Im delighted to welcome jennett conat who is an played author and the doctor of ryan con nat the director of the Manhattan Project, one of the best sellers. And the shell be speaking tonight about her new book the great secret the classified world war 2 that launched the war on cancer. I want to thank the museum for inviting me to be we youve. Alas its virtually. My first zoom presentation so bear with me. Ive had a lot of coffee and im thinking i should have had a lot of wine but here we go ill start off with a quote from winston churchill. He had way with words. He once observed men occasionally stomach pel across the truth stumble across the truth but most of them. Pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. Lieutenant colonel Stewart Francis alexander, the remarkable hero of my become did not hurry off. In fact he refused to leave the scene of a military disaster even when churchill himself warned him to he stayed, he paid attention, he investigated, and as a result, h
Wipes out a decade of Economic Growth plus pakistans asias best performing stock market is counting the cost for now just 0 hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question are evangelicals giving President Trump the votes he needs to win a 2nd term lets get to the bottom line. About a 3rd of americans identify themselves as born again or as evangelical christians and among that group almost all of them voted for donald trump in 2016 and the vast majority say theyre going to do it again in a few weeks in return trump has pushed the religious rights agenda with this culture war and socially conservative policies the appointment of conservative judges and support for israels government but what is this huge group in American Society and how did they become such an enormous influence on americas political scene what do evangelical christians believe it and what do they want my guest today is spent his life researching and writing about American Christian fundamentalism and its Global Network he
Good morning from russia just 11 i am here now this sunday morning its the weekly roundup of the big headlines of the last 7 days here on out international with me kevin no it 1st in germany accepted moscows request for legal cooperation on a probe into the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy however state prosecutors want some information will only be shared with the activists consent it says Russian Police asked to interview him in berlin where hes still in hospital germany still expects russia to be held accountable for the incident. The relations with russia are influenced by the fact that russia is 1st of all an important global actor and also by the fact that in the past and in present times we have had some problematic topics between each other and we should express ourselves carefully this time there was an attempted murder on mr novelli performed with a very specific and internationally banned nerve agent of the novacek group and our demand is that russia urgently explain what
A move that downing street admits would break International Law. This is the weekly here on our to international where we bring you the days top news along with a breakdown of the biggest headlines from the past 7 days. Large crowds are now gathering in cities across belarus calling for the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko a keeping up the pressure more than a month after the contested election which the opposition claims was rigged opposition activists say tens of thousands are attending the march in minsk and more than 250 people have reportedly been arrested our correspondent ryan gusty of reports from the russian capital. Well here they are despite the violence this morning from police attempts to detain and arrest hundreds of protesters they have gathered together in these antigovernment march marching down the streets of minsk oh no he has a demonstration against president bush and for 3 plotted to head north to whom they recognize the legitimacy. Better of his rolle
There was well there are doubts about whether schools can really keep children safe. Showing solidarity one spoonful at a time. Volunteers on lesbos working to make life better for migrants. Plus the. New season reigning champions by munich take on shots at bucknell be watching from the stands after a last minute call to keep the stadium empty. Thanks for joining us israel is reimposing a full nationwide lockdown this hour with authorities there saying its the only way to slow soaring infection rate the measures are aimed. Movements. During a 3 week lockdown comes into effect as israel marks the jewish new year and several other religious holiday spot critics fear it will hit an economy already suffering under the consequences of a 1st very stringent lockdown. Was go straight to jerusalem where tanya kramer is standing by our correspondent there tell me whats the situation like. Well im standing here one of the main streets and you can see most of the shops the nonessential shops so to