Design engineering the worlds steepest Funicular Railway opens in switzerland. Climbing an incline so steep, that specially constructed carriages are used to enable passengers to stay upright. And in half an hour here on bbc news we go through the lens, we go through the lens, capturing Iconic Images of moments that shaped history. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Six people have died after a multi vehicle crash on one of birminghams main roads the Belgrave Middleway at the junction of bristol road. A seventh person is critically injured. Officers have described the scene as very difficult and upsetting. The midlands today reporter Bob Hockenhall in birmingham described the scene. I can see some damaged cars in the underpass but i am assuming those are the cars that only suffered minor damage because they dont work that wrecked. The Ambulance Service have told us six vehicles were involved. A man and a woman inside the first car, extensive damage, but by a miracle the man and a wo
Up next on cspan two come on cspan two come a conversation of vietnams political and military ties with the u. S. And china. Also hear about the Trump Administrations Foreign Policy in the asiapacific region from the Stimson Center here in washington d. C. , this is about 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] i work on the program here and today we have the president president from social sciences to be here to share with us her perspective, chinas good on the relation. And we have the washington Southeast Asia and they have spent a lot of time earlier than not as journalists but the economics review. I do not so todays topic is but of the United States and china because the a flareup of the south tennessee, and there have been a lot of questions and questions about the alignment choices in Foreign Policy choices and they are a governing party and they reform into a country and so we will hear from the experts how the vietnamese domestic politics also affect their Foreign Policy choice
And counting . Then, to trumps controversial socalled Election Integrity commission. I would like to make a suggestion that might possibly help overcome part of this problem, and that is think about applying the background check system that we use for in the systems for voting. Amy as the Election Commission faces lawsuits, controversy and the fallout from a second meeting on tuesday in New Hampshire, we will look at how the socalled Election Commission integrity Election Commission may be paving the way for a nationwide Voter Suppression effort. And finally, as the United States marks the 16th anniversary of the september 11 attacks, well look at new evidence filed in the 9 11 lawsuit against saudi arabia alleging the kingdoms embassy in washington, d. C. , may have funded a test run of the attacks. Andrew speak with writer cockburn. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On capitol hill, vermont independen
From the victory speech by french president elect Emmanuel Macron and can special and speech byconcession challenger marine le pen. Later, a house hearing on visa security. This week on q and a, defense news Naval Warfare correspondent chris cavas talks about the ys fat leonard bridal more thanandal, with 200 Navy Officials including several admirals. Chris cavas, let me start by asking you what you do for a living. I am a journalist. I cover naval affairs, things over and above the water. Like to cover them worldwide i like to talk about the industry that builds these things, the people who operate them, who buy them, the operations they do, and why does anybody need all this stuff and does it ever work. I write about this stuff. Who reads it . The industry, the hill, politicians. Defense news is a worldwide publication. People and the naval industry around the world Pay Attention to us. Senior officers Pay Attention to us, senior acquisition officers. How big is the publication and h
, gas stations etc. That sometimes as he took off the asphalt, we would come down actually into a grave area. And in that case, there would be a few may buttons found, a few tax, some engines for the coffin hinges for the coffin. These were simply photographed, nothing moves. And that is the goal. To make sure that everyone buried at Friedman Cemetery will be preserved. There are no historic photographs of Friedman Cemetery, so we didnt know what to find. What we have also we have also looked for the absence of grace. And one of those places was clearly a pathway that was coming into the cemetery from washington street, and coming directly in. And that pathway will not be used for a new walkway for visitors to enter through a gate and come into the cemetery. The preservation of friedmans freedmans cemetery has been miraculous. That so much of the cemetery has been preserved, even with so much Road Construction all around it, Building Construction gas tanks being placed at the gas stati