and the corsican presence has dwindled to a few thousand which is a shame because corsica produces some of the most wonderful cheese anywhere. >> pancetta and the -- >> awesome. we want everything. a cured meat and cheese shop run by marie paul and family still going after 70 years. famously, notoriously, however you want to put it, this was a corsican town. i mean, when i would go as a kid -- >> yeah. >> -- my haunt, probably a typical, you know, sort of xenophobic french woman of her generation said the corsicans, they're all gangsters or policemen. oh, today just got better. very flavorful. >> oh, this one is unbelievable. the flavor of that is unbelievable. >> they're not dicking around. i love this. it's making me happy. want some? here, have a piece. >> you want some. this one is special. >> all right. let's move on. some cheese. ♪ ah, look at that. that's beautiful. >> this one is milder. this one is strong. >> wow. that is some -- >> looks very -- >> that is some deep funk. that is some -- wow. see, when i eat cheese like this and i drink wine like this, i start thinking about

the area of low pressure will continue to bring heavy rain to the biliary islands, corsica, too. some of the rain heading heading south to algeria. elsewhere in europe, disturbed weather in the eastern side of the mediterranean, cyprus and southern turkey as well. in the eastern side, maybe sunshine in rome with 15 degrees here. hello, i'm karin giannone — this is outside source. let's look through some of the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. vigils are held in berlin 24 hours on from the deadly attack on a christmas market. police have released a pakistani asylum seeker because of a lack of evidence, which means the attacker is likely to still be at large. china tells millions of people to stay indoors because of toxic smog. extreme air pollution alerts have been issued for 24 cities in the north—east. we meet the brave paralympian who has signed papers allowing her to choose when she will die. scientists say they've made a "remarkable" breakthrough in treating the early stages of prostate cancer. the drug, activated by a laser, successfully destroys tumours

napoleon bonaparte and jack joe corsica a profits friends. the last time for the french. [inaudible] are understandably proud of this and never match the power to have any competition if it had not been far more trouble than we have had with this somewhat -- [inaudible] that come to our attention that a certain daniel now american province of harlem is now in the south of france. he speaks more than one. around the clock deciphering the code. his cover is that he's traveling with his mother. we have our belgian acts. that work. ditto c. monte carlo with a suspicious friendship with the aquarium who respond to them. i need not to tell you how to allocate this is in view of our recent ongoing intelligence with marine life. he's also familiarize himself with the casino and the suspect did to princess grace has looked up on him with favor. he also spoke at length with a group of arabs and luckily we have not yet decided this either. this night, july 1975, he was seen where he conversed around around -- it was observed that the bartender smuggled him peanuts and crackers. he w

on 50 acres by the corsica and chester rivers, that facility is private and ornate with teak floors, oriental carpets, crystal chandeliers, this is according to "washington life" magazine, plus a full library, lovely staircase, views of the river, a tennis court, if you worked in the kremlin in the 1970s getting assigned to the u.s. was for top diplomats or anyone the soviet union wanted the u.s. to think was a diplomat. it bought a similar facit in long island, 14 acs. both compounds host those russians are assignment until today. because president obama shut down both compounds as part of his new sanctions against russia for interfering in the u.s. election. and starting at noon tomorrow, the obama administration is physically barring any of those russians from accessing the compounds. the state department saying they were used by, quote, russian personnel for intelligence-related purposes. so maybe something more than diplomacy. now, cyber espionage is by definition a virtual activity. it's hard to pinpoint. it can feel kind of ephemeral. but president obama's actions today are no

., corsica river, it's in maryland's other than shore. this is some of the most prime and reveled real estate, if you live in d.c., this is where you head to vacation, especially during the summer. it was bought in 1972 by the russian government. it has a dozen cottages on this facility, each of them with four apartments, we understand that in all, it could accommodate up to 40 families. four lighted tennis courts, a swimming pool. this was a hideaway for many of the families who worked with the russian government, especially in d.c. >> so are we kind of assessing this to be more of a punitive measure against these diplomats and their families, or are we more of the thinking that this was probably used for some kind of covert operations and based on its location and stuff? >> based on what we've heard from the neighbors and stuff, it seems to be more of the first. this is a place where they would throw parties, interact with other diplomats, there would be other embassies there. we talked the to some locals who said, you know, it was obvi

>> this is the corsica river compound. this is the one that's more sort of legitimately for recreational purposes. there's a pool in it, a tennis court there, and we know this was used by the russian ambassador throughout the '80s. we're going to talk more about that. >> that's nice looking. >> really nice. both of the compounds are really nice. this one is near washington college. >> and the one we have in glen cove. >> long island, this is really interesting. 49 acres. massive. really beautiful compound. in the '80s, and this was in "the new york times" this morning, in the 1980s in the cold war, we took away their beach permits for parking because there were diplomatic spats going on. both of these compounds have been known to u.s. intelligence, have been known to the diptdic community for 30 years. >> in those neighborhoods, there's always a lot of gossip about what's going on inside. >> in maryland, really gossipy. >> very interesting. >>> coming up, howling winds and massive snow prepare to pound sections of the nort

as follows, in part, it will be remembered that napoleon bonaparte of corsica, a province of france, is the last gentleman emperor of the french. the course cans, who are an exceedingly high tempered people, are understandably proud of this and have never imagined that bone part would ever have any competition, indeed, if it had not been for the legend, we might have had far more trouble than we have had with this somewhat unpredictable island. i it has come -- it has come to our attention that a certain daniel of english, province of harlem, is now in the south of france. he -- [inaudible] at least two languages and he speaks more than one. there's a -- [inaudible] at work around the clock deciphering the code. its cover, as the americans would put it, is that he is traveling with his mother. we have our belgian experts at work on this aspect of the problem. [laughter] this daniel has been seen lately in monte carlo where he exhibited this is the pushes friendship with the fish -- suspicious friendship with the fish in the aquarium. i need not detail to you how delicate this is in v