test. staying with test cricket, australia are looking to complete a 3 0 series whitewash as they take on pakistan in the final test in sydney. pakistan got off to the worst possible start on day one, losing two wickets inside the first two overs josh hazlewood and mitchell starc doing the damage. but the visitors did recover, muhammad rizwan hitting two sixes on his way to a top score of 88. australia eventually bowling them out for 313, and the hosts ended the day six without loss. novak djokovic s 43 match winning run in australia is over after he was beaten by alex de minaur in the united cup quarterfinals in perth. de minaur, the world number 12, took full advantage of an out of sorts djokovic, who s been struggling with a wrist injury, taking the first set 6 4. de minaur showed few nerves in the second as he eventually closed out the match 6 4. it s djokovic s first loss in australia since the 2018 australian open. i think i will be ok, to be honest. but it did have q
killed and scores more injured in two explosions in southeastern iran, near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. caroline hawley reports. the roads leading to the cemetery were packed with people who had gone to qasem soleimani. officials say the bombs had been planted in bags and were apparently set off by remote control. whoever did this was clearly aiming to cause mass casualties. the iranian red crescent said their efforts to evacuate the injured were complicated by the size of the crowds. and the first bomb was followed swiftly by a second, more deadly explosion. it comes four years t
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A professor at Hunter College at City University of new york. Her last book was the young lions one that i have not read but is of interest to me so i need to get on that next howl jewish authors reinvented the american war model. It was shortlisted for major literary awards. Shes here to talk about her latest book the secret x troop jewish comandos of world war ii which has received wide and high praise. The reviews are great. Cnn the daily mail in the uk stars and stripes and i think leah told me they were other publications that would have willing review soon so without further ado lets get into the program and welcome dr. Leah garrett. Thank you for joining us and please tell us a little bit about the book before we get into our conversation. Thank you very much particularly because some of the women i read about in the book have archival. They were interviewed by ambrose for his book as well so speak briefly about the extroops. They were created in 1942 when the war was going poor
And its my pleasure to have with us dr. Leah garrett who is a professor at Hunter College at City University of new york. Her last book was the young lions one that i have not read but is of interest to me so i need to get on that next howl jewish authors reinvented the american war model. It was shortlisted for major literary awards. Shes here to talk about her latest book the secret x troop jewish comandos of world war ii which has received wide and high praise. The reviews are great. Cnn the daily mail in the uk stars and stripes and i think leah told me they were other publications that would have willing review soon so without further ado lets get into the program and welcome dr. Leah garrett. Thank you for joining us and please tell us a little bit about the book before we get into our conversation. Thank you very much particularly because some of the women i read about in the book have archival. They were interviewed by ambrose for his book as well so speak briefly about the ext