Available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. Next on American History tv, art historian Judy Scott Feldman analyzes artistic portrayals of the American Revolution and civil war. She talks about the influence of painting, sculptors, and memorials on how history is remembered. The Smithsonian Associates posted this event. Posted this event. We are going to look at the American Revolution and civil that. Ut a little beyond controversies about the stories we tell. I am going to focus, because it is impossible to cover such an amount of material in one talk, i will focus on the capital and the public buildings on the mall , which is the centerpiece of American Political Culture and our public culture where people come from all around the world in country to participate government, to learn about government, understand our heritage, so i thought, what is it we say to those people when they come to washington . What have been some of the controversies . What are some of the i
Thats all. Stay with bbc world news. Stay with us for all the International News and business stories here on the bbc. And you can visit our website as bbc. Com news. Hong kong demonstrations in the wake of the 11th weekend of protests we look at the impact on the asia financial economy. Grey matters. Why many of singapores asian population are working well into their 70s. Good morning and welcome to this mondays edition of Asia Business report live from singapore with me, mariko 0i. Lets start with hong kong because as you heard on newsday, the city has seen the 11th weekend in a row of pro democracy rallies. The protest organisers say the crowd was 1. 7 million strong other police have said it was much smaller. This comes amid warnings of the Economic Impact of the unrest on the Economic Impact of the unrest on the Asian Financial hub. In just two days after Airline Cathay pacific saw the departure of it chief executive. The bbcs Stephen Mcdonnell sent this report from the demonstrat
Elections in september before the recent polls in april there was an upsurge in rocket fire out of gaza seen here as a way of trying to increase pressure on israel at a politically sensitive time. In recent months rocket fire as long as it resulted in no injuries or loss of life has typically been followed by israeli airstrikes on evacuated bases in camps inside gaza these attempts to break through the gaza fence though are being met immediately by deadly force as little doubt the temperature is getting higher again in and around gaza but the chances of another military escalation are also on the rise. Aljazeera west jerusalem. Argentinas treasury minister has resigned amid a financial crisis triggered by the president s shocked poll defeat because to germany says the government needs to make significant changes to its economic policies the peso shed 20 percent of its value against the dollar last week after present mockery was defeated by his center left opponent in the primary electi
The violence over the weekend between local people and police. 2 kayakers had a lucky escape. Collapsed in southern alaska take a look at this. Movement the moment draw the part of the spencer glassy a caved in just over a week ago the collapse created a huge wave across spencer lake which sent the caucus flee as fast as they could the para skate with no injuries despite one being hit in the ribs by. A piece of flying ice. A clock has been unveiled in iceland to remember the 1st of its 400. 00 glasses to melt away during due to Climate Change or cubical last year used to cover 15 square kilometers but its been reduced to a small area of ice on top of a volcano it was officially declared dead in 2014 its from aerial memorial rather bears the inscription a letter to the future warning all of icelands grasses are expected to disappear within the next 200 years city officials in Portland Oregon are relieved the dueling demonstrations between for rights and anti fascist protesters were not
Lobbying for better treatment of the migrants weve discussed with the government how best to ensure that the most vulnerable venezuelans be included in this operation women along with children people for whom it is difficult to find a job people from. Minorities from the community or from indigenous communities u. S. President donald trump has confirmed reports that hes interested in buying greenland the island between the north atlantic and arctic ocean is a semi autonomous danish territory denmarks Prime Minister said the greenland is not for sale calling the idea of selling its the us absurd but the u. S. President says it could be bought for quote strategic reasons. A lot of things could be done sensually its a large real estate deal a lot of things could be done. Hurting denmark very badly because theyre losing almost 700000000. 00 a year caring so they carry it at a great loss and strategically for the United States it would be nice for us president s have paid for territory thro