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[applause] thank you all for coming. Thanks to cspan and its important audience as well, my new book, the rise and fall of peace on earth, revolves around a particular question. The question is, what are the prospects for peace . That is a timely question at any point and i will give my answer in the course of my remarks but it does presuppose, another question not often asked but one that is also relevant to the book. That question is, what do we mean by peace . How do you define peace . The obvious definition is, peace is the absence of war. Thats always welcome but its not very rigorous. Af...

Panel event of this years conference. 99 years after the 19th amendment. Thanks to our panelists who will lead through an interesting conversation and thanks to katie mistry and jay sexton who not only put this panel together but also were cochairs of the Conference Program committee and are responsible for the Wonderful Program we will enjoy over the next couple of days. Thank you to the cosponsors of the event, the coordinating council for women in history and the history and American Studies Department at George Washington university. Political scientists tell us that women played a bigger ...

Hello, im lucy hockings. Welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. Israels military says it carried out a new ground raid in gaza overnight to target hamas fighters. Infantry and armoured units were accompanied by Helicopter Gunships as they entered eastern gaza city. These pictures, supplied by the idf, apparently show a Hamas Tunnel Being struck by a guided missile. Launch sites for anti tank missiles and command and control centres were also hit. The army said it killed a senior hamas commander and all israeli troops exited the area with no injuries....

With longer spells of rain and also blustery winds. A big area of low Pressure Setting to the west of ireland, smaller Low Pressure Systems around it, one that spreads northwards through the country on Saturday Night bringing some areas a lot of rain but the Rainfall Totals will be totting up for all areas but especially for the east of scotland which has already seen severe Flooding Problems so any more rain could be bad news and could be quite a lot, up to 100 millimetres of rain even into the start of november. Through tonight, the rain keeps on coming across eastern scotland, strong winds ...

Earlier president macron met president isaac herzog, and said releasing hostages must be the � first objective� in israels war in gaza. Against terrorism. I think this is our duty, to fight against terrorism. Without this, escalating this conflict and i accept the warnings. Targeting these groups and ordering targeted attacks is a necessity. I want you to make sure that we stand shoulder to make sure that we stand shoulder to shoulder with you, and your nation. Well do whatever we can to ensure peace, security and stability for your country. Emmanuel macron is the latest leader to visit is...