A moment of reconciliation and or maybe rather an admission of guilt. In poland plants act of humility marked the beginning of a close friendship but that changed when the populist law and Justice Party rose to power in 2015. 70 years after the war they say they want more than what they call empty gestures they want reparations from germany lawmakers in berlin have refused such demands many here dismissed it as an attempt by the polish nationalist government to score cheap political points by stirring up empty german resentment but some are more open to the idea how many feel like maybe germany did take the easy way out because our polish neighbors were so quick to accommodate us maybe its not such a bad idea to talk about reparations just as we discussed erecting a memorial here in berlin the polish victims of the German Occupation here. 50 years on the relate. Unship between germany and poland looks as bleak as the weather did on that fateful december day but on suggests just serves
Cake. Its a wonderful feeling to know that something so positive representing Jefferson County will be on national television. My job tonight [ applause ] is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. Jane henderson is the editor at the st. Louis post dispatch. She graduated from st. Louis and graduated from columbia with degrees in journalism and english literature. She cut short her work as a grad student to go to work as a copy editor in the mid 1980s and later, after three years in the newsroom of the hartford in connecticut, she returned to st. Louis and has been an editor and writer with the post dispatch features department for 30 years. As a book editor, she assigns and edits book reviews choosing from some 300 or so new books each week. Shes written stories about book trends and interviewed many authors from sam and rushdie to e. L. Doctorel. So tonight she adds to that and she will be having a conversation with caroline fraser. Carolin
Talks to secure a trade deal between the uk and the European Union are resuming later on monday. They broke up last night with the trickiest areas of disagreement like fishing richts, Competition Rules and enforcement of the deal remaining unresolved. If theres going to be a deal, it needs to be done by december 31st. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. Last night in brussels, the lights on, the talks ongoing. Huge amount at stake. It is serious. Its at 50 50 right now and i dont think one can be optimistic about resolution emerging. Speaking to some of the key principles here, this isa the key principles here, this is a very challenging issue to resolve, and particularly around the level playing field. There are three main sticking point, the so called level playing field, how any deal is enforced and fishing rights. Eu sources suggest a deal on fish is close. The british sources say it isnt. It seems the two sides cant even agree on what they disagree on. After todays ne
The most important speech ive ever made Donald Trumps 46 minute u. S. President outlines why he believes the election was stolen. After months of deadlock a breakthrough in peace talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban. The u. K. Has become the 1st country to approve the pfizer bond take cover 90 vaccine for public use it will be administered to high risk groups within days Prime Minister brust johnson praised the lantus to their work on the vaccine but said people still need to be cautious or brennan has more from london. The approval of a vaccine almost exactly a year since coded 901st emerged in china is a triumph for science the final trial data for the pfizer buy on tech vaccine was only submitted to the u. K. Regulator the m h r a a week ago but as a result of a process of rolling approval examining data even as the trials were taking place the regulator has been able to move swiftly and confidently to declare it effective and safe the safety of the vaccine has been s
Speech ive ever made Donald Trumps 46 minutes outburst the u. S. President repeating unsubstantiated claims of fraud in an election the last of the nearly 2 decades of war a breakthrough in the peace talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government. And a step into the future as hundreds of people who lost their limbs to hidden explosives in pakistan get a chance at a new beginning. The United States the country hardest hit by coronavirus has seen more than 2700 deaths from cover 19 in the past 24 hours that is the highest daily death toll since april for the 1st time hospital admissions also topped 100200000 new cases were reported which was another record now the head of the c. D. C. The centers for Disease Control was warned by february another 200000 people could be dead from the virus. So were in that range potentially now starting to see if 100 to 2000 to 2500. From this farm so you know the mortality concerns are real. And i do think unfortunately before we see february we co