nova scotia is a latin word for new scotland.ure, their language, their dance, their music, anything that was associated with the gaelic culture. speaks in gaelic. that means, "a dry lake won't do the fishing". it means you can't do anything without getting wet. if you're going to do something, you have to get involved in it. this is my farm. i have a few cows in the field. her name is bellach. the people who had her before named her bella. so ijust gave it a gaelic pronunciation. i mostly teach gaelic for a living. my last name is macarthur, which is a gaelic name. but i don't really know too much about the gaelic culture in my own family. in this community, at least up until the 19505, everyone spoke gaelic. and in the early 1900s there was an education act, people weren't allowed to teach gaelic in school orjust speak gaelic in school, it had to be only english. and i think it was kind of dramatic for a lot of people that they were going to school and sometimes being punished for speaking their native language. it was somethin

the ao—foot cheeki rafiki lost its keel 700 miles off nova scotia three years ago, killing all four ofer on the tv drama the bill has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for trying to hire a series of hitmen to kill his long—term partner. david harris, who's 68, offered three men £200,000 to murder his partner hazel allison. he wanted to inherit her fortune, and start a new life with a woman he'd met in a brothel. duncan kennedy reports. david harris was with his partner, hazel, for 30 years, but unknown to her, he also had a girlfriend, ugne cekaviciute, who he had met in a brothel. to keep her and get rid of hazel, harris went looking to hire not one, not two, but three hit men, all of whom were completely innocent of his real intentions. harris first approached christopher may, a private detective, who secretly recorded harris, suggesting hazel should be killed after a visit to the hospital. harris then made this chilling comment. when christopher may backed out, harris turned to duke dean. the pair were seen here meeting in london. mr dean told me harris offered him £175,000 to ki

[applause] it is where, a hundred years to help englanders rust their nova scotia cousins after the halifax explosion of 1970. -- 1917. weeks ago when the newport sailing race got hit with strong winds and personnel and wentm planes immediately into rescue mode. that is what friends and neighbors do for one another. we are there for each other. we step up. the canada-u.s. border is sometimes referred to as the longest undefended border in the world. that is actually wrong. our shared border is very well defended. we defend it together against common threats. the only joint command relationship in the world, to nato to counterterrorism to the basic street-level policing, canadians and americans work shoulder to shoulder, keeping each other safe. as long as any of us here can remember and further back than that, we have done this. that is the context into which i would like to say a few words to about canada's outreach to the united states this year. has variously been described by analysts and canadian, an exceptionally canadian, unprecedented, highly predictable, and perhaps most comfortabl

firefighting planes and crews from the provinces of ottawa and nova scotia are being sent to help onhe front lines. the federal public safety minister announced the fires are expected to worsen. a state of emergency remains in place in british columbia. nine people have died in a flash flood in a river canyon in the u.s. state of arizona. of a familytions that have been celebrating a birthday were among the victims, five of them children. have continued to search for one man in his 20's after a thunderstorm dumped 38 millimeters of rain in just one hour. fighting is intensifying in frack. the islamic state organizations main stronghold and capital in syria. syrian forces getting backing from the united states say they have recaptured one neighborhood west of the city. hundreds of civilians have fled the area. into raqqa.eper the u.s. led coalition pounded the city on monday on what's been described as the heaviest day of bombardment to date. meanwhile on the ground syrian democratic forces say they are making progress. recapturing a large neighborhood on the western outskirts of the

douglas innes had been responsible for the cheeki rafiki, which lost its keel 700 miles off nova scotiaer failing to agree on a verdict on four manslaughter charges against innes. my my correspondent this year, what more can you tell us? desperately sad story going back to me 2014 when the cheeki rafiki sankjust of the cause of nova scotia but the loss of four lives. the boat was eventually found with his life raft but the bodies of the victims have been found. the accusation was that innes had wilfully neglected the safety of the boat, indeed, he was found with failing to ensure the safety of the yacht but on those more serious charges, thejury failed yacht but on those more serious charges, the jury failed to reach a verdict and it has been dismissed. the families of the four member in court today and we have evidence that there were questions about the bot attaching the queue to the yacht itself, whether or not the owner of the board and the company knew about that. the manslaughter verdict was not proven, thejury that. the manslaughter verdict was not proven, the jury has been disch

class in asia we are talking 300 or 400 million people in china alone interested in lobster from nova scotiar maine or cherries from washington state or british columbia. there are opportunities for us to engage with asia and china or the tpp countries but i'm very interested in so we are open to discussing trade and i think the challenge we face around trade is as the succession of policy makers promise, trade has led to growth over the past decade. the problem however is trade has never been a guarantee that it would be fairly distributed. the challenge we have now as governments responding to citizens have said maybe it hasn't worked out for us the way you promised it and they seem to do well but the rest of us are seeing the benefits. it becomes really important as we look at the trade deals like nafta, we think right up front the benefit of the growth that will come from trade inevitably accrue to more of the populati population. you combine that with the reality of automation and we realized the workplace is changing and we need to be investing in education and skills training and crea

[applause] it is where 100 years ago, new englanders rushed to help their nova scotia cousins after the halifax explosions of 1917. we saw it just a few weeks ago in the plymouth to newport sailing race got hit with hurricane force winds, canadian armed forces personnel ships and planes went immediately into rescue mode. >> that's what friends and neighbors do for one another. they are there for each other. the canada us border sometimes referred to as the longest undefended border in the world, that's actually wrong. our shared border is very well defended. we defended together against common threats. from norad, the only joint relationship in the world, to nato, to counterterrorism, to basic street-level policing, canadians and americans work shoulder to shoulder keeping each other safe. the longest any of us herecan remember , we have done this. that is the context into which i'd like to say a few words today about canada's outreach to the united states this year. which has variously been described by analysts and pundits as ancanadian , exceptionally canadian, unprecedented, highly

the 40—foot cheeki rafiki lost its keel 700 miles off nova scotia three years ago, killing all four ofli arab gunmen opened fire near a sensitive holy site injerusalem's old city. the assailants were killed by security forces. the attack prompted israeli officials to cancel friday prayers at the sacred al—aqsa mosque. all this week, we've been reporting on china's plan to recreate the famous silk road, the ancient trading route between east and west. the ambitious project will mean building infrastructure in more than 60 countries. president xi jinping says it will boost trade, and will benefit all involved. but critics say that china's markets are far from open, and that the project will benefit beijing at the expense of other countries. our china editor, carrie gracie, has been following the 7000—mile route from eastern china. tonight, she reports from poland. facing west since the end of the soviet era but eastern europe is becoming a key piece in china's strategicjigsaw. wieslaw and his son would never sell polish land to chinese investors. he explains they are actually trying to e

nova scotia bank maintaining their long yuan position while looking to buy dollar-yuan on could bed,rtainties there. rishaad: let's get to first word news headlines. takata shares soared after the announcement of an additional recall. that is despite employing a chemical trying agent to ensure safety. the inflator's were made from 2005-2012 and installed in nissan, ford vehicles. 's potentially lethal products are linked to 18 deaths worldwide. the record date for an extra ordinary shareholder meeting, happening within three months of that time, toshiba egm expected by the end of october. toshiba says it is still talking to potential buyers about the chip memory unit. growth thanofit the the philippine economy at san miguel. earnings may climb to $1.4 billion from about $1 billion in 2016. it has diversified into oil, toll roads, and power businesses. withell is now in talks potential foreign partners. -- san miguel is now in talks with potential foreign partners. the survey by the center of monitoring the indian economy says 1.5 million people lost work in the period from january to

look pressure is moved off of the east coast, racing up to the northeast, way up nova scotia where you'reers effects of the big area of low pressure that brought us the rain and look how the front is pushing everything to the south, the gulf coast all this rain down there and then through northern sections of florida, panhandle of that state, a lot of rain in jacksonville this morning headed down towards tampa. from the carolinas to the deep south, trying to bring in a very nice refreshing air mass, we're getting it because of this big area of high pressure to the west of us and with this area of high pressure in that position, it's almost perfect for us to have dry and sunny condition, keeps the relative humidity pushed to the south of this slightly drier cooler air mass coming down from canada. you know what? next week, looks like there's another one coming our way, another relief from the heat over the next probably seven to say it days from now, the way it's looking. 75 degrees at 11:00. then we warm up into the lower 80's, just plenty of sunshine tonight's lows, another night enjoy t

cheeki rafiki sank in 201a, after getting into trouble in bad weather more than 700 miles from nova scotiaan "unsafe northern route" by their boss douglas innes, to save time getting the yacht back to the uk from antigua. mr innes was also accused of manslaughter, but the jury at winchester crown court today failed to reach a verdict on that charge. this is bbc news at five — the headlines. police arrest two teenagers after five acid attacks in east london injust 90 minutes. france is remembering the horrific truck attack in nice, in which 86 people died last summer. a judge at the high court says an american doctor who has offered to treat charlie gard will examine the terminally—ill baby next week. and in sport we have our first men's finalist at wimbledon, the croatian marin cilic beat sam querrey in four sets. he will play either roger federer or tomas berdych you are playing on centre court. kyle walker walks his way into manchester city coming he signs from spurs on a five—year contract for an initial £a5 million. and it's a pretty even battle on the opening day of the second test be

douglas innes had been responsible for the cheeki rafiki, which lost its keel 700 miles off nova scotiae on a verdict on four manslaughter charges against innes. duncan kennedy has this report. this is the moment american navy divers searched the cheeki rafiki, the middle of the atlantic and no signs of the four—man crew. later, this haunting still images of the submerged vessel reveal there is no mast and no keel. andrew bridge, james male, steve warren and paul goslin had been selling it back to southampton from antigua when they started taking on water. they repeatedly spoke to douglas innes who operated the boat, but when he called the uk coastguard, the prosecution said he showed little sign of urgency. later, the crew told in this they we re later, the crew told in this they were taking on more water, but still he gave no apparent sign of concern. that was the last call. and yet, douglas in this made this claim about the boat... but that was not true and the upturned cheeki rafiki was filed one week later with its keel missing, revealing a series of rusty bolts. the result, said t

migrating to nova scotia and eventually to sierra leone.an inspiration to overthrow the tyranny of his day. to side with the right against the wrong, with the weak against the strong and with the oppressed against the oppressor, he said. here lies the merit of those revolutionaries and many that have followed. like douglass, most americans are not content with reassuring origin stories. we work now for the prospect of a better future. with past struggles as our guide. when we see the american revolution in its own historical present, we look not only on the grandeur of long-dead heroes, bee we appreciate the efforts of men, women and their losses as well as victories and their determination to turn those losses into lessons that would keep them fighting on. americans can be true to that past by recommitting ourselves for the time to come. taking this history as an inspiration to make the united states the country we dream and need it to be. i for one feel very fortunate that this museum is alive right now. to show a way. >> please welcome t

area because other mate but what lydia did was she went to a small island called sabow island in nova scotiay lee is the shark you tagged in 2012. what have we learned from her? >> really what we've seen is she is totally shifting the conversation. sh's the most famous shark in history and she led us last may to long island which led to capturing the young white sharks. jack casey did some great work, toe by noah and mary lee. we thought, maybe they're giving birk there. we got mean of the pups. at this time they have defined where they lived between long island and south carolina. >> mary lee? >> we don't know that for sure. our best guess is yes. >> we hear a lot more stories it seem about shark encounters with people. the nets have been remove. there are more sharks it seems out there. there's always concern. your t-shirt says don't fear the fin. >> what should people make of the stories. >> they should be thrilled. there will be fish for your children to eat. the fear of sharks is kind of a primal thing we have. it's an irrational fear that doesn't exist. it's more dangerous to make toas

joining a loyalist unit in the british army commanded by arnold and a the endin of the war ends up in nova scotia as one of the african-americans who find their freedom by becoming canadians. then we, of course, talk about thee ultimate victory at yorkton in 1701. of course, the fighting continued for two years after that, including fighting that claimed the life of john lawrence, you know, the beloved aide de camp to george washington outside charleston in 1782. >> f when did you first begin yr passion in the revolution? >> oh, mylu goodness. like many people probably watching american history tv, i think a lotoo of folks are expod to history through their families perhaps, through a family member. in my case i had a grandfather who never tookav the highway anywhere, always took the back roads and waser fabulous at painting david mccullough-like stories. you see that field out there? used to be a whole town there. this was talking about an oil drillingha community up in northwestern pennsylvania called pit hole,, which of course now s all forest but at the time was a huge boom town. it is sort o

at the end of the war, actually ends up in nova scotia as an african-american who find their freedom becoming canadians. then, of course, we talk about the ultimate victory at yorktown in 1781. of course, the fighting continues for two years after that, including fighting that claims it life of john laurens. >> when did you first begin your interest, your passion in the revolution? >> oh, my goodness. well, like many people who are watching american history tv, i think a lot of folks are exposed to history through their families, perhaps. if you have a family member. in my case, i had a grandfather who never took the highway anywhere, always took us on back roads, fabulous at painting david mcculloch-like stories. see that field there. there used to be a whole town there. this is talking about an oil drilling community in northwestern pennsylvania, called pit hole. it's all now forest. at the time this big boom town. telling those stories, getting interested in the past. that ignited this interest in the, you know, things that happened long ago. then, growing up in western pennsylvan

canada, i think it was a couple weeks ago and she was saying how hot it was super uncomfortable in nova scotiaagine though that the humidity is anything like it is here. >> it can get pretty hot. it can get pretty high in parts of canada. obviously we've just been so hot and so humid the last several days. but that's changing. 'cause it's cooler and drier to the north and west of us. >> there we go. >> this will be our source air mass for the next couple of days. so, believe it or not, not so humid as we continue to trend in that direction. now, look, just to be honest, i mean, if you haven't stepped out so far this morning, it is a little on the muggy side but this cooler and drier air is going to start coming on in today and as that takes over, things are going to change. all right. temperatures look to the north and west. toronto, there you go, canada, 66 degrees. gr this frontal system is having a hard time pushing through. there's also a wave low pressure work along our cold front and basically what you need to know about that is that it's slowing down the progress, the front coming down