Aa staff writer for the new yorker. And the author most recently of a novel about a pandemic that came out in this pandemic its called e end of october. I am so fortute and thrilled to talk to two wonderful writers i have enjoyed looking at their books but first of allet me tell you about our structure we will be talking for about minuteshen i wi take audience questions there is a function at the bottom you can ask questions you will have ten or 15 minutes at the end of the session to ask your question. Let me introduce these interestg authors. Aanadian who lives in frce just across the border from geneva wre the World Health Organization is located very conveniently for her. She began her career as a biomedal researcher and a science reporter for the past 36 years mostly with the british magazineew scientist and those that specializin Infectious Disease. For years increasingly urgent warnings of the risk of a pandemic. Mohammed is the howard hues medical Institute Professor biomedic e
Says were stolen 20 years ago. Its going to be all right you are going to get home safely to your children. And coming up meet kuno, and i did, so you were right. The hero dog whos receiving thats the way to look the animal Victoria Cross for saving at it, isnt it . British soldiers fighting it has been lovelyjust in afghanistan despite to see you again, really. You know, we dont have to stay strangers, do we . Being shot himself. Not at all. For you to have these heroes that went in, he was one. Ijust dont think he realises he actually is one, because he just did what he thought was hisjob. Usman ahmed talking to Sharon Crawford there. Details of organisations offering information and support with Mental Health are available at bbc. Co. Uk actionline, or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded good afternoon, and information on 08000155 998. Welcome to bbc news. It wasnt a concession and he certainly hasnt phoned joe biden to congratulate him, but Donald Trumps green light
Photographers. That National Archives cohost of this event. The Army Signal Corps photographic collection is one of the largest in the National Archives. Roughly 1 million images from world war i to 1981, chronicled military activities during war and peace of the frontline, as the front line i like to welcome the Strategic Communications officer for the u. S. Army center of military history. He retired from the army reserve and 2017. He had the rank of colonel and 35 years of military service. He deployed three times and commanded the American Forces network in iraq baghdad plus direct Media Operations and assisted spokesman for commissions at guantanamo bay, cuba and was the chief of Media Operations and a senior spokesman for detention operations at guantanamo. He was also an assistant professor of military science at usc. [applause] good evening and thank you. My name is lee reynolds. It i am a strategic medications officer for the u. S. Army center of military history. The center i
Warning of weaker Global Oil Demand because of jet fuel demand. And martha pollick on the colleges plan this fall. Lets get back to the lead story on the Economic Data front in the u. S. The number of americans applying for Unemployment Benefits falling below one million since the pandemic began in march. We are seeing economic recovery getting some traction. Joining us is michael mckee. Is it good news, bad news . Think itsdont either. It doesnt show that the recovery is gaining traction as much as the decline is flattening out. We are talking people filing for the first time and it is still almost one million. Their deep scars in the labor market. Although the data is two weeks old the number of people receiving some kind of benefit is over 28 million. There are a lot of people still hurting. Will that push people in washington towards making a deal . If we havent had that already, its hard to see how this number in particular fix them one way or the other. Alix is there anything to
University in the United States you will see claims such as this university which he tried to think critically it will solve teaches you how to solve problems it will teach you how to communicate well and work well with other people itll teach you to be global in your thinking that all sounds wonderful and in fact i think if anybody thinks about what is the role of Higher Education we all would all agree that those are things that we want universities to teach but when you actually look at the curriculum none of those things are taught. What is taught courses in departments largely around information sometimes around analysis of that information but very much in a field specific way and the reality is is that in order to teach these broader capacities you cannot deliver it in a disciplinary way you have to deliver it in a cross contextual way so essentially youre saying that the universities are not delivering what theyre promised to give you is that an unfortunate happenstance you kno