Diplomats identified as secret agents. This includes two men suspected of involvement in a deadly explosion at a Czech Arms Depot Seven years ago. Britain claims theyre the same two men who tried to kill a former spy with a nerve agent three years ago. Our security correspondent Gordon Corera has the story. The aftermath of a deadly explosion. In october 2014, this arms depot in the Czech Countryside blew up. It took a month to find the remains of two men who worked there. It was widely assumed to have been an accident, until now. A key piece of evidence came when investigators found an e mail requesting permission for two men to inspect the site. Attached were scans of the mens passports, a copy of which the bbc has obtained. If you recognise them, this is why. Theyre the same two men wanted in connection with the salisbury poisoning in the uk. In 2018, they were spotted on cctv and accused of smearing nerve agent on the front door of sergei skripal s house. The two denied any involve
Now as the hours tick down to an important part of the trial of the exofficer charged with murdering floyd. Cnns omar jimenez is in minneapolis. Omar, that place we just showed in George Floyd Square is Hallowed Ground both demanding major changes in the Way Police Officers work in their communities. What are people there telling you on the ground . When you look at this week ahead, this is the week that people have been waiting for almost a year now here in the minneapolis area. And when you look at the preparations that were seeing, businesses are boarding up, Law Enforcement presence is. Even the School System is sending everyone to Remote Learning midway through the week because there has been so much anticipation around this week. And we have seen rallies as we saw over at George Floyd Square today, but also protests outside the Governors Mansion as well, wanting to keep the pressure on the officials outside of the legal system and whats played out over the course of this trial. O
Near the top of the page to look for pat and dave brown were the title of the, and white. Thank you for joining us, im David Stearman and an analyst at new america. The International Security program. Today to talk about this new book, by Wesley Morgan who is the author and the book is the hardest place. The hardest place, the American Military in terms of afghanistan valley to discuss the book with them we have emma sykes who is a senior fellow with the Jackson Institute for global affairs. Also author of in a time of monsters, traveling in the middle east. A superb piece of writing. In the years to come people will look at the women in afghanistan and wonder how it was that u. S. Troops were sent to remote places rotation after rotation, achieving so little yet with great cost in terms of blood and treasure. And the going to look no further than the details, and youre deeply researched account of american troops in the pech. When you were a 20yearold freelancer and and you look about
Leading a commemorative service the german president describes the pandemic as a dark time that has left. Hundreds of students are forced to flee the flames as a wildfire rips through the keep telling university on the slopes of Table Mountain to. Walk on the show the race to succeed machall as germanys chancellor is heating up and no party seems to be struggling more to find a candidate to send in to the competition than her own a selfimposed deadline by the governing c. D. U. C. S. U. Alliance show announced a candidate expires tonight a stand off between the various premier mako surge and the president of the Christian Democratic Union amin lash it is supported by party. The smaller sister party c. S. U. Is a lot more popular among voters being the Biggest Party in the conservative coalition and stranded only the c. D. U. Who nominates the candidate to spearhead the joint campaign i mean america has not yet publicly endorsed either of them. Lets bring in now our chief Political Edit