In benghazi, libya. Im stephen sackur. This city has been ripped apart by six years of conflict. Thousands have been killed, tens of thousands have fled. Eastern libya and the west are run by rival Political Institutions but there is now something resembling a functioning authority here, imposed by the military strongman in eastern libya, Marshal Khalifa haftar. Can the commander who once served kadhafi pull libya back from the brink . Myjourney to libya starts with a little piece of history. The first scheduled flight bound to benghazi in three years. The citys airport was closed down by heavy fighting in 2014. Back then, jihadists seized most of the city. Those days are over. Thank you. 0k, bye. So here we have one small sign of normality returning to one libyan city. The terminal building is nothing but a shed. There arent many flights. But to the people of benghazi, this feels like the lifting of a siege. This is what the war left behind. Entire neighbourhoods of benghazi deserted,
It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and 8 00pm in the evening in washington, where in eight days donald trump will become president of the United States. Mr trump seems to be at odds with some of his key cabinet nominees. His choice for new head of the cia, mike pompeo, on the left, strongly endorsed the work of the Us Intelligence community, hours after it was criticised by the President Elect. And generaljames mattis, on the right, nominated for defence secretary, accused russia of trying to break up nato, in contrast to mr trumps wish for much closer ties with president putin. 0ur Correspondent Nick Bryant reports from washington. A week before inauguration day, it is usually an air of expectancy that youll find on capitol hill, where the stage is being set foertrump to take the oath of office. But the mood now is much more feverish, much more surreal, as front page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the President Elect which would make him sus
It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and 8 00pm in the evening in washington, where in eight days donald trump will become president of the United States. Mr trump seems to be at odds with some of his key cabinet nominees. His choice for new head of the cia, mike pompeo, on the left, strongly endorsed the work of the Us Intelligence community, hours after it was criticised by the President Elect. And generaljames mattis, on the right, nominated for defence secretary, accused russia of trying to break up nato, in contrast to mr trumps wish for much closer ties with president putin. 0ur Correspondent Nick Bryant reports from washington. A week before inauguration day, it is usually an air of expectancy that youll find on capitol hill, where the stage is being set foertrump to take the oath of office. But the mood now is much more feverish, much more surreal, as front page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the President Elect which would make him sus
Hosted by the National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. Id like to introduce our next speaker for the day. That is dr. John curatola. He is an associate professor of history at the United States army command and general Staff College at fort leavenworth, kansas. Prior to this position dr. Curatola was an active duty marine Corps Officer and retired in 2009 as a Lieutenant Colonel after 22 years of service. Today we have the honor of welcoming him for his talk thats going to explore ways allied and Central Forces battled for air superiority during world war 1. And listen truly for how he will emphasize how skyfought battles lead to the modern development of the concept of total war. Please join me in a warm welcome to dr. John curatola. [ applause ] thank you, lora. I appreciate it. Thank you, lora. I appreciate the introduction. If you noticed when she went down my biography, yes, im a marine officer who works at an army school who studies air power. I have kin
Hosted by the National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. Id like to introduce our next speaker for the day. That is dr. John curatola. He is an associate professor of history at the United States army command and general Staff College at fort leavenworth, kansas. Prior to this position dr. Curatola was an active duty marine Corps Officer and retired in 2009 as a Lieutenant Colonel after 22 years of service. Today we have the honor of welcoming him for his talk thats going to explore ways allied and Central Forces battled for air superiority during world war 1. And listen truly for how he will emphasize how skyfought battles lead to the modern development of the concept of total war. Please join me in a warm welcome to dr. John curatola. [ applause ] thank you, lora. I appreciate it. Thank you, lora. I appreciate the introduction. If you noticed when she went down my biography, yes, im a marine officer who works at an army school who studies air power. I have kin