I wanted to apologize beforehand for the technical difficulties from the storm but now its my pleasure to get this program started high passing it on to the Museum Samuel jones Senior Historian and dr. Robert citina wholl be leading todays conversation. Senate thanks jeremy and welcomes everyone from beautiful new orleans louisiana. Quite literally in the path of the storm quite literally a few hours from now and eye of the hurricane so we hope everything goes smoothly and i like would jeremy said heck or high water. We hope we dont get any today. Having said that im really excited about todays program. Every now and then in my line of work you get to interview an author that you feel like youve. Every word they have published in this particular authors case that might be difficult but some six as a writer at large for the times and the bestselling up of numerous books this the spy and the traitor and operation mincemeat doublecrossed operation mincemeat a book that many of our audienc
What should be done with the stone or from africa. This is being hotly debated on both continents the stolen soul starts september 7th on g. W. In. The u. S. And china want to talk trade again high level talks aimed at strengthening the core ordination of economic policies later today and we get the latest from our financial correspondent in frankfurt also coming up india is in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic the Health Crisis also lays bare the countrys economic inequalities call life to delhi. And if you want to escape todays harsh realities and feel like youre living in the past well theres a free market just for you. Welcome to your business i want to jones and berlin good to have you with us the u. S. And china have resumed trade talks a day after president suggested breaking off economic relations with the chinese following a phone call between the white house and washington or beijing both sides said they were seeing progress despite the tensions the u. S. And china say the
Devos thank you so much, john. I appreciate that and thank you for this important discussion today. I wish the subject need to be discussed at all. Discrimination against anyone on the basis of their faith or ethnicity is always wrong. That we have to repeat that refrain today is troubling. Its even more troubling that too many young people perpetrate that kind of discrimination. This administration is committed to stopping it. We stand firmly against the alarming rise of antisemitism and we acknowledge this reality. Jerusalem is israels capital. [applause] devos when President Trump moved the us embassy to jerusalem it was a historic step towards peace in the region. And peace in the middle east begins by recognizing israels right to exist. Israel is a light to the region, but we all know its surrounded by jihadists who embrace people evil and who deny israels existence and violently work to wipe it off the map. I think of my own visits to the holy land. They were indelible experience
Aljazeera. And ancient land at the crossroads of europe and central asia. Some say the garden of eden was here. It is a land rich in history and blessed with abundant natural resources. And this is azerbaijan. A land which after decades of communist rule is today witnessing a resurgence of faith in islam. As a by john embraced islam. Arab invaders brought the religion to the region in the 7th century. Face and islam took firm roots here until the region came under the control of the soviet union in the 1920 s. This marked the start of an era in which atheism became states policy. Many Muslim Leaders were exiled or killed. Mosques were closed or destroyed. Despite years of state oppression towards religion many people here in azerbaijan held on to their faith. Since regaining independence in 1991 many azerbaijanis have once again turned to islam seeking to reassert their identity and fill the ideological fuck you left behind by the collapse of the soviet union. This is some us element o
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