A virtual prison as bangladesh locks down hundreds of thousands of refugees. And the siege at a sikh center in the Afghan Capital of kabul as gunman stormed a 7 minute. Walk into the program the largest lockdown in the world this wednesday is in india where 1300000000 people have been told to stay home the Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the order which is expected to be enforced for the next 21 days airports roads Railways Services and ports have been closed in an effort to stop corona virus spreading through the dense population its feared 1000000 people could be affected by mid may lets join elizabeth prong of our correspondent in new delhi who joins me now from the indian capital a major lockdown as we said elizabeth across india and the reaction sort of being housebound with dawning on millions of people. Yes so and they have had a few days to get used to it because remember sunday was this voluntary curfew that was then extended to 10 percent of the country on monday it became
After one of many stations and so much. We understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. That no matter. How to bring you the news and Current Affairs that matter t. F. Outta zinger. In the midst of a chronic virus pandemic china is in the. Beijing capital of the worlds most populous nation stands deserted. Millions of residents are forced to stay behind closed doors in moves now being replicated in countries across the line. On this episode of one a 18th we report from inside the quarantine capital of beijing. Its been months since theres been a real reason to get up in beijing. Other than to see the latest infection right from the epidemic. I came to china as a journalist in 2007 im married lulu a beijing go we have one son and leave in an Apartment Building in the north of beijing i often travel around china for my work but theres no moving now and the niagara. Around the cities barrie is have sprung up everywhere. In the provinces across neighborhoods an
Now a a discussion on human rights and democracy around the world since the cold war. Foreign policy experts look at how americas leadership impacts the world. Florida International University and the making institute hosted this discussion in miami as part of an annual conference on the state of the world. Its just over one hour. Readings to those gathered at florida International University. I salute your efforts to address the days Foreign Policy challenges and the role of American Leadership in the world. It is important to remember that what happens abroad and how people live elsewhere affects us here at home. When america turns a blind eye, we invite the evils of oppression, poverty and extremism to take root around the globe. We must Work Together to safeguard the democratic order that is provided peace, prosperity, and human achievement at home and abroad. American leadership strong alliances with fellow democratic nations are vital to this cause. At the Bush Institute we are w
In the midst of a chronic doris plant in china is in the. Beijing capital of the worlds most populous nation stands desertion. Millions of residents of forced to stay behind closed doors in moves now being replicated in countries across the globe. This episode of one of one they just report from inside the quarantine capital of beijing. Its been months since theres been a real reason to get up in beijing. Other than to see the latest infection right from the epidemic. I came to china as a journalist in 2007 im married lulu a beijing go we have one son and leave in an Apartment Building in the north of beijing i often travel around china for my work but theres no moving now and the niagara. Around the cities barrie is have sprung up everywhere. In the provinces across neighborhoods and around age apartment block where i live many new uniform chick everyone going in and out. The communist Party Security apparatus is in full force neighborhood committees which usually monitor the politica
Readers for allowing me to be with someone who has elevated libraries to such an extent. [applause] let me just say, there have been patron saints of libraries, andrew carnegie, things like that, but you are now number one. I finally. Down andrew carnegie. You have. Thats great. So how does it feel to be the patron saint now librarians . Stomach when i started this book, i could not have anticipated that part of it. I was drawn into the story because really wanted to understand what happens in 1986 that this epic fire that close the l. A. Library for seven years, but more importantly, i wanted to understand why i cared about it so much. I have often said that if someone had said to me city hall burned down, i would have thought, thats too bad. And i assume they will rebuild it. But, hearing that a library had burns felt like this deep profoundly personal loss and come i thought why do we feel such a connection to books . Why do we feel such a connection to libraries . That the idea of