The u. K. Out of the withdrawal talks if there is no agreement by october 15th and 5 years ago germany welcome to hundreds of thousands of Asylum Seekers we talked to volunteers who stepped up to help the new arrivals find their way in a new country. Im sara kelly welcome to the Program Reports from bellaver say that a prominent Opposition Leader has been abducted by an identified people in the capital minsk the website dopy i b y excuse me says that maria colon this call was pushed into a minivan by men in black clothing and driven away shes seen here at a massive protest rally held on sunday more than say. 100 people were arrested in the demonstration protesters have turned out for the past 4 weeks calling on longtime authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko to step down after a contested election. And correspondent Nick Connelly joins us now from minsk nic tell us witnesses say that marine kolesnik ovo was bundled into a van what do people in minsk think has happened. So you see of
In 2018. Welcome to our latest lunchtime lecture. Im chief historian here at the u. S. Capitol historical society. Welcome. Im really pleased today to introduce you if you dont already know jeanne and david heidler. Theyve been speakers before and today were really honored that were one day into the official existence of their latest book on Andrew Jackson, the rise of Andrew Jackson. It was just released officially yesterday, so were at the threshold of greatness here with the book. And i hope yall consider buying it. Theyre going to be available afterwards to sign it for anyone whos interested. And i also want to point out their previous book ive said theyve been here before was washington circle. Were also selling discounted copies back there. Im told the hard cover were selling is 5 cents more than amazons soft cover, so that sounds like a winwin. Anyways, i hope youll have some Great Questions for jeanne and david. This is a hot topic. I assume some of you are familiar faces but s
Watch booktv this Labor Day Weekend on cspan2 and be sure to watch the all virtual 2020s National Book festival Live Saturday september 26 on booktv. Good afternoon. Im jane harman, the president and ceo, like me you are probably suffering from zoom 50. However, to in here. This is a very important event and im excited. This is one of the zooms im really looking forward to. Because we are celebrating a new book, an important book by our very own nina janke waits who has done stellar work at the Wilson Center disinformation fellow, the coolest title ever. Since last october. Before that she was a scholar with our institute on russia and ukraine and how to lose information war, russia, fake news and the future of congress. Its an amazing title and is essential reading for everyone on this call and zoom in all your friends. We remember russia Successful Campaign in 2016 to so distrust and confusion in years ahead of the president ial election but in order to win the information war as nin
Hello and welcome. The months have not always been about coronavirus. In the next half hour, we will take a look at the other big stories since december, getsding Boris Johnson this through parliament. This bill learns the emphatic lesson and suggests any further delay. The new leader reckons the Prime Minister is all bluster. He has been found out. He gave the dockless of any chancellor gives a shortlived budget. Tensions rise with russia and china. The uks colonial history comes under the spotlight, and as new mps make their first speeches, one tells us her struggle to get into politics. I was told that a chance like some of my getting a job in parliament would be very slim, and to not try. Took over fromn theresa may in july of 2019. But they faced the same problem. A parliament with no majority to push through his brexit. Attempting to break the deadlock, he tried and failed to call an election, but opposition parties agreed to develop and got the 80 seat majority. Run of the new m
Next we look back at highlights of the recent parliamentary session in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic including uk relations with russia and china and protest in response to the death of george floyd. From the bbc parliament, this is just about one hour. Welcome for the last few months have not all been about coronavirus, the next half hour we will take a look at the other big story since december. Include lead Boris Johnson gets his brexit parliament. This bill is a lesson of the last parliament and will reject any further delay. He labors a new leader. He has been found out, he gave a question. Also on this program, a new shortlived budget, tensions rise with russia and china, the uks colonial history comes under the spotlight and as new mps make their first, one has struggled to get into politics. I was not initially told that the chances someone like me will be very slim and not to either bother trading. Boris johnson took over from teresa may and july 2019, they are faced th