How can the writers started once again to fall in indonesia its a pretty steady line of daily showers die from west papias is sort of a way z. Of borneo west would slow as hes shown the biggest pick up under 25 minute beach in the last 24 hours stuck quietly into the dry season but its a good indication the still rain to the door something thats persistent through something that now im cambodian trying to still catch parts of thailand and it reaches across to sumatra and it will tend to head south singapore looks potentially quite wet on sunday and the showers still there and sort of border not yet in java or further east but it will be there of course in the next week or 2 i would think. In australia the latest cold front is on its way through victoria and tasmania it will drop some rain it has already dropped some rain but it wont be quite enough im sure temperatures in the teens as a result its rapidly warmer in queens and 30 in brisbane your notice and not looking about told in per
Creole affair, the slave rebellion that led the u. S. And Great Britain to war, but arthur downey. He has been an officer, and a diplomat and former staff member of the National Security council. For a dozen years he taught International Law at georgetown university. His first book was published. His current book the creole affair was published last year. He is in the stages to complete his book deal that will be published in september. Please join me in welcoming him to the national archives. [applause] good afternoon. For most of us, American History begins with the American Revolution and the drafting of the restitution and perhaps make a brief stop at though war of 1812. Then we rush onto the civil war. As a result, that period imagery in between is a black hole. In that black hole there took place in rebellion that led the u. S. And british to the brink of another war. I want to tell you this interesting story. On october 25, 1841, the creole left the dog in richmond, virginia, wi
His current book the crayola fair was published last year. He is in the stages to complete his book deal that will be published in september. Please join me in welcoming him to the national archives. [applause] good afternoon. For most of us, American History begins with the American Revolution and the drafting of the restitution and perhaps make a brief stop at though war of 1812. As a result, that opperiod imagery and was a lack or. In that black hole there took place in rebellion that led the u. S. And british to the brink of another war. I want to tell you this interesting start. On october 25 eight teen 41 october 20 5, 1841, the creole left with tobacco supplies and crew and others. A captain was in charge. He brought his wife and fouryearold daughter and 15 yearold niece with him. He had a crew of 8 and three guests who got free passage to new orleans in exchange for being guards. The creole still down the river to the atlantic ocean. In addition to tobacco and supplies, the cre
By unknown assailants. And russians prepare to cast their ballots in a president ial election on sunday its a day that also marks four years since the annexation of crimea we had to the peninsula to find out how people there are feeling out of the vote. Im sumi so whats going to thank you for joining us russias foreign minister says moscow will expel a u. K. Diplomats after western allies accused it of attempting to murder a former russian spy in britain and a joint declaration the u. S. France and germany backed britain directly blaming moscow for last weeks attack using a nerve agent. British Prime Minister to reason may is one of the few visitors to salzburg these days traders in the cathedral town say tourists and shoppers are staying away in the wake of the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei script and his daughter yulia may visit at the restaurant where the chemical attack took place and put the blame squarely on moscow. It is right that the u. K. Government reacts i
Edinburgh, no stranger to an occasional haze, experienced an unprecedented atmospheric event on 31 May, unlike any seen over the past 30 years. While sea haar from the North Sea often blankets Scotland s capital, the haze observed that Friday felt distinctively different. UKCEH researchers are currently investigating if this haze can be attributed to a volcanic plume that transited the UK following an eruption in Iceland.