Manufacturing in china plunges to the lowest level of records putting more pressure on already battered stocks it is. Good and theres uproar at the french oscars and raven polanskis best director award. After a week of what was called a reduction in violence in afghanistan the u. S. And the taliban are expected to sign a preliminary peace deal that could put an end to americas longest running war president transcending is top diplomat to catarrh for the historic signing and says the Afghan People should embrace the chance of a new future but this is a long way to go the deal is seen as a possible 1st phase. The next step would be for the taliban to actually talk with the government in kabul in order to decide the future of the country there is a summer binge of aid has been speaking exclusively to the taliban spokesman shaheen and he says he hopes the deal will bring stability to afghanistan. It is significant for a our people for our country in the whole region because for 4 of one pe
A few hours time the u. S. And Afghan Taliban are due to sign a preliminary deal that could eventually end americas longest running war its the result of 18 months of talks but once its there is still a long way to go and the 1st stage will be a 135. 00 day period of whats called a meaningful reduction in violence that said to include the exchange of some 6000. 00 prisoners the deal is being described as a precursor to a Peace Agreement between the warring sides within afghanistan its hope this will lead to talks between the taliban and the government in kabul as well as the withdrawal of foreign troops leading up to the signing theres been an initial weeklong reduction in violence mostly held will though there were still some attacks aljazeera as some have been devalued has spoken exclusively to taliban spokesman soho shahid he asked him what made this deal convincing given the taliban still carried out attacks in the past week. Percy it was a deduction in war lintz as we call it to p
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Welcome to the 24th annual book festival and executive editor we are here today to talk to amaryllis fox for this is a wonderful book life undercover we encourage you to pick it up where she will be signing copies. So we have a quex introduction we will leave themem for audience questions please silence your cell phones even before she finished oxford before 9 11 before daniel pearl was captured and killed having taken and great risk out of burma when she was when youre out of high school she got a masters in terrorism at georgetown where she developed an algorithm that could predict terrorist attacks based on years of data per 21 she was recruited to the cia to analyze classified cables for government and then advanced operation training training to infiltrate terrorist Networks Working undercover as an art dealer specializing in indigenous art is not a huge surprise it is a novel coming to life she was under surveillance of the chinese and had they had to talk in code the housekeeper
[inaudible conversations] welcome to the 24th annual texas book festival. I name is katie vine. We are here today to talk to amaryllis box author of the new book life undercover. Encourage everyone to pick up a copy of this. She is going to be signing copies. I will give a quick introduction and then i will ask a few questions in leave the last ten to 15 minutes for audience questions. Please silence your cell phones before we start. Even before she finished studying in oxford before september 11 before her writing mentor was captured in killed they have already invested in International Affairs having taken a great risk when she was just a year out of high school. She eventually got a masters in conflict. She developed an algorithm that could predict terrorist attacks based on 200 years of data. At age 21 she was recruited to the cia where she analyzed classified information. Soon afterwards she was selected for advanced operations and training in the middle east and asia. Its not a h