this is the story of a world shattered by bombs a world where the very sky became a threat. where terror descended upon cities and transformed people into a hunted prey. those who controlled the skies fell to omnipotence from. world war two saw the birth of a hideous idea that victory could be achieved more quickly by bombing civilian populations. against a backdrop of total war hatred and megalomania immense sums of money and creativity pumped into promoting this concept. it was a time of senseless massacres and the immolation and destruction of countless cities and towns. millions of tons of bombs were dropped during the conflict in hiroshima the detonation of a single atomic bomb instantly killed sixty to eighty thousand people another fifty thousand died in the following days and weeks. the allied bombing of civilians in world war two is a dark chapter in the west s history but precisely for that reason we must ask why did civilians become bombing targets. it all began wi
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mumurder inquiry following contract killings of a journalist and his partner at their home east of the capital, bratislava. promising as are battle against the government plan to transform the national real company. that is coming up in our business update. , a widely used weed killer has been at the center of environmental concerns lately. we take an in-depth look at the debate here in france. stay tuned. you are watching france 24. first, to our top story. a humanitarian cause has come into effect in syria s rebell held enclalave of eastern go to- eastern ghouta, but fighting and shelling continued. there are international calls for russia to convince its ally .yria to halt a momonths truce was passed on saturday. i spoke to a correspondent in beirut. what we are getting out is t the five-hour truce imposed by the russians is not playing out very well. the idea toave the fifighting ststopped from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. . in order to set of huhumanitarian c corridors th
its precursor to hezbollah took an active hand in the killing of the marines in the barracks in beirut? or had a participation in support of. i think that s true, mr. chairman, but i don t have the personal knowledge to give that answer to you with knowledge. i chose those questions and i ll summarize, mr. chairman because 308 years ago, they iran clearly was promoting activities on the streets of beirut, including kidnapping and so on. this is when they were a five-year-old government. 20 years ago americans died for sure, no small part because of iran s hand. ten years ago, americans were dying. so, when we look at ten years before they get an outright go under this, and their ability to have the materials and the to suit their ambition, my only question to all of you, and general hayden, if there s only time for one it would be you, if they were doing this 30 years ago, including kidnapping on the streets of lebanon, 20 years ago they were killing americans in saud
i-76 and route 202 behind me is congested enough on a normal morning. add to that an overturned tractor/trailer and a trash fill and drivers were delayed for hours. from skyforce10 you can see how much of the highway was covered in trash. causing a delay that stretched for miles. around 6:00 this morning, a tractor/trailer carrying the load overturned on the i-76 ramp to route 202 and the traffic came to a stop. crews closed the ramp and part of the 202 south where trashed spilled onto the road. those who take this route to work say it s often the source for headaches, but this morning was unusually bad. i got to be somewhere, you know, you re stuck. nothing else you can do. take away from your life, generally. i ve been late plenty of times back and forth. reporter: a solid three hours after the crash, they uprighted the truck and cleaned up the trash, enough to reopen the ramp and both lanes of 202. reporting from king of prussia, katy zachry, nbc10 news. to decis