Years now run by thirdgeneration and thank you all for your support authors and book lovers and tonight we are excited to have with us in new religions for those world. And as in the former staff writing on religion with National Geographic and the Washington Post the New York Times and a doctorate in theology from oxford also author social creature. The author to change a church bad religion in privilege and the for joining the New York Times the Senior Editor for the atlantic for National Review and the New York Times weekly oped podcast. Living in new haven with his wife and three children. Please join me to welcome our gas. Thank you so much. Thank you for joining us at this exciting virtual experience in this way of talking about a book with the subject matter. Thank you for letting me interrogate you. A typical thursday night. I just want to make two comments. First in the era of coalbed i have done enough zoom events to know sometimes people are more hesitant to ask questions an
Was an original 48 stores until 93 years it was sole survivor now run by Third Generation want to thank all of you for your support for our community of authors, booklovers, without that we would not be here today. Tonight we are excited to have with this celebrate the release of her new book, strange rights new religions for a world tar is a contributing editor of the american interest, the colonists at the new service on the former Staff Reporter at fox. Com bird she has written on religion with national geographic, the washington post, the New York Times, and holds a doctorate in theology from oxford which is also the author of the novel social creature. Joining tar to discuss her new book is ross. He is a columnist for the New York Times op ed page. As the author of to change a church bad religion and privilege and coauthor of a Brandnew Party before joining the New York Times is a Senior Editor for the atlantic, he is the critic for National Review and he cohosts the New York Time
A record breaking bank holiday weekend. Weve got a lot of heat and sunshine to come this weekend but there is the risk still of one or two showers because not only are we drawing in the heat from the near continent around that area of high pressure, we are also increasing the humidity. And weve still got low pressure sitting towards the north west of the uk and this weather front is hanging around too. Hello and welcome to bbc news. For a while, itll be quite breezy brazils president , jair bolsonaro, in the north west corner of the uk has authorised the armed forces to tackle a Record Number of fires but away from here, it looks like well have clearer skies in the amazon rainforest. And those temperatures will dip away to 11 14 degrees. Now, weve still got more cloud for the north west of scotland it comes after intense pressure and Northern Ireland on saturday from european leaders, whove threatened to scrap a major and maybe a few showers to come for the highlands and islands, trade
In a televised address the brazilian president pushed back, saying the fires shouldnt be an excuse for international sanctions. The fires are scattered widely across the amazon, most notably in the north of brazil. Theyre the most intense in the region for almost a decade, as camilla motah reports from the amazon. The flames in the amazon continue to rage, thousands of fires, almost impossible to control. This is the worlds biggest rainforest and carbon store, home to 20 million people. We travelled to one area on the fringe of the rainforest, where the flames have devoured huge areas. Firefighters in the state of rondonia, one of the most affected by the amazon fires, have been working here for the past two weeks, trying to put out the flames, but resources are an issue here, as its a vast area with few people on the ground, and low humidity and strong winds add to the challenge, as sometimes the fire can spread as fast as 30 or a0 km h. The fires here threaten many homes. One man tol
Tributes to the Thames Valley officer whod been married just four weeks when he died. President trump vows to retaliate after china announces plans to escalate the trade war. Atoning for the past Glasgow University is to raise millions in acknowledgement of the profits it made from the slave trade. And a disastrous first innings for england in the third ashes test all out to australia forjust 67. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, the latest from bury Football Club, with the threat of expulsion from the Football League looming over them. Good evening. The fires which are currently ravaging the amazon rainforest in brazil have prompted the leaders of france and ireland to declare they wont support a major eu trade deal with south america unless brazil does more to bring the situation under control. Campaigners have blamed the Environmental Policies of brazils president , jair bolsonaro, for the spread of the fires, which are threatening a major source of the worlds oxygen. Thereve