Museum, thank you to the museum for hiring me. I am the Senior Historian at the museum. Welcome to another installment of our meet the author series where we bring you the best world war ii literature and the men and women who write and create it. Before i introduce tonights offer, a man who needs no introduction, let me carry out the tradition of the National World war ii in museum. Are there any world war ii veterans or homefront workers in the audience tonight . There we go. I knew there were two right on top. To say we thank you for your services be understood that understand of the century. Any other era, please stand and be recognized. That is wonderful. Thanks to all of you for your support and service. We have incurred a group of friends with us in the museum and i would like to acknowledge each of them. Cspan, the folks from cspan are filming tonight. I want you to be on your best behavior because cspan is forever. I want to acknowledge those watching on our live stream and th
Guinea bike near to the worlds most dangerous waterway. We begin in iraq where there are reports of protesters have been killed in the capital baghdad after police tried to break down barricades on the outskirts of the city dozens are said to be injured in the latest round of mass demonstrations rallies have also brought about the number of cities in the south of the country including the job and nasiriyah protests of the south of the country by blockading major roads in bring charges in baghdad and he joins us now remember what more can you tell us about these clashes inside the city. Well let me show you the clashes just down the road over there in the last couple of hours we have heard. A number of ambulances coming this way in fact you can just see one coming now while i wait this is it told us that they see at least one person that has been killed as a result of the police using light fire whats been happening throughout the day that the protesters ive been living this way burning
President trump is set to sign a trade agreement today with china the phase one deal signals a deescalation and a conflict that has pitted the worlds 2 most powerful economies against each other for nearly 2 years so far the United States and snapped errors on 5550000000000. 00 worth of chinese products china in turn has said levies on 185000000000. 00 worth of us goods that amounts to 700 and 35000000000. 00 in total so far these tit for tat tariffs remain in force they cover a wide array of goods the us says the 1st part of the new agreement stipulates that beijing will buy an additional 200000000000. 00 in American Products over a 2 year period includes farm goods in particular now under turn the trumpet ministration has call of you tariffs on chinese made goods Like Electronics and cell phones that were set to take effect by the end of last year it is a major milestone but some of the biggest stumbling blocks still lie ahead. It is a gloomy winter day in shanghai and even the upcom
A truce. In libya turkey considers providing military help for the u. N. But government in tripoli plus. I was on a big job in kazakhstan and ill tell you how the country is trying to move away from its hydrocarbon based economy and finding investment in renewable sources. Indias cabinet has announced new guidelines and approved funds for an updated National Population register that critics fear could be used to further discriminate against muslims the survey was introduced in 2010 but for the 1st time people will be asked to share information about the date and place of birth of their parents theyll also be asked to give details about density documents like voter cards driving licenses and passports the government has approved more than 500 1000000. 00 in funding for the excise meanwhile the protests continue. Cross the country against a new citizenship law thats widely seen as on to muslim since it was passed 2 weeks ago at least 25 people have been killed in the violence elizabeth h
Overthrown and replaced by Anglo American backed dictator Augusto Pinochet and according to some leaders fighting global neoliberalism the legacy of pinochet lives on. Board they dont want to lecture they want to and wipe us away in a pinochet style. Sometimes we say these hard things and in europe and other places they see it as an exaggeration or extremist and its not exaggerated they want to put a pinochet in place in venezuela i mean sino today democratically elected maduro may still be in power in venezuela custodian of the worlds greatest known reserves of oil even after attempts by the European Union to overthrow him but in chile washingtons man is in trouble accused of reviving the days when u. K. Companies armed pinochet to torture his people after so many years of trying to recover from a long dictatorship of almost 20 years you have an open wound in the Chilean Society when you have the military on the street and thats another thing that we have to take into account when und