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Being locked up in a cage fight by 7 key with an open doctrine. A very warm welcome to the program all of us all th 2 in moscow executing in the. In the 1st story for you the needs of russia turkey and iran have wrapped up the 5th summit of the long running conflict in syria a correspondent for national has been following the talks in the tuchis capital. It has been a very busy day and now the feast on the trilateral summit on syria is over here and karen before that the leaders of turkey iran and russia had a tete a tetes and definitely they had a lot to discuss in these time of the talks focused on 3 major things 1st and number one was the situation in syria is no than province more of the the it is a very huge area it is believed to be home right now from 2. 00 to 3000000. 00 people so it is also conceded to be the last remaining stronghold of Anti Government forces in syria including. Moderate socalled opposition and also al qaida like islam is very dangerous terrorists are very ha
Set off massive protests but wont quit. And 300000 people forced to flee conflict to the democratic republic of congo further complicating the fight against abandon. All your sports is the former head of european football Michel Platini its questioned by French Police to the awarding of the 2022 world cup. So egypt says only democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi has been buried at a cemetery in cars a day after he died in court these pitches were taken by a Security Forces kept journalists away from the Burial Service morsi son says they also refused to allow his father to be buried in his hometown. Takes is 3 reaction to his death which Rights Groups blamed on the is of poor prison conditions. A death that human rights activists have called tragic but predictable and what former egyptian president Mohamed Morsy supporters say is a model 17 june 29000. 00 morsi appeared in court for a trial on charges of espionage he asked a judge if you could speak during the session in what
But first, the classical theater of harlem features the first noel. Its playing now through december 31st at the apollo sound stage. Jason michael webb, Lelund Thompson are here, joined by ty jones, the artistic director for the classical theater of harlem. Good morning to you. Background d on the first noel, whats it about, jay . About a family who has suffered a great loss around christmas time. Lelund, how did it come about . Years ago. Ty jones said we need to recreate a 21st century dickens, someplace that offers a place for our community to see something that gets us in the Christmas Spirit uptown. And he was, like, i think you are the guy to do it, you and Jason Michael webb. How long have you two been collaborators . Wow, a few years. This piece was commissioned back in 2012, and weve been working on this since then. So, ty, you take this idea to lelund, and now when we think of the holidays, you know, youre talking about loss, you know . Is it a tough theme to try to manage in
Of harlem features the first noel. Its playing now through december 31st at the apollo sound stage. Jason michael webb, Lelund Thompson are here, joined by ty jones, the artistic director for the classical theater of harlem. Good morning to you. Background d on the first noel, whats it about, jay . About a family who has suffered a great loss around christmas time. Lelund, how did it come about . It came about a couple of years ago. Ty jones said we need to recreate a 21st century dickens, someplace that offers a place for our community to see something that gets us in the Christmas Spirit uptown. And he was, like, i think you are the guy to do it, you and Jason Michael webb. How long have you two been collaborators . Wow, a few years. This piece was commissioned back in 2012, and weve been working on this since then. Lelund, and now when we think of the holidays, you know, youre talking about loss, you know . Is it a tough theme to try to manage into an uplifting experience . I think