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[inaudible conversations] welcome to the 24th annual texas book festival. I name is katie vine. We are here today to talk to amaryllis box author of the new book life undercover. Encourage everyone to pick up a copy of this. She is going to be signing copies. I will give a quick introduction and then i will ask a few questions in leave the last ten to 15 minutes for audience questions. Please silence your cell phones before we start. Even before she finished studying in oxford before september 1...

As a key witness in the impeachment inquiry says ukraine was told to investigate his democratic rival joe biden to get us military aid. Cheering and applause. And a heroes welcome for the springboks in south africa after winning the Rugby World Cup in style. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, one in the morning in london and 8pm in washington, dc, where a climate study endorsed by 11,000 scientists war...

The end of mothercare on the high street. The retailers 79 uk stores alight. He was spotted leaving with a box of violators and the alarm was will close as the Company Calls in the administrators. Raised by a friend. The 23 year old talks are under way to protect the future of the brand pleaded guilty to arson with intent and the pensions of thousands of staff. A Champions League thriller to endanger life at Canterbury Crown at Stamford Bridge, as chelsea come court. Ransom up to £10,000 are fr...

Guest as i watched everything, i thought there was something this nation invested in me. 30 years in the navy, invested in order to represent a two to one republican district as a democrat. On athey reelected me Single Campaign ad i am running because i honestly believe that our choice because we have no choice. It is not just to beat esther tromp, but to heal our countrys not just to beat mr. Trump, but to heal our countrys soul. We have for far too long had people who didnt understand the mili...

Question. Start off with the administrator, everybody seems to be on the same page about the importance of cooperation. What do those words get transformed to the concrete actions like an extension of the iga, Bilateral Agreements or something firm and finding against the various agencies working together. I try to answered what you are staying. You are asking very general. All of these agencies over here, they are already activities going on in cooperation. Not only the International Space stat...

Count of the structures destroyed as were taking a look at new images of the buildings that have burned in this fire. 206 structures have been destroyed and we know now more of them are homes, 94 homes burned to the ground you can see some of them in a fresh pictures that we have for this morning. These are coming in to us from the surrounding hills of calistoga and healdsburg and theres an image a woman who lost everything but she has her life and her pet. Now is nice image there this morning o...

She will be signing copies, courtesy of book people. I will give a quick introduction then i will ask a few questions and leave the last 1015 minutes for audience questions. Weve got a microphone set up in the front and another one in the back. Please silence your cell phones before we start. So we dont have any surprises. Even before she finished studying in oxford, before 9 11, before her writing mentor Danielle Pearl was killed. Having taken a great risk, a message from donors out of burma wh...

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im john allen, the president of brookings and on behalf of the institution and our partners at Service Year Alliance, i want to welcome you all to this important event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the webcast and of course we always welcome the media. This morning youll be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent...

Next, currents and former public official officials on the importance of military and civilian Service Programs. The event hosted by the Brookings Institution lasts just over an hour. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im john allen, im the president of brookings and on behalf of the institution and our partners at service here alliance, i want to welcome you all to this event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the especially with web cast and of course we always welcome the media. T...

Hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society, to bridge the divides and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation leading to a growing culture of fear and distrust, incivility, and a reflex to retreat into the safety of tribalis...