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[applause] thank you all for coming. Thanks to cspan and its important audience as well, my new book, the rise and fall of peace on earth, revolves around a particular question. The question is, what are the prospects for peace . That is a timely question at any point and i will give my answer in the course of my remarks but it does presuppose, another question not often asked but one that is also relevant to the book. That question is, what do we mean by peace . How do you define peace . The ob...

Panel event of this years conference. 99 years after the 19th amendment. Thanks to our panelists who will lead through an interesting conversation and thanks to katie mistry and jay sexton who not only put this panel together but also were cochairs of the Conference Program committee and are responsible for the Wonderful Program we will enjoy over the next couple of days. Thank you to the cosponsors of the event, the coordinating council for women in history and the history and American Studies ...

Hello, im lucy hockings. Welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. Israels military says it carried out a new ground raid in gaza overnight to target hamas fighters. Infantry and armoured units were accompanied by Helicopter Gunships as they entered eastern gaza city. These pictures, supplied by the idf, apparently show a Hamas Tunnel Being struck by a guided missile. Launch sites for anti tank missiles and command and control centres were also hit. The a...

With longer spells of rain and also blustery winds. A big area of low Pressure Setting to the west of ireland, smaller Low Pressure Systems around it, one that spreads northwards through the country on Saturday Night bringing some areas a lot of rain but the Rainfall Totals will be totting up for all areas but especially for the east of scotland which has already seen severe Flooding Problems so any more rain could be bad news and could be quite a lot, up to 100 millimetres of rain even into the...

Earlier president macron met president isaac herzog, and said releasing hostages must be the � first objective� in israels war in gaza. Against terrorism. I think this is our duty, to fight against terrorism. Without this, escalating this conflict and i accept the warnings. Targeting these groups and ordering targeted attacks is a necessity. I want you to make sure that we stand shoulder to make sure that we stand shoulder to shoulder with you, and your nation. Well do whatever we can to ens...

Mr fico are emerging all the time. Slovakias president elect, peter pellegrini, gave this update from the hospital where the Prime Minister is receiving treatment. Translation the Prime Minister i is now facing the most difficult l and challenging days, hours, minutes in order to survive, and i hope that everything will work out for the best. I really hope for us all to see his soon recovery and coming to full strength. Lets speak to bethany bell, our correspondent in bratislava. She our corresp...

Attack by the Paramilitary Rapid support forces. The Israeli Army Says five of its soldiers were mistakenly killed by one of its own tanks in the north of gaza. Scientists have solved the mystery of the origins of ancient baobab trees. Hello. Now with all the latest sport. The pga championship the second mens major of the year is under way at Valhalla In Louisville with some big names including tiger woods, rory mcilroy and defending champion brook koepka among the early starters. The later star...

Have been dropping in populated neighbourhoods in the south and the west. The army has been responding with air strikes and the number of casualties have been mounting. There is only one functioning hospital and it is overwhelmed. Already, the city had been in a dire humanitarian situation because that siege had been going on for about a month now and many of the people in the city have already been displaced. They have been fleeing the fighting elsewhere. They need food aid, they need medical a...

Hello, im catherine byaruhanga. We start this with the order by the Israeli Military for more residents in the city of rafah in the Southern Gaza strip to leave neighbourhoods in the east. Washington has warned israel not to mount a full offensive in the city, but there were further israeli strikes overnight. This is where people have been told to go, al mawasi, which has been described an � expanded humanitarian area by the Israel Defence forces. It now says 300,000 gazans have moved towards ...

Welcome to bbc news. Im lukwesa burak. We start with the latest on the israel gaza war. Theres growing diplomatic pressure to find ways to get food and other essential aid into gaza and civilians out in the face of israeli bombardments in retaliation for the attacks by hamas. The group, which is designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments including the uk, launched the assault on saturday. These are the main developments on day six of the conflict. The United Nations says mor...