and the atlantic charter, this august will mark the 80th anniversary of the signing of the atlantic charter. it was signed near the beginning of world war ii. i had hoped this would be more more of a -- more of a global charter and not in atlantic -- more of a global charter, and not an atlantic charter. there is a lot of good news already happening. the people came out with its own proposal for a global alliance. this has opened democratic societies and market economies. the eu and the u.s. agree on the strategic challenges presented by china's growing assertiveness, even if we don't always agree on the best way to address this. and this encompasses everything from climate to our differences on primacy and big tech. we do believe this could be as important as the end of world war i and world war ii in terms of shaping the global future together with partners allies. the atlantic council ease in the forefront of thinking of the values that should guide democracies in the 21st century. in 2019, the atlantic council had at nonpartisan cochaired by hadley andsteve madeleine albright and releas

all over the atlantic world. western europe, the americas, africa, brazil, south america, all of them. this trade never ends. it just never ends. i mean, it does finally, finally, finally end, although it's transferring over to the indian ocean, and that goes on into the 20th century. despite the hideous scale of deaths from disease in this story, which you document here and you show, why did it keep running? is it just the profit motive? is that how we explain it? in the end -- >> yeah. it's just a profit. it's a need for cheap labor. >> the desperation for labor continues right through the 19th century. >> it would have continued. it stopped because eventually people came around to the idea of -- but it would have continued. people were ready to -- in the americas, in europe, and in africa. because we usually think about the slave trade as the africans, they fought wars to capture prisoners of war and sell them to the trans-atlantic t slave trade. and we think of the europeans, yeah, the americans, the european

good afternoon to those across the atlantic. i'm damon wilson, executive v.p., atlantic council of the u.s. nato, ideas to reimagine the alliance after the 2020 u.s. election. i want to thank you for joining us for what should be a terrific and innovative discussion about nato's future. top officials including the nato secretary-general, and pitches from next generation leaders. today's conversation comes in the wake of a major study commissioned by the secretary-general on nato's future. and also our own efforts where we published a volume of essays. they offer bold ideas to reimagine the alliance. president-elect biden's victory represents a key turning point for the alliance. it is a chance to turn away from forsive rhetoric and time cooperation between united states and its allies for a more unified response to the transatlantic communities greatest threat over the next decade. at the heart of that response must be an adaptable resource to a resilient nato. council,he atlantic our mission to support peace and security for th

the africans went three times over the atlantic. and then the ship, by the way, is sold to slave traders who send it back to cuba and participate in the slave trade for two more years. >> what an irony to make the slave treat illegal, it made it more deadly in many ways. >> it was a consequence, to be honest. >> yeah, yeah. i want you to talk about one other element of the book before we go to questions. one of the things i loved about the book and i already said this, perhaps, it isn't just about all of these abstract processes and abstract numbers of people dying. it's about real people and real ships in real places. i would like to ask you to just briefly talk about three of them. you start chapters with these stories. first is the ship called la june. this is a slave ship that had a terrible outbreak of, well, everything, dysentery, fevers, but also opthalmia which is blindness. can you say a word about that? how did you find these examples, i guess? as a nonspecialist in this field, it's fascinating what records do survive even

the africans would travel the atlantic three times. and then the ship is sold to slave traders to send back to cuba, and the slave ship continues to operate for years. david: what an irony. to make the slave trade illegal, it made it more deadly in many ways. oh, my goodness. manuel: there are lots of consequences. manuel: -- david: i want you to talk about one other element of the book before we get to questions. and they are piling up on us. one of the things i loved about the book, and i would have said this. it is not just about all these abstract processes and abstract numbers of people dying. it's about real people and real ships and real places. i would like to ask you to just briefly talk about three of them. you start chapters with these stories. the first is the ship called la jeune louie which was 1825. this is a slave ship that had a terrible outbreak of everything. dysentery, fevers, but also opthalmia. that is blindness. even the crew is going blind. could you just say a word about that? how did you find those examples? a

it should formalize an atlantic partnership. the act will focus on integrating nato's existing bilateral relationship with australia, japan, south korea and new zealand. this is into a multilateral relative network and other important efforts under the app should also center around seeking opportunities to expand current relations and increase resiliencees to nontraditional security. if countries do not act now unchecked military expansion and malignedgn chinese influence operations will quietly erode democratic constables and institutions worldwide. >> there we go, threeew ideas, three young authors and i was just struck by the fact that i should thank doug for showing up. you are the token male on this round. sometimes it's hard to find someone. we ask aund but anyway, thanks for showing up, and faster. i love the gender balance on these ideas. i will startff with the first idea. grant georgia membership to nato finally. i shld point out that on this idea they're very shortened pictures here but the areas of georgia which are

the 2020 atlantic hurricane season was like no other. it broke because they were so many storms exceeding all forecast expectations. not only a record total of storms, but the majority being the earliest on record for their number. these are the storms that developed just in september, a record ten in total. and in september, the list of preplanned storm names ran out, which meant meteorologists had to start using the greek alphabet for only the second time to find new storm names. this hurricane eita hit central america in november and it was a record—equalling 28th named storm of the season, bringing severe flooding to honduras. and to guatemala, where more than 150 people died in floods and landslides. after, storm theta took the season to a record 29 storms. central america was in the eye of a hurricane again, as iota became only the second maximum category five storm ever recorded in november. and although it weakened slightly before making landfall in nicaragua, the destruction it brought was widespread and devastating. there it go

thank you to the atlantic council for hosting this event. i'm very pleased today to be able to introduce the prestigious panel who is going to discuss this report and i recommend that anyone watching today, please check out the report, it helps present some new answers to the big questions that many of us have been asking for the past several years, how can the u.s. and its allies address china in a constructive and yet, also firm way. so with that, i will attribute the panelists, first, we have dr. sara kinsberger, strategy and security at the institute for security policy. we also have dr. crannic of the global initiatives and at the atlantic council. and we have the director of the center on united states and europe and senior fellow at the brookings institution. i'm going to start out by asking one question of each panelist and that panelist will take two or three minutes and i will go onto the next panelist and i'll ask a few questions to get the discussion started with the panelists and among the panelists, with about 15 minutes remain

and the atlantic charter. this is the 80th anniversary of the atlantic charter. signed near the beginning of world war ii. i had hoped this would be more not incal charter and atlantic charter. there is a lot of good news already happening. the people came out with its own proposal for a global alliance. this has opened democratic societies. the eu and the u.s. agree on the strategic challenges presented by china's growing assertiveness. even though we don't always agree on the best way to address this. we do believe this could be as important as the end of world war i and world war ii in terms of shaping allies. in 2019, the atlantic council cochaired by madeleine albright will be bringing prosperity and peace. this could be the basis of such a charter. we will conclude today's events with a panel on global risks, looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities facing the biden administration as well as u.s. allies. councilk, the atlantic will be publishing a paper of the top 10 risks and opportunities for 2021 which we encourage everyone to read. we will take

. >> now, an atlantic council forum on u.s. china relations. panelists discussed china's google influence and explore how the u.s. can work with allies to confront and partner with china on various foreign policy challenges. >> good morning. i'm the senior vice-president of the atlantic council and director of the center for strategy and security. over the past 75 years, led by the united states, like-minded allies and partners constructed a rules-based international system that has helped generated unprecedented peace and prosperity throughout the world. the system has been coming under significant strain recently from a number of sources, including the united states recently, but also the reemergence of great power competitions with china. the chinese leadership poses a significant challenge to u.s. and democratic allies everywhere. the question of how to most effectively address china's dramatic rise in a way that protects america's and allies way of life and security and prosperity is really the most important issue of our time and will rem

the africans went three times to the atlantic. the ship, is sold to the same slave traders who send it back to cuba, to continue to participate in the slave trade for three more years. doesn't make sense. >> one irony. to make the slave trade illegal, it made it more deadly in many ways. oh my goodness. >> there are a lot of consequences to be honest. >> i want you to talk about one other element of the book before we go to questions. the piling up on a on us. one of the things i loved about the book, i said this perhaps it's not just about all these abstract process season abstract numbers of people dying. it's about real people and real ships, and real places. i like to ask you to just briefly talk about three of them. you start chapters with these stories. the first is the ship called the jean who we, which i believe is 1825. this is a slave ship, that had a terrible outbreak of everything. dysentery, fevers but also blindness. even the crew has gone blind. when it is discovered. could just say a word about that? and how did yo

and it's circling back to trans-atlantic relations. question is, are eu efforts focused on autonomy, specific phrase, strategic autonomy, complementary to the renewal of security or digital policy or is this concept of strategic autonomy something that can undermine closer relations? >> so i think we've been through several iterations of the europeans asserting that they want more, whether it's the foster frap, whether they want some indigenous capability that is less dependent on the u.s. and we get into this kind of funny cycle where first the u.s. says, okay, and then we change our minds and say that's a terrible idea, and it will undermine nato or it will create new inefficiencies. i think we're kind of past that point. i think maybe we're at a different period now where some local or regional level capacity is probably perfectly desirable and legitimate thing. there will be some interesting questions. will investments like homeland security kinds of resources be counted for people's nato commitments? you know, will it be counted a

and made their way out into the treacherous atlantic, centuries ago? >> we are we aren't the moment, it is known as the smart key. if you move to the right you can make out the mast of the speedwell. we will leave it looking sorry for herself listing to port in the harbor, where there were ship repairs going on. the structure you are seeing now, where these fine people are having a chat, this is reminiscent of an old fish market, so a lot of the fish would be brought and filletted, that would be done here. ships would be mored and delivering their fish -- moored and delivering their fish to those who would box it up and put onto wagons or taken directly to stores outside the buildings behind us. we have tried to make it look much clearer. you can see that it is quite dirty, a lot of mud, not very hygienic. today, most of this will be covered by paving slabs or concrete. but in 1620, there is very little of that. a lot of wood, a lot of wood and keys in docking areas would have been there. on the left would be the location of the bakery. this bakery sti

and how scientists have discovered 12 new species in the atlantic ocean good afternoon. are further warnings today of the pressures faced by hospitals, as the number of covid infections continues to rise across the uk. london's particularly affected, with the president of the royal college of emergency medicine warning of the difficulty of getting patients into wards, while the head of one of the capital's leading hospitals said her nurses and doctors are "incredibly stretched". london ambulance service says boxing day was one of the busiest days in its history, with calls 50% up on the same day last year. sangita myska has the latest. across the uk, the nhs is under pressure. in the south—east of england, the new variant of covid—i9 is spreading faster than anywhere else, accounting for 60% of positive tests. in london that's pushed some covid hospital wards to capacity. there are large numbers of patients coming in with covid. i was on on christmas day and it was wall to wall covid. at the moment, the level of patient need is incredibly high. on boxing day, the london

thank you to the atlantic council for offering me to moderate it. now back to the atlantic council for the next businesses seminar. >> next, a discussion on foreign policy challenges and top global risks facing the incoming biden administration. james clapper, former director of national intelligence, joined this conversation hosted by the atlantic council. it is 40 minutes. >> i wanted to give you a taste of how we are looking at 2021. myself as well as my assistant director will go through the opportunities we see for the coming year. i have the bad cop role to go through some of the risks, and she will take over on the more optimistic side with the opportunities. the first is obviously covid. all of us would like to get out of this pandemic, but we have to face the fact that it could actually be a long time still in 2021 or even going after that in parts of the world where the vaccine has a hard time reaching. we'll have to look at mutations. we seen a number of new strains develop. we are holding our breath on one that has cropped up in the u.k.

and their role in the euro atlantic security architecture. so it's very important for us, for the government, and i hope that nato and reflection group also will take into account their recommendations. i know that the ukrainian center of defense studies also admitted their recommendations of ukraine. so we are really lucky to have such strong involvement of experts in this process. as for your question, yesterday we had a very good discussion also recognized by the new york center. and we talked about nato, and how ukraine can take full advantage of this program. and one of them, foreign partners, said that we should talk not only about military but also a political one. so to make our societies, make ukraine like politically the same as the nato members. and i think when we will have this like a common understanding, then ukraine also underwent this important political reforms that ukraine achieve a rule of law. then there will be no station around the question of membership. so it's a matter of time and now we should work on our task, and

i'm fred kemp, president and ceo of the atlantic council and i would like to welcome you to atlantic council front page. global platform for global leaders. we have had heads of state and heads of government and former cabinet level officials and international organization leaders, and sometimes they also of thisauthors wonderful book that i will talk a little bit more about. we are honored today to host lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster, board director of the atlantic council and senior fellow at stanford's hoover institution, and the 26th assistant for the president for national security affairs. general mcmaster joins us for a discussion of u.s. grant strategy with a particular emphasis on u.s. foreign-policy regarding china and the middle east. there are a few who bring a more , as agic mindset historian, as a retired officer with 34 years of experience in the u.s. army, and is one of our nation's senior policymakers. , generalw book mcmaster lays out what he sees as a new vision for a better u.s. national firm policy. he advises the use of strategic empathy to better know and und

atlantic city is offering one lucky bidder the opportunity of lifetime.t will imploed trumps defunk bankrupt casino. the doors of the hotel shutting six years ago. it is crumbling. now somewhat of an eyesore. the demolition is late january. nine days of trump leaves office. paralleled by another ending. >> this is a crystal chandelier. they are extremely expensive. and we have $20 million of chandeliers in this room alone. >> i haed so much money in atlantic city. >> a financial disaster. long cast as a winner. now looking like a loser. >> pink slips went out today. the casino plans to close. >> prime piece of property once marketed as the center of it all. parts of facade are missing. >> city officials are saying proceeds from the auction will go to the boys and girls club. the highest bid now goes over $50,000. if you have the money, you can do it. the mayor is joining ne now. thanks for joining us on this. appreciate it. i heard about this and thought that's incredible. everything going@boys and girls club. >> good evening. thanks for having me. this i

hospitals is at its highest level since the start of the pandemic and a major five—year study of the atlantic discovers animal species previously unknown to science. just over three weeks before he takes over the white house, joe biden has complained that his team is still not getting the co—operation it needs from the outgoing trump administration. the president—elect says many national security agencies have been damaged, "hollowed out" during donald trump's time in office. it's an allegation rejected by the trump administration. more from the bbc‘s lebo diseko. joe biden acknowledge that some agencies and officials had had his teams exemplary cooperation, many singled out two departments for two departments. the department of defence and the office of management and budget has put up management and budget has put up roadblocks. right now, we just are not getting all the information that we need from the outgoing administration in key national security areas. is nothing short in my view of irresponsibility. these are ha rd irresponsibility. these are hard issues, and the current administrat

a major study of the atlantic ocean has discovered species previously unknown to science.s to reveal the ocean and its hidden ecosystems in unprecedented detail. it also showed how life in the deep is being threatened by climate change. victoria gill reports. an ocean that covers one fifth of the earth's surface and, from populous industrial coastlines to pristine ice—filled waters, one four and half—year study of the atlantic, exploring and taking samples from 12 regions of this vast ocean has discovered a dozen species, new to science. this creature is a zoantharian, it uses its tentacles to trap food from the water. the researchers also found shellfish and five new species of coral. these static sea bed dwellers provide the food and shelter that's the foundation of hotspots of life in the deep ocean. you can think of them as underwater cities. the scientists say their atlantic—wide study is just starting to map out where the most important places for life are. we can still say that we know less about the sea floor of the oceans than we do about the surface of the moon o

a single week peru had serie presidents and a memorial that is under the ocean of the under the atlantic ocean moralizing enslaved africans more not a just a little bit's as you can see there's a lot to talk about a lot to get if you want to comment up to it so i guess you have to be quick on new chief but you know what to do jump into the comments section and the cheek to be part of the discussion so we start in afghanistan where but i'm generally 20212000 u.s. troops would have been who would have left what could possibly be the impact of this have a look have a listen. to us when the foreigners left they did not leave equipments like weapons vehicles and other military equipment that we needed we are in urgent need of heavy weapons like artillery mortars cannons and ammunition if we have all these heavy artillery with us we will be able to defend our country in a better way. to base commanders says the taliban often attacks the base from the mountains day and night the base is only levon kilometers from the border with pakistan from where he says taliban fighters can slip into the are

i'm damon wilson executive vice president at the atlantic council. i would like to welcome you all back today today to of this program, renewing american leadership, shaping the future of u.s. foreign policy. we are joined today by an extraordinary group of speakers including someone who is inspired me throughout my own career, secretary of state madeleine albright. we are honored to have her with us today and honor to ever serve on or in national advisory board at the council. so as the united states prepares to transition to a new presidential administration, the council is organized this program to really focus on how to shape the thinking on how to renew u.s. leadership in the world. but renew doesn't quite capture what's needed. i believe we need a new model of u.s. leadership in the world. as the world has evolved come u.s. administrations have failed to provide a compelling template for leadership for today's world. a biden administration just might do so. president-elect biden could pioneer a form of use global engagement that resonates not o

also in the programme, a major study of the atlantic ocean has discovered species previously unknownscience. and how new yorkers are banishing the bad memories of 2020 with the aid of a paper shredder. hello, and welcome. there've been a record number of cases of coronavirus in the uk over the past 2a hours. the figure, more than 41,000, may include cases not recorded over the christmas period, but it underlines the worsening situation as a new, more infectious variant of the virus appears to be gaining ground. more than 350 new deaths have also been recorded, taking the overall total in the uk above 71,000. here's our health editor hugh pym. there was a stark message today from homerton university hospital in east london. nurses and doctors are incredibly stretched caring for very sick patients. no one should underestimate the impact the infection can have. 0ne hospital in south—east london has declared an internal incident because of the high number of covid patients. the queen elizabeth hospital in greenwich said it was working with health partners and patients were getting the ca

and a major study of the atlantic ocean has discovered species previously unknown to science.ing. across the united kingdom there's compelling evidence of the pressure on hospitals and nhs staff. more than 40,000 new covid infections were reported in the past 2a hours — that's a record — as the new variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly. in the south of england, doctors are reporting that "the level of patient need is incredibly high". conditions in many welsh hospitals are said to be "very challenging" while doctors in scotland say there's a danger that health services will be "overwhelmed". the royal college of emergency medicine has warned it's now difficult to find beds for patients in some parts of the uk. our health editor, hugh pym, has the latest. there was a stark message today from this east london hospital. nurses and doctors are incredibly stretched caring for very sick patients. no one should underestimate the impact the infection can have. at other hospitals in the capital too, covid patient numbers continue to rise with the variant of the virus found initially i

says' this is the story the group urges atlantic sea floor to be labeled a memorial to slave trading just going to skate up the sea you can see it we will post this story and hopefully will be on again a guest on about the story very soon but that gives you an idea of what will be happening underneath the oceans on maps so people really understand and appreciate where slave ships are actually people actually drowned and will take you know not a passage from africa across towards the americas well moving to do not is to do is to remind you that instagram life happens sunday through wednesday at 2030 g.m.t. always a great conversation even more relaxed in the stream and it's always good to see if that is today's episode of the stream thanks for joining us in the next hour. captaining a leading youth team at 16 years old takes determination. to that staying on top of your game at school. the whole family bonds together and shares the sacrifices necessary for a son to have a shot at becoming a professional footballer. through nazir home game on a jersey. i know covering all of latin amer

with cold air in place we have to watch the next feature pushing in from the atlantic.northern flank will be snow. the exact track will be crucial to more widespread snow possible on wednesday and thursday. could clip into northern ireland. most likely snow through wales, the midlands towards the east anglia but bear in mind that system could be further south so instead of ray ned could be snow and a bit further north which means rain into the further north are brighter but called for all. we could see snow for a time wednesday night thursday morning, then on thursday new year's eve are run of northerly winds, batches of showers could bring further covering of snow. that could linger to new year's day morning, for most, new year's day 21 will stay chilly but dry. this is bbc news, the headlines... the uk reports a record a0 thousand new infections in the past 2a hours — as doctors warn that in some areas services are stretched to the limit. a chinese journalist who reported on the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, has been sentenced to 4 years injail. the british

a major study of the atlantic ocean has discovered species previously unknown to science.ello and welcome, if you're watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. there've been a record number of cases of coronavirus in the uk over the past 2a hours. the figure — more than 41,000 — may include cases not recorded over the christmas period, but it underlines the worsening situation, especially in london. more than 350 new deaths were recorded, taking the overall uk total above 71,000. here's our health editor, hugh pym. there was a stark message today from this east london hospital. nurses and doctors are incredibly stretched caring for very sick patients. no one should underestimate the impact the infection can have. at other hospitals in the capital too, covid patient numbers continue to rise with the variant of the virus found initially in the south—east of england spreading more rapidly. accident and emergency departments reported intense pressure. i was in on christmas day and it was wall to wall covid so we see patients who are coming in who have covid symp

also in the programme, a major study of the atlantic ocean has discovered species previously unknownscience. hello and welcome. with just over three weeks until he takes over at the white house, the us president electjoe biden has complained that his team is not getting the co—operation it needs from the outgoing trump administration. the comments follow a dispute between mr biden‘s transitition team and president trump's newly installed pentagon chief chrsitopher miller. mr biden‘s team denied agreeing to this pause. speaking joe biden and knowledge that some departments had given him good access. we have discovered roadblocks across a lot of aspects of. right now not getting the information we need with the outgoing administration, in key national security areas. it is nothing short in my view of irresponsibility. he noted the security agencies had suffered enormous damage to their capacity under donald trump's presidency at a time when they are facing challenges posed by both china and russia. the president—elect said it was important to his administration to get a clear picture o

he died a few weeks ago while trying to reach the canary islands by a barge on the sort of cold atlantic route. all he wanted was to improve his living conditions also i am sick and he wanted to provide for maine his wife and children sent to go west africa one starting point for the atlantic route this year 10 times as many people have attempted the voyage as in 2019 hundreds of them lost their lives the pandemic is one reason behind the increase jobs are vanishing wages falling tourists are staying away migration routes through libya and across the mediterranean have become more difficult many of the migrants used to make a living from fishing but they say a large troll is from the e.u. and other big countries a wiping out fish stock. so we need a normal family life is hard and there is little hope we lived mainly off of fishing and built our houses that way solved our problems sent our children to school. most of the migrants are young men driven by a desire to support their families as well as misconceptions about europe. more than we do many young people believe that europe is looki

and then right out into the atlantic and on to the americas. the guy that you're seeing here with the rather bufont hairstyle is our representation of winslow. we decided to put one avatar that was representative of a known character, and winslow, obviously because of my present-day relationship with droitwich, if we ever have the opportunity to go forward, we'll be able to go into places like the captain's cabin, and christopher jones, the captain, get them to explain their stories. william brewster, bradford, the lady who gave birth to oceanus, the one child who were born during the actual transit. and also john harrigan. he was actually a servant of a governor who was on board the ship. he fell overboard during the 66 days crossing the atlantic, but managed, miraculously, to grab a rope and put himself back on board. if he hadn't done that, then george w. bush and george bush would never have existed because they're descendants of harrigan. some of these guys, if we could make these avatars tell their story, how fantastic that would be. so t

anywhere in the atlantic world. so to this extent, the anti slavery delegates, had succeeded beyond what anything the slave holders would've desired. there were compromises to be sure, there were concessions perhaps more concessions than some of my colleagues, you know might admit to. okay so let me get to the basic point that i want to make, and that had to do with the struggle over the concept that alan mentioned which is property. at the state level in the north, there are fights about northern emancipation, at the key pro slavery argument was that, they had their vested interest in property. they have properly interested slavery, and no government could take that away from them. well, the anti slavery argument was simple. property management is illegitimate. property rights is bogus argument in this case, because you cannot own property in man. it's against god, and it's a violation of natural laws. so the anti slavery majority comes to the convention, absolutely determined to keep the idea of property man out o

>> i am delighted to be part of this and enjoy conversations with the atlantic council. i'm quite pleased general clapper put the change in thete existential basket. there is the geopolitics, and maybe that is not known to us. we have been so deeply focused on the rise of china, managing russia, that phenomenon of shifting geopolitics away from a western liberal order. these transnational problems between covid, food insecurity, climate, they are an interrelated cluster and require a multilateral response that i don't think we have. i appreciate the hopefulness that multilateralism will get another chance, now that we are entering a post--trump period. it is not just president trump who was so skeptical of multilateralism. there are other trends in the international community that have become fatigued with whether these multilateral institutions can deliver the goods. can we reinvigorate the existing institutions to deal with these enormous problems? i want to put more prominently on the list of uncertain risks is how american domestic problems will change how we behave,

huw edwards and the story of his grandfather and the atlantic convoys. of the world, hundreds and thousands of allied troops were engaged in one of the most defining and brutal campaigns of the war. they were fighting the japanese in burma, now known as myanmar, for the fourteenth army, led by general slim. it was a truly multi—nationalforce. but as war in europe came to an end, the war in the far east raged on and the soldiers became known as the forgotten army. reeta chakra barti tells the story of her father—in—law, who was one of them. the great news ran through the land... jubilation across the uk. the war in europe was finally over. but thousands of miles away, in burma, allied troops were still fighting a formidable enemy — japan. they became a forgotten army in a forgotten war, but one whose course shaped the future of many lives. it led to a parting gift from a former enemy, becoming a symbol of love in my own family. my father—in—law, patrickjohn rogers hamilton, was 23 when world war ii started. home for patrick was scotland and, after the war

sayest this is the story the group urges atlantic sea floor to be labeled a memorial to slave trading just skin to skin up he can see we want this story and hopefully will be on again a guest on the about the story very soon that gives you an idea of what will be happening underneath the anti oceans on map so people really understand and appreciate where slave ships were actually people actually drowned and we're taking on the passage from africa across towards the americas well most thing to do not is to do is to remind you that instagram life happens sunday through wednesday 2030 g.m.t. always a great conversation even more relaxed in the stream and it's always good to see here that is today's episode of the strange things in general arsenal next. december on al-jazeera it's 10 years since of revolution in tunisia ignited the arab spring al-jazeera looks back at the uprising and asks what really changed across the middle east the stream is where al jazeera has global audience becomes a global community a year after the 1st coronavirus case in china will examine the devastation cause

the atlantic council hosted the afghan ambassador to the u.s. and former united nations special envoy for afghanistan. this is just under an hour. >> good morning, good afternoon, good evening to all of you joining. i'm a professor at georgetown university and director of the south asia center at the atlantic council. on behalf of my colleagues it is a pleasure to host this conversation in partnership with our friends and colleagues at the embassy of the islamic republic of afghanistan in washington. my colleague and director will be moderating the conversation but it's my great pleasure and honor to ask the ambassador to provide welcoming remarks. your excellency. >> thank you. good morning, good afternoon or good evening depending on where you are right now in joining us for the session. it is my pleasure to welcome you to the second event of the embassy of afghanistan. we are glad to be hosting the event on lebanon's agreement and partnership with the atlantic council a wonderful partner of the embassy in washington. i want to offer a warm th

people who live there, to experience what it was like for the pilgrims and their journey across the atlantic in 1620. what was it like for them? what was it like before they got on the creaky ship all those centuries ago? >> we are going to jump right in and take a look at some of those 360s.>> what we have here at the moment is known as the soft key, on the speedwell, there was a little shipwreck, the structure you will see now, people having a chat, this is reminiscent of a fishmarket, right up to the 1960s. so this is where the fish would be brought, but that was around here, ships would deliver all of the fish to the crew, and they would then box it up, or take it directly to the stores where it would be available outside the buildings that are in fact, right behind us. we are looking at the village. and again, you can see the speedwell much more clearly. you can see, it is quite dirty. not very hygienic. today, most of this would be uncovered by paving slabs or concrete, but in 1620, there was very little of that. now, to the left, would be the location of the bakery, and it still exist

maritime approaches to you that night it states into those of our allies in the atlantic fleet will confront the russian navy which is been deploying closer and closer to her east coast with a tailored maritime presence, capability and lithology also in order to improve our posture in the indo pacific we will reconstitute the first fleet assigning the primary responsibility for the indo and south asian reason in the fleet and unpredictability of an agile mobile at sea command, this will reassure allies and partners of our commitment to this region while ensuring any potential adversary knows we are committed to global presence to ensure rule of law and freedom of the seas. we are determined to make the bold changes required to ensure that our forces are prepared to dominate any potential battle space and return home safely tomorrow as a great naval list, the 26 president of the united states teddy roosevelt once said a strong navy is not a provocation but the surest answer of peace. stwe look to you our congress fr the strong oversight partnership that is enabled our maritime streng

i'll spend one minute on the first fleet and four on the atlantic. the first fleet, it will take the sizeable real estate that is now covered by the seventh fleet out in japan and divide it into two fleets because of increased activity at the scene between the pacific and the indian ocean, do i understand that correctly? >> yes, sir, that's exactly right. >> so this is something you've worked out with paycom, the seventh fleet and still making decisions about manpower, but it will likely be an expeditionary without a land based hq? >> yes, sir. >> that's to emphasize the growing importance of this region and the strategic alliance we have in that part of the world? >> that's exactly right, senator. as you know, you've traveled in that region, it's vast. for the seventh fleet, which is home ported in japan, although it is sea base, it has formidable challenges to move through the western pacific, through the approaches of the indian ocean to the northern arabian gulf. >> let me move to the atlantic fleet question which affects virginia significantly.