And she is he writes and speaks of black politics, social movements and racial inequality in the United States. Shes here for her third book, race for profit how banks and the Real Estate Industry undermined black homeownership. Sorry. She will be in discussion with professor Dorothy E Roberts from the university of pennsylvania was a socioeconomic and social justice advocate. I would like to introduce keanngayamahtta taylor. [applause] hello everyone. Thanks for coming. My talk fourth talked of sweet. Very glad to be here in philly. I begin this project began this project in 20082009 and was most about chicago. Do i need this . Mostly about chicago. And detroit. And when i move to philadelphia, i found out there was a story here. So philly has been an important part of me writing this book so im very glad to be able to actually be here and talk to you. Its a difficult book to read from. Kind of tents. But readable. So what im going to do is give a kind of narrative arc that really cov
China obviously deeply persecuted by the chinese states theres a community of legal refugees in turkey and several ways for refugees as we know to cross by land into the European Union from turkey other through bulgaria which is fiercely protected by the bulgarian Border Guards or by lands in sioux northern greece and somehow however they these Chinese People got there they found their way to belgium where the container itself was met by a lorry which had travels across the u. K. From the republic of ireland. Northern ireland and thats where they froze to death the other observation the National Crime agency in this country is making is that it is now a favored option by criminal gangs to puts. Asylum seekers and refugees inside refrigerated lorries it seems to me for the simple and horrific reason that its much more difficult the heat seeking equipment that Border Guards use to try to find out if theres a person inside a container its much political they see what the quitman to work i
Under the states control or starve the dire conditions are believed to be the reason why many have left despite human Rights Groups saying some of those who have gone are being detained and ill treated. We have been able to document the detention of at least 37. 00 men who left to government controlled areas these people were arrested and taken to intelligence branches in damascus and holmes also they are forcing men to join the army in a month or 2 it was agreed that they would be given 6 months. Many syrians and want safe passage to opposition controlled areas in the north and if they cant get it they want regular food and medical aid the u. N. Says it cannot make any promises as it is an observer in the repatriation process and doesnt have an restricted access to return knees so many who are staying say they have to as they are left with no choice so whether beirut one of the Worlds Largest retailer says it will stop selling for handguns and military style weapons across the United
The u. K. Is reportedly considering using drones in the gulf region the area has already seen multiple drone attacks in recent weeks so how will these Unmanned Aircraft shape future conflicts and are they legal this is insight. Hello and welcome to the program im fully back to the use of drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles has changed the way militaries around the world conducts the operations the United States and others have said they prefer them to sending in jets or using other weapons now with the crisis in the gulf the u. K. Is reportedly considering using drones in the region they would help with surveillance as british warships escort oil tankers store the strait of hormuz which began after iran sees a british flag tanker last month we have a lot to get into with our guests in just a moment but 1st alex got topless has more on why many. Drones were initially designed for surveillance but within a few years theyve gone from being an experimental Assassination Program to an integr
The subcommittee on water oceans good morning. The subcommittee on water, oceans, and wildlife will come to order. This subcommittee is mint street hear testimony on h. R. 2245, the cecil act. And committee rule, any oral statement that there are limited to the chairman and the Ranking Member. The vice chair and the vice Ranking Member. This allows us to get from our witnesses soon and helps members keep their schedule. I asked anonymous consent all of the members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the subcommittee clerk by 5 p. M. Today or the close of hearing whichever comes first. During no objection, it is so ordered. One other bit of housekeeping. Im told votes are expected in about 30 minutes. That will interrupt our hearing this morning. We will recess for those votes and then we will come back as soon as we can get that finish line apologist for the inconvenient but sometimes thats what we have to do things around here. Good morning.