You know how to load a mascot. And stick to quilt and the jerk well. I m there all Dennis and the woman who started that line of phenomenal women in Liberia is Martha and can Rex and it was no ordinary quilt that she states 125 years ago it was a present for Queen Victoria of Great Britain sheep meat what may have been the 1st quilt that became a gift that she took to Queen for Turin 892 to thank Queen Victoria for for ending the slave trade and being able to enable Liberia to take off over the next hour on the b.b.c. Please come looking for aren t my office quilt with me it s an extraordinary tale of hope and perseverance and it s coming up in 5 minutes. This is the b.b.c. News Hello I m Jonathan Izod the Iraqi prime minister Hina other body has declared that Mosul has been liberated from the Islamic state group the prime minister has traveled to the city where he s expected to make a formal victory speech sébastien national reports it has been the bitterest of battles forcing almos
Wildly off the mark for the government matchy Peachey was big business and reporter Peru is still a poor country and this is a great way of helping us develop but for me it has gone too far what s happened is something I ve personally seen all over South America a cash cow being unsustainably milked with little thought for the long term consequences or the historic heritage it disrupts And as we blew 3 final sacred breaths over the can to press between our fingers and thumbs the realisation dawned on me that now after 5 trips to this ancient citadel this visit would be my last Simon park and ending this edition of from our own correspondent Your Guide to the local perspective from around the world do join us again next week this is the b.b.c. World Service where we are heading for the bright lights of the tesseract. I mean. For the last 25 years I ve been driving passengers around Las Vegas this week when isn t what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas and I ve met lots of fascinating peop
Amber season Kabul calling it inhuman and cowardly at least 80 people were killed and 350 more were injured Captain William Saletan is a spokesman for Nato s resolute support mission in Afghanistan he describes what s happened it was about $820.00 this morning a vehicle borne improvised explosive device detonated near Xampp arc Square which is outside the Green Zone the Green Zone of course is where all the diplomatic and government facilities are to be the fortunate thing is that the suicide bomber was not able to get to vehicle inside the Green Zone a breast surgeon who carried out a series of unnecessary operations at hospitals in the West Midlands has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Pakistan was found guilty last month of wounding with intent and unlawful wounding in a case involving 10 private patients he d exaggerated or invented the risk of cancer to convince his victims of the need for surgery one of them is Diane green I lost my home I lost my money I lost my house al
Date here you re listening to member supporting you Santa Monica Les Angelus Cadia the Santa Barbara. India brings key c.r.u. Oxnard Ventura and key c.r.y. Mojave community service of Santa Monica College n.p.r. For southern California and led here with you till 3 o clock this afternoon come posts in it 3 coming up by have a few minutes of news from n.p.r. And we get into music from Phoenix just after that. This week on the document the take a terrifying sneak peek at a new film that asks What is the true nature of evil material is intense material is scary and if evil exists how do you even dare to show that. The League. Is a little That s the documented case or to use new mash up of radio and documentaries check it out and more great shows at k.c. Or w dot com slash pod casts. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Janine Herbst President Trump is back in Washington after a 9 day overseas trip and back on Twitter calling the tour bus great success he s not commenting directly thoug
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