Thanks for joining us here on r. T. And. First this hour the New York Times is facing widespread criticism of trip published an article saying that russia offered bounties in afghanistan to kill u. S. Troops it also claimed that donald trump was briefed on the matter but there was no response however the director of National Intelligence denies either the president or the Vice President were ever briefed on this sometime self is labeled the piece fake news. The freak news New York Times must release anonymous source but they can do it this person probably does not even exist. The article is being slammed by Russias Foreign Ministry which is called the peace deliberate decision from ation saturday also saw the taliban denying the New York Times article arties it is done off looks more closely now at the peace in question and asks who might benefit from its publication. Its time to blow off the dust that circled around any smear tactics guidebooks since the last us election but as democr
[applause] good evening everybody, i am bradley graham, coowner of politics and prose along with my wife and on behalf of everybody here, welcome and thank you for coming. Its really great to welcome back to the store Rashid Khalidi who is among the worlds foremost scholars on palestinian identity and nationalism. Hes been a professor of arab studies at Columbia University now for 17 years and before that taught at the university of chicago for a decade and ahalf. He is also editor of the journal of palestine studies, the author of sevenprevious books on the middle east. His newest work , the hundred years war on palestine covers some aspects of palestinian history that he has written about before butthis is a more personal book and a more provocative one. Personal because rashid merges scholarship with personal stories drawn from generations of his own family members who were present at some key events and provocative because he offers a very different take on the Israeli Palestinian
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Situation where cities and companies and communities have taken Climate Change seriously even though the u. S. Government appears not to be well travers with born free usa mr travers thank you very much my pleasure. Talking about im endangered species were going to talk about one of the worlds most endangered species in fact the mountain gorillas of Central Africa are theyre making a slow and fragile return from the brink of extinction. Reports from the mountains in rwanda the center of the conservation efforts what you. Were at the foot of the very good mountains and getting a briefing on how to behave around the mountain gorilla thats what everyone here has come to see and theyve paid 1500. 00 each to spend one hour with the great apes in their habitat you excited i am beyond excited this is International Treasure that is being protected in rwanda and im so lucky to be able to experience it i cant wait and the cost is they put the concept when you think about it i think i think thats
Youre in the story today china is facing growing International Pressure to stop oppressing its population but some surprising voices are speaking up to defend the governments policies and their muslim one to her thoughts or leave them in our lives. There are some 11000000 weekers in china they are an ethnic mostly Muslim Minority who have lived in the Northwestern Province person juries and recent years china has stepped up its repression of the Group Survivors recount torture and forced indoctrination internment camps we girls also experience constant government surveillance and restrictions on religious practice Rights Groups say in july 22 countries sent a letter to the United Nations condemning the camps 37 other nations quickly responded with a counter letter defending chinas human rights record including more than a dozen the muslim majority countries so whats going on here have muslim countries abandoned the weaker joining us to discuss from toronto is free the deve canada direc