Nato, former Russian Foreign minister and journalist sat down for the discussion at the council last month. Good morning. Thank you all for coming. We have a Wonderful Program for you this morning. I should mention, this is part of our series on internal developments in russia. We began with a session on dem og graph ee, this is on politics. Next month, we are doing a session on the russian economy, followed by session in april on Energy Segment in russia. We have a treat here. Wonderful alliance of speakers. I will not describe them expect to say shes a top notch journalist from moscow, has written a provocative, fascinating paper on russia politically. And ill turn it over. I want to extend gratitude for inviting me and asked me to write a paper. And thank you for coming for this event. Weave witnessing whats now in history, mussolini and franco spain and portugal. Theres not conspiracy in the story i am outlining. When Vladimir Putin has become the president , he brought with him a
Arabia cabinet ministers are replaced while princes anticrime jailed as part of a new on thai corruption crackdown that hands more power to the young crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon will look at what these sweeping internal changes mean for saudi and explore how they could impact on the region also on the Grades Council on need a connoisseur gym on turns him self into Belgian Police prosecutors had a european arrest warrant for him and for his associates who are wanted in spain for their independence push our european new center has full coverage and. Our guys a wave of violence in mexico against dangerously close a tourist hot spot where visitors used to feel safe with eighteen thousand people murdered since january when look at why this year is on track to be the deadliest. Thanks but no thanks thats australias response to to new zealand which offered to take in some of the refugees stuck in a standoff at a prison camp i mean to schapelle send us your thoughts. On that and anything
Im gasia mikaelia early happy mothers day to you. We will, thank you. Lets talk about the weather. Steve paulson will tell you how to prepare. Well, it is raining. Better opportunity for more general rain than thunderstorms but they are certainly possible again today but probably better opportunities to the north. Santa rosea, calistoga north. That line is on the way. It will be here for a couple of hours. Most of the morning commute will be fine. Lightning strikes into northeast california. There is the line right off here better city, rockland and heading towards sacramento and eventually towards us. That line will clip us to the east bay, peninsula and east bay. By sunday, it will be far now south and east that it will be on the drier side. The low is a pretty big system for this time of the year. Cloudy skies, rain moves in, possible thundershowers. 60s for most of the high. These are below normal tells. Highway 4, sal . Highway 4, its a shame, steve because we were having a good c
Ariel sharon died today at the age of 85. The former Prime Minister of israel discussed his autobiography, warrior on booknotes in 1989. Warrior chronicles mr. Sharons life from his childhood as the son of parents who worked on a collective farm to his enlistment at age 14 in the underground military organization to mr. Sharons resignation as minister of defense following a government commissions conclusion that he was indirectly responsible for the september 1982 massacre of palestinians at refugee camps. This is about an hour. Cspan general ariel sharon you have a book called warrior. Why did you write the book . Guest i thought it would be important to tell the story of the history of the state of israel. It struggles, its happiness, its agonies, its victories and defeats. It was a long story, a long struggle. I felt that looking forward one should emphasize some of the for the jewish people in the future in order to develop and continue. Cspan one of the most interesting things i l
Geology, thats was a motivation for me to study and to see of my culture. Ah, rising up to 53 meters tall that were the largest standing buddhist statues in the world. Testament to buddhism in the birmingham valley, the heart of afghanistan and the sculptures survived for 1500 years, in spite of islam and its ban or icons. Then came the taliban. Amidst international protests, the figures were blown up, erasing a part of afghanistans rich history that was more than 20 years ago. Now that the taliban is kim paula. No one knows what will happen to what remains of the buddhist. Sammy on the trauma lingers. Mancilla elemy was a child when the buddhist were blown up. As his family in afghanistan didnt have a television, he only saw the destruction lighter, that he knew the buddha statues. Well, my father told me it is something that, that, that as connection with religion, it is our culture is 3. I was hide, entity was part of our identity and we should keep it. We should save it for future