10th grand slam title after a thrilling u. S. Open final. European ministers are due to meet in pressels for an emergency meet on the ground how to deal with the biggest refugees crisis since the second world war. Every day thousands of refugees are arriving on european shores. And are moving north through the European Union in search of haven but are facing resistence. Germany which had opened its doors wide now appears to be closing them. Its reintroduced border controls and temporarily suspended Train Services to and from austria, saying its struggling to cope. It says refugees cannot be allowed to choose which states where they want asylum a view thats shared by many in germany. Translator we already taken in the most refugees in europe. Sure, if we have space, we should take in more, but i would south you distribute refugees fairly within the e. U. Not all should come to germany. Translator we need to change the causes in the countries of origin so they have condition this is to m
Stronghold. A new report saying the oceans worth billions, are in danger of collapse. O welcome to the programme. European leaders will hold an emergency meeting in brussels on the growing crisis in the Mediterranean Sea. More than 1,000 arrived on unsafe overcrowded boats. Its feared the number of migrants could reach 200,000 by the end of the year. Laurence lee is standing by in brussels, where the emergency meeting will take place. First to Barnaby Phillips who is in catania, where thousands have been arriving. Bring us up to date with the latest on the situation today. What has been happening where you are. The most recent arrivals were getting off an italian customs boat. They were brought in this morning, 220 people. We under all from subsaharan africa. Almost all men, but a handful of women, including some pregnant women amongst them. We watched them taken off the boat into Processing Centers into the port throughout the past hour. This is the context and the reason why there is
Anytime at cspan. Org history. Let me tell you about our speaker this evening. Dr. Alan pietro ban is an assistant professor of Global Affairs at Trinity Washington University since 2011. He has also served as an assistant director of research at the Nuclear Nuclear studies institute and his primary research and teaching areas are modern us history in us Foreign Policy focusing on Nuclear Weapons policies and cold war diplomacy. But he also believes in making education more accessible to people outside of universities. So he works to give public presentations on wide ranging topics like the Cultural Impact of road trips throughout American History. They rise of the american suburbs the gilded age the role prohibition played in shaping the 1920s the history of food and dining in the us or like this one had the 1939 worlds fair in vision the future. Now alan will also be back with us on january 11th to discuss Kennedy Nixon in the debate of the century. We hope you will consider joining
At the Nuclear Nuclear studies institute and his primary research and teaching areas are modern us history in us Foreign Policy focusing on Nuclear Weapons policies and cold war diplomacy. But he also believes in making education more accessible to people outside of universities. So he works to give public presentations on wide ranging topics like the Cultural Impact of road trips throughout American History. They rise of the american suburbs the gilded age the role prohibition played in shaping the 1920s the history of food and dining in the us or like this one had the 1939 worlds fair in vision the future. Now alan will also be back with us on january 11th to discuss Kennedy Nixon in the debate of the century. We hope you will consider joining us. Now were so excited to have alan with us this. Things without any further ado. Please join me in welcoming alan pietro bun. Thank you for that generous introduction heather. I am dr. Alan pietro bond a professor of Global Affairs and modern
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