His bestselling book, the debtor those about to die, september hope, and deadly sky. John is curator professor of us military history at Missouri University of science and technology. He recently finished a 1year visiting professorship at the Naval Academy in annapolis and served as guest commentator in a History Channel documentary on dday. Johns latest book, fire and fortitude the u. S. Army in the pacific war, 19411943, is the first installment of a 2part history of the u. S. Army during world war ii. Fire and fortitude the u. S. Army in the pacific war, 19411943 covers the tragedies and triumphs of the u. S. Army soldiers from pearl harbor to the battles in the macon islands. Based on Extensive Research from government archives and academic collections, fire and fortitude the u. S. Army in the pacific war, 19411943 is a riveting narrative with a historians profound insights. Help me welcome our featured author, st. Louis hometown boy, john mcmanus. You need that. You do. Thank you,
Its got all the right moves, but can a robot really replace a conductor. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news. Liverpool play sevilla in the Champions League tonight with wa ntaway frowa rd Phillip Coutinho named in the squad. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. New figures out today show that the number of people in work in britain hasjumped again to hit a new record. Theresa may told mps it was the result of her governments sound management of the economy. But the employment numbers coincide with the latest assessment of whats happening to wages well, they remained below the rate of inflation which means our money doesnt go as far as it used to. Labours Jeremy Corbyn says that means that millions in work are struggling to pay their bills. Heres our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. Do you want the good news all the bad news . There is both. In fact trees all around the country, more people are in work now than we have seenin people are in work now than we have seen
Rape. The secretary general of the United Nations has described the humanitarian crisis facing them as catastrophic. Would you like a paper bag with that . That would be great. We speak to the Booker Prize Nominated author who also happens to work in a book shop. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A £37 Million Pound fund has been established for victims of the breast surgeon ian paterson, who duped his patients into unnecessary operations, including mastectomies. He was convicted of 20 offences in april. He is serving 20 years injail. The bulk of the fund will come from spire health care, which runs the private hospitals in which many of the operations took place. Its thought that more than 700 women might have a claim. Sima kotecha has the story. Breast surgeon ian paterson, jailed for 20 years after carrying out hundreds of unnecessary operations. Here are the faces of some of his victims. Now, more than 700 of them will get compensation from a pot amounting to £37 million. One
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Watching the news live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. On the move into syria in a new operation to enforce a truce in province. Kurdish forces on high alert in Northern Iraq over what they say are possible threats from iraqi forces in kirkuk. More trouble ahead for jacob zuma south africas top court topples a ruling to reinstate corruption charges against the president. Also this. Mothers agony and pain after watching me in Marseille Jews massacre her family. The turkish army says its begun setting up observation posts in syrias province turkey has deployed its troops as part of a deescalation deal with iran and russia it was announced that the soldiers would be advancing south to central italy to fight the armed group to sharm the several reports suggest they are actually moving east towards the town of shake at this puts them in close proximity to the areas controlled by Kurdish Forces in the north of the region. Is that the jewel of the goes