With the United States however this historic meeting in Seoul came despite a push from the u.s. Government to resist greater engagement with the nuclear arms North u.s. Vice president Mike Pence who s here at the Winter Olympics has been arguing that tough sanctions have been working and that this is not the time to North Korea s isolation and investigation is under way following a cyber attack of the Winter Olympics that happened during the opening ceremony on Friday is not clear who orchestrated the attack the spokesman for the young China organizing committee son back you said the hacking had had no major impact there are some issues that impacted the star more noncritical systems last night for all of you are worse. Not just up to any event or are had any object on the safety and security or were any acid attacks or are spectators of White House speechwriter has resigned over allegations of domestic abuse the 2nd staff member to quit in the past few days David Sorenson denied clai
In Stephanie lap and you re listening to part 2 in a 2 part conversation with prominent economist and public intellectual Glenn Larry in the 1st part we talked about Larry s early neo conservative views we talked about extramarital affairs we talked about drugs we talked about religion and now we get to grapple with the impact of Larry s world view transformation from the neo conservative right to a more nuanced progressive position on the left. So you went into recovery you were born again came out left Harvard for Boston University and then eventually ended up at Brown which is where you are today now start to draw the line for us from religious conversion to worldview Transformation How did you start shifting from right to left a spiritual rebirth that I experienced I mean it made me more humble in a deep way that perhaps shifted my values somewhat because you know this idea that you know you I got my friends I got my enemies let me figure out what side of the line somebody has alr
6 o clock am Emily Jeffrey Afghan security forces have fought through the night to gain control of a top hotel in Kabul that was stormed by militants a heavily armed gang bursts into the Internet Intercontinental Hotel yesterday evening opening fire and detonating grenades as they moved from floor to floor officials say 5 people were killed more than 150 guests and starve including more than 40 foreigners have been rescued the Afghan government says all attackers have been killed. Ukip leader Henry Bolton will fight for his job today when the party s national executive committee holds an emergency meeting Mr Bolton has been under pressure to step down since it emerged that his former girlfriend Joan Marni had made racist comments about Prince Harry s fiance Meghan Markle. To reason may have said she s too set out plans in coming weeks to crack down on company executives who enrich themselves while jeopardizing their workers pensions writing in The Observer she describes the practice
It s 7 o clock on the 7th of January Good morning this is answering Isaac s with your Sunday breakfast the latest b.b.c. Radio often years comes from Clough work good morning some of the U.K. s largest retailers have agreed to stop selling corrosive substances to people under the age of 18 in an attempt to reduce acid attacks in the year to last April police recorded more than 500 such attacks in England and Wales double the number 5 years ago the Bontrager remit was arranged by the Home Office the government is still planning to pass a new law restricting the sale of acids to aver eighteen s and also making it an offense to carry them in public without a good reason will be Mohammed s works in a hardware store in London he says his shop is already asking Fridays since I started working here which is 45 years ago it s always been known that if you are serving someone who does that very young should ask on Friday if you re selling something acid also vast ask what they re doing with th
You are tuned into. F.m. . 91.9. You maybe wouldn t think it but the chicken is an extremely well connected bird. I marry Macand This is a bird note and this. Is an exotic red jungle fowl the red jungle fowl is the ancestor of this. A Rhode Island Red Rooster or our economy to use its proper title King of the hill in the chicken world with each new day a new opportunity to assert his dominance. From d.n.a. Analysis scientists postulate the chickens were 1st domesticated from jungle fowl in India some 5000 years ago. Traders and travelers then carried them far and wide to Asia Minor Africa and Europe Julius Caesar is said to have noted that the Britons kept them for pleasure but not for the table. The farming of chickens for their meat and eggs developed later until today when the chicken is probably the most numerous avian species in the world. He won t find a rooster on next year s Bird Count calendar but you will find a host of other beautiful birds more at Bird no dot org I marry