western europe was assailed on every side by slavs, magyars, saracens, and vikings.any people thought that christian civilization itself might not pull through. in response, powerful dynasties built great strings of fortresses in which their beleaguered populations could shelter. in the 1100s, europe turned the corner suddenly, as if the passing of the millennium was the release. we see a dramatic revival in the use of monumental sculpture and large-scale architecture such as had only been glimpsed in the previous centuries. the cult of saints and the passion for pilgrimage to their shrines were dominant features of medieval culture. one of the most famous was the pilgrimage to santiago in spain. the church was believed to house a sacred relic of christendom-- the bones of saint james, santiago in spanish, one of christ's 12 apostles. from atop the tower at vezelay, you can still make out the old way of saint james, winding its way to spain. it's astonishing to think that hundreds of thousands of men and women made that pilgrimage during the medieval period. they und

europe, also, most of western europe, has better models than we do, sort of one historical tidbit, was in -- i didn't get into the history, the book, there's a lot of history and the rise in public housing happened after the great depression; right? because, you know, millions of people were thrown from their home. actually, millions and millions of people were thrown out then, not now, but 2010 had pretty much the same eviction rate once you recalibrate for population changes as, you know, the 1933, 1934, but, actually, it was roughly the same rate, but, still, a massive tragedy loss of evictions with the loss of the rise of the public housing. as a adhere -- theory, it rose in academic circles, and when people looked at models, like you are today, they said, what has done it better? you know, what countries have done it better? they looked to lots of countries in western europe that after world war i decided they would reconstruct countries by building millions and millions of units of public housing. the idea we have to build countries back up, a lot of war, bombings, ect., we need

and you look to lots of countries in western europe. after world war one and decided that they would reconstruct their countries by building millions and millions of units of public housing. the idea that we had to build these countries back up, of wars, bombings. we need to construct public housing. and so there rose modern housing, and it was of study of all the social vitality in western europe which ultimately became the proposal became public housing in the estates. thank you for that question. i have one in the corner. >> a question. 192. at that time. and with the closing is there a plan? there are many other cities that have different models. closing of a lot of public housing. i mean for example. >> i have to apologize. i am not an expert, but i can certainly speak to chicago. i appreciate that question because it is logical. they're going to agree, 25,000 residents, robert taylor, approximately 20,000, many of the public housing projects. where these people going to go tonight one of them is that there would get section eight,

the age of gothic cathedrals needs to be understood in light of the great changes happening in western europe between 1100 and 1300. the most important of these was a dramatic population boom. as europe grew more stable and more prosperous, men and women seem to have marri younger and had bigger families. the population of the west increased threefold in those two centuries and in the richest parts up to tenfold. hundreds of new towns were founded and the old ones thrived as local and long-distance ade flourished. at the same time there were new intellectual impulses, evidenced best of all in the founding of the great universities-- paris, oxford, and cambridge. inside the church, great scholars such as peter abelard, attempted to wrestle afresh with those eternal problems of the relationship between the rational and logic and faith. so everywhere there was a sense of change. nowhere is this sense of change revealed more dramatically than in architecture. in a drab suburb of paris at the church of saint-denis once the glorious burial place of the kings of france we can pinpoint the moment of

the problems first arose after they've gone to western europe and brought back a few bad habits from there. >> the deputy mayor touts that and points to a series of thefts . one after another, valuable icons disappeared from the homes of village residents. >> the icons probably aroused their appetite. they are very valuable, which is why they were stolen. no one was arrested. the up never did anything about it. >> now they are leaving no stone unturned to recover the stolen paintings, but all may be in vain. across from the cemetery, his mother claimed to have burnt the paintings to destroy evidence against her son. she has since retracted that statement, but actions were taken as evidence. experts at the lab of the national museum of romanian history found that they contained remnants is of canvases and traces of rare chemicals. >> for instance, it's crystal clear that white lead was only used in painting. it could only have come from an oil or tempera painting. it could well have come from the matisse. >> though, the lawyer gives investigators hope that at least two or three of the

there is apparently some good weather for western europe and parts of the u.s. >> that is right, absolutelyll about the typhoons and hurricanes and deep low pressure. a nice area of high pressure and good news and a little in the atmosphere and pushes the air down and means clear skies in western europe and the sun is shining at the moment and will go many through the weekend and temperatures will be 20 in london, 23 for paris. we have got showers and longer spells of rain for eastern parts of europe through saturday. and into sunday but the high pressure will be larger as we go on through the second half of the weekend, may see the temperatures in london getting up to the highs of 23 degrees. so sunshine and high pressure and quieting things down to the flood effected parts of the united states so around denver down to new mexico and things looking better than of late and we have wetter weather into new mexico into part of texas and could bring flooding here but the wet weather will go further east and through saturday and wet weather across the deep south toward the eastern sea. for most

we have a formation moving into western europe. this is likely to bring severe thunderstorms across the bering peninsula. as the cold front moves into the inland region, madrid, you'll see the temperatures really dropping down. if you can recall, friday, you were seeing 29 degrees. that's a huge drop. and in munich where the octoberfest is taking place, not bad at all on saturday at 19 degrees. here's our extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. . ♪ ♪ >>> this political rally was held in august in the kingdom of cambodia.

. >> i think western europe has taken out 3 million units of production.is the industry as a whole. is that trend going to continue? western europe is going to make less and less cars, eastern and central europe and places like turkey more cars? >> it's of course an important trend and we will try to fill our factories in eastern europe. but on the other hand, we have a responsibility. we can't just close factories. we can do this very limited and we have to find way toes fill the factories. and we do though big bringing product here. >> and in terms of what the governments can do, as well, are they doing anyway near enough to get consumerses to go out and spend. >> what we should call for is cars shouldn't become too expensive. and they do if we always make new regulation about co2 requirements, safety requirements. >> speed limits? >> speed limits i don't like personally, but our cars are fun to drive even at lower speeds. >> does it matter who is chancellor of germany? >> we want stable conditions, conditions that we can blend for so werchb who to speak

often at prices that are even higher than western europe.ut lithuanians hope to change that with the help of e.u. legislation. >> she is at wit's end. she's unemployed and can barely afford to make herself a cup of tea. she gets 202 euros a month, not nearly enough to survive in lithuania, and more than half of that, 115 euros, goes to pay the gas bill. >> i think these high prices are russia's way of getting revenge because we were the first country to declare independence from the former soviet union. now they're punishing us for it. it's terrible. every country should be treated the same. why does lithuania have to pay so much more for gas than elsewhere? >> still relief could be on the horizon for ruta and lithuania's three million resident. they've placed their hopes on a massive floating gas terminal called independence. it was launched from south korea in may. this animation shows just how it will work. starting in october of next year the completed natural gas terminal will be anchored in the lithuanian port. once a month a tanker wi

already feeling fall-like across much of western europe. this is bringing heavy rain showers from germany down to the northern balkans. thunderstorms popping up in northern italy. dominating much of the weather here in europe. behind it we have the cooler air filtering in. drier weather. london with a high of just 17 here. paris at 18. berlin, you have the rain showers here of 18 on your tuesday. that's a look at your world weather. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. .. ♪ >>> iwaki city in fukushima prefecture was devastated by the great japan earthquake. mari mutsuki mockett is visiting the area. >> that's just like my home in california. such a beautiful day.

right around 34 degrees and getting on the chilly side, and similar conditions there in western europe. the cold air spilling in, with the cold front which indeed has been bringing some unstable weather out here across the low countries. wind advisories in germany up to 120 kilometers per hour possible and put that in perspective and that is similar winds that we're seeing with our typhoon near the philippines. so very unstable conditions down here and if you want to go somewhere calm and relatively warm. madrid with a high of 28 on thursday. that's a look at your weather, here a here's the extended forecast. >> a cyclist on a high-tech bicycle has set a world record. he took his bike to more than 133 kilometers per hour. dutch cyclist sebastian boair set the mark at an international event for recompany bent bicycles in the u.s. state of nevada. riders of those kinds o bikes sit in a reclining position. the shape allows them to slip through the the air. students from two dutch universities designed the record-breaking cycle. he went faster and faster until he hit 133.78 kilometers per

and china-- the culmination and the unifying of the old cultures of the mediterranean world and western europefrom that day to this, rome would be the greatest single influence on the western cultural tradition. indeed, it could be said that rome is that tradition. it's not merely that rome gave the west the latin language, roman law, roman ideas on state craft and on society. it was rome which passed on to the west the artistic, philosophical, and spiritual legacy of ancient greece, which rome had conquered, looted, and then learned from. it was rome which would be the agency of transmission to the west of an obscure, near-eastern religious cult which became the dynamic, motive force in western society and spiritual life-- christianity. but rome also gave the west a practical legacy, a legacy which western people see every day of their lives, from washington square to trafalgar square. and that legacy lies in the realm of architecture, civil engineering, building, town planning. these were the roman arts par excellence. and roman thinkers came to view the goal of their empire as providing a p

much of central and western europe, though, at this time clear skies in place. look at this high pressure. it's just dominating out here. like i said, with the temperatures, stockholm just 7 for your high on your wednesday. berlin at 16. all these temperatures are going to be going down. moscow at 6. by friday, you'll be right around 4 degrees. that's a look at your world weather. here's your extended forecast. >>> we've been following this story, a powerful earthquake has shaken southern pakistan. local media report that six people have been confirmed dead. experts with the u.s. geological survey say the magnitude 7.8 quake hit at about 4:30 p.m. local time on tuesday. officials from the municipality say the earthquake has cut communications with the affected area, so they cannot accurately assess the situation. local media say that the roofs of two schools have collapsed in a town about 7 kilometers south of the epicenter. residents of the commercial center of karachi say they felt a tremor that lasted about 20 seconds. there have been no immediate reports of

the next system that's going to be moving in, dominating western europe, is the high pressure here. that will come in from the west, bring in fairer skies with it and also temperatures will be reflecting that. paris at 20. berlin at 17. and london even at 19. that sounds a little cooler, but right at the average level for this time of year on your saturday. that's a look at your world weather. here's the extended forecast. >>> japan's space agency says it has set a new world record. its weather observation balloon reached an altitude of 53.7 kilometers. the japan aerospace exploration agency released the helium filled balloon from a test site in northern japan. it's made of a special film just 3 micrometers thick. it's the world's thinnest weather balloon. and this helped it reach the record altitude of in just two hours and 40 minutes. the previous record for unmanned balloon flight was 53 kilometers 11 years ago. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. . >>> a peaceful agricultural region in northern laos.

through the use of vast natural resources, he can if he wants manipulate western europe by choking off the flow of natural gas. he has rebuilt the russian military. he has set up several high-profile international events, not least of which the upcoming sochi winter olympics. for the current ruling elite, staying i go power means crushing opposition before it gains momentum. for vladamir putin, that means being the toughest guy around, both inside russia and abroad. aljazeera, london. >> a new development in the case of a montana teacher sentenced for 30 days for raping a 14-year-old girl. the district judge said he would resentence him today to two years, but the state attorney general told him to cancel the hearing, because it's illegal for a judge to change a sentence. the man admitted to having sex with the victim who committed suicide in 2010. >> an ohio man is likely heading to prison after a startling on line confession. >> my name is matthew cordel. on june 22, 2013, i hit and killed vincent canzoni. >> he admits he was drunk when driving his car the wrong way down a highway. h

of the country, if you look at a map of europe, is much closer to the industrialized part of western europethe czech republic is in a good position in terms of import and export. the distances are quite short. slovakia ends up being farther away. bratislava is very close to vienna and budapest, and is probably prospering more than the eastern parts of the country, which now seem very far away for any kind of german investment or french investment. just... they... they won't invest in factories in the eastern part of slovakia just because of transportation problems, communication problems, lack of infrastructure. countries bordering, you know, countries of the european union-- very industrialized-- have prospered quite nicely, but the eastern halves of the country haven't received the kind of investment that the western portions of the country have. narrator: slovakia initially applied for european union membership in 1995, eager for the economic and political benefits this alliance provides. membership approval is expected early this century. the e delay in membership can be attributed in p

it also acts as a gauge of levels of seen phobia in france and elsewhere in western europe. jackie roland, al jazerra, paris. >> and that story is and of course the rest of the day's news including much more on those high-level talks between iran and the u.s. on our websites.

maybe this is the opportunity for a serious of radical initiative involving russia as well as western europe united states and obviously the gulf cooperation countries otherwise the u.s. will very involved there will be probably will be further killing the further mayhem and the record of afghanistan and iraq where those with western involvement there has not been a peaceful solution but has been one of continuous destabilization and. the syrian army has send reinforcements including tanks to the village of mali which has been at the forefront of heavy clashes this week and ancient christian century has been besieged by al-qaeda affiliated rebels since wednesday which is wary of an arson that has gained access to the stricken area we entered my lul or through its ancient gauge burnt and damaged in recent attacks shortly after the syrian army announces that most of the militants were pushed back signs of the recent battle and destruction a reverie where we were told to move fast and to follow the military's because without stopping or even slowing down there are some parts of the road where w

maybe this is the opportunity for a serious attempt right initiative involving russia as well as western europe united states and obviously the gulf cooperation countries otherwise u.s. will get involved there will be probably will be further killing me further my. the record of afghanistan and iraq where the west involvement has not been a peaceful solution but it's been one of continuous destabilization and. as the u.s. congress they remain split on whether to attack syria and the latest polls show most americans oppose the intervention there's been a fresh and to all rally in washington as hundreds of calls for restraint from the white house. much of the public remains unconvinced to even washington's claims that it has added ins implicating the syrian government and the deadly use of chemical weapons but president obama maintains he still has that the afford to order an attack even if congress votes against said didn't is a done deal these are the means by the secretary of state to jump up support in europe will not be what america's allies. the entire history and we cited by kerry neglects

gripped not one not two but several european states france home to the largest muslim community in western europe with some five million followers became the first country to ban the full face veil in public places in two thousand and eleven a new woman breaking the rule faces a penalty of around one hundred fifty euro and a lesson in citizenship those forcing a woman to cover her face or looking at a much stiffer fine of up to thirty thousand euro neighboring belgium followed suit just months afterwards with a similar ban on the muslim veil that covers the full face though the fine here is slightly lower than maximum punishment could result in a seven day jail term a similar ban on face covering in public is to become effective this year in the netherlands home to roughly a million muslims although scholars say out of that number only a few hundred women wearing the cobs of workers which either leave the eyes open or cover the entire face within three and three and a half million muslims live in germany the second largest islamic population in europe after france there is no universal ban here b

maybe this is the opportunity for a serious that radical initiative involving russia as well as western europe united states and obviously the gulf cooperation countries otherwise the us will very involved there will be probably will be further killing the further mayhem and the record of afghanistan and iraq where the spring western involvement has not been a peaceful solution but has been one of continuous destabilization in. the syrian army has sent reinforcements including tanks to the ancient christian village of monder aleppo which has been besieged by al-qaeda affiliated rebels since wednesday finds as from the al nusra front to have been firing on the population from nearby hills which is maria for national has gained access to the stricken area we entered by lula through its ancient gages burnt and damaged in recent attacks shortly after the syrian army announces that most of the militants were pushed back signs of the recent battle and destruction a reverie where we were told to move fast and to follow the military is the cause without stopping or even slowing down there are some par

i've often said it was taken us in western europe decades and centuries to develop the kind of democracy so this whole notion that you're opposed always been an issue by a democratic nation he should you need to take on therefore the country should become democratic in five years or ten years it's completely unrealistic i don't know if you would agree with me but in the beginning of this crisis there were a lot of. efforts or at least some efforts to reconsider the principles on which the global economy is run and some politicians meaning decision makers were talking about the need to heal you know readdress those principles but i would argue about it nowadays essentially be. tyranny of the status quo of borrowing a phrase from milton friedman seems to be prevailing do you think the world has really learned the lessons of all of the crisis do you think be underlying reasons for that prices have been the trast so you're absolutely correct that the reexamination many of us thought would take place kind of fissile though and disappear the disappeared from the them again of course there are

earth's a conference of roughly forty thousand kilometers starting from moscow then on through western europe and north america before finally crossing the whole of russia and finishing back in moscow. and while completing the trip is a new milestone others hope its example will further boost the improvements made in russian civilian flights in and out of the country and around the globe i think what they're trying to do is quite an important country from the point of your development of smaller is the right way and the right and some time ago it became available for us to fly all over the world under the collar rules to fly out of the country and on the russian license there's a russian license to kill a cop just so i think it's an important trip well jules verne's character police folk have to use a hot air balloon to get around the world whereas these pilots get to use the state of the art helicopter in the office in austin six once on the way the crews became a group of explorers visiting places they've never been before and passing some breathtaking places along the way on a remarkable j

maybe this is the opportunity for a serious diplomatic initiative involving russia as well as western europe the united states and obviously the gulf cooperation countries. and william hague also says britain is still committed to a diplomatic solution to the crisis in syria do you believe peace talks diplomatic efforts can still bring peace. at the end of the day every war however horrible and bloody of this one has already cost one hundred thousand lives and two million refugees in neighboring countries has to be settled by some kind of political coming together the history of the region is one of the countries being the playthings of western imperial powers. between britain and france made in secret to its adventure. revelation by the russians in nineteen eighteen right through to the current borders that have been put down by nine hundred twenty two and of course the mandate territories but the end of the day the peace has to be one that has the support and agreement of the peoples of the region so it's less outside interference and internal democracy that's important but also the pourin

the size of all western europe combined. it should be africa's wealthiest nation., or never even knew, that the 20th century's first holocaust happened here when belgium's king leopold managed to bamboozle the world into giving him personal title to the congo. leopold's agents of whom the mythical kurtz was one, raided, slaughtered, mutilated and pressed into forced labor much of the population, in a bloodthirsty quest for first ivory and then rubber. when independence finally came, the belgians trashed what they could, and left behind a completely unprepared tribally divided and largely ungovernable land mass, filled with stuff that everybody in the world wanted. and things pretty much went downhill from there. ♪ >>> but this story begins with the truck stop. in rwanda. stocking up in rwanda. my expectations for food in the congo are more measured. if you're looking to get to the eastern congo and many would ask why you would even want to do that, the best way is to drive across from neighboring rwanda. this country, of course, not too long ago, suffered its own a

i wouldn't be surprised if a large number came from western europe or the united states.ick is right. the syrians have developed a very high-class chemical weapons program. and serin is the least worried. it's the least persistent. vx, which lasts for a very long time, is in the strategic warheads. . they have their own terrorism problem. and amongst the ranks, you see chechens to the south of russia fighting alongside some of the more hard core syrian rebels. so you can imagine people thinking the last thing we want to see is that country collapsing even further and some of them getting their hands on the chemical weapons and brings them back to russia. that could be in the back of their minds. >> i want to talk about iran. what is iran saying publicly about the usz agreement snlt. >> we're getting sort of mixed messages. broadly, in the last couple of weeks, we've seen social media messages and hibts a lot of skepticism there for potential conflict in the region. be many are thinking are they perhaps seeing an avenue here to soften their posture? >> well, don, you feel

through vast national resources, he can manipulate western europe by choking off the flow of natural. he has rebuilt the russian military, and he has set up several high profile international events not least of which th the upcoming sochi olympics. power means crushing any opposition before it gains momentum. for vladimir putin, that means being the toughest guy around both inside russia and abroad. al jazeera, london. >> the g-20 summit is where world leaders come together to discuss the global economy. but this year the conflict in syria has stolen the show. here to discuss syria southbound what is next journalist and author of foreign policies terms of engagement. great to talk to you. you told me just a moment ago the hearings of the last few days, and you read the transcript, how is the u.s. team doing in making it's case about military strike in syria. >> i think obama has a tough job. last year it was wrong, and now it's right is a tough sell. if he's saying we can't afford to have this war continue to spread. we can't afford to have it turn into what it's turning into to, a

it also acts as a gain of levels of xenophobia in france and elsewhere in western europe. al jazeera, paris. >> we'll be looking further into that story on "inside story." you can see that on al jazeera in injures six hours time. >>> we're back a little later with news, but now it's back to david. >> india's prime minister describing an attack of indian kashmir as barbaric. killing four people as well as a policeman. the group dressed in indian army uniform and then raided a military base. the attack will not derail peace talks with pakistan taking place this weekend. >>> n.a.t.o. says one of its soldiers in afghanistan has been shot and killed. according to the alliance, the taliban said it was behind the attack. >>> still ahead, no shelter from the elements pakistani say they desperately need tents and water. we are with rescue crews in india where thousand versus been left strapped, and we have more rains on the way. >>> a man in charge of the sport of cycling is about to go run off the way in about 20 minutes time. ç] >> welcome back. you're watching the al jazeera new

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