migration crisis in the mediterranean sea as italian coast guards report a surge in the number of migrants pulled from the water, e.u. leaders agree on a plan to deter them from attempting the trip. also coming up a terror attack is thwarted. a french shoulder shoots a machete wielding man near the entrance to the louvre museum in paris. and the families forced to flee fighting in eastern ukraine. violence makes life unbearable as the simmering conflict between ukrainian forces and pro russian separatists boils over. it's good to have you with us. the migration crisis is back at the top of europe's agenda. europe and union leaders meeting in malta have agreed on a plan to reduce the number of migrants crossing the mediterranean sea from libya. the eu will support libya's coast guard and step up efforts to disrupt the people smuggling rats. >> united we stand. that is the slogan the eu council president promoted ahead of the summit. regarding the migrant crisis e.u. leaders showed unity bypassing a 10-point program to stem the flow of refugees to europe. >> we'll train, quip, and support th

we wa nt to mediterranean in the first place.lier stage to their country of origin, and that we don't see people trying to make a journey which sadly as we know over recent months and years has resulted in many thousands of people losing their lives, so we are working together on that and we continue to support italian efforts both in the mediterranean but also in dealing with these more upstream issues, and in dealing with the organised crime groups, and we should neverforget that a lot of this migratory traffic is providing rockets to criminals, and we must ensure that we stop their activity. thank you very much, thank you. studio: theresa may alongside her italian counterpart. talk inevitably about britain's departure from the eu, but interested that a lot of the questions directed at the prime minister were still about the nhs, lots of questions about the funding of social care, the story that was around yesterday about surrey county council files. i don't around yesterday about surrey county councilfiles. i don't think aroun

. >>> the mediterranean indict is good for adults, researchers say it might be worth serving to children. >>> cheese probably dissent accident top of the list of getting your sweety for valentine's day unless you're from the cheese loving state of wisconsin. a shop is selling pink and red cheese curds. it promises to ship in time for valentine's day. >> reporter: something to think about people on a friday. 202 schuylkill expressway northbound traffic on the left heading toward the turnpike, moving fine, we're seeing a dusting of snow off to the side. watch for a slick spot or two, no widespread huge problems. mass transit showing everything on time dave. >> reporter: like the time i got my wife a pink lawn table. it was a bad idea. 22 by 8:00 a.m. it will be cold and brisk on the bus stop. we have windchill around 1 degrees and single digits in the northern and western suburbs. if you're planning to head out to the market, today will be cold, but we'll have dry conditions for you. sunshine to start out, increasing clouds as we go through the day, 34 degrees is going to be your high at 3

the discussion focused on particular in the routes from libya across the central mediterranean. we need a compounds of and coordinated approach. that is what this council agreed. this includes working hard in support of an inclusive clinical settlement to stabilize libya, which will counterterrorism and slow immigration flows. build the capacity of the libyans to return migrants to their own shores, treat them with dignity, and help them return home. libya,s looking beyond helping create more opportunities in migrants' home countries. and it means that are distinguish between economic migrants and refugees. simply returning those who have no right to remain. deterrentnding a message to those thinking about making the perilous journey. britain is already playing a leading role in the region. at this summit, i announced further steps, including additional support for the libyan coast guard and more than 30 million pounds for the most vulnerable refugees across greece, the balkans, morocco, algeria, sit down, and libya. britain is also setting up an 8 million pound special protecti

the words of the turkish mod, a seamless defense all the way down to the mideast and across the mediterranean. we also met with one of nato's closest partners, georgia. there is appreciation and respect for george's sacrifices onand the battlefield in afghanistan. there are strategic and political realities. i depart here confident that we have an appreciation of the burden we are sharing and we must also stain for deterrence, peace and prosperity. i'm optimistic the alliance will adopt a plan this year to make steady progress toward meeting defense commitments in light of the increased threats we all agree we face. is imperative that we do so to confront the threats as outlined by the ministers of defense over the last few days. committingns already to defense, and the other commitments other allies have made give me the confidence that nothing can shake our unity. and our commitment to defend our way of life. appreciateally estonia, greece and the united kingdom, who have already met the 2% defense spending commitment. these countries are leading by example and making real sacrifices. all a

why not israel build a connecting landmass into the mediterranean sea where the average depth is 4926 feet. that is less than a mile. host: that is catherine's proposed solution. what has the trump administration said about peace in the middle east? guest: trump ran on a hard-line pro-israel stance. he pledged to move the united states embassy. that is something republicans have long pushed for although they have been backing away from that recently. >> we are leaving this discussion now. videon go to the online library on c-span.org. the house is dabbling in for veterans issues. -- paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties . all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limit

and turkey, and the words of the turkish emoji, defense allseamless the way across the mediterranean. we also met with one of nato's closest partners, georgia. i expressed appreciation and respect on george's contributions in afghanistan. the alliance space is not only strategic realities, but also political realities. i depart confident that we have an appreciation of the burden sharing that we must all sustain for deterrence, peace, and prosperity. i am optimistic the alliance will adopt a plan this year to make steady progress toward meeting defense commitments in light of the priest -- in light of the increased threats we face. it is imperative we do so to confront the threats as outlined by the ministers of defense over the last two days. that means those nations already ,ommitting 2% of gdp to defense and the commitments other allies have made to commit to 2%, give me the confidence that nothing can shake our unity and our commitment to defend our way of life. we specifically appreciate poland, and the united kingdom, who have already .et the 2% commitment these countries are l

so on the shores of the mediterranean sea which has brought so mediterranean sea which has brought sothe eu leaders will talk as they talked before about migration but they will also have their minds on the choppy political waters ahead, created not just by brexit but by the turbulent new presidency in washington of donald trump. kevin connolly, bbc news, malta. the british secretary of defence says russia is using cyber weaponry to destabilise the west, saying "russia is clearly testing nato and the west. it is seeking to expand its sphere of influence, destabilise countries and weaken the alliance." sir michael fallon has accused russia of trying to "disrupt critical infrastructure" in a series of attacks on western countries. he has urged nato to strengthen its cyber defences while doing more to tackle the false reality being propagated by the kremlin. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: aussies call it a bottle of shiraz, the french say syrah. this is the moment that millions in iran have been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah

we were not able to protect our borders, the mediterranean sea. we are getting better.about. we had to regain control and we have regained a lot of control already, but not yet everything that needs to done. and that is actually a debate that is to be done. i think if something like that is happening, like we have seen in the past two years... yeah, but, but, but... ..with the migrants coming into europe, then it is quite normal that you have a controversial debate in society and in a party. and ijust see a controversial debate in the party if you do at the right way, and with good arguments, and that is what we did in the christian democratic union in germany. yes, but politics gets in the way of — the reality is that we are just two months on from a terrible terror attack at a christmas market in berlin that turned out to be the work of a tunisian individual, who the german authorities were aware of, he was legally in the country, but could not figure out how to deport him out of the country. and that makes political capital for rival parties such as the far—right afd

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the numbers of people who died in the mediterranean sea last year was 4000. do not even know, probably only very few of their names. many of them, they do not even know about the numbers might be much higher. those smugglers are responsible for those deaths. they put them on overcrowded rickety boats. and earned a fortune on their souls. there is no justice and frankly, if people are not given an alternative, this is going to go on. >> of course when you're left in 2014 the troops were mostly in egypt and libya in the long trip of course the mediterranean, the smugglers moved from turkey to greece and a much shorter trip. after the europeans closed that path, they are back now and moving towards egypt and libya. and the numbers reaching europe have gone down, the number of people dying has gone up. >> yes. >> we are far from addressing this in the region.>> closing borders does not solve the problem. stopping wars solves the problem. >> you know in greece, i met one of the camps which, and a lot of pretty pathetic families i will be probably sent back to syri

this meeting's agenda, the migrant boats still crossing the mediterranean, and the eu's future after's prime minister told me there is no way trade with britain will be as smooth once it is out of the eu. of course there will be a change, because being a part of the single market, there are no barriers at all, but create a distance between the european union and the uk, there will be some barriers anyway. soon theresa may will be negotiating with all these leaders as she gears up for brexit she is facing a eu that under pressure is seeking to close ranks and shore up its defences. and we can speak to damian now. it is not going to be easy for her with this exit elephant in the room? it's not, but the leaders today will put that to one side. what several of them said on the way in was that they are very keen to hear from mrs may have first—hand report of her meeting with donald trump. that is one of the huge issues facing the eu, what to make of the new president, his pronouncements and policies. but it is important at this point that while that is something of an asset for theresa ma

and we also have a navy helping out in the mediterranean in terms of the migrant crisis.t part of the bargain or the negotiation, or do you think britain will be rewarded, if you like, for offering those in keeping cooperation going on those? look, i cannot imagine a europe — and i don't say eu, i say europe — without the uk, of course. and the main subject is defence. there is not any kind of european defence without the united kingdom. that means defence, anti—terrorism, security, intelligence. on this field, and also in the other field of research, we need to be very cooperative among us. mario giro, thank you for talking to us. at one point he was the front runner, but francois fillon can now see his bid for the french presidency imploding. it's all down to his welsh wife. not all, but quite a lot of it. he appears to have used public money to pay her as a member of staff for many years, but the telegraph unearthed a bit of a video interview they did with her some years back, when she said she didn't work for him. i've never been actually his assistant or anything lik

in the past year, 100 80,000 refugees came across the mediterranean from africa into italy, about thee number in reception centers, and a huge amount of these people are trying to get into france, and that is where he says, look at we have to do better than this. these people are arriving here under terrible conditions am a walking up train tunnels, risking their lives, and local organizations like us, but it should be the government who is taking care of these people. sarah: the latest from nice. thank you. elsewhere in southern france, police have arrested four people on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack. the four aged between 16-33 were detained in montpellier, where authorities say they had been planning an imminent attack. the group was arrested after buying acetone, a liquid used to make bombs. lee say they had been making explosives similar to those used in the paris attacks on november 2015. in germany, the city of dresden is preparing to mark the allied bombing in 1945 that killed thousands and left the historic town center in ruins. commemorations have been marred by

why not israel build a connecting landmass into the mediterranean sea where the average depth is 4926 feet. that is less than a mile. host: that is catherine's proposed solution. what has the trump administration said about peace in the middle east? guest: trump ran on a hard-line pro-israel stance. he pledgo

aircraft carrier in the mediterranean. >> hitting isis by day -- and night.-18s, shooting off the deck of the "george h.w. bush" into the dark with targets in syria and iraq. on thursday, there were more than 20 carrier strikes against isis, the most since the "bush" arrived in the med two weeks ago. that means more night flights. at sunrise, preparation on the flight deck. the new carrier strikes happening as president trump is expecting fresh war plans for the isis fight from the pentagon. with additional ground troops and more air power likely to be presented. from the flight deck, the air war looks to be accelerating already. with plenty of open sky ahead. >> we have probably a 50 to 60% more capacity to launch strikes if we're asked to do that. >> we also see evidence of what can complicate the mission. a russian ship shadowing the american carrier. >> the one furthest in the distance is the russian destroyer. it's been with us for about a week. >> not as provocative as a russian jet buzzing a u.s. ship last year. but both sides on alert. >> they're watc

joshua weiner. >> the mediterranean diet is a diet where you're limiting processed foods and sugars. it's a diet that is rich in protein and you're having lots of leafy vegetables and eggs and olive oil, et cetera. this is a diet that's been shown to be helpful for numerous health issues, including heart health. now there's more studies, including this one showing benefits for mental health as well. >> tell us about the study. >> this was a relatively small study, 70 people. 35 in each group. the treatment group went and saw a nutritionist every week for serve weeks and followed with their diet and given nutritional advice to get on this mediterranean style diet. the other group met with somebody and played checkers or chess. all were suffering with depression prior to being in one of these two treem arms. what they found, the group that went on the med ter rare yan diet, one remission, which is a big deal. the group that just got the social therapy so to speak, only 8% of those people got better. now the problem is this was not a perfect study because many of the patients in each ar

then a merchant vessel, as we have seen in many occasions in the mediterranean sea. it is not search and rescue. nobody was searching for these people. but a merchant vessel got an alarm. that plane saw them and they were almost giving up because they only saw corpses around and heard a faint woman's voice crying in the distance and searched for two hours and finally found her and pulled doa and masa and malik up in the boat and doa and masa survived but unfortunately little malik died. >> host: it is remarkable the merchant ships who are not trained, have constraints of money and time, do go rescue these people and they are unsung heroes and make up for the cynicism of the smugglers who pretend to be sailors to maximize profits. >> guest: exactly. i was in touch with the captain and one of the rescuers. he said that he just got his raidy -- radio. they were a chemical tanker. they said you have to go to this location there has been a shipwreck. they didn't hesitate. when they got there another merchant vessel had been there and radioed and said give up there are onl

russia has long been interested in the is happening balkans, looking to expand mediterraneans and the enlargement, with respe balkans and sees in montenegro a chance to establish foothold in the region. is geo political, quite frankly, of geo political tug of war. host: you also make more general eference to russia in your the t essay available on carnegie website by you and your colleagues. following putin's return to presidency in 2012, the regime retooled sources of legitimacy and fostered fortress the lity, globalizing public to defend russia against foreign adversaries the and moug unrelenting surge for western-backed columnists. explain. yes.: so during the four years roughly prior to mr. putin's return to kremlin as president, he was prime minister of russia while, while the kremlin had a president. detante a period of between washington and moscow and president obama and the resident at the time pursued the reset in u.s.-russian relations, so that generated a inside f expectations professional class and people who generally are reform and nded for for changes domestically, pol

build aisrael connecting landmass into the mediterranean sea where the average depth is 4926 feet. that is less than a mile. host: that is catherine's proposed solution. what has the trump administration said about peace in the middle east? ran on a hard-line stance. he pledged to move the united states embassy. something republicans have long pushed for although they did back away from that recently saying they are still reviewing it, along with them saying that they will do that. but trump surprise people recently when he weighed in and said that new settlements, a hot button issue in israel, helthe e process. so we are interested to see if he weighs in more on settlements this week. i agree are to see if he embraces a solution and how enthusiastically he calls for that. of this week.day host: and the prime minister of canada is happening today. anthony is from michigan, good morning. caller: good to talk to you. i will get right to the point. during his election, trump lied and said he would do something about the water, legionnaires and people are dying. if you coulddering just

. ♪ steves: gibraltar stands like a fortress, a gateway to the mediterranean.tubborn little piece of old england, it's one of the last bits of a british empire that at one time controlled a quarter of the planet. the rock itself seems to represent stability and power. and as if to remind visitors that they've left spain and entered the united kingdom, international flights land on this airstrip, which runs along the border. car traffic has to stop for each plane. still, entering gibraltar is far easier today than back when franco blockaded this border. from the late 1960s until the '80s, the only way in was by sea or air. now you just have to wait for the plane to taxi by, and bob's your uncle. the sea once reached these ramparts. a modern development grows into the harbor, and today half the city is built upon reclaimed land. gibraltar's old town is long and skinny, with one main street. gibraltarians are a proud bunch, remaining steadfastly loyal to britain. its 30,000 residents vote overwhelmingly to continue as a self-governing british dependency. within a

it is looking to expand influence in the mediterranean and balkans in particular. it sees in montenegro a opportunity to establish its. quite a bit frankly, frankly geopolitical tug-of-war. >> host: you make more general reference to russia. on the carnegie endowment for and. following president's putin caturn to 2012. returned fortress mentality mobilizing the public to defend russia against pour rin adversaries and mounting an unrelenting search for western backed fifth columnists. explain. >> guest: yes, during the four years roughly speaking mr. putin's return to the kremlin as president, he was prime minister of russia for a while. was in the kremlin as president, there was a period of sort of detente between washington and moscow and president obama and president medvedev at the time pursued a reset in u.s.-russia relations. so that generated a number of expectations inside of russia. by, professional class. by people who, are generally liberally-minded forums and changes domestically, political and economically and when mr. putin decided to return to the kre

the mediterranean countries want our their partners far from these shores to resettle a share of thee reluctant. experts warn that alternative solutions like paying african countries to take migrants back or trying to stop people from leaving libya will be difficult and dangerous. i think the focus right now is to try and slow down or shut down the flow of people coming from libya. i don't think that's an achievable goal. i think if europe manages to shut down or blockade libya, there would be a displacement effect to neighbouring countries, and we would see boats departing from other areas. the people of malta are notjust worried about migration, of course. the island has close historic ties to the uk, and in places looks more british than britain itself. so might it be usefulfor the uk to know it has such a close ally among the 27 eu remainer states, when the time comes to cut a deal on brexit? there are ties, which are notjust historical, notjust cultural, but also emotional ties. so britain, i think, can rest assured that malta has been a friend and will remain a friend now and i

diet we were not made to be vegetarians the mediterranean diet is how of body involved things letters simple are not sexy and we would get scurvy because there was no vegetables on the ship. so he set i sell the extract it did not work and they called him a fraud so throughout history many to take a step back and do the right thing. >> [inaudible] >> so what she has said claims to give doctors information server and now that is marketing with ibm. but what those manacle journals the human brain is still remarkably important maybe be will help close going forward. >> [inaudible] >> what can you do to maximize your chances of success if you are in the hospital? i would say if you have a friend or a loved one who could be with you to ask questions to push for information because you may or may not be a medical difficult condition so that is one thing that you can do and ask us questions to press for information that is what i want to just. >> first is that a living there any good hospitals in the country. we have 58 radiologists. i thank you need to have a filter so now there job is to m

is of easterly, we are picking up a slight south—easterly, so there's a bit of mediterranean influencel not be warm. it will be just slightly less cold. but the centre ofa high slightly less cold. but the centre of a high pressure in scotland, with no winds, there will be severe frosts as we head into next week as well. so frosty by night, cold by day, a lot of cloud and some wintry showers. when there are warnings issued they will be on the website. but cold, in a word. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. figures for december show a&e departments in england had their worst—performing month on record — and january may be worse still. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. england have made two changes for their six nations game against wales in cardiff on saturday. props rob evans and tomas francis ta ke props rob evans and tomas francis take over from sa nsom props rob evans and tomas francis take over from sansom and props rob evans and tomas francis take overfrom sansom and leigh respectiv

quite fast, and could spreading quite fast, and could spread into parts of asia, parts of the mediterraneanry and control it, and now it is in africa, what can you do and what tools do you have two combat this? well, what tools are there? chemical controls, some insecticides, but also biological controls. you need to use biological pesticides and natural predators of this caterpillar, like wasps, that kind of thing. the first thing is to identify it and decide what can be donein identify it and decide what can be done in africa to combat it, and work with local farmers and scientists to try and assess it, because it can get confused with other caterpillars which is why there is quite a confused pattern and picture of where it actually is. thanks, helen. that‘s all for this edition of outside source we hope that you like the new screen, and going on to twitter now, let me know what you think. i will be back with you at the same time tomorrow, goodbye. the weather was miserable on monday, wasn‘t it? rain and gales in the north—west, everybody has had a bit of rain by now. if you were watching

quieter across the mediterranean and quieter across central part of the east.ndy weather to ireland and western parts of the uk. close the gales in many areas. some outbreaks of rain. a blustery day. this is the first big blow. mild, it won't feel like it in the wind. once the big load starts pulling away, another smaller but more intense weather system is going to develop. this one could do a couple of things. it could either be quite nasty steel and move into france. this will be less severe for us. france. this will be less severe for us. and the other scenario is that this could affect south—western areas towards the north. this is the more likely on, because of the distinguish between the two track. right now this is what it looks like. rain and severe gales in the south—western areas, but stagey and the weather updates. —— stay tuned. the top story. donald trump will announce his nominee for the supreme court. there are ninejudges but one post which has been empty for almost a year. the announcement will be made in the white house in a prime time ceremony

the numbers of people who died in the mediterranean c last year were 4000 people.we probably know only a very few of their names. many of them we may not even know about. the numbers might be much, much higher. those smugglers are responsible for those deaths. they put them on overcrowded rickety boats and earned a fortune on their souls. there's no justice and, frankly, if people are not given an alternative, it's going to go on. >> host: of course window left that was in 2014, the trips are mostly through egypt and libya at the long trip towards italy. in 2015 smugglers move the route from turkey to greece come a much shorter trip. there were people still die nessie but less. afteat the europeans close completely that path, they are back now in moving towards egypt and libya, and the numbers reaching europe have gone down, the number of people dying has gone up. we are far from addressing the humanitarian drama in this region. >> guest: closing borders does not solve the problem. stopping wars solves the problem. >> host: increase i met in one of the camps -- in

they told me just recently 7000 people died in the mediterranean sea.a is like , a cemetary. and these are people that we know died. john: do you think that there is something special about the island? at one point, one of the characters says, the fishermen collect things from the sea. gianfranco: when i was there, the first time i went in there, i did not know much about the island. and i was studying, if i was able to make this film, there was a person that kind of took me into the movie and said, you need to tell the story to the world, this tragedy. and when asking what happened, all these years, lampedusa was always embracing people. and he told me something profound, he said the fishermen always welcome anything that comes from the sea. so maybe we should learn to have the soul of a fisherman. the soul of a fisherman in ourselves. john: it is an amazing film. partly because of the mixture between heaven and hell. you have this obvious hell, which you show on the boats, including the dead sometimes. but you also have heaven, which seems heavenly by

the central mediterranean migratory route has been accurate.was swift. what assurances can you give to the maltese presidency and how optimistic are you that the member states will now be implementing the outcome? who are starting the preparation of this issue from the 14 —— preparation of this issue from the 14 -- moti preparation of this issue from the 14 —— moti spy master was in brussels in november last year. then the commission paid a visit to this country in january. the commission paid a visit to this country injanuary. we were discussing this with the maltese prime minister, the deputy prime minister, with donald tusk, we have had a well—prepa red minister, with donald tusk, we have had a well—prepared meeting and i have no doubts that everyone will do its part in implementing this decision today. we will take a third question. i believe the british prime minister theresa may had a special intervention perhaps at lunch over her meeting with president donald trump. do you foresee a special role in the transatlantic dialogue for the uk?

so on the shores of the mediterranean sea, the eu leaders will talk as they have talked before aboutso have their minds on the choppy political waters ahead, created not just by brexit but by the turbulent new presidency in washington, of donald trump. time for the business news and donald trump makes it again and he has been talking about one of his topics, the nafta free—trade deals that covers the us, canada and mexico and calls it a catastrophe for the united states and he says he's looking at redoing that.” for the united states and he says he's looking at redoing that. i have very serious concerns about nafta. nafta has been a catastrophe for our country and workers and jobs and companies, who are leaving our country. i want to change it, maybe we do it, maybe we do a new nafta and we put an extra effort, do you know what it is for? free and fair trade. notjust free—trade, free and fair trade. because it is very unfair. all of the statutory guidelines that we are adhering to, i would like to speed it up if possible. you are the folks that can do it senator, so important and we

we have a mediterranean climate, in only five regions of the world and we're the only ones found in the united states. a museum and learn about the history of theodore kearny, an early contributor to the development of agriculture in fresno and stablished the california raisin growers association. >> he especially was interested n growing of raisins and he wanted to get together a co-op of raisin growers to structure pricing, control quality and other reasons. >> watch the city tour of california, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3 working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. at

we have a mediterranean climate found only in five regions in the world. we have incredible soil in this region. there is a lot of diversity in the soil type and we have. it can grow anything in the world. host: fresno california is our c-span cities tour. you can see all of our tour stops online on www.c-span.org. on book tv and american history tv, we travel to the central valley, fresno, california. zalmay khalilzad is a former u.s. ambassador to the united nations. good sunday morning. thank you for being with us. two weeks into the trap administration and a few days since rex tillerson takes over as the secretary of state, how are they doing? guest: they are facing a lot of challenges. the world is a dangerous place. the administration has had to respond to a variety of issues

so on the shores of the mediterranean sea, it has brought so many migrants to europe, eu leaders willre about migration. but they will also have their minds on the choppy political waters ahead, created not just by brexit but by the turbulence new presidency in washington of donald trump. bbc news, malta. supermarkets are rationing the sale of some vegetables to cope with a shortage because of bad weather in spain. tesco and morrisons are limiting customers to three iceberg lettuces. morrisons is also reported to be preventing shoppers from buying more than three heads of broccoli. sean is here to tell us more. good morning. we had courgettes last week and now it seems to be hitting other vegetables. it is all to do with the weather, isn't it? it is, especially in southern spain. the supermarkets are worried about not just individuals who are buying more than three iceberg or broccoli, at restau ra nts a nd than three iceberg or broccoli, at restaurants and local suppliers. if they were coming in and clearing the supermarket shelves because they can't get hold of stuff, that would cre

all these weather systems will be piling into western parts of europe, quieter across the mediterraneanrts of europe, the east as well. here is a closer look at the nasty weather system. this will probably bring windy weather to ireland and western parts of the uk. southern coasts have gales in many areas and some outbreaks of rain. so a blustery, wet day. this is the first big low. quite mild, but it won't feel like it in the wind. once the big low starts pulling away, another smaller but more intense weather system is going to develop. this one could do one of two things. it could either be quite nasty still and move into france. this will probably be less severe for us. and the other scenario is that this will probably affect south—western areas and track towards the north. this is the more likely one, colours are there to distinguish between the two tracks. right now this is what it looks like. rain and severe gales in the south—western areas, but stay tuned to weather updates on this one. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. rail passengers are promised an

. >> reporter: meissner created the mediterranean revival look says jane day. mash-up of european styles that became the architecture of choice for the palm beach elite. >> it was a very romantic style. he'll try and mix and match things from different places around the mediterranean. he wanted it to look as if it had been in the family for generations. so that it didn't look like it was all done in 1919, for example. >> reporter: villa meissner was the home of meissner himself. holy cow, look at that ceiling. today, this is home to the family of dee and nick adams, a direct descendant of president john adams. and their pet pig, mona lisa. his idea was to bring the light and air in. retain that gothic feel. >> reporter: these panels in the dining room are said to have originally lined spanish queen isabella's 15th century palace. >> the tiles over there are 16th century portuguese tiles. others are made to look that way. >> reporter: can you guess what addison meissner would think of palm beach today? >> i think he would say it was very much like he envisioned

or mediterranean cuisine or medieval mediterranean cuisine as opposed to a kind of northern european or protestant cuisine which would be a little more widely accepted. and i -- you know, i've thought about this a lot. and certainly the cuisine that's exported to latin to the s it became, new world, most of the new world that the spanish and portuguese influenced is this catholic cuisine. it is also true that although modern cuisine develops first in france, which is catholic, that it is a rejection of a medieval past, self-consciously . interestingly, it's also a self-consciously rejection of an islamic past. medieval cuisine is described as child-like and sarasan. like the love of sugar or spices are seen as either an immature or as muslim. so there's just no more thought provoking book out there. and i mean that not in the a.h.a. -- a sual thought provoking book and i disagree with it entirely. i mean it in the sense this is a thought provoking book and changed my outlook on the history of food. >> so now we have some time for quegs. - questions. >> so many different aspects that

. >>> hey, if you eat a mediterranean diet, adding more virgin olive oil may enhance the benefits of so-called good cholesterol. researchers in spain looked at people at risk of heart disease and tried three those who ate a mediterranean diet saw good cholesterol. >>> scientists are trying to figure out what killed a hump back wheal thale that watched u shore in virginia beach. the 30-foot long male had three large wounds that experts say were probably caused by boat propellers. it's estimated to weigh over 13,000 pounds. two other dead hump back whales were found in the area earlier this month. >>> you're involved in a fender bender and you're not to blame. but chances are you'll pay for it anyway. >>> the drivers most likely to see an increase in their insurance premiums after an accident for which they are not at fault. >> reporter: there was a serious crash at the weekend. coming up why it's hitting so new year, time to get rid of stuff. simplify, declutter, unplug, purge, or even quit cold turkey. i raise turkeys without growth-promoting antibiotics, hormones, or steroids. if yo

book represents the first attempt to portray its metamorphosis over two millennia, first in the mediterranean context, then in the western tradition, which has gone global especially through the organs of international governance, international law, the united nations, the red cross, for instance. so my goal in the book is to point out the significance of civil war in forming the ways that we think about the world. i argue that despite its destructiveness, civil war has nonetheless been throughout history conceptually generative. without the challenges civil war has posed, our conceptions of politics, authority, revolution, international law, cosmopolitanism, humanitarianism and globalization to name just a few would, i argue, have been poorer. the experience of civil war, the efforts to understand it, to ameliorate it, even ultimately to prevent it continue to inform our ideas of community, authority and sovereignty to this day. more than any other form of conflict, i argue, civil wars spring from deep and deadly divisions, but they also expose identities and commonalities. to call a war civ

that is a common concern across the mediterranean here.cern in europe and the white house. >> full agenda for them and for you, nic. thank you. >> you heard nic saying they are following the breaking news from paris. attack on the armed officer at the louvre museum. cnn's melissa bell is live in paris with what with we know right now. it looks like a second arrest. what can you tell us? what is happening? >> reporter: christine, that second arrest has now been confirmed by police. although they explain until the investigation gets under way and the j they look at this, they have to look at the first man. what happened at the louvre here, christine, you see the huge number of police vans made it to the scene. it was just over an hour ago, a man wielding a machete and carrying backpacks lunged toward the military and police on guard to protect the louvre. the carousel is beneath the louvre and behind the columns behind me. he lunged toward them with the machete shouting allah akbar. that is confirmed by police. the area is secure. the 250 pe

from spain into france and the uk, all these weather systems piling into the uk, quieter in the mediterraneans in. this going to bring a lot of windy weather to ireland and western parts of the uk, southern coasts and gales in many areas and outbreaks of rain. really blustery wet day. this is the first bigelow, quite mild, won‘t feel like it in the wind. 0nce first bigelow, quite mild, won‘t feel like it in the wind. once this big low starts pulling away, another smaller but more intense weather system is going to develop. this one could do one of two things. it could either be quite nasty still and moving to france, this is probably going to be less severe for us. the other scenario, the other computer model suggests this will affect south—western areas and track towards the north. this is actually the more likely one and the colours are there to distinguish between the two tracks. the thinking is right now, this might change, rain and severe gales in south—western areas but stayed tuned to weather updates on this one. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north ame