expect some trans-atlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? never. all the armies of europe, asia and transfer infantry can a combined with all the fresh of their earth in their military chest with a bone apart for a commander could not by force drink from the ohio or make a track on the blue ridge in a trial of a thousand years. if danger ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. it cannot come from abroad. if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be our author and finisher. as a nature of free men we must live through all time or die by suicide. he was just 28 years old when he said this. all things the great emancipator saw the truth, death by suicide was the catastrophe facing the republic then and it is sadly the same today. the enemies of the american way seek to stoke our divisions, schisms and sicknesses in pursuit of their own agenda. they use all the tools at their disposal, money, manipulation, and even open propaganda to weaken our co
also, i will ask the chairman of moderna whether his vaccine keeps people safe against the new variant. then moscow versus the west. after a week of much diplomacy by secretary of state blinken, can a potential russian invasion of ukraine be averted? i will discuss with james starve reedus, nato s former supreme allied commander. and understanding the new round of nuclear talks in vienna. as iran and the u.s. appear miles apart, washington says it s prepared to use other options if the talks fail. what does this mean? i ll talk to former state department official vali nasr. but first here s my take. the saddest thing about the emergence of the omicron variant is the utter unpredictability. for months, maybe longer, health officials have been warning as long as the covid-19 virus can circulate freely and wildly, it would change its form and those mutations could be more difficult to handle than the original variant. in october this year, former british prime minister gor
hello and welcome. efforts to evacuate the devastated port of mariupol and its massive azovstal steel plant have been delayed. ukrainian officials said russian forces were blocking humanitarian corridors near the plant where people have been sheltering, and shelling had resumed after a ceasefire over the weekend. hundreds are still trapped in the steelworks. elsewhere in the city, civilians have spent hours waiting for evacuation buses that were originally due early in the morning. meanwhile, the un refugee agency says more than 5.5 million people have now fled ukraine. let s go live now to ben brown in kyiv for the very latest from ukraine. hello from kyiv. the latest attempt to evacuate citizens from and its massive steel plant, those attempts have run into real problems. the defence ministry says they are blocking. elsewhere in the city, a group of civilians have spent hours waiting for evacuation buses. they were originally due to leave early in the morning at 7am local t
in violation of international commitments to protect breastfeeding. new research found the industry was using apps and social media influencers to promote infant formula. a very good friday morning to you. now on bbc news, our world. a people s army made up of unlikely soldiers. they re sacrificing everything to fight for democracy in myanmar. their enemy is general min aung hlaing, who seized power in a coup, ousting and jailing the country s top elected leaders. what started as a protest movement is now an armed uprising. we follow a mother and student as they become soldiers in this new civil war. as the death toll mounts, and the world looks away, can they restore democracy? whistle blows deep in the jungles of myanmar, hundreds of protesters are being turned into soldiers here in this rebel army camp. chanting among them is 20 year old myo. he just finished high school when the military seized power in february last year. he arrived here four months after the coup. he s
with the far right candidate marine le pen. now on bbc news, our world. what started as a protest movement is now an armed uprising. we follow a mother and student as they become soldiers in this new civil war. as the death toll mounts and the world looks away, and they restore democracy? he arrived here four months after the coup. he is undergoing intensive training. we ve been given rare access to film. in the central plains of myanmar, 800 kilometres away, another unit is in training. this is an all fighting force. all female fighting force. this woman used to run a village store, now she is one of the unit s leaders. she asked us not to show her face or use her real name. joining the resistance and saying goodbye to her boys, who are just five and eight. they are part of the people s defence forces, pdf, a loose group of civilian militia forces, born out of the ashes of the spring revolution, triggered by the military coup. a mass uprising, demanding democracy be resto