how many of these vessels are there in the mediterranean right now?croatians, 120 turks, 92 italian. >> you're dealing with an enormous business. >> this is huge business, yes. it's--the stakes are very high. >> mielgo has seen as many as 300 tons of bluefin tuna, worth as much as $2 million, trapped inside one of these nets. divers open a gap and count them as they're transferred into pens the size of a football field. tugboats then slowly drag the pens with the live tuna inside to tuna ranches. tuna ranches? to me, the word "ranching" refers to cattle. >> yes, but you do not breed the bluefin tuna at the ranch. you actually fatten the fish to gain up to 20% weight. >> they feed them sardines and mackerel. they control the color, the flavor. in three to six months, the tuna will be big enough and fat enough to harvest. 90% of them will go to japan, which imports as much tuna as it can, any tuna, half a million tons a year. most of it is blast-frozen on board these ships, which arrive in japanese ports every day. they're stored in giant freezer rooms

this is called a mediterranean climate.e really left with a backwards world here, it's moist and it's green in the wintertime and it's parched, hot and dry in the summertime. the challenge is that even though the moisture is available here in the wintertime, it's cooler in the wintertime, and the light levels are lower because the sun is lower on the horizon. now you don't have as much to work with light wise for photosynthesis. if you can adapt to this habitat, you are stuck here, because you have to grow in that habitat, and it doesn't exist anywhere outside mediterranean regions. that's why the mediterranean regions of the world are biodiversity hotspots. so many plants have adapted to grow just in that climate that they are full of endemics, and that shoots up the biodiversity even higher. one feature that a lot of the plants that live in mediterranean climates share in common is - they are beautiful! they have gorgeous flowers and they produce lots of them. so the one that's right in front of me here, this lotus, is a

speaking from the center of the mediterranean. a place that should be a network of exchanges. it has been instead turned into a cemetery. the pope has come here precisely to denounce that. >> some will be deported. others will discover that europe is not the promised land after all. today, the pope spoke for them all. >>

food inspired by the mediterranean and middle east with a twist so unique you can only find it in one place in san francisco. we're at the 55th annual armenian festival and bizarre. this is extra special not only because i happen to be armenian, but there is so much delicious food here. and i can't wait to share it with all of you. let's go. armenia, culture and cusine has had much cultural exchanges with its neighbors. today armenian food infuses he flavor from the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern europe. >> this is our 55th year and in san francisco we're the largest armenian food festival and widely recognized as one of the best food festivals in the area. we have vendors that come up from fresno, from los angeles showing off their craft. we really feel like we have something for everyone in the neighborhood and that's really what it is, is drawing people to see a little bit of our culture and experience what we experience weekend in and weekend out. >> we are behind the scenes now watching the chef at work preparing some delicious armenian kabob. this is a staple in armenia

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mediterranean,e looking fine. across italy, heat wave conditions good the temperature in rome reaching about 36 degrees over the course of the weekend. theire people filling water bottles, trying to stay cool when they can. those temperatures really are about five or six degrees above what we should see this time of year normally. no sign of any breakdown at the moment. looking very warm for offense. those storms over parts of france and into the low country could cause some problems. rain pushing out to southern portions of the uk. temperatures coming down in madrid 26 degrees. -- in madrid, 26 degrees. here we are looking that fine conditions. fairly warm, in the high 30s. still that breeze coming off the mediterranean for benghazi. a high of 37 degrees in cairo. again.o a recap of the top stories on al jazeera. egyptian prosecutors are saying that the former president mohamed morsi is being detained for 15 days. he is being investigated for allegations of spying for hamas. meanwhile, egypt is holding its breath

the capital damascus an an area along the mediterranean coast that's the president's sect. it's the country's third largest city. comes one of the first to support the revolution. after government forces reach the neighborhood last year, president assad walked through the streets a show of how vital government conoms is for the syrian regime. some areas of the city have been under siege by the army for more than a year. >> we are in a critical stage inside of this district of homs. and if there is no movement from outside homes to break this siege, i think that we will get more than ever. >> the offensive has provoked the national coalition to call for free syrian army reinforcements to join the fight for homs. the syrian army says it has had great success in killing what it describes as terrorists. >> the united states nations is launching one of its largest peacekeeping missions in africa. 12,000 troops are being deployed in mali. they're taking over from french forces who have been fighting since january. james reports from timbuktu. >> these troops are becoming part of

the rest of their diet is typical mediterranean goodness. lots of fish, nuts and a little meat.t every day with thick pine-flavored honey. to coat the digestive track. and they drink gallons of local herbal tea that keeps inflammation down. and do you give your wife a kiss? she's giggling. and, despite the severe terrain, there are no escalators here, no wheelchair lanes or shuttle buses. these are people who move to live, and vice versa. >> our grandparents burnt five times as many calories in nonphysical activity. here these people move mindlessly. they burn a thousand calories doing everyday chores, kneading bread, walking to their friends' houses. >> reporter: you're just getting stronger and stronger. but if she gets her way, scientists and reporters will be stopping by her house for years to come to hear the secrets to a long and happy life. >> bill weir, getting the secret and two kisses there. >>> "good morning america" and "this week" first thing in the morning. our thanks to "nightline" and i hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. >> getting paid nearly $400,0

africa in 1942 with ht invasion of mobilized measure morocco, algeria, moving north to the med mediterranean to the invasion of sicily in southern italy and 1943 #, and then the third volume, this one that just came out beginning on the eve of the invasion of normandy, rome fell june 4th, 1944, and, of course, -- of course, d-day, and normandy, this final volume tells the final chapter of the story through ve day, vehicle try in europe in 1945. >> host: army at dawn, why begin in north africa? >> guest: because that's where the story really begins. the decision was made by franklin roosevelt at the urging of winston churchill to not try to cross the english channel in 1942 or 1943 partly because the american army was green, green commanders, and partly because we didn't have the landing craft and the other materials necessary to undertake that enormous feat, so roosevelt, contrary to the advice of almost all the senior military commanders agreed to invade north africa in november 1942, and that took place on november 8th, american and british forces fighting not the germans because they were

there's a lot of mediterranean attached to this town.er that it was -- when i first came in the '60s, everybody said that you came late. >> right. >> now i'm saying the same thing as the young now. they come and they saw wow, i say -- >> what was better about those days? >> well, for me at that time i was young, and it was the boom of hippies, and it was a destination. you know, cafe baba, meet bob dylan, and the parties was going on. i miss these kind of parties. people fly from everywhere to the party, and they make the whole town move. blue and white party, white and gold party, hat party, you know, it's amazing. you see people coming in with amazing hats, like a cage with a bird, extravagant hats, you know. they put so much energy and time into the parties, you know? look at -- >> now, that looks good. >> tomatoes brushed with local olive oil, garlic and coriander. liver kabobs, beef liver to be exact, grilled over charcoal. that looks very nice. for fish, a bit of swordfish and some orange roufroughy. >> that is just beautiful. >> h

the mediterranean sea defines libya's northern border. to do what people do everywhere in the world in one form or another since the beginnings of society. like barbecue? who does not like barbecue? there he is. they sure like him here. chase down an animal, kill it. cycle of life. cut it into pieces. and throw it on a flame. >> all of these people are freedom fighters, ex-freedom fighters, just chilling, having fun, making barbeque. >> to start, they grill a lamb in small pieces with a few veggies. >> a beer. >> been a week without any alcohol of any kind. i'm enjoying my new clean living lifestyle. that's hospitality. i said it before. i'll say it again. barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it's a start. laid back. in american, laid back. >> a stew made of kidneys, liver and heart served family style. feel free to eat with hands. right hand only, please. and a really traditional thing left over from the italians, basically pasta with ragout. what's this dish called? it's good. the italians left you one nice thing. a few nice

we have a position of the south mediterranean. we have a city with many assets and we have innovation we have an emphasis on people's well-being and quality of life. i'm promoting the technology, electric and medication. we are many of you know the venue of the world congress and we're chosen as the world capital 2018. this is the promotion of the use of the international basis in our commitment. we're doing this with the sobriety. we're working together with the city's to plan the city of the future based on our experience and the challenge of knowledge and technology. this is the expo and where the congress helped barring also known as in 2011. i'm delighted to visit you to participate in the congress next november. i'm sure there are many things we can learn from each other. and while as many other things we can create together. mayor lee you can be sure that b.a. also known as is looking forward to cooperate in those areas. i want to give you two things we we have very, very important football. the barring also known as footba

work continues as it reaches the mediterranean. 6000 employees are working to move huge masses of earth. soon, that number will double to 12,000, people working in three shifts a day to complete the project by 2017. >> we need power. in the short term. because, as you have already seen the country, there are a lot of development and works that are coming. for him, the dam is the solution to many of his country's problems. it could help to create jobs and battle poverty, but only if the rest of the funding for the mega project comes in. >> the world bank is backing a corporation agreement that would bind all nile states to use its waters in a sustainable way. so far, it has not been signed. from africa to central america where there is a river that is a source of contention between panama and coast arica. the last structures of land switched nationalities. we visited the farmers that have seen their entire plantations move to another country. >> this river straddles the border between coast arica -- costa rica and panama. this region spent weeks without rainfall. the past few days, there

it is still partially submerged in the mediterranean.ngineers and experts work to remove it in a massive salvage operation. >> experts from all over the world to bring their equipment to this island, this is said to be the biggest ship selvage operation ever, costing 200 million euros. be likent the island to the used to be, with no trace of what happened. technicians are housed next to the wreckage. divers have constructed under water scaffolding to temporarily support the wreckage. they special vessel is here from hamburg to attach a large containers that will be filled with water. operation is anticipated to take place in september. the rest of the containers will be filled with air, and will serve as a floating device to keep the ship above water. this is now the second summer with the costa controia. holiday bookings are down by 50%, and the adage that there is no such thing as bad publicity is not the case. >> of the wreckage is a huge nuisance, we already had to deal with the economic crisis in italy. this is one more hard ship. >

it didn't matter that he was a test with the mediterranean but he wanted to fight and was always looking for a way to punch the enemy right then, right now. >> he wasn't i think in not losing the war during those long months of 1940 and 1941, almost two years and not losing the war, he and england won the war and gave us the time needed to come in. during that time he wanted to hit anyplace he could anyway he could buy air, mussolini, by submarine. and those two years i made a point in the book from an american standpoint from mine anyway 1940 in my memory in my collective memory began on december 7, 1941. what happened to the rest of the year? well in england it was a horrible year. it was worse in 1940 and i wanted that to come through. churchill january, march, april, june and september of 1941 was still fighting alone london franklin roosevelt in his september 11 address said challenge the germans. shoot at american ships in the atlantic and at one point he said if you see a rattlesnake don't stop and think. you crush it. and he had thrown down a challenge to hitler. early in septemb

. >> reporter: the rest of their diet is typical mediterranean goodness, with fish, nuts, a little meatoonful of honey, to help the stomach. and they drink the herbal tea, keeping inflammation down. do you give your wife a kiss? she is laughing. like a scrub girl? and despite the severe terrain, there are no wheelchair lanes or shuttle buses. these are people who move to live. and vice versa. our grandparents burned about five times as many calories in nonexercise physical activity. here these people move mindlessly. they burn a thousand calories a day just doing everyday chores, working, gardening, walking to their friend's house. and i think that is a big secret for americans. nobody here tried to live to 100, they didn't have the certain kind of diet or -- >> join a gym. >> take a supplement. didn't happen. it is a result of their environment. >> reporter: and when it comes to mental health, here is another huge key. old folks are treasured in this society. >> the idea that they would warehouse their seniors is a vile thought here. >> yeah, the idea of putting your aging parent in a

they have 200 years of experience and they have imperial interests in the mediterranean. you find that there was a momentum and logic of its own that occurs in war. the second question was about to so soldiers. they believe that both of them were lingering. that would happen today, he would be let go from the army. the fact that the soldiers remained secret for several months, it happened in august. it wasn't roosevelt to really intervene. it was eisenhower trying to decide what to do with this problem child. and after contemplating it for a wild, you recognize the patent is, as you say, a fine field commander. he decided that he would not send them home, but as the senior american ground commander, he is viewed for deception reasons and he is shunted aside for several months what they said was deserved it chose a fairly wise course. the third question i'm not really sure i understood. >> host: were they specifically trained, eisenhower and patton? >> guest: no, they weren't. there was not a deliberate attempt to cultivate these men as battle commanders for a second world

. >> it is now commonplace to refer to a lost generation of european youth, especially in mediterranean countries. youth unemployment in greece and spain is over 50% and rising. >> the latest data are about 62.5% of unemployment at their age between 15 and 24. >> i think it is important to show a more progressive agenda. >> a lot of people are saying, trying to of scaling get more education, but it is becoming harder and harder to realize the dreams you had when you were younger about your career. >> i meeting participants from croatia. >> i expect to connect with other young people from europe. >> the eu has announced a 6 billion euro program to combat youth unemployment. some students say it is too little, too late. >> they have given up so much money to save the banks, so how are they expected to save a whole generation? >> it was not just the european financial crisis that was driving german markets today. also new data from the u.s. our correspondent sent us the summary from the frankfurt trading floor. >> reports that american health authorities want to cut spending for the treatm

. >> it is now commonplace to refer to a lost generation of european youth, especially in mediterranean countries. youth unemployment in greece and spain is over 50% and rising. >> the latest data are about 62.5% of unemployment at their age between 15 and 24. >> i think it is important to show a more progressive agenda. >> a lot of people are saying, trying to of scaling get more education, but it is becoming harder and harder to realize the dreams you had when you were younger about your career. >> i meeting participants from croatia. >> i expect to connect with other young people from europe. >> the eu has announced a 6 billion euro program to combat youth unemployment. some students say it is too little, too late. >> they have given up so much money to save the banks, so how are they expected to save a whole generation? >> it was not just the european financial crisis that was driving german markets today. also new data from the u.s. our correspondent sent us the summary from the frankfurt trading floor. >> reports that american health authorities want to cut spending for the treatm

once again you are seeing thunderstorms through the mediterranean. they will be short-lived but intense. meanwhile we have a low oh moving through the northeast bringing temperatures down a little bit. warsaw seeing 27. the upper 20s on wednesday. down to 22 degrees and you've got the showers coming in as well. here is your extended forecast. >> that's "newsline" this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. . ♪ >>> from the four winds and the scent of the earth come the color of the seasons. exploring the four seasons of japan. the dancing waves, the shining sun. this is shonan, the beach which continues to fascinate the young people.

at least five people have been killed in the mediterranean city of alexandria during a violent showdown, while dozens have been wounded. the interior minister says the opposition leader was killed and has accused hardliners of being behind the attack. relatives and supporters have blamed the government for their assassinations. the act has caused protesters on both sides of the political divide to take to the streets on friday. pope francis says his mission is to re-energize the catholic faith. the fifth day of his visit to latin america, he arrived on copacabana beach for a reenactment of the crucifixion. the survivor of a train that derailed in northwest spain reports that the train was traveling more than double the speed limit at the time of the crash. police are questioning the 52- year-old driver. he is currently in hospital recovering from injuries sustained in the accident. in pakistan, a series of explosions wracked the area near the northern border of afghanistan. people were shopping for food to break their ramadan fast. it is the deadliest attack to hit the country during th

we're seeing some showers up towards the north and east here and the mediterranean still seeing those pop-up thunderstorms in the heat of the day. temperatures moderating, but it is still going to be absolutely scorching in madrid, 37 degrees. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. have a great day wherever you are. . >>> humanoid robots. the epitome of cutting edge technology. japan leads the world in robot research. rapid developments in this field have produced humanoid robots that not only move just like but can even decide for themselves how to move.

the resort city of cannes on the mediterranean coast has ab favorite target for jewel thieves. robbers made off with $3 million in precious stones in two separate incidents in may during the cann international film festival. >>> everyone looks at plants, they're all around us, but not everyone cease them the same way. a veteran photographer documents plants capturing them down to their finest details. >> reporter: mushroom spores streaming and swirling through the air. they're ordinary edible mushrooms. just as you'd find on sale at any japanese supermarket. but these images show them in a way that is extraordinary. that's the way he sees the world. he's 82 now and has been a plant photographer for over 40 years. his work focuses on the plants he finds growing around his h e home. his photographs seem to capture the inner life force of plants and fungi. his work has won high praise not only in japan but abroad. he's published over 30 books and field guides. he was already past 75 when he started using video. his aim was to shed more light on plants and their complex processes.

some people have been allowed to leave a mosque that have been sealed off in the promenade in the mediterranean city. about 70 remain inside. the mosque was attacked and armed men vourned it, trapping children and people. >> there's been no change and you pretty much summarized what we know at this stage. 70 people still inside the mosque. one group was able to leave during the night. they left with the police. the police said that they would give them safe passage in their armored personnel carrier. but the people inside the mosque saying that group was taken to a national security building. and that's why those remaining in the are now refusing to leave. they are worried that if they do go that they'll be take en in by the police and they'll be questioned so they're saying that they're not going to leave until they get a guarantee that they'll be safe if they do so. overnight, some of the anti-military rule crowd, they ended up inside the mosque and those people say that the windows of the mosque were smashed by groups of men. we don't know who these men were but we did see the windows had be

it is keeping things hot and we have thunderstorms flaring up due to moisture off the mediterranean into southern france, northern italy. but temperatures here are well above average. we want to stay cool, especially if you're in madrid getting up to 36 still above average, paris, 35 by monday. but that's a look at your world weather. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. ♪ ♪ >>> the children boarding this van in seoul, south korea are so-called 1.5 generation defectors from north korea.

its picture perfect mediterranean coastline the fabled playground of the ultra rich and famous.zen jewel heists. the latest catch estimated at a whopping $136 million, making it the largest french jewelry heist in history. it happened at the glamorous 343-room intercontinental carlton hotel. it seems that life is imitating art. much like the alfred hitchcock 1955 romantic thriller "to catch a thief," starring cary grant as the dashing former cat burglar with the stunning grace kelly taking place just a few floors above where the actual crime unfolded this weekend. the elegant carlton hotel. but this real-life robbery was much less cinematic. possibly one of these simpler schemes. a man in his mid 40s wearing a hat and scarf around his neck enters the prominent hotel. exact details still puzzle police. but he was somehow able to walk into the closed exhibit as the diamonds were about to be secured in their display cases. flashing a gun, he grabbed the bag of diamonds, then boldly escaped through a glass door, all in less than a minute. there's no doubt it was a shocking heist. bu

-- this is a hit to pope francis who paid an unexpected visit to an island in the mediterrane mediterranean afrikaans died en route by a rickety boat. the pope gave a mass and talked about the globalization of indifference. a rich ask pregnant phrase that brings to mind indifference to refugees out of north korea. for example, what's going on in syria. good for the pope. >> thank you. remember, if you have your own hi or miss please send them to us. be sure to follow us on twitter. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel. especially to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. hope to see you right here next week. i. >>> 61 seconds devoted to how obama care is going to hurt small business. >> that's it? >> 61 seconds. >> in the entirety of 2012. >> the media taking hits for no hard hitting coverage of the obama care train wreck and the president's power play to delay a key mandate of the law. why isn't the press paying attention? >> the injuries on mr. zimmerman's back of his head consistent with someone doing this? >> wall-to-wall coverage of the zimmerman murder trial gives crit

they're working with one of gardeners using a staff design plan to install the first mediterranean basin program. we discuss the importance of plants. we talked about the difficult problem of global warming. it's my firm conclusion that the fee has maintained the botanical garden and i am concerned that the lack of the understanding of the importance of the collection and our educational role in the crucial relationship in plants and people. i want to urge you to support the new lease and management agreement and the continuance of the fee thank you". >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello. my name is joseph mack. i am a botanical garden society volunteer. i'm speaking as an individual. i want to briefly go into my personal archive. i found a photo of me in a bunch of head start kids visiting the japanese tea garden. please consider the lease agreement to make this a reality of supporting children into the future. whatever direction the budget committee goes please approximate the welcome mat of the past into the future. thank you. >> thank you next speaker. >> hello. i am ramone gonzalez

second half of the port beijing is once again interested to turn it into the number one seed in the mediterranean from here chinese products are put on trains and then distributed throughout the e.u. so there are no prizes for guessing who wants to snap up the greek railways as well but this chinese takeaway doesn't end all the infrastructure greek food products or virgin all of all to be exact are stirring up an appetite in china last year the country became greece's number four export market and officials here say they used to think was a long term priority and now it's top of the list so as the troika slams greece with various austerity measures and demands a new job cuts and the reduction of salaries china is storming in on the white children for springing big business said it's considering covering some of the debt which is great news and a great opportunity for the greek economy and given that many other southern e.u. countries are also embarrassed. it's china will just be flexing its muscles you want to spin off or to athens. back on home soil the chinese government's opening a window into

the mediterranean place across the street opposes the parklet. there is a business right next door to the sea breeze. he thought that it was just improvement. he didn't realize what was being done. >> thank you. >> i have actually parked in your driveway too. >> hello. president and vice president commissioners i will speak quick as i put my example up. >> my name is david calano and i own the beach burrito at 44th and judah and i am a native of the sunset district and i have lived there for 43 years, and i wanted to comment on a couple of things real quick. it is very unique area in that it is commercial but there is residential all around it and the parking has been addressed and there is a massive shortage of the department and as we see the picture last week, it trained in judah which this gentleman to bring people in and out that live in the area and some drive and some catch the trolly to go downtown to work and then with the parklet people double parking because of the businesses dropping things off and it is congestived. today i actually

said that the attack was either by an air raid or long range missiles fired from boats in the mediterranean what we're hearing now according to iranian media however is that syrian officials have denied reports that israel was behind this attack so far the israeli government has declined to comment all confirm or refute allegations that it is responsible for these attacks but however if these reports are true this attack would mark the israeli strike on syria within the past six months in a israel launched two air strikes on syria in turkey one of the strikes was full to be on the country's scientific studies and research center which was previously attacked by the israeli air force back in january the other attack which took place on may the third targeted surface to surface missiles provided by iran and was targeted to damascus international airport israel has not gone on record to claim responsibility for any of these attacks at. same time tel aviv has made it clear that the country is prepared to go into syria if it means preventing hizbollah or other militant groups from obtaining addi