In his sight. Columbia authorities are about to start of what could be the countrys largest mass grave. But first a son of libyas former leader Moammar Gadhafi sentenced to death for his alleged role in suppressing the 2011 uprising and he wasnt in court in tripoli to hear his sentence as barker now reports. Reporter he is the man many believe would succeed his father colonel Moammar Gadhafi of leader of libya but after a guilty verdict islam faces death by firing squad. He was arrested in 2011 trying to flee the country and has been kept in prison by a former rebel group in the mountain town. The rebel Group Opposes the legally installed government in tripoli but allowed islam to participate by a video link. Translator 36 others were also given sentences on tuesday including former intelligence chief abdul la and Prime Minister also sentenced to death by firing squad. Libyas chief Prosecutor Says the sentences of those tried in tripoli will be carried out. Translator they were asked t
A Violent Police crackdown on sunday during catalonia is disputed in the end this referendum the apology comes as madrid looks for a way out of a tense standoff with catalonia the region wants to secede from spain. And hike in as it is returning to barn munich for a fourth time i guess is taking over as head coach of the bonus think a powerhouse until the end of the season. So glad to have you along a committee in oslo has awarded the twenty seven thousand Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons also known as i can while the group played a key role in this years adoption of a United Nations treaty on prohibiting Nuclear Weapons while the Nobel Committee says it honored i can for reviving efforts to ban such weapons at a time of renewed global tensions. You know we know committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for twenty seventeen to the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons. That you never based organization is more commonly kn
History. He wins and 72 over mcgovern , the biggest landslide in history. In fact, at dec. 72 he says someone asked not to write a book about all of this. And having the most successful presidency of all time. But, boy, how the mighty have fallen. That story, of constantly looking at the interest, how someone can be the most powerful person and take that kind of cataclysmic fall, and these tapes are forming of just a part of the story. They need to be supplemented with memo, oral history. I wanted to think john dean for coming here to austin and providing your insight and firsthand knowledge and stealing the buck. [applause] and he wrote a biography of warren harding. [laughter] [inaudible question] [applause] [inaudible conversations] and that was a conversation about the nixon presidency. We will be back with more live coverage from the texas book festival after this short break. Coming up next a memoir. [inaudible conversations] interested in American History . Watch American Histor
Be live from austin with two other events. Today you would hear from authors charles blow francis fukuyama. For complete schedule go to booktv. Org. We will begin at a panel on president Richard Nixon featuring former Nixon White House counsel john dean author of the nixon defense and historian Douglas Brinkley and luke nichter editors of the nixon tapes 19711972. Journalist Robert Draper is the moderator. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] this is a wide broadcast on cspan. We will keep things moving smoothly. Thank you very much. We will have introductions in a moment and then we will move forward into our first panel of the day. Thank you all very much for being here with us. [applause] good morning everyone. My name is Robert Draper and im with the New York Times magazine. Our abiding fascination with the 30th president of the United States Richard Milhouse nixon has been stoked by two remarkable books
And the taliban says its reached a deal with the us to end 18 years of conflict in afghanistan. Lyse doucet will be here to tell us if this really could be the deal that does it. 2,000 news cases of the coronavirus in china this monday. And while the Authorities Say the infection rate is falling, the World Health Organisation says we cant know if its peaked. The data also appeared to show a decline in new cases. This trend must be interpreted very cautiously. Trends can change as new populations are affected. Its too early to tell if this purported decline will continue. Every scenario is still on the table. Reported decline. This is a live map from Johns Hopkins university, it shows cases around the world. There are now more than 70,000 cases in mainland china, and over 1,700 people have died. Most of those deaths are in hubei province. These pictures are from chinese tv. This is a new temporary hospital in wuhan which is the capital of hubei. The reality for many people there may wel