Hello. Welcome, everyone, to your National World war i museum and memorial. Im Camille Kulig Program Specialist and thrilled to have everyone joining us here this afternoon. Whether you have braved the rain, congratulations. You made it. Or if youre warm at home watching through our live stream. Today we have the pleasure of hosting dr. Rudy daniels who is going to present his lecture, the Great Railroad war, United States Railroad Operations in world war i. Today we also have the pleasure of being joined by one of the museum and memorials esteemed board members. He is going to speak more about his ample experiences with railways in the midwest. And his connection to the museum and memorial. Without further ado, please help me in welcoming dave everick. Thank you very much. Yeah, im really pleasured to join you today. We have a great guest and dr. Rudy daniels who is going to join us. Ive been with the Railroad Industry for about 23 years now. I have quite an experience with the milita
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. 80 years ago, hundreds ofjewish children were smuggled out of nazi occupied europe by train in a covert humanitarian mission which became known as the kindertransport. My guest today, Dame Stephanie shirley, was one of those children. She went on to live an extraordinary life of achievement and philanthropy, blazing a trail for women in business. So, what lessons can we learn from a woman determined to make the most of a life so nearly extinguished in childhood . Theme music plays. Dame stephanie shirley, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Weve invited you almost 80 years exactly 80 years from that moment when you were forced to leave your home. Your father put you on a train its called the kindertransport and you ended up in an alien country, in london, in england. What do you remember of that journey . Well, of course, i was only five years old, so all the things that i remember, the childish things. I remember the little boy that
England governor, mark carney, warns about the world facing irreversible heating unless firms shift their priorities soon. Raging bush fires are burning out of control across australia, with authorities in the state of victoria saying its now too late for people to evacuate. Temperatures are exceeding a0 degrees in every state. Police investigating the deaths of three british tourists who drowned in a pool in spain on Christmas Eve say it was an accident and that the case can now be closed. Now its time for hardtalk, as Stephen Sackur speaks to Dame Stephanie shirley, one of hundreds ofjewish children smuggled out of nazi occupied europe. Welcome to hardtalk. Im Stephen Sackur. 80 years ago, hundreds of jewish children were smuggled out of nazi occupied europe by train in a covert humanitarian mission which became known as the kindertransport. My guest today, Dame Stephanie shirley, was one of those children. She went on to live an extraordinary life of achievement and philanthropy, bl
Nationalising british business. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is in lancaster to deliver a speech in the next few moments on the broadband announcement. Mrjohnson has also denied claims by Brexit Party Leader nigel farage that the conservatives offered his candidates peerages to try to get them to stand down. Im anita mcveigh. Live in aberdeen. At the Maritime Museum. This is a city fuelled by the sea and oil. Just as the Election Debate here is fuelled not only by brexit, but by independence. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The labour party says it plans to deliver fast and free full fibre broadband to every household and business by 2030. They say they would part nationalise bt to deliver the policy, and tax tech giants to help cover the cost which labour estimates to be about 20 billion pounds. Jeremy corbyn is set to outline these proposals at a speech here. At lancaster university. Well bring you that as soon as it starts. 0ur poltiical correspondent nick eardley i
Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. 80 years ago, hundreds of jewish children were smuggled out of nazi occupied europe by train in a covert humanitarian mission which became known as the kindertransport. My guest today, Dame Stephanie shirley, was one of those children. She went on to live an extraordinary life of achievement and philanthropy, blazing a trail for women in business. So, what lessons can we learn from a woman determined to make the most of a life so nearly extinguished in childhood . Theme music plays. Dame stephanie shirley, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Weve invited you almost 80 years exactly 80 years from that moment when you were forced to leave your home. Your father put you on a train, its called the kindertransport, and you ended up in an alien country, in london, in england. What do you remember of that journey . Well, of course, i was only five years old, so all the things that i remember,