he was running around in north africa and so forth. but, after the war iran into this woman, she was a beauty, i did not meet her personally but talk to her on the phone. she tried out for the part for the lead actress in gone with the wind. she was one of the women that tried out for that. she did not get it but she was a richmond beauty. she married clifton. it was not a good thing. [laughter] i have letters but in any event, it did not quite work. i did not write very much -- that was one of the things that got set aside. out of concern for the family and so forth it was not relevant. >> hi. i did some work on a book who worked under marshall and a tremendous respect for him. while i was doing that i developed the incredible respect for marshall. i personally think is a greatest general although everybody would cite patton, marshall bedded eisenhower for his service. no wonder about your idea of them battle and where the credit is due, personally i think the strategist of the quite nice behind the scene and make things happen. if it

and then they're supposed to bring them to the nearest safe port and since they don't consider north africa libya and the region around it to be safe they bring them to italy shores and lampedusa why has it become such a focus for this issue well lampedusa is an island it's an italian island it's closer to north africa than it is to europe so that's where a lot of the ships are heading once they rescue people off the coast of libya and that's what they're doing they're going down to the coast of libya to pick up people they say it's because a lot of people are drowning off the coast of libya as soon as they set out of course the italian government says well you're going all the way down there so you're acting as a taxi service for migrants who want to make it from north africa to europe so this situation looks like it is it is going to drag on for some time yeah. if she's lucky the courts look like they're not as insistent as interior minister matteo salvini who's the right wing interior minister and italy they're not as insistent on punishing. but the situation of course is only going to g

much normal even below normal and that means most of western europe is hotter than a good part of north africa even down that's why i'm going to talk about 42 starbucks the same is paris really certainly some now jerry it will be hot but it has been hotter up around the coasts a pleasant sea breeze keeps 30 you know which is. sponsored by countdown and. i have been looking at your instagram account and reading the atlas for behind the scenes they. this is a dialogue when donald trump announced his candidacy for president after them everyone has a voice. for democrats to. join the global conversation on your thoughts your twitter and. on al-jazeera. hello again you're watching al-jazeera let me take you through our top stories this hour boris johnson is set to become the next prime minister of the united kingdom in the coming hours johnson has pledged to take the u.k. out of the e.u. by the end of october. iran's deputy foreign minister says terran will secure the straits of hormuz and not allow any disturbance to the shipping where iran sees the u.k. flagged oil tanker on friday it's only denm

they walk all across north africa. everywhere kirk goes, he always carries with him a portable typewriter. that thing is everywhere and his letters -- i'm 48. in all my years of research, i have never seen a body of letters like what he left. the guy never stopped writing. he could do 120 words in minute. he had a photographic memory, just amazing. 1963, he walks across the desert with this hungarian scholar and he wears the whole time a iece tweed suit across the moroccan dessert. he carries with him not only his typewriter, but he has this huge cane that has a sword in it. tsa would not allow this now, obviously. usually carried a revolver were herever he went. he's just an absolute eccentric, and of course, bedouin children, they follow him everywhere. just this bizarre character walking across, ends up in europe after this whole thing, gets to an opera in italy. i think he is in florence. they show up at the opera after this journey. he had a count dracula cape he had won for one of his horror stories. he got the c

ended in march because member states could not agree on how to divide up migrants arriving from north africa.

maddie pennet went to england, north africa. the boat she was on was torpedoed. toward the end of the war she became part of the personal staff of general eisenhower. this is this young woman from ft. kent, maine, end of route 1. she's just kind of indicative of the women who served during that time. it's wonderful to hear the stories of the families that come in or they've had a teacher or whomever who served during world war ii. you know, those women changed america. they came home from the war. they had the g.i. bill. for the first time they could go to college on their own or get some training on their own. and they did. they became our teachers, they were business leaders, they were involved in their communities in different ways because of the things they had learned in the military. they were parachute riggers, link trainers where they taught men to fly. they served in various places here in washington, d.c. many of them served in intelligence areas, were part of the team that broke the japanese code. >> x-ray technicians, inspectors of harmy meat, teacher

that needs to be done infrastructure for example needs to be put in place before africa can compete favorably with asia or north america and even europe now various additional problems that africa needs to sort out before this finally takes off and that is the key issue of security from the sale region right across africa countries are battling extremist violence and communal clashes from within their own states and leaders are calling for quick action to resolve them. with the future looks bright for our countries and continent but the looming threats of terrorism the looming threats of criminal organizations and into cupidity conflicts could jeopardize this beautiful future and these are strategic threats that could without appropriate responses destroying our state institutions and for the ordinary africans on the street he is looking he's expecting a lot from leaders a lot from these countries to establish this single market so that he can have jobs he can have the peace of mind and he can work towards earning a living however economies want but the expectations should be tempered because there is a lot of

they had seen action in north africa and other places. italy, sicily, there was an attempt on d-day to give the first infantry division that section of omaha beach because the other section went to the 29th and for entry who were the national guard and they were untested in battle. the first infantry division knew what was going to happen within reason or is the 29th, when they landed, they really did not have a feel for combat. how important is it for young soldiers, teenagers, to be thrown into war who feel invincible? >> you know, it is a complex question, isn't it? you want them to have some sense of what it is they are getting themselves into so they are not shocked. i do not care how much combat you have seen, you land on omaha beach, you have seen saving private ryan, that first 22 minutes gives you a pretty good idea of the intensity of combat occurring there at the time. so, you want them to have some sense of what they are getting into. on the other hand, you do not want them to be paralyzed with anxiety. you know, some part of

the island of lampedusa is closer to north africa than italy but migrants aren't welcome. last month italy's interior minister and deputy prime minister met they are said vinie issued to korean posing heavy fines a migrant boats which trespass into italian waters. you know yeah i am not reopening italian ports especially if you ask me to there is a german ship and then you take care of it or we put them all on a bus in front of the german embassy that's enough and this applies to the french the dutch and to anyone who thinks anything can be done in italy. but just over a week ago. after rescuing dozens of migrants the captain of a german rescue ship was arrested when she defied italian orders and docked in lampedusa and italian judges since ordered karoly rocketed to be freed from house arrest saying she'd been acting to save. the human rights group says 681 people have died while attempting to cross the mediterranean just this year but many continue to attempt the dangerous the crossing in search of a better life. and rescue crews say they'll continue to put the lives of

underlining the growing concerns not only here in the sahara region of africa but in many other parts of the continent from north to south east to west and in the hurt of africa 2 governments are struggling to contain communal clashes and violent extremism african leaders hope the new free trade deal is the answer to help reduce the poverty that helps fuel the fighting experts say an african common market will come with additional risks that as national organized criminals protect advantage of this free movement you know to rule for one country to another and that is can just his or to perpetrate the yeah and if i was activities so definitely there will be looking for the for the chink in the are you looking for the weak link in the countries do not have you know security architecture that at some countries risk safe heaven you know or terrorist or criminal or organized criminals the government say they're working to stop that from happening. we have decided to escalate our security approach in dealing with these attacks and violence so that's africa union will come in and take charge this way the cell region wi

the island of lampedusa is closer to north africa than italy but migrants welcome. last month italy's interior minister and deputy prime minister met their salvini issued to create imposing heavy fines a migrant boats which trespass into italian waters. normally oh yeah i am not reopening a tally imports especially if you ask me to there is a german ship and then you take care of it or we put them all on a bus in front of the german embassy vats enough and this applies to the french the dutch and to anyone who thinks anything can be done in italy. but just over a week ago after rescuing dozens of migrants the captain of a german rescue ship was arrested when she defied italian orders and docked in lampedusa and italian judges since ordered corona rocketed to be freed from house arrest saying she'd been acting to save. the human rights group says 681 people have died while attempting to cross the mediterranean just this year but many continue to attempt the dangerous a crossing in search of a better life. and rescue crews say they'll continue to put the lives of refu

by 940 nazi germany and he said talley and allies were making gains in europe and north africa isolated on the man. and increasingly concerned about the japanese threat to its asian dominions person desperately needed more troops so despite earlier reservations it turned to a sex with economists launching an intense recruitment drive. i am more money. we're only 90 minute. go where i need out. there were. many africans were reluctant to enlist in this white man's war but britain had 3 key tactics to recruit them the 1st was presenting army life is economic opportunity another was propaganda. war that hitler wanted to seize their land land that of course had already been colonized by the purchase themselves through that new movie. but there we go where am. i going to go with regular. guy mabrouk to get there. there was a 3rd means of recruitment force officially conscription was ruled out and the lisp was supposed to be entirely voluntary but desperate to raise numbers colonial officials would often pressure local chiefs and now it is to find the men and turn a blind eye to how they went

the second came in north africa. in north africa, he had thought -- sought through his whole career to have command of combat troops. he was dedicated to getting to that point where he would have direct command of combat troops. that was his ambition. major ambition. the british, however, maneuvered at the casablanca conference in 1943. and cleverly, in the terrific staff work, they were really good, almost as good as the navy is. the navy is tremendous about achieving their political ends, as were some other people in ike's career. but, the british maneuvered and they inserted a brit between ike and the combat forces. did that hurt him? well, yes. he had worked all this time to get to that point. he was supreme commander in africa. now he did not have direct command. he had to go through a british officer. you probably already know this. there was a lot of strain within the alliance. the brits were contemptuous of american troops. the brits were absolutely certain they had won world war i, not us. the brits were abs

-- bring in thatt alley again my a seor policy fellow deputy director for the middle east and north africa program at the european council on foreign relations of the thank you very much for joining us on france -- twenty four the iranian revolutionary guards to saying that iran isn't pursuing a nuclear weapon. and that the world knows that the us of course that stance is that it's the reverse. who do you think we should believe? well there's a body equal the international atomic energy agency that charged with very flying and inspecting. iran's claims so fault they claim that iran has been a finding findingng y your committ up until a few weeks ago when it all started to reduce its compliance. and this monitoring a agency is charged by the international community to essentially. verify iran's came so i think we should be. looking to the iaea inspectors on the ground that have fifteen occasions verify that iran's nuclear program remains for peaceful purposes. and yeyet the united states dond trump has the stance that is it is maintaining. i'm now ellie did around has breached t the uranium

that's especially true for north africa gross domestic product growth collapsed during last raw material slump in 2014 and after recovering it's back in the doldrums again east africa offers a complete contrast it's the fastest growing region on the continent and growth remains stable at 6 percent this year. countries like kenya and ethiopia are driving the boom both of managed to diversify their economies set up manufacturing bases and establish their own banking structures economists say that makes them more robust especially when crisis strikes. and now to some of the other business stories making the news. european central bank member only lane says the economic slowdown in the eurozone is no longer temporary and that the bank must develop policy alternatives if the slump gets any worse slow economic growth has lasted over a year and has been aggravated by trade to see a former georgia bank managing director who face criminal charges that he helped manipulate global euro bore interest rates has been cleared by in london jury and was the 7th benchmark manipulation case brought by the

treatment program infections are down more than 50 percent since 2010 but it's not all looking good north africa has seen a 10 percent increase in infection rates the u.n. also warns that global if it's the disease was stalling because of the drop in funding we spoke to from the joint united nations program on hiv and aids we austin what is contributing to the successes in easton and southern africa. there is a lot of financial resources that have gone to the response in east and southern africa those resources have come both from national governments for example so africa base for a large fraction of its response but it has also come from a donor countries and of course it is the region that has the highest problems or the occurrence of each of the infections and therefore likely it is both a hyper authority priority in the country and also doing arce are ready to contribute to or to the response in those countries some of the programs that have been successful in the free agent include programs that do mail medical circumcision and so several countries actually have already achieved targets th

bbc arabic‘s survey of people across the middle east and north africa has looked at attitudes to sexn impact on sex education. let's return to our top story and the debate between borisjohnson and jeremy hunt in the contest to be the uk's next prime minister. vicky young has been speaking to a supporter of the foreign secretary. the first and only had televised debate and there were some moments where it was getting a bit touchy there. we talked to a supporter of borisjohnson there. we talked to a supporter of boris johnson and that there. we talked to a supporter of borisjohnson and that speak now to the supporter ofjeremy hunt. boris johnson was a bit rude saying that you have no optimism and you are not someone you have no optimism and you are not someone who really believes in brexit you'll just be someone who really believes in brexit you'lljust be the same managerial leader may. boris is full of laughs and blustar saw that tonight. jeremy hunt was strong on the fact and details. but he also had some telling blows. he played the full a bit once again, boris, andjeremy the full a

that's especially true for north africa gross domestic product growth collapsed during last raw material slump in 2014 and after recovering it's back in the doldrums again the east africa offers a complete contrast it's the fastest growing region on the continent and growth remains stable at 6 percent this year. countries like kenya and ethiopia are driving the boom both of managed to diversify their economies set at manufacturing bases understandably so their own banking structures economists say that makes them more robust especially when crisis strikes. let's talk about this with to be our larkham one of john's minister your rival she is a senior economist at the guy institute for african affairs in hamburg to be here how dangerous is this what we've just heard for african economies which countries are going to be hit 1st well 1st of all of course any major trade conflict that slows down global economic growth will also affect africa but to what extent it does and whether we really need to expect a crisis of course depends on the negotiations themselves but if the trade conflict inten

and so for now how europe should deal with people sailing from north africa in search of a better life remains unresolved. now to cape town in south africa where the military has started patrolling the streets and parts of the city it's part of a government plan to quell the escalating violence the soldiers have been called in to bring order to a district called cape flats where almost a 1000 people have been murdered our correspondent adrienne krishna reports from the city. 1 receiving an option for peace right in the cape town township of man and when the. child was. to carry adams these daily demonstrations have become a disappointing ritual he's lived here for almost 50 years and says the level of violence nowadays has never been so bad father to 5 children adams worries about their future none of us feel safe in this is in this environment how schoolchildren goes. freely in the roads you see it's a lot of innocent people that said to that's been dying man and. the residents here have been organizing these protests on a daily basis for 2 months now but nothing much has happened sin

brought them here say they picked them up not far from lampedusa that's the italian island between north africa and italy now what. happened just earlier just minutes before that was that an ngo an italian and you announced that they had picked up about the same number of migrants off the coast of libya and were headed toward this island as well lampedusa and italian deputy prime minister matteo salvini who comes from the right wing said that he would not allow that he told them to turn around and head toward tunisia and don't forget 20 about 24 hours ago there was also the report of about 80 deaths of people making the same dangerous trip from libya to this island lampedusa you know the true i'm wondering if it'll ease interior minister materials i mean if he is stopping the other group of migrants from coming is sure i mean how did these 55 how how did they make it safely into your. right that's the question why can the italian coast guard continue to bring migrants to this island without the response of mateo salvia any the major difference i see watch explain this to me is that the sea watc

more than 100 refugees are still hoping to be allowed as the standoff of the sea traffic from north africa continues its a coming up something in california that is ruffled by one of its biggest earthquakes in 2 decades the magnitude $7.00 quake shakes buildings cops power supplies and sparks fires and more tremors may be on the way. down before the u.s.a.'s netherlands meet in the final of the women's world cup the football studio audience and scenery says the tournament will have more teams and to double the prize money in the future. time on you kids mackinnon thanks so much for joining us to aid ships carrying more than $100.00 migrants rescued at sea have been denied permission to dock at the italian island of lampedusa italy's interior minister. has closed the island's ports to the ships now this comes off to an italian court freed a couple of key to the german caps and of another rescue boat and she is now in hiding. not enough drinking water out at sea on a dinghy without a satellite phone or navigation system that's how the charity see i describe conditions on the dinghy holding 6

and then you have the other people who see it as n.g.o.s going out and picking up people from north africa and bringing them to europe's shores so if you take that as an example for all of europe and certainly things are becoming more polarized. i mean s.-s. in lampedusa for us thank you very much now to some of the other stories making news around the world. in hong kong tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are marching through the city the rally is expected to end outside a controversial train station linking hong kong to the chinese mainland the activists want to raise awareness among tourists arriving from mainland china the protests were sparked several weeks ago by a law that would allow extraditions to mainland china. greek voters casting their ballots in the 1st national election since the country's financial bailout leftist prime minister alexis tsipras his party is expected to be ousted by the conservative opposition sippers his babbling to overcome a 10 point deficit in opinion polls. seismologists are warning that powerful aftershocks could continue to shape californ

and then you have the other people who see it as n.g.o.s going out and picking up people from north africa and bringing them to europe shores so if you take that as example for all of europe and certainly things are becoming more polarized. in lampedusa for us thank you very much iran has warned that within hours it will begin enriching uranium beyond the limits set by its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers at a press conference senior iranian officials also said tehran would keep reducing its commitments every 60 days unless the remaining signatories of the pact moved to protect it from u.s. sanctions tehran's decision comes a year after president donald trump unilaterally withdrew the u.s. from the deal aimed at curbing iran's nuclear program. greeks are voting today in a general election that was called 3 months early by the country's left wing prime minister alexis tsipras suffered a stinging defeat in the european parliament elections in may the ballot comes as the country is emerging from a decade of financial crisis that splashed the size of autonomy by foreigner and sen

against north africa twice on sunday. it should be some day. concentration until the end. you have to keep focus until the end to win. because if you lose concentration you miss opportunities and you are out, you are not qualifying. to golf, and there's a four way tussle at the top of the leaderboard heading into the second round of the scottish open in north berwick. matt kuchar is one of them, the american finishing with two eagles on the back nine to hold a joint one shot lead on 8—under. south african trevor immelman was one of two players who fired a hole in one on the 15th. he's three shots back on 5—under. while one shot adrift of that, on a—under, is northern ireland's rory mcilroy as he prepares for next week's open championship at royal portrush. on the lpga tour, there's a two way tie at the top after the first round of the marathon classic in ohio. canada's alena sharp and south korea's chun youngin are on 7—under — and they lead a group of four which includes two—time major winner stacey lewis, who only had one bogey to show in an

is the middle east and north africa deputy director of adding this team to national joins us live from london by skype good to have you with us 1st of all let's start with what's obviously happened all the cold notes of such migrant centers generally well known. well the location of the migrant detention center it's very well known yes absolutely with regards to the specific that pension center and social order. east of tripoli or it in the eastern suburbs of tripoli it has been known to the warring parties and it was hit by an airstrike already on the 7th of may and at that time amnesty international had warned of the dangers of keeping much of the holding migrants in that tension center is next to active. next to combat. so how could this repeatedly happen then i mean is there i don't. i don't try to get you to draw any conclusions but is it feasibly is in the realm of possibility that this could repeatedly be hit by mistake. well e.c. the. immigration detention center as far as we understand and as far as we have there are hired with satellite imagery as well as interviews but that

decree little over 3 weeks ago saying that n g o ships these are the private ships that go to north africa and pick up people who are trying by boat to get to italy they pick them up and taken to lampedusa which is the closest european port he said he wants to stop them and he just recently after 2 boats successfully made it into lampedusa defying his order he made it he wants to make it even harder so the fine will now be a 1000000 euros instead of 50000 and he's even considering putting warships out there to physically block the boats from coming in but again there's been many deaths out at sea over a 1000 year 1000 people this year so the people from the ngos that i talked to see it as a matter of life and death and i'm sure we'll see more standoffs as they try to save lives on the mediterranean. sea for porting from sicily italy thank you. i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world . the lower house of the french parliament has passed a landmark law to fight online hate speech it will force social media networks to or move content that is found

generated by the strength of the sun but the wind directions a different effect again through north africa we've seen temperatures in tunisia and southern iraq or scrapper to the low forty's it's much colder now in tunis. participation.

underlining the growing concerns not only here in the sahara region of africa but in many other parts of the continent from north to south east west and in the hurt of africa 2 governments are struggling to contain communal clashes and violent extremism. african leaders hope the new free trade deal is the answer to help reduce the poverty that helps fuel the fighting. experts say an african common market will come with additional risks that as national organized crime criminals could take advantage of this free movement you know to floor from one country to another and it is killed just as or to perpetrate their nefarious activities so definitely do looking for the for the chink in the armor you looking for the weak link if the countries do not have you know security act at some countries risk becoming safe heaven for you know or terrorist or criminal organized criminals governments say they're working to stop that from happening. we have decided to escalate our security approach in dealing with these attacks and violence so that's africa union will come in and take charge. this way the cell region will be safer

italy greece and spain which process the most asylum applications because of their proximity to north africa and the middle east fear corporation a common european asylum system must be exactly that common. we can only have stable external borders if we give enough help to member states chasing the most pressure because of where they are on the map we need solidarity. from the ally and earn the endorsement of germany's original top choice for the job man fed viva sistani and she is a committed european and that's why we will pursue our goals together with her she has a european peoples party firm support and our vote just it's one thing. a number of your of social democrats have also given her their blessing but the far right and the far left criticized her speech calling it a bouquet of empty promises. so respecting a decision about 15 minutes or so we're allowed bring that to you live and have reports on that from strasburg and here they had about we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world but 1st a bold a patient in goma a major city in the east of the dem

the island of lampedusa is closer to north africa than italy but migrants aren't welcome. last month italy's interior minister and deputy prime minister met there said vinie issues to korean posing heavy fines a migrant boats which trespass into italian waters. nor leave yeah i am not reopening a tally imports especially if you ask me to there is a german ship and then you take care of it or we put them all on a bus in front of the german embassy vats enough and this applies to the french the dutch and to anyone who thinks anything can be done in italy. but just over a week ago after rescuing dozens of migrants the captain of a german rescue ship was arrested when she defied italian orders and docked in lampedusa an italian judge's since ordered corona rocketed to be freed from house arrest saying she'd been acting to save. the human rights group says 681 people have died while attempting to cross the mediterranean just this year but many continue to attempt the dangerous the crossing in search of a better life. and rescue crews say they'll continue to put the lives of ref

he gave a decree over three weeks ago saying that ships the go to north africa and cap people who arerying to get to italy, they pick them up and take them to the closest european port. he said he wants to stop them and he recently after two votes successfully made it in defying his order, he wants to make it even harder. the fine will be one million eueuros. he is even considering putting warships out there to physically block the votes from coming in. brent: that was our reporter from the closed migrant camp in sicily. here are the other stories making headlines around the world. nigeria's parliament has been on lock down after clashes between police and shiite muslim protesters. shots were fired but police and the demonstrators blamed the shooting on each other. minority groups have regularly protested outside the assembly calling for the release of their leader who has been detained since 2015. china has demanded that the u.s. immediately cancel a proposed sale of more than $2 billion or the arms to taiwan. the deal includes tanks and missiles. it would be the first big-ticket u.s

by 940 nazi germany and he said talley and allies were making gains in europe and north africa isolated on the man. and increasingly concerned about the japanese threat to its asian dominions person desperately needed more troops so despite earlier reservations it turned to a sexy call and he's launching an intense recruitment drive. now you wrote i am more money. we're only 90000000 think. it's wrong go where i knew where my not bad there were. many africans were reluctant to enlist in this white man's war but britain had 3 key tactics to recruit them the 1st was presenting army life is economic opportunity another was propaganda. war that hitler wanted to seize that land land that of course had already been colonized by the purchased themselves through that new movie. but there we go where am. i going to go with a goddamn meaning a guy mabrouk to get there. there was a 3rd means of recruitment force officially conscription was ruled out and the lispund was supposed to be entirely voluntary but desperate to raise numbers colonial officials would often pressure local chiefs and now it i

. >> for now, how e europe shoulud deal witith people sailing from north africa in search of a bettere remains unresolved. brent: here is a look at the other stories making headlines around the world. the united states has removed turkey from its f35 stealth fighter jet program. it came after russia began installing their air defense system last w week. washington fears it could allow russia together inside information about america's stealth fighter. taliban have killed scores of others by detonating two bombs. authorities said that the dead included police and civilians. a moroccan court has sentenced two men to death for the murder of two scandinavian women last year. louisa gustaffson and marlin ula. police in western germany say that they have or today possible terrorist attack after raiding the homes of suspected islamist extremists. police reportedly detained six men for questioning. now to japan where 33 people have been confirmed dead in a fire and an animation studio in the city of kyoto. police say the fire were started deliberately. a suspect has been detained and taken to