Body image. Also this hour another Royal Wedding in windsor. Buckingham palace announces the engagement of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank theyll get married this autumn. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. In a rare public intervention, the head of the army will warn today that britains military risks falling behind that of its enemies unless it gets extra money. In a speech to the defence think tank, the Royal United Services institute, general sir nick carter will point to russias growing battlefield capabilities, including the threat posed by its long range missiles and cyber warfare skills. Simon clemison reports. Images showing what russia said was a strike on syria. But the rockets come not from the mediterranean sea, but the caspian sea, more than 900 miles away. The head of the army says russia is building an increasingly aggressive military, which the uk is struggling to match. Russia has also been simulating attacks closer to home, conducting large scale exercise
Shock defeat for novak djokovic. Pressure continues to mount on ukip leader henry bolton this lunchtime after four senior members resigned, including the partys deputy leader, its assistant deputy leader, its immigration spokesman, its trade spokesman. Deputy leader margot parker, resigned last night. Theyve all stood down in protest at henry boltons refusal to quit as leader, following a string of revelations about his private life even though the Party Executive backed a vote of no confidence in him. Our Political Correspondent alex forysth, is at westminster. Over the course of the weekend and over the course of the morning, one after another, senior figures in ukip have walked away from their positions on the front bench in protest at the decision by henry bolton to stay on, they say his personal life has become too much of a distraction and he has to go. The question now is how long he can hang on in his post and only this morning henry bolton told me he has no plans to resign im
Muslims as possible. And tributes are paid to the world cup winner and blackpool great, jimmy armfield, whos died at the age of 82. Our main story at 5pm henry bolton has insisted he will not quit as leader of ukip, despite a string of resignations of senior members. The local government, education, trade and immigration spokesmen have all resigned, along with the deputy leader and assistant deputy leader. The 12 resignations come after the National Executive committee backed a vote of no confidence in mr bolton. But he insists he will stay on, and in a statement a short while ago, he pledged to drain the swamp of malcontents within the party. Mr bolton has been under pressure, since it emerged his ex girlfriend had sent offensive texts. Our Political Correspondent alex forsyth has this report. Despite the clamour of voices calling for him to go, henry bolton emerged today with a defiant message. I will not be resigning as party leader. Instead, during the next four weeks, i shall be c
The bulge. And was in injured Market Garden at the last bridge. He got shot there. Jack, thank you for the call. We appreciate your stories. I would say we need to treasure all of our veterans. We are losing our world war ii veterans at a rapid rate and soon they will be gone. Time to remember are other veterans as well, and to cherish them and listen to their stories and what they have to tell us today. Tom czekanski joins us today. Thank you for your voice. Tom thank you. To world war ii, segregation was a common way of life in the united states. , 1960 4,after the war 1965, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights act. It was a transformational time for many africanamericans who were treated as secondclass citizens but who fought for american freedom. Continue our coverage from new orleans, part of cspans American History tv. Kim guise. Iese we have a special exhibit at the museum that opened in july of 2015. And runs through may. At which point we launch a national show. We are p
Each week American History tv visits museums and historic places. Next, we visit the World War Ii Museum in new orleans to learn about the exhibit, fighting for the right to fight, africanamerican expenses in world war ii. Kim im kim guise. We have a special exhibit at the museum that opened in july of 2015. And runs through may. At which point we launch a national show. We are particularly proud of this exhibit, and artifacts therein. There are some fantastic stories which i will tell you about shortly. We crafted this special exhibit with the help of the National Advisory board. So africanamerican scholars from around the country, including the smithsonian institution, who helped guide and steer the conversation, in regards to the exhibit and the africanAmerican Experience in world war ii. When thinking about the importance of this story, and the importance of africanamerican stories during world war ii, the founder of the national World War Ii Museum, Stephen Ambrose wrote in citize