s lancaster university. but i want to major that us people teams are paying the price not responded to weighed in on twitter over the hong kong protests will tell you why among other stories after this short break. join me every thursday on the alex i will be sure and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. thank you for. as r.t. international welcome back hong kong's leader says it's too early to say whether the anti mosque law is not effective carolan added that it takes time for new legislation to get the desired results it was imposed during a long weekend of violence in the city that stretched into monday night. put. her. the. meantime a tweet from the manager of a u.s. basketball team has sparked uproar in china he expressed his support for the anti-government protests in hong kong the head of the national basketball association defended the tweet on the houston rockets is not as freedom to express political opinions but as a costly move as is

by ice will return ease someone may but is a senior lecturer in international relations at lancaster university here in the u.k. any joins us via skype sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera as we can see in what i've just read. tentacles spread well beyond syria and iraq so in light of what impact do you think the death of baghdadi will actually have in the eradication of eisel. so i think it's a tricky one because while the tentacles of the spread out across the world and into disenfranchised marginalized communities this is not a an organization that exists top down control over everything it's not as if but that he was was a figure sitting in a. cave all or an area or somewhere controlling every single thing that happened in the name of all groups affiliated to so it's a little bit more complicated not it means that the all these groups that are operating across the world are inspired by and influenced by and as a consequence i think what's happened is that there will be a outrage there will be for stray sharon in the anger at the american actions and it will serve to reinf

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according to some estimates were simon a business a senior lecturer in international relations at lancaster university he says eisel supporters may use bank daddy's death to strengthen their cause. so i think it's a tricky one because while the tentacles of these spread out across the world and into disenfranchised marginalized communities this is not a an organization that exist top down control over everything it's not as if but that he was was a figure sitting in a. cave or an area or somewhere controlling every single thing that happened in the name of all groups and for there to so it's a little bit more complicated not it means the that all these groups that are operating across the world are inspired by and influenced by and as a consequence i think that what's happened is that there will be a outrage there will be for stray sharon an anger at the american actions and it will serve to reinforce what what many had been and u.n. and the case and that the struggle is against this western imperial power now of course it's a symbolic acts the killing of all but that is hugely symbolic and significan

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knees, has the potential to improve diagnosis of the condition, according to researchers at lancaster universityby healthy knees and joints with osteo—arthritis. 0ur health reporter philippa roxby has more. the technology has been used by engineers to listen for faults in road bridges, and it has now been adapted for use on people's knees. osteoarthritis of the knee is a common joint condition which can cause pain, stiffness and swelling. normally the body can repair low—level damage to the joints, but with osteoarthritis, the protective cartilage on the ends of bones breaks down and can't mend itself. in this study, a tiny microphone was attached to the side of the affected knee to pick up acoustic signals from inside thejoint. participants were asked to stand up from a sitting position five times, and some were tested repeatedly over several weeks. although the sounds produced cannot be heard by the human ear, the signals can be analysed by computers. they give an insight into the health of each individual knee joint. like engineering structures, smooth, well—lubricated joints move quietly, wh

lancaster in the u.k. we have derek gatherer he's a viral legist and a lecturer at the university of lancaster welcome to you and i'm also on skype as well we have david van he's a professor of creative writing at the university of warrick welcome to you all gentleman henry chordal in oslo coming to you 1st the nobel prizes do we still need them. absolutely the old a nobel prize is there are korea sticks truly prestigious the peace prize is the most prestigious award there is in a world and it's both countries to lift stories about the local peace and patient that is so important for the world towards peace but also of course droids the winners swedes and enormous i've heard they're a gather in lancaster being the best in your field is no guarantee that you're going to get a nobel how come. i think that if anybody say so to the beginning of her career to look for a nobel prize they possibly wouldn't want to get one and i think that you have to do the base what you can and then if you chance on something that really has world changing then it may well get the recognition of the nobel prize committee and the p

i'mjoined by professor from lancaster university. thanks for coming in.to every government department, right across national government and local government. we need to see those targets introduced. there isn‘t really any responsibility dispersed at the moment so we need responsibility dispersed at the moment so we need a responsibility dispersed at the moment so we need a much more competitive response. to hit zero by 2025, what with that actually require? what we need to see is taking all the carbon out of the economy, such as moving to a zero carbon transport system, the extraction of fossil fuels here and abroad. we need to do that as quickly as possible. if we aim for 2025 we probably will not get there but it is certain that we need to do that within the next few decades. what is being done to get there at the moment? we have seen real progress in the power sector. the transition to renewable energy has been impressive. emissions from aviation are rising and we need to tackle issues like transport, aviation. the target for 2050 was put forward by th

we can speak now to william dance, lecturer at lancaster university who specialises in manipulation andworks. we see increasingly in the 21st century to create these kind of articles and to spread of these kind of co nte nt articles and to spread of these kind of content is cheaper people to do and it can be disseminated instantly across networks like facebook, which don't have borders and are global networks also. what is the evidence of the impact of those articles?m is quite difficult to assess the impact of the articles. one thing facebook has been criticised for previously is not working with enough third parties, such as fact checker. it is reflected —— refreshing to see today that they are working with them, that more evidence is needed to understand the true impact on social values as well as democratic systems that this content as democratic systems that this co nte nt ca n as democratic systems that this content can have. you mentioned there what facebook is doing in terms of fact check. how much of an impact do you think the changes that are being announced by facebook today

lancaster in the u.k. we have derek gatherer he's a viral legist and a lecturer at the university of lancaster welcome to you and i'm also on skype as well we have david van he's a professor of creative writing at the university of warrick welcome to you all gentleman henry chordal in oslo coming to you 1st the nobel prizes do we still need them. absolutely the old over prices are corey 6 really prestigious the peace prize is the most prestigious award there is in a world and it's both contributes to lift stories about the local peace and patient that is so important for bringing the world towards peace but also of course droids the winners swedes and enormous at her there are gather in lancaster being the best in your field is no guarantee that you're going to get a nobel how come. i think that if anybody say so to the beginning of her career to move for a nobel prize they possibly wouldn't want to get one and i think that you have to do the base what you can and then if you chance on something that really has world changing then it may well get the recognition of the nobel prize committee and the price wil

and berlin john betty skull open a sociologist to receive a doctorate from yale university earlier this year and in lancaster also in u.k. melinda misra a senior lecturer the department of politics philosophy and religion welcome to all of you matt i'll start with you is it just us or does it seem like that there has been a decade of protests and that the numbers really seem to be increasing at least over the past year or 2. and gasp in a decade of protests as you said really that 2011 was when it kicks off in a quite a big scale not just in the arab world but also i read on to your storage protests in greece in britain over pensions in france acception cetera and the occupy movement in spain so that was quite a big man in america of course and that was quite a big start to it but really it's only continued since then. what is one of your observations been is it seems that that every week every month every week there is a new protest and it seems to be varied in its locations there's not a continent it seems that hasn't been touched by this. yeah i think it's typical of protest movements to come in waves i m

and berlin john betty skull open a sociologist to receive a doctorate from yale university earlier this year and in lancaster also in u.k. a melinda misra a senior lecturer in the department of politics philosophy and religion welcome to all of you matt i'll start with you is it just us or does it seem like that there has been a decade of protests and that the numbers really seem to be increasing at least over the past year or 2. i think it has been a decade of protests as you said really that 2011 was when it kicks off in a quite a big scale not just in the arab world but also with anti austerity protests in greece in britain over pensions in france acception cetera and the occupy movement in spain so that was quite a big man in america of course and that was quite a big start to it but really it's only continued since then. what it what if your observations been as it seems that that every week every month every week there is a new protest and it seems to be varied in its locations there's not a continent it seems that hasn't been touched by this. yeah i think it's typical of protest movements to come in w