President s it established and the legacies that left. There is a strong case to be made that november 11, the day that a battered square rigor called the mayflower made safe harbor in a place near what is today in massachusetts. That day should be one of the greatest moments in our national theory, comparable to fourth of july, independence day, and september 17, constitution day. But let me qualify that statement a little bit. As ourk of the pilgrims forebears and we are right to do so but it is important to remember they and the other new puritans that were selling new england at the time did not imagine they were settling establishing the United States of america. Nothing could have been further from their minds. They were doing something entirely different. They were about the business of establishing a place where they could enjoy a pure and uncorrupted church. The early settlers of virginia were motivated by material considerations they wanted, what the spaniards wanted from the
We think of the pilgrims as our forbearers and we have a right to do so but it is important to remember they and the other new englanders settling at the time did not imagine they were settling United States of america. Nothing could have been further from their minds. They were doing something entirely different. They were about the business of establishing a place where they could enjoy a pure and uncorrupted church. The settlers of virginia were motivated by material considerations, gold, wealth, material wealth. The settlers of new england were driven by religious zeal. Most of them were puritans, men and women of a company spent who believed the church of england had not gone far enough to purge itself of its corrupt aspects and would despair of a cleansing renewal ever coming in their lifetimes, and hence their decision to emigrate to the new beginning. In particular were not only calvinists but separatists, meaning they had separated themselves from the aurch of england as they
Votes and a test for the pro western governing party thats been in power for 30 years. Salvaging whatever they can severe flooding in sudans capital as the nile river reaches unprecedented levels and announces a sweeping labor reforms as it heads closer to hosting the 2022 football cup. And im Peter Simmons of your sports Lewis Hamilton wins the belgium grown premier missy is gone missing porcelaine is pleased to not prove preseason medical but the storys a no show off the telly club he wants to leave. We begin this news hour and valorise where tens of thousands of demonstrators are on the streets of the capital once again keeping up the pressure on the president to step down its been 3 weeks now since the disputed elections and protesters continue to stage mass rallies despite the government calling them illegal well police have detained at least 125 people in minsk on sunday reporters on the scene say Security Forces have repeatedly attacked peaceful demonstrators uniformed men have
Sitting the next football world cup. Protesters have ignored warnings turning out in force to keep up the pressure on bellerose as president to step down 3 weeks now after disputed elections another mass rally has taken place despite the government saying its Illegal Police have detained at least 125. 00 people in the capital minutes now some of the early arrests were in and around Independence Square reports from the scene say Security Forces cordoned off that area and pushed back Peaceful Demonstrations president Alexander Lukashenko is rivals for granted to kind of sky a says its just more evidence the regime is morally bankrupt she remains and if you weigh near where she fled after that election about it smith is following developments from bill in the us in neighboring with. Some days ill examine the 66th birthday this is not the press he was hoping so. Were not a herd of cattle or cowards were belorussians chum to i was. Its 3 weeks since the disputed election the balor russian p
The next football wild card. And hoping for a healthy outcome the into meason sisters taking part in the corona virus that Coronavirus Vaccine trial has cases saw in the country. Protesters have ignored warnings turning out in force to keep up the pressure on bella russas president to step down 3 weeks off the disputed elections that another mass rally has taken place despite the government saying its Illegal Police have detained at least 125. 00 people in the capital minsk some of the early arrests were in and around Independence Square reports from the scene say Security Forces cordoned off the area and pushed back Peaceful Demonstrations president Alexander Lukashenko his rival for the on of the kind of sky says its more evidence the regime is morally bankrupt she remains and if you weigh near where she fled after the election while Bennett Smith is also in lithuania and nearby vilnius he says while police are maintaining a strong presence theyve been less heavy handed with proteste