[applause] the National Book awards are a huge part of that mission, and it is a thrill to be here with everyone tonight recognizing exceptional literature and increasing the visibility of books which are among the most powerful weapons we have against what has lately felt like an often hostile world. I think this past year has felt overwhelming and disheartening to many people. Its also felt exhausting for women, for people of color, for immigrants, for muslims, for the lgbtq community, for so many groups. To remain on the defensive in nearly every waking hour takes its toll. For some of us, books provide a welcome escape into someone elses world. For others they serve as a valuable resource for arming ourselves with indispensabling knowledge of history. But all books offer something we need so desperately right now; broadened perspective. Books allow us to view circumstances through the eyes of someone else. They cultivate empathy. They inspire action. They make us feel less alone an
A decade long. That is in ramallah in the occupied west bank and has. In the grand hall of the egyptian Intelligence Headquarters fatah and hamas officially signed on to egypts grand plan for palestinian reconciliation after a decade of division both sides expressed hope that this time it was for good. And again mean there has been full agreement on the concept of empowering the government and the legitimate Palestinian Government will return to working normally in accordance with his prerogative and the law. Despite the fact that we have some different views different political points we have different disputes but this will never change the fact that we are brothers we are brothers in religion we are brothers in nationality we are brothers in the National Interest we suffer the same we have the same future we need to find a way for a unity of our people to secure the ambitions of our people. This isnt the first time theyve been here repeated attempts to reconcile have failed a main s
Turkey iran and russia more from al jazeera. Who is at the jewel of the goes to Border Crossing on the turkey syria border. The possible the operation is underway but the buildup continues here on the border with syria there are still more reinforcements and more vehicles getting into the military Turkish Military bases on the border with the promise of. Now the stated goal of turkey in operation is to try to see the province of the best part of the ceasefire agreement between the different opposition factions russia and the Syrian Government but the troops now that crossed into syria are stationed in an area of village called. Which is on the. Border on the border where this is a territory under the control of. The Syrian Kurdish faction it seems that the Turkish Military is trying to take advantage of its deployment inside syria to block the kurds from expanding west towards places like libya and so briefly turkey of two goals first of all material presence in the second and most imp
Wont say its a five to harangues compliance with a two thousand and fifteen year kid ill as Korean Congress to put more pressure on irans Missile Program can be a help to reports washington d. C. Hes often threatened to tear out the landmark deal with iran but in the end u. S. President donald trump stopped short of pulling out of the two thousand and fifteen agreement to limit its Nuclear Program for now and even though his own administration has twice certified that iran is complying with the deal he now says he wont do it again i am announcing today that we cannot and will not make this certification. We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence more terror and the very real threat of Irans Nuclear breakout that is why i am directing my administration to work closely with congress for months trump has accused his predecessor barack obama of being myopic in negotiations with iran focusing only on irans Nuclear Program but not the financing of groups
The remaining fighters are leaving the city as part of a deal brokered by tribal leaders and members of the group attacking civilians with them as human shields. As more from one talk unit took his border with syria. Negotiations are still underway in iraq to convince. To live the city i mean tribes and fighters from the pub been have been trying to. Convince foreign fighters affiliated with to leave in exchange for free passage now were getting some conflicting reports about what is happening now some say that its just a matter of time before everyone leaves that are others suggest that some of the battle hardened. I see the fighters say that they are committed to fighting to the death now the u. S. Led coalition has been distancing itself from this deal saying that it wont tolerate to see those foreign fighters leave and then resurface in different parts of the country but this remains a very crucial moment the as the though remains confident that its just a matter of a few hours bef