Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Welcome to the brookings institution. Before i begin my remarks, i would just like to say on behalf of the institution that we are thinking every moment about the challenges that australia is facing, with the wildfires that are impacting australia in such a dramatic and negative way, and they are in our thoughts and in our prayers. As well, we also are focused on the passenger list of the aircraft that was lost in iran two days ago. All of those souls are in our thoughts and in our prayers today. Im john allen, president of the brookings institution. We are very honored to have you with us. Happy new year. We are very pleased this morning to welcome the secretary of the army, ryan mccarthy. He is our distinguished guest and our great ally in helping to study the future of the United States army, the Defense Department and the challenges that we face in the security environment. Secretary mccarthy was confirmed last year by the u. S. Senate and after
A heros homecoming were in johannesburg as the springboks return from their Rugby World Cup triumph. So in the past hour or so yemens internationally recognized government has signed a power sharing agreement with Southern Separatists the deal was brokered by saudi arabia it aims to end months of fighting that opened a new front in the war the conflict also driven a wedge between saudi arabia and its Coalition Ally the United Arab Emirates yemens president the Saudi Crown Prince and the u. A. E. Crown prince all attended that signing ceremony in riyadh these are the key details as we understand them under the plan yemens government will return to aden to put state institutions back in place cabinet positions will be given to members of that sudden transitional. The u. A. E. Backed separatist movement had turned against had these government and seized aid in august it was looking for self rule in southern yemen here is james bays diplomatic editor who is that the United Nations in new y
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