Several metres deep. In the north of the territory, the un says a convoy of its staff carrying out polio vaccinations was held at gunpoint for eight hours by the israeli army on monday. The staff have now been released, but the un says it s not sure whether it can continue the vaccination campaign as planned. Meanwhile, syria says at least 18 people have been killed and dozens injured in a series of israeli air strikes. Syrian state media says multiple sites were targeted including scientific research centres. Monitoring organisations say that one of the sites, in the city of masyaf, was housing pro iranian weapons experts. Iran rejected reports that iranian sites were hit. Israel says it will not comment on reports of the strikes. Israel has previously acknowledged carrying out hundreds of strikes in recent years on targets in syria that it says are linked to iran. Joining me is frank lowenstein, who served as united states special envoy for middle east peace under president barack ob
Leonid volkov in lithuania, welcome to hardtalk. We need to begin, i think, by establishing what kind of contact you have with Alexei Navalny right now. Do you have any means of contacting him . Now the only way to contact him is that his lawyers, not even the relatives, but the lawyers are allowed to visit him two or three times a week and they dont enjoy privacy during those visits. So its like supervised contact, but still, we manage at least to pass some basic information about, like, whats going on. But to tell that alexei is now orchestrating the protests from his cell is a little bit too much. He actually isnt able to do it. But his political structure, the structure he has built that im now managing, is capable of, at least for some time, of keeping pace, of running forward, along with the directions we discussed with him when he left berlin for moscow a week ago. What kind of condition is he in . Because im mindful that he recovered from a Near Death Experience with the novich
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny is the most resilient opponent Vladimir Putin has everfaced. Navalny survived attempted assassination by novichok, returned to russia and is now orchestrating anti putin protests from his prison cell. My guest is navalny s Chief Of Staff leonid volkov. The Opposition Movement has supporters willing to take to the streets in hundreds of russian towns and cities, but do they have a strategy capable of forcing putin from power . Leonid volkov in lithuania, welcome to hardtalk. We need to begin, i think, by establishing what kind of contact you have with Alexei Navalny right now. Do you have any means of contacting him . Now the only way to contact him is that his lawyers, not even the relatives, but the lawyers are allowed to visit him two, three times a week and they dont enjoy privacy during those visits. So its like supervised contact. But still, we manage, at least, to pass some basic information about, l
Early in 1945 a b29s began fullscale operations against japan. 1500 miles to targets, and 1500 miles back from bases at saipan, tinea and guam. Here 21st Bomber Command concentrated its massive air power and planned the ultimate crushing defeat of japan down to the last bomb. Here was the beginning of the end of the road to tokyo. After six months of reoccupation there were few signs of war along the quiet summer shores of guam. The liberated chamorrans were in their native villages, smiling and friendly unaware that a miracle had happened around them. A miracle that moved mountains of material, equipment and supplies across the pacific, that changed their dirt roads into broad highways, that manicured their jungles into acres of black top airfields and nearby, new communities of american citizens had set up housekeeping with various types of selfservice. The latest labor help saving devices, few laundry problems and no modern inconveniences. By midsummer, 21st Bomber Command was in bu
Early in 1945, our b29s began full scale operations against japan. 1500 miles to target. And 1500 miles back from bases at sigh pan, tinia and guam. Here 21st Bomber Command concentrated the massive air power and planned the ultimate crushing defeat of japan, down to the last bomb. Here was the beginning of the end of the road to tokyo. After six months of reoccupation, there were few signs of war. Along the kawhiest summer shores of guam. The liberated chim orrans were back in her native villages. American citizens again. Smiling and friendly. Unaware that a miracle had happened around them. A miracle that moved mountains of material, equipment, and supplies across the pacific, that changed their dirt roads into broad highways, that manicured their jungles into black top airfields and nearby new communities of american citis have set up housekeeping with various types of selfservice. The latest labor saving devices, fuel laundry problems and no modern inconveniences. By midsummer, 21s