Blames the media for his choice of new top u.s. Spy refusing to take the job and scientists in France produce an alkie which they say will revolutionize farming. Is a jewel of nature which we can use this feed for animals or we can apply it to plants and reduce our dependence on chemicals are you listening to the b.b.c. World Service. Hello I m Debbie rests with the b.b.c. Nice rival demonstrations are taking place in Hong Kong where tensions remain high after weeks of anti-government protests those who support the territory s police force which has been criticized for its response to the unrest have gathered in one area Stephen McDonell was there a moment there are 2 rallies going to different parts of the city so the sign in time is that for democracy rally on the callee side of overall you re an all volunteer for my call pride Beijing all pro police rally people you have slight inciting they re supporting the police there are many people joining this rally who are from the mainland
Ly from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Lakshmi Singh president trumps nominee for the director of national intelligence is taking himself out of the running Congressman John Rachleff was facing a difficult confirmation process in the u.s. Senate where some lawmakers questioned his qualifications for leading the intelligence community President Trump tweeted that Radcliffe is a great Republican who is being treated unfairly by quote lame stream media the outgoing d.n.i. Is Dan Coats who often clashed with President Trump over Russia s breach of the 2016 presidential election and the extent of the threat the Kremlin still poses to the u.s. Is democratic system President Trump has signed a bipartisan budget bill that sets spending levels for the next 2 years N.P.R. s Tamara Keith reports the legislation also raises the debt limit in theory this should push off budget battles until 2021 it allows nearly $1.00 trillion dollars in spending on defense and domestic programs over the next 2 yea
A mentally ill man who died in 2016 after holing 911 for help shocking police body and video has just come out Dallas police officer Shackleton and laugh as he die. All that and more coming up. Welcome to Democracy Now Democracy Now dot org The War and Peace Report I may need Goodman the Senate has sent President Trump a 2 year budget that would increase both domestic and military spending by raising the debt ceiling and rolling back spending caps Trump s promise to sign the deal which would increase government spending by $320000000000.00 over the next 2 years with the Pentagon set to receive a staggering 738000000000 dollars for the coming fiscal year according to the National Priorities Project the u.s. Spends more on its military than $144.00 other countries combined the trumpet ministration has formally ended u.s. Participation in the landmark Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in a statement responding to the u.s. Withdrawal Russia s foreign ministry called the i.n.f. Trea
All that and more coming up. To Democracy Now Democracy Now Dot poor and the War and Peace Report I m Amy Goodman the Senate has sent President Trump a 2 year budget that would increase both domestic and military spending by raising the debt ceiling and rolling back spending caps Trump s promise to sign the deal which would increase government spending by $320000000000.00 of the next 2 years with the Pentagon set to receive a staggering 738000000000 dollars for the coming fiscal year according to the National Priorities Project the u.s. Spends more on its military than $144.00 other countries combined the trumpet ministration has formally ended u.s. Participation in the landmark Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in a statement responding to the u.s. Withdrawal Russia s foreign ministry called the i.n.f. Treaty formally dead President Ronald Reagan and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the treaty in 1907 to ban all nuclear and non-nuclear missiles with short and medi
Era of space exploration or will it wind up like the 1st after the 1st golden era of space exploration the United States well we lost interest we took our football went home and that was the end of the manned exploration of the universe so what s different this time around. And then there s a new theory of aging that s going around proposed by the scientists at the University of Southern California and it actually makes some sense the old theory of aging which is probably correct. Is that aging is the buildup of errors genetic errors molecular errors cellular errors the buildup of errors in our body but precisely how does this buildup take place and is it therefore possible to reverse this aging process given all our vast knowledge about d.n.a. Well let s just jump right into some of the top science stories of the past week our lead story today comes from Europe specifically Paris temperatures soared to 109 degrees a few days ago sitting up alarm bells all over Europe millions of tour