Really about to come full circle and im thrilled every day i wake up and i thank god that im here in the greatest country in the history of the world. This is a place where you can do anything, where youre free to be yourself, where personality hasnt been downsized and where i feel most comfortable when i get on the beach, 16, 18 lane freeways in texas where ive chosen to live and i think the best state in the union. Im just settling down and sometimes i look around and its the plethora of options that you have for eating or drinking or shopping. Theres really no place like it. The freedom is palpable. Its very much discernible and perhaps thats something that someone who spent the first years of their life letting someone else has more of a perspective on then say a nativeborn american that has not experienced life anywhere else they may have been of a place that never for such an extended period of time living in those places. I can tell you as someone that had the chance to livein a
The outside world. And. Im charles stratford. Development army saving mothers and babies lives. Im raul, latest from the Rugby World Cup as japan beat the two time world champions some south africa. South africa. We begin with yet more confusion and bickering between eu states about how to handle a growing refugee crisis. More than 14,000 have entered croatia in the past few days and the government says it cant cope so its sending refugees back to the border with hungary, prompting a bitter response with hungary claiming croatia breaks international law. Many in the middle east are left to fend for themselves sleeping in railway stations and on road sides. After hungary closed its border to serbia, north to slovenia. Germany the biggest economy, their asylum will be assessed. Lawrence lee on the slovenia hungary border. Overnight thia the croatian government put the refugees out, another closed border. For majd, a simple explanation, europe hasnt goes a clue what to do with them. They
On a busy day of sports we have the latest in the rugby cup for you. The u. S. Secretary of state is calling to end the conflicts in syria and what appears to be a softening in the stance, kerry said that the syrian president needs to leave office by the timing cub decided throughout negotiations. We are joined live from london and what else did they say and what they are setting up here . Jane, after the meeting, john kerry confirmed what everyone suspected, syria is top of the agenda and discussing how to use this moment when russia is committed to doing more against isis in the region and a solution to the conflict in syria, but at the same time, he add admitted he was concerned about the aircraft being present in syria and all though it is seen as a concession, it was a very small concession, if it was one, when saying that they were not part of the long term future, all though he didnt go on day one or month one. Removing him is a Sticking Point and getting theal lies around the t
And well meet nigerian children getting a chance to rebuild their lives. Plus. Im lucia newman, in havana, coming up, ill tell you here why politics and religion will mix. Hello, yet more bickering and confusion from eu states about how to handle the refugee crisis. More than 14,000 have entered the croatia. Now sending thousands back not only to hungary but also north to slovenia. Germany their bid for asylum will be assessed. Lawrence lee reports from northern croatia. They are moving in the right direction even though the motivations of the countries theyre are in are far from generous. No mans land between croatia and slovenia, another closed border for this architect and his family. Europe hasnt got a clue what to do with them. They dont know what to do. They dont have a clear plan. Thats what i recognize. The best thing that happened to them was the arrival of volunteers from slovenia and croatia, who offered food to shivering refugees, and food to hungry. They are less than impr
Telescope celebrates its 25th birthday. The u. N. Refugee agency says the eu plan to tackle the migrant crisis in the mediterranean is an important step to collective european action eu agreed to triple funding for navel mission and lay the ground work for military action against trafficics and comes after hundreds are rescued from the Italian Coast Guard on thursday and we are joined just outside a Migrant Detention Center so eu is talking about the possibility of using a military force to stop the boats leaving libya, how feasible is that and is that going to work . Well i have to say standing on this side of the mediterranean and looking at the situation, it seems quite difficult. The eu will probably have to come up with some sort of plan but the way things work here is that there is no fix Meeting Point for smugglers. I was speaking to the coast guards yesterday and said we have hundreds of kilometers of coast and along the coast in the middle of the night there is a meeting. And