the british chiefs of staff in london following churchill and advocating the mediterranean strategy, they knew that and they also knew that the u.s. joint chiefs of staff in washington were facing a strategy crisis of confidence within their staff. the next meeting at this point was only a couple of weeks away. cross act was ordered to send a team to brief churchill during's crossing to north america but told not to share their plan with washington just yet. lieutenant general morgan instead he risked his british army career and did the right thing by sharing his plan with the country's ally. he sent a team of three american officers carrying the overlord plan to catch from scotland over to washington and the team snuck out of london to board the ghost train. but when they got to scotland everything stopped, they were seriously delayed by weather over the atlantic, they did arrive to washington, reported in the nick of time. since paper was flown up to canada, first of three communication that is arrived within just hours that would cause him to agree to be the primary champion of ov

plus its crew and they're going to set sail from here and they're going to sail out into garza's mediterranean waters but what everybody knows is they are not going to get as far as israel's maritime blockade which is sixteen kilometers out to sea during the time how do we expect israel to respond because as you're saying this is not the first time that attempts have been made to break the naval blockade on gaza and israel has responded in the past. while the previous a times had been made to break the blockade of him by vessels trying to come in this happens to be the anniversary of one of the most serious of those the mavi marmara incident when a ship from turkey tried to sail in here and israeli commandos ended up killing ten people on board that ship but this is the first time one is actually trying to sail out israel will stop it in the last couple of weeks they've destroyed a couple of boats that were in this harbor that was suspected of being set up to make this voyage this is why this boat has been kept under wraps until now and israel will probably intercept them and that the very unl

one hundred seventy kilometers of a rugged mediterranean coastline wild impetuous anarchic. like. he is twenty five corsican and a nationalist. the fortress is of course an historic site and it offers a good view of everything that has developed here over the years the campus and the university where tomorrow's elite are educated. to do now. is one of them this is his home and his future he feels hugely disappointed by president mcconnell. we want real change and constitutional recognition sovereignty fiscal sovereignty about we don't speak the same language. quite a was once the island's capital today it's a bastion of young nationalists the general on the pedestal is pasquale power only a symbol of corsican resistance to foreign interference even today. graffiti on the town's walls demand french go home independence. the same message is being broadcast by the radical student union you've been to. macron promise to create projects and jobs for us on the island but it's not working. on employment as a twenty percent and poverty is a ten percent no it's much higher. it's a third of

theution was worst in eastern mediterranean and southeast asia where some toxins were five times safety limits. south korea has begun dismantling loudspeakers in the dismantling -- the militarized zone. the countries agreed at the historic summit last week to end cross-border messages. there are signs north korea is also dismantling its loudspeakers, but seoul sza cannot confirm that. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tic toc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm paul allen. this is bloomberg. leapad: apple having a big in late trading after revenue beat analyst estimates. we have concerns about lackluster demand for its flagship iphones being calmed down. it is also returning more money to shareholders from a mountain of cash. people are almost relieved

to continue to give some very wet and windy weather some severe storms across this part of the mediterranean so for corsica sardinia it will remain really unsettled further towards asia notice it's looking pretty warm and fine temperatures in the mid to upper twenty's in many areas through thursday that the area of low pressure moves slightly back towards the east so for parts of maine and italy will also see some pretty heavy rain developing as i've already mentioned we've seen some disturbed weather across the other side of the mediterranean sea system that begins to move away so we should find slightly brighter conditions for algeria and tunisia but still quite windy temperatures struggling just twenty degrees warming caras thirty eight degrees central parts of africa some fairly hefty storms here see some heavy downpours affecting people think a bomb. the weather sponsored by qatar and race. canada a country of promise and opportunity for my grim work is but with little protection from the state authorities many are forced to pay extortionate relocation phase and a saddled with heavy deb

unsettled around the mediterranean. cooler air coming unsettled around the mediterranean.er air coming in from the atla ntic cooler air coming in from the atlantic combining and battling with the warmer air that has been sitting across northern and central europe in recent days, this weather front will start to engage with the u nsta ble will start to engage with the unstable conditions further south, by thursday we could see heavy rain and parts of scandinavia, germany, stormy times in the alps, showers and southern spain, italy, the balkans, greece and turkey also. we will start to lose that pull off heat we have seen. temperatures still in the high 20s and thursday but a fresher feel. similar story backin but a fresher feel. similar story back in the uk as well. we are moving into fresher feeling whether. more on that in 30 minutes. hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. president trump has announced he's withdrawing the us from the iran nuclear deal. i will sign a presidential memorandum to begin rein

churchill wanted operations in the mediterranean. the main ally's effort in the mediterranean because he was very leery of cross channel invasion. american authorities wanted to go after france. there was a lot of pressure being put on by the soviet union . eventually we did both. eventually they invaded france from the south. also the operation overlord, the normandy invasion. they work them out. personalities in the first world war, naval personalities operated extremely well together. -- whereas in world war ii it was more typical. i don't have an answer to the second question. like a point of strategy. i think i would call a use it or lose it. by virtue of the fact that they did not use the grand fleet until the end and suffer the damage they did. it was the same as if they did not use it as all. the relative strengths of the navy was strongest in germans favor at thean's beginning of the war. the germans were always going to out build them. in scarborough they learned out the cruising force -- lured out the cruising force. they

starbucks is closing the doors of eight thousand stores in america today to give mediterranean and racial bias training to its one hundred seventy five thousand employees as follows an incident in april in which two black men were arrested for trespassing while simply waiting for a friend in a philadelphia branch the company says the sessions will give employees a better understanding of how racial bias works starbucks c.e.o. kevin johnson apologized swiftly for the philadelphia incident and the company settled with both men for a two hundred thousand dollars charitable donation a. well it's an iconic image the air traffic controller responsible for the safety of thousands of airline passengers daily perched in a tower above the runways a pair of binoculars in hand but what if the towel wasn't located near the airport and what if instead of windows controllers rely just on monitors a small airport in sweden may be a sign of what's to come another day and soon fall north of stockholm another safe landing at the city's airport all with the help of air traffic controllers in this tower nothi

also on the show tonight they rescued syrian migrants from drowning in the mediterranean and were charged with people smuggling today a court in greece ruled there was no cross. many times i've been helping coast guard because their boat couldn't rescue people it was people in the water for a lot of people in the water and the waves was so big that i put my life in danger to rescue them. or we begin the day with putin four point zero today vladimir putin was sworn in as russian president for the fourth time now barring any changes to the constitution this will be putin's final six years in power when he leaves the kremlin in twenty twenty four he will have been in effect the so ruler of russia in the twenty first century or his insurance and his staying power are analogous to that of china's she's in pain both of these leaders represent wising tides of authoritarian powers buoyed some say by an american enigma known as donald trump or tonight we'll look at how these leaders and what they represent threaten to erode the order that has stabilized much of the world for seventy years our firs

naval blockade of gaza a boat with people on board who need medical treatment sailed out into the mediterranean heading for cyprus those ambitions sank sixteen kilometers out where the vessel was intercepted by the israeli navy and towed to an israeli port throughout tuesday other armed groups have joined in firing rockets and mortars into israel and israel's military has continued to hit targets in gaza ultimately hamas has influence over all these armed groups and is believed to be trying to calm things down but there is a lot of frustration here that after more than two months of protest and more than one hundred ten people killed palestinians here and no closer to ending israel's blockade of gaza. but it's with al jazeera. josh on is the executive director of the arab center of washington he joins me now via skype from washington d.c. thanks very much for coming on to algis there as our correspondent was basically saying angle is it really does feel like the desperation is now boiling i do you get the sense that things are spiraling. the violence is is going to end up in a much more dangero

had expanded it greatly by waging constant wars in stretch from the ring to put on us from the mediterranean to the atlantic. in the eighth century in a realm without a fixed capital sun janine near paris was an important center of this empire. charles came from an old ruling family his ancestors however managed to overthrow the merovingians the old frankish to misty and make themselves rufus jones motel the grandfather founded a powerful dentistry of his own one with which the pope to to enter into an alliance eighteen yes before the attack on the saxons the young charles barely six years old has an encounter that will become a key experience for him. and pope stephen the second has come from rome to talk to charles's fun at the frankish king pepin to forge an alliance was the first to suggest. the pontiff was in urgent need of an armed guard in order to defend his position in italy and the franks wanted the pope to recognize the kingdom. young chose greets him ceremoniously. am i a spot of hats in the combat pops. i don't and. i am an actress factors in the past because i don't and now unl

russian fighter jet has crashed in syria killing both the pilots that reportedly crashed in the mediterranean sea after taking off from the air base according to the russian military the jet was not shot down russia is the main ally of president bashar al assad and operates from bases in syria's coastal areas. at least ninety seven people have died after a powerful dust storm hit the northern indian states of russia stan and water pradesh it left a trail of destruction of collapsed harnesses fallen trees and dead livestock officials say the number of people killed will likely rise u.s. president donald trump has admitted he's aware of the hush money paid to a former porn star despite denying it earlier his comments came after rudy giuliani told fox news that trump reimbursed his personal lawyer michael cohen for a one hundred thirty thousand dollars payment to stormy daniels she says she had an affair with trump in two thousand and six several of turkey's opposition parties are set to form an alliance to take on president roach up type of governing party in the forthcoming elections last mont

syrians fleeing the conflict in that country he says he's saying thousands who tried to cross a mediterranean now greek authorities want to put him behind bars. also on the program epidemic of addiction the country has one of the world's highest rates of drug problem the government has ignored for decades we need a young woman who found her way and now there's. a low i'm terry martin welcome to the program. for luminary results in lebanon's parliamentary elections suggest the shiite militant group hezbollah is poised to make major gains in iran backed group and its allies looks set to secure a majority though the country's power sharing system requires them to share power with a sunni prime minister that would set to be. the western backed front runner after the country's first parliamentary vote in nearly a decade. the results may not have been out but that didn't stop hezbollah supporters alayne claim to victory preliminary results now show the radical shiite group and its allies making gains in the first elections in almost a decade he appears set to win a narrow majority. turnout was disa

russian fighter jet has crashed in syria killing both of the pilots that reportedly went down in the mediterranean sea the taking off from his base according to the russian military the jet was not shut down russia's the main ally of president bashar al assad on operates from bases in syria's coastal areas well earlier we spoke to who is a russian military and defense analyst he says we will probably never know what caused the jet to crash. naturally the great weight crash. so there is no debris no not and so it was like no one really knows for sure. but a russian a car no injury here said. i'm not sure. there are really are there in the russian military having no vision but i know about many many crashes they often. bend south possible. and only then be theirs and then. there is an investigation there is a public relations announcement they have very well. this is it yes and so backs most likely no one actually read her. yes losing what i mentioned. they says this is this is. air force. is mostly just where you are an out yemeni security officials say the united arab emirates is amassing a troop

windy not very warm time analogy is that that does clear up for sunday on the other side of the mediterranean that just to be south we got forty seven is a forecast announce one bit better manji in kyra. what began as a small extremist group in africa's most populous country we didn't intend to from the government to just shoot him soon turned into a battle front for the nigerian government how dare why. the torrijos for abducting more than two hundred schoolgirls the killing and displacement of thousands of people al-jazeera investigates the origins and bloody rise of iran on al-jazeera. they could call mind of our top stories here on al-jazeera israeli forces a fired live ammunition and tear gas at palestinians protesting for the six week role on the israeli gaza border three hundred fifty people have been injured sorry of them critically. at least six people are drunk and eleven more are missing after extreme flooding in kenya a good so warning that the floods could spread cholera and malaria. and a massive volcanic eruption and hawaii has forced one thousand seven hundred people to be eva

it's rescued four hundred seventy six refugees from the mediterranean sea over the course of friday and saturday apparently they were trying to cross from north africa to europe favorable weather has sparked a surge in attempts no deaths were reported the u.n. says six hundred fifteen migrants have died in the mediterranean this year a total of two hundred twenty two thousand four hundred thirty nine migrants have managed to reach european shoals in the first four months of this year the serbian police are blocking a convicted war criminal from holding a political rally in the village of. c far right leader voiceless the shell was convicted by the u.n. war crimes court for the former yugoslavia for nationalist speech in one thousand nine hundred two in the same village he was found guilty of inciting ethnic hatred towards the current minority. to sports now and basketball the cleveland cavaliers have taken a three nothing lead in the n.b.a. and conference semifinals over the toronto raptors so hale malik report back to last year and the project seems a three time finals m.v.p. if this i

but because he wanted to rule this empire because he was fascinated by the mediterranean world and ancientculture he very. rapidly developed the idea of gathering experts at his court that he tasked with educational reform health care bills before you got all. these experts were among sent clerics they came from ireland england spain and italy they were great scholars the best minds of their time charlemagne wanted to listen to them and learn from them. the holy scripture the bible was to be the sacred foundation of his kingdom even in every day matters. then sheepishly is it not written in the holy scripture that even god rested on the seventh day and god blessed the seventh day because he rested from all his works on that day and he got shot you say sunday should be a day free from work so i'll fly zones on as we are god it would be god's will i like all christians should dedicate this day to the lord and to their family. serby it. more and oppression scholarly mess and beauty these were no contradictions in chalices mind the tradition he and his court scholars introduce is not just a fu

seen some lively downpour some wet weather also making its way it was that eastern side of the mediterranean lebanon jordan well possibly as well could see some wet weather a lot of clout there across much of iraq to the east of that iran generally try and fine for monday it will go downhill as we go through the week some showers there into that eastern side of afghanistan that will pull away a couple picks up to around twenty five degrees celsius not too bad to the north of that as that cloud coming into iran some really heavy right likely to see some flooding into parts of iraq as a result of these live the showers still a few showers there just around eleven and by richard around twenty two degrees celsius but it shouldn't be as bad as it has been recently fits for the selfish generally dry across the right information or the process saudi arabia could see some possibly some rain thirty eight thirty nine celsius here. in doha are a keen southerly wind so with the possibility of them lifted dust and sand we got quite a keen southerly wind making its way across the eastern side of south afr

of clouds here could give us some rather lively thunderstorms as well for the other side of the mediterranean it is quieter here thirty four degrees not too bad there in cairo but towards the west of what more cloud hair that's all linked to what's going on maybe europe so some heavy thunderstorms here too for about there it should be dry in our maximum temperature getting to around twenty degrees and no major changes for us as we head through the next day i'll say for the central belt of africa plenty of showers here as you would expect many of them from ethiopia all the way across towards the west and i think some of the heaviest ones are likely to be parts of nigeria and down through cameroon i think that's where some of the showers will band together and give some periods of more prolonged. the i. welcome back reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera italy's prime minister designate. has given up on efforts to form a government he says it's because the president rejected his coalition's choice of economy minister the president insists he has to protect the interests of civilians . p

special edition of kino from cannes every year the world's film elites descends on the french mediterranean resort for the world's most prestigious film festival this year it's all about what you can and can't do you can't see previews of the films before the premieres if you're a journalist you can't take selfies on the red carpet and you definitely can't see netflix films but you can dream of winning the big prize let's see whose dream came true. it was japanese director hirokazu qaida who was the night's big winner nabbing the main prize the palm dog. his film shoplifters tells of a makeshift family trying to keep afloat by resorting to petty theft in order to supplement their maker incomes the film was a favorite of audiences and critics and it won over the jury to. the gore plea went to american director spike lee. his film black klansman is based on the true story of a black police officer from colorado and his white jewish colleague who together infiltrated a branch of the ku klux klan in the one nine hundred seventy s. . for the first time in the history of the festival the jury awa

london apps be a holiday in the not so very pleasant weather now i said that low in the western mediterranean still circulating so soft that it's rather wet unpleasant windy not very warm time analogy is that that does clear up for sunday on the other side of the mediterranean that just science we've got forty seven is a forecast announce one bit better manji in kyra. and again you're watching out there as reminder of our top stories this. policy that could lead to the deportation of tens of thousands of immigrants donald trump is ending a program that gave him temporary refuge. twenty years ago. the white house says donald trump will meet south korean president lee j. in washington later this month upcoming talks between the u.s. president and north korean leader kim jong. un location have been set for that meeting. and in syria rebels from various factions are set to leave an enclave near the city of homs under a deal brokered by russia has handed over heavy weapons to the syrian army after more than two weeks of strikes. the united arab emirates says more soldiers to the yemeni. despite co

the british chiefs of staff in london following churchill and advocating the mediterranean strategy, they knew that and they also knew that the u.s. joint chiefs of staff in washington were facing a strategy crisis of confidence within their staff. the next meeting at this point was only a couple of weeks away. cross act was ordered to send a team to brief churchill during's crossing to north america but told not to share their plan with washington just yet. lieutenant general morgan instead he risked his british army career and did the right thing by sharing his plan with the country's ally. he sent a team of three american officers carrying the overlord plan to catch from scotland over to washington and the team snuck out of london to board the ghost train. but when they got to scotland everything stopped, they were seriously delayed by weather over the atlantic, they did arrive to washington, reported in the nick of time. since paper was flown up to canada, first of three communication that is arrived within just hours that would cause him to agree to be the primary champion of ov

russia and greece, that strategic eastern mediterranean, turkish straits area. how concerned are you russian foreign security policy is eroding southern europe? 70 years ago, the truman the u.s. was most concerned about falling within the soviet orbit. we are having a back to the future moment thinking about how turkey is being pulled into a different orbit. help us unpack that. where do sanctions commits that? -- come into that? kurt: russia is taking advantage of openings that have been allowed to open in the u.s. policy. they do not fundamentally share perspective with turkey. turkey wants to see a sod go. -- assad go. in a situation where the u.s. has been criticizing turkey, the eu has been criticizing turkey, while turkey is complaining about strategic issues in its neighborhood. eights. ends up harding -- harming a kurdish group inside turkey. that creates a wedge. it drives turkey in the opposite direction. it gives russia an opportunity even though they do not have a strategic fundamental understanding to say, we agreed these groups are bad. tot creates

weather conditions generally looking fine plenty of sunshine here winds coming off the mediterranean for the most part so temperatures nothing special and those who get into central parts of africa plenty of showers here we've seen some localized flooding in some very active weather conditions across parts of tokyo also into nigeria and would like to see that continue to head through the forecast with plenty of showers across many parts of west africa. the weather sponsored by qatar race. back in price what were you hearing whether on line horrendous things you. don't doubt about that or if you join us on the sat one of the major countries in the commonwealth are far bigger fish to fry. this is a dialogue to us about some of this excessive perhaps everyone has a voice what happens when the robots themselves are making the decision to join the colobus conversation amount is a. well again this is al jazeera our top stories this hour iran says that israel's air strikes in syria were based on what it calls fabricated baseless accusations israel insists that it launched the attack on thur

are ways and means to turn a profit that all the same one of those ways is by an island in the mediterranean familiar to many germans as a holiday destination. moto pilly is one of saddam is best known politicians he was regional president before he was elected to the italian parliament and run a politician who conducts a lot of his research personally including research into ryan metar. it all began just over two years ago when he got a tip off that something incredible was happening at kalyani apple where planes full of vacationers land and take off. that these days that this area here was full of bombs it was quite a show of course the people who saw it got excited about the countless bombs being loaded onto a cargo plane the demand on our courses for the end of bhowmick i got then they got a. diesel photos of the operation the weapons of war being loaded up next to the tourist carriers. u.s. general purpose bombs from the market the series being loaded onto a plane belonging to silk way and azerbaijani and one that specializes in transporting weapons to crisis hit regions. what was going

heavy showers and thunderstorms even the risk of tornadoes and waterspouts across parts of the mediterranean including corsica sound in the sardinia and through into mainland parts of italy still really will macross those easterners twenty nine in kiev in ukraine for northwestern areas it's ok nothing special about eighteen or nineteen that would expect at this time of the year so we head into the start of the weekend this low pressure system is still spawning around maybe weakening a little bit so the sheraton not quite as intense elsewhere we're looking at fine weather for much of eastern europe though this frontal system may just give a little bit of rain for moscow in the form of showers but still quite warm on the other side of the mediterranean for this line of clouds across parts of egypt and through into libya car itself looking pretty woman thirty eight degrees and then as we head on into south play the circulation of low pressure could well result in some lifted dust across libya in particular conditions along the coast of both out syria and tunisia into central parts of africa som

i was going to be sent to mediterranean. it probably saved my life. i spent six months. my enlistment dealing with guys returned from combat and vietnam. so called west pack, western pacific returnees. throughout the training in the mediterranean, you make salt landings and patrolling and ambushes. it was just a work up from vietnam. do this, don't ever do this. when we sit in a position, they would say, if you were in vietnam, this is the most likely avenue you approach. it was great training. when i turned 18, returned from the med, i was quickly sent over to vietnam. >> any of those returning vets ones you met were they shook up at all? worried about you guys? >> yes. if you nodded off in a class they became extremely agitated and said that you better take this seriously. this is serious stuff. they were also very careful with our weapons and rifle fire. reminding us repeatedly one of these bullets hit you, it's going to be devastating. many of these guys have been wounded. it's kind of a shock. there was six shower heads in the stalls. you can see bullet holes in the

has that strips away towards the mediterranean and high pressure built in, it becomes more settled, thingsd, dry, warm and sunny for many. enjoy. tonight at ten, there are fresh divisions for the conservatives, as one minister insists a new "customs partnership" with the eu, hasn't been ruled out. a new "customs partnership" leading brexiteers dismiss the proposal, saying it effectively keeps britain, in the european union. the government insists any agreement must allow deals with other countries, and avoid a hard border with ireland. and avoid a hard also tonight... and avoid a hard some of football's biggest names show their support for sir alex ferguson, who's recovering from a brain haemorrhage. who's recovering from the met police have launched more than 60 murder inquiries so far this year, the latest a teenage boy shot dead in south london. the latest a teenage boy shot make my son be the last and be an example to everyone. just let it stop. an example to everyone.

russia has expanded its military presence in the eastern mediterranean. u.s. naval admiral says russian president vladimir putin has taken advantage of the syrian president to expand the military power beyond syria's borders. it has been said that there is or unprofessional incidents regarding russian aircraft. it was also said that the area has become congestion with russian vessels. a prime minister says a country will not hold elections until 2020 found the myrtle -- murder of a journalist. john cousy ecowas investigating possible widespread corruption -- was investigating possible widespread corruption and was shot. 1700 people forced to evacuate hawaii.island in the volcano is one of the most active and has been directing since 1983 continuously. hawaii. global news 24 hours a day, online and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. barton -- i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ it is 1:00 p.m. in new york, 6:00 p.m. in london, and 1:00 a.m. in hong kong. i'm shery ahn. vonnie: i'm vonnie quinn. we

coast where they usually take and sail to europe and in most cases those doing is capsized in the mediterranean and many migrants die in the sea it's been a hundred days and several ram oppose it became south africa's president he took office after his predecessor jacob zuma resigned under pressure from his party zuma had been in power for eight years but faced several allegations of corruption malcolm webb reports from johannesburg. they called it rama the reaction of many thousand africans went through ramaphosa became president in february. things have gone from bad to worse for his predecessor jacob zuma his eight years were blighted by a series of corruption scandals. last year people protested calling for him to step down eventually resigned under pressure from his own party to run opposing he's been promising to clean up ever since this is the year in which. we were. in our public institutions thanks he began with a cabinet reshuffle some of the controversial ministers resume out but others stayed including this man by. now minister of home affairs leaked documents linked him to major co

region again is looking very very wet in fact it's also spreading across the other side of the mediterranean too it's wet and windy at the moment in chuen is more of the same weather still to come as we head through thursday on friday well that what weather hasn't moved too far just a little bit towards the west so more of us in algeria are going to see that rain on friday meanwhile further east and we still got a fair amount of cloud drifting its way across parts of egypt and that could give us a few more showers and maybe more in the way of dust storms as well but over the towards the south there's plenty of showers here actually they're popping a little bit further northwards now so more of them through parts of nigeria towards the west will also see some but generally here they confined to that to south coast towards the east also a few showers here including for us in camp. the i. canada a country of promise and opportunity for my grim work because but with little protection from the state authorities many are forced to pay extortionate relocation fees and a saddled with heavy debts. to