i have dominated the mediterranean -- they have dominated the mediterranean for 200 years. war will be one, the americans content, this argument is happening on this day, it will be one in central europe and to cross the english channel. british argue that the soviet union, which is shouldering the heaviest combat burden on behalf of the allied powers, the soviets will suffer 26 million dead in the british e soviet war, the soviets will hardly countenance the western allies sitting on our hands for nearly a year between sicily and the summer of not -- and any cross channel invasion the u.s. army has 6 million soldiers. it is growing 8.3 million. there are 343,000 lieutenants alone in the u.s. army. they have to do something. [laughter] the british make extravagant claims to overcome this yankee skepticism. pudding.-egg the was assert that germany likely to fight as hard for mainland italy. the allied commitment would be modest and would require no substantial occupation and that a successful fight in the mediterranean but in the war in in4 -- could end the war 1944. none of

sicily is the largest island in the mediterranean. it's about 100 miles from the north african coast, but it's only two miles from the toe of the italian boot, and seizing the island would further safeguard mediterranean shipping through the suez canal -- very important for supplying not only the middle east but to help supply the russians via persia. and it would also provide sicily with with air bases for bombing central europe and mainland italy. but what to do beyond sicily is hotly disputed and at casablanca they could decide on sicily. they couldn't decide on what to do after sicily. the british -- meaning churchill -- advocate carrying the war on to mainland italy. largely to knock italy out of the axis alliance. churchill insists in his words this would cause a chill of loneliness over the german people and might be the beginning of their doom. the americans are skeptical. they look skeptical, don't they? [ laughter ] they suspect that britain's fixation on the mediterranean, which is why we have invaded north africa by landin

the mediterranean is a place where the reputations of some senior generals go to die. clockwise from the upper left, you have got ernest dolly, his reputation dies and relieved of command. john lucas, his reputation dies. he's relieved of command. this is general walker. he commands the 36th division. his reputation dies. and this is general bernard fryburg. his reputation will never survive what happens at casino. so it's a very tough campaign on individual commanders. italy is also a place where reputations are enhanced. so clockwise from the upper left, that's general trusk. one of the greatest commanders and born to lead other men in the dark of night. that's what you want in a combat leader. this is matthew ridgeway. he shows what he can do in sicily and continues to show what he can do through the rest of the war and eventually be the commander in corkorea and this james gavin, the youngest major general in the united states army since the civil war. command the 82nd airborne division. he's a large player in sicily, southern italy and particularly in normandy. an

he did not want a fruitless dive version of effort mediterranean. he saw no reason why the united states should agree to such a cancellation or postponement. stood firm.t planningwith serious made for the d-day plans, but he began to think more carefully who should command them. given churchill's obstructionism, amounting to cross channel defeatism, the president rejected the initial idea of a jewish supreme supremer -- british commander. if it was to be american, who shouldn't be? it was at that point in the summer and fall of 1943 that the president began to a question which everyone had that the supreme commander , thed be general marshall chief of staff of the united states army. marshall, was the man who had opposed the president over the fail.on, fearing it would moreover, marshall had further disappointed the president by lest thedeeply anxious germans magically invade spain, invadehe mediterranean, spain, come through spain, cross the mediterranean, and strike eisenhower's forces through the flank through spanish morocco. that is what he was

they cannot get supplies across the mediterranean. to reinforce the german and italian forces that are fighting in north africa. and it is catastrophic to rommel and arnum's forces. they are short of everything. including fuel, food, ammunition. i write about them in italy too. they have a long supply line. it's not as difficult to supply everything by sea as we do but they're being hammered constantly by air attacks. when you're fighting expeditionary warfare, supply is the essence of it. the old bromide that amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics. certainly that's true for these campaigns. the germans' logistical problems will only intensify as the war accelerates. partly because those air fields were also flying bombing missions out of north africa and sicily. they are bombing german cities, german factories, they're bombing everything that they can find to bomb. and that aggravates the german difficulties of both producing things and there's a very concerted campaign, called "operation strangle," to cut the -- to inte

mediterranean to reach italy's southern coasts and islands now boats carrying refugees are often overloaded many capsized almost eight hundred people have drowned this year alone and the un's refugee agency says the influx into europe through the mediterranean is already sixty percent higher than last year more than seventy five thousand have tried to get into italy greece spain or malta during the first half of this year on the subject a sore point for most europeans but a british think tank says migrants contre be more to the economy than they take but adds that mass immigration strains the country's. infrastructure we've got an investigation on that on our website. right the city. were struck. and i think that your. deaths from west africa spread a boat have now reached europe the first victim a spanish priest evacuated time after being infected in liberia the world health organization now says it is ethical to use untested drugs to treat infected patients as the number of victims exceeds a thousand ebola research dr painted the walls from cambridge university told me that dozens of case

britain through the northern port of cali african migrants also risk their lives crossing the mediterranean to reach italy's southern coasts and islands now boats carrying refugees are often overloaded many capsize drowning those on board the un refugee agency says the influx into europe through the mediterranean is already sixty percent higher than last year in italy alone records are being broken the previous high was in two thousand and eleven ninety two thousand africans tried getting into the country now it's thought that number will exceed one hundred thousand sometime this month when the subject is a saw point for most europeans but a british think tank says migrants contribute more to the economy than make take that mass immigration strains the country's infrastructure we've got an investigation on that on our website. this city of ferguson in missouri has enjoyed a third night of riots in the wake of saturday's fatal shooting of black teenager mike brown by a policeman it's seen offices resort to non-lethal rounds and tear gas as well as issue a warning of further force if crowds d

drowning those on board the un's refugee agency already says the influx into europe through the mediterranean is already sixty percent higher than last year in italy alone records are being broken the previous high was in two thousand and eleven when around ninety two thousand africans tried getting into the country now it's that the number will exceed one hundred thousand sometime later this month. and subject is a sore point for most europeans british think tank says migrants contribute more to the economy than they take but add to that mass immigration strange the country's infrastructure we've got an investigation on that on our website. the city of ferguson in missouri has enjoyed a third night of riots after a black teenager was shot dead by a policeman it's seen offices resort to rubber bullets and tear gas as well as issue a warning of further force if crowds do not disperse and as to see it is their ferrazzi . we're currently in ferguson in the suburbs of st louis missouri where tensions have been flying high ever since saturday when eighteen year old michael brown who was on armed w

britain through the northern port of kalik african migrants also risk their lives crossing the mediterranean to reach its in these southern coasts and islands now boats carrying refugees are often overloaded many capsize almost eight hundred people have drowned this year alone the un's refugee agency says the influx into europe through the mediterranean is already sixty percent higher than last year more than seventy five thousand have tried to get into a tiny greece spain or malta during the first half of this year the subjects' a sore point for most europeans but a british think tank says migrants contribute more to the economy than they take but adds that mass immigration strains the country's infrastructure we've got an investigation on that on our website. first rate. and i think that you're. it. russia is taking mcdonald's to court today the fast food giant is accused of violating the country's nutrition and safety codes in some of its products which could see some of the chains most popular burgers and shakes disappear from russian menus explains why the for food and food is proving h

wave in north africa dozens managed to break through into malaya which borders morocco on the mediterranean coast using a makeshift ladders mob stormed the barrier wall in waves most were repelled but those who died in it will now be assessed for asylum or protection. well the surge is the largest in months milena is frequently targeted by. are now africa trying to make it into europe and spain is not the only country where african migrants are trying to make their way into europe's into europe to seek jobs and shelter well this week violent clashes broke out in a friend's eritreans and sudanese citizens tried to get to britain through the northern port of calais african migrants also risked their lives crossing the mediterranean to reach italy's southern borders islands and coast boats carrying refugees are often overloaded him and capsized almost eight hundred people have drowned this year alone the un is a refugee agency says the influx into europe through the mediterranean is already sixty percent higher than last year and more than seventy five thousand have tried to get into italy gre

now the un's refugee agency says the influx into europe through the mediterranean is already sixty percent higher than last year more than seventy five thousand have tried to get into italy greece spain and malta during the first half of this year the subjects' a sore point for most europeans but a british think tank says migrants contribute more to the economy than they take but adds that mass immigration strange the country's infrastructure we've got an investigation. on our website. right to see. first street. and i think you're. on a reporter's. instrument. the city of ferguson in missouri has suffered a third night of riots and violence in the wake of saturday's fatal shooting of black teenager mike brown by a policeman in one incident in what appears to have been a drive by attack a woman was shot in the head she's now in hospital but our condition is not nine insistent locals say they refuse to yield until justice is done it so the police chief has granted anonymity to the officer who gunned down the teenager saying that making his name public could endanger the lives of the policem

the un's refugee agency says the influx into europe through the mediterranean is already sixty percent higher than last year more than seventy five thousand have tried to get into italy greece spain animal to during the first half of this year well the subjects' a sore point for most europeans play which is think tank says migrants contribute more to the economy than they take but adds that mass immigration is strange the country's infrastructure we can investigation on that on our website. right see. first. and i think. later. on. deaths from west africa spread ebola have now reached europe the first victim a spanish priest evacuated home after being infected in liberia the world health organization now says it is ethical to use untested drugs to treat infected patients as the number of victims exceeds one thousand dollars going live now to dr peter de walsh at cambridge university who's at work currently looks at the spread of ebola on the effectiveness of the vaccines thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. international. people has been known about since the one nine hundre

you help somebody get elected an incentive to a small obscure island in the mediterranean off.ell, it was not obscure at all. one of the things i discovered was this was a country that had been playing a pivotal role even though it was tiny and geographic. and of course he had part of that. again, such a wonderful extension and illustration to me of how local things became national things. he said, want an interfaith dialogue. we need to have people able to talk to one another whether they are muslim or christian or a jew. and malta is the pivot point. go to the south. you have a great muslim countries in africa. go to the east. that he did condition. the north and west, of course you have christian. you can't go to rome and have this discussion. people will think you have your thumb on the scale. you can't go to jerusalem for the same reason. you can't go to cairo or tripoli. it is just different religions playing. you have to have a place where people are comfortable in the san defense can about face being important. nice place to visit. .. suddenly announced the former presi

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without marinostrum we would see many more deaths in the mediterranean. stopping marinostrum would see more tragedies. the european union states would support marinostrum but it is hard to say it should be stopped. >> sir thank you very much for your time. >>> in scotland, anticipation is growing ahead of one of the most important events in the brief referendum campaign. pro-independence first minister alex s-almon is to face al stair darling. money and awareness for a neurodegenerative disease, called als. the ice bucket challenge. salmon has challenged the british prime minister david cameron to take part. will he do it? spoke to us about the debate. >> the battle of the no campaign i spoke to believe that alex salmon's fall tersalmon's fault, written up by commentators and analysts. at the same time, the tv debates are not the best way of pitching to undecided voters. all they saw were two men in suits shouting at each other and they came away none the wiser for issues and the policies that you consider important. >> well, lots more still to come on th

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look, the mediterranean campaigns in general are a proving ground. and you are learn iing a lot of things. you're learning how, for example, to put a force onto a hostile shore. and to do that, you realize that you need various kinds of amphibious landing craft. so the biggest and the baddest of them was the lst, the landing ship tank, which can carry 20 tanks on it, it has clamshell doors, it has a shallow draft, it can land right on the beach. and they're absolutely fundamentally critical to normandy. and they have been critical earlier, and they're first used in the mediterranean. so that's one small example. more important is probably you are learning who is capable of the stresses of combat. you're learning things about leaders at all levels. from a platoon-leading lieutenant who's perhaps 19 years old, or at most 22, leading 40 infantry men, up through corps command and army command. and you're learning who has got the ability to lead other men in the dark of night. who has got the physical and mental stamina. they underestimate the physical ri

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the dangers are not only crossing the desert or the mediterranean, being exploited for labor or sex.taly is mainly a transit point. many of the children want to travel more into europe. >> reporter: many of the children want to travel more into europe. 13-year-old wants to go to rome where he says his brother lives. his parents paid about $3500 for the crossing and at the young age he feels the burden. >> translator: we were going to drown and die. the boat was full of holes. water was coming in. we were emptying it with buckets. i'm alive and my dream is to make my mother and father proud of me. i want to help them pay their debts, it's all i want. >> it is a dream for many of these boys, the road is complicated and often lonely. >> hundreds of orthodox jews have been expelled from their homes. the town elders voted to kick them out arguing locals felt intimidated. one of the jewish leaders said the town even threatened to lynch them. >>> today is the 31st day of the disappeared. recognizing people gone missing in political conflict. one example in guatemala. >> hoping to shed light

going to the other side of the mediterranean sea, fine conditions. cloud is pushing across northern parts of al jazeera, the chance of one or two showers. summer hangs on for longer. >> richard, thank you. >>> authorities in senegal are trying to track down people that may have come into contact with the ebola victims. the world health organisation is sending personnel and equipment to contain the outbreak. senegal is the fifth country in south africa to declare a case. we have this report. >> reporter: for weeks a 21-year-old guinean man infected with the ebola lived here. most saw him, talked to him and shook his hand. no one knew he carried a deadly contagious virus in his body. the neighbourhood lived in fear of that. some among them may be sick. he won't come down, it's too dangerousment we are scared of catching the virus. some awe can catch it from the wind. behind the shutters, people still live here, locked up inside. this is a relative, wearing surgical gloves. he says the family inside fears neighbour's reaction if they come out. it's not

nothing in the mediterranean. you are not going to get help out of the muslim brotherhood government that is part of nato and some assets, perhaps we are not giving out too much saying air base down in kuwait, which was used during the initial operations in 2003. you don't have the capacity today, in our military, to make much of a dent in what's going on. c-130s would have to air drop the supplies, have open doors. that means everybody is on oxygen at high altitude and you have no idea where the parachutes would go or low and vulnerable to air-to-surface missiles. something john said that is important, the kurds never received a single bullet from the aid we delivered. isis forces or the islamic states forces are better armed and better equipped because of the weapons they have taken from the iraqis. the moeibility is better. they are wealthy. you have a precarious situation for up to 40,000 to 50,000 christians trying to find r refuge. i think it's outrageous we have never done anything to help. >> i was there a

. >> reporter: untreat sewage is flowing into the mediterranean sea.ple don't catch much fish, but they say they have to try. >> translator: what can we do. i want to help my family survive, we need to eat. >> reporter: even when gaza isn't a war, it wasn't have enough infrastructure to treat all of the waste, now it's even worse. this sewage pumping station was bombed a pool of waste blocks the north and the overflow runs down to the sea. for the last two weeks, 30,000 cubic meters of sewage a day has flowed into the streets. >> we are not capable to bring the sewage from the streets down to the sea. so it is flowing in the streets. >> reporter: in a refugee camp right on the sea, wastewater trickles through the streets. >> translator: children are playing near the sewage, and i can't even start to describe how bad the smell is. it's a problem for the world, now it's worse. >> reporter: if that doesn't bad enough, mounds of rubbish are getting bigger. another 200,000 people have moved to the streets, and all of the rubbish is ending up here. the mainl

we're heading to the mediterranean sea after the break.with us. ♪ ♪ gerri: well, today we have some brave and simple ideas on how to bring their robust flavors of the mediterranean cooking to your next summer cooking party. here tell me with that, executive chef. a real looker. these are amazing. so we are starting with the spot so. i never made this, but you have some special flavors. >> it is not ordinary. let's jump right in and get started. we will start. the watermelon spices and cantaloupe. exactly. we will counteract that without culpeper's. then we have our cucumber slices, salary. i mean, this is everything. fresh tomatoes. gerri: look at those. >> onion slices, jalapeno. basil and parsley. and then we have fresh tomato juice. i love the smell of fresh herbs. you cannot be -- beat it. here we have a combination, for your spice. some olive oil. gerri: beautiful. >> exactly. you can do it either way. you know, you want to just keep doing that. you don't want to get -- you don't want a puree. you wanted to be a chunky consistency

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sunny environments like australia, new zealand, south africa, or even the central area of the mediterranean. and, of course, everybody who is, so to say, defenseless. >> what about people with workers skin tones. are they prone to skin cancer? can they even get skin cancer? >> they can, but that is very, very rare. in black people from the central africa area, for example, ella noma is only very rarely found on the palms and soles -- melanoma is only very rarely found on the palms and soles, which are not pigmented. the non-melanoma is a sandpaper type feeling. in the black skin cancer, the melanoma, you should recognize any change of the pigment from brownish to blackish, whitish to reddish. then ask a sn cancer specialist for advice. >>he signs i >> there's ay interesting role called the ugly duckling role from the fairy. the black duck was the one that was not liked. that translates to if you have a lot of lack moles, the softer colored ones are the most dangerous ones and vice versa. >> it's more like the exception to the rule. >> absolutely. >> we have a viewer question. margot bachhol

we are likely to see severe weather stretching from the scandinavian peninsula into the mediterranean area. the heat is there prevailing across much of the east, warsaw, 26, and kiev reaching 30. i will leave you now for the extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. >>> today'sations voices comes to you from mumbai, india, to speak to a man who has workeded for many years to drive the country's economic growth. as one of the brics countries, india has had a major impact on the global economy, but in recent years, it has experienced a slowdown. the people elected economic reformer narendra modi by a landslide in the last general election and has vowed to turn things around. we spoke with ratan ,

defense ministry has been commemorating this all day long by live tweeting as they happened on the mediterranean of france when allied troops including french troops joined the efforts to liberate france. now i'll show you on the computer, we're having a couple little difficulties but i think i should show you the pages in question. the defense ministry has been making a big effort on its web pages and website to bring those events back to life through documentary footage, through images of that period. but also through much more modern techniques such as live tweeting. what you can see here is an attempt to i suppose bring those events back to life. you can see with this tweet here that there's 1 or 2 of the individuals who actually landed in the south of france 70 years ago are giving their account of what happened. so go on the defense ministry site to relive the moments on twitter. >> he's speaking in the south of france breaking his holidays to mark ten weeks after d-day. indeed it was d-day and these landings that formed sort of a pincher and liberated france and that was the page i was tr

withs blockaded crossings israel and egypt and a widening of the territory's fishing zone in the mediterranean. a spokesperson for you in general -- you and secretary-general ban ki-moon urged both sides to respect the deal. >> children must be able to start school without the sounds of rock alarms and airstrikes. after 50 days a profound human suffering and devastating physical destruction, any violation of the cease-fire would be utterly responsible. more on gaza after the headlines. is obama administration reportedly mobilizing allies for possible u.s. military action in syria. obamaew york times" says is also planning to expand airstrikes against islamic state militants in northern iraq. on tuesday, obama vowed to continue action on the militants after they killed journalist james foley. >> our message to anyone who harms our people is simple. america does not forget. our reach is long. we are patient. justice will be done. we approved time and again we will do what is necessary to capture those who harm americans. to go after those who harm americans. [applause] and we will continue to ta

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so until peace comes to the gaza strip, gaza angels will only be able to look out at the mediterranean and contemplate the prosperity that lies deep beneath the motion. >> a fellow in the energy security initiative at the brookings institute who has studied the gasfields off of the eastern mediterranean, he says the gas fields off of the coast of gaza won't be exploited until the private sector feels regi region. stability, that's a pretty tall order for this region. do you think it's real i feltic that gaza marine will be developed? >> at this point, i think that's no more than a disability future, unfortunately. >> obviously, israel is concerned. they say money from the gas fields would flow to hamas. do you see a way around that? is there a potential work-around that could get this developed? >> yeah. i think that essentially, where there is a will, there is always a way. some of the initial thinking was to develop the gaza field and have the gas come ashore in israel and not in gaza and then theisi authorities could, of course, work with the palestinian authorities using some of th

the mediterranean sea is a barrier to a better life. >> there has been a new eruption much iceland's bardabunga volcano. it was calm and lasted for a few hours. authorities issued a code red warning to aviation in the area. >>> heavy rain caused flash flooding in the u.s. state of louisiana, residents are dealing with waterlogged homes after a storm pushed through the region on saturday. up to 6 inches of rain fell in some areas. there may be no respite. another storm is respected. remember, you can keep up to date with the weather developments and other news by logging on to the website. >>> an mamerican offensive much more aid to aid in iraq against the islamic state group. >>> reverse course in the ukraine or face sanctions. >>> i'm in new york, a city where affordable housing is hard to come by. a plan to fix the problem is leading to a new form of

. >> well, it extends as far as west as the mediterranean. and the death toll from syria's war is 191,000. they attacked the failure of the international community to act. >> the conflict in syria is facing outwards in an uncontrollable process, whose eventually limits we continue predict. afghanistan, central african republic, the democratic republic of congo, iraq, libya, ali, the occupied palestinian territory, somalia, south sudan and ukraine. these crisis show the full cost of the international community's failure to prevent conflict. >> live in beirut, rula, the fighters have been overshadowed by what is happening in iraq, and what can you tell us about what their movements in syria are? >> they have gained momentum from what is happening in iraq. they have gained more money and armored vehicles, and they have a lot of money due to the control of the oil fields. in syria, they have offensive on two fronts. one against the syrian regime. and the other against the rebel fighters and rival rebel groups. they have other rebel groups with th