international i m rosana lockwood welcome to the program. now the leaders of france and russia have held a meeting ahead of this weekend s g. 7 summit emmanuelle mccrone and vladimir putin spoke for about 3 and a half hours in the betraying to reports from the french riviera. well i guess you don t really give personal invitations to an international leader to these kind of places and this kind of format even if it s the president of a very important geopolitical player unless they are your friends so clearly in the past 2 years mr mack on mr putin developed a close relationship we heard emmanuel macron call his counterpart dear vladimir a few times in death of lot of our putin s just when he arrived he came with ok of flowers for emanuel macedoine s wife and it seemed that the french president wanted to make his russian counterpart feel as much comfortable as possible on his visit to france in the commission of the president was very kind and let us sit in the shade while he
good morning welcome just going to 8 o clock here in moscow you re watching international. the u.s. has conducted its 1st test of a 500 kilometer cruise missile a type previously banned for over 30 years under a now defunct arms control treaty between moscow and washington artie s kellam often reports now from new york. we have official word from the pentagon that indeed there has been a test of a missile that would have violated the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty that treaty has now expired and the usa has conducted a test of a missile that would have violated it here s what we heard from the pentagon the department of defense conducted to fly test of the conventionally configured ground cruise missile the u.s. west coast sunday the test missile exited its ground mobile launcher and accurately in practice target after moving $500.00 km on to his flight now the test was conducted on san nicolas island off the coast of california we understand furthermore that the te
some legs as continued stimulus 1 and rate cuts will set a temporary floor here in the equities market so we begin the week off in a risk on mood as we get yet another stimulus shot from the central bank this time from china the p.l.c. has finally launched a long awaited reform to replace its existing fixed benchmark lending rate with a new fluctuating loan prime rate this is now aimed to further lower real interest rates for companies essentially amounting to a rate cut the new l.p.r. will be set on tuesday and subsequently on the 20th of each month as a benchmark rate for banks to price in new loans now more than 30 central banks around the world have cut interest rates just this year as countries move to shore up their economies amid rising concerns of a global growth and trade complex germany s central bank just issued a warning that the country could be slipping into recession as g.d.p. for the 2nd quarter contracted point one percent this further puts pressure on the re
advisor committee of the abraham lincoln presidential bicentennial commission. she has written and edited nearly 30 books, from children s fiction about phillis whatley to the columbia guide to american women in the 19th century. her groundbreaking book, the plantation mistress: woman s world in the old south, appeared in 1982 and was a selection of the history book club. she has also written a biography of harriet tubman, which was named one of the best nonfiction books by the christian science monitor and the chicago tribune, and a book about mrs. abraham lincoln. she currently is in 2016, she published her fleming lectures, stepdaughters of history: southern women and the civil war, and she has been awarded a guggenheim fellowship in u.s. history, also in 2016. let s give dr. catherine clinton a big round of applause. [applause] dr. catherine clinton: i do want to thank des and give him a big round of applause for having this groundbreaking civil war symposium
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