A political crisis the french president meets the countrys itself exiled Opposition Leader and agrees to mediate in negotiations. On stepping into the ring donald trump and joe biden prepared to slug it out in the 1st of 3 u. S. President ial debates. Well welcome to you this is r. T. International with me niki air and our top story this hour the Un Security Security Council has called for an immediate end to clashes currently gripping the borders of asia and europe the nations of armenia and azerbaijan are into a 3rd day of conflict in whats the worst flare up of a long standing territorial dispute since the signing of a truce in 1904 violence erupted on sunday with both still laying claim to the nagornokarabakh were. These are exclusive pictures filmed by an arty crew in nagornokarabakh because the part of a drone that was shot down by forces during the fighting crew is so far the only media granted access to the area by the army thorazine. Dawn of scent is a report from the side fil
A state execution. Also in the news france has a new Prime Minister. For helping lift the countrys coronavirus lockdown will replace philip. And the president of the philippines approves an anti terror law that human Rights Groups say will only allow him to crackdown on his opponents. And support for months later than expected the f one season is officially underway there was Hamiltons Mercedes team are using an all black car in the show as support for the fight against Racial Injustice. So nearly 2 years after journalist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul and was never seen again and the trial of the 20 saudi nationals accused of killing him has begun in turkey fiance a teacher has been so vocal about bringing his killers to justice she was among those to testify on friday but she may not get the kind of justice shes hoping for this trial against the man is happening in turkey in their absence. Of course through widespread condemnation including in the un spec
The virus in check germans could resume free travel within the e. U. By the chair. And bundesliga football kicks off a gang this hour bob the players will have to adjust to stadiums without fans plan of the big gangs full say dortmund take on shall come in their 1st match after the lockdown. Im rebecca riches welcome to the program italys government has announced that turks will again be able to visit from june 3rd a 14 day mandatory quarantine period will also be scrapped its a big step for a country recovering not only from one of the worlds worst coronavirus outbreaks but also the huge Economic Cost of lockdown. Famous for once having too many visitors coronavirus has left venice deserted many here who rely on tourism eager for people to return but its a balancing act between preventing a 2nd wave of coronavirus while reopening the city. I hope the authorities will manage the city in a way that is a compromise between the city we knew then and the one were experiencing today. He sai
University in the United States you will see claims such as this university which he tried to think critically it will solve teaches you how to solve problems it will teach you how to communicate well and work well with other people itll teach you to be global in your thinking that all sounds wonderful and in fact i think if anybody thinks about what is the role of Higher Education we all would all agree that those are things that we want universities to teach but when you actually look at the curriculum none of those things are taught. What is taught courses in departments largely around information sometimes around analysis of that information but very much in a field specific way and the reality is is that in order to teach these broader capacities you cannot deliver it in a disciplinary way you have to deliver it in a cross contextual way so essentially youre saying that the universities are not delivering what theyre promised to give you is that an unfortunate happenstance you kno
A disciplinary way you have to deliver it in a cross contextual way so essentially youre saying that the universities are not delivering what theyre promised to give you is that an unfortunate happenstance you know a good system in a bad shape or is it actually fraud claiming to provide what you know you cannot provide and charging a fortune for well i think its volved to be i dont think that was ever the intent and i dont think that it was malicious in its beginnings and in fact if you think about the of the broader concept of a classical education. The goal really was to provide you with the various disciplinary activities that you need in order to be able to think critically and 200 years ago that was possible its because humanity did didnt know much right and so in one degree you could teach science and math and philosophy and history and basically cover what most of the professors knew and you could impart that to the students and they would get a very broad and systematic educati