In the fall of the berlin wall im joined by my guest John Laughlin in paris he is a political scientist and historian in washington we have harold james hes a professor of history and International Affairs at Princeton University as well as author and editor of a number of books including when the wall came down reactions to german unification and in cork we cross to Geoffrey Roberts he is emeritus professor of history at University College cork and a member of the Royal Irish Academy all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated let me go to john and paris 1st i mean 30 its been 30 years now believe it or not because i remember it so vividly when it happened a few months before i had been living in poland for a number of years and an avid student of Eastern European communist affairs at the time john 30 years on what is its meaning because i look at cursory reviews of you know that and commenting on it. It is the pe
Maria big show this morning, joining the conversation fox business Dagen Mcdowell, benchmark capital kevin kelly and forbes media chairman steve forbes is here. Good to be with you. Maria a lot happening on the china front, futures indicating a lower decline, lawer move at the start of trading, dow industrials down 91 points, s p declining 8 points and the nasdaq lower by 16 as tensions between u. S. And china ramp up. Here is the latest, washington added 28 companies to an export blacklist over their role in that countrys crackdown on the Muslim Minority group, beijing warning of retaliation to stay tune, highlevel trade talks to begin on thursday, the president weighing on a potential for a smaller agreement yesterday watch. I would much prefer a big deal, i think thats what we are shooting for, maybe, who knows, probably unlikely. So i would say you heard the story here first, 1 Million People in china who have muslim religion, they have been rounded up now for months, a lot of peop
of a baby were found in the search for their missing child. the pair are being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. the government has published a plan to improve learning for children with special educational needs and disabilities in england. it includes ending postcode lottery support. the duke and duchess of sussex have been asked to vacate their british home, frogmore cottage in windsor. the couple s spokesperson has confirmed the request. the duke and duchess of sussex have been asked hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. 43 people are now confirmed to have died in greece s worst ever rail crash. a passenger train collided head on with another carrying freight near the city of larissa late on tuesday night. the station master accused of causing the crash is due in court, amid rising public anger at the failure to prevent the disaster. nick beake reports. the aftermath of greece s worst ever rail disaster. a station master in
Ont as far as what is going in china, every day, around 2 00 p. M. , chinese time, markets recover because state money comes in to buy stocks. Will be closed on the mainland, and tomorrow they will be closed for the military parades and victory celebrations for world war ii. Here spurredsses by the chinese erik s p 500 ended in correction, more than 10 down from its recent high on july 20. Matt the big losers in percentage terms netflix was down on concern apple is going to meet its lunch with original content. Dollar tree was down because it is trying to absorb family dollar. Erik the guidance with disappointing. And there was no revenue guidance because they have to deal with the purchase of family dollar. The point mac moran makes copper. Copper was down, and i think it that said competitors are not going to stop. There were some winners that were interesting. Cablevision erik i will hold you right there because matt American Airlines . Erik no, marc faber is going to be with us. He
They may not survive. Given the covid virus part of the Research Also in the that programme. Could speed up a scientists in the uk will deliberately infect vaccine. Volunteers with covid 19, the nasa spacecraft landing as they seek to better understand on an asteroid two hundred the virus and how future million miles away it could give us a clue to how vaccines might fight it. Life on earth began. And coming up, the care home residents taking to tiktok to help pass the time during lockdown. The Health Secretary matt hancock has said the governments door is still open to negotiations after it announced the imposition of the toughest tier of coronavirus restrictions on Greater Manchester. Mr hancock was addressing mps in the commons on why ministers decided that after ten days of tough and sometimes acrimonious negotiations the region needed to lockdown even further without the explicit agreement of local leaders. In the end the argument was about the amount of money the government was w