Conversation tonight. We have dr. Rick moreira, Ricardo Pereira visiting professor of military history of the u. S. Army war college at carlisle barracks, pennsylvania previously a professor of military history at the school of advanced military studies at the Us Army Command and general Staff College at fort kansas. Hes also a veteran of the u. S. Army. He earned his m. A. And ph. D. From marquette. Hes the author of for liberty and the republic, the american citizen, a soldier, 1775 to 1861 and many, many other articles helping us understand in the development of the united states. Hes worked on his new book while he was a member of Washington Fellow on the washington libraries, fellow class of 2016 2017. I remember he would be out there in the reading room working and. I would yell at him faster, write faster. I want book. Ive been wanting this book for many, many, many. And so im delighted tonight to welcome and lets give him a big warm mount vernon welcome to discuss his new book,
, took with them dear ones. This is my grandfather, and Ivan Stepanovich vozlyakov, we are here today, but i am in action without this regiment i participated every year and i will not miss this year either. The guys from my battalion supported me, so today we are on may 9 together with our details. They peer into the faces of their grandfathers and greatgrandfathers. How is it in the song this look, like the highest court on may 9 in the dugouts , frontline stories are intertwined, the fighters tell each other about how the genes fought and remember. How they themselves liberated mariupol from the popasnaya wave. Here , the victory day holiday is perceived a little differently, i want not to drop trust so that, as we say here, that its a shame for my grandfathers his greatgrandfather fought against him, not a single one returned , but he was not right, he disappeared already in the fortyfifth, if im not mistaken, on the second of may, im afraid, i almost made it to the victory of the
welcome to the programme. i m lucy grey. gun battles are raging in the sudanese capital, khartoum, as rival wings of the armed forces fight for power. there are reports of nearly 70 people dead with almost 600 injured. among the dead are three un workers who were caught in gunfire at a military base. these are the latest pictures from khartoum where there is black smoke over the city. the united nations secretary general has condemned the fighting between the army and another military group, the rapid support forces. there are fears the violence will delay the planned transition to civilian rule in sudan. latest reports say the situation is getting worse. there are now reports of fighting around the country, with eyewitness accounts of sudanese army air strikes in the city of 0mdurman. the target is an rsf base north east of the capital khartoum. beverly 0chieng from the bbc s monitoring service has the latest from nairobi. some of the latest tallies we are seeing from the
hello. i m lucy grey. welcome to the programme. the power struggle to taking place in sudan has now claimed the lives of at least 56 people, with almost 600 injured. among the dead, three un workers who were caught in gunfire at a military base. the united nations secretary general has condemned the fighting between the army and another military group, the rapid support forces. there are fears the violence will delay the planned transition to civilian rule in sudan. latest reports say the situation is getting worse. there are now reports of fighting around the country, with eyewitness accounts of sudanese army air strikes in the city of omdurman. the target is an rsf base north east of the capital khartoum. mohammed 0thman from the bbc s arabic service is in sudan and sent us the latest by phone. yes, the fighting is still continuing between the two parties, so the army and the rapid support forces in many parts of khartoum. but in the centre of khartoum, in this area accordi
the ukrainian president urges world leaders gathered for a security conference in munich to speed up their support for his country. there is no alternative spirit because it is the spirit there is no alternative to spirit because it is the spirit that the life depends on. delay has always been and still is a mistake. hello and welcome. the authorities in the pakistani city of karachi say they ve retaken control of the police headquarters, hours after it was stormed by militants. there are reports that seven people were killed when a taliban suicide squad stormed the compound. the assault on the five storey building began with a grenade attack. it was followed by a series of blasts and a fierce gun battle. pakistani officials say three militants were killed, 15 people were injured. huge explosions were heard. take a look at this. the building houses karachi s most senior police officials, on a strategic thoroughfare near naval offices and the city s army command. the pakistani