Prisoners detained without trial. Plus im phil lavelle at the Venice Film Festival where theres a syrian wedding taking place, but its not quite what it seems. Find out what i mean shortly. Hello, there, welcome to the program. A ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine is now in its third hour, and so far it appears largely to be holding. But after nato meeting in wales, pressure continues to pile on russia. Well hear the latest from there in a moment. But first paul brennan reports on the ceasefire deal signed in minsk. Reporter central donetsk, late afternoon. Lennon square is once again a place where children can go roller blading. The Contact Group convinced in minsk under a heavy burden of expectation. Ahead of the talks there had been confident predictions that a deal would be possible. The military conflict in east ukraine is no longer winnable. At the nato summit, the ukrainian president described his interpretation of the plan. There are 12 practical steps to establish peace and stabilit
20, says the human rights watch. A syrian wedding is taking place at the venice film festival. Its not quite what it seems. Find out shortly. Well, we begin in ukraine. The president petro porashenko says that a peace deal could be agreed to bring to an end months of fighting in the country. Peace talks will be held in minsk in belarus, involving ukraine, russia and the prorussian rebels. Also will be members of the o. S. C. E. Speaking on thursday, petro porashenko said he would order a ceasefire, hours from now, if the peace talks go ahead. Harry fawcett is in mariupol. The advance from russia into that country appears to be going on. It is to be a ceasefire day. Theres no sign of a ceasefire just yet. In the last few minutes we have heard more than a dozen shells landing around the eastern fringes at the city of mariupol, and spoke to locals who say shelling has been going on throughout the night. What i have seen from the checkpoint, where we have been pushed back from, is a sorry
Kurdish and iraqi forces press forward against the Islamic State group in dekrete. There is a syrian wedding taking place but its not quite what it seems. Find out why shortly. Well, nato and ukraine is high on the nato agenda but alliance is looking at the rise of the Islamic State group which is taking control of large swathes of iraq and the crisis on syria also on the minds of those in whales and learning about the plan Rapid Reaction force aimed at deterring russian aggression and we want to hear from bill faucet in Eastern Ukraine but first we go to whales and we have the talk and idea and now we have those trying to put meat on the bones. Absolutely, trying to come up with natos response and looking at two things, what they will do militarily and in some ways particularly with regard to ukraine, the thing that will frighten russians any more is the spending for all of this and the idea they will try and encourage all the nato members to come up with more money which will then of
That kind of charm, he was a champion of providence. The city was a drowned downtrodden city. He would go on national tv and go on the dawn show when it was really popular and sing the citys praises. People loved him for that. They figured we have ours had corruption but at least he made us feel good about ourselves. He help but providence back on the map. So that is why people loved him. For more information on booktvs recent visit to Providence Rhode island and the many other cities those visited by local content videos go to cspan. Org localcontent. Now on booktv sarah gordon talks about religious cases in u. S. History to transform the laws of the country and eliminated protection to religion in the u. S. Constitution. This interview part of booktvs College Series was recorded at the university of pennsylvania will pennsylvania. Its about 20 minutes. University of pennsylvania professor sarah gordon, the spirit of the law is her most recent book. What do you mean when you talk abou
One of the more careful mayors colorful mayors you will find in the country. He was part huey long, part tony soprano. The good and the bad. He reflected providence as one of americas oldest cities. To me really embodies the american political story. Welcome to providence on booktv. With help of art Cox Communications partners, we will export a rich literary culture of this capital city as we travel to these local authors and to learn about the history of this town and the state of rhode island. We begin our program with a visit to providence literally landmark. To climb up those steps and make your way in and then to arrive at the top of the steps and then look in and see the mezzanine filled with books and its inspiring. I love when we have visitors that come in for the first time. They walk in the front door. And usually if its someone whos new to the public, the first thing i hear is a giant side, and then the next word out of their mouth is oh, my goodness, this is what a vibratio