Even i can say that its a vast understatement to say that we are living through a moment of profound upheaval by the domestic landscape. The american primacy is in the Rearview Mirror and the road ahead is in preoccupation. People lose perspective and to lurch from the illusion of neatly restoring our yen up oral dominance and the equally illusory idea that we can disengage from the rest of the world and focus on ourselves. What rebecca and mira have done in this illuminating book in an extraordinarily thoughtful and historically grounded am at least sensible approach to reinventing u. S. Foreignpolicy mindful of the limits of our power but optimistic about its possibilities. Their strategy of openness marries the crucial importance of discipline and restraint in an appreciation of the potential of the hand that we still have to play and a number of other players especially our allies and partners who share a broad interest in the world. None of that should surprise us because mira and
Putin is the most dangerous. Just after 6 in the evening in baghdad. Right here in moscow this monday july 27th wherever youre tuning in from this hour a welcome to the program the head of the World Health Organization has warned the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to accelerate almost 60000000 cases have been recorded worldwide and more than 640000 lives lost. The pandemic continues to accelerate in the past 6 weeks that thought a member of cases has roughly double the copied 19 pandemic is illustrating that health is not only wired for development its the foundation of social economy and political stability or just one aspect of the pandemic this week thousands of british holidaymakers got a shock at the weekend after the u. K. Government to reverse the roles and travel to and from spain following a spike in covert cases there they will have to quarantine for 2 weeks once they return home reporting alerts in. Youve seen the number of measures now being put in place whereby those p
A route shrouded in tear gas a Security Forces crackdown on antigovernment protests opponents are demanding a new independent leader for the country. And what would christmas feel without the not crack. We go behind the scenes of a production and ballets country of origin russia and meet a rising young star of the renowned the bolshoi as he makes his grand debut. Im brian thomas great to have you with us search crews have so far failed to find the bodies of the 2 victims still missing a week after new zealands volcano disaster the Prime Minister has led the country in observing a minute silence in memory of those killed in last mondays eruption. Of a chari also known as white island the official death toll now stands at 16 another 20 people are in Critical Condition suffering from severe burns. Bad weather forced recovery teams to call off their search for the 2 missing back domes rescuers about that they will though press ahead with their search. Hold on hold a new zealands white isla
We go behind the scenes in russia where we meet a rising young star at the renowned Bolshoi Ballet Academy. And in the Business League glaude box are knocked off top spot after a late goal condemns them to defeat and. Im brian thomas great to have you with us narrow thought on u. N. Climate talks have ended in madrid with very little to show Major Economies there rejected calls for bolder targets to combat Climate Change sparking anger among developing countries and activists the un secretary general antonio terrace also voiced his disappointment calling the summit a lost opportunity to act. They were the longest talks to date leaving representatives exhausted with little progress made on how to limit Global Warming to under 2 degrees but there was agreement on one issue regretfully after all the hard work that you have and we couldnt get our to an agreement it is my sincere regret that we were not able to reach an agreement we invested a lot of energy and find it very frustrating. Tha
You. The u. K. Has issued new guidelines to Companies Selling weapons to saudi arabia after a British Court ruled last week the government broke the law by allowing arms sales to saudi arabia sites in riyadhs involvement in the conflict in yemen the government is seeking to appeal against the decision for the moment new export licenses arent being issued to Companies Selling weapons to saudi arabia bahrain egypt the u. A. E. And kuwait ensues led to a heated debate in the u. K. Parliament where the ongoing british Prime Minister to resign may face condemnation for selling arms used by the Coalition Fighting in yemen. We continue to operate one of the most robust arms export control regimes in the world. And we take our responsibilities on arms export licensing very seriously indeed in the words of the 27 team judgment the government engaged in anxious scrutiny indeed at what seems like anguished scrutiny at some stages were disappointed that the court found against the government on on