Tonight, we will be talking about the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. Tonight is also probably my farewell introduction, if that isnt a contradiction in terms, for the ongoing signature series with the History Department of the general staff college. The director of the command school, scott green, is here tonight. Scott, can you wave your arm . Thank you. [applause] in uniform, at the back of the room. This lecture series, which is about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on in the library. This is probably my last introduction, because i have been drafted by the president , so, if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which as you know needs saving. But as i always like to say, the command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware, it plays no favori
The 2nd is laid to rest at Windsor Castle off to an historic state funeral. Ah, on carrie johnston. This is al jazeera well live from. Also coming up. I reconnect fiona lashes. The Dominican Republic after bringing destruction power blackouts to puerto rico, pro russian separatists accuse ukraine of artillery shall be done. Yes. Killing 13 people and adamant sayed, who was the subject of one of the most popular pod costs of all time, is released off to more than 20 years in the u. S. Prison ah. Leaders from across the world joined the britains royal family for the state. Funeral of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd in london. Hundreds of thousands of people packed the city streets to catch a glimpse of the funeral procession. Hurry for set reports in solemn silence. The queens coffin was borne from Westminster Hall onto the gun carriage, pulled by sailors, and a tradition begun with a funeral of queen victoria. Ah, on the coffin, a distillation vickery public. Every person was in the monex crown
PLANS to build 33 new homes at the former QinetiQ site in Malvern have been approved. Plans for the site went before Malvern Hills District Council’s Southern Area Planning Committee on December 16 and were given the green-light by councillors, though concerns were raised over road safety near the site. Malvern Town Council objected the plans over the density of the housing, having seen the site increase from 28 to 33 houses since outline approval was first granted in 2010. Concerns were also raised about the site being on a dangerous bend and whether a pedestrian footpath nearby would be closed during the work.