Education and the un has a step less than International Day to protect education from attack but how close make a difference on the ground what does it take to secure education in times of conflict this is in science too. Low welcome to the program. From afghanistan to me and and syria to nations in Africa School buildings are being bombed or used by groups in conflict zones students are missing out on schooling and teaches a threatened situation now worsened by the pandemic the u. N. Is particularly concerned about more than 75000000 young People Living in 35 crisis affected countries it says theyre in urgent need of educational support the world body recently adopted a resolution establishing september and 9 as the International Day to protect education from attack it aims to ensure schools remain safe and says governments should protect and increase funding for educational institutions and humanitarian emergencies that resolution was presented by qatar and cosponsored by 62 countrie
Story and how to tell the story of the country in a way that neither sells a short the National Greatness or whitewashes our National Sins in our politics and what may be an unusual way and this book is clearly intended to speak the gist of the moment to hear about how to approach the questions. Wilfred mcclay is a national treasure. Hes first and foremost the chair of the university of oklahoma he is admired and loved by scores of students past and present and one of the great writers of American History. His book the self and society of modern america was just the best book in American Intellectual history. Its a students guide to u. S. History and why place matters, geography, identity and civic life in modern america acted in the service of the country he served for 11 years on the National Council of humanity is which is the Advisory Board of the National Endowment for the humanities. Hes a member of the u. S. Commission which i told you in order to challenge myself to pronounce t
To reopening the economy. The 1st schools reopened in ruhani the chinese city where the pandemic is thought to have begun. And venezuelas president blames donald trump on what hes called a failed cloche to oust him a state Television Broadcasts videos of an edge to american morning. Germanys accelerating its exit from the coronavirus lockdown officials have now cleared the way for Restaurants Hotels and all shops to reopen in coming weeks and german football fans have been told bundestag of matches will resume next week behind closed doors chancellor Angela Merkel said the 1st phase of the outbreak had passed and she called for courage but also caution meanwhile students at 121. 00 schools in blue houghton have resumed their studies 5 months after the 1st private 19 cases emerged in the chinese city. The message from the white house is that the u. S. Is entering the reopening phase 2 despite the numbers of deaths and infections still rising steadily almost 72000 people have now died th
Good evening everybody. Welcome to the American Enterprise institute. Im yuval levin, director of constitutional studies at ai and it is my great pleasure to commute to a discussion of the land of hope, the new one volume history of our country by the Great American story and Wilfrid Mcclay area is a book that comes a time when questions of who we are as a people, whether we can have a unifying rather than a divisive story and of how to tell the story of our country in a way that neither some shorts our National Greatness north white washes our national sins, are really live questions in our politics and what may be on unusual way and this book is clearly intended to speak to just that moment though there could be a better time to hear from bill about his sense of howto approach these questions. Bill mcclay is a national treasure. Pure and simple. He is first and foremost a teacher. Behold the blankenship care and history of liberty at the history of oklahoma. He has admired and bowl o
Also coming up Italian Police and soldiers enforcing a quarantine order on 60000000 people to prevent the spread of the corona virus the World Health Organization applauding what he calls italys aggressive policy and its good to talk to the European Union in turkey trying to find a way out of the standoff at the border between turkey and greece. To find out if they can find Common Ground and as germany contemplates professional soccer games without spectators. A step closer to retaining their bundesliga title reign champions recorded. In front of a packed crowd in the. Viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome it has been a day of high drama on Global Financial markets fears. The coronavirus have left a trail of losses across the world share prices plunged with billions being wiped off the value of global indices the Dow Jones Industrial average took a nose dive at the start of trading more than 7 percent of its value was wiped off in just the 1st minute