Research more transparency and most allusions to tackle at pollution florence aljazeera jakarta and staying with the environment deforestation in brazils portion of the amazon rain forest soared by more than 88 percent in june compared to the Previous Year president j are both in our own made it easier for companies to convert the amazon into farmland a move denounced by environmentalists well germanys car makers are continuing their push towards cleaner greener vehicles electric prototypes are now common among the industrys biggest names but there are concerns that a lack of charging infrastructure will keep consumers from making the switch dominic came reports from the heartland of germanys auto industry. This is the e. Q. See the sadies most recent venture into the electric car market a vehicle for their green ambitions to replace fossil fueled engines says leone had given every possibility to change the recuperation roads so in some situations you want to get back thats macho energ
On june 4th 1909 chinese troops attacked prodemocracy demonstrators on beijings tenement square a brutal crackdown to end 7 weeks of peaceful protests. The day after the massacre thousands of demonstrators were arrested sentenced and jailed dozens were executed. But mysteriously some managed to go underground and escape. This is the story of operation yellow bud a covert effort to spirit chinese dissidents out of the country to safety and into exile abroad for years it was believed the cia was pulling strings now after years of silence the masterminds of operation yardbird have started to reveal the details of their story. A story in which france played a key role teaming up with some odd bedfellows allies. Full of the dissidents smuggled out of china recounts the dramatic events that changed their lives forever. The story of operation began in beijing on april the 15th 989. 00 the day saw a vast outpouring of grief over the death of a leading communist party official. Who will ban had
Upcoming storm and the impact on you. We will look at the forecast. Well start with chuck bell and four things to know. On this weather alert day, its all quiet oside this morning. Troubles begin after lunchtime today, with a little bit of rain, changing t snow, during the middle to later parts of the afternoon. Could be a tricky evening commute. Leave early if possible. It will turn very icy after 6 00 p. M. , as temperatures fall into the 20s. Right now, were mostly in the low 30s to gethe daystarted. Well be close to 40 degrees around launch tiunchtime today. Rain, and rain and snow, allsnow, by 6 00. A few flurries in northern parts of frederick and carrollcounty. But winter advisories for all of the d. C. Metro area. They go up until noon and stay until midnight. That could impact metro, as well. Absolutely could. Speaking of metro, we have problems here right now. Singletracking, green and yellow line, between ft. Totten and prince georges plaza. Looking from chopper 4 here. Nort
Here is julia anne sweet. That means we have to go to war. Before we do that, i want to talk just briefly about military history in general. We will set aside our political history for now. Next couple of weeks is military history all full, though. Here is the thing, there are certain challenges that folks in persons studying military history will encounter. What are the things . History written by the winners . Yeah. I like to say for the winners go to history, right, because what they end up doing they are the ones that will tell the story, all right, unless youre doing the civil war. You usually get their perspective, all right, where you got patriots, one of the reasons i had you read the spring chapter to get the british perspective because their version is a little bit different. What other challenges . Theres a lot of uncertainty with who won what battle. Again, lots of different perspectives here. You may have some bias. Generals like to make themselves look good. Wars are nice
Talk just briefly about military history in general. We will set aside our political history for now. Next couple of weeks is military history all full, though. Here is the thing, there are certain challenges that folks in persons studying military history will encounter. What are the things . History written by the winners . Yeah. I like to say for the winners go to history, right, because what they end up doing they are the ones that will tell the story, all right, unless youre doing the civil war. You usually get their perspective, all right, where you got patriots, one of the reasons i had you read the spring chapter to get the british perspective because their version is a little bit different. What other challenges . Theres a lot of uncertainty with who won what battle. Again, lots of different perspectives here. You may have some bias. Generals like to make themselves look good. Wars are nice, promotion, and so, yeah, you have to be really careful of the sources. You know that,