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started his campaign to win an eighth masters crown at alexandra palace. and what a start it's been against ding junhui. zero unforced errors from o'sullivan, who raced into a four—frame lead against ding at the mid—session break, including a century break to win the fourth. that's 231 career centuries for the man regarded as the greatest to play the sport. o'sullivan got the better of his opponent in the uk championship final in december, and has won all five of their masters meetings. they are just under way now in the fifth frame in this one with o'sullivan up so far in that. looking good for him at the moment. the final match of the fa cup third round takes place later, as out—of—form manchester united travel to wigan athletic, a side two divisions below them. erik ten hag and his players have received plenty of criticsm in recent weeks, and will be hoping for a safe passage through to the next round, the draw of which takes place in a few hours. wigan boss shaun maloney won the competition in 2013
that is what great nations do and we are a great nation, the greatest of all nations. we are not perfect. but we learn from our past and we look to the future. the nation continuously striving to be in more perfect union. i am here to speak to another truth. it is because of this congregation, from the black community of south carolina, this is not an exaggeration, i stand here today as your president because of all of you. that is a fact. i owe you. i have done my best to honor your trust. that means rejecting the small, narrow, cramped view of america
but there are philosophers who differ, and we do, in fact, have a research project that's thinking about what this will mean for how we grieve, how we think about our own mortality, for religion, if this becomes a common practice, which it might. let's talk a little more about artificial intelligence. i've already referred to colleagues of yours, who, with the greatest of respect, call you a curmudgeon on the issue of prolonging life. they also, i think, call you a curmudgeon when it comes to your attitude to artificial intelligence, because there are so many people out there working on this who are deeply excited and positive about the future. demis hassabis of google deepmind. he says, you know, "things are changing at digital speed. "we are in the renaissance of scientific discovery. "ai has the potential," he says, "to help with humanity's greatest challenges. "it's going to be transformative. "it's going to be beneficial." you, on the other hand, seem to spend your time talking about the need for global regulation. why are you being,
now -- january 6th was prologue, the election year of 2024 will be the decisive drama on the mend stage, and it's outcome is very much in doubt. let's talk about all of this with barbara f walter, the professor of political science at the university of california in san diego, and author of how civil wars start and how to stop them. professor, thank you so much for joining. i really appreciate it. i would love to start with getting your reaction to president biden's speech yesterday. what do you make of it? it was much, much needed speech. one of the surprising things for somebody who has watched american democracy since as early as 2008 and watched a decline, is the fact that americans really don't -- they haven't wanted to hear that message, they want to believe that our democracy is the greatest in the world, they want to believe that it will always be strong and that there is nothing really to worry
those stunning numbers be come especially worrying when you consider that less than a year out from the 2024 election, from where we're currently standing right now, we not only know much more about trump's post-2020 election actions, but also about his proposed second term plans. trump has vowed to use the doj to lock up his political enemies and threaten to install thousands of loyalists throughout the federal government. recently, the ex president even doubled down on his promise to be a dictator on day one if elected. that's the true danger here. it's not just about what's happened in the past, it's about what lies ahead. as a bulwark's crystal and toulouse put it, quote, january 6th, it turns out, was a were her soul to upheaval, the far deeper insurrection that trump now -- january 6th was prologue, the election year of 2024 will be the decisive drama on the mend stage, and it's outcome is very much in doubt. let's talk about all of this with barbara f walter, the professor of political science at the university of california in san diego, and author of how civil wars start and how to stop them. professor, thank you so much for joining. i really appreciate it. i would love to start with getting your reaction to president biden's speech yesterday. what do you make of it? it was much, much needed speech. one of the surprising things for somebody who has watched american democracy since as early as 2008 and watched a decline, is the fact that americans really don't -- they haven't wanted to hear that message, they want to believe that our democracy is the greatest in the world, they want to believe that it will always be strong and that there
do the houthis play and could this be a risk towards a broader conflict in the region? absolutely. the houthis are backed by iran, but they, i was at the risk of full—scale war may be the greatest in the red sea because that is where you have the us fleets ready to go and full kinetic force against the houthis, which would be to a lodging of the war. what is missed in this is these groups have been explicit that they will seize their attacks if there is a ceasefire. —— largening. in november, during the ceasefire, there wasn't a single attack against us troops or bases. and with six attacks a day before. during the ceasefire, it all went down to zero. do you have some strong evidence that a ceasefire, at a
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his feat of being both a player and a manager to have won the world cup has only been matched by two others, and now his death means that there are no longer any members of that 1958 brazil world cup final team left alive. live now to andrew downie, author and former correspondent in brazil. just talk us through how special zagallo was. i just talk us through how special zagallo was-— just talk us through how special zauallo was. ~' ,., ., zagallo was. i think in the pantheon of brazilian football _ zagallo was. i think in the pantheon of brazilian football gods _ zagallo was. i think in the pantheon of brazilian football gods zagallo i of brazilian football gods zagallo was up there perhaps only pele had a higher position than zagallo. as he said, he played into world cups, he won two and then he went on to coach the 1970 team which is regarded as one of the greatest of all time. he was around for another 50 years
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