or in spain abdullah could is there to rename a refugee rescue ship which is operating in the mediterranean sea the photograph of his dead toddler sparked a wave of outrage across europe and led to demands that more be done to protect those making the dangerous journey from north africa to europe we'll go live now to parma in majorca our correspondent there is david chase said david. martine this was this naming ceremony was a very informal intimate and moving experience and of course for the for the father of of the poor that moved so many hearts across the world it was even worse for him he was sitting by the dock as had revived everything all those awful memories which is trying to put behind him and he sat there on his own thinking about that and thinking what his life had come to as a result of him trying to reach freedom and of course it comes at a very difficult time the naming of the ship after his son because so many ports are now closing right across the mediterranean the european union is rejecting any idea of the ships operating in the waters especially in the north of libya and

it is especially in the mediterranean and then through the kurdish warfare as a final sort of clash which ended it is believed that a massive land clash. they noticed about the cross channel invasion and as some people suggested it was also because his main objective was the occupation if you like of central europe. he wanted to do that through northeast italy and that would be disastrous of the way. they would have been able to hold off. but this was also the misunderstanding or a disagreement while roosevelt and general eisenhower told we should be able to trust stalin after the end of the war and it wasn't until quite a bit later i think that the americans wake up to the threat posed by europe what stage do you think they were around this observation? >> talking about the liberty on the gaps gas, he said what was proposed the attack said i'm not going through any gap i cannot pronounce. [laughter] first of all they are showing up on the edge of the verge of the invasion to be told that there is an invasion coming and churchill had a screaming fit at each other. to go back to what anton

hell i was drowning joyce rather the moment we must look to the west and again to the mediterranean for a significant change doesn't look very much for that kid of cloud is produced an oval of nasty weather so far from when it started the further west in the mediterranean rain but more especially wind i think you'll notice that it starts to be felt already but on wednesday a fair or breeze across the coast of lebanon through northern syria with cloud and rain to boot in the coldest weather brings yet more snow as you can see right through to wednesday i think the window just that it will be equally noticeable but the rain is spread south answer israel through sinai jordan it's not looking particularly nice to be honest attempt is down as well twelve eleven twenty in baghdad but of course when the cloud in the rain the winter with that it doesn't feel particularly good and look at the amount of snow just over the border from northern syria beyond the southern caucasus it's a rather different spell of weather for a couple of days which will eventually spread further science in the immedia

how i waltzed around enjoys rather the moment we must look to the west bank and to the mediterranean for a significant change doesn't look very much for that could've cloud is produced no full of nasty weather so far when it started to further west in the mediterranean rain but more especially wind i think you'll notice that it starts to be felt already but on wednesday a federal breeze across the coast of lebanon's renault. in syria with clouds and rain to boot in the coldest weather brings yet more stone as you can see for the user to wednesday i think the window just that it will be equally noticeable but the rain is spread south dancer israel through sinai jordan it's not looking particularly nice to be honest attempt is down as well twelve twenty in baghdad but of course when the cloud in the rain the winter with that it doesn't feel particularly good and look at the amount of snow just over the border from northern syria beyond the southern caucasus it's a rather different spell of weather for a couple of days which will eventually spread further south in the immediate future a

the deal was struck on a make a yacht in the mediterranean on board the now fugitive malaysian financier an alleged mastermind. then prime minister. and his wife rose. in the hosts petro saudi cofounders prince turki a son of the late king of saudi arabia and to record. at the time to record bade was one of saving is best friends february two thousand. contacted me a couple of times. office because they signed a deal with the malaysian money and they needed directly the guy that you could trust. to run to run the company. xavi went to work with a record by eight and another director patrick mahoney. but seven months into the job he says things started to sour it said that if you receive a lot of money you become crazy that's a fact i saw the direct starting with buying a flat after you bought. renting your in the south of france it's probably unfamiliar euros week everything becomes like extravaganza so i started to treat me like a star he was treating other people very bad xavier resigned april twentieth levon he says he was only two point five million dollars and to ensure he played he

people moving away from the west mediterranean to the eastern mediterranean which has meant a lot ofanary islands. the pound sterling has fallen because of fears about brexit which has affected revenues in the uk. the basic problem for a company like tui is there is a lot of competition. people but colleges online and do not necessarily go to package operators. traditional package operators. traditional package operators are having to model by their business and focus on holiday experiences. it is not all bad news. if you look into the results the cruise business is doing very well indeed. it is the airline is not doing so well. tui has six airlines. parts of the business are doing well. people like to get on a boat and go to the sunshine. they seem to. tui warned us that these earnings would not be as rosy as we had hoped for. it is about managing expectations. they knew the results we re expectations. they knew the results were not going to be as good because of the after—effects of the hot summer of the after—effects of the hot summerand of the after—effects of the hot summer and

.” be in africa, not at the bottom of the mediterranean.k that what he says is completely stupid and in releva nt says is completely stupid and in relevant in general. —— irrelevant. he is not a man relevant in general. —— irrelevant. he is nota man i relevant in general. —— irrelevant. he is not a man i want to comment on. because he is wrong? he is wrong in so many ways, so many ways, not only in what he says about france but in everything, i think. only in what he says about france but in everything, ithink. but only in what he says about france but in everything, i think. but he is not alone in criticising france over its approach to africa. we have had, there are a number of people, that caught africa. despite the rhetoric, . .. but that caught africa. despite the rhetoric,... but you know that i am not involved in macron's politics in africa. you are asking as though i we re africa. you are asking as though i were involved in this politics. that is quite interesting, because i know as well, you are not involved in his politics, and yo

we're also seeing some wet weather across parts of turkey and of course the east coast of the mediterranean as well so here there will be more in the way of what weather on friday and they could be a little bit of localized flooding at times to towards the west is generally coming here in fairly warm in out is about nineteen degrees. with a sponsor you can't own a. weapon online. with the link you put them. only if you join us on c.n.n. all of us have been calling those in some form or some this is a dialogue we are talking about a legal friend to me you have seen what it can do to somebody people you can make. and some people. everyone has a voice from the us your boss your twitter and you could be on the street join the global conversation on mt is iraq. welcome back. a reminder of our top stories this hour the world's largest passenger jet is having its life cut short says it will stop production of the a three eighty in two years' time the super jumbos largest customer emirates airline has announced a drastic reduction in order as. the u.s. house of representatives has passed a resoluti

a lot milder than it has been london should make it to nine degrees for the other side of the mediterranean then here are those areas of cloud making their way across the north coast we're seeing some areas of wet weather parts of our area and then as we head through into monday we'll see some of that over the mountains ten increasingly wintery to do expect to see a fair amount more snow as we head through the day on monday across the northern possibly right on the coast of course here will see mostly rain and the top temperature of around twelve degrees. who would sponsor a town. as politicians and want. fight over the border will we talk to the people at the center of the story many up then just said oh no it's very dangerous because since the many guns are there and it's not it's a very safe place migrants smugglers and people who live along the border. are all just zero. again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour venezuela's president nicolas maduro has offered to hold all men treat elections as he fights demands to resign his rival his supporters at ho

you sicko walked away from this life traveling across the mediterranean into europe with the hope to find better opportunities but he's come back empty handed there are no jobs here no opportunities at least not for us it's as if we don't exist we don't count the titians unless it's election time when we both want to go mobile sinegal sinking in debt riddled with corruption in unemployment this is the narrative shared by the four opposition candidates among political newcomer. months sancho. this is all decisions on star nothing because this country's huge have decided to take responsibility and to take their destiny into their own hands fifty nine years of noise and betrayal. with conflicting narratives to choose from it's no up to the six million voters to decide which word rings true it which set a goal to vote for. dickless hawk al-jazeera decor. people in japan's okinawa prefecture are voting on a plan to relocate a u.s. military base campaigners say landfill work out ahead of kobe to expand the base threatens coral reef where there's long been resentment of u.s. troops said dur

you sickout walked away from this life traveling across the mediterranean into europe with the hope to find better opportunities but he's come back empty handed there are no jobs here no opportunities at least not for us it's as if we don't exist we don't count unless it's election time was what i'm open senegal sinking in debt riddled with corruption and unemployment this is the narrative shared by the four opposition candidates among them political newcomer and anti establishment huisman sancho. you can win your. politicians on star nothing because this country's huge have decided to take responsibility and to take their destiny into their own hands fifty nine years of lies and betrayal we have enough. with conflicting narratives to choose from it's now up to the six million voters to decide which one rings true and which senegal to vote for. nicholas hawk al-jazeera the car. nearly eight million cubans will go to the polls on sunday to vote on a new constitution the government says it represents a series of reforms in socialist cuba but it's attracted plenty of criticism by anna san

russia got quite a lot during your administration didn't they filled the vacuum in the eastern mediterranean. after your red line was crossed the so-called red line of chemical weapons usage. the russians basically kicked sand in your face that they gave your forces an hour to get out of the east mediterranean before they launched their biggest deployment there in decades which you didn't see coming did you well do you underestimate putin no i think the reality is russia has had a presence in syria for a very long time some people talk as if until twenty thirteen or fourteen russia didn't have some but they brought you here you wish deployments they brought in more deployments but they have been pouring arms into syria for years they also blindsided you in ukraine and crimea you didn't see that coming either well i think what they didn't see coming is the collapse of their client regime in kiev this is the precipitating event but because you had critical gaps in your collection and analysis of of what they would know that's not i look at the you have to understand what happened in ukraine ok

through all those emotions a very difficult time for him also because now so many ports in the mediterranean are closing to the refugees these rescue ships like the one named after alan behind me are now being challenge they can't even rescue people at sea anymore because there are so many legal challenges to their operations so a very hard time for a dollar for the so many other families who are desperate and trying to reach the safety of europe but to describe the situation i had with me. the spokesperson for the sea ice charity from germany which is allowing the ship to go out with adam's name on it let's hear what she said about the situation now two thousand fifteen was a year where that a lot of arrival since then it's dropped but also there's really how do you say the number of cases which are not even known because most ships especially when rescue ships are blocked we don't even know how many ships leave libya and how many make it don't make it is really difficult to see you have an overview but i think that every family and every boy like alan krueger who lost his life is one too m

london of a twelve and force in paris we should be up at around eight now for the other side of the mediterranean the showers here of largely clear now so most of us are getting away with a dry day still but warm look at unisa maximum of just sixteen degrees as we are you know isn't those temperatures will drop further as we head through chews day with the winds coming down from the north for the central belt of africa plenty of sunshine here and plenty of dry weather to lagos there will be up to around thirty three degrees but there are some showers most of them in the fall southern parts of arm up moral to all the heavy ones there in. take the worst possible material eurabia ground into dust comparable to flour and make a lot of it and put it into a place where people live because the cost. is growing so many people are thinking this is the silent heat. for those who make you feel like a movie we have created an enormous amount of mental disaster. and investigation south africa toxic city on al-jazeera. welcome back look at the top stories this hour the u.s. and russia have come out with counte

so the mediterranean is not always sunny.ifornia but the eastern mediterranean too. some of that that weather is actually going to extend across parts of the middle east into areas where we don't often see rain. iraq and even the central portion of the arabian peninsula. we are also watching big storm clouds growing, very brief update across southeastern parts of africa here, around mozambique. this could be a cyclone in the making. lots of thunderstorms around johannesburg. then those storms will form across the mozambique channel. that is the latest from me. you've got the weather for the week ahead coming up injust around half an hour. bye— bye. hello, this is outside source. the white house says president trump will declare a national emergency, in order to build a border wall. democrats say they make take legal action to stop the president using emergency powers. president trump is upping the ante despite agreeing to sign a budget agreed by both sides in congress. cuba has accused the united states of preparing a militar

thousand and twelve and two thousand and eighteen we've seen droves of young senegalese crossing the mediterranean trying to make it to europe and they're not fleeing at war or conflict they're fleeing poverty and that's one of the issues at heart of this election hossam. nicolas hard life for us there in dakar senegal thanks nicholas a plenty more ahead on news out disturbing figures from the united nations number of civilians killed in afghanistan last year. religious groups in cuba are often noms as voters consider changes to the constitution to what has them so upset . their role in the chinese city i mean they race and in sport qatar pushes to become the front runners in the sport of kings. so all that still ahead but first the head of the roman catholic church has. for an all out battle against abuse by priests pope francis spoke on the last day of a conference on sex abuse within the church he called it an abominable crime which must be erased rory chalons has more from vatican city. in his speech at the end of this historic four day meeting of the vatican on sexual abuse in the catholic ch

a rescue ship operating in the mediterranean has been renamed alan carr day after the syrian toddler who died trying to reach europe in two thousand and fifteen the image of the three year old's body washed up on a turkish beach sparked global outrage and came to a pit in my eyes the plight of those fleeing war thousands of refugees have died trying to reach europe from turkey in north africa david chaytor was at the ship's naming ceremony on the spanish island of new york. in the early morning light of the dockside in parma a ship barry lynn made of his son. but this wasn't a moment of pride for a syrian refugee. he was lost and alone the pain in his heart almost too great for words to look into and. i was remembering the moment when the ship was sinking drowning all those horrifying images were flooding into my mind the moment my children and i were drowning we went on board the boat and i saw my children dying in front of me one after the other each was crying out for me saying goes to my father or my father my wife was saying. across the world tribute was paid is suffering. of mo

hello i was drowning joyce whether the moment we must look to the west again to the mediterranean for a significant change doesn't look very much for that could've cloud is produced an oval of nasty weather so far off and when it started the further west in the mediterranean rain but more especially when i think you'll notice that it starts to be felt already but on wednesday a fair or a breeze across the coast of lebanon through northern syria with cloud and rain to boot in the coldest weather brings yet more snow as you can see for the issue to wednesday i think the wind will just it will be equally noticeable but the rain is spread south dancer israel through sinai jordan it's not looking particularly nice to be honest attempt is down as well twelve twenty in baghdad but of course when the clouds the rain the wind or with that it doesn't feel particularly good and look at the amount of snow just over the border from northern syria beyond the southern caucasus it's a rather different spell of weather for a couple of days which will eventually spread further science in the immediate

you sick out walked away from this life traveling across the mediterranean into europe with the hope to find better opportunities but he's come back empty handed there are no jobs here no opportunities at least not for us it's as if we don't exist we don't count on politicians unless it's election time was what. senegal sinking in debt riddled with corruption and unemployment this is the narrative shared by the four opposition candidates among them political newcomer anti establishment loose months. you could win your. politicians understand nothing because this country's huge have decided to take responsibility and to take their destiny into their own hands fifty nine years of lies and betrayal we have enough. with conflicting narratives to choose from it's now up to the six million voters to decide which one rings true and which senegal to vote for. nicholas hawke al-jazeera the car there have been they've been trying to appeal to use voters as well as women in this election earlier nicolas spoke with an undecided first time voter who explained what's important to her as she prepar

hello again it's good to have you back this hour want to take you over here towards the mediterranean because we're watching one particular system that's actually out here across the west should notice a turning right there there is a funnel bounty not looking too bad here right now across the eastern mediterranean but as we go towards the next couple days we'll be watching that very carefully here's a cold front making its way towards the east and with that we could be seen an increase of rain as well as some clouds in the forecast so jerusalem beirut you can be seeing the rain here on wednesday as we go towards thursday we are going to see that system slip even more inland and so for aleppo in the higher elevations also of turkey that is going to be some messy weather for you baghdad clouds will start to roll in as well here on thursday evening in kuwait city a high temps a few of twenty degrees well here across much of the gulf not that he too bad here across doha at twenty three we are going to be watching out here towards the northwest though that same weather system is going to

children suffer from malnutrition you sick out walked away from this life traveling across the mediterranean into europe with the hope to find better opportunities but he's come back empty handed there are no jobs here no opportunities at least not for us it's as if we don't exist we don't count on politicians unless it's election time and we haven't because what. senegal is sinking in debt riddled with corruption and unemployment this is the narrative shared by the four opposition candidates among them political newcomer anti establishment huisman song. you can win your. politicians understand nothing because this country's youth has decided to take responsibility and to take their destiny into their own hands fifty nine years of lies and betrayal. with conflicting narratives to choose from it's now up to the six million voters to decide which one rings true and which senegal to vote for. all right nicholas is live for us now in the car so nicholas what is the latest you're hearing there on how it's all been going. well there's still four hours to go before the polling station close we just

hello again it's good to have you back this hour want to take you over here towards the mediterranean because we're watching one particular system that's actually out here across the west should notice a turning right there there is a funnel bounty not looking too bad here right now across the eastern mediterranean but as we go towards the next couple days we'll be watching that very carefully here's a cold front making its way towards the east and with that we could be seeing increase of rain as well as some clouds in the forecast so jerusalem beirut you can be seeing the rain here on wednesday as we go towards thursday we are going to see that system slip even more inland and so for aleppo. in the higher elevations also of turkey that is going to be some messy weather few baghdad clouds will start to roll in as well here on thursday evening in kuwait city high temps a few of twenty degrees where across much of the gulf not looking too bad here across doha at twenty three we are going to be watching out here towards the northwest though that same weather system is going to bring some

harold alexander is the counterpoint in the mediterranean. a captain on the western front, commanding a battalion. again, this is all about leadership of quite substantial numbers of men, being showered on the very young. they are all in their 20's. early 20's. your commanding a battalion aged 22, aged 23. peacetime, your age for doing that would be in your 40's. in the first world war and it happens again and world war ii, that age comes right down. natural leaders bubble up to the surface. they get so much responsibility so early. in 1914-1918, battalions of 1000 men. it is a heavy responsibility for someone who three or four years earlier would be at school. we are not just talking about harold alexander, were talking brooks, chiefalan of the imperial staff, the senior military advisor to winston churchill during rote or -- during world war ii. , alexandertilleryman is an infantryman. he's a staff officer who designs what we now know as the creeping barrage, a moving forward progression of artillery, shrapnel fire that is designed to pulve

and finally to the mediterranean island of malta where it's raining fish waves kicked up by a heavy storm tossed a bounty of fish on the waterfront a few brave souls ignored weather warnings and went blind and fishing some of their catch was reportedly for sale at local markets. authorities warn the storm fish may not be safe to eat. and just reminder the top stories we're following for you here today on the news pakistan has shot down two indian war planes after they crossed into pakistani airspace capturing two downed pilots the incident escalates a crisis between the nuclear on neighbors over the disputed territory of kashmir. and u.s. president donald trump has been meeting with his vietnamese hosts ahead of a summit in hanoi with north korean leader kim jong il and in their second summit the two leaders are set to try to make progress on reducing north korea's nuclear arsenal. you're watching t.w. news i'm terry martin you get old latest news and information around the clock on our web site so it's a t w don't fall off and stay tune for a document first interpol thanks for being with

is fleet of thirty seven aircraft mainly fleet german tourists to hunted to destinations in the mediterranean north africa and the middle east it was the small and line that struggled to compete yes the company continues to focus on expansion twenty five new a three twenty passenger jets were on order from us that meant sizeable payments would do this year and next but give money a good run out of money in january it emerged that the airline was an able to pay wages to its eleven hundred employees that bookings plummeted. airlines like in money or that work with quality makers on package trips get a cash injection at the beginning of the year when two operators make advance payments for the summer but clearly it wasn't enough to safety in mind here especially after the airline was forced to pay compensation to passengers when strikes by ground staff at airports across germany grounded flights last year the company went deep into the red on two thousand and nineteen promised more challenges. feel prices continue to rise coupled with stiff competition over ticket pricing. europe's largest budge

when i mention the edge of high—pressure, is a chilly centred there across the mediterranean and italy lot of mild air. it is the low pressure thatis mild air. it is the low pressure that is helping to scoop up some of that is helping to scoop up some of that warmth, pushing it in our direction but with the weather fronts close by, that does mean that some western areas of the uk are in for more cloud. more of us tomorrow will get the cloudier skies. not quite the stunning weather that we had today. here is saturday, you can see the clouds drifting in across the south. for many western parts of the south. for many western parts of the uk, many parts having spots of drizzle. i suspect eastern counties of england and scotland should have another beautiful day with clear precise. on sunday, again another weather front sneaking in, precise. on sunday, again another weatherfront sneaking in, bringing some cloud and spots of rain. southern areas stay quite sunny and once again, it will be mild, around 15 or 16 degrees. we will keep those temperatures by through the course of the coming week

is reliant on arab league governments like egypt to prevent migrants and refugees crossing the mediterraneanfrom north africa to europe and our next report d.w. met one refugee who made it to germany and who's using his talents as a cartoonist to come to terms with his harrowing experience random police violence why us the man on the ground shop says the police officer tarik nieman experienced police brutality first hand in syria. the beginning of this that you could say it's part of the daily process or the daily procedure and they are. if you endure if you did something or you didn't do anything it's depends on the officer norwood so or torturing beating it's part of the prisoners their life their tarik says he was incarcerated in a syrian prison for six and a half months for helping fighters in the free syrian army on behalf of the red cross when he got out of prison and twenty fourteen he fled since then tarek has been living in berlin making ends meet as a professional cartoonist of course i'm a syria must also there more than that i missed the forward walking there but of course what i

that's warmer than some mediterranean cities like barcelona. 0ur science editor david shukman has spent gardens in west london, and with the air so unusually warm and the sun so dazzlingly bright, it really does feel like summer. and no surprise, this extraordinary spell of weather has set new records for temperatures for this time of year. obviously, a lot of people are out enjoying themselves. these crowds are apparently nearly double the numbers you would normally get here in february. there's a kind of holiday atmosphere. it's here at kew gardens that weather history has been made with a new record, the highest winter temperature ever recorded in britain. as global temperatures rise, we're going to get more extreme heat events. this is just one example that's happening today. as we go into the future, this sort of thing is going to get more common. so something that's perhaps a one—in—a—thousand event in the 1950s is now a 1—in—15 event. but what does this sudden warmth mean for the natural world? the bumblebees are out, and very busy. and i caught up with one of the experts here, t

finally want to take you to the mediterranean island of malta where it's not raining cats and dogs it's raining fish weights picked up by a heavy storm tossed a bounty of fish on the waterfront a few brave souls ignored weather warnings and went land fishing some of their catch was reportedly for sale of markets later but authorities mourned the storm fish may not be safe to eat becomes toxic the further up in the air you swim. this is d. w. news live from berlin coming up in the d.w. business in just a moment u.s. carmaker forward announces thousands of layoffs in brazil in a bid to cut cross workers taking to the streets to protest the move. jonelle we'll have that story in just a moment stroll of us here in berlin thanks for the company i'll see you tomorrow. birth. home to have species. a home worth saving. those are big changes and most start with small steps because global ideas tell stories of create is people and in a.

the southeast no area of cloud in the rain some pretty strong winds to that eastern side of the mediterranean lots of disturbed weather coming through here as we go through the next couple of days and it's a similar picture into the northwest see this next weather system pushing in across the british isles across could pass of france as well ten celsius there for london in paris malta spilling in from the atlantic you have a similar temperature in athens as well down in the southeast and going between this something in between that six celsius for vienna and dry by this is sparkling sunshine for one celsius in kiev forty back to minus one as we go through friday by friday vienna warms up the clouds up as well staying cloudy damp ab pretty windy up towards the northwest but fred what we find in dry temperatures here at around fifteen degrees celsius not bad across the fall northwest of africa getting up to eighteen for pat and for algiers but no the parts of libya still seeing some other windy weather cohens blasting through fourteen celsius for tripoli mostly that just for the just nothing it

there are a lot of loose ends that will be left behind while the rescue ship operation in the mediterranean has been renamed alan cuddy after the syrian toddler who died trying to reach europe in twenty fifteen the image of the three year old's body washed up on attack a speech caused global outrage and came to symbolize the plight of those fleeing war david chase who was at the ship's naming ceremony on the spanish island of new york. in the early morning light to the dockside in hama a ship bearing the name of his son but this wasn't a moment of pride for the syrian refugee. he was lost in the loon the pain it is hard almost too great for woods to look into and i was remembering the moment.

we will gradually see some quieter weather coming into central parts of the mediterranean just around grace southern parts of the balkans we had the violent way in seriously that border when further south some very very a wet weather at a time some wintry weather still cold enough a little bit of snow in parts of greece is because through monday temperatures in athens get up to around eight celsius still quite a keen way and not quite as windy as it has been over the past day or so and those winds easing back to just around the a three at it further north it is generate dry bits of cloud there perhaps some wintry flurries over towards that western side of russia to also support for vienna we're getting into the mid teens once again in london paris will love the sunshine and it warms up further as we go on through choose the gorgeous weather coming through writing celsius there for madrid western parts of the med still find there just some wet weather to the east in parts of the med just sliding across cypress just heading over to warsaw about. that woman weather coming back into athen

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

it was on a transit to the mediterranean. it was a great disaster for the ship. many were killed. the ship was taken by the british. seamen were taken off. not a good day for the united states navy. there was a court-martial. decatur sat on the court-martial and captain baron of the chesapeake was suspended essentially from the navy for a period of about five years. he went to south america, went broke, had a disastrous personal life after that. as you might expect, held a significant grudge against those members of the court, of which stephen decatur was one. baron is back in the united states, decatur has moved here to establish his presence with his family, his wife. baron shows up and the rest is history. the old argument came back. as admiral carter talked about, the extraordinary sense of personal honor that demanded confrontation and demanded an act of extraordinary danger and courage to satisfy one's sense of honor. maryland andce in would prove fatal. that is where it came from. baron came back. where many the era americans are now familiar with hamilton and the alexander

it's not as salty as the mediterranean but in the general direction. here we have our shots to a greater knowledge but you can also use a press you put it in here old fill it with dough start writing. no sooner said than done it's also hard and the noodles look just like they should . cook them for a minute or two removed from the water and then add the cheese and the mixture should be tossed rather than stirred until the cheese evenly distributed then topped the noodles with fried onions and some mountain herbs and we've got ourselves some delicious but very unselfish. people here in the elbow might not be too crazy about counting calories but they're very eager when it comes to keep in their traditions alive a good example for that is the annual corn sleds raised in florida and then ventures to bargain chase that puts a funny spin on century old customs. for decades the berrien town of house the state its traditional show lingo regs. on the beasts not just with dramas participants career down a one thousand meter long slope into the valley below with

hello from a breezy mediterranean winter.where to find greek life as it used to be. first, the year in the sun has begun for europe's two capitals of culture. matera in italy is a joyful baroque town on the surface, but wander more deeply and you discover the ground falls away to reveal a picture book village that has burrowed its way into a hillside. and the other capital of culture, plovdiv in bulgaria, is a great place to visit in winter, to look at its ancient foundations and then combine it with excellent skiing in the nearby rhodope mountains. next, sabelo dlamini contacted us from eswatini, the southern african nation previously known as swaziland. he wants to know... vienna is an excellent place to begin theirjourney through the great railways of central europe. take a train to prague through deep valleys and across high moorland for an intense sensation of i9th—century europe. then on to dresden in germany, a city that has revived splendidly after second world war destruction and decades of soviet domination. go to e

east now to say walsall should get up to around five degrees of the maximum temperature of the mediterranean we've had this very active system with us that brought us a lot of rain and some fairly strong winds as well that system is moving away from us but it's been quite windy i mean damp forcing kyra things here a calming down but behind it we may just see the or shall perhaps around the coast of libya and that white just stretch its way eastwards on to the coastline of egypt as well ger in the day further towards the west it looks fine dry unsettled for most of us here and the temperatures are on the up as well to look at to around seventeen hour batts will be up eighty. the weather sponsored by qatar at least. in the next episode of techno the team looks into the environmental impact of waste management trash is a big business for them unfortunately smelly bills next to the complexities of recycling when these different plastics are blended together then the recycling becomes difficult to impossible and the scientists that office solutions it's very easy for us to have a hundred percent

this campaign is the lack of job opportunities for young people and many of them crossing the mediterranean trying to go to europe leaving this country do you think that these candidates are offering opportunities that young people want. i soon so i think they will try atlas and i think in the campaign they have been addressed in different ways to foster economy and to create like you have employment for people but i think they also showing and now it's senegalese young people are understanding that they have to take the destiny in their own hands to enter predicament of the kind of business and really try to create themselves a better future for president called for a boycott of this election saying it's not free and fair because two of the opposition candidates are not taking part of it despite this you're going out to vote of course and so as a matter of sending all these people because you have you have a history of voting in peace and in two thousand and twelve a lot of political opinions like microsoft was saying that they believe like. the political maturity of the country so they've

snow but as it moves out the way we're seeing yet more wet weather making its way in from the mediterranean so lots of rain here some strong winds as well and that system will be tending to snow as the hits the higher ground or of that is gradually edging its way eastwards and as it does so it's going to be joined by a system is making its way in from saudi arabia say the southern parts of iran the southwestern parts of iran will also see a fair amount of heavy rain as we head through the day on saturday and that system that is affecting us across the arabian peninsula you see the cloud here across parts of saudi arabia over parts of the gulf is well including us here in doha but as we head into some today the winds will be feeding up from the south so that will drag in some slightly warmer as a woman day on saturday but do expect a fair amount of cloud at times and there is the chance of seeing a few outbreaks of rain before the towards the south a lot of weather here in fact we've seen some flooding for some of us in the eastern parts of south africa loss of heavy rain is expected in this

who have college degrees and are not finding jobs who are lured into trying to travel across the mediterranean to to join europe and so these people are the ones that will vote and will choose in just four hours time when the polling station will close it will choose who will be the next president of senegal. in the senegalese capital dhaka next. i thought for a short break here al jazeera when we come back votes are being counted in a close race for the presidency in nigeria. and what's behind saudi arabia's appointment of a woman as an ambassador for the very first time on that status. and now the rain is just about gone now from china is this cloud his drifting across taiwan behind it a bit of a gap there of the stuff coming out of the tibetan plateau will be a bit of snow for the higher ground reaches it's wrong this could develop and the middle of southern china we might see a little bit of rain in the next day or so i don't think it amount to much to be honest but occasional showers hong kong remains dry shanghai remains dry. proserpine not least on late tuesday west of all the same line