Ii. And professor urwin is a long time friend of this museum project. It is one of the great advantages of being in philadelphia, that we can be close neighbors to professor urwin, whose work on the british army in the American Revolution is extensive, and nuanced, and is always inspiring of our exhibits, and publications, and the development of our core exhibition, professor urwin played a crucial role in the display of the story of enslaved runaways, weighing the promise of the phillipsburg proclamation, announced by general clinton in 1779, which offered somewhat vaguely protection and perhaps freedom of run aways who made their way through to the british lines through consultation with a number of historians, particularly of africanAmerican History in this period, it became a really an imperative that we do two very challenging, often seemingly contradictory things with our tableau in showing people facing this question of whether to trust the british on this promise. And one was t
Hour on the hour this is our International World law and while thanks for your company. And that start imprisoned u. S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning is recovering in hospital after attempting suicide in jail she was due to appear in court on friday manning has been in prison since may for refusing to testify against wiki leaks before a grand jury well to get more on this im joined now live in the studio by mara because to have more on what custer us is to the situation whats happening here. Allegedly a very close thing so she was found hanging in her cell by a sheet unresponsive blue unconscious the guards obviously. Not the case where you know a high profile maid commit suicide they administered 1st they they saved. To the hospital and she tried not so theres theres no no danger to her health but. A near death experience as it turns out is no reason to skip a Court Hearing. Ms manning is still scheduled to appear on friday for a previously calendared hearing she remains unwaveri
27 ly from the russian capital this is R T International a very warm welcome for myself and the whole team here this morning. Lets get started imprisoned a u. S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning is recovering in hospital after attempting suicide in jail she was due to appear in court on friday manning has been in prison since may for refusing to testify against wiki leaks before a grand jury ms manning is still scheduled to appear on friday for a previously calendared hearing she remains unwavering in her refusal to participate in a secret grand jury process that she sees as highly susceptible to abuse her actions today evidence the strength of her convictions as well as the profound harm she continues to suffer as a result of her civil confinement. Manning had previously served 7 years for passing classified documents to wiki leaks which detailed u. S. Abuses in iraq and afghanistan she was jailed again last year in march for refusing to cooperate in the case she says she has alread
Thetssge lot| is 2 a the fall out from racist chanting during englands match the essae li the ; g a in bulgaria continues. Fifa calls racism an obnoxious disease, and Jordan Henderson says the england wanted to make the home fans suffer for their behaviour. Thersis liiand ntrants. , and peter crouch is going to be here, giving us his own unique take on life as a footballer. The isssse li 1 and nitranzts have we have a band of rain currently thesssse li 1 and 2 for tes have moving from the west towards the east. When that clears most of us, we will see a return to bright skies, some sunny spells and the odd shower. But beyond that, the forecast trip remains unsettled. More in 15 minutes. Good morning, its wednesday the 16th of october. Our top story the parents of harry dunn have refused to meet the woman involved in the crash which killed their son during a visit to the white house. President trump offered Charlotte Charles and tim dunn the chance to meet Anne Sacoolas who unbeknown to
Away from our own coastline in case rwanda plans fall case the rwanda plans fall through. Well have all the details. Details. And the home secretary has announced plans to clamp down on landlords and businesses who knowingly house or employ Illegal Immigrants. But can such laws be enforced . And all the fines big enough . Fines big enough . And if you feel that youve been unfairly treated by your employer after posting something on x which used to be called twitter, dont worry, the big boss, elon musk, will fight your corner and he will even fund your legal bill. What is that all about . Well give you the all about . Well give you the latest. Latest. I cant call it x no , it will i cant call it x no, it will always be twitter to me. Always be twitter to me. No, and i dont quite understand how hes to going fund everyones legal bills. Hes got deep pockets, but that could be a lot of wonga. Yeah, therell a lot of yeah, therell be a lot of people now who are actually coming so that coming