Tonight, we have tremendous honor of hearing one of the most veteran world reporters feels a little silly he has an incredible, incredible record and id like to share of Stephen Kinzers background with you. He joined the New York Times in january of 83 after serving several years as latin american correspondent for the boston globe. From 1983 to 89, stephen was firsttime bureau chief in nicaragua. He covered war and social upheaval in central america. He next spent six years in germany as chief of the New York Times bureau in bonn and in berlin. He covered german unification and events in other parts of europe including wars in the former yugoslavia. In 1996, the New York Times opened a new bureau in istanbul in order to provide readers with insight into turkey, a country which as you well know has become increasingly important in world affairs. Times named Stephen Kinzer as the first Istanbul Bureau chief. Prior to moving, stephen spent four years in istanbul for the New York Times. F
Protesters in iraq attacked the u. S. Embassy that chanting death to america the u. S. Strikes on the country. Im going to call for justice to be courageous and confident to confronting the challenges of a decade new years stress. Stress is the key to tackle Climate Change you can see here in full in just a few hours. Im so gail welcome to the program. The australian city of sydney has welcomed the new year. With a massive fireworks display despite many other parts of the country are not celebrating there are growing fears for residents and tourists in several coastal. Region 5 people have sought shelter on the waterfront and the preparing for possible evacuation by say it is an unprecedented situation and worst affected have been australias 2 most populous states a victorian and New South Wales in the town of kuta on the coast thats where full 1000 people have gathered on the beach to escape the flames the blazes of also claimed to lives a father and son as they try to protect their s
Prosecution i want to. Bring justice system. Calls for germans to be courageous and confident in confronting the challenges of a new technique. Yeah address the child some also stresses the need to tackle climate change. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. Yes radio city of sydney has welcomed the new year and the new decade with a massive fireworks display despite this many other parts of the country are not celebrating there are growing fears for residents and tourists in several coastal towns who are now trapped by raging fire as people have sought shelter on the waterfront and the preparing for possible evacuation by sea and this is an unprecedented situation and the worst affected have been 2 of australias most populous states of victoria and New South Wales and the town of moloch down there on the coast of thats where around 4000 people have gathered on the beach to escape the flames from places have also claimed 2 more lives a father and son who are trying to protect their hom
Obviously you masterminded this incredible escape out of japan, worthy of a movie how did you do it . Well, i did myself. Obviously it was with the help of some people that i got to know but as you know, im not going to expose them and im not going to take any risk, these people who have really dared to give me help into how to leave japan without creating any trouble, which was the case. Tell me, youre stuck in a box for several hours, right, breathing through air holes . What is that like . Im not going to confirm or say anything i can tell you what its obviously you know, you have a lot of anxiety when you are in a period where you are transferring out of the country but you are not still out of reach. But when you go through an experience like mine, where ive been arrested in 19 of november, 2018, and been through very, very tough times with a lot of adventure, i would say, youre numb somehow your ability to feel the situation in which you are is diminished, because you protect you
Prison for the scientist who claimed he created the worlds 1st of genetically edited babies a Chinese Court says that the former professor destructive the medical order. And remembering individual victims of the holocaust one stumbling stone at a time a german artist marks a milestone with his project dedicated to preserving the memory of jews killed by the nazis. And in our own frank you could join us police in the german capital have surrounded buildings and cornered off and cordoned off excuse me parts of central but lid off reports of several gunshots being the incident took place in a major tourist attraction in berlin checkpoint charlie. A former Border Crossing between east and west but few details have been concerned the police say that they believe the shooting was likely related to an attempted robbery nearby. And were joined now by a minute eilish as he was at the scene emmanuel what is happening there now. Well as you can see behind me if it is tight you see you close down