fraser. good morning, welcome to brussels. boats are still being counted here at the european parliament. it very much feels like the morning after that i before, is a bleary eyes. i can see journalists asleep at the desks, surrounded by the detritus of half eaten food, bottles of water and quite a lot of coffee. no question what a story of the night was, the shift across the continent to the right. the hard right performing well in austria, the netherlands, germany. not so well in poland and slovakia. and, of course, the headline news overnight is the fact that president macron has called that snap election in france, where the national rally took 32% of the vote, compared to his party s 14%. that is a record performance for the national rally. it left the president, in his view, with no option but to dissolve parliament and call a snap election. translation: the rise - of nationalists and demagogues is a dangerfor our nation, but also for europe. i say this even though we h
The battle of mobile bay in august of 1864, and the leadership roles of Union Rear Admiral David Farragut and confederate admiral Franklin Buchanan. It closed one of the last major ports. The victory, coupled with the gave a boost to president abraham lincolns bid for reelection just a couple of months later. The Mariners Museum host this 45 minute event. [applause] john there is an unseen battlefield in every human breast where to opposing forces me to and where they seldom rest. The battle of mobile bay is actually the story of a contest between the two highest ranking naval officers in the civil war, and franklint buchanan. If you think of two opposing wills, that is what you have the battle of mobile bay. First, i want to talk about who these characters are. Start with Franklin Buchanan, since he was on one of our ironclads here in Hampton Roads. Franklin buchanan was born on seven on september 17, 1800 in baltimore, maryland. His father was founder of the Maryland Medical Society
Also this hour, how Climate Change is transforming the british garden. They will be looking at new techniques because of rising temperatures. And looking for love online one rhinos search for a partner on the dating app tinder. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The labour party has switched its Election Campaigning to the nhs today pledging to give a bigger pay rise to nhs staff in england if it wins The General Election. Labour says it would scrap tuition fees and Restore Bursaries for Student Nurses and midwives which are due to end in august. The party says it would end the current 1 cap on Wage Increases, in part because nhs staff had been undervalued, Overworked And Underpaid by the government. Labour says. And it says its policies would be paid for by reversing Corporation Tax cuts. The party says a Labour Government would also introduce tougher rules to ensure that Staffing Levels in hospitals are safe. The Shadow Health secretary, jon ashworth, said the money was ther
Up next, a walking tour through the Historic Navy yard organized by the national ms. Him of the united the navy. This program is about 75 minutes. Welcome to the Washington Navy yard. Im the director of education here at the National Museum of and this tour will take us throughout the history of the Washington Navy yard, which is a very extensive one. The yard itself is seen a lot of different historical events. Some happy, some, some every day events. The yard itself has changed dramatic he over the many years. Andas first founded in 1798 it was around that time that the united ace realized we needed a Standing Military force. He was after the American Revolution that all the military was basically disbanded because of the sentiments from before the American Revolution, who had a Standing Army at that time that was stationed in the United States. The british, with that idea still fresh in their mind, they realize they didnt want a Standing Military. We started having problems overseas
This is a very extensive yard. The yard itself has seen a lot of different historical event. Events. The yard itself has changed dramatically over the many years. It was first founded in 1798 and it was around that time that the United States realized that we needed a Standing Military force. It was after the American Revolution that all the military was disbanded because of the sentiments from before the American Revolution. Who had a Standing Army stationed in the United States . The british. American merchant ships were being attacked in the mediterranean. We needed a Standing Military. More importantly we knew they navy to protect American Interest all over the globe. Thatongress basically said we yes, we need a navy. They passed a resolution founding the United States navy and commissions different naval yards to build a numerous amount igates for ther navu the navy. We realize is that not only did we need ships of being built but we needed navy yards to build those ships so Congr