west europe would go under any circumstance.f we were defending west europe, germany, for example, we were planning to destroy the continent in order to save it. 600 million. that was 100 holocausts. when i held the piece of paper in my hand that had a figure that they had sent out proudly to the president "here's what we will do," i thought, this is the most evil plan that has ever existed. it is insane. the weapons, the machinery that will carry this out, this isn't hypothetical plan that might have been conceived with the doomsday machine it was thought up at the rand corporation, my colleague. this is an actual war plan for how we would use the existing weapons, many of which i had seen already at that time. juan: dan ellsberg, the colossal carnage they were envisioning as a result of this first strike made doubly worse as you reveal by the fact that the image that we have that the president is the one who holds the switch or has his hand on the button is not true. that many people have the capacity to initiate a nuclear war

police security forces cordoned off where that child was being treated just a few kilometers away in west europe. flamin entirely different sort of a day president trump is a very good friend of his drill. he was from missing every all that stuff before the elections and i think it's time. to accomplish here is from a source i think it's good. i don't think we need an approval from anyone that. i think it's a bit dramatic and we are worried to officially recognize jerusalem the u.s. vice president stood behind donald trump during wednesday's announcement the palestinian leadership now says mike pence would be welcome in the occupied west bank when he visits the region later this month it says the u.s. is disqualified itself from leading a peace process whose goal of a two state solution looks at a third the premier kerry force at al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem meanwhile two people have died and at least twenty five were injured in israeli airstrikes in gaza six children were among those hurt israeli security forces say it was in response to rockets fired from gaza one hit the town of start n

one of the reasons, i think, so many people across europe and the west are so people across europe andey don't feel the world is fair, and something has got to be done, and! fair, and something has got to be done, and i am glad they are doing something about it. will i go to idea? i have a quandary! we are going to whizz on, there is a story in the ft i want you to talk about, millennials and the deep economy, young people, particularly self—employed people, people with severaljobs, the self—employed people, people with several jobs, the zoo self—employed people, people with severaljobs, the zoo of pensions and whether we are saving enough.|j suspect we are not, and i take the view that anyone who is self—employed will not be included in auto enrolment. this is new auto enrolment for younger people. and also, they're going to put up the levels at which people contribute. sol levels at which people contribute. so i take the point, but the ft, i must make the point that this is a step in the right direction towards people saving more for their old e, people saving more for their old age,

rail links at this end plus the rhine river connecting with rotterdam and now also the bridge on europe's west coast it's ideal. this will. turn out twenty five trains a week to do is book from china carrying both goods and hope for the future. located in germany's industrial heartland duesberg used to be a wealthy city but it's been in economic decline for decades the city's representative for chinese affairs still remembers the steel plants lighting up the nighttime sky when he was a boy today like the coal mines across the river valley to most have been closed down. in the last twenty years we've lost around thirty or thirty five thousand jobs in the steel industry. which is why he welcomes trade from china. and the new silk road will boost the influx of investors such as ya mean one who has big plans for do is book. beginning here in china and we will be building a china trade center here. on this line behind us we will have one hundred twenty thousand square metres of office space over five stories. hundred scientists meter. the center is set to accommodate around two hundred companies wh

africa events conditions in west africa have a huge impact for europe and there is also concern that if the jihadists are able to develop a free hand in the west african region and particularly in a salad where conditions development conditions are so fragile and therefore the risks are higher then that has repercussions for europe security but it's also because over twenty or thirty years and particularly in the last ten or fifteen years europe has invested massively in helping west africa her achieve real progress in development terms in political development most countries in west africa and now settled democracies there have been real advances and. if jihadists violence spreads this threatens all that because these jihadi groups are attacking the functioning of the state in these countries they attack police thirsts government officials army army positions on the borders they make it almost impossible to engage in local development they interrupt the provision of basic services like health and education raso credible for example that when i was a leader that i think if done a

that will then help a more nuanced and informed view on africa in the west in europe those negative images that i mentioned were certainly very much on display in the run up to the a u. e.u. summit after c.n.n. broadcast footage of what appears to be a slavery auction in libya libya has become the jumping off point for desperate people seeking to migrate to europe and that is putting pressure on european leaders european pressures yet leaders in turn are pressuring their african counterparts to stop the migrants before they reach libya let's take a look. a blurry photo is all david bengal has left his friend died of thirst when they tried to cross the sahara to libya ninety percent of all refugees from west africa risked their lives using this route through niger. my friend came and the syrians through a window in my hand threw. them over the years you. know david's in a detention camp in niger like tens of thousands of other refugees niger's government set up the camps under pressure and with support from the european union . mali mauritania and book you know faso have also been called up

network of roads and railings at this end, plus the river connecting with rotterdam and more on europe's westoast. it is ideal. >> there are now 25 trains a week, peering both goods and hope for the future. located in germany's industrial heartland, it used to be a wealthy city but it has been in economic decline for decades. they still member the steel plants lighting up the nighttime sky. today, let the coal mines, most have been closed down. >> in the last 20 years, we lost around 30,000 or 35,000 jobs in the steel industry. >> which is why he welcomes trade from china. and the new silk road will boost investors. >> we will be building a china trade center here. on this land behind us, we will have 120,000 square meters of office space, over five stories. >> the center is set to accommodate around 200 companies, which will have excellent access to the european market from here. the construction is being subsidized by the chinese government as part of a long-term strategy. that also includes the neil -- new train link. it may not be making any money for beijing yet, but the financial commit

and rail links at this end plus the rhine river connecting with rotterdam and also the bridge on europe's west coast it's ideal. come to think. there are now twenty five trains a week to do is book from china carrying both goods and hope for the future. located in germany's industrial heartland duesberg used to be a wealthy city but it's been in economic decline for decades. the city's representative for chinese affairs still remembers the steel plants lighting up the nighttime sky when he was a boy today like the coal mines across the river valley to most have been closed down the lid since once again in the last twenty years we've lost around thirty or thirty five thousand jobs in the steel industry. which is why he welcomes trade from china. and the new silk road will boost the influx of investors such as ya mean one who has big plans for do is book. beginning here in china and we will be building a china trade center here. on this line behind us we will have one hundred twenty thousand square meters of office space over five stories. hundred twenty thousand meter. the center is set to acco

disturbing pattern and then, of course, you have the subversion of democracies broadly in the west, europeuffered in particular from this. you saw russian hands in the catalonia referendum, you're starting to see russia active in mÉxico well in advance of the mexican election, so what we have been focused on is the three things we have to do with russia, hybrid warfare, new generation warfare where they attempt to use sophisticated strategy of subversion, but really disinformation and propaganda to polarize communities and effect our confidence. i gave this talk about strategic confidence, it's really an element of that. part of reclaiming our strategic confidence is having confidence in what unifies us as americans and so it would be great if every time we talk about what divides us, we also at least give equal time to what -- to what units us as americans, so we want to confront russia's destabilizing behavior. it wouldn't be anybody's interest to have a large-scale conflict with russia and the third thing what we need to do is find areas of cooperation with russia, so russia policies ar

europe. wildfires remain the major concern across the south—west usa. they burn across the south—west usa.ins in charge of the weather across the western side of the us. at times there will be gusty winds blowing out of the desert. dry area. the efforts to contain the fires won't be helped with the weather over the next few days. there has been snow and minus one the afternoon high in new york on wednesday. if you have travelled plans that take you to chicago later in the week, bear in mind temperatures will particular below freezing. snow showers in denverfor a time, but it stays stubbornly dry across california where they could do with some rain. flip flopping temperatures across australia. cooling off in the west, heading up in the south—east. 36 degrees in melbourne. it's getting into summer in the southern hemisphere, but it's some way above average. a weather front will bring showers and storms. melbourne will see a cool down as will sydney towards the end of thele week. in europe this has been the big story this curl of cloud named storm anna by the weather services of porch, spain

s promise of a united europe east west fault lines are deepening the czech republic recently voted in a euro skeptic government critical of german migration policies but in the bavarian and bohemian forests the largest contiguous forest area in central europe german and czech conservationists a found an issue that both countries can agree on. powerful batch can came here with the intention of doing research on black grouse hazel grounds and would grouse the shine birds live in the national parks on both sides of the check but then border. but it's not hard overnight so powerful won't be able to find any of the birds tracks with. these species are disappearing from commercial woodland but here in this forest they're doing fine we want to find out how many of these birds there are and where they're located we work with them if you live on the war the two national parks are working on a joint project that will do exactly that in fact both parks cooperate closely on these kinds of efforts and no one represents that spirit of cooperation better than biologist pavol better he works for both

said recently you suggested recently that especially that white nationalism is a threat to the west and to europe it's a bigger threat that even quote unquote jihad is terrorism now david would say that is the exact alarmism he's talking about i would argue that white nationalists are a threat to this country the united states and to many european countries because they can present themselves as natives who are valiantly defending the homeland against the invading hordes and they often do this in their campaign rhetoric and their policy proposals often reflect this view and what i'm arguing when i say that there are greater political threat than jihad is that in his book tough rear is not going to wind power any time soon and any european country but what we've seen with marine le pen and with the day they've won thirty three percent in france thirteen percent in germany and the next time that there's a major terrorist attack in germany or france their numbers are going to go up and so david i'm not arguing that they're going to be pulled tomorrow i'm. saying that there is a dangerous trend in ma

generally, cold across the north and north—west of europe. big area of high pressure building in.ern britain of we could see some dense fog on tuesday. it could cause problems for some of the major airports here. the roads will be very hazardous during the morning. through the day, the fog will lift. the two be some sunshine, winter many black. further north and west, different story. outbreaks of rain, more cloud, temperatures ranging from 10—13. chile across the south—east, with the fork is holding on. “— south—east, with the fork is holding on. —— where the fog is holding on. welcome to outside source. president trump has been setting out his new national security strategy. he's been expanding his policy of america first, meaning china and russia as competitors who want to challenge america's influence. we accept that biggest military economic and political contests are now playing out around the world. a major rail crash in the us west coast, several people are dead and dozens injured after the train derailed off a bridge onto a busy road below. even when you see the pictures

george where began breaking the mold in his early twenty's when he left war torn west africa to score goals for europe's elite clubs. he never lost touch with home. almost. all of. it as well as winning a slew of team trophies she became the first african to win the prestigious balon dog. after a life in football where turned his attention from the paper to politics tasting his first defeat in the two thousand and five presidential election. but as a footballing superstar standing out from the crowd came easily a decade later his time had come. there bird flu on the political. side preparation that was marred when he chose the wife of x. president and now convicted war criminal charles taylor as his running mate it triggered accusations that taylor pulled the strains in weir's campaign for liberians grateful for peace but desperate for work it didn't seem to matter come polling day where again was confident his promise of roads jobs and prosperity was enough. i'm not associated no reason to do this. they said that i'm going to win. old habits die hard no fifty one george weah is watching the goals go in

culture because christianity and the church in particular was incredibly powerful in the west and particularly in europe as there is a whole heritage of satire against the church that is founded upon making fun of people that are more powerful and so if the context is hugely important where you'll meet when you make fun of islam you're not making fun of a religious establishment that has existed in the west for centuries and had very intimate ties to power. you're making fun of their religion of very recently arrived minorities that make up maybe four five percent. of. european country i think it's about two percent in denmark and they tend to be over probably more of the forefront of what and over and overwhelmingly of. subjugated economic status ok let me put that point to fleming it's easy to target symbols it's easy to say you want to target the symbols of a marginalized powerless community that's already subjected to racism and discrimination much harder to go after more powerful actors or figures or totems to use an extreme phrase. about me punching down media i mean these cartoons grew out of con

hello there it's very mild in the west in parts of europe for now that's because we've got an area of high pressure that's dominating the weather here and it's giving us plenty of fine weather however towards the east it's a bit different you can see all the cloud toppling over the top of that area of high pressure the down into the eastern parts of europe so here it's cooler and it's also rather unsettled for many of us as well quite a bit of rain around quite a bit of snow to the next system though that's waiting in the wings and on wednesday and thursday be drifting its way southwards and in london in london will get to around fifteen degrees but that will be an early fifteen degrees around lunchtime we'll see the temperatures begin to drop and they'll continue to drop until we get to friday and friday there will be a very different feel to the day it will be bitterly cold for many of us in that cold weather will continue to spread its way across many other parts of europe too if we head further south you can see the winds are firing down from the north so it's not particularly war

if they declare war, that will be in the west indies, possibly europe.you know, that is a big step. and one thing they want to think about is how good are these americans? what kind of a fight can they put up? and the fact that washington could do to battles in two months, even though he lost both of them, that impressed the french foreign minister. the other thing that impressed spectaculart two victories here in saratoga. because, lord howe is not coming up here. burgoyne is having a lot of trouble picking his way through all of the obstacles that general schuyler has put in his path. and lieutenant colonel barry more saint leger who was supposed to come down here flights a battle here -- one of the bloodiest battles in the revolution. the american general was killed. i was telling you when we were aanning this that i had cousin who just passed away a couple of years ago. a state trooper, up stay. and he had a battle there and that is my personal connection to it. but it was a bloody, bloody battle. but the british and the indian allies were stopped by

reminds them of the more political politically motivated terrorism that is everywhere around west east and central europe and indeed the rest of the world at the present time certainly i think the police will be relieved to more time that goes on from this that would suggest it's not part of a coordinated series of attacks although as you say that may well still prefer to be the case but the police focus in this event just in case of that eventuality but in any case any way will be to quickly identify the perpetrators in this case and i suspect there will be quite a wealth of forensic evidence left at the scene in terms of fragments of the device in terms of explosive traces in terms of fingerprints fibers d.n.a. and of course c.c.t.v. as well as perhaps mobile phone records that may point the police and security services in the direction of a suspect or suspects even if and i suspect it isn't a case even if they don't have an idea in advance or at least after the event of the people that may be concerned and don't forget of course the russian police and security services like many of their western count

it‘s aimed at helping economies immediate will to the west of china and into europe.o improve economic ties with china. what it shows more than anything, added to the comments from philip hammond, is about how much the uk continues to believe in better relation was china, better economic ties because it believes, especially as brexit approaches and passes, china‘s, the world‘s number two economy is key to helping the uk economy grow. thanks very much the headlines on bbc news: a leading brexit supporting mp says he‘s unhappy about the idea of britain staying in the single market and customs union, during any transition period. police in canada say they‘re treating the deaths of the billionaire businessman barry sherman and his wifea ‘ wildfires in southern california continue to burn out of control — scorching an area larger than new york city and paris combined. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s mike bushell. they‘re not very good. we seem to be saying this a lot. they‘re not looking very good for england in the ashes. no, not at a

george weah began breaking the mold in his early 20's when he left war-torn west african to score goals for europe'ste football clubs. he never lost touch with home. >> from where i grew up, i came from his poor family -- i came from a poor family. i understand suffering because i have been through it. reporter: as well as winning at slough of team trophies, he was the first african to win the prestigious bell on door -- ballon d'or. after football he went to politics, tasting his first defeat in the 2005 presidential election. as a footballing superstar, standing out from the crowd came easily. a decade later his time had come. >> with another year under his authority, political victory in 2017. [applause] reporter: preparation that was marred when he chose the wife of ex-president and now convicted were criminal charles taylor as his running mate. it triggers recommend -- allegations that taylor told the strings. liberians were desperate for work and did not seem to care. come polling day, weah was confident that his promise of prosperity was enough. >> i am not associate revolution. -- i am going

a very powerful force for murder on a global scale from the philippines, the islamist ghetto of west europento a place they were never supposed to be and that's mosul. >> griff: in in fact colonel we actually have that tape. i shot it you were doing the talking let me just roll the tape and show the viewers what we witnessed. >> while we were waiting to go through this checkpoint a convoy showed up this long convoy of what appear to be mostly commercial vehicles. in fact, this is one of the provisional military units, a she it malitia headed by iran and the islamic revolutionary guard and the force. >> griff: now tell our viewers exactly who these guys are and why this matters in the future of iraq. >> well what they're trying to do in iraq and i say by they i'm talking about iran. the islamic revolutionary guard and the force of their special operations guys that was a force supported iran and hesbolla and malitia that we saw and you very boldly by the way just told our listeners now, griff could not show his camera and we shot a lot of that ontoing more than iphones turned out to be prett

china's number one public policy priority and is aimed at helping economies to the west of china and beyond in europend then helps those countries improve their economic ties with china. but i think what it shows more than anything, when you add it to comments from philip hammond, is how much the uk continues to believe in better relations with china, better economic ties, because it believes, especially as brexit approaches and then passes, that china, the world's number two economy, is key to helping the uk economy grew. heinz wolff has died aged 89. we ask teams of three to perform miracles in science and technology... his trademark bow tie and hair, the german born inventor became known to british tv audiences in the 70s and 80s on the great egg race which encouraged teams to invent useful things out of every day objects. the headlines: police in canada say they're treating the deaths of the billionaire businessman barry cherman and his wife as suspicious. after a bitter campaign, south africa's governing anc is preparing to vote for a new leader to replace presidentjacob to vote for a new leader