a green island?> minnis: absolutely. absolutely. after which, we can expand it. we can expand it. >> whitaker: to see the prime minister's green experiment, we flew to ragged island with whitney heastie, c.e.o. of government-owned utility bahamas power and light. engineer burlington strachan met us there, and took us to what he calls the very first hurricane- proof solar microgrid being installed in the bahamas. >> burlington strachan: unlike other solar designs, it's very low to the ground. so this installation is rated to withstand 180 mile an hour winds. >> which is an even harder punch than irma landed back in 2017. >> it was significant devastation on this island. as you can see, some of the poles snapped right at the very base of the pole-- >> whitaker: i see. they just snapped right at the base. is that what happened all over the island? >> strachan: that happened throughout the island. >> whitaker: this microgrid will produce enough electricity for ragged island's roughly 100 residents. the p

it is the most heavily fortified island in the world.his was the most heavily -- heavily fortified island in the world. buried deep underground, the jap preparations for murder. 20,000 fighting men waited for us to make the first move. >> and they don't have to wait long. [explosions] the navy begins to soften up the island so we can land. [explosions] planes from our carrier force take off to strafe and bomb. [machine gun fire] [explosions] gunboats move in close to work over enemy beach installations. [machine gun fire] enemy fire gets closer. [heavy gunfire] ♪ d-day, the beginning of the toughest 26 days in marine corps history. we watch the center control vessels. when this flag drops, our landing craft will head to the beach. [artillery explosions] 500 landing craft in 10 waves advance on 3,000 yards of beach. [heavy gunfire] ♪ enemy fire keeps us pinned down. we want to pull the beach over our heads like a blanket. [heavy gunfire and explosions] ♪ navy medical corpsmen get our wounded out fast. ♪ our tanks come ashore and grind inl

, holland island.ad been stored there for her. she was going stay there overnight, a day or two, refuel. she would be coming from guinea, to holland island, refuel, then head home to oakland. so at this point in time she had already flown 22,000 miles, and she only had 7,000 miles to go. because they departed oakland on may 21st then left miami on june 1st, reached guinea on june 29th and then on july 2nd they departed new begin gu guinea fl. they estimated somewhere about 20 hours would be the time of the flight. there are reports the airplane could fly a lot further, a lot of these reports have to do with the best type of, the best climb or the best cruise, the best fuel consumption, all these things that never really happened in a regular flight, something is always degrading the best mileage estimates. so she hit squalls, she hit headwinds, the folks heard her call out her radio calls for the first seven hours as she went further east, but then they couldn't hear her any more, and this is kind of a

tomets of 4000 men who died take a tiny island somewhere in the pacific. ♪ you have taken a tiny islandare miles of rock. today, it is an american fortress on the four hours from tokyo. today from your little island, giant striking forces are launched against the heart of japan. today, our planes and ships are flattening the enemy. with confidence in the armed come with the on funding determination of our people -- unfundedith the determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph. so help us, god. ♪

based on sightings of some people in saipan and other islands, the marshal islands. and some people say she had a tendency when she went off course to go north, and maybe she did go to the marshal islands. so they're basing it on that, and then capture and either died in prison or was executed. world war ii vets some of them came back saying i saw a twin-engine plane and i saw a blonde woman. it could have been anybody. it could have been japanese plants, could have been american plants. but it wasn't earhart as far as i'm concerned. some of these first-hand accounts that some of these people gave they were kind of secondhand accounts. there were some people who swore they saw her, there were a few who say they saw her executed. we don't know who they say. no public records held in the national archives, u.s. navy archives or coast guard car kiefbs point to a spy mission for her. none of her friends thought she was on a mission. i listened to many reportings and interviews by a man named l.j. long who was in a program i participated in 25 years ago who has done the r

after all, the easy-going lifestyle is part of the island's charm.ut cher's friends and family said it wouldn't be like her to leave so abruptly. leave her cherished island with all of her belongings still here. >> reporter: cher's aunt mary started phoning cher's friends in panama. >> we immediately started calling her friends and everyone going, "what's going on?" and everyone was saying "you know cher. she might've just gone -- for a week. and you know, lost her phone, and we're like, "well, ok, maybe." >> reporter: mary logged on to cher's facebook page and reached out to those friends. >> "where's cher?" and they're going, "i don't know. but we're mad at her, too. doggone it, we -- she -- she always calls me. she calls me every day. what -- where did she go? how -- why would she not call me?" and we got a little aggravated with her. like, dang it cher, what are you doing? >> reporter: and then some good news. cher's friends received a text message from her -- saying she'd gone sailing. >> she's a free spirit, right? she's-- >> oh. >> adventurous

cher first visited the islands with her boyfriend keith worley in 2000. it was love at first sight when they saw the island and it was the money affordable cher had been saving up to travel. she bought a rental property and small price for a tiny round island. >> we saw that and said that is it. the spot for the rest of our ours. >> reporter: she met seven years ago when she walked into a bar a keith owned in florida. >> came in with big blue eyes and big smile and i was hooked. she was just so beautiful. >> reporter: cher grew up in st. louis where her all-american good looks got her into modeling as a teenager. >> she walk in a room and beep! everybody knew she was there. she always had a smile for everybody. >> reporter: eventually, cher moved to st. petersburg, flr florida. she ran a neon sign company. >> she always made cher she had that 1976 and setting herself up for exactly what she wanted to do which was retire and travel around the world. >> reporter: cher did travel but mostly in the u.s. then a friend invited her to visit exotic bocas del toro

he continues to believe that she is on an island that was further south than howland island. his has got the most -- she is on that line of

the gentleman from rhode island is recognized. mr. sis lee mi: i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the jell is recognize. . cicilline: i want to again speak to the importance of this resolution. we have examples all over the world where when women are empowered, it lifts up an entire community. when swrim a voice, they not only contribute to their own empowerment, their own development, their own success but have enormous positive im% on their local community and the regions in which they live. it's often been said one of this best investments we can make is an education. i think malala's story is an example of that. not only in terms of economic security but building democracy and civil society. this legislation will ensure that we intentionally, purposely invest in young women and girls because of not only the impact it will have on their own lives but what it will mean to the communities they are part of. i want to applaud the chief sponsor of this, my friend and colleague hakeem jeffries, the cha

on the island it was speaking to work. well as you can see behind me the school is completely destroyed you can see the melted sheet metal and the buckled steel girders of the school roof underneath that there are steel frames of long benches and long tables where the children used to sit the plywood has been burnt it's lying in piles of dust on the floor and there's an acrid smell still in the air the fire service was here earlier to see if they could find any clues as to who or what started this fire it could be an accident but obviously at a time of high political tension on the island where right wing groups of clashed with volunteers and n.g.o.s helping the refugees there are also suspicions that it might not be an accident this is the school of peace an israeli and joe that operates on the grounds of one happy family joining me now to talk about that project is i'm not sure hon she's a volunteer with school of peace and that i know that it's been very tense on the island since the government attempted to build closed

been very tense on the island recently island has been host to more than 20000 asylum seekers in the notorious morea refugee camp and refugees are very frustrated about the situation as well as their residents of the island who have suffered from this situation since many years how do you received any sort of threats we have heard from other organizations that. personally we didn't have received any threats but there had been reports of volunteers being attacked in their cars now we know that you have shut down the center for the post week why did you do that we shut down almost 2 weeks ago because there were all several demonstrations going on from the local residents against the plans of the government in athens to build a new center which we opposed as well and then also the general strikes and then situation it happened in turkey with the new arrivals have you had any trouble with all sources on the island no we didn't have any trouble so far and what do you make of the new political climate do you think that there are political responsibilities from the government from the local

father the island while not strictly an island this remote farming town in egypt's novel delta is virtually surrounded by water. some 5000 people live here the majority of them children. father died in this where they live yet few here would really call it their home. their story begins in 1948 in the palestinian town of bitter 7 today part of southern israel and known as bush. the bedouins who lived there were forcibly displaced from their homes in what palestinians call in not the catastrophe the founding of the state of israel. the majority of every population sought refuge towards jordan to the east but a small number thought to be around a few 100 people from the tribe travelled west crossing the sinai desert before reaching the 1st time lands of the nile delta. thanks. one for which. i'm no good. one for. no good had before had. that i don't know. the story of the now moody tribes epic journey to fogl island has been passed from generation to generation many who arrived in 1948 fully expected to return within a few months today their descendants remain here where memories of palestine

has been lost in the island is turning into a giant hotspot. but other viewpoints were also on display this group protested at coast guard headquarters calling for refugees to be showed more humanity and greater support a stark reminder that migration is a defining political issue not just here but throughout europe now greece is in emergency territory after a national security council meeting last night the government announced 3 key measures the 1st is that they are going to start accepting new asylum applications for at least a month the 2nd is that they're going to be turning people around and sending them back to their countries of origin whenever possible without even recording their arrival here which has been the normal modus operandi the normal legal procedure and the 3rd of course is that they're going to be strengthening the borders to maximum alert now the borders both at land and at sea or at maximum manpower thank you that that's john psaropoulos that life. still to come here on al-jazeera under the close eye of government mind th

protected islands such a small way the capital. already overcrowded new houses are being crammed together . but in another better irony of the sand wars new. construction we're choir's ever more said. we have been in the middle of the indian ocean for the last 5000 is the have it in history that goes back 2000. you can't just die. far from the mild deaves beautiful threatened beaches greed and speculation drive the global markets for sand and show no signs of slowing down. bombay is not an isolated case there's never been so much construction but at the same time housing has never been less affordable. one 3rd of urban populations now live in slums well go cities and empty apartments are being built all over the world. in china 65000000 flats are empty yet the construction industry is flora xing swallowing up one quarter of the sand extracted on the planet spain holds the unfortunate record as the european country most addicted to sand in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis 30 percent of the homes constructed since 1906 si

navy helicopter carrying the island's hospitals are overwhelmed. the streets of the german capital also empty and the country's chancellor angela merkel forced to quarantine but there's a glimmer of hope new data suggest the spread of the virus is slowing despite a high infection rate there are relatively few deaths in germany the country was quick to introduce widespread but i was testing. one cool element is the ability to keep track of contacts. of contacts are kept for 14 days and the isolation of infected people these measures must be kept up and straight it is for the coming weeks and months for they are important and remain important. 2 weeks into its lockdown spain is now considering extending it further country after country governments are controlling the lives of citizens like never before the coronavirus has pushed the continent into confinement. al-jazeera. the un secretary general has called for an immediate global ceasefire so countries can focus on the fight against the coronavirus and trying to get terrorists as its civilians in co

for years, this island has been overcrowded. forfarfewer. refugees now live in a camp that was meant for far fewer. stuck here while europe struggled to agree on what to do with them. thousands make their way from the camp to the port, desperate to leave. they are pushed back by police. these flare—ups have angered locals and in the past few days, that anger has turned to violence. bleep. migrants and journalists have been attacked. and an aid centre has been set on fire. some aid workers are now leaving the island. the medical clinics, which treat hundreds every day, have been closed. why are you locking up? because we have a lot of problems on the island. we are having a lot of riots with the ngos. it looks like we are dealing in a war zone in this unpredictable security situation which is something we never expense before. it is limiting our activities in a very difficult position. recent videos show the greek coastguard firing at people trying to cross the sea. we showed these to the island's governor. they have permission t

we show these to the island's governor., but in the air, not on the people. look, look. that's the migrants being hit on the head by the coastguard. yes. what do you think about that? i reject. i don't like it. i don't like this behaviour. it doesn't represent me. as greece scrambles to secure its borders, european leaders have offered hundreds of millions of pounds to help. we don't want money, we want not to have a problem. the point is not to get money. the point is not to have a problem. let's spare their money. let's send the money back. a navy ship arrives to take the new arrivals to the mainland, but thousands are left behind, on this island that no longer wants them. jean mckenzie, bbc news. one of europe's biggest regional airlines — the british carrier, flybe — is on the verge of collapse, threatening thousands of jobs. the airline looks likely to go into administration, a form of protection for creditors. flybe was saved earlier this year when it was taken over by a consortium including virgin atlantic, but it's

civilian policing so it's not entirely sure how he would do this that the template might be rhode island drouet island is the state right next door to new york a lot of people in new york have beach homes have summer homes in rhode island they have the governor issued an order to law enforcement have been going round those houses on the beach if they see the new york plates and the asking people why they want to see new york police i mean in their cars they're asking people why they're there they're checking these homes as well and if people are new york residents they're being told they are no quarantine they have to stay in that house for 14 days it's the president about to bring this into new york new jersey and connecticut well certainly the governors don't know much about it andrew cuomo thinks that at the moment at the moment things are doing ok the way they are with an extra burden to people so this is something that may well develop in the coming hours we'll keep an eye on not that as ever not an awful lot of clotting certainly on the nationwide low. i have all but the epicenter

an island of stunning natural beauty. blue its vast sheets of snow and ice lies a wealth of valuable natural resources. like red took toupet a precious mineral. entrepreneur. wants to open a small mine to extract the valuable gem stones. it has always been a childhood dream finding the big. dig it out with the old. but also this year a new mining talk in the south was to start from the gemstone it's more. environmental friendly. as greenland's ice sheets continue melting for investors have started applying for licenses to extract you renia rare earth schooled and the like. but so far in you it's like also aren't profiting from their island's natural resources. and. the mining was opened in 2009. but there's no been no discussion prior to how are we going to mine i want to resource this among the common people i think that's. so that's missing. greenland's capital new is thriving. but almost one in 5 greenlanders live below the poverty line. that's why alston says local should benefit more from the extraction of the island

and to end this week, we go from wetlands to islands.is ten miles north of mainland scotland. every winter, islanders and tourists come together for the annual storytelling festival, celebrating the area's folklore traditions. this story takes place on the island of stronsay, one of the north isles in orkney. it involves a young lady... you don't see so many fairies around the west mainland any more, there is a reason for that... she could make her own choices about who she married, and she owned everything... stories have been around as long as language has been around, and these stories are very much part of our cultural identity, part of what makes orcadians ocadians. 0rkney is quite a unique place, you know, we have 5000 year old villages still standing. you know, stone circles. just standing on a shore, watching huge breakers rolling in from the atlantic ocean is really quite hypnotic. violent, but peaceful at the same time. it was always the ever—present risk and danger from the sea, that has a strong influence on the folktales. 0r

suit a candidate for he could become the wheel islands like the pilot project. which consists entirely of cargo. pants whistles fulness being welcomed by everyone whether it's you maritime claims of tensions with his powerful neighbor china which it's still a face country infomed an island territory disputes with a whole array of countries. as states attempts to extend their maritime zones as far as possible many international conflicts have a listen. in the south china sea 8 countries a fighting photorealism value to $100000000000.00. there is no part of the world that is safer than others and other words with 53 percent of all maritime boundaries within the ease that on resolved we're seeing conflicts raising up to. driven predominantly from by resource development for the offshore typically will end up having a coastal frontage area that looks like this and let's say that we have a land boundary we're country a is sitting here and country b. is sitting here back in the seventy's when we were moving from oil and gas exploration on land to the marine area they

and the greek island of lead as a possible cause its 1st infection it's a big deal locals there fear they won't be able to cope therefore while they're contending with an overcrowded refugee camp on the island. if it gets like italy will be doomed because the island only has one hospital displaced slaves with. a lot of people you don't know we saw also u.s. markets react to that shows support from washington making short term gains at least off the stocks took their worst hit since 1870 black monday crash this time caused by investor fears over the handling of the covert 19 crisis. by their one i am early saturday morning here in moscow life from r.t. international's world news h.q. kevin owen here with a 30 minute update thank you time review tuned in around the world and its coronavirus start of the news again various lines and tell you 1st off several countries have declared emergency status friday in response to the outbreak of covert 19 spain joined a number of other european nations which is struggling for containment measures and the big news in the last few hours donald trump

bomb is based in the mariana islands. evil commies are you would you know these volcanic island or family was operationally important because it had air bases that the money goes to escort bombers or as an emergency landing site for them so they sell their sights on the will jima in 4 course. cameraman from the us office of war information filmed as several tens of thousands of u.s. marines landed on the island shortly before 9 in the morning 3 days after the attack had begun. their footage of the fierce fighting over the so-called sulfa island would later form the basis of the documentary film to the shores of. writing from the greek here for a part position for a bunch of the camps look right down our throat. besides the cameraman they were also photographers among the wall correspondents on the 23rd of february a few days after the start of the landing operation one of them snapped 2 u.s. marines raising the stars and stripes on the summit of the extinct suribachi volcano. although the men were actually replacing the f

>>new york governor cuomo says governor of hode island and he says he is sure that thy out.ator amy klobuchar are is dealing with the coronavirus ndemic on both a professionalnd the personal level. her homestate of minnesota is now under a stay at home order and her husband is their home recovering from the coronavirus reporter susan elzabeth littlefield talked with the senator about her husband's condition. >>i know you've been so much this week sir. thank you for spending some time with us you know it's good it's good to e senator go bashar has been in goodspirits after a bad week hehusband john bessler has been fighting covid 19 did you ve to be ike i could have been covering 90 why the and i did at the ginng i noproblem it's a cold and i'm sure that's what he got, but you know how ys can be and so that's how it was state in the apartment and then it just kept getting wor and worse temperature can go and he was cougng up blind after oughing for many days. that's when he fally wenin and he got a test john was hospitalized with dangerously low oxygen levels for me the harde

forces assaulted the island of okinawa. first, the bombardment.plosions] then, from the fleet standing offshore, landing craft went in. the mighty pageant of assault rolled ahead, this time less than 400 miles from japan itself. this was the island the japanese could simply not afford to lose. for four months they fought a desperate battle that cost them 90,000 lives. the island was safe in u.s. hands in july. [explosions] first tested in the u.s. new mexico desert and then in hiroshima and again at nagasaki came the world-shaking explosions of the atomic bomb. her armies had been defeated wherever matt, her navy destroyed, japan asked for peace. aboard the uss missouri in tokyo bay, on september 2, 19 45, the most horrible war in history came to its complete end. the foreign minister signed for japan. ♪ douglas macarthur, supreme commander. general tsu yung chun sign for china. but the world could not forget or excuse the savage crimes of those who had opened that war, who had deliberately and willfully brought death and suffering to millions. th

and the channel islands.ically back injanuary when it was becoming clear that flybe was reaching a critical point, conversations around the government easing off on the duty will form flybe because domestic airlines basically have a double whammy on air passenger duty because of taking off and landing in this country, is this something that you will be taking up and looking at and trying to put pressure on the government? well, we've already made our representations clear to the government as to what we think needs to change to stop these repeated airline failure is happening, but from loganair's point of view, we're content that the routes that we are taking on we will be able to stain, evenif taking on we will be able to stain, even if nothing changes from the government. what we can't do is take ona government. what we can't do is take on a group of routes and then immediately say, terribly sorry, we can't make this work because of government policy. it would be the equivalent of buying a house next to an

>> i have not been in rikers island.ave great jusust one thing tt is unique about rikers island, the heaealth serviceses indepen. itit iss part t of the public hospital system. i have c confidence that at riks islandnd in thatat jai s system, there is evidence-basased approaoaching two testing happining today. but i will say as s the doctorss who lead that health service have said in thehe last week, ty are not able to stop p the spred of thihis virus. it comeses from the commmmunityd comes into the jails and prisisons. it is imimpossible to keepep ths virus out of the correctional setting.g. find people who have these riskk factors for serious injury answers illness and death and get them out of the system. juan: we only have about a minute left, but what is the normal health situation at rikers? isn't the main treatment for illnesses at bellevuvue hospiti, not on rikers island itself? >> there's an inpatient ward at bellevue and a also the nation's largrgest collection o of negave pressurere celells left over frm the t

this island can be seized. unceremoniously in some ways became almost a calling charge, if you will. it was something that motivated the marines and continues to resonate in their minds as they pushed on for another month. >> tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of the start of the battle. the landings beginning february 19th of 1945 lasting 36 days, 26,000 american casualties, including nearly 7,000 dead. of the 20 thousand japanese defenders, over 1,100 survived the battle. 27 medals of honor awarded for actions taking place during the battle. that's our topic as we focus on the national museum of marine corps this morning. this stop of our museum tour as we focus on the battle asking viewers to call in as well. on special phone lines split up regionally. if you are in the eastern or central time zone, 202-748-8000. a special line for marines and marine family members, 202-748-8002. you can go ahead and call in now as we show you some of the scenery of the museum. owen connor is one of the gallery curators at tha

of lesbos 2 days ago has been sleeping in the rough outside a church the island's main market cap is hopelessly overcrowded. and i'm now joined by nikolaus pennoyer to pull us from the international rescue committee on the island of lesbos what is the situation like on greek islands like lesbos where you are and over the morning this is some of the remains critical of the reception indications over 6 times. and we understand there have been tensions with local residents are they likely to get worse with what's going on. it's true that they have been witnessing a combination of violence over the last few days the last 2 days to come or cause of that has begun system on the violence. is. never be i know. why are aid workers a target can you explain that for us. we believe that the rhetoric of the government. regarding species and seals has fuelled all the frustration of the people who live on the islands and. the refugees all these years and now they're basins over. maybe this one of the reasons they are getting in zeroes because they see that it's is the mandate of the human shields w

we show these to the island's governor.n the people. look, look. that's the migrants being hit on the head by the coastguard. yes. what do you think about that? i reject. i don't like it. i don't like this behaviour. it doesn't represent me. as greece scrambles to secure its borders, european leaders have offered hundreds of millions of pounds to help. we don't want money, we want not to have a problem. the point is not to get money. the point is not to have a problem. let's spare their money. let's send the money back. a navy ship arrives to take the new arrivals to the mainland, but thousands are left behind, on this island that no longer wants them. jean mckenzie, bbc news. a week today, boris johnson's government will set out its first budget. the prime minister has promised investment in infrastructure notably transport he says it's the way to "unite and level up" the united kingdom. the strategy might well have to be adjusted in the light of the expected collapse of flybe. there's been much focus on the midlands and t

the island was safe in u.s.♪ [explosions] first tested in the united states' new mexico desert and then in hiroshima and again at nagasaki came the world-shaking explosions of the atomic bomb. her armies defeated or ever they had been met her navy destroyed, , japan asked for peace. aboard the uss missouri in tokyo bay, on september 2, 1945, the most horrible war in history came to its complete end. the foreign minister signed for japan. ♪ douglas macarthur, supreme commander. a general signed for china. but the world could not forget or excuse the savage crimes of those who had opened that war, who had deliberately and willfully brought death and suffering to millions. the innocent, tortured civilians of manila, for example. for these atrocities, japanese leaders would be held responsible and stand trial. the japanese commander in the philippines has already been sentenced to death. tojo, japanese war premier, faced a trial as the war ended. his suicide attempt would not prevent the carrying out of justice. beh

we had to take the island. today, less than 1/10 of 1% of americans are serving in our armed forces to protect america and all of us. there are a great number of americans that really do not realize there is a war going on. loved ones are being lost and wounded. they tell me from the news that number isstan, the now around 20,000 wounded and killed. ont is about the same number , injima who were wounded addition to almost 7000 who thoseiced their lives serving in our armed forces today have the very same and a purpose that has always existed in america. protect the very precious values that we have, that we live every day. those purposes of freedom and says,ting our way of life in effect, when that individual raises their hand and takes that life, butmay take my freedom.t take my sometimes we ask a very simple three letter word -- why? why? very often we have difficulty finding that answer. asked that very , who had lost why a son. way -- i amit this compelled to answer that question that has twisted inside sin

we show these to the island's governor.ceived such orders to shoot, but in the air, not on the people. look, look. that's the migrants being hit on the head by the coastguard. yes. what do you think about that? i reject. i don't like it. i don't like this behaviour. it doesn't represent me. as greece scrambles to secure its borders, european leaders have offered hundreds of millions of pounds to help. we don't want money, we want not to have a problem. the point is not to get money. the point is not to have a problem. let's spare their money. let's send the money back. a navy ship arrives to take the new arrivals to the mainland, but thousands are left behind, on this island that no longer wants them. jean mckenzie, bbc news. let's get more on flybe now. the british company has collapsed and we have rebecca harding. good to see you. flybe has been in trouble for quite some time and it would seem that the real drop in passengers because of coronavirus outbreak tipped it over the edge? is important to remember it is a company

and as that is occurring, we have to pick and choose these islands based on what those islands present to us. do they have ports anchor and off-load? do they have reconstructed facility said the marines could move in and take over, airfield, for example. as we get closer to mainland japan, evil jima is that defense fortress and the middle of the pacific that will stop our aircraft from delivering ordinance on mainland japan. if we can see these evil jima, we can save, we believe, hundreds of thousands of lives and hundreds of aircraft. so, the key is to think of it logistically and what it resumes to our ability to cease the mainland. >> the force brought by the americans as they landed there, what was the japanese goal? do they ever think that they could when that fight? >> the japanese forces believe early on that they developed the fences that there was a chance that they could defeat us. as the war lingers on, the belief is that the japanese probably won't be the industrial power, the industrial might to hold us off and it goes off and the defense and delay and defense, even jima i

we show these to the island's governor.ot on the people. look, look. that's the migrants being hit on the head by the coastguard. yes. what do you think about that? i reject. i don't like it. i don't like this behaviour. it doesn't represent me. as greece scrambles to secure its borders, european leaders have offered hundreds of millions of pounds to help. we don't want money, we want not to have a problem. the point is not to get money. the point is not to have a problem. let's spare their money. let's send the money back. a navy ship arrives to take the new arrivals to the mainland, but thousands are left behind, on this island that no longer wants them. jean mckenzie, bbc news. a week today, boris johnson's government will set out its first budget. the prime minister has promised investment in infrastructure, notably transport. he says it's the way to "unite and level up" the united kingdom. the strategy might well have to be adjusted in the light of the news we reported on, the expected collapse of flybe. there's been m

islands with immediate effect. some european union countries are to close their borders to most or all foreigners as spain prepares to put the country into lockdown. us president donald trump declares a national emergency, releasing £40 billion in federalfunds. many sporting bodies have already cancelled events, including professional football leagues. and in half an hour we'll bring you highlights from the winning entries of this year's bbc young reporter competition. after new to you and welcome to bbc news. the government is drawing up plans to ban mass gatherings, in response to the escalating coronavirus outbreak. ministers have faced questions about whether existing measures are stringent enough to tackle the virus. the prime minister has been meeting officials in downing street to discuss the crisis. there are now 820 confirmed cases of the virus in the uk, including 22 new cases in wales. the number of deaths in the uk stands at 11. the airlinejet2 has cancelled all flights to the mainland spain, the balear

be able to cope because of that huge overcrowded refugee camp on the island. if it gets like italy will be doomed because the island only has one hospital this chris sligh but he's got a lot of people here you don't know we school. hi there good evening thanks ever so much for watching tonight this is our to international live from moscow and a world news h.q. kevin owen here for the next 30 minutes and coronavirus making the headlines again maybe no surprises there is like to do so for the forseeable future too in the latest ramifications u.s. stocks have risen slightly friday after several wall street indices she suffered their worst shocks in decades of affairs the coronavirus pandemic is tipping the world towards recession the bad spot came after the federal reserve pledged to inject $1.00 trillion dollars into the markets to try to ease the. strain now on thursday the dow jones industrial average fell 10 percent in a single day marking the biggest decline since black monday back in 1987 other major american indices also closed significantly lower to donal