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Of freedom and democracy in American Foreign policy will feature general hr mcmasters who served in the military for 34 years and held the position of the 20 sixth assistant to the president for National Security affairs as well as being a close friend of my husband for many years. He will talk about his new book battlegrounds the fight to defend the free world, with doctor michael crow, the sixteenth president of Arizona State university. Mccain Institute Trustee and a dear friend of the family...

The intervention from the chief rabbi has prompted a leading Muslim Organisation to criticise the conservatives for their handling of claims of islamophobia in the party. In other news. Dont give this man your vote because of his brexit policy thats the message from former tory cabinet minister lord heseltine. A present senior minister hit back. Michael i think advised people to vote liberal democrat in the european election. So in that sense he is consistent. But i do think he is wrong on this....

And how can our politicians play their part . With us now to talk about what might come next is Immigration Minister robert jenrick. After labours Big By Election wins, lisa nandy could soon be representing you All Over The World the Shadow International Development Minister joins me from salford. As the un calls conditions inside gaza catastrophic, well speak to dr Hanan Ashrawi a woman who has spent decades at the heart of palestinian politics. And well speak to israels former Prime Minister N...

Chocolate chip cookies once for a study group. Her side of the story, from the day of those chocolate chip cookies, i was a goner. We started dating in the middle of that year and weve been together ever since, married 32 years this november. She is my Public Service hero. She has been a legal aid lawyer and a juvenile judge. And now she is secretary of education in virginia. She is a Public Servant and mother and sister and wife. She juggles all of those roles and makes it seem so easy. Thomas ...

You wrote this back in january. The scandal of the married tsar and his 16yearold mistress revealed in the raunchiest love letters ever written by a head of state. [chuckles] i did not actually wrote that. Thats the headline by the daily mail. But it is the most outrageous and most explicit correspondents ever written by a head of state. I have to say the correspondence is so outrageous that they added edited the daily mail. They rang me up. They said were a tabloid newspaper. We cant print this...

Announcer this week on q a, author simon sebag montefiore. He discusses his book, the romanovs. About the dynasty that ruled russia for over 300 years. Brian simon sebag montefiore, the book is called the romanovs 16131918. I want to read your headline in the london daily mail. You wrote this back in january. Simon [chuckles] i did not actually wrote that. Thats the headline by the daily mail headline writer. Would say, it is the most outrageous and most explicit correspondence ever written by a...

Ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome the National Direct their of the freedom are youill stop encouraged . Are you feeling it . You understand now why we pulled and invited people to participate, at least for me, incredibly encouraging to hear and see and feel and reach out and touched the actual people who carry the very burdens that we ourselves carry and our own hearts and minds. So thank you for those remarks. Making it happen. As the senator just told us. It is a different animal. I...

I want to read you a headline in the daily mail, the london daily mail, you wrote this back in january, the romance, the marrieds are and the 16yearold mistress was about love letters of the head of state. I did not actually write that, that is the headline written by the daily mail, headline writer. Buds, i would say that the correspondent is referring to the most outrageous to most explicit correspondent ever written by the head of state. Ive to say the correspondent is outrageous that they ed...

Its really exciting. And be, of course, its a lot less stressful than writing about jerusalem. Host you also have another project coming out after that . Guest ah, the world. Host the history of the world. A biography . Guest yeah. Im going to do a history of the world after that. Ive been it was my publishers idea. And they said to me, like, would you do it . Its not going to be a long, in fact, its more of a literary book, more of a philosophical week. Its not going to have its not going to be...

Israelis. So in every way its a fascinating place, its a fascinating gateway, if you like, to see the history of the world. Host is jerusalem strategically located . How did it become so vital . Guest absolutely not. Absolutely not. Its not strategically valuable at all. It became strategically valuable when it became a great city and a great fortress. But actually, its far there the trade routes. When armies are invading up and down, are invading egypt or from egypt invading in towards syria, t...