Book, captives of liberty prisoners of war and the politics of vengeance in the American Revolution history professor t. Cole jones illustrates inhumane conditions inside 18thcentury prison camps and examines how the Continental Congress dealt with the problem of thousands of pows, a population that sometimes outnumbered the American Army. Next, professor jones discusses his book at the American Revolution institute of the society of the cincinnati. Dir. Mccallister clark good evening, everyone. Its so nice to see you here this evening. So many good old friends and new faces. I am ellen mccallister clark, the Library Director at the American Revolution institute of the society of cincinnati. It is my very special pleasure tonight to be the one to introduce t. Cole jones, who us thisspeaking to evening about his new book captives of liberty prisoners of war and the politics of vengeance in the American Revolution, which has just come out from the university of pennsylvania press. We hav
For comparing Jeremy Corbyns leadership to the last to the last days of hitler. Primary School Children are being refused support for Mental Health issues despite a growing need for help. And coming up in sport the open is under way in County Antrim with one of the home favourites, Darren Clarke, holding an early lead. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The official who led the eus brexit negotiations, Michel Barnier, has issued a stark warning that the uk would have to face the consequences if it opted to leave with no deal. He also again stressed there could be no re negotiation of the existing brexit withdrawal agreement. Mr barnier was speaking to the bbcs panorama programme. Both contenders to be the next Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt, have declared mrs mays deal dead and have signalled their willingness to leave the eu without an agreement. Norman smith, our assistant political editor, is at westminster for us. Good morning to you, norman. This is g
Primary School Children are being refused support for Mental Health issues despite a growing need for help. And coming up in sport the open is underway at portrush with rory mcilroy dropping four shots on his first hole. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The uk could be pushed into recession next year if there is a no deal brexit thats according to the countrys fiscal watchdog. The office for budget responsibility, the obr, says that Economic Growth would fall by 2 by the end of 2020 if the uk leaves the eu without an agreement. Chances of a no deal outcome have risen recently, after both tory candidates to be the next Prime Minister said they would be willing to leave the bloc without a deal. Speaking to journalists shortly after the obr published their report, the chancellor Philip Hammond said he feared the impact on the economy of a no deal brexit. The report that the ob r have published this morning shows that evenin published this morning shows that even in the most ben
Also on the programme President Trump was directly involved in talks that led to the illegal payments to Stormy Daniels according to unsealed court documents. And burger that. The patty without any meat at all. Could you tell the difference . Hello, i am katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. We are leaving the eu on october 31st do or die says the man many expect to be the Prime Minister this time next week. Borisjohnson is not wholly in favour of suspending parliament to force through a no deal brexit but neither has he ruled it out. And so today parliament moved to stop him, before he even takes office. The mps voted on an amendment to the Northern Ireland bill. The change they forced through, requires parliament to sit and debate progress on restoring devolved government to Northern Ireland. In theory it prevents parliament from being suspended through october. I7 tory rebels backed the amendment. A further 30 six of them cabinet ministers including philip hammond,
I was not happy with it. I disagree with it. The american financier Jeffrey Epstein will have to stay in jail while awaiting trial on charges of trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex more than a decade ago. And instagram is stopping users in some counries from seeing how many likes other peoples posts received it says its to remove pressure on users. A lot to get through on brexit and british politics. First, parliament has voted for an amendment intended to block the house of commons being suspended in order to force through a no deal brexit. Bbcs Political Editor laura kuennsbuerg, amendment passed comfortably. 315 to 274 commons just made it harder, altho not impossible for hypothetical borisjohnson pm to suspend parliament. Remember Boris Johnson is the favourite to win the conservative leadership contest next week and so become Prime Minister. He insists the uk must leave the eu on 31 october whether there is a deal or not. He also has repeatedly refused to rule out suspend