Backed groups and kurdish fighters as they neared the deadline to withdraw from Northern Syria. This is the end of the debate and were going to win. And u. K. Opposition leader jeremy called and gives his backing for a december election pushed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. And in bangladesh said cricket captain even has and has been banned for 2 years for failing to pull approaches by bookmakers and at the Rugby World Cup in south africa. England have the upper hand heading into saturdays world cup final. We begin with breaking news out of lebanon where there is tension on the streets of the capital beirut supporters of hezbollah which is part of the government have been tearing down tents put up by demonstrators police also moved. Breakup bradleys the now its the 13th straight day theres anger over economic mismanagement and corruption Prime Minister saad hariri will address the nation in just under an hour lets take you live now to beirut aljazeera site a horta is this a high tens
From europe including Britains Parliament except to pass legislation for a december election to try to break the brakes it pass. We are sorry deeply and truly sorry one year after 189. 00 people died in the crash of a boeing 737 in indonesia the airline c. E. O. Apologizes to the families of the victims. And people some who were very Sports Bangladesh stalled around the shock about how sun has been banned for 2 years on 3 corruption charges that and more later in the program. Hello we begin with breaking news out of lebanon the countrys Prime Minister has submitted his resignation to the president after days of antigovernment protests. Bests side of says he has reached a dead end in trying to resolve the political crisis xenophobes are reports from beirut. Unrest in the streets of beirut running battles in the heart of the lebanese capital. Police moved in after hundreds of men allied with Political Parties in power attacked abd type government demonstrators who have been in the street
Scholars, andwar they are getting younger by the day. [laughter] we just heard one, and now we will hear another with dr. Paul quickly. Asis familiar to many of you the associate presser o professr of civil war studies. Would saye, and some the pleasing voice, if you happen to be an anglophile, for the centers many public programs, and like his endowed chairs namesake, he speaks often and writes for the popular media and the Wider Community as well as staying active in the scholarly world. Before he came to Virginia Tech in 2013, he was a lecturer at in American History at the university of edinburgh. That is scotland, you got that right. [laughter] he spent many years before that in the socalled valley of humility, earning his ma and phd at the university of North Carolina chapel hill, lecturing not only at unc, but at Duke University and Guilford College , and working for the journal, southern cultures. It was at unc that he met his wife, mindy, now a mystery writer. His doctoral dis
Began, he was raised in that commonwealth and graduated summa cum laude from tufts university. He then earned an ma and phd from harvard university, where he studied under bernard bailyn. He taught at harvard and the university of michigan before joining the faculty at brown in 1969. A prolific author, professor wood has won numerous awards. In 1970, his book creation of the american republic, 17761787 won the bancroft prize. In 1993, his radicalism of the American Revolution won the Pulitzer Prize for history. The americanization of Benjamin Franklin was awarded the Julia Ward Howe prize by the Boston Authors Club in 2005. His volume in the oxford history of the United States entitled empire of liberty a history of the early republic, 17891815 was given the association of american publishers award for history and biography in 2009, the American History book prize by the New York Historical society, and the society of the cincinnati history prize in 2010. Incidentally, professor wood,
The faculty at brown in 1969. A prolific author, professor wood has won numeral russ awaou. In 1970 his book won the ban cost prize. In 1993, his radicalism of the American Revolution won the pulitzer price for history. The americanzation of Benjamin Franklin was awarded a prize by the Boston Authors Club in 2005. His volume in the oxford history of the United States entitled empire of liberty a history of the early republic was given the association of american publishers award for history and biography in 2009. The American History book prize by the New York Historical society and the society of the cincinnati history prize in 2010. Incidentally, proefessor wood, e heard from someone else from the society last week. He was awarded a medal by president obama. He is a fellow of the American Academy of arts and sciences and the american philosophical society, the countrys oldest learned society. He and his wife louise have three children, two of whom are professors and all of whom are i