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new hope for the thousands like elliot who have the rarer form of haemophilia. british doctors say they have a transformational therapy. the telescope that can see dead stars collide. why do we care? because that s the process that produced heavy metals like gold and platinum. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel: it was a special night for the england lionesses. we ll look back at their win over spain and who they could face in the semifinals. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at six. now that the conservative leadership contest has been whittled down to two candidates rishi sunak and liz truss the focus is shifting to what each of them stands for. it s early days but the battleground appears to be economic policy. you might think that would suit mr sunak. after all, he was our chancellor for nearly two and a half years. but ms truss says he got it wrong. speaking to the bbc, the foreign secretary says successive chancellors have
Been curious about for a long time. One propensity of American Media is we often Pay Attention when something really bad happens and then we do not check in again. Ofas curious, what sort initiatives were being taken . Have there been any progress . Had there been any healing in the community . When i started this, i made st. Louis one of my first stops. I was interested in what i found. Host early on in this piece, you compare the people in st. Louis to those in selma. Explain the similarities you saw. Guest that comparison came from reverend darrell gray, who i interviewed for the piece. He is a long time civil rights activist. He has come to st. Louis. He is based in a church in montreal, but he has been active in st. Louis in these protests and the broader movement. The reason as best i understood the reason he compares this to selma is because selma was a tough nut to crack. Part of what helps crack it is the intentional decision to involve white allies. It is something they are d
Missouri, is working to overcome racial determination after the right in ferguson three years ago. Thank you for joining us. Guest thank you for having me. Host we saw the events unfold three years ago, why take a look at this issue now for this magazine piece . Guest it is something i have been curious about for a long time. One propensity of American Media is we often Pay Attention when something really bad happens and then we do not check in again. Ofas curious, what sort initiatives were being taken . Have there been any progress . Had there been any healing in the community . When i started this, i made st. Louis one of my first stops. I was interested in what i found. Host early on in this piece, you compare the people in st. Louis to those in selma. Explain the similarities you saw. Guest that comparison came from reverend darrell gray, who i interviewed for the piece. He is a long time civil rights activist. He has come to st. Louis. He is based in a church in montreal, but he
War college in carlyle, pennsylvania. And these are legitimate questions. What would we have done or should we have done or both. I threw a lot of information at you tonight, but at least there were pictures, not totally words. But i must remind you that it is very complicated. I spent a long time trying to figure it out. It is a big puzzle, but a very interesting one. And there are several books, several blog sites and now we have the template from afghanistan being reproduced in iraq and syria. This is what Osama Bin Laden wanted to do, take over afghanistan. I dont think he realized or believed this could happen. But now we have a caliphate deck lated in iraq and syria and it comes directly out of the model from afghanistan. So when we took our eye off the ball in 2003, on march 19th, went into iraq, that sent another signal to the world, that we werent serious about afghanistan. And if you talk to a lot of many of you must have military friends or friends that are still serving or