Scotland is set to become the first part of the uk to introduce a ban on smacking children. And shining a light on diwali celebrations taking place throughout the country tonight. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may is in brussels tonight at an eu summit to assess the progress so far towards brexit and crucially, whether talks can start on a trade deal. The german chancellor Angela Merkel says there are encouraging signs of progress but mrs merkel and other eu leaders are still insisting the uk make further moves before any discussion on trade. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports from brussels. Speaking britains language . Not so much. Because in this town, it is money that talks. The Prime Minister thinks the uk has promised enough to settle our accounts. We will also be looking at the concrete progress that has been made in our exit negotiations and setting out ambitious plans for the weeks ahead. I particularly want to see an urgency on reaching an agreement
Will open it up to discussion at the end. Their books will be on sale at the end and they will be available for a picture and discussion. To start with my good friend doctor Jessica Stern and she has spent a career in counterterrorism and thinking about the threat that this nation and world faces with government physicians and academic ones and she is now a lecture at harvard university. One of Time Magazine theories innovative winners and is the author most recently of isis and thats a book she will talk about today. Bruce schneier is the security technology. His latest New York Times bestseller is data and goliath and in the house the collection of data. He is also a fellow at the Berkman Center at Harvard Harvard law school and many of you probably know about that center and his work in technology and innovation and Gabriella Blum is a professor of humanitarian law at Harvard Law School where she focuses on international law, negotiation and the law of conflict and is also the facul
Being provided in the disaster scene. Like colonel ingels, i was impressed by the robust, defined chain of command and a large response capable of being produced. However, in an overwhelming disaster things dont always go as planned and certainly our experiences in combat has showed us there and Prior Experience with disasters have outlined that even though theres a welldefined system of response it doesnt always work out. What i defined yesterday was that logistics problems may get in the way and interfere with medical surge planning as is outlined. Putting resources where they are needed in a huge disaster may outstrip the ability of local authorities to do that because roads are out. The niche we have as the marine corps assets we have the ability to locate some of our resources like shock trauma platoons, thats what we do in combat and we have experience with that and that may be something that may be of benefit to this process. During the last panel, mr. Cahen mentioned its so imp
Communication is going to make all the difference. We can still provide top level trauma care and still provide as the recovery unfolds the kind of primary care and other care that will need to happen when our infrastructure has been seriously impacted. So it really has shifted how were thinking literally from a tactical, just immediately taking care of whats in front of us, to a strategic kind of plan that we can now look at and really do the best for the city. So the captain and the colonel, through the discussions that took place yesterday, what are some of the things you learned about relating to civilian issues that will exist and how will you be able to help . . Oo . A Northern California has rich and diverse medical response capabilities. Its impressive the types of capabilities, the number of assets, the number of people trained to do these things are. The California National guard has air and land assets that are substantial and can be rapidly deployed to assist the civil resp
Discussions that took place yesterday, what are some of the things you learned about relating to civilian issues that will exist and how will you be able to help . . Oo . A Northern California has rich and diverse medical response capabilities. Its impressive the types of capabilities, the number of assets, the number of people trained to do these things are. The California National guard has air and land assets that are substantial and can be rapidly deployed to assist the civil responders in their mission to move people, to get things set up, to establish common security. Its a partnership that really needs to happen and is natural. The governor controls the california natial guard, he can make forces appear very rapidly in support of a regional disaster, a local emergency or wherever they are needed, and transportation, communication, security logistics capabilities that come to the table really augment the medical care thats being provided in the disaster scene. Like colonel ingels