for japan taking a strong position on the ukraine crisis. well, i mean, i think that the tokyo shares the global outrage at hooton's invasion of ukraine and the assault on a rules based international order. so i think it wants to demonstrate s

now, this island is known as lead today, which means the beautiful island, but it has an ugly side. it has the highest murder rate per capita in europe. bunch of it, according to the french authorities, is fueled both by course it can nationalism and the course it can mafia involving racketeering of businesses and illegal trade of drugs. and that's why the french authorities want to clamp down on what is happening in this island. but in the process, they've lost an element of trust by a part of the population that see the french authorities with suspicion. and right now what you're seeing after the morning and the grievances grieving beneath it lies brewing anger. there's fear that people now that are grieving in morning will then take to the streets to show their anger towards the french state. and this is happening just to weeks before the french presidential election. all right, thank you so much, nicholas hak, as reporting from corsica, the international civil aviation organization, i kale has granted katara control of its own aerospace in a landmark verdict. so this is what aer

or this island is the murder capital of europe. the french government see a parallel between the nationalist movements and the crimes that are being committed here. so there is a lot of sake here for the corsican people, and there seems to be a reorganization between how the french feel and where corsica is at emily. okay, thank you very much for bringing us up to state nicholas hack alive for us in corsica. to somali now west malia now where a member of parliament is among at least 30 people killed in a suicide bombing. it happened in central hash, about police, say, a former politician was also killed malcolm, where has moved from the capital market issue. the 1st suicide attack a destination of bomb just outside the local government headquarters in the city of ballad, when killing several people including 2 candidates, the parliament who is seeking reappointment is small, is ongoing, and much of a process to select new leaders. just as in people were being taken from that into the hospital. a car bomb exploded outside the hospit

been gina, which is now infamously known as slave island. after being informed minister of marine affairs, susie puts us through tea, took immediate action. the relevant boats and buildings were destroyed. the captains and plants supervisors arrested and the sailors were freed. 400 men were taken back to their home countries. ah. but was there any real long term impact? i meet with one of the sailors from back then. his name is erica. 41 and from thailand, he was a slave for 3 and a half years. he's now living with his indonesian wife and daughter in this hot made from planks and corrugated iron. his only of income is this, jerry built chicken set up in a corner of his home. it had been any one thing at a gap and my life here is completely different from when i was on those tie boats on the right here. i can enjoy being with my children and thanks to the money from the chickens, i can send my daughter to school and i'm at leah said that, but i'm up. it's gola noon. you don't see this is people is ransom and transfer from one ship to another

i navy, operating out of the solomon islands. so you'll hear the prime minister of our i say it's not a base what nonsense. but a place where the navy can be supported to operate from looks quite like a duck. unlike the booty base, it will become a base. if it's a say, what i want to make for the region is military tension and aggressive military power. cold china operating more frequently in the south pacific and pumping into other power. they're just like we say in the south. china say factor, well smith has issued an apology to chris rock for slapping him during sunday's oscar ceremony. the comedian made a joke about smith's wife shave, had shaved head, yet a finger. smith has alopecia, which is a medical hair loss condition. the actor said the joke was to my chin. he reacted emotionally. the academy has condemned his behavior and says, is launching a formal review of these ah, this is al jazeera and these are top stories. russia says it will reduce its military activities in northern ukraine, including near the capital. keep.