Farber talksdavid about his book taken hostage which chronicles their ordeal and examined the u. S. Governments First Encounter with radical islam. I think the 19791980 hostage crisis between the United States really set the tone. It was really a significant juncture point in how people thought about political islam, the nation of iran, and how they think about us. There were two movements and iran, both of which involve the United States. There was an insurgency within iran, so the union was trying to foster a communist insurgency. We worried a lot about that and ah becauseith the sh he crushed that communist percent. I do think most american political elites thought much about the islamic distance the dissidents in that state. Part of the reason i wrote that book is that i was trying to get across how reasonably so, but narrowly so americans tended to look at our alliances in that part of the world. Didnt really think of islam as a political force. We cheered on who we thought of as
What your rights are if youve got a thomas cook booking. Good morning. The weather is looking rather unsettled. We do have some rain coming in from the south west with strengthening wins. I will have more later. Its monday the 23rd of september. Our top story. Thomas cook has collapsed after last minute negotiations aimed at saving the holiday firm failed. At two oclock this morning the Civil Aviation authority said the Tour Operator had ceased trading with immediate effect. Its also launched its biggest ever peacetime repatriation, to bring 150,000 holidaymakers back home. Customers who are still in the uk have been told not to go to the airport. Throughout the morning on breakfast well be speaking to those responsible for scrambling planes to rescue stranded tourists, and well be hearing what the government plans to do to avoid further problems and delays for passengers. With the overnight developments, heres simonjones. Grounded, the uks oldest holiday firm has collapsed after 178 y
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One player who will be hoping to put a dent in the leaderboard this afternoon is kojin young the world number one has been in scintillating form, having already claimed two majors in 2019, including last weeks evian championship. But home hopes rest with hull. Time for a look at the weather. Heres darren bett. Almost perfect weather for the goal. There are fewer showers around but we could have heavy showers, in greater manchester, cheshire, derbyshire and perhaps into staffordshire. One week ago we were setting uk temperature records in cambridge. Today, those temperatures are more comfortable, although there are more comfortable, although there are light showers moving in at the moment. We are seeing showers developing across scotland, northern england. The main low pressure that has brought the rain is out in the north sea but we are seeing showers developing that will push down to the midlands, across east anglia and showers are possible in southern counties of england. Probably dr
Eighties seriously injured. Donald trump officially launches his bid for a second term as president. Good morning. The school has just won the Gardening Team of the year. Well show more of it through the course of the morning. The forecast, scotla nd course of the morning. The forecast, scotland and Northern Ireland, seoung joung 0h jallet stop england and wales, more thunderstorms to come this morning. Scotland and Northern Ireland. Ill have more details coming to you shortly. Its wednesday june 19th. Our top story. The race to be Prime Minister is gathering pace today after the five remaining candidates for the conservative leadership went head to head in a live bbc debate. Frontrunner Boris Johnson and his rivals clashed on brexit and there were disagreements over taxes as they answered questions from the public. But they did agree to launch an internal inquiry into islamaphobia, as our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. High stakes can lead to a hard battle. The frontrunn