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We begin in the Czech Republic where voting has just ended in parliamentary elections. Corruption scandals dogged the Previous Center right government and votes are expected to punish them and turn left. The pro European Social emocrats are tipped to win the most by fall short of the majority. Theyre expected to achieve its best result from falling from power in the 1989 revolution. For more on that election, im joined live by our correspondent. Why have the commurenists seen a resurgence in pop...

Activists in saudi arabia say that more than 60 women defied the countrys ban on female driving on saturday. It was a brave move by those women. The saudi authorities had threatened any woman who defied the ban with unspecified sanctions. Saudi arabia is the only country in the world that refuses to issue driving licenses to women. It was just a short trip, but this womans drive could lead her straight to jail. Despite the risk, she posted a video of her drive on the internet. Activists have dec...

That severe storms rolling through. You will see a couple embedded thunderstorms along the way. The isnt ideal but eventually we will get better and get more relief. Lets go out to skies cam three looking live over center city, still quite damp out there, wind is very light at the moment after those gusty storms rumbled through, 84 percent humidity with 73 degrees. Muggy start. Lets go back in time to see how these storms evolved, look at those lightening strikes. They were let up, now, same thi...

In the chesapeake and make it far more effective and destructive to the americans than had been their operation in 1813, when they did not have the same level of support and assistance from black americans. Now, this is an image that is produced. Im going to get this magic arrow out of the way, which is not part of the original image. You may recognize this structure. Its the u. S. Capitol building. This was produced in 1817 by a critic of american slavery, an american critic of american slavery...

Some cases kill their former masters. Now, possessing racial prejudice, these British Naval officers, again, theyre growing into this role. Dont get the idea that these are William Lloyd garrison on the decks of these naval warships. Theyve got other priorities. So they are not naturalborn abolitionists but they are working up a real good hatred for the United States as this conflict goes along, and theyre trying to think, how can we really stick it to them . And it occurs to them, by liberating...

Who will frankly say, we have an internal enemy, and they are waiting on our tables, they are working in the fields next to us, and they are hanging on everything we say, and anything we say is being reported to the enemy. Thank you very much. Youre welcome. Thank you for the questions. Yes, ralph . Why didnt the british [ inaudible ] why didnt that keep going . Okay. Well, this goes to the points that andrew makes. The british dont want to be in this war. You know, sometimes these naval officer...

Life and really we cannot have done our work without this incredible research. Today, hes going to illuminate for us the intricacies of madisons presidency and madisons later Life Reflections on his thoughts about the war. Please join me in welcoming our colleague and our mentor, dr. John stagg. [ applause ] thank you, katherine, for the wonderful welcome, and i would like to add my thanks to those of our previous speakers to the organizers of the conference today. As the bicentennial of the war...

Punish the americans to entice americans to dessert from their duty. And so it is the desertion problem that is one of those things that nudges these naval officers to embrace blacks as essential allies in the chesapeake war. To perform more effectively, the british needed more men. Now, they have a second problem. They need better knowledge of the landscape. And hereto, the solution to their problem lies with runaway slaves pressing themselves on the british during growing numbers during 1813. ...

Protest continue across the globe for egypt to release the three al jazeera journalists sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison. We will speak with al jazeeras sue turton who was intense sentenced in absentia to 10 years imprisoned her in the same trial. And we will hear from Margaret Warner on how one of the jailed journalists saved her life. Mohamed fahmy held onto the back railing and said, drive, drive. He said, just drive through them. I will get you out of here. That is what happ...

Protest continue across the globe for egypt to release the three al jazeera journalists sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison. We will speak with al jazeeras sue turton who was intense sentenced in absentia to 10 years imprisoned her in the same trial. And we will hear from Margaret Warner on how one of the jailed journalists saved her life. Mohamed fahmy held onto the back railing and said, drive, drive. He said, just drive through them. I will get you out of here. That is what happ...