of political science at surround university. a contributor at tech policy press. and an emeritus professor of international politics at the university of birmingham.welcome to you all. let's start with you. these seizures have come at a really critical and delicate time, a time when u.s. and iranian officials are trying to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. how strange is the timing of this to you? do you believe it has the possibility to derail the negotiations? guest: it is not a good sign. it does not show goodwill by the americans. also it is interesting to note the press has been reporting critically of the negotiations in the past month. the very same day it was seized, it was seized, a broken exclusive new story with sources close to the negotiations saying the american team was not very flexible in the talks. and had been doing so for the last month. so i think the fact it was seized during this sensitive time might actually complicate the process of reaching a deal between iran and the u.s.. anchor: from your vantage point, what do you think about the timing? is this strange? what does the u.s. gain by doing this right now? could it be seen as

my name is sort of free, nathan, i'm a political geographer voice based at the university of birmingham. i am interested in hotels and urban conflict. holiday inn came quite late in the day. 1974. it was opened. it came quite late in the day into this or tell district which was considered a playground for celebrities and politicians and diplomats and spies. the hotel district started life in the 1920s when the st. george opened for 4 decades. it was one of the most prestigious hotels on the mediterranean. during the cold war, in the 19 fifties and sixties, the bar of the st. george was described as a revolving door of information. the british double agent can fill, be with irregular. he operated under cover as a foreign journalist. and on the 30th of january, 1963 was spotted for the last time at the bar in the st. george. before disappearing in beirut, and reappearing a few months later in moscow in more smart hotels sprang up, including the phoenician, even more luxurious than the saint george. but when the holiday inn arrived in 1974, it was not only the tallest, but also the last to

of political science at ron university. in washington d. c. courtney ranch is a contributor at tech policy press and in birmingham scott lucas isn't meritus professor of international politics at university of birmingham. a warm welcome to you all had let me start with you today. the seizures they've come at a really critical and delicate time a time when us and iranian officials are trying to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. how strange is the timing of this to you and do you believe that it has the possibility to derail the negotiations? i mean, it's definitely not a good sign. it doesn't show any good well by the americans. also, it's interesting to note that prestige had been reporting very critically of the negotiations in the past month. in fact, the very same day that it was, sees it broke in exclusive news story with sources close to the negotiations saying that the american team was not very flexible in the talks that had been doing so repeatedly in the past month. so i think the fact that it was, sees during this very sensitive time might actually complicate the process of reaching a deal between iran in the us. it's got it from your vantage

a world view, a news and analysis website and a professor of american studies at the university of birmingham, you joined us via skype. thanks for being with us in terms of the overall mood of the g 7. how do you think it went? well, i think in terms of mood, music, it went pretty well in the sense that you did have this discussion overwrite. what can we do to start distributing back scenes globally? ah, it's not nearly enough, but at least the mood is 870000000 doses. by next year, the mood music was all right, we're going to help developing countries develop their economies while also dealing with climate change. and then the mood music is we're going to help developing countries deal with infrastructure. we're going to support them right now. the question is, what happens after the band starts playing? because what you heard in that package was, is that beyond the statements, in fact, your law rhetoric and the action hasn't taken place yet. 807000000 doses. great. but the world health organization says you need 11000000000 doses to get 70 percent of a world vaccinated. so you're a long way

pleasure to talk to you, professor scott - to talk to you, professor scott lucas at the university of birminghamn four months injail after slapping the french president. the incident happened as emmanuel macron left a hotel school in the south—east of the country. the man told court it was an act of impulse, but the prosecutor said it was a "deliberate act of violence". president macron said the attack should not be trivialised but had to be kept in proportion. data from nhs there's more evidence of the impact dealing with the pandemic has had on the nhs�*s ability to meet its other obligations. data from nhs england shows that more than five million people were waiting for hospital treatment at the end of april — that's the highest since records began in 2007. our health editor, hugh pym, hears from patients who've been affected — and what's being done to ease the problem. the pain isjust unbearable, so i'm just eating paracetamol at the moment. peter has had to accept he may have to live with intense pain in his hip for more than a year, that is the time doctors have warned he will have to wai

this mass vaccination site is run by the university of alabama at birmingham.o watch the reaction from progressives who see repealing the trump corporate tax cuts as a sticking point. >>> the groups have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars, and that may be an underestimate of the financial cost of all this. >>> a prison term of up to 15 years for organizing mass unrest. passengers reportedly heard him say i'll get the death penalty here. >> college softball world series, the top ranked sooners taking on unseeded james madison. >> one of the greatest upsets in three decades in a world series. the old seeded dukes have stormed the party in okc. >> unseeded? >> bravo. james madison. >> undefeated during the season. >> they weren't even ranked. >> wow. >> that turns heads. we are going to begin with another moment of texas that turns heads. a high school valedictorian used her graduation speech to blast a controversial abortion law in that state. on sunday she skrabed her planned address to condemn the heart beat bill. take a look. >> i am terrified that if my c

michael sack, professor of infectious disease at the university of birmingham, and also author of encountersh death and life in the u.s. health care system, thank you for your time. hope you come back. guest: good being with you. host: that is it for our program. another addition of washington journal comes your way at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. we will see you then. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, we are funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> you are building a community center? >> comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers to create wi-fi-enabled areas so students and families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> the house is back today at 2:00 p.m. eastern for legislative business. on the agenda, e

let's bring in professor of medicine and infectious disease at the university of alabama at birmingham. thank you for joining us. what do you make of this image? some americans, including in alabama, where vaccine rates are low, have to be bribed with free perks, booze to get the vaccine, while other nations are struggling to provide shots to willing populations and begging the united states for help. >> jake, it's really hard to understand for a lot of us. many of us, myself included, we're right in the front of the line, clamoring to get the vaccine. that continued through april, as your reporting showed. there's a group of people who are hesitant. and i think these lotteries and the encouragement through these competition programs will get a lot of those folks to sign up. why we need to go to that, i can't tell you. but i think this is a necessity. we need to get as many people vaccinated as we k we heard in georgia the numbers are low. alabama is even worse than that. whatever it takes to get people v vaccinated, i think that's what we need to do. >> i want to get to hesitancy in a

we have the director of the division of infectious disease at the university of alabama at birminghampening in alabama in that region. what are you seeing? >> yeah, alisyn, great to be here. so we have clearly leveled off in our efforts to get the vaccine, particularly to younger people. if you look at older folks, people above 65, 75, we're actually doing a very good job here. the majority of those people are fully vaccinated. where we are falling short and having a big challenge is with young adults, people who are 30 to 49 years old. and i think there could be a few reasons for that. what we don't want to see is what other parts of the country are seeing, particularly arkansas, oklahoma, missouri. they are actually seeing hospitalizations in that age group probably largely due to the delta variant. so, we have a window to get these folks vaccinated, and we really want to try to ramp that up. but it's challenging. >> let's take a look at the areas that have the highest vaccination rates and the lowest. so the top five states, vermont, 65% fully vaccinated. massachusetts, 61%. the ar

um, so let's talk through some of these issues with natasha and joining us from birmingham deputy dean of government at the university of ethics and also co author of the book democracies and authoritarian regimes. natasha, thank you so much for your time. as i read through that lifted a thought so much of it hinges on the nuclear feel, doesn't it? because if the economy with the important issue for iranian people who did vote, the economy can be repaired. if that deal comes through, if the sanction lifted. right, and i think it's not that clear what racy will be able to do to impact.

of these issues with natasha. and that joining us from birmingham deputy dean of government at the university of ethics and also co author of the book democracies and authoritarian regimes. natasha, thank you so much for your time. as i read through that lift or just thought so much of it hinges on the nuclear feel, doesn't it? because if the economy with the important issue for iranian people who did vote, the economy can be repaired. if that deal comes through. if the sanction lifted. right, and i think it's not that clear what racy will be able to do to impact whatever happens with the nuclear deal. and the one hand, there are talks going on in vienna, dividing administration is open to returning to the deal. but the iranian regime has said publicly that they want some sort of grand gesture from the u. s. and it's not clear that the binding ministration is going to do anything that will satisfy that. and so in terms of the impact of this particular election, i don't see in what way it's going to push the needle one way or the other. we do know of course, right? you see says he wants to return to the deal, but h

of confidence for a new electric future in the north—east. good news all round. thank you, simon. a 28—year—old man has admitted killing a university librarian during a series of stabbings in birmingham grounds of diminished responsibility. he also admitted trying to kill or wounding seven other people. senior officials from the coalition against the so—called islamic state have been meeting in rome today. theirfocus has been how to tackle the group's increasing power in africa. but the us secretary of state anthony blinken said the west still had to deal with the 10,000 is fighters being held by kurdish fighters in northern syria. it's just over 2a hours before england face germany in their crucial euros game at wembley. manager gareth southgate says the last—16 encounter is a chance to put some of their defeats against the germans behind them, and make some new memories. our sports correspondent olly foster is with the england squad, and has been looking back at the history between the two sides. muller, 3—1. since 1966, england have tried to beat germany in knockout matches at major tournaments four times. england are out of the world cup. be it on penalties in the semifinals... o

has pleaded guiltyy to the manslaughter of a university worker and charges in connection with seven other people injured in a series of knife attacks in birminghamn september of last year, just before the second lockdown, so here in birmingham city centre people were out at pubs and bars, there were revellers out and about. it happened late saturday night, early sunday morning. these attacks took place over a 90—minute period and eight people were stabbed. sadly, one lost their life, that was 23—year—old jacob billington, who was a university worker who was stabbed in the neck. he was from merseyside and his mother was here today at the hearing. zephaniah mcleod appeared in court today. he admitted one count of manslaughter, four counts of attempted murder and three counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. we heard in court today that zephaniah mcleod had suffered paranoid schizophrenia at the time so, as you might imagine, the courts have now been ordered to assess his condition and we come back here in september when he will be sentenced. in france, marine le pen's far—right party has failed to win a regional election for

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of electric car batteries. a 28—year—old man admits killing university workerjacob billington during a series of stabbings in birminghamntre last year. records are being smashed in canada and parts of the us with a major heat wave. also this hour, we're in the part of the british isles where, for the first time in more than a year, people have today set foot without covid restictions. and coming up, the £300 million road upgrade seven years in the making that's upset drivers who say it won't make theirjourneys any better than before. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. in his first commons statement since becoming the new health secretary, sajid javid has told mps he sees no reason for the current covid restrictions in england to last beyond the 19th of july. he said we have to learn to live with coronavirus and that people shouldn't have to put up with restrictions a moment longer than necessary. that's despite more than 22,000 new cases across the uk reported today, the highest since january, but only three new deaths. meanwhile, questions still surround the former health secretary, matt hancock. labour is demandi

the findings from a team at birmingham university and hospital show people with obesity have a 66% higher risk ofails, there�*s surgery. consultant shaw summers is operating to radically reduce the size of his patient�*s stomach, to suppress hunger, trigger dramatic weight loss. it�*s a life—changing event? for this gentleman, it�*ll be life—saving. for many of us, being a few pounds overweight can be sorted by diet and exercise. but for those of us who are chronically obese... that�*s the stomach removed. ..that just doesn�*t work. in the uk, there are 2.25 million people who are now so big that they need treatment. minor measures — diets, etc — just aren�*t going to work. shall we go and sit down, please? sarah�*s struggle with weight has been lifelong. at one point, she did lose over eight stone, completed a triathlon. but keeping the weight off has proved impossible. you want to have some drink? people think you are unintelligent, that you're lazy, that you eat too much, that you've done this to yourself, that it's a choice. and ijust want to scream and say, "none of those things are right."

has pleaded guiltyy to the manslaughter of a university worker and charges in connection with seven other people injured in a series of knife attacks in birminghamrisk when temporary finance measures end this week. the federation of small businesses says help is needed to bridge an 18—day gap as covid limits continue but financial support packages wind down. the government says "substantial" support will remain in place. mike cherry is the chairman of the federation of small businesses, earlier he told me what support is ending onjuly first. furlough support, where an employer gets 80% of the wages that they pay out to furloughed employees is ending. that drops by 10% injuly and by 20% further in august and september. so, by the end of september, businesses will be paying the full amount of any employee's wages. and i think the other thing to make your viewers aware of is that business rates exemptions also end on thursday, as do vat deferrals. and, of course, this is at a time when we really do face an economic flashpoint on thursday. we've always said, and all we're asking for, is for where a government has put in the extensions to the restric

has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a university worker, and charges in connection with seven other people injured in a series of knife attacks in birmingham has heard that teenage boy was "lured" to a park by a girl and "ambushed" by two other teenagers who stabbed him and left him to die. oliver stephens, known as olly, was pronounced dead at bugs bottom fields in reading on 3january. olly believed he was meeting a girl on her own, but two boys were lying in wait. two boys, both 14, deny murder. a girl, also 14, and one of the boys, have pleaded guilty to manslaughter. the trial continues. firefighters are tacking a blaze in in elephant and castle in south london. videos on social media showed large plumes of smoke appearing from elephant and castle station. the london fire brigade said ten fire engines and 70 firefighters were in attendance and urged people to avoid the area. in the last few minutes the secretary of state for transport has tweeted giving an update he said... let's now speak to nicolas chinardet, who lives in a block of flats near the station. hello to you. what did you see? when i was having — hello to you. what did you

university in the last three weeks. i had to shield because i was too vulnerable so i missed about seven or eight months of university. i wasn't with my friends, i had a house up in birminghamy challenging times. grace- — year. clearly, hugely challenging times, grace. do _ year. clearly, hugely challenging times, grace. do you _ year. clearly, hugely challenging times, grace. do you feel - year. clearly, hugely challenging times, grace. do you feel that i times, grace. do you feel that someone with your condition, that you are being listened to and the people with disabilities have been listened to enough do this and that more could have been done? there was definitely more — more could have been done? there was definitely more could _ more could have been done? there was definitely more could have _ more could have been done? there was definitely more could have been - more could have been done? there was definitely more could have been done i definitely more could have been done in terms of the support network and i think loads of people adopted the mindset that it was only the vulnerable are disabled people that became ill because of covid—19 and when you are on the rec

above all those high expectations of the parents and my experience was that the parents we work with in birmingham would be expecting their children to go to universityhe experience in our white working class communities so we have got a job to do with our communities and with our parents to raise expectations and aspirations, but in our school in 2020 last year, 56% of our school in 2020 last year, 56% of our pupils went on to university. the figure for white deprived pupils nationally is just the figure for white deprived pupils nationally isjust16%. the figure for white deprived pupils nationally is just 16%. so when you get the parents and community working together and when you have got a strong model of school improvement and school leadership, i think there are solutions to the problem. think there are solutions to the roblem. ., ., ., problem. ruth, thanks for “oining us. ruth problem. ruth, thanks for “oining ruth is — problem. ruth, thanks for “oining us. ruth is the i problem. ruth, thanks for “oining us. ruth is the executive _ problem. ruth, thanks forjoining| us. ruth is the executive principal of swindon academy. the headlines on bbc n