Hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, reminding you that while cinemas may be closed, there is still plenty of new movies to enjoy in the comfort and safety of your own home. The most mainstream release this week is the dig, A Bittersweet Real Life Drama about the unearthing of the sutton hoo treasures on the the eve of world war ii. What are they . Do you hazard a guess . Burials, men, id expect. We are standing in somebodys graveyard i reckon. Viking. Maybe older. Apparently local girls used to lie down on them in the hope of falling pregnant. Ive read plenty of legends. Ive heard plenty of legends. Is that why you want to dig, mrs pretty . Details of Buried Treasure . Ralph fiennes stars as basil brown, the self taught archaeologist who wears his immense learning lightly and who is enlisted by carrie mulligan s wealthy widow, edith pretty, to excavate the imposing Burial Mounds on her property. My interest in archaeology began like yours, edith tells the initia
Immediately report for duty. The messages say the recipients will be headed to iran and threaten them with jail time if they dont contact their local recruitment office. They even include the name of the recruiter. Of course, these texts are fake and could be part of a more elaborate scam. Catherine herridge has the stor reporter the army is investigating the texts. They appear to start on monday. They dont have a source or motive, but the scam seems designed to capitalize on the conflict with iran. Imagine getting a text that threatens jail time. If you fail to report to a Recruitment Center to be drafted into the u. S. Military. Got me really nervous because im still in high school. Reporter 18yearold George Barnes received this text that read youve been marked eligible and must report to the nearest branch for immediate departure to iran. Except military drafts ended after the vietnam war. Have a completely volunteer armed force. Reporter and were abolished by congress in 1973, maki
But there was genuine outrage and upset too at the Prime Ministers language, branded by some mps as a dangerous disgrace. Well be asking voters in portsmouth what they make of the chaotic events of the past few days at westminster. And well be answering some of the many questions sent in by viewers and listeners, on what could happen next. Also on the programme. Donald trumps dealings with the ukrainian president , now a transcript is published of a telephone conversation, which opponents say proves that the president acted improperly. In northern ireland, 1,200 workers lose theirjobs as one of the uks main bus makers goes into administration. Whos going to employ a 62 year old man . Ive nothing now. Thats it. We report from hull on the citys flooding problem as scientists warn that Climate Change is pushing sea levels even higher. And in south africa, harry and meghan introduce young archie to one of the giants of the battle against apartheid. And coming up in sport on bbc news, liver
Groups in the years of the cold why and government organizations made up of anticommunist private citizens engaged in cold war propaganda and it later emerged that these groups were being secretly funded and to some extent managed by the cia and one group that i really didnt engage with was the american friends of the middle east and it is purposed to do so much with the cold war and as with promoting the arab world to an american audience and it was also antizionists, that having the influence of the emerging israel lobby in 1950s america. This seems so odd and unexpected and i didnt really know quite what to do with it. So i mention it and then put my middle american friends to the one side. So i came back to the subject and story and began to delve into it further. I soon realized that the main office in the main cia officer involved in the creation of the american friends of the middle east was none other than current cameras about. This name might already be familiar to you before
East. This is about an hour. Thank you for that kind introduction, and id like thanks to everybody for coming out in these conditions. Im originally from england and will be heading back there shortly, so preparation after Southern California for a british winter. Just like to begin by saying a few words first, how i came to this subject, were describing the scenes of the book. Now, as you have already heard, the my previous book, the mighty wurletzer about cia front groups, nongovernment organizations made up of anticommunist, private citizens, engaged in cold war propaganda overseas and later emerged these groups were in fact being secretly funded and, to some extent, managed by the cia. One group i didnt really engage with in the mighty wurlitzer was the american Friend Office the middle east. And mainly because its purpose didnt seem to be so much to do with the cold war as with promoting the arab world to an american audience, and also it was antizionist, battling the insew lens o