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Im stephen sackur. This programme, like so many others in the churn of 24 7 news, tends to focus on people and places facing problems and challenges. More often than not we hold the powerful to account for things that went wrong, not right. Are we missing the Bigger Picture about the world we live in . My guest today, the psychologist and writer, steven pinker, certainly thinks so. His new book, enlightenment now, is a paean to Human Progress driven just how convincing are his reasons to be cheerful . Steven pinker welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. This idea of the enlightenment is very dear to ...

Will protect 11 million households from rip off bills by next winter. Iamat i am at Heathrow Airport, terminal 5, where britains Winter Olympics team, the most successful ever, will return home in around one hour. And coming up in sport on bbc news former british and irish lions number eight Jamie Heaslip has announced his retirement from rugby after an illustrious career for club and country. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Jeremy corbyn has confirmed that a Labour Government would support a Customs Union with the eu after brexit. Speaking at an event in the midlands, mr co...

Decade. However, what it doesnt say is that title is that overall, immigration went up and so we are actually acquiring more people but a lot of them are from outside the eu because restrictions are not going to change necessarily to them, are they . Lets look at the Financial Timesjust quickly. Here they . Lets look at the Financial Times just quickly. Here on the top, a photograph of one of the Many University lecturers who decided to ta ke University Lecturers who decided to take strike action today. It is over changes to their pensions, which they say are going to mean that some people are...

In france, i had two uncles in world war ii. My dad served in the navy on my wifes side, her brothers served in vietnam. I learned much from them. It is really the vietnam side that opened my eyes in the late 70s and early 80s because by that time the time i was old enough to absorb things as a young teenager, the family members on my side were well beyond their service. I dont remember my grandfather ever talking about world war i. I dont remember my uncle talking about world war ii until i started doing this work in the and then i would take him everywhere and give him talk. He would spend m...

Now on booktv, Pamela Newkirk, professor of journalism at New York University talks about the life of ota benga, a congolese dwarf was featured in antipolitics it did during the 1904 st. Louis world there. Two years later, the 103pound 411 ota benga was displayed in the bronx zoo monkey house with an orangutan. Now its my pleasure to introduce the next speaker, Pamela Newkirk is professor of journalism at direct of undergraduate studies at New York Universitys institute. Shes also the author of black journalists, white immediate which one an award and is the editor of letters for black america...