Party during one of the countrys worst droughts activists in syria say the fighting has mostly stopped after the start of a conditional truce. Russias military says it has halted air strikes on Syrian Rebels who have agreed to the ceasefire. The temporary truce was approved in a vote of the u. N. Security council. Diplomatic james bays reports. Reporter just over 40 minutes before the cessation of hostilities was due to come into effect, a vote abouts i u. N. Security council to endorse it. It was in answer. Ambassadors were addressed by video link by the special envoy for ser i cant who said it was a crucial moment no doubt there will be no shortage of attempts to undermine this process. We are ready for it. We should not be impressed. We should not be overly concerned. We should address it. And realise that this is part of any ceasefire and cessation of hostiliti hostilities. Reporter in the hour before it was to commence, there was some bottoming many of the towns being hit by syria
Bodies. Hundreds without a home and just in thailand. Reporter im with the sports includi including. Gianni infantino begins day one as f. I. F. A. President and vows to restore trust in footballs governing body we begin in syria where activists are reporting conditional ceasefire is being honoured. The Russian Military says it stopped air strikes as part of the deal. There has been some artillery and machine gunfire but no major attacks have been reported so far. Almost 100 rebel factions agreed to respect the truce, but it doesnt include some of the most powerful armed groups in the country like alnusra front or i. S. I. L. Alnusra is calling on rebels to ignore the truce and even intensify attacks on Government Forces. Syrian government is saying it will continue to bomb the area of adaaya. Daraya. Reporter just over 40 minutes before the cessation of hostilities was due to come into effect, a vote by the u. N. Security council to endorse it. It was unanimous. Ambassadors were addre
She explains as a young girl has used to write these stories about girls who are blind eating apples in the snow, and then there were more blondes, and more. And her mother said, child, do you know youre in nigeria . And she said well yes, but all of the book that she read had blondes eating apples and playing in the snow. Given everything that she had read, that appeared to be the story worth telling. With all great parables, there is an underlying message in that story. That underlying message is that there are these stories that we hear over and over and over again. We hear them so much, that they go by without interrogation. Without question. And they begin to frame our worldview. They begin to frame the way we see the world. So for instance, she says, africa is poor. Immigrants are mexicans. And legal. The poor and illegal. The poor do not work. When you begin to interrogate those stories, you had a very different understanding of how the world works. I also grew up with the same
Impact of the Second Amendment. Host Carol Anderson, it is july 3, 2022. What is the july 4, 17 76 celebration mean to you . Prof. Anderson it means that we are so precariously pert as this democracy that we are heralding on july 4, 1776. We are in a perilous time, to me, as perilous as it was when the Continental Army looked like they were getting their butts kicked, as perilous as it looked when the south attacked fort sumter and launched the civil war. We are in perilous times where our democracy is hanging by a thread. Host why do you say that . Prof. Anderson weve got what i call a land, sea, and air attack happening on american democracy. The land attack is the assault on Voting Rights. The sea attack is the attack to wash away the teaching of real American History. And the air attack is the loosening of gun laws while having a narrative that the insurrection was legitimate political discourse. And well seeing that there was all of this violence and threats raining down on electi
Carol anderson, it is july 3, 2022. What is the july 4, 1776, celebration mean to you . Guest it means we are precariously perched, this democracy we are heralding, on july 4, 1776. We are in a perilous time. To me as perilous as it was when the Continental Army looked like they were giving the butt kicked, as perilous as it looked when the south attacked fort sumter and launched the civil war. We are in perilous times where our democracy is hanging by a thread. Host why do you say that . Guest because weve got what i call a land, sea, and air attack happening in american democracy. The land attackers the assault on Voting Rights, the sea attack is the attack to wash away the teaching of real American History. The air attack is the loosening of gun laws while having a narrative that the insurrection was legitimate political discourse and seeing all of this violence and threat raining down on election workers and election officials. When you are looking at what is happening with voting