To our annual Martha Washington lecture. The event was created to scholarship and insights into the and times of Martha Washington and was made possible through a generous grant from the Richard Reynolds foundation of richmond. Tonights Exciting Program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of Martha Washington. One many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project the papers of George Washington at the university of virginia and sponsored by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of George Washingtons correspondence, but it since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much more about the personal lives and associates of this remarkable founding at this time, id like to thank each of the donors of the papers the Martha Washington project. Hold your applause to the end because there are several the Richard Reynolds foundation. Id like
Hello. Three years of brutal civil war, tens of thousands of people dead, near willy 3 million refugees. Despite all that, syria is holding a president ial election today. President alassad has cast his vote. These are images earlier. Hes widely expected to win a third seven year term in office a. This is the first time in decades theres more than one candidate on the ballot. The bbc jeremy burn has more from the capital da mass kas. This is the heart of the old city. Wherever you look there are image as of the alassad. His face is common here. There are also portraits of the president. At the moment there are thousands literally. Thats because of the election. Now, there are a couple of ways of looking at this election. Theres the view you get from opposition and from western countries and from critics of what the regime here does. That is that its a sham. Its a bad joke. The question asked is how can you hope to have a Fair Election in a country thats having a civil war . How can you
As the continent struggles with reco, temperatures by fighters in western spain are battling forest fires that are threatening lives in homes. North west is a more a province. Dozens of villages have been evacuated, at least he died. And heat alerts have been issued in more than 20 states in the u. S. Affecting more than a 3rd of the countrys population. More than a 100000000 people have been urged to keep coal, while fires in taxes have forced hundreds of people to vacuum their homes. Officials expect the fire to continue growing because of high temperatures and dry conditions. And president Vladimir Putin says hes willing to facilitate ukrainian grain exports. If the remaining restrictions on russian grain a lifted booted hel talks way that leaders of iran and turkey, they meant to focus on syria there, overshadowed by the full out from the war and ukraine. Results for dar has more on putins visit to, to her on it has practical importance and also symbolic importance as well in terms
Thank you so much for speaking to us from columbo. So there it is, the life picture from the sure lincoln parliament where the new president has been elected and he is renel wicker. Im a single ah, heres a check of the headlines answer. Lancaster. Parliament has voted and ronald wickham, a single is president. Hes been serving as enter a leader since was predecessor, go to buy a raj, a pox, a flood the country and resigned the 6 time Prime Minister will finish the remaining 2 years of roger pox. Us term, but hes unpopular with protests who see him as part of a government responsible for sterling cause economic crisis. Vanelle fernandez, has more from colombo. The active resident now formalized as president of sri lanka, by members of parliament in that Parliament Vote which concluded a little while ago in terms of the breakdown of those 219 votes, valid votes that will cost this morning in the house. 5 basically, iran novick grimacing, her securing 130 forwards to the 82 volts secured
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abdicate in two hundred years his reign ended at midnight local time and his son crown prince not who he is now the new emperor. In Sudan Opposition Groups and the military disagree over leadership after president Omar Al Bashir was ousted the army has called for protesters to stop disrupting trains and roads a Transitio