this sort of stupidity by edinburgh university actually fuels racism if the media's who came up with this idea lived in the real world they'd know inclusive ety not apartheid is what's needed and their university hosts racist event banning polish people from talking the aim of the event is to end racism presumably by actively being racist they have come full circle in an effort to become known racists they've become racist talk about overcompensating brigs that alliance london assembly member david curtain believes that this event hasn't been anyone any favors it's blatant racism there's no such thing as reverse racism racism is excluding people because of the color of their skin and this does that whereas before we've had the kind of racism that excludes people in discriminates against people because they're black this blatantly discriminates against people because they're white and this doesn't do any good for anybody whether they're white or black or brown and this kind of thing just simply should not be happening for giving a platform for for any group you know whatever anyone wan

official event page all of this has provoked a strong reaction online this sort of stupidity by edinburgh university actually fuels racism if the years who came up with this idea lived in the real world they'd know inclusive ety not up a tide is what's needed and where university hosts rhesus event banning polish people from talking the aim of the event is to end racism presumably by actively being racist they have come full circle in an effort to become normal racists they've become racist talk about overcompensating. i'm joined on the line now by david curtain who is a briggs it alliance london assembly member very good evening to david what's your take on this story i mean some people are claiming this is reverse racism what do you think of that claim well it's blatant racism there's no such thing as reverse racism racism is excluding people because of the color of their skin and this does that you know whereas before we've had the kind of racism that excludes people in discriminates against people because they're black this blatantly discriminates against people because they're white and this do

edinburgh university research dr clearly well and has examined millions of tweets that were posted prior to the referendum many of them it turns out from the same suspect internet research agency accounts the tweets often at the same format which was that hash tag many u.r.l. and they were using that cheap math trending topic so that a lot of people saw them mation and that they were trying to access that's just. what we have here is trolls so it's human people writing tweets what they flicked was being. the true scale of the russian twitter activity on breaks it only came to light by accident because the company passed the data to us congressional investigation into the trump election that probe another key social media player facebook was already playing a starring role in this year's i covered what is facebook doing to prevent foreign actors from interfering in u.s. elections one of my greatest regrets in running the company is that we were slow in identifying the russian information operations in 2016 and that was a big mistake and it was my mistake and i'm sorry what no one yet full

edinburgh university research dr clearly well and has examined millions of tweets that were posted prior to the referendum many of them it turns out from the same suspect internet research agency accounts the tweets at the same format which was that hash tag many u.r.l. and they were using that to manage trending topic so that people saw mation and that they were trying to access that's just. what we have here is trolls so it's human people writing tweets what they flicked was being. the true scale of the russian twitter activity on brakes it only came to light by accident because the company passed the data to us congressional investigation into the trump election that probe another key social media player facebook was already playing a starring role in this year's i covered what is facebook doing to prevent foreign actors from interfering in u.s. elections one of my greatest regrets in running the company is that we were slow in identifying the russian information operations in 2016 and that was a big mistake and it was my mistake and i'm sorry what no one yet fully understands is the

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before he came to virginia tech in 2013, he was a lecturer at in american history at the university of edinburgh. that is scotland, you got that right. [laughter] >> he spent many years before that in the so-called valley of humility, earning his ma and phd at the university of north carolina chapel hill, lecturing not only at unc, but at duke university and guilford college , and working for the journal, "southern cultures." it was at unc that he met his wife, mindy, now a mystery writer. his doctoral dissertation became his first book, "shifting grounds, nationalism and the american south, 1848 to 1865," which won the jefferson davis award. there is something you probably don't know. for the past couple of years, the museum has been partnering with colleges in central and southwestern virginia to help program and serve as a training ground and program are temporary gallery at appomattox. is leaving aul group of students from virginia tech, and they will be exhibiting a new show for us out there, starting in april, entitled enacting freedom, black virginians in the age of emancipation, which op

university hospital in glasgow. the scottish government hasjust hospital in glasgow. the scottish government has just announced a public enquiry into the issues at edinburgh's new childrenwo organisations, two hospital organisations. you'rejust two organisations, two hospital organisations. you're just getting more details the statement itself. here it goes... a public enquiry will be held, this is the official statement from the government, a public enquiry will be held to examine issues at the new royal hospitalfor examine issues at the new royal hospital for children and young people's award and the queen elizabeth university hospital sites following recent concerns from affected parents following recent concerns from affected pa rents over safety following recent concerns from affected parents over safety and well—being. the enquiry will determine how vital issues relating to ventilation and other key building systems occurred and what steps building systems occurred and what ste ps ca n building systems occurred and what steps can be taken to prevent this being repeated in future projects. and the health secretary, jane freeman, said as follows... the safety a nd f

held to examine safety and wellbeing issues at the new children's hospital in edinburgh and the queen elizabeth universitythe inquiry will determine how vital issues relating to ventilation and other key building systems occurred. edinburgh's royal hospital for children and young people had been due to open in 2017. the united states has reportedly identified locations in iran from which drones and cruise missiles were launched against major saudi oil facilities on saturday. a senior us official told cbs news that the locations were in southern iran, at the northern end of the gulf. iran denies involvement in the attacks, which disrupted global oil supplies. our correspondent gary o'donoghue is in washington ina sense, in a sense, they have been edging towards us over the past few days, donald trump effectively pointing the finger to iran, not quite being absolutely categorical, but these briefings from unnamed officials of the at this stage where they believe these missiles and drones were launched and coincides with the satellite imagery that the us released over the days, the impact of the projectiles

the anne rowling regenerative neurology clinic at the university of edinburgh was established in 2010er mother, who died with the condition at the age of a5. us first lady, melania trump, was trending on twitter after the president said "she's got a son", before quickly interjecting that they had their son barron "together". it was all in the context of vaping and a potential ban on flavoured vaping products in the us. president trump told a news conference that the first lady has become concerned over the impact of vaping on young people. we can't have our youth be so affected, and i'm hearing it, and thatis affected, and i'm hearing it, and that is how the first lady got involved. she's got a son, who is a beautiful young man, and she feels very strongly about it. she has seen it, we are both reading it, a lot of people are reading it, and people are dying through vaping, so we are looking at it very closely. back to you, victoria. herface did not change, but although, she probably is used to it. ten years ago, the police in england and wales started keeping a record of the number o

let's get more on this from dr sarah chan from the university of edinburgh, who's one of the leaderse is a wide range potential for health care benefits. but these technologies also promise societal benefits from education, communication and lifestyle applications. and that is where it comes into the air when you're being able to be telepathic? is that possible? how much of a leap is that? let's be realistic about that. it is not yet possible to use the impact to read your thoughts precisely from someone's brain. we can look for patterns of neural activity, we can do things such as being able to understand the sorts of emotional responses that people have and you can look at patterns of neural activity that over time it might be able to be mapped to something like an action. so that is how prosthetic neural interfaces would work. they would find a pattern of neural signals that would correspond to letting your arm, for example. obviously that is possible, but although such a thing is being actively developed? and do you see positive benefits for that use the technology? yes. these ar

the anne rowling regenerative neurology clinic at the university of edinburgh was established in 2010t. good morning. the fifth and final ashes test, which is exciting but sadly for england, they can't win the ashes after they lost the fourth test last week and the urn goes back to australia, the first time it has gone from uk soil since 2001. not the best ashes series so far. the fifth and final ashes test gets underway in a few hours' time, at 11am, with a new—look england side hoping for the win that would level the series. sam curran and chris woakes come into the team for the match at the oval, with jason roy and craig overton dropped. and whatever the result, captainjoe root insists that after winning the world cup, this should be seen as a successful summer for england. to win the first 50 over world cup isa to win the first 50 over world cup is a huge achievement for english cricket. absolutely should be seen asa cricket. absolutely should be seen as a successful year. but we've got as a successful year. but we've got a chance to level the series and make it a slightly better