he served a as fullbright in england, hungarian romania. in 2015-2016 he was distinguished chair in history. bill is especially interested in the role of religion in american and european politics and the social and cultural history of american in european cities. it's 1986 book, san francisco miss, power and urban development" was hailed a major achievement that set the agenda for studying san francisco politics. his recents books for crossing flag and church and state in the city, have been praised as illuminateing. in 2017, he received the distinguish scholarship award of the american catholic historical association. bill lecture today is drawn from his 2015 prize-winning american catholic studies article and is part of a larger project of book on the competition between the catholic church and the communist party in european and american cities from the russian revolution to the fall of the berlin wall. let's have a nice welcome for bill issel. [applause] >> thank you very much, chris for that very nice welcome. i'm very pleased to also

on land the russians in turn accuse the americans of basing tomahawk cruise missiles in poland and romania both the united states and russia are unhappy with the provisions of the treaty but it's the united states that seems to withdraw from it unilaterally it feels that regional competitors like china and north korea are not able to endanger both it and its allies and that it is constrained by an arms control agreement that was signed over thirty years ago and is now seen as increasingly obsolete. let's bring in our panel joining us in washington d.c. lawrence korb former u.s. assistant secretary of defense in moscow to be trained babbage political analyst at risk said you know and. london not fall down meant nuclear policy analyst at the british american security information council i don't pawson think tank which promotes debate on nuclear disarmament welcome to you all i'd like to begin with larry korb in washington d.c. why this agreement and why now well actually the russians have been violating it since two thousand and fourteen the obama administration accused them of doing it and

the fossilized bones were first spotted protruding from this cliff side in transylvania romania in two thousand and nine. salvaging them was a complex undertaking. tremont other star for is a paleontologist and experienced fossil hunter. he was part of the excavation team and is well aware that the chances of finding terrorists or bones are slim. they're much more fragile than dinosaur bones. as he always has the clock you just see it in its own good very thin walled with hardly any organic material inside them just the spongy tissue that was ninety percent bus who used overall weight and therefore increased its flight capability that in the here. so very lightweight bones. here in the dinosaur museum in us mil tile into the area the giant pterosaurs reconstructed skeleton goes on display for the first time . how exactly did these creatures move on the ground it's not known for sure but they probably got around on all fours with their wing membranes neatly folded up on the sides. it's also not clear how they managed to become airborne some experts believe they needed to take off from a

last year's gains in toronto saw teams from romania and ukrainejoin, this toronto saw teams from romaniaoronto saw teams from romania and ukrainejoin, this year poland toronto saw teams from romania and ukraine join, this year poland will make its debut, bringing the list of countries to 18. after months of training camps, now it is down to last—minute fine—tuning. invictus is still in its infancy, withjust 500 competitors is not on the same scale as something like the paralympics. but within four years it has succeeded in getting sick, wounded and injured veterans from across the world a new focus in life. it has certainly been given prominence here in australia, yesterday's flag raising ceremony on sydney harbour bridge was shown on live television. the games themselves have been on prime time every night. it made the still seen as prince harry's pet project, but the games are growing into a serious sporting competition. we're joined now by our sydney correspondent hywel griffith. hywel, what can we expect there today? from your report, getting a real sense of occasion about the start

in the hunger angela tells the story of her mother and other ethnic germans in romania at the end of world war two thousands of ethnic germans were deported to soviet labor camps. or was awarded the nobel prize in two thousand and nine. some newspapers in the us. who had to who no one says that anymore. what's it like for you to figure on this list next to such literary greats like thomas mann and going to a gas you know it's a nice minute it's a good feeling of course i certainly won't complain about making the list. right after i saw it i asked myself oh my goodness how many of these books have i actually read actually have certainly not all one hundred it's more like about thirty. you do have to write after all exactly now i have to do is read the other seventy actually sixty nine since i wrote one of them i mean i guess we all have quite a bit of reading to do i really should read them. there are a lot of other books on the list that i've been meaning to read so there are some really good writers on that list but there are also some others that are missing. with those me as far a

in the hunger angel tells the story of her mother and other ethnic germans in romania at the end of world war two thousands of ethnic germans were deported to soviet labor camps. was awarded the nobel prize in two thousand and nine. some newspapers in the u.s. . who had who no one says that anymore. the is a journey back what's it like for you to figure on this list next to such literary greats like thomas mann and going to a gas you know it's a newsman at least it's a good feeling of course i certainly won't complain about making the list. right after i saw it i asked myself oh my goodness how many of these books have i actually read and actually have certainly not all one hundred it's more like about thirty. you do have to write after all exactly now i have to do is read the other seventy actually sixty nine since i wrote one of them i mean i guess we all have quite a bit of reading to do i really should read them. there are a lot of other books on the list that i've been meaning to read so there are some really good writers on that list but there are also some others that are missing.

bob president putin counter that nato's missile defense sites in romania. could easily be used to launch the us nuclear armed cruise missiles. and this w way the us is in fact leading to the destruction of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. that. searching g for some by consistently doing it themselves offensive in the same way as they y had consistently what tom leaving t the anti ballistic missile treaty. trump versus putin a new show down in europe. trump versus putting america and the chinese in the equation as well how are they going to be brought together these free. antagonists. a presumably their own self interest i mean i think all three countries. are enjoying the fruits of the prosperity of the world trade and and they'll they'll want to work together i mean you mentioned earlier -- people are applauding trump pulling out of the i and if i don't think anybody applauded i think people understand. why the u. s. after so many years of violations is threatening to pull out and talking to pull out because trump once the new deal he wants an

on land the russians in turn accuse the americans of basing tomahawk cruise missiles in poland and romania both the united states and russia are unhappy with the provisions of the treaty but it's the united states that seems to withdraw from it unilaterally it feels that regional competitors like a north korea are not able to endanger both it and its allies and that it is constrained by an arms control agreement that was signed over thirty years ago and is now seen as increasingly obsolete. let's bring in our panel joining us in washington d.c. lawrence korb former u.s. assistant secretary of defense in moscow to be trained babbage political analyst at risk said you know and. london not fall down when nuclear policy analyst at the british american security information council i don't pawson think tank which promotes debate on nuclear disarmament welcome to you all i'd like to begin with larry korb in washington d.c. why this agreement and why now well actually the russians have been violating it since two thousand and fourteen the obama administration accused them of doing it and they have

the spirit of the treaty by installing anti-ballistic missiles around russia also in poland and in romania land based missiles that could also break the i n f whereas the u.s. is accusing russia of combining land based missile launchers with intermediate nuclear nuclear missiles and while there is no actual proof of any violation there is definitely the situation that we all feel that both countries are not acting in the spirit of this agreement so what we should be doing instead of playing the blame game is we should be looking towards solutions what are the possibilities to salvage and to improve this important piece of security architecture and the second mistakes that i think a lot of us are making and in discussing this topic is we're looking at this problem solely from a military strategic point of few who has a right to according to which treaty to place which kinds of weapons of mass destruction where whereas we should be looking at it from the point of view of humanitarian law which clearly states that the type of weapon that was designed to target the civilian population is in cl

president putin counter that nato is missile defense science in romania could easily be used to launch us new cannot cruise missiles. this way the us is in fact leading to the destruction of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty constantly searching for some violations from our side and consistently doing it themselves the same way as they have consistently want tom leaving the antiballistic missile treaty. from russia's putin a new showdown in europe. versus putin eric and the chinese in the equation as well how are they going to be brought together these free antagonists of presumably their own self-interest i mean i think all three countries are enjoying the fruits of the prosperity of the world trade and they'll they'll want to work together i mean you mentioned earlier people are applauding trump pulling out of the i.m.f. i don't think anybody applauded i think people understand why the u.s. after so many years of violations is threatening to pull out and talking to pull out because trump wants a new deal he wants an updated modern deal that reflects the reality of twenty e

in romania in particular, i know romania because i wrote about saul steinberg. i don't know much about bulgaria and other countries. the poverty, the ghetto-like ways certain ethnic groups have to live, there are so many parallels to the immigrant experience in the early years of the 20th century. i think perhaps that might have something to do with it. they look at this immigrant boy in brookland, who became a success and they may think that is a way for them to go. other than that, i cannot answer. >> i'm sure there has to be -- don't be shy. there must be more questions out there. >> can i add to that? deirdre: yes, please. >> come up to the microphone. >> going along with the different cultures, and being attracted to him, there is a lot of myth within mexico. a robin hood type, maybe they have some sort of myth of their own that goes along with the lines of al capone. i have noticed that with a bunch of different countries. they all seemed to have this myth of this robin hood type character. maybe that is what they are sort of like grabbing onto, as far as

and who are living the good life as well as folks in romania, pakistan and a a bunch of other places with good english comprehension, technical skills and low cost structure to run these large groups to do fake news farms, they are behind most of it but we started to find these chunks of things that were not monetize a bowl and leading up to the announcement in september of 2017 of the biggest chunk came from the internet. there wasn't one day, it was a progression where we first saw a little bit during 2016 and the public stuff happen around the gr you, the creation of the dc leagues personas and probably the big chunk for us was the ira cluster we found in the advertising that came with it. >> that is interesting, they were in a bucket and you said they were not monetize a full which indicated another motive. >> if you want to try to determine if something is financially motivated, one of the signs is if they take you off the social network. the people who want to make money do so by doing arbitrage, they will push spam on twitter or facebook or any other network, take you to a web

on the go right now as well as early or there were a whole host of draws exciting stuff including romania against serbia that was a win for russia as the summer's world cup hosts defeated turkey two nil now our top of the africa cup of nations qualifying group k. after seeing off zambia it's who won elsewhere tottenham's victor wanyama was on the score sheet as kenya crushed ethiopia three no in nairobi to move three points clear at the top of qualifying group f two the youth olympic games in argentina now french teenager hugo guest on talk tennis gold on saturday the eighteen year old who won the junior doubles title at the australian open earlier this year was up against argentina's for camilla the as a cost it was a close match but just on eventually took it six four seven five. it was joy for the host nation at the women's beach humble final argentina lead trace in the first period a late fight back from across threatened argentina's victory but it was the hosts who triumph when sparking scenes of celebration in point to spain took gold in the men's competition. now what you get if yo

doesn't think so during a visit to romania he said there's no going back on the budget ramping up the rhetoric he accused the e.u. of attacking not a government but an entire nation. we asked our correspondent in brussels max hoffman what happens next and how defiant the italians really can afford to be. it's hard to predict with this government we've never had a populist government of this nature in a big country in the euro zone so predictions like i said are very hard and what's coming out of rome or in this case out of bucharest from the head of the right wing populist league on north isn't very encouraging he made it very clear they're not going to change a thing of course he's not the finance minister and then you have a thing called the spread now the spread bear with me a little complicated is the difference between what italy has to pay for its debt and what germany has to pay for its debt obviously german debt can be acquired much cheaper or the germans have to pay less to to borrow money and you have to pay much more because there is a greater risk involved so the higher th

doesn't think so during a visit to romania he said there's no going back on the budget ramping up the rhetoric he used the e.u. of attacking not a government but an entire nation. to the united states in just two weeks there will be mid term congressional elections and an unprecedented number of women are running for office let's take a look at congressional races over recent years and you can see more and more women are hoping to win a seat in the senate or the house of representatives there was a strong spike between twenty sixteen and twenty eighteen some are calling twenty eight the year of the woman or they're referring to the pink wave what he calls our election coverage bringing you an in-depth look at four of the most closely watched women this electoral season. today we profile a republican who once called president trump's remarks on women disgusting now she's turning to the commander in chief for backing as she bonds for a senate seat that her party must win to keep its razor thin majority in washington . marco make celie first female force pilot in combat with woman runnin

they argue an antimissile system that we deployed in romania could be used to also launch offensive weapons have been arguing that we are violating the treaty. the is why i believe president's decision is probably premature and precipitous. an opportunity, maybe resolve both of these issues, both the russian concerns and the american concerns, if we really rolled up our sleeves and made a real effort to do so. i think there are other things the united states could do in response to russian violations. for instance, there is nothing stopping us from deploying air launched weapons on aircraft deployed in europe because those are not limited under the treaty. we could also deploy submarine launched systems. this decision was taken prematurely. i think it is -- it's has rattled the europeans because i don't think there was adequate consultation with the europeans that it was coming. i think the last place the president wants to announce a really important foreign-policy decision is following a political rally in denver, colorado. unfortunately, while the russians have been cheating, the united

doesn't think so during a visit to romania he said there's no going back on the budget ramping up the rhetoric he cues the e.u. of attacking not a government but an entire nation. allowing the action for us and stress but max this has never happened before. that's absolutely correct and what is the early stage in which the commission is stopping this they're rejecting a draft budget so that's what has never happened before but see the commissioner in charge said they really didn't have any other choice they asked him only to clarify some points and they did didn't get any answers on that in the letter that italy sent back on monday very defiantly and so he said this is not a borderline case but this is a clear breach of commitment and that's why they had to take that decision so it only has three weeks to straighten things out now the commission has been flexible in the past so how to find can the italians actually be. it's hard to predict with this government we've never had a populist government of this nature in a big country in the euro zone so predictions like i said are very har

in romania gay rights supporters have been celebrating the failure of a referendum that would have seen the constitution outlaw same sex marriages because of low turnout at just over twenty four percent participation failed to meet the required thirty percent to validate the vote. and a pro russian nationalist has claimed victory in bosnia herzegovina selection in the race to fill the serb seat in the country's three person presidency neither of don't take advocates the eventual separation of serbs from bosnia opponents say his election will likely cement ethnic divisions in the country. u.s. president donald trump is celebrating a major domestic victory that's after the republican controlled senate narrowly confirm voted to confirm his nominee brett kavanaugh as a supreme court justice the move comes after weeks of partisan infighting over accusations of sexual misconduct against a judge is a point it means the supreme court could have a conservative majority for years to come. the pivot toward november with the senate's kavanaugh confirmation in the rearview mirror protesters look ahe

deputy prime minister mathias salvini doesn't think so during a visit to romania he said there's no going back on the budget ramping up the rhetoric he accused the e.u. of attacking not a government but an entire nation. or we were warned that this could happen scientists in austria say that they've detected my quote plastics in stool samples from human beings now what isn't clear yet is what effect if any the particles can have on the human body the impact of plastic waste on the world's oceans and as a consequence on the global food chain is so broad in scope that there is no end in sight but one thing's clear michael plastics are taking up what appears to be long term residents in human beings that's what scientists have concluded in a study they presented at a medical conference in vienna. eight volunteers from europe and asia who took part in a study spent a week subsisting on food packed in plastic and drinks from plastic bottles they also consumed fish and seafood. the stool samples of the participants revealed particles of micro plastics but it's not clear whether they remain in t

in romania low turnout has scuppered a referendum that would have changed the constitution so same sex couples could not secure the right to marry just over twenty four percent participation failed to meet the required thirty percent to validate the vote. polls in cameroon closed at the end of a mostly calm day of voting in presidential elections the country's eighty five year old incumbent paul looks set to extend his three decade rule the poll was overshadowed by a separatist uprising in the country's anglo phone regions with many they're unable to cast their ballot. and u.s. president donald trump is celebrating a major domestic victory that's after the republican controlled senate narrowly voted to confirm his nominee brett kavanaugh as a supreme court justice the move comes after weeks of partisan infighting over accusations of sexual misconduct against a judge is appointed means the supreme court could have a conservative majority for years to come. the pivot toward november with the senate's kavanaugh confirmation in the rearview mirror protesters look ahead to next month's midt

romania is preparing for a referendum on whether to limit the definition of family to heterosexual married couples it comes after three million people signed a petition demanding that the constitution explicitly state that marriage is between a man and the woman dozens of e.u. lawmakers oppose this weekend's vote. the united states united kingdom australia and beneficence are accusing the russian spies of involvement in a series of cyber attacks around the world the us has now indicted seven russian agents in connection with these attacks on domestic and international targets today dutch officials said they foiled a russian cyber attack against the u.n. chemical weapons watchdog in april investigators say four suspects packed a car full of outrunning cyber monitoring equipment outside the organization for the prohibiting of chemical weapons in the hague and then left a trail of evidence of chemical weapons watchdog says it suffered what they called increased cyber related activities at the start of the year and russia denies the allegations which were announced as nato defense ministers me

that was in group one. in group four, there were wins for romania and for serbia, who won 2—0 in montenegro in league d, there were wins for azerbaijan and the leaders kosovo. press corps twice in the last four minutes. kylian mbappe spared the world champions' blushes with a stoppage—time penalty. and paco alcacer scored twice for spain as they beat wales 4—1 in cardiff. you know, against average teams you have to do the basics, right. against a very good team you don't do the basics and you get punished. that is what happened. we just brush ourselves down, take it on the chin, the last time we were in cardiff we won 4—1. we will magnificent. tonight we were disappointing. the good thing about football is you a lwa ys good thing about football is you always have the next game. that can't come quick enough. a few cliches there. cricket, and the first test between pakistan and australia ended in a thrilling draw when the australians managed to bat out the final day in dubai. they began the final day on 136 for three, and chasing a notional a62 to win. the pakistani—born usman khawaja top—sco

straight sets seven five six three he'll now face a ninety three ninety third ranked tamara schofield of romania for place in the final . and top seed. has been dumped out of the vienna open ending his hopes of victory in front of his home crowd he was dominated by cain issue corey japanese there needed just over an hour. to deal with him at winning a straight sets victory six one he'll face. in the last. event is boss max a legacy says he's not considering resting christiane or naldo ahead of saturday's game against employee while ronaldo who is now thirty three played and uses a champions league win on tuesday against manchester united is also currently dealing with a major legal case police in the usa have reopened an investigation into rape allegations from two thousand and nine sabera joshua boy didn't want to go out soon but now he's doing well he's playing we will adapt to the situations to come let fifa know how to championship games we need to ensure we pass off the home game against manchester united then we can begin to look at things a bit differently but it's useless to make plans b

the world number three was cheered on by a home crown to beat romania's marius copil in straight sets kevin anderson has won his fifth career title at the vienna open, after beating japan's kei nishikori. it was disappointment again, though, for nishikori, who has now lost his ninth consecutive final since february 2016. great britain's women have missed out on the team final at the gymnastics world championships in doha. they were just over a tenth of a mark outside the top eight nations. the result means that gb will not have a representation in a world championships women's team final for the first time since 2006. you can keep up—to—date with everything that is going on in the formula i. everything that is going on in the formula 1. lewis hamilton is back up to second. he is about eight seconds oi’ to second. he is about eight seconds or $0 to second. he is about eight seconds or so behind verstappen. seventh place is all lewis hamilton needs to win this for the world title. so far thatis win this for the world title. so far that is exactly what is happening. keep an eye on that o

during a visit to romania he says there is no going back on the budget. wrapping up the rhetoric, he accused the eu of attacking not the government but an entire nation. >> that is it for business. back to branch with more news. brent: we will take it back to the other side of the pond. it is only two weeks until midterm congressional elections in t the united ststates. an unprecedented number of women are running for office. it is part of a trend that started years ago. this year we are seeing a spike in the number of women who would win a seat. some are calling 2018 the year of the woman or the pink wave. dw is bringing you an in-depth look at four of the most closely watched women this electoral season. today we profile a republican who once called president trump's remarks on women disgusting. now she is turning to the commander in chief for his backing as she buys for a senate seat that her party must win to keep the razor thin majority in washington. >> this is the first female pilot running for the u.s. senate in arizona in a race that will help de

also accused the united states of violating the agreement by deploying a missile defense shield in romania. national security advisor john bolton, who has advocated against the treaty, is now in moscowow for talks with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and president vladimir putin. bolton has also expressed his opposition to the extension of the 2010 new start agreement with russia, which limited the number of deployed nuclear warheads on either side to 1550. amy: presidentnt trump's plan to pull outut of the nuclear r arms deal has been criticizeded aroud the globe. former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev, who co-signgned the deal in 1987, said -- "do they really not understand in washington what this could lead to? quitting the inf is a mistake." china and france spoke out against the move with the chinese foreign ministry saying the document has an important role in developing international relations in nuclear disarmament and maintaining global strategic talent and stability." to talk more about the implications of u.s. withdrawal, we go now to washington, d.c., where we're joined

romania is preparing for a referendum on whether to limit the definition of family to heterosexual and married couples. comes after 3 million people signed a petition to manning that the constitution explicitly state that marriage is between a man and a woman. dozens of e.u. lawmakers oppose this weakens vote. -- weekend's vote. wherever people go, pollution always seems to follow. barely that is just as true in space as he is here on earth. this week, thousands of expert got together in germany to look for solution to the ever-increasing problem of space junk. next the astronautical congress, hosted this year by a german city, covers rockets, tellites, d even space statns. anything that humankind launches into orbit. at the more we shoot into near earth space, the bigger our problem with potentially damaging space junk becomes. it's like a bullet hitting some object. a satellite, for instance. it will damage or sometimes even destroy it. for example if it hits fuel tank or battery and causes an explosion. if an object like that collides with the international space station, it could p

deputy prime minister mathias salvini doesn't think so during a visit to romania he said there's no going back on the budget ramping up the rhetoric he accused the e.u. of attacking not a government but an entire nation. for earlier we asked our correspondent in brussels max half ben what could happen next in helmand defiant does he think the italians might yet become. it's hard to predict with this government we've never had a populist government of this nature in a big country in the euro zone so predictions like i said are very hard and what's coming out of rome or in this case out of bucharest from the head of the right wing populist league on nort isn't very encouraging he made it very clear they're not going to change a thing of course he's not the finance minister and then you have a thing called the spread now the spread bear with me a little complicated is the difference between what italy has to pay for its debt and what germany has to pay for its debt obviously german debt can be acquired much cheaper or the germans have to pay less to to borrow money and they have to pay much

on land the russians in turn accuse the americans of basing tomahawk cruise missiles in poland and romania both the united states and russia are unhappy with the provisions of the treaty but it's the united states that seems to withdraw from it unilaterally it feels that regional competitors like china and north korea are not able to endanger both it and its allies and that it is constrained by an arms control agreement that was signed over thirty years ago and is now seen as increasingly obsolete. let's bring in our panel joining us in washington d.c. lawrence korb former u.s. assistant secretary of defense in moscow to be trained babbage political analyst at risk said you know and. london maxwell downman nuclear policy analyst at the british american security information council i don't pause and think tank which promotes debate on new kit disownment welcome to you all i'd like to begin with larry cold in washington d.c. why this agreement and why now well actually the russians have been violating it since two thousand and fourteen the obama administration accused them of doing it and th