Come in and hear from the candidates. Watch live on cspan and cspan. Org or listen live on the freecspan radio app. Your place for an alternate view of politics. Thank you so much. It is so great to be here with debbie, not here here. I wish i was there. I wish all of us were in the same spot but in lieu of that its great to be able to do this and thank you all for joining us as we are having this chat. Again, when we were planning to store i sent to debbie i cant wait to do appearances with you though we can have conversations again. This is not anything we ever would have imagined when we were going towards the end of last year but we are nothing if not adaptable and we will take solace from the fact that we know any of you who are watching right now could not have physically gotten to crowders books tonight but you can join us virtually. Again, i will reiterate what was said that you should treat this as if you were in the bookstore. When youre in the bookstore for reading, you buy
The end of last year but were nothing if not adaptable and we know that many of you watching right now probably could not have physically gotten to grow rich books tonight that you can join us virtually. Again, i will reiterate on what was said that you should treat this as if you were in the bookstore. In the bookstore for reading, youll buy books so please do that. It would be great if they were debbies books but really buy a lot of books because were here in a bookstore, you dont just buy one, you buy a lot of books so i imagine with this crowd debbie needs no introduction but i will just briefly say, i think was great is if you look ather body of work , you see two very there is strong themes. The theme of social justice and the theme of defining america and to get to who gets to defineamerica. Used on this and picture books freedom summer and hes done in belgrade county books and she did it in the interesting intersection of middle grade and why a with the 60s trilogy and got so m
Lost the Islamic State, where the caliphate was, and it needs to get that back and we need to fight the good fight, so it will feed on a discourse of grievance with vulnerable groups, and thats the danger. The optimism of this photographs which is one of the opposition soldiers from the Syrian Democratic forces, waving a flag in celebration. We also saw that in mosul. The different bits of the alliance starts wobbling with each other. Go back a decade ago and you can see alqaeda. The whole question now, surely, is whetherthe hearts and minds, as an lse professor i was listening to this afternoon was saying, of the Sunni Community can be won round by those who now take control. And thats a big question. Is that conceivable . Control. And thats a big question. Is that conceivable . Has anything changed . I dont think so. I think its tactical achievements on the ground are very different from the battle for hearts and minds and the ideological battle, which is crucial for the fight agains
Debate raging in universities across the country about free speech some stu d e nts the country about free speech some students are keen to stop offensive views expressed on campus while others say people are offended fata easily. We will hear both sides of the argument. Far too easily. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Britain faces the highest rate of terror attacks in the last 30 years, with some plots hatched in just days and 3,000 extremists currently being investigated. Thats according to the head of mi5, Andrew Parker, whos given a rare interview, and defended the services record, after four terrorist attacks this year. 0ur security Frank Gardner reports. 0ur security correspondent Frank Gardner reports. Four terrorist attacks in britain, inspired by so called Islamic State, in the space of six months. Most of the attackers were already known to mi5, the security service. Today, its director general addressed journalists on the extent of the current threat. Weve seen a drama
Theyve won. It is after all a career defining moment for any writer, and who knows, perhaps even thinking about the £50,000 czech that goes with winning. The £50,000 cheque. There is also a royal guest here her Royal Highness the duchess of cornwall will be presenting the trophy to the winner. To help guide us through the proceedings, im delighted to be joined by the writer and critic Stephanie Merritt and sameer rahim the books editor of prospect magazine. Welcome to you both, and thank you for being here. Not long to go now, and plenty to discuss. But, before we chat, lets have a look at this years shortlist. Six of the best books of the year are competing for the man booker prize for fiction. 4321 is a very big book, by one of americas big beasts, paul auster. It follows the four different paths a mans life might take. Ali smiths autumn is the first instalment of a seasonal quartet. It centres on two friends in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union and explores the them