The dispute continued at the United Nations and in international courts for many years and this agreement was reached following two years of negotiations. Andrew harding has the details. A scattering of tiny islands deep in the Indian Ocean. British, for now, but after todays agreement, not for much longer. The Chagos Islands are all uninhabited, save for one, an important one, diego garcia. It is home to a big and secretive american military base. Today, britain agreed to hand the whole archipelago over to mauritius, but crucially, The Americans will remain in place. This is a very, very important agreement between our countries. Crucially protects the national security interests of the united kingdom and our allies and has been reached in full agreement with the united states retaining the crucial base on diego garcia. Also closes down a potential route for migrants. But some have warned that china could exploit the deal to extend its influence. It is over half a century since the in
world today said we re standing with you because you ve stood with us before. there s michael moore who knows how to start a revolution saying here s your chance to topthal regime, the people that have been in power. a lot of democrat have been in power for 20 or 30 years. they don t get primary challenges. what is the excuse today to say trump gave us a speech, therefore we need to have challenges in the democratic party. it key thing to maria s point is the rally, not just in d.c. but across the united states was about a broad resistance. it s a word people use on twitter. the resistance that is progressival, that has a lot of facets to it and since the election a lot of people a majority who voted for hillary have been looking for leadership and the democratic party has not
why? i will have a fascinating conversation about political beliefs. and china is infamous for stamping out any and all protests. recently they relented and gave these protesters everything they asked for. what in the world? first, here s my take culture makes all the difference, said mitt romney at a fundraiser in israel last week. he was comparing the country s economic vitality with palestinian poverty. certainly there is a pedigree for this idea about culture. romney cited david landis, an economic historian. he could have cited the great german scholar mo made the claim in his book, the protestant eethic and spirit of capitalism. the problem was that he singled out two cultures as being particularly prone to poverty and stagnation. they were china and japan. but these have been the world s fastest growing two large economies over the past five decades. over the past two decades, the other powerhouse has been india which was described for years as having a culture