. >> sara: the people here are originally from sardinia. from sardinia. >> anthony: l'angolo amici, or "the friend's corner," is a bar where everyone knows everybody's name, if they're sober enough to remember. >> sara: he's a professional boxer. >> anthony: he's a professional boxer? >> sara: he was. >> anthony: his ears look good. [ man speaking italian ] >> sara: he calls himself the little tyson. >> anthony: awesome. [ man speaking italian ] >> sara: here, everybody has a nickname. [ man speaking italian ] [ woman speaking italian ] >> anthony: ostia might be described, unflatteringly, as rome's equivalent to the jersey shore. ♪ a suburban seaside near the airport that grew up as decidedly working-class, despite mussolini's intent that it would one day be rome's front door. [ man speaking italian ] [ sara speaking italian ] [ man speaking italian ] [ sara speaking italian ] [ man speaking italian ] [ sara speaking italian ] [ man speaking italian ] >> anthony: so, tell us about ostia. where are, where are we? ♪ [ man speaking italian ]

[engine chugging] the enemy beyond the mountains had short supply lines from sicily and sardinia.tching forward from the base at algiers, were four times the length. we lacked forward airfields, where the enemy in tunisia at all the permanent airfields he needed. in less than one month, the weather would break. could our slender force, in the last days of autumn, achieve success against time and a stronger enemy? with immense energy, the attempt was made. by road, allied infantry, tanks, and artillery moved toward the hills. by rail, men with mules for mountain transport. by air, british and american paratroopers to capture suitable ground for airfield and tactical points nearby. ♪ >> by sea went commandos. some went 300 miles to the east, only 60 miles from the tunisian border. here, the airfield our paratroopers had taken was already under attack. it was our only permit airfield and had to be fought for repeatedly. in three columns, we advanced. still, the enemy poured into africa. by mid-november, 1000 per day. kesselring,marshall mediterranean commander in chief , who and made

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but it's right in some pretty wet weather too into the western side of the met as well just about sardinia and course see that wet weather also spreading up across see adriatic into a good part of the balkans with this area of low pressure then wet weather clout and right that still continues to drive its way into western parts as well also rather murky for a good part of western france down across the peyronie's into that western side of the med as we go through thursday class stretching up into england as well london twelve degrees celsius thursday new some of these as we go on through friday quite a great day for that northwestern corner of europe france will see some rain getting in paris by this stage thirteen celsius on the seventeen degrees there for madrid now only eighteen celsius in the clouds and the rain for rome further somewhat drier and the cool side. bright fine is sunny across the eastern side of north africa have tools west little cloud coming into northern areas of algeria some wet weather just around algiers fourteen celsius the top temperature here on friday tuscaloosa

that is very much what we're seeing at the moment those storms they sending down through corsica sardinia and then pushing in towards maine and parts of italy on the northern side of this system because you know this is quite a contrast snow temperatures stream run there and zurich we've got some significant snowfall and that's going to continue so this whole area of low pressure moves further towards easter in the course of monday brainstorms into the balkans further west still looking very very unsettled indeed and still snow over the alps chilly weather conditions across much of western europe you'll notice just sixteen degrees in madrid for the south but it's all fine across more eastern parts of europe now into north africa we have a few showers working the way along the coast of all cheery and otherwise dry and fine cairo there coming in at twenty five central parts of africa some showers for d.r. congo in particular and a few showers along the coast of west africa so i current gonna make pick up with highs here thirty in southern portions of the continent looking largely dry and fi

pretty windy in the next what eighteen to twenty four hours bring stormy conditions anywhere from sardinia up to the north of italy a lot of snow on the northern flank and you see the circulation and the green is rains rain south of it and the rain generates the east it is well behind it things cotton dam but we get the mistress strong wind a northerly wind blowing down the road valley of southern france that's all the action in europe for the next two or three days and they will be some action but all around it is an awful lot quieter and there are rains from back into the u.k. as you can see eleven degrees is the forecast temperature in london on the high side of normal not extraordinary now because of what's happening just the west of it's legal to have some rain coming down and hitting north now geria and tunisia still quite were about twenty two degrees of the dian to seventeen algiers that will slowly improve as things slight slight rotate eastwards but this is looking potentially quite stormy and the showers eventually will run into western libya once more. again i stand as the geol

liberators from the east, fortresses from the west went forth to destroy enemy bases in italy, sardinia on land, no offensive could be launched until spring. against its coming there was to be on either side of the great dorsal a building up of power. over supply routes that spanned on the german side 150 miles of water. on our side, hundreds of miles of land and then thousands of miles of water. the longest assembly lines in the world were in operation from the factories of the united states and britain, from birmingham to algiers, from detroit to iran, from manchester to los angeles, from leeds to pittsburgh and casablanca. ♪ >> four trains were assembled on the spot, loaded with freight. the south atlantic became an airway as well as a seaway. from brazil, flights of p-38s equipped with extra fuel tanks were flown across the seas. each flight led by a flying fortress which provided from brazil, flights of p-38s navigation. from gibraltar, aircraft which had been brought by ship from britain and reassembled on the rock were flown off to tunisia. nearly 1500 planes reached the front by

heavy downpours of rain and thunderstorms through sardinia, sicily, across italy, and to the balkansntral and south—east europe, very strong gusts of wind, heavy rain leading to flash flooding across some areas, but also an increased risk of avalanches too. meanwhile, across india, some very poorair meanwhile, across india, some very poor air quality in the north, slowly starting to improve over the next few days, also this club of cloud sitting in the bay of bengal, thatis cloud sitting in the bay of bengal, that is an area of low pressure, a tropical depression which are slowly moving northwards in the bay of bengal. it may well bring strong winds and heavy rain to coastal parts of andhra pradesh and up towards west bengal too. meanwhile, the outlook across the uk, then, fairly quiet, things telling milder, mostly cloudy over the next few days. for tuesday, a fairly weak weather front draped across central parts of the country, brighter skies towards the north, improves day across scotland and northern parts of northern ireland with a return to sunnier skies. across england and wal

pretty windy the next what eight hundred twenty four hours being stormy conditions anywhere from sardinia up to the north of italy a lot of snow on the northern flank you see the circulation the the green is rains rain to the south of it and the rain generates the east it is well behind it things cotton dam but we get a mistrial strong wind a northerly wind blowing down the road valley of southern france that's all the action in europe for the next two or three days and they will be some action but all around it is. the rains from back into the u.k. as you can see eleven degrees is the forecast temperature in london on the high side of normal not extraordinary now because of what's happening just the west of it's legal to have some rain coming down and hitting north now geria and tunisia still quite were about twenty two degrees of the down to seventeen years that will slowly improve as things slight slight rotate eastwards but this is looking potentially quite stormy in the showers eventually will run into western libya once well. tracing the phone from prosperity to financial ruin this

this rain beginning to develop and i think of a nice twenty four hours the islands of corsica and sardinia and then also from maine and parts of both italy and france we're going to see that area of low pressure moving in some very severe storms are likely some tornadoes certainly possible i think in the region need to take great care as this situation develops. thanks richard now still ahead on al-jazeera we'll introduce you to the new wave of artisans in hong kong weaving our modern life into an ancient. find out what the sport of squash is doing to increase its popularity with peter later in the program. provoking debate the corporate tax has not hurt job growth on the brock obama the wall but only to that one that's not true tackling the tough issues restrictions on media freedom of a tree killings torture maybe you're giving me wrong if we but challenging the established line every single one of the three and a half thousand people who is killed with a drug dealer yes how do we know that you didn't try them didn't prosecute you didn't charge him a shot the man saw him join that he has

isles into much of france and will reach as low as central southern spain and parts of corsica and sardiniay as well. the best of sunshine southern and western areas. temperatures three to seven degrees. it's temperatures three to seven degrees. it‘s set to stay really cold for the rest of the week. a full forecast in about half an hour. hello, i‘m ros atkins with outside source. these are some of the main stories in the bbc newsroom. north korea has fired an unidentified ballistic missile according to the south koreans. two top democrats pulled out of a key meeting with donald trump on the funding of the us government after he attacked them on twitter. the pope is arjun myanmar‘s ethnic groups to respect each other‘s right —— each other‘s leaders‘ rights but —— each others‘ rates but he made no mention by name of the rohingya muslims who had to flee to bangladesh. and we will have more on the missing submarine. outside source is an hour of the biggest global stories brought to you here from inside the bbc newsroom and we will start this half in kenya, because uhuru kenyatta has been sworn

mediterranean, the area of low pressure circulates, could strengthen further, bringing cold air across sardinia on thursday across greece. through thursday into friday, those bright colours could mount up to several hundred millimetres of rain in parts of greece and southern italy and the winds strengthened. this circulation might get returned by friday in which the low pressure system has some of the characteristics of a hurricane, instead of being driven by strong seasit instead of being driven by strong seas it is a contrast. the wind is not as strong as a hurricane boat is enough to cause damage and destruction, perhaps more problems with frequent lightning and flash flooding. back to the uk, turning brighter tomorrow but also colder, because we have a band of rain. it starts early doors in scotland and northern ireland, sweets towards southern england and wales and by the end of the day sunshine follows in its wake, temperatures dropping. more details and your weather for the week ahead in half an hour. hello, i'm kasia madera. this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in