Now, come The End of the week, we are anticipating the winds to ease, and thats because High Pressure will be building in from the southwest this is the Azores High and this time of the year. When that happens, we do tend to see some somewhat warmer Weather Streaming in from the south. So perhaps the temperatures rising a little bit, maybe 16, maybe 17, in one or two spots and back to about 12, i think, in the north of scotland, not that youll particularly notice the difference. But you should notice the difference as we go through the weekend. Thats because Weather Fronts are coming closer towards us. That also means a change in the wind direction. It will mean the temperatures will rise, but well have to pay for that. There will be some cloud and rain. So yes, slightly more unsettled, but the temperatures for some of us at least will rise. So back into the 20s we go as we head into next week, not everywhere, but it will feel just that little bit warmer. Bye bye. This is bbc news, wel
Senator lindsey graham, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Senator, why has the Replacement Ofjoe Biden with Kamala Harris, on the democratic side of this president ial race, why has it knocked the Trump Campaign so badly off balance . I think it was a. Its taken a while for them to get their sea legs, but i think theyre good to go now. I thought he would be replaced. You know, we were all saying, as republicans, the guy is not capable. Hes in decline. And all of a sudden he leaves. You know, itsjust switching up candidates that late, it took a while to absorb that, but i think hed be ready. This coming tuesday is the debate, and i think itll be probably the most consequential debate maybe in a long time, if not ever. You talk about the way in which, for so long, the Trump Campaign was built around the Idea Thatjoe Biden was too old, he wasnt competent. Yeah. Right, right, right. Theres a big problem now for trump, isnt there . Hes the old guy. Hes 78 years old. And people looking at him
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The 75th anniversary of the cold war. With me today is dr. William hitchcock, the professor of history at the university of virginia. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of several books on the cold war, most recently the age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s. Published in 2018 by simon and schuster. Will, welcome and ask for joining us. William thank you, good to be with you. Looking forward to a conversation. Sean lets get to it. In surveying the 45 years of the cold war and its impact, one could argue that it fundamentally changed the constitutional framework of the American Government, that it was this period that saw the greater concentration of power in the president at the expense of the congress, that more than ever in our history because of the challenges of the cold war our National Course is now set by the personality of the president. Would you agree with that . William well, yes, i would agree with that. And i think its been characteristic of the presidency over the
Also in washington. We have brian becker, hes the executive director of the answer coalition. And in moscow we cross to maxine should go, he is an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council originally crossed out rules in effect. That means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it. Ok, let me go to maxime 1st here in moscow. By all accounts, were going to have a, by ministration in january. Now, given the background of the russia gate hysteria hoax and the antipathy and really deep hatred of russia in the american Political Class and particularly the media here. What is, what is the kremlin expecting in january when it comes to American Foreign policy towards your country go ahead. 1st of all, i think the relationship between the United States and russia would have continued to deteriorate anyway, regardless of who were in the white house. And especially seeing the acts that stations are peter listen, our worst buy in and ministration on 2 on 2 particular is