when it comes to mediterranean and the actions of any enlargement perspective. it would be only stability -- will there be more cooperation going forward in terms of the trans-atlantic relations? thank you. [inaudible] >> from ukraine. i have a question to jason, thanks for outlining. i think it's a great presentation. but i'm very curious from your opinion on how do you think realistic would be to implement those priorities because seems 3 years of the russia whole scale invasion to ukraine the member states have been reluctant to invest more into defense, to even invest more into funds and to support ukraine so do you think commission would have some instruments to influence member states to invest more and time wise if we speak about developing european defense industries and becomingless dependent on external providers as you mentioned how much time might that take, are we talking about decades as some experts outline or is it years, so what's your perspective of the implementation of those priorities, thank you. >> yeah, i can start with that one and then i

the home secretary shared the stage with ministers from the front—line mediterranean states, france,uilding partnerships with countries either where migrant routes start or which they pass through. yvette cooper meeting her italian counterpart said it�*s about recognising migration is complex and can�*t be solved by empty slogans. there is a history of home secretaries and prime ministers making grand promises but never actually having a proper plan. the approach we are taking to this is really step—by—step. we are putting in place the things that we need, the agreements with other countries, the stronger returns arrangements, the much stronger law enforcement, the operations with germany to go after the smugglers, supply chains, the operations with italy to go after the illicit finance. earlier in the week in london, it was ministers from northern europe she was meeting. germany has agreed to change its laws so it can try to stop the supply of small boats used to cross the channel. arrivals this way have totalled over 3a,000 this year. last year it was 29,000. two years ago, a recor

and as yvette cooper was in italy, another rescue and more lives lost in the mediterranean.cas, bbc news. brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva has been released from hospital after two emergency surgeries to fix a bleed on his brain. the 79—year—old spoke publicly at a hospital press conference in sao paulo, saying he was "healed" and "just needed to take care of himself". he stressed that he was keen to get back to work as soon as possible with his medical team's blessing. the pope has wrapped up the first—ever papal visit to the french island of corsica. pope francis arrived in the papal plane on sunday morning before moving through the packed streets of the capital ajaccio in his popemobile. he held an open—air mass, before meeting with president emmanuel macron at the airport ahead of his departure. plenty more on that story and all of the day's other top stories on the bbc news website. stay with us here on bbc news. thanks very much for watching. hello there. much of the country today had a fine and largely dry one, and it was milder than it was yesterday, des

a 45 year-old of family-run mediterranean restaurant is here to stay. we first told you about lot, mediterranean august when they were told they couldn't renew their lease. but now the legacy business on san francisco's fillmore street has been offered an extension. kron 4 sarah stinson has been following this story. she has the update. >> there's been a lot of changes in the last couple months here on fillmore street with for lease signs popping up. but customers in the owners of law, mediterranean say they're relieved to hear it won't be vacant anytime soon to 45 a new lease on life than day visit ocean is excited. is family restaurant lot mediterranean has been given an extended lease until it's a great day. we are very, very happy today. we just got to celebrate the fact that we're going to be here for years to come. david trojan runs cafe la med. his father lavonne opened it 45 years ago for him. his life's work lives on and that's great. in the re told their lease would not be renewed. but david rosen says they able to work out an agreement with t

so yeah, this is mediterranean cuisine at its best.nd it's not just the food, the wine here gaining some great reputation compared to some of its mediterranean neighbors. i visited a gentleman at marcos de vinas, who's making some native varietals in conjunction with the chardonnays and the merlots, but just beautiful wines. most of it stays here in malta, sal. so you've got to come out here to taste what i think is some of the most exciting cuisine and wine this side of, as they say, the pond. >> well, if you insist. i guess i'm just going to have to go out there. now, look, there are nine spots here that made this list. tell me. give me a sneak peek at some of them and tell me why they made the list. i'm very interested. >> all right. and for more information on malta, by the way, check out the visit malta folks. they're great on social media. you want to follow them for information throughout 2025. but aside from that, as you said, we've got eight other destinations on our list three domestic, including sonoma county, by the way, fo

which of the mediterranean sea has a lot of sold and it can destroy those traces. i guess that's what they're counting on. there are many coincidences because it will happen to great depth fall from the show. it is impossible to get the right away to inspect it. this did not happen in the shallow waters of the mediterranean sea, which has an average depth of about 2 kilometers. the explosions took place with an interval of one second, according to the testimony of the crew. at exactly what was needed, exploded in the engine room area, which is the weakest part of any ship there, all the signs of this being a terrorist attack. and it was thoroughly prepared. i saw sony also saw as always like chasing off he and we had to stop by, by the holiday season upon us, we decided to get well and truly if the festive stairs come to a real winter wonderland. i can no place fits of discussion better than the northern russian of lake of cordelia. not right. the the june 22nd 1941 season before everyone in the country should be the radio announcement that was begun. fears fightin

and so i think these traces were left on the shipment, which of the mediterranean sea has a lot of sold and it can destroy those traces. i guess that's what they're counting on. there are many coincidences because it will happen to great depth fall from the show. it is impossible to get the right away to inspect it. this did not happen in the shallow waters of the mediterranean sea, which has an average depth of about 2 kilometers. the explosions took place with an interval of one second, according to the testimony of the crew. at exactly what was needed, exploded in the engine room area, which is the weakest part of any ship there, all the signs of this being a terrorist attack. and it was thoroughly prepared. the. okay, something else to tell you by today the russian security services say they have foiled 3 attempted terror attacks engineered by a key of against defense ministry personnel or to correspond either among costs or of expands on what was attempted. a rush just f, as b hasn't covered more plots to assess and age most goals, high ranking military personnel and their family m

she's big data sheet, a russian call go set that sign in the mediterranean sea on monday. what struck by 8 terre attack, as, according to a new statement from the vessel. so not got reaction and assessment from a month old. the russian parliamentary defense commit to the position will just go out. there are many countries that benefit from this. and in general, it is clear that nato is involved as well as ukraine. the ship was transporting valuable cargo, which was the target, took the sabotage and says, by the way, i don't remember any ships being blown up in the last 50 years. the ship was carrying valuable cargo from russia to the far east. it included heavy port cranes weighing $350.00 tons each. they're also reputational issues. i mean, they're trying to show us that they can reach us anywhere. we can also reach anywhere in the world, any one anywhere. but we also need to understand that the u. s. s. o s system is located in general to this american system checks, old ships passing through the jeep roll to to prevent submarines from entering the mediterranean sea. it

which of the mediterranean sea has a lot of sold and it can destroy those traces. i guess that's what they're counting on. there are many coincidences because it will happen to great depth fall from the show. it is impossible to get the right away to inspect it. this did not happen in the shallow waters of the mediterranean sea, which has an average depth of about 2 kilometers. the explosions took place with an interval of one second, according to the testimony of the crew. at exactly what was needed, exploded in the engine room area, which is the weakest part of any ship. there, all the signs of this being a terrorist attack. and it was thoroughly prepared, assigning, also the saw as always, thank choosing off. and we had to stop by, by the, as the year ends being coming from administration continues to believe the content . the conflict in ukraine from pen as people are beginning to understand ending this conflict is more difficult in starting a war. the problem is moscow cube and washington wants different outcomes. the . we are the wind, south hill on country c

which of the mediterranean sea has a lot of sold and it can destroy those traces. i guess that's what they're counting on. there are many coincidences because it will happen to great depth fall from the show. it is impossible to get the right away to inspect it. this did not happen in the shallow waters of the mediterranean sea, which has an average depth of about 2 kilometers. the explosions took place with an interval of one second, according to the testimony of the crew. at exactly what was needed, exploded in the engine room area, which is the weakest part of any ship. there all the signs of this being a terrorist attack. and it was thoroughly prepared. i saw sony also saw as always like chasing off. and we had to stop by, by the take a fresh look around his life. kaleidoscopic isn't just a shifted reality distortion by power to division with no real opinions. fixtures designed to simplify will confuse really one say better wills, and is it just because it shows you few fractured images presented as 1st? can you see through their illusion going underground can

their heartland is on the mediterranean coa5t heartland is on the mediterranean coast and in the mountainslooking that and tartus is part of that area. i've certainly seen video this of people on the streets of another main town on the coast in the region demonstrating against the regime, including people from his own alawite community in latakia. there is massive confusion about what is ma55ive confusion about what is going on there right now at the moment. , , ., moment. jeremy, our international - moment. jeremy, our international edited i international edited jeremy bowen, thank you. we haveju5t had a line coming in from the turkish foreign minister saying that bashar al—a55ad i5 that bashar al—a55ad is probably outside of syria. thi5 probably outside of syria. this comes with continued report5 he had fled the country to an unknown destination. caroline hawley look5 unknown destination. caroline hawley looks back on his rule. bashar al—a55ad took power in the year 2000, inheriting syria's police state from his father, hafez. the new young president, ju5t 3a at the time, promised reform

the bay was once a jewel in the mediterranean, but then tune upon bible. this is the seat front of the lebanese capital today, around 3 decades of to the end of the civil war. the devastating conflict lasted for 15 years. the street was the green line, dividing by route into east and west. dominating the front line was this concrete skeleton. what was once the holiday inn its rules still petted by the scars of war, a grotesque witness to the years of separation, killing, and destruction. the man, my name is tony young, i'm a painter and architectural activist from england. and i've lived in by route to about 8 years. i'm particularly inspired by the memories and the feelings, the emotions that uh, embedded in the walls of the buildings and bayard the most powerful building in the city for me is the holiday inn. it's so famous sight eye clinic. it's like a joint to which remains in the center of the city like an i'm result, scott. the holiday inn is still a stock reminder as such have yet to hear. even today, the, the 13th of april, 1975 was the official st

it was one of the most prestigious hotels on the mediterranean. during the cold war, in the 19 fifties and sixties, the bar of the st. george was described as a revolving door of information. the british double agents can still be, was a regular parade to done, to cover as a foreign generalist. and on the 15th of january, 1963 was spotted for the last time of the bar in the st. george before disappearing and by root, and reappearing a few months later and most of the most amount hotels brand new, including the felicia, even more luxurious than the saint george. but when the holiday inn arrived in 1974, it was not send me the toll list, but also the last to open before the civil war broke count. i remember the experience of the felicia and i went to the holiday in different scales of hotel, the both of them picking it up joyous hotels. the phoenician was very grand indeed, the holiday inn was a holiday in but a very up market holiday and said it was plenty of chrome, plenty of silver, plenty of gold colored drapes. it was done and very much in the

it was one of the most prestigious hotels on the mediterranean. during the cold war, in the 19 fifties and sixties, the bar of the st. george was described as a revolving door of information. the british double agent can still be was a regular p operated on the cover as a foreign generalist. and on the 15th of january, 1963 was spotted for the last time of the bar in the saint george before disappearing into a route and reappearing a few months later. and most of the most amount hotels brand new, including the felicia, even more luxurious than the saint george. but when the holiday inn arrived in 1974, it was not send me the toll list. but also the last to open before the civil war broke count. i remember the experience of the felicia and i went to the holiday in different scales of hotel, the both of them picking it up george's hotels. the phoenician was very grand indeed. the holiday inn was a holiday and but a very up markets holiday instead of us. plenty of chrome, plenty of silver, plenty of gold colored drapes. it was done and very much in t

any water for days and reports of is really a strikes on serious top to this region. near the mediterranean coast footage on social media shows a massive explosion at a weapon storage site. the guy that is welcome to the program authorities in the french overseas territory of my york, a 100. so perhaps even thousands of people have been killed by the most destructive psych clone in nearly a century. the islands of the east african coast was already francis, poorest overseas region before the cycle and shy though flattened the entire communities that process interior minister as arrive to join prices. opperation defense military instead of an aide, supplies as rescue is raised to stave all phase 2 minute terry and dissolves. so 1st came the wins and rain from cycling chito and then came the next thread. the wind spread destruction left behind in my yield, one of france's poorest overseas territories of the rescue. teams have already started to clear the debris left behind by the storm and help is on the way from france in the form of emergency workers and humanity hearing aid, a badly needed

mediterranean over the last few years and russia does not want to lose that.oing on now as the russian state tv and carpet it. representatives of the syrian armed opposition is talking about things like this as your capacity for future relationship so even though, moscow had supported basher al—assad for nine years and had sent him all of this military assistance to show him up and keep him in powerfor the last nine years, now that he has been toppled, russia is trying to find a dialogue with the new leadership clearly in this area. as the assad regime collapse, the doors to prisons were thrown open, hundreds of people walked out, many were thought to have beenjailed people walked out, many were thought to have been jailed for being opponents to assad although other criminals are likely to have taken advantage of the situation to escape. with me now is our middle east analyst. tell me more buses but is because one of the images that we have seen coming out of syria is people being liberated from the business for that i think it is going to be a defining image

yeah, he's catching diddy. >> yeah. >> he said he's the best fish of the mediterranean. i have no idea what he's talking about. >> well, hopefully we'll see. >> well, hopefully we'll taste it. well, he's supposed to deliver to le petit. nice. oh, that's right. >> eric works exclusively for this man, cheryl pasada. the extremely demanding chef owner of le pettiness. marseille's only three michelin star restaurant. >> i'm waiting for my fisherman, actually, it won't be long. >> it depends what the mediterranean sea will offer to us. >> so it's a long line here, tony. >> how long is the line? >> well, he says he has about 2 or 300 hooks, so we basically lays it out at night, comes back and pick it up. >> yeah tout le matÉriel a marseille qui vive comme vous dans la dans la vie. >> what's the saying? >> wow. in marseille is only five guys, five fishermen who were working like him. wow. you know, he has 300 hooks. >> he's writing and surviving. da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da. >> this must be the 12th fishing scene. no, i must have done 20 fishing scenes in my li

a 45 year-old family-run mediterranean restaurant is here to stay. we first told you about lot, mediterranean august when they were told they could ever do their lease. well, now the legacy businesses on san francisco's fillmore street have been offered a lease extension. kron 4 sarah stinson has the update. >>there's been a lot of change the last couple months here on fillmore street with for lease signs popping up. but customers and the owners of law mediterranean say they're relieved to hear it won't be vacant anytime soon to 45 a new lease on life david rowe. jen is excited as family restaurant la mediterranean has been given an extended lease until it's a great day. we are very, very happy today. we just got to celebrate the fact that we're going to be here for years to come. david rosen runs cafe la med. his father lavonne opened it 45 years ago for him. his life's work lives on and that's great. in the summer they were told their lease would not be renewed. but david rosen says they able to work out an agreement with the landlord, cody allen,

it gives them their only access to the mediterranean. they have lost some of their capability in the black sea with the black sea fleet. and now they're losing their ability to continue to conduct patrols and operations in the mediterranean sea. in addition to that, you've got potential damage to some of the russian ships in a place called kaliningrad, which is in the baltic sea. so russia is quickly losing some of their footholds in key locations and key bases throughout europe and the mediterranean and the levant. >> and obviously, one of the people that putin may see responsible for that is bashar al-assad. right. who putin just granted asylum to and let come to moscow. we have yet to actually see bashar al-assad in moscow. where do you think assad is? >> i think he's somewhere in russia, probably in moscow. you know, mr. putin has given asylum to a lot of people in moscow from the former ukrainian president back in 2014 to some of the extortionists within georgia in 2008. and now what we're seeing is additional potential for frozen c

and, remember, tartus is the only russian navy base in the whole of the mediterranean and it looks likeing to get pushed back here quite -- in quite a big way, and the iranians, of course, have had bad news on every front since the 7th of october. >> michael, we have a couple more minutes left. you scaled it up to the widest geopolitical stage if it is possible to call it that, mentioning russia. we have to bring in the u.s. as well given the situation in ukraine. we already had response this morning from president-elect donald trump, effectively saying russia lost interest in syria. it seems to be the case without his backers bashar al assad has fled and we don't know where. how do you see this playing out next in terms of u.s. and russian involvement? >> yeah, i mean, the russians, i think, you know, are -- this is a setback for them. i don't see how he'll bet get b into syria. we'll see what happens internally in syria, but it probably won't be good for the russians. i think there will be a lot of resentment because all the help they gave to assad was essentially air power. they bomb

latakia in the in the mediterranean this is all sort of in the alawite heartland, if you will of, of syria which is on the mediterranean coast so again, this was uh, in russia's interest to exert its influence. an old client, assad's father hafez al-assad, was a client, if you will, during the soviet union of the soviets you know, that's where a lot of their military equipment was purchased from. so those alliances were sort of old alliances but they were what shored up assad. but what he saw arrayed against him were islamist groups were western interests in terms of the united states backing kurdish groups and of course, a plethora of other smaller, uh regional groups. but what his leader was able to do significantly, what gilani was able to do significantly, was over the past number of years while their grouping had been cornered in the northwest of syria, was rekindled relationships with smaller rebel factional commanders and bring them back on board under an umbrella and get some significant training. it appears to become a cohesive effective force able to make the lightning move

russian bases in syria gave it a foothold in the eastern mediterranean. assad, will it lose that? today, i asked president putin's spokesperson what would happen to its basis. dimitri told me that would be discussed with syria's new leaders. losing its staunchest ally in the middle east is painful for the kremlin. vladimir putin had invested heavily in assad, determined to keep and empower -- him in power. in the end, it wasn't enough. the russian public, too, has questions about the last few days. i was surprise our military didn't step in to help syria's army, alexander says. but it is good assad is in moscow and that we don't abandon our guys. >> of course it would have been better if the situation had turned out differently. but things don't always go the way you want them to. vladimir putin is used to getting his own way. he hasn't in syria. lewis: let's speak now to a senior fellow, director at the future dhs project at the atlantic council thank you for coming on the program. can we start first of all with vladimir putin and bashar al-assad, and wh

they visit the mediterranean each and every year.g to get to the end of the show. thanks for being with us. coast-to-coast starts now. it is yours. neil we had some technology on its way, nasda

a 45 year-old family-run mediterranean restaurant is here to stay. we first told you about lot mediterranean august when they were told they couldn't renew their lease. now the legacy business on san francisco's fillmore street has been offered a lease extension. kron 4 sarah stinson following this story. she joins us now with the details. >> to 45 to spend. that is a new lease on life. the davis roshan is excited is family restaurant lot mediterranean has been given an extended lease until it's a great day. we are very, very happy today. we just got to celebrate the fact that we're going to be here for years to come. david trojan runs cafe la med. his father lavonne opened it 45 years ago for him. his life's work lives on and that's great. in the summer they were told their lease would not be renewed. but david rosen says they were able to work out an agreement with the landlord, cody allen, and you might have really >> showing that they care about the small businesses on the block our agreement. you know, our our lease extension is a reflection of

and as yvette cooper was in italy, another rescue and more lives lost in the mediterranean, all partnews. south korea's constitutional court has begun reviewing the impeachment of president yoon suk yeol, over his attempt to impose martial law earlier this month. the court has up to six months to decide whether to remove yoon from office or to reinstate him. it comes after prosecutors say the impeached president has failed to respond to a summons for questioning. mr yoon was removed from office on saturday. his impeachment has intensified political turmoil in the country, with growing calls for accountability over his actions. officials have confirmed that they are now planing to re—issue the order again. the former president has not yet commented on these latest summons. earlier, i spoke to dr sung—yoon lee, global fellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. prosecutors have summoned the impeached president for questioning, he has not turned up, where'd you think all of this could be leading? the impeachment _ this could be leading? the impeachment trial - this c

and that was also certainly something where the russians projected power into the mediterranean arealot of conflicts that were going on in the mediterranean area from that, that port town as well for the for the russians. so this syria is very, very important for the russians. was very important. bashar al-assad was very important so for them, really is unclear what will happen next for their forces on the ground. and of course, also for russia's standing inside the middle east. >> max, obviously this happened very quickly, but i'm just wondering how the state media in russia are framing this yeah, yeah. >> so that's something that we actually kept an eye on a lot yesterday and in the beginning of the day yesterday, when it was clear that assad had fallen and there was a big transition taking place there, really wasn't very much in the way of coverage on state media. they did lead the new newscasts, but it certainly wasn't something that was dealt with in depth in wall to wall coverage, like you would see on a lot of western channels, a lot of middle eastern channels as well. the oth

the has destroyed the syrian navy with idea of strikes, targeting strategic facilities in the mediterranean part of that talk in ships were engulfed in flames during overnight attacks with fixed plumes of smoke below again to the media report said that about 10 navy ships way ahead as well as military storage facilities on this scientific research center, these where the prime minister claims that the action is being taken to prevent you hide this from acquiring c o in military assets. and he resides the rights to response to the new authorities in the case of a need to right. and then we have no intention of interfering and serious internal affairs govern, but we have every intention to do what is necessary to ensure our security in this context. and i authorize the air force to bomb strategic military capabilities left behind by the syrian army. so that they would not fall into the hands of the jihadists. so we want relations with the new regime in syria. but if this regime allows iran to reestablish itself in syria or allows the transfer of, of ronnie and weapons or any other weapons to

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and everyone knows that there's a massive amounts of oil and gas in the mediterranean. for sure. yeah. so this is an economical i'm a political uh, recent, it's not tucked here. his pointing thing is that these are all for it. sampling on serious territorial integrity. but the accusation comes as a major diamond, though no fault of the country was reportedly being knocked out of service after being attacked by tuck it back forces in the area. meanwhile, reports suggest tucker's intelligence unit destroyed. 12 trucks, profit with missiles and other weapon received by the curtis down workers bought in syria, a local report to witnessed the attack and sent us this report. info stuff up. we're not going to jot out. seems so the see how you're doing this. all of these then for just anonymous. so he said he says, well, this is the now hundreds of civilians, mostly women and children had been killed and injured in syria over the past 2 weeks with hospitals overwhelmed with casualties. and that's according to the united nations. meanwhile, although h t as flags to protect the video, syri

, the military presence, and that, that, that is, it is limited to, to, to that the mediterranean coast. if eventually looking for see a potential situation where those militants, the top russians basis, russia will fight back. but i think really the main question is that the main issue is that we're not quite there yet. and i would, i would look at the situation more from a broader, big like sort of taking more of a broad point, a broad view of russia here. and that is russia remains and world in a larger war with the west. right. and that war is playing out in ukraine and it is playing out in syria. but ukraine is a bigger priority for russia. if russia lose the position in syria, it would certainly represent a strategic defeat. but also it's in that, but that, but the, the bigger game over to our, with the west and, and ukraine will continue. let's look at how we got here. what is behind this success for the is list groups and 0? is it simply because aside, supporters in the region and around the globe are tied up in complex elsewhere as well? that's the way we got here. specifically

thanks to unsettled weather, working its way out of the mediterranean, across into, to kia and further reveal. but you can see on thursday, it's an improved picture, with temperatures picking up slightly for places like lebanon and syria over the next few days, temperatures across the gulf or the south of us all where we expect them to be for this time. here is a very settled picture here, not so settled. however, across the north of africa, we go to nice the weather feature pulling across the mediterranean, re some very strong winds to the likes of algeria to new z and libya, some heavy rain as well. and those winds kick out towards the west of africa where we could see some dust storms in places like mauritania and further afield. a thanks to those stronger wins thursday into friday. the southern bots of africa. we've got some very wet weather developing across tens and e attaching down into northern parts of mozambique, metal gasket as well. a few showers across eastern areas of south africa, but it's all about the heat blasting into boats. wanna gab around, say, 40 degrees on frida

and there are reports of is really strikes on serious charts as the region near the mediterranean coast. footage on social media appears to show a massive explosion of a weapon. storage size. the i'm good, how about is welcome to the program authorities and the french overseas territory. of my you all say a 100. so a perhaps even thousands of people have been killed by the most destructive psych loan and nearly a century. and the islands of the east african coast were already fronds as ports overseas region. before sight loan shadow, flattened into communities. that a transports by the french military, we have stuff to arrive as rescues race to stave off a human need. terry and disaster 1st came the winds and rain from cycling chito and then came the next thread, the widespread destruction left behind them. i yield one of france's poorest overseas territories rescue teams have already started to clear the debris left behind by the storm. and help is on the way from france, in the form of emergency workers and humanitarian aid. a badly needed lifeline for those who have already lost ever

and repulsive is rarely strikes on serious talk to this region near the mediterranean coast. this video footage appears to show a massive explosion that the weapon storage site the guy that has woke up to the program authorities in the french overseas territory of my yacht. hundreds or even thousands of people have been killed by the most destructive psych loan in nearly a century. the islands of the east african coast was already francis forest overseas region, before the cycle and shy though flattened entire communities. that process interior minister has arrived to join prizes opperation. the french military has delivered aid supplies as rescue as race to stave off. as too many tyran disaster of the 1st came, the winds and rain from cycle jeter, and then came the next thread. the wind spread destruction left behind them. i don't wonder frances, poorest overseas territories rescue teams have already started to clear the debris left behind by the storm. and help is on the way from france in the form of emergency workers and 2 men at henry and 8 a badly needed lifeline for th

and everyone knows that there's a massive amounts of oil and gas in the mediterranean for sure. yeah. so again, it's an economical and political uh, reason. the idea is, is kind of about $480.00 attacks on syria in the past, 48 hours obliterating the syrian navy and taking any of the flu, of anti ashcroft batteries on weapons production. sense the that is around say that targeted strategic facilitates in the mediterranean pool with the talk you ship swore and gulf in flames during open light attacks with thick plumes of smoke blowing into the as well as department claims the bombardments was taken to prevent holland. it's from acquiring military assets. i think he reserves the right to respond to this. there is any threats from the new source phase. and then we have no intention of interfering in syria's internal affairs, but we have every intention to do what is necessary to ensure our security. in this context, i authorize the air force to bomb strategic military capabilities left behind by the syrian army, so that they would not fall into the hands of the jihadists. we want r

uh, important that you have that mediterranean presence. i think it's somewhat important for the russians. i don't deny that. i think all things considered the russians would prefer the side stay in power for sure, and that they keep the bases. but i think if they lose the bases, it's not that big a deal because wielding influence has been, at least in the final analysis, is not that important to the russians. and if they'd prefer that, who is that chief, to support syria for iran and russia as compared to? i agree, obviously it's more important to a run. we take this central, i'll give you need to a run, and that's how we were around, would see it. why didn't they pour the money into was needed to ensure up the all positions rises. now guys are in syria or i think they were committed to helping syria defend itself against the h t. s. and the other groups. there is no question about that. but the problem they faced is that syria was incapable of defending itself, and there were just limits to, with both the radiance and the russians could d

the wishful thinking coming out the russian foreign ministry that the 2 bases was safe on the mediterranean. how important to these bases, and does this mean the end of russian power in the middle east suddenly uh, in terms of um, an expression of power if the bases and talk to us and a lot takia are gone. well, i think there's no question that syria was important for russia, for purposes of having influence in the middle east. they don't have any basis any place else. and if they lose those bases serious, it's hard to see where they can go. and you know, it's not clear they're going to lose the bases. and in my, do you think, what do you think? i, i don't know. i mean, it's just impossible to say at this point in time when sees evidence that the regime is cooperating with the russians and not interested in throwing the russians out, the new regime. and one can make an argument that the russians have an interest in state. one could also make an argument that the russians or to just cut their losses and get out because it just doesn't matter that much. i think what's happened in syria is a b

we say system is a rolling of the mediterranean pushing and across the events, rain, sleet, and snow, disruptive weather, already known as the conditions you see who it slides its way across the rock into around more of the same as we go on through sunday. pushing for the east, which will see a few wintry flowers. and it wasn't a little positive of kind of stuff, but it's up towards the mediterranean where we have most schools, full consent, lots of wet weather, strong winds blasting through already gnostic conditions by western side of syria, 11 on saying live, you showers, that wet and miserable weather, extending data across the good parts of the gaza roadways were out as we go through the next couple of days, and that will be there until the middle part of the week. so no quick improvement coming through here. let me go with some snow packing in behind the over the mountains of tuck. yeah. meanwhile, a few shower sol, so affecting the finals of africa on that brisk wins. more of the same as we go one through sunday may a lot of good scattering showers across central africa. and th

the mediterranean will bring some large showers in across the north coast of africa . some heavy rain here and that is likely to cause some localized flooding over the next couple of days. the, there's no limit to have a dream container. stuff in your own adventure, no counter and things. the hello again, this is a reminder of our top stories. this, our contact has been lost with the come on hospital in northern goes to most of its own fire. operating rooms and, and emergency departments have been such a life after as rarely forces storms, the facilities daunted on stones and patients to leave the syrians are observing a day of remembrance to one of the people killed at june. the 13 year war. crowds are also rejoicing on mount costume, which overlooks damascus. syrians has not been allowed access to the mountains is 2011, and the civil war broke counts. as a by john airline says initial findings reveal external interference, most likely damaged. it's aircraft that crushed in conflicts down on wednesday. the u. s. is early indications show russian and defense systems mu