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analyst and former nato supreme allied commander retired general wesley clark. sir, thank you for making time for us today. you explored this in the amicus brief with other top military le leaders. how do you see this affecting military readiness and national secu security? >> i think there are national security implications to this. the military academies are excluded from the supreme court ruling, and that's clear. but about 70% of our officer corps comes through rotc, through ordinary colleges. some from harvard, some from princeton, and some from all over america. and there's no lateral entry into the officer corps. whatever comes out at the top as colonels, brigadier generals, full generals, started at the bottom as lieutenants and ensigns. that's the way it works. and so the ruling does impact
tonight there are new signs of how bad it is for the russian military in ukraine. ukrainian intelligence say they've intercepted a call between two russian commanders upset that they have to raise money for the gear they need on the battlefield. here is a portion of the call. >> translator: so tell me, did you definitely receive a telegram for these shovels and all this other --? >> yes, yes. i already had three or four of them. >> four? this [ bleep ] [ bleep ] is starting to annoy me, to be honest. i'm not sparing any money for this [ bleep ]. it's just where do you get the money from? >> i spoke with four ensigns, and they're throwing in some money. >> according to ukrainian intelligence, they're talking about raising money through the social media seitel gram to pay for shovels for the soldiers. >> now the officers are starting
however, one un staff member and a dependent were detained today. the african union is leading efforts to bring a negotiated end to the fighting, but neither side has committed to talks. earlier this month, the us secretary of state antony blinken warned that out—and—out conflict would be disastrous for the ethiopian people and others in the region. at the root of the war is a disagreement between prime minister abiy and the tplf which, for almost three decades, dominated the whole country. the simmering dispute then erupted into war 12 months ago when tigrayan forces were accused of attacking army bases to steal weapons, and the federal government responded. pm abiy ahmed came into power, bringing with him sweeping reforms and promising to heal old wounds. today, the country's torn apart by bitter ethnic ensigns that leads many to question how things could have gone so wrong for a country that held so much hope. emmanuel igunza, bbc news.
the simmering dispute then erupted into war 12 months ago when tigrayan forces were accused of attacking army bases to steal weapons, and the federal government responded. pm abiy ahmed came into power, bringing with him sweeping reforms and promising to heal old wounds. today, the country's torn apart by bitter ethnic ensigns that leads many to question how things could have gone so wrong for a country that held so much hope. emmanuel igunza, bbc news. get ready for a space mission designed to end in a spacecraft explosion. nasa is about to fire a spacecraft at a huge lump of rock in space, to see if it can be tipped in another direction. the aim is to develop technology that could stop any dangerous asteroid in the future smashing into earth. 0ur science correspondent, rebecca morelle, has more. until now, it's been the stuff of hollywood blockbusters like armageddon. an asteroid heading for earth and a mission to stop it.
and two dependants are in custody. six staff, as we mentioned, were released yesterday, and one was released today. however, one un staff member and a dependent were detained today. the african union is leading efforts to bring a negotiated end to the fighting, but neither side has committed to talks. earlier this month, the us secretary of state antony blinken warned that out—and—out conflict would be disastrous for the ethiopian people and others in the region. at the root of the war is a disagreement between prime minister abiy and the tplf which, for almost three decades, dominated the whole country. the simmering dispute then erupted into war 12 months ago when tigrayan forces were accused of attacking army bases to steal weapons, and the federal government responded. pm abiy ahmed came into power, bringing with him sweeping reforms and promising to heal old wounds. today, the country�*s torn apart by bitter ethnic ensigns that leads many to question how things could have gone so wrong
however, one un staff member and a dependent were detained today. the african union is leading efforts to bring a negotiated end to the fighting, but neither side has committed to talks. earlier this month, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, warned that out—and—out conflict would be disastrous for the ethiopian people and others in the region. at the root of the war is a disagreement between prime minister abiy and the tplf which, for almost three decades, dominated the whole country. the simmering dispute then erupted into war 12 months ago when tigrayan forces were accused of attacking army bases to steal weapons, and the federal government responded. pm abiy ahmed came into power, bringing with him sweeping reforms and promising to heal old wounds. today, the country's torn apart by bitter ethnic ensigns that leads many to question how things could have gone so wrong for a country that held so much hope. emmanuel igunza, bbc news.
ago when two great forces were accused of attacking army bases and federal government responded. they came into power, bringing with them reforms and promising to heal old wounds. today, the country is torn apart by bitter ethnic ensigns that leads many to question how things got so wrong for a country that held so much. let's speak now with samuel getachew, a journalist based in addis ababa. is this just is thisjust a is this just a publicity stunt? is thisjust a publicity stunt? we is this 'ust a publicity stunt? we do is thisjust a publicity stunt? we do not is this just a publicity stunt? - do not know. you have to understand the foundation of the prime minister. he involved himself as a soldier during the ethiopian conflict 25 years ago and he also took part in the peacekeeping efforts in rwanda. so he obviously is the foundation but we have not
of... and the federal government responded. they came into power, bringing with them reforms and promising to heal old wounds. today, the country is torn apart by bitter ethnic ensigns that leads many to question how things could have gone so wrong for a country that held so much hope. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the arrest of a prominent human rights activist from kashmir under an anti—terrorism law prompts outrage in india. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world — the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number ten to see the queen, she told her cabinet,
of investigation that would win a pull zitzer prize. 812 handshakes in two hours for obama's final commencement. the president blocked off more than two hours of his schedule for the grip and grin session. >> commissions as ensigns in the coast guard will be presented by our commander in chief, president barack obama. >> the year before he was in new london, ketd cconnecticut, 217 guard cadets were graduating that year. the president was there to present their commissions one by one. at west point in 2014, a big speech on multilateralism. he remained on stage to shake hands with all the graduates. he spoke at a service academy each and every year of his presidency and each and every year there's some version of the
ensigns in the united states navy, second lieutenants in the united states marine corps. >> the naval academy's class of 2013 consists of 1,047 graduates. we wish them well. >> congratulations to all of them, and to their families. thank you so much for your service to the united states. all right. thank you, mary. what's next for jodi arias? a hung jury raising some new questions about whether the convicted murderer will live or be sentenced to death. and the mayor of toronto makes his first public comments about allegations that he smoked crack cocaine. vo: traveling you definitely end up meeting a lot more people but