frontline of the war on terror. the sahel spreads 5000 kilometres from mauritania in the west to sudan in the east. these nations are struggling with an encroaching desert, massive population growth, unemployment and increasing insecurity. here in northern niger, in a scrap of desert at the edge of agadez, the world's special forces have assembled to tackle the terrorist threat. the aim of this briefing is to give you an overview of all of the activities that have been conducted in the field in the last four hours. —— in the last 44 hours. for african nations, it is a chance to learn how western armies work. for the visitors, an opportunity to find partners who can help fight foreign terrorfor them. to work by, with and through our african partners and our western partners in an international coalition of the willing to help improve the security infrastructure, build capability and capacity in these multinational organisations. the men whose faces cannot be seen are sharing tactics with african troops. i am going to try to peek inside without showing my muzzle. but their students are

have made contributions to the american west. >> oftentimes the history of the west is very male mythic, how the west was won. this is the only institution in the united states that honors women who came west and who made a difference and are still making a difference. oftentimes, cowgirl, the name misleads people. the different type of people we talk about are very broad. for example, we talk about ranchers, entertainers, artists, we also talk about competitors. it is very much a broad brush of those women who came west and made a difference. gallery,ing inside the this is brand-new. there is nother -- other gallery like this in the united states and it examines women who were in traveling wild west shows. they were very popular at the turn-of-the-century. the women were a reason for the popularity. it was so unusual to see female performing feats that were routinely in the shows. we contracted with a design firm in europe, paris, they came out and looked at the space and gave a something totally different. what you will see reflected, a lot of curved lines, cases are designed j

was an important year for this man students were protesting in west germany the time it. was. was and a pop singer honcho had his first became it was. a lot of the mood was explosive a lot of people were restless but i was ok opposite end of the spectrum from the moment. the song mama hit the charts on january fifteenth nine hundred sixty eight. on the same day thousands of students demonstrated in braman against a prize fight the tram tickets it led to the new year's first street battle between young people and police. was. a. loud. germany sixty eight the start of the transition to a modern society and a year of stark cultural social and political contrasts as average germans enjoyed the music of pancetta students took to the streets with their demands for change last year heinz eamonn celebrated fifty years on stage with a christmas concert tila. was. fired at one thousand nine hundred sixty eight was his year i think kind she had for number one hits on the german charts or she hit back and my mother like all middle aged women of the time love time. she wished she could have a son

heat more in the west and we will find that low cloud coming back inland again overnight after a lovely evening. cloudy skies further into scotla nd evening. cloudy skies further into scotland and england and towards the midlands and west country and the west after the heat it will be another one night. into the weekend and for most of us we have more heat, more sunshine and more dry weather but there is a chance of one too heavy and perhaps thundery showers in the south—west. even this rogue weather front might produce a shower in the far north—west but more likely in the south—west near that low pressure coming from iberia. we are changing wind direction as the pressure begins to fall in the second part of the weekend, drawing up a lot of heat from the near continent and also more humility in the south. the start of the weekend, maybe a bit misty and low cloud but it will soon burn off and then pretty much wall—to—wall sunshine and like winds with temperatures widely in the mid to high 20s again. a bit cooler on those north sea coasts with onshore breezes but the wind

that's bloom box. as hunches music played on radio stations across west germany demonstrators held protests against the government coalition and demanded social reforms. times humans grew up in many of poverty in the netherlands the student protests were completely foreign to him. i was raised in a small town and people didn't talk much about all that much and when they did they clearly didn't like it much they didn't understand what was going on and they had no time for god and it's arguable. west germany was a prosperous country at the time. they lead a quiet life she likes to knit he enjoys handicrafts but still working. in the west german countryside there were few calls for radical change most residents of up of the variable particularly skeptical annamarie be sure later became a conservative m.p. in the state parliament but in one nine hundred sixty s. she wasn't terribly interested in politics me. as a bit we discussed politics at home. my father was a district government official and the local mayor as it was i thought politics was kind of a bore and so on the thing it reek

remarkable story-telling skills to one of the most iconic events in the history of the american west. that day in june 1876 when lives and cultures converged along the little bighorn river in central montana. please join me in welcoming nathanial philbrick. [applause] nathanial: thank you. it is great to be in the space. i was here when i first heard my hitt book "sea of glory" the best seller book shelf. back in 1946, i was a 14-year-old high school freshman in that maritime center of the universe, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. and it was in pittsburgh when i went to the movies and i saw little big man. my gosh, i can still remember everything about two hours. i remember dustin hoffman, the whole custer as the deranged maniac. it was just terrific good caputa terrific. it blew the back of my head off. i became completely fascinated with this custer, the whole sitting bull thing, battle of little big one, what what was this all about? in the 1980's when some of the the morning star the , great book by evan kanawha truly introduced into the nooks and crannies of this incredibly complex nuanced

civil war soldiers are reduced to economic creatures. there are examples. it prevents at west virginia university, who is finishing a book on the soldier economy of the north, there are some horrible outrageous soldiers committed and were committed against them. brian was very smart in showing how that is an economic transaction, how they are connected to hire ideas such as free labor ideology and the war. my answer to you is to show how economics and ideology intersect. he is the champion, he is the poster boy for free labor ideology. it held out the promise that any man come a white man could rise up the social ladder. what did abraham lincoln see you go a good and moral and virtuous society. the volunteers change over time. they are going to take shots at this book because let's say your sample wasn't broad enough. what i intended to do here is reconstruct that world and recognize the world is not singular. its dependent on place, on time, on personality. thank you so much, you all have a wonderful lunch. we are in pennsylvania for the annual civil war conference held by gettysburg

the uk today. in england, some of the highest temperatures are in the north—west and it has been lovely here. different story in the east of scotla nd different story in the east of scotland where weather watcher picture from earlier shows a lot of mist and low cloud and that is hogging some other eastern coast of england as well. as you head inland, this is where we are seeing the highest temperatures, not quite perhaps the heat of yesterday but 30 degrees as possible in the west of northern ireland and to the west of wales. temperatures into the high 20s bacuna wales. temperatures into the high 20s bacu na around wales. temperatures into the high 20s bacuna around those east coast. the winds are like but they are coming in from the east or northeast, hence the drop in temperature on the coast and this low cloud coming in and across gol and, inland across england towards the midlands and the west country as well. further west, clear skies the midlands and the west country as well. furtherwest, clearskies and after the heat, temperatures no lower than 131a degrees. into the weeke

no reconnaissance in the west to provide information and that's why when i asked for information about the west no one knew anything much. it was only when the israeli forces in the west went on the offensive that the egyptians fast crossed the extent of the problem. that the enemy was already in their backyards. or the attack on america was the first to cross received a. radio call for headquarters saying someone wants to talk to you. the voice as that of the air force commander general. you have a map. you see the flowers on them those are. better. please destroy them out. located on the western side of the canal the egyptian surface to air missiles at cause the israeli afros heavy losses in the first days of the war. now reachable by israeli tanks it was payback time for the egyptian and defense. but despite the israeli success in destroying the sam batteries other aspects of stout hearted man were not going so well. alas i shall get the ariel sharon received in order not to activate his forces in the west of the canal because the concern was that if they were unable to establ

to reopen within the hour. >>> mosquitoes affected with west nile has pasted that virus onto people. officials say west nile activity is increasing and close to home dead birds affected with west nile have been found. jesse has more. >> reporter: the birds were found last week. but confirmation of west file infection didn't come until this week. meanwhile, a 3rd bird has been found raising concerns that it could be a 3rd infection. the doctor is working extra hours exampling thedying examining the remains of a dead foul. >> we found it on tuesday and sent it to the state to confirm. and thursday it was confirmed positive for west nile. >> reporter: the test last year found no signs of west nihilismphyllouses say the two insects that -- officials say the two insect today that were found positive lived in certain areas. paula walking her dog said the concern is serious since it's been found the virus is spread from birds and people. >> i see the birds all the time tin my yard. >> health officials say it's not a concern but in some it can cause flu concerns. officials say drain waters,

seized control of most of palestine with the exception of jerusalem the west bank and the gaza strip. by nine hundred forty nine close to three quarters of a million palestinians had become refugees. in the late one nine hundred fifty s. in kuwait and made the popular sentiment of arab unity common in the region a group of palestinian exiles established a secret organization. they called it the palestinian national liberation movement it became known more popularly as fact that. yasser arafat was one of the ringleaders of this new organization which favored armed struggle to achieve the liberation of palestine but quite some unhappy it was in kuwait that we named it factor before valve it was a continuation of our palestinian nationalistic activities such activities were aimed at gaining autonomy from the arab regimes most dominant of which was the regime of egyptian president. rival palestinian groups emerged advocating coordination with nasser's regime. madness waiting for us at the mossad would look at decision to form a palestinian branch and coordinated this with president. it w

bad at all for the time of year. northern ireland and west wales could touch 30 degrees. during friday night into the early hours of saturday that cloud in the east will roll further west. parts of the midlands, northern england and scotland turning cloudy. northern ireland and parts of the south—west holding on to clear skies, nine to 1a degrees. high pressure still control. this weather front will try to bring rain into the north—west, without much success. into the north—west, without much success. an area into the north—west, without much success. an area of into the north—west, without much success. an area of low pressure down into the south will come into play later in the weekend. saturday a beautiful day. lots of sunshine, not as much cloud in eastern areas. still cool thought north sea coasts but temperatures in the south and west well u p but temperatures in the south and west well up into the mid to high 20s. west well up into the mid to high 205. i west well up into the mid to high 20s. i mentioned this area of low pressure. as we get on in the sunday this will t

west nile virus. they are spraying after two dead birds were found with the west nile virus. the first case of human west nile virus has been confirmed in los angeles county. health officials say the hotter weather is adding to the greater numbers of mosquitoes and that increases the risk of the west nile virus. >>> the marine center is investigating the death of a blue whale. they plan to perform a necropsy today. the carcass was a few mile south. they are listed as an endangered species. >>> a person was hit and killed on the bart train tracks in oakland. there were system wide bart delays for about two hours. ac transit set up a bus bridge. and they told this victim was a man and we are waiting to here the identification of the victim and how he ended up on the tracks. >>> authorities have identified the fremont man who died over the weekend scuba diving. the sheriffs department said mark alcot was diving with are a friend and lost consciousness. he was air lifted to shore but pronounced dead a short time later. >>> still ahead. playing with fire in santa rosa. >>> the coast guard c

second line of defense west of the canal. it was a problem of which israeli chief of staff general divied elliott as it was well aware. before crossing the canal he wanted to draw those two arm of the business to the israeli side for two reasons one not to have to cross while those to the business are waiting for him on the back of the canal when you're very vulnerable number two to have them is really so i worry can meet them on israel's terms. generally as it was sure that a second phase of the egyptian attack would begin on october the night with those two armored divisions crossing the canal to advance and sinai strategic passes some forty kilometers to the east. but the egyptian plan was to stay put. yet forty eight hours later president sadat gave a new and surprising order to his woman ista general smiled. they would to go ahead with just the second phase the advance that it had been waiting for you. on october eleventh. came to me and said we want to advance to the past as i told him it was not possible for many reasons and one can actually get it to. carry on with russia he came

in the far south west and if we look all the way down through this to portugal, this is where the cloud is beginning to develop but ahead of that, we have a lot of hot airand quite steamy ahead of that, we have a lot of hot air and quite steamy air that is pushing up across siberia and france to the low countries and eventually some of that will head towards southern parts of the uk this weekend. overnight, all that low cloud that has been sitting on the east coast is pushing them across scotland and england, misty by the end of the night. where we have the heat, it will be warm overnight. tomorrow morning, it will not last long, that miss dando cloud of burns off and the heat starts to build quickly along those north seacoast, cooler, brightand build quickly along those north seacoast, cooler, bright and sunny for the most part. high temperatures in west wales towards the west country, 30 degrees or so widely, another lovely day on the way. further into the weekend, for the start of the week, knights will get warmer and start of the week, knights will get warmerand in start of th

—pressure sitting up to the north—west, we will have a north or north—easterly wind that will try to feed in large areas of cloud particularly across eastern and central parts of the british isles. this afternoon, cloudy skies for many eastern areas, the best of the sunshine is to the west. we will see a scattering of hit and miss heavy showers, but across southern scotland and northern ireland, there is a met office warning in force for these downpours. sunshine across parts of wales, south—west england and the channel islands and showers spinning up channel islands and showers spinning up from the near continent. not eve ryo ne up from the near continent. not everyone will catch them, but expect some heavy rain for a time if you do. eastern areas keeping hold of the cloud. 14 in newcastle and the best of the sunshine further west getting temperatures up to 20 or 21. the cloud the east will roll back westwards this evening. it could go misty and murky in places particularly close to the east coast. temperatures under the blanket of cloud will not drop far, maybe 8 degrees in newca

, perhaps over the hills of wales and the moors in the south—west, the downs in the south—east, perhapsjust south—west, the downs in the south—east, perhaps just to the north of london as well, but these are very isolated and you will probably stay dry. any storms that do develop particularly in scotland will tend to fade away during the night, and we will see cloudy skies returning. a lot of cloud in the north sea will get drawn back inland again, and it will be a great start for many areas. it could stay cloudy and cooler across south—eastern scotland, northern england, through to the midlands. to the south—east, some sunshine, and sunshine further west, but it is here with more warmth that we could spark off one oi’ warmth that we could spark off one or two sharp showers, notably across the western side of scotland and into northern ireland, so quite a range of temperatures on monday. a lot of cloud feeding in from the north sea, with high pressure to the north and low pressure to the south, that means a north—easterly breeze that means a north—easterly breeze

the weather — sarah. there are a few showers round in the north and west and if you are a hay fever sufferer you will notice we have high levels of pollen so we will talk about the high pollen levels and have a full uk forecast levels and have a full uk forecast in half an hour. thanks sarah. also coming up — i'll be talking to thure lindhardt, one of the detective stars of the scandi noir series the bridge. as series four nears its climax, he'll be talking about his role as henrik sabroe. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. an army sergeant has been jailed for life — with a minimum of 18 years for trying to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute. the sentencing judge described emile cilliers as "callous", and a person who would stop at nothing to gratify his own desires. duncan kennedy has been following events at winchester crown court. this has been an extraordinary story from start to finish, over the three years that it's unfolded, in court cases and various other places, a story of sex, of greed, of sabotage. it is incredible to think th

after she won the junior title here. cricket, and west indies thrashed an icc world xi by 72 runs in a charity t20 international at lord's in london. the match was to help raise funds to rebuild cricket grounds in the caribbean that were damaged by hurricanes last september. west indies batted first, and evin lewis smashed 58 off 26 balls as they made 199—4 from their 20 overs. in reply, the world xi were all out for 127 — despite a half—century from tisara perera. a charitable cause kind of overshadowed everything because we knew why would a here and regardless of the winnall loss, once we raise enough funds to help people back home, that is a job well done. obviously we wanted to win because it isa obviously we wanted to win because it is a full international and we played with our heart and entertain the crowd in my opinion. pakistan's cricketers will take to the field on friday, knowing they'll secure their first series win in england for more than 20 years if they avoid defeat. they lead the two—test series, 1—0 with england sweating on the fitness of all—rounder

james zobel talks about douglas macarthur and the first world point, andme at west his role as army chief of staff. he also ask lors -- explores the onect these experiences had his world war ii style. this is part of a day long symposium on the world war i experiences of world war ii leaders. it is just under one hour. >> anybody here actually served in world war i? [laughter] now, my friend charlene back was a child in tennessee, had an opportunity to hear a sergeant speak. fascinating. in my job, i have had the opportunity to interview many people. it a long, doing it a long time. a lot of them are great, but none is more informative, knowledgeable, and passionate than our next speaker. i always get a positive response whenever i have him on and i always learn. james zobel is the archivist of the macarthur memorial, and an expert on the life of general douglas macarthur. onis the author of a book macarthur and is working on a history of douglas macarthur in world war i. let's welcome james zobel. [applause] james: i call this paper, before anything else, be bold. because that was

south—west as we go into sunday. but for saturday, we're going to be drawing in some very warm air from the near continent, so those temperatures are going to stay very high. we start the day between ii and 15 degrees. notice a bit more in the way of cloud rolling its way in from the north sea. that could take a little while to break up through the morning. so if you're out and about through the first part of the day, could be a bit of cloud around, but the sunshine will get to work, and there will be lots of it as we get into the afternoon. blue skies, strong sunshine with high uv levels, high pollen levels as well. and as far as the temperatures go, well, look at the extent of the orange shades on our temperature chart — widely in the mid—to—high 20s, some spots, perhaps to the west of london, maybe west wales, again could get up to 30 degrees. a little bit cooler, perhaps, for some of these north sea coastal areas. now, as we through saturday night, notice the way that the orange colours try to hold on down towards the south. whereas the last few nights have been cool and

players overwhelmed too — tears from west ham's javier hernandez at the final whistle. anotherfavourite — brazil — also made a stuttering start to their campaign. they started well, this stunner from the former liverpool player phillipe coutinho giving them a first half lead against switzerland, but they were eventually held to a 1—1 draw. serbia beat costa rica in yesterday's other match in russia. away from the world cup. and britain's tommy fleetwood just missed out on winning his first major title at golf‘s us open. he equalled the course record in his final round at shinnecock hills in new york, but finished one shot behind american brooks koepka who wins for the second year in a row. and quite extraordinary scenes at the tennis yesterday. british number one johanna konta lost in the final of the nottingham 0pen for the second year in a row, as well as losing her temper in the deciding set against ashleigh barty. we have got much more on that coming up we have got much more on that coming up in the sports news. we really saw her not happy at all. did she say to the umpire,

me is one of the most iconic images of german history seventy years ago children in west berlin cheered on u.s. and british pilots their planes of action that became known as candy bombers and they were in fact part of the first international crisis of the cold war after the second world war germany was divided into four occupations american french british and soviet and so was its capital berlin nine hundred forty eight the western allies united their zones into one economic and monetary area soviet union reacted by blockading west berlin and closing all transport routes to the sectors under western control to supply the population with essential goods the allies had to use three airway corridors and the berlin airlift was born. for more than a year a plane made a drop to the sea for more than a year a plane it made its. attached to temple of airport today seventy years ago he watched western allied aircraft land here to safe west berlin. well i think of the past in connection with the airports i feel totally different back in time and my heart and mind relive those hardships.

week. it's day three of the third test between west indies and si lanka in bridgtown. west indies are struggling in their second innings, a short while ago they were 88 for 9. they were looking to build a big lead, in the the first day—night cricket test in the caribbean but things aren't going to plan. earlier on monday, west indies pace trio of shannon gabriel, kemar roach and jason holder had helped restrict sri lanka to 15k, 50 runs short of the windies total at the time. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. whether you like it or not, there is absolutely no end in sight to this hot spell we are experiencing right now and it is a heatwave, temperatures will remain well above average for the rest of the week and into the weekend as well. monday was the hottest day of the year so far, 30 degrees celsius, and many of us experienced temperatures in the high or mid—20s and the jet stream is way to the north of us across iceland there, rushing into northern scandinavia with a bit of

join russia the west refuse to recognize this plebiscite and then impose sanctions on russia and then separate ones on crimea but just this week we also heard from another u.s. official john bolton who said that trump wouldn't recognize crimea as part of russia so conflicting views coming from the trump administration which seems like basic protocol at this point but these statements come a few weeks before trump's summit with putin that's scheduled for july sixteenth in helsinki finland but this isn't the first time that trump has discussed relations with russia during the g. seven summit trump said that russia should be reinstated let's check out what he said i would rather see russia in the g. eight as opposed to the i would say that the g eight is a more meaningful group than the g seven absolutely trump also said that he'd be discussing a range of other issues with president putin including alleged election interference syria ukraine relations with china and russia to possibly deescalate the conflicts going on in the world but until july sixteenth we won't know exactly what happe

find theirjacket with a hood. in west lothian firefighters have been dealing with a wildfire, a warning ofan dealing with a wildfire, a warning of an increased risk of wildfires in in place until monday. here in glasgow, most people are concentrating on keeping cool and enjoying this mini heatwave. yesterday we reached 31.3 celsius at aviemore, and it's very likely we will beat that today in glasgow, may be 31 or 32 celsius, which will make it the warmest day injune four 23 yea rs. u nfortu nately we‘ re it the warmest day injune four 23 years. unfortunately we're just falling shy of the all—timejune record of 32.2 celsius which was in perth & kinross back in 1893.m does feel like years since the sun was this hot in the west of scotland. many are determined to enjoy it while it lasts. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. we could be breaking records today in scotland and northern ireland and here in the north—west of wales, temperatures are already up to 30 degrees once again. beautiful blue skies, strong sunshine for the rest of the day, even further east h

president habibie arrived in egypt on a tour of the region. while in the west bank he advised his palestinian audience to seek a negotiated settlement in order to resolve the palestinian refugee problem a message he repeated in lebanon. i have. said it was a mythical we traveled to beirut which was known for its free press we had a lot of illogical things on the press conference held by brilliant someone saying we are prepared to eight hundred years for a solution to the palestinian issue to which remember replied you're a journalist and not a palestinian had you been up an athenian you would be adamant that a solution be found a soon as possible. but give us comments through a hostile response that oppressed denounced him as a traitor and a madman. in cairo the tunisian embassy was set alight by angry demonstrators. that had to be there seemed to be out of step with the mood on the street. for his part president nasr sought to convince the west of the need to address the problem of the palestinians before it provoked further violence and instability. of the i have a list of what

of the west bank and jerusalem fell to the israelis. the mayor of then the. slim the so getting the call of it. being. the vote of the vote the should be on the go then your news is awful and then. the coffee. with the wall all but over on the egyptian and jordanian fronts and ignoring a un cool for a cease fire israel's high command now decided to secure its borders with syria. on the fifth day of war israeli troops began to climb the strategic golan heights. and some last. suggestion the beneath it had but more lives and will continue to do generally. through that. of the modoc at some almost and then the other. must occur. as often and and not say nothing about the cut and just really want of the possible. truth is yes she said that. but on the sixth day of the rule damascus radio made an unexpected announcement. syria had accepted the u.n. cease fire. with no advance warning given to troops fighting on the cover not the big. cost fatally undermined the syrian army resistance. and the man blamed for the army's collapse was the minister of defense. a man who would eventually rise

starting this week. let's look at the tower camera. this is the view toward the west where you can see cloud coverage along the coastline. cloud coverage around the date area. here is a live look at the tower where it is misty. 50 six degrees in san francisco . 59 in concorde with mild conditions. 50s to start the day and it did not get to chile. several clouds dropping down to six at the oakland airport. some areas may have cloud coverage. we are waking to cloudy skies. five at 10 miles per hour with sustained wind and we have a warm-up coming up.>>> and you can see the brake lights along southbound i 80. >> all lanes have cleared and that continues and will kely be there for anotherli -- i wou say through the rest of the morning commute. it does get very slow. right now in red, travel time from 238 down to the dumbarton bridge. this is south of 238 with folks making their way to hayward. it has cleared but there are still major slowdowns. 238 is backing up along the northbound stretch with folks trying to make their way to 880. if you want to use mission boulevard, that is getting bu

here. a dark cloud moves over west d.c. multiple sex assaults have cured. three daysgo a woman walkinglo in the 2,100 just before 11:00 p.m. was attacked. one resident telling news 4 off camera, a separate incident happened in front of her house. she said detectives told her upward of 37 assaults in the ar area over a notable amount of time. this video shows a man pursuing annsuspecting woman. it was june 13th brought daylight. the culprit sexually abusedn th woround 8:00 a.m. sharing the video, the reaction alarm, shocke >> i hop they get him. >> reporter: women in the area now watching their back. >> stuff happens everywhere and youo have t be ready for it. >>eporter: someone could b lurking, someone could do them harm. d.c. police are not ruling out the possibility this same person could be behind both. the suspect description for that new port place attacker is fairly vague. a white male, 5'7" with a medium build. >>> thank you. >>>me supourt justice anthony kennedy decision to retire is still sendi shock waves across washington and the liuntry. nbc h jackson with new fallo

established in 1849, overlooking the trinity river coming from the west as the river flows east and it is interesting not just because this the original overlook or the army established this fort but today we find ourselves interested in the river from a development standpoint. everyone wants to be by water so a lot of the development in the city is along those forks of the river. we have come full circle. coming into the heart of downtown, we are known as the city of cowboys. we point to a story that is kind of a coincidence. when the west was developing in the 1890's, two things happened in 1892. butch cassidy and the sundance kid robbed their first train. in the same year, ft. worth was about 40 years old and a group of women on the frontier said, we want to invest in art and culture and they founded the first museum in texas. today it has become the modern museum, one of the great museums of fort worth. that happened at the same time, so you see these forces at work between a land of outlaws and cowboys and cowgirls, but also you see people wanting to bring art and culture to the f

i met david michaelis at link tv and he comes with west jerusalem and i come from west jerusalem, so we come from the same seat. but in reality, two different worlds. >> i was born in jerusalem and i've been living there all my life, since 1945. five years ago i came to the united states to launch a tv channel. and that's how i met jamal dajani. he challenged me to think about solutions that hadn't been discussed until now. and one day we said, well, we should test it on the ground. >> the reality there is very harsh. but why don't we go over there and do it. >> we are here in a bubble. afafter somemetime off woworkin together with jamal i said let's ddo this in california. you only have to choose in t th neighborhoodod what kind off la you want in the morning. >> when i i go there i'm always eaeager to go to my peoplple, t neighborhohood. i want to o have the least interaction with the israelis as possibible. >> manany israraelis don't't wa know about ppalestinis.s. they don't wantt to reach out. they don'n't wantt to cross in strereets and neigighborhoods w the palestiniaians live

west we have the highest faechlts. s —— temperatures. it is 32 in the north—west of wales and 30 across northern ireland and 30 in london. widely into the high 20s. not as hot as it has been in scotland. we are getting that cloud, because we have this easterly breeze. that means we have the highest temperatures in the west. that will draw the cloud in foent. inland across scotland and towards the midlands and the west country. further west clearer skies and another very warm night. into the weekend, lots of sunshine, more hooes. maybe some showers in the south—west. more likely to get a shower from this cut off low that is towards biscay. temperatures dropping during the second half of the weekend, but we are still drawing airfrom the the weekend, but we are still drawing air from the near continent and more humidity in the south on sunday. this is saturday. still dry air. so we see some lore temperatures overnight. clear skies, lots of sunshine after some early mist and low cloud and more heat and light winds. easterlies again. so cooler on the north sea coast. the wind picks

. bob gilson senior labor and employee relations consultant and author, welcome. and mr. darrell west vice president and director of government studies at brookings institute. welcome to you all. and pursuant to committee rules all witnesses will be sworn in before they testify. if you would please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the whole truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? thank you, you may be seated. the record should reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative in order to allow time for enough questions and answers, i would ask that you limit your oral testimony to five minutes in your entire written testimony will be made part of the record. there is a clock in front of you. if you will just press the red button and speak into the microphone, mr. kovacs we recognize you for five minutes. >> chairman metals, -- meadows, thank you for ordering this hearing and providing me the opportunity to discuss official time in the federal workforce. my name is trey kovacs and

actually costs. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. west, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. chairman meadows, ranking member connelly and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. i am vice president of government studies at the brookings institution and the author of several books. my newest book is "the future of work, robots, ai and automation and it looks at the impact of new technologies on the workplace, education and public policy. what i want to do today is to summarize my testimony on official time, and i'm going to talk about three points, how much it costs the federal government, the benefits of official time, and how proposed changes would affect federal employees. >> its april report the office of personnel management estimated that official time in fiscal year 2016 totalled 3.6 million hours and costed around 174.8 million dollars. that comes to 2.95 hours per employee each year and that compares to 2.88 hours in fiscal year 2014. based on that, the report concluded that the overall 2016 hourly total represents an inc

established in 1849 overlooking the confluence of the two forks. the clear fork and the west fork of the trinity river, that come from the west as the river flows east and it's interesting because not only is this the original overlook where the army established this fort out on the western frontier but today we find ourselves really interested in the river from a development standpoint. everyone wants to be near water so all the development going on in the city right now is really all along those forks and that river. so we've come full circle. we're coming into the heart of downtown. we're known as the city of cowboys and culture but we point to a story, kind of a coincidence of how that all got started. when the west was developing in the 1890's, two things happened the 192. buffalo ks day and the sundance killed robbed their first train. that wasn't near here. in the same year, fort worth was about 40 years old and a group of women said we want to invest in art and culture and they founded the first museum in texas, which today has become the modern museum, one of the great museu

challenge to the west in that world order florence three al-jazeera beijing or not also to come here on the news hour including fire streets through an iraqi ballot storage center just weeks after a disputed election. it's just weeks before women are given the right to drive in saudi arabia but some of them could be behind bars when the ban is finally lifted and support the king of claim to change his throne in paris rafael nadal makes it eleven wins from eleven french open for us also to. another german chancellor says the european union will respond in kind to us tariffs on european steel and aluminum under merkel says she was disappointed that president donald trump refused to sign a final communique on trade at the g. seven summit in canada white house advisers accuse canada's prime minister of betraying washington and engaging in bad faith diplomacy wasn't jordan as more. the canadian prime minister declined any further comment in the course of the day leaving it to his foreign minister to reiterate canada's position and the ongoing argument about trade tariffs the national secu

west and the east were not good at the time. there was still underneath quite a lot of mistrust. and suspicion as to what the soviets were up to. and that spilled over in the spy affair. the whole thing was obviously brought forward by the defection at the beginning of august of a senior kgb official, now named as leg. his information made it plain that something had to be done. the important thing about the defector was that he dotted the eyes and crossed the tees and so we realised there were even more soviet intelligence officers masquerading as diplomats than we previously thought. he gave us a pretty good idea of the scope of their activity which was very large. the reason these men had to go was simply that their organisation had outgrown the resources of oui’ their organisation had outgrown the resources of our organisation whose job it was to deal with them. the russians were given two weeks to leave when the expulsions were announced on september 24. today means they have gone almost a week early. looking back on it from today's perspective i very much think it was the bes

join russia the west refuse to recognize this plebiscite and then impose sanctions on russia and then separate ones on crimea but just this week we also heard from another u.s. official john bolton who said that trump wouldn't recognize crimea as part of russia so conflicting views coming from the trump administration which seems like basic protocol at this point but these statements come a few weeks before trump's summit with putin that's scheduled for july sixteenth in helsinki finland but this isn't the first time that trump has discussed relations with russia during the g. seven summit trump said that russia should be reinstated let's check out what he said i would rather see russia in the g. eight as opposed to the i would say that the g eight is a more meaningful group than the g seven absolutely trump also said that he'd be discussing a range of other issues with president putin including alleged election interference syria ukraine relations with china and russia to possibly deescalate the conflicts going on in the world but until july sixteenth we will know exactly what h

ukraine and join russia the west refuse to recognize this plebiscite and then impose sanctions on russia and then separate ones on crimea but just this week we also heard from another u.s. official john bolton who said that trump wouldn't recognize crimea as part of russia so conflicting views coming from the trump administration which seems like basic protocol at this point but these statements come a few weeks before trump summit with putin that's scheduled for july sixteenth in helsinki finland but this isn't the first time that trump has discussed relations with russia during the g. seven summit trump said that russia should be reinstated let's check out what he said i would rather see russia in. the g eight as opposed to the g seven i would say that the g eight is a more meaningful group than the g seven absolutely trump also said that he'd be discussing a range of other issues with president putin including alleged election interference syria ukraine relations with china and russia to possibly deescalate the conflicts going on in the world but until july sixteenth we will know exac

nations has failed to agree on whether fighting should cease against rebels on yemen's west coast. government forces have begun an assault on the port of hudaydah, in an attempt to regain control. but aid agencies warn the offensive, which is backed by saudi arabia, could make the humanitarian crisis even worse. andrew plant reports. soldiers moving in towards the yemeni port of hudaydah. after three years of fighting here, this is a big push to defeat rebel forces and take back control of the harbour. the docks on yemen's west coast matter. they are the main gateway for aid and supplies into the country, currently under rebel control, but millions of civilians rely on them too. aid ships dock here, a lifeline, it's thought for more than eight miillion people, now at risk of starvation, as the humanitarian crisis grows. houthi rebels, already claiming to have hit back against coalition forces. translation: the navalforce was able to target a warship with two missiles. the warship has been completely destroyed, and the rest of the warships fled due to fear of the same fate. since t