. >> a small rocky typhoon swept island. this is okinawa, principal link in a chain of islands that stretches from japan to formosa. unimportant this perhaps at first glance, but the role in today's tense world is out of proportion to the size. an area equal to half of that rhode island, okinawa is a vital out post less than 400 miles from the post of communist china. but okinawa has not always played the important world role it plays today. for many centuries it slept, an island off the beaten track of world affairs. futile lords were over villages where life centered around rice and religion. answers to worship was the dominant phase. here peaceful peasants lived and worked. and children played with little brother or sister, a perennial passenger. it was a contented culture that looked back ward rather than forward for the inspiration. as such, it changed little over the centuries. agriculture was the most important occupancy. the ungenerous work was worked by hand with hand tools. crops were sewn and harvested by hand. it

one treasure island has continued to operate the food pantry and island resident, hope williams, has worked to bring the sfusd distribution program to the island. the affordable housing providers, catholic cherry's community housing partnership, health right 360 and the source-to-plow shares work to identify and address additional needs their residents. one treasure island and tida have been having weekly calls with all of the housing reuters providers to make sure we identify issues that arise. one treasure island on monday distributed a need's assessment survey to all residents and looking for feedback fro feedbas plan additional services going forward and i wanted to recognise the work of opton nosser and the island cove market who has managed to keep our relatively small markets stocked with a number of critical items throughout this emergency and also to recognise island residents for not creating a run on supplies. inventories have remained stable on food essentials at the store throughout the emergency. according to the department of public health's data tracking website, the

they lashed the little island with their fury.ving behind a path of wrecked buildings and equipment. and afterwords, mud, bogging down everything to a crawl. then in 1949 the chinese mainland fell to the communists and suddenly almost overnight the situation changed. in 1950, south korea was invaded. okinawa once again became strategically important. equipment was rushed in. new facilities had to be built, runways, roads, and buildings. we had to make okinawa strong. airbases came first. we needed longer runways to accommodate bigger, faster bombers. guided by army engineers, okinawans pitched in with a whale -- with a will. heavy equipment was brought in and men who had never even seen steamroller's were taught to operate them. concrete and steel and human sweat gave us a first-class air base in time to support the korean war. day after day, playing -- plane after plane, they roared up on the okinawan base. out over the yellow sea 1000 miles to missions to north korea to blast strongholds held by the communist enemy. the bombers

the defense of the island, then, is a primary concern. these operations, new techniques are constantly employed, and new equipment tested out under battlefield conditions. these assault vehicles offer protection to troops as they disembark. only through this constant training are commands kept at top efficiency, and ricon intends to keep it that way. but what about the troops that are arriving on okinawa today? what did they find on this, our most important military base in the far east? personnel assigned to okinawa today will find a modern community, in most respects very similar to many communities in america. they will find a place where they can settle their families and live as americans and good neighbors in this okinawan community. ♪ there is industry and commerce on the island now. many small plants and factories manufacture products which have become important to the okinawan economy. the ancient art of the glass blower is one of the many skills applied by the industrious ryukuan. ♪ products from these small industries are used

so these are the parasol islands into this bradley island this whole area is filled with these islands and here and most of the. our contested the entire area is called the south china sea that's the point of contention china says the whole area belongs to them because they say it's always belong to them and they say they have proof that its people sailed these waters thousands and thousands of years ago and then since world war 2 it has maintained control of these islands after japan was defeated but but there are 5 other countries who are now claiming the waters off of the south china sea why because they say look maritime law says we get ownership of anything 200 miles off of our shoreline those countries are the philippines and vietnam and malaysia and brunei and taiwan and some of these countries that i just told you about have decent relationships with china but some of them don't instead some of these countries maintain close relationships with the united states and the united states for its part has been engaging more and more in this region militarily and that is what has chin

strathclyde to estimate where we are in finding a route through the crisis can detail what the tiny fate of islands where the vast far they've got the virus beaten only 2 cases remaining and no fatalities as of something in their approach which can give a lesson to the larger countries round the world but 1st the glass good to meet with your tweet surely avails of your messages. thank you alex last week we discussed the psychological impact of course at 19 and one of our guests was t.v. psychologist in mckinney to him david sales emma well said on the show you couldn't have summed up the wealth of lucian ships working practices and mental health better at lived by those words and thoughts always touch him a kindly replies what a lovely treat to receive p.l.r. says mental health it's one of my major concerns during the lockdown field an emptiness our worst enemies if we understand that we are useful and that we're all working together towards a simple we will feel much better susan says the psychological tsunami is not inevitable let's choose a situation to pivot our collective consciousness powder

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parasol islands even. spratly islands this whole area is filled with these islands and here and most of them are contested the entire area is called the south china sea that's the point of contention states and the united states for its part has been engaging more and more in this region militarily and the app is what has china sewing gree so maybe the real question here is this what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so that it. it contains $11000000000.00 barrels of oil they have found $190.00 trillion cubic feet of natural gas 10 percent of all the world's fisheries reside right here 30 percent of the world's shipping trade flows through these corridors 30 percent so this is why everyone wants it and china is doing everything it can to hold on to it so what exactly is china doing you know the expression you've heard this before right possession is 9 tenths of the law well china's put into practice it's literally taking possession of these islands and some that aren't even islands or

an island strong point guarding the japanese mainland. april 1, 1945, it is the mission of the amphibious force of the tenth army, backed by naval support ships, assault troops head for the beach. [explosions] [explosions] [explosions] >> tanks embarking make headway under their own power. in addition, special flotation gear gives tanks the necessary buoyancy. this increases the facility with with which armored units can be brought ashore. ♪ ♪ ♪ the pontoons are secured so they may be jettisoned immediately after the vehicles have attained the beach. the landings made on adjacent beaches are relatively unopposed. the three divisions of the corp have pushed south and east towards the main city, and airfield. here is the first and sixth divisions comprising the assault force of the third amphibious court, driving east and northward. they are committed to securing the whole northern section of the island. encountering light and sporadic rearguard opposition, that by 11:00, the objective line has already been reached. [explosions] [tank track

virgin islands. more poorly we want to receive the perspective from our congress can help localss governments adequately address this world pandemic. not just for the territories, it's even i think have a better understanding when we say world pandemic as opposed to just try to keep it to the mainland here, discussion. the territories face unique challenges, geographic location, the unequal treatment under federal programs and the dire financial situation. and so the islands have been hit, have been hit by severe natural disasters including hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, and now they're weakening the healthcare infrastructure in the economy's is covid-19. the local governments have been working to recover these communities and rebuilding these events, but w i believe there's more that needs to be done, and that one of the things that this virus has provided all of us, and helped provide everyone in congress is a perspective that as you i go through talk about recovery and relief, that there's a c

, guam, puerto rico, and virgin islands. more portly, we want to receive the perspective about how congress can help local governments adequately address this world pandemic. and for the territories, i think they have a better understanding when we say world pandemic as opposed to just trying to keep it to the mainland here. the territories face unique challenges. based on geographic location, the unequal treatment under federal programs, and the dire financial situation. and so the islands having been hit by actual disasters in turn -- including hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes. now those are we getting the health care infrastructure as covid-19. and so local governments has been working to recover and we build under these events. but i believe there is more than needs to be done. and one of the things that this virus has provided all of us is -- and i hope it provides everyone in congress, is a perspective. but as we go through and talk about recovery and relief, that there is a cumulative effect. when there has not been

but the consolidation of the northern half of the island continues. tank and infantry units cooperate effectively in the slow, steady reduction of enemy strong points. a mop up team using phosphorus, flame, and small arms fire reduces a camouflaged japanese position. (music) japanese artillery is constant, heavy, and accurate throughout the entire operation. here, a marine tank is hit and put out of action. as a rescue tank stands by under direct fire to pick up the crewmen, both vehicles are screened by smoke grenades. returning safely, the rescue tank evades fire and also forces the tank salvage vehicle to withdraw. while the enemy has used the small strength in the north to good advantage, his main effort against the marines has been a delaying action. the first and sixth marine divisions are committed to careful mopping up action behind their own steamroller drive. a drive which after a drive which after little more than three weeks of hard fighting successfully secures more than two thirds of okinawa. to the south, the army has run up against a s

we invaded the gilbert islands. the second marine division took power after 76 hours of bloody fighting. heavy casualties were suffered. but, the japanese were wiped out. elements of the armies 27th infantry division took macon and neighboring island. our army air corps was engaged in messing with -- massive bombing of the industrial plants of germany. the twilight of the guards had yet to come. the bitterest of a large scale battles had yet to be fought. some of these were soon to come on the italian front where strong defensive positions were held by a tough and stubborn enemy. that and the weather had bogged down our advance. it was winter 1943. the stage was set for the cairo tehran conference. roosevelt and churchill met with -- at cairo. even at the moment, fighting was most intense in italy. high-level master plans continued to be made for the invasion of france. and for other allied operations around the world. at cairo, talks surrounded by european contributions to the war in the pacific. from cairo, roosev

but internal tykes also help to protect the island. as do the drainage channels.because it's not only the north sea waters that pose a threat but also those that rain down from above so how do the locals get the water off their island they channel excess water into a basin by the harbor where the from there it's pumped out into the sea at low tide it's a solid system except during periods of extremely heavy rainfall. increasing rainfall and rising sea levels will be challenges for a pair of on but as a tide marker in the harbor shows the islanders have plenty of experience with tidal surges they've done battle with the sea on many occasions. nevertheless the local population can no longer rely on the exact same type construction that has served them in the past. zor the state of schleswig-holstein came up with a strategy it's called the climate dike investment in london but cocked it where factoring in climate change and are currently strengthening our dikes in such a way that we can build them as high as 2 meters above sea level rise with. the green area shows wh

our troops drove for numenda air field on new georgia island.llied hands, preparations for "operation husky" were begun immediately. to attack the soft underbelly of europe. the immediate target -- sicily. little time was lost. only 60 days after the surrender of axis forces in north africa, patton's 7th army invaded sicily simultaneously with british and canadian troops under montgomery. some 3,000 craft were employed to land an initial force of 160,000 troops. almost 14,000 vehicles, about 600 tanks, nearly 2,000 guns. but sicily was held by more than 200,000 italian and german troops strongly entrenched on rugged terrain. it was to be a tough, hard-fought campaign. ♪ we invaded sicily just 18 months after pearl harbor. actually, an incredibly short period of time for a peaceful and unprepared nation to have accomplished so much. to have come so far. it was a brilliant reflection of our military planning and the energy and enterprise that implemented that planning. it was america at its dynamic best. the forces of agriculture, industry, labor

guernsey's bailiff, the islands‘ civic guernsey‘s bailiff, the islands‘ civic leader, walks learn toy spirit which saw the island to the occupation is still there, in streets and in gardens. in this street, everybody looks after each other. we all know each other, so we are just celebrating a very special event together. liberation 75 years and will be remembered, but for very different reasons. robert hall, abc news, in the channel islands. the self—proclaimed "architect of rock and roll" richard penniman, better known as little richard, has died. david sillito looks back at his life. # wop—bop—a—loo—mop alop—bom—bom. little richard was a wild, fitting ball of rock and roll energy and he wasn‘t shy about telling the world about

reporting for this story is supported by pacific islanders in communications. >> reporer: approaching rose atoll, it doesn't look like an island, really-- more like a faint smudge on the horizon, not much to it at all. but then you enter the lagoon through a rrow opening in the surrounding reef, you make out some trees, you notice the green sea turtles weighing hundreds of pounds lolling or coupling in the waters around your boat, and then you see-- and hear-- this: ( birds ) it is an incessant riot of sound and a dizzying sight. tens of thousands of birds, perhaps a hundred thousand or more on some days, circling or diving or traveling to and from their foraging expeditions so they can feed the next generation. >> so, here these clothes have already been frozen and they're sealed. >> reporter: before we embarked on our trip to rose, we were briefed by host brian peck, a u.s. fish and wildlife environmental management specialist who's been one of the most frequent human visitors to one of the least visited places on the planet. >> the risk, as with the quarantine clothes and freezing

the sheep on the island might outnumber the 1100. inhabitants but they're grazing helps to maintain the sea dikes and that serves everyone because on average performed lies a metre below sea level the docks are in fact key to the island survival in times gone by the local population protected themselves from the high waters by building their homes on manmade hillocks known as dwelling mountains. twice a year these 2 men inspect the dikes to make sure everything is intact but can these vast structures continue to protect the island as the planet warms and sea levels rise fabienne bushed is a coastal defense expert for the northern german state. on the classes and ice dike defenses are still the best solution because they offer as a way to counteract the effects of climate change and our measures for the coming years offer a secure a future that means the population of the whole china could continue to live and work in safety. lucious responsible for the upkeep of the roughly 8 metre high external dikes that run for almost 30 kilometer

and with its capture, the enemy's cross island defense line has ceased to exist. to the south of naha, clearing weather permits an early morning amphibious landing on the peninsula behind the enemy line. here is contained a large pocket of japanese, controlling the strategic naha airfield, the largest and best air installation on okinawa. making a surprise landing, the marine amphibious force quickly exploits its beachhead. [gunfire] our primary effort on ryukyu is directed at securing the ground overlooking and approaching the airfield. another marine assault force striking overland from naha, south across the neck of ryukyu, has sealed off all enemy escape from the peninsula. [gunfire] charges are used to blast many of the japanese defenders from their underground placements. the capture of the naha field gives us all the major airstrips on okinawa and forces japanese aviation to operate from other islands in the ryukyus. (music) to reach the southern tip of the island now becomes the objective of the third amphibious corps. south of naha, our advance is confron

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an island strong point guarding the japanese mainland. signed mission of the forces of the 10th army, backed by heavy fire, a proof of the 24th army corps head for the beach. tanks embarking in the assault waves make headway under their own power. in addition to overall waterproofing, special flotation gear gives the tanks the necessary buoyancy. this increases the facility with which armored units can be brought ashore. the pan toontoons are secured. l landings hit the east central shore of okinawa and are relatively unopposed. the 24th army corps consisting of three divisions has pushed south and east toward the main city and air field. here the 1st and 6th marine divisions drive inland to the east and northward. they are committed to securing the northern section. encountering little more than rear guard opposition, the assault makes such rapid progress that by 11:00 on l day, the l plus three objective line has been reached. ♪ ♪ featured by broken contours, the terrain of okinawa is rolling to mountainous and a great portion of the 48

visit to the biggest island in the. sea so. our viewer of video of the week takes us to the grand canyon in the u.s. . and go meet a local in brisbane australia koalas included of course. one of the many amazing things about this. are the holligan tiny islands that some people choose to live on. easier said than done because how do you get there at high tide if you can take a boat. load times you have to resort to horses. or a special narrow gauge train. and i guess you're right yes of course hook on. the train can run any time of the day and the holly inhabitants use it to transport just about anything furniture food she or visitors like me. 3 kilometers through the mud flats from the mainland to holly. this is where stephanie colusa lives. she's one of 23 islanders there just 5 properties here one of them is the local school currently it has 4 pupils no movie theater no shopping mall only meadows and sheep and the odd tourist. one. married a man whose family has lived on notch tundish for over 300 years she and her husband ru

westward, across the pacific to a chain of islands. onto china by way of india. to burma.a. eastward across the atlantic to north africa, the length of the mediterranean. the middle east, and the southern route through the persian gulf to russia. to great britain. iceland. murmanskssia by way of to the far north. and ultimately, the entire continent of europe. under land leased to our allies alone, the services of supply shipped approximately $25 billion worth of war materiel. these included approximately 850,000 pieces of heavy equipment -- tanks, locomotives, trucks. [rousing music] ♪ free french forces in north africa were supplied enough arms and materiel to equip 12 combat divisions. millions of dollars worth of supplies went to china. flown there from india. ♪ to russia alone, over the submarine route to m murmansk, over half a million pieces of heavy railroad equipment. vast stores of munitions and equipment went to england and the commonwealth. ♪ [music ends] all of this while we were supplying our own widely -deployed forces, and building up mountains of supplies

guernsey's bailiff, the island's civic leader, walked alone to lay a wreath at the island's war memorial. and yet the community spirit which saw the island through occupation is still there, in streets and in gardens. in this street, everybody looks after each other. we all know each other, so we're just celebrating a very special event together. liberation 75 years on will be remembered, but for very different reasons. robert hall, bbc news, in the channel islands. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. a change to much colder weather is on the way tomorrow, and the cold accentuated by a strengthening wind. it's already windy across northern scotland with some rain. now, overnight, that's going to move its way south across scotland. the back edge seeing a bit of snow to relatively low levels in northern scotland, so it turns frosty and icy here. add some thundery downpours to end the day through parts of wales, pushing into the midlands. still maybe a few heavy downpours in parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire as we start the day tomorrow. still mild for many to th

the greek islands are reopening.ng the first to call, high-speed deployment of doctors with a mission. these islands have been a safe haven from the pandemic with no confirmed cases of covid-19. these medics from the mainland want to make sure it stays that way. it is an annual expedition to the remotest parts. >> we will be in contact with the government whenever they need us. we willome here to check if there's any case of covid infection. reporter: the mayor welcomes them ashore. they are greeted with elbow bumps instead ofandshakes. there are enough tastes -- tests for whoever wants them. there are only 250 people on this island. and none of them have been tested for covid-19 until today. the village was built on a hilltop to safeguard it from pirates, hoping its isolation continues overprotection. greece has had only 172 deaths from covid-19 and is leaving lockdown faster than expected. bars and restaurants have reopened for guests. hillary and david brown live here. >> we spend so much time here, we love it her

to reach the southern tip of the island now becomes the assigned objective of a third amphibious core. here south of naha our advance is confronted by fairly flat, open terrain. not easily defensible by the japanese whose resistance area is being compressed down to 15 square miles. with the action of the lieutenant general, the interim command of the entire 10th army is assumed by a marine general r roy esguiger. after more than two months of fighting to hold okinawa, the enemy now occupies only seven of the entire 921 square miles. and although individual units put up desperate opposition, almost all organizers assistance is at an end. using the few undamaged roads as runways, the planes of air lee yaw sons are used to transport wounded from the forward zones to real area medical facilities. >> with an actual flight time of ten minutes, this air evacuation service enables front line casualties to be treated at division field hospitals within an hour and a half from the time they are picked up by navy corpsmen. advanced in the southern half of the island has developed into a sporadic

-- pacific islanders.e are in a battle for the sole of this nation. this is unconscionable what he is doing. it strikes at the heart of our country. who we are, who we want to be. that hate is especially despicable at a time when so many asian americans and pacific islanders are leading on the front lines of this fight. look at the thousands of asian american pacific islander nurses, doctors, researchers, scientists. delivery drivers, retail workers , running critical businesses, keeping us fed. that service is not just essential. it is the best of america. it is the best of our strength, our compassion, our spirit. uniquell born of our diversities and people. the country of immigrants. pi deserve better than a president who never misses an opportunity to fan the flames of hatete. you deserve better than a president who attacks the speaker of the house for visiting a local chinatown business in san francisco. you deserve better than a president who aggressively and childishly insults asian american reporte

air and sea forces for the invasion of normandy. 11 months of bitter fighting in italy and the vast island chain of the pacific. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the enemy had come far and fast, reaching out to conquer a world. but his blitzkrieg offensives were a thing of the past. the united states army was by now very much in the war. with combat experience divisions in north africa, the jungle pacific,islands of the the aleutians, where they wiped out the japanese on attu. now the bloodied veterans of the north african campaign had landed on sicily in a drive for the italian mainland. millions more were training as in the united states. we were well on the road to the ultimate victory. ♪ ♪ in 1940, our army numbered a little more than a quarter million men. three years later in 1943, it numbered almost 7 million and would continue to grow to nearly -- grow to 8 million. but numbers alone do not make an efficient fighting f

, one of the question our listeners want to know is why the island has been chosen over other uk islands great set of questions, oliver, and i'm really pleased to hear that 80% of people said that they would download the app. because the more people who download the app, the more effective it is going to be, because you need to people having downloaded the app for it to be effective, for one to be able to tell the other that they have been in close contact with somebody who has got symptoms of covid—19. so i'm really pleased that the people of the isle of wight have responded today in this way. i had a feeling that they would, and i'm really glad that they would, and i'm really glad that they would, and i'm really glad that they have. but partly because of the challenges that you set out, that not everybody has a smartphone, that not everybody has a smartphone, thatis that not everybody has a smartphone, that is another reason actually to test it in the isle of wight, because if we tested it somewhere where it would be easy, we wouldn't find as many of the challenges rather than testing