operations in gaza. and british politics after the coming election, what will be the biggest challenge facing the winner? trying to inspire and to take a divided country with you i i think it s really, really difficult. i two years ago, the russian build up on the borders of ukraine was starting. russian officials were assuring the world there d be no invasion. when the absurdly overconfident russian attack began, it was largely beaten off. a lot of people thought ukraine was bound to win. but the russians got better at fighting, and ukraine s supplies of cash and weaponry from america were cut by the republican party. ukraine s counteroffensive failed. there are disputes at the top level of ukrainian politics, and ukraine may now be forced to negotiate with russia or even concede defeat. over the past two years, we ve often turned to vitaly shevchenko of bbc monitoring, who s himself ukrainian. he gave me his assessment of the situation that ukraine is now facing. if we w
what effect will south africa s genocide case have against israel at the international court of justice? the reason why this matters now is because these provisional measures have an immediate and binding effect on israel s ability to conduct its military operations in gaza. and british politics after the coming election, what will be the biggest challenge facing the winner? trying to inspire and to take a divided country with you i i think it s really, really difficult. i two years ago, the russian build up on the borders of ukraine was starting. russian officials were assuring the world there d be no invasion. when the absurdly overconfident russian attack began, it was largely beaten off. a lot of people thought ukraine was bound to win. but the russians got better at fighting, and ukraine s supplies of cash and weaponry from america were cut by the republican party. ukraine s counteroffensive failed. there are disputes at the top level of ukrainian politics, and ukrain
scotland and england with narrow wins in the six nations yesterday. it isa it is a cloudy but mild day and blush it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day for many. wetter especially in western scotland. news of things especially in western scotland. news of things turning colder this week. right of things turning colder this week. right here of things turning colder this week. right here on breakfast. it s sunday, the 4th of february. our top story: the uk hasjoined the us in striking houthi targets in yemen for a third time. last night, british and american forces launched strikes on 36 targets across 13 locations, in response to attacks on ships in the red sea. the uk s defence secretary, grant shapps, claimed the action was needed to protect innocent lives and preserve freedom of navigation but said it did not mark an escalation in the uk s involvement in the conflict. louisa pilbeam reports. british fighterjets taking off
Invitation. Its a great conference. Now, investor state dispute settlement. Thats the topic if i look its from a german perspective, which is in the sense of the debate in the center of the debate. Procedures and mechanisms are part of most International Investment agreements and there are more than 3,000 of these agreements. Essentially its about Foreign Investors that discussion from this morning. You can see the rest online at cspan2. Org. Well go live again to coverage of the Cato Institutes conference on International Trade and the ttip. A look now at domestic policies and their impact on International Trade. This is just getting underway. Alphabetically. Senior fellow of began this career as a journalist with the Vancouver Sun and the fortunately times and the spent time inside u. S. Trade or he this is back at a time when it was weekly publication, and you had to jim colby is best known for his work in congress, although now doing really good work at the german marshall fund. Th
Mattis. Where have all of trumps generals gone and what does their departure mean for American Foreign policy . I will ask richard haas to make sense of all of it. And well take a step back from the apparent onslaught of bad news. Is the Current Situation in america and europe, around the world, as bad as many think . Or are we, in fact, living in one of the most prolific productive safe times in history . Steven pinker versus Niall Ferguson. Finally, i will introduce you to a young woman whom you will surely want to meet. We have run out of excuses and we are running out of time. We have come here to let you know that change is coming whether you like it or not. Shes trying to do nothing less than save the world. But first here is my take. Emanuel macron has been the great hope for those who worry that Global Politics is being dominated for populism, nationalism or racism. In his president ial Campaign Last year, macron was able to rally france around a message of multilateralism. Now