Tragedy were debating what they soviet strategy in defeating the United States without firing a shot. Officially ever activity is involved in intelligence gathering information for extra measures i have to admit i am a author of a number of forgeries. The chezachoslaviakian Government Produced information that the generic and government that the American Government was planning an assassination of the egyptian president. Forgery, bribery, agents of influence, disinformation and overall dirty tricks are part of a broad range of soviet activities called active measures. This program is about these soviet active measures. Well hear from the journalists like newsweek former correspondent and french authors and former kgb officer and former czech intelligence officer. We will also talk to the man whose job it is to respond to these active measures. [drums beat] in the mid1960s, he was Deputy Director of the czechoslovakiaian department of disinformation. He defected to the United States. In
Aus north korea as a brutal regime after a us student that was imprisoned there guys. Stay hydrated, as the uk heatwave continues. Imprisoned there guys. Imprisoned there has died. Good morning. Its tuesday 20th june. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Serious Fraud office has charged barclays and four former executives including former chief Executivejohn Varley with fraud over the banks dealings with qatar at the height of the financial crisis. Barclays raised Emergency Funding from qatar in 2008 to avoid a government bail out. Now barclays has become the first bank to Face Criminal Charges for actions during the financial crisis. With me is ben thompson. The first Senior Executives to face charges over alleged activities in that period of the financial crisis. Tell us more period of the financial crisis. Tell us more about what the charges are. You have two turn the clock back to 2008, the height of the crisis. Three of the biggest banks said they we re three of th
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This event is one hour. [applause] it is my pleasure to welcome everyone here to the first of an exciting series of interviews conducted by smithsonian and philanthropist extraordinaire David Rubenstein. [applause] we are kicking off this series with a fascinating conversation with one of the most accomplished people on the world stage, secretary Madeleine Albright. [applause] what better place to begin van in this Great American . The smithsonian has always been uniquely american. Examining culture and history, exploring artistic expression and scientific innovation. Today, we are an institution of 19 museums, a national zoo, with collections totaling 156 million objects. Still, the story of america is so expensive that we continually work to include more chapters. That necessitates telling a more complex and more diverse story that better reflects who we are as a people. Just across the street, the new National Museum of African American history and culture is set to open. The person
John most of the polls seem to show that the old seems to be the ones who are winning to come out and they are most likely to vote. Tony i think there will be a big turnout for this. I think people understand it is a decision with seismic economic consequences. I cant believe people will shuffle this one off. I think we will get a higher turnout than a general election. I may be wrong about that. John it will be more similar to the Scottish Referendum in that way . Tony thats what i think. Its one of the situations where you would have to be pretty small minded not to understand its importance. On the assumption that people realize if you remain or leave has got consequences for the country and you as an individual. I would expect people to come looknd vote and probably at the nature of it. There is some simplicity in the decision. I think youll get a bigger turnout than a general election. John are you surprised about the fervor . Has it always been there . Always do think it has been