underscore komati dot com has take syria hash tag propaganda when i ask birmingham university about awareness of u.k. defamation law professor lucas tweeted sorry i can't chat i'm with some folks from off calm right now they say hello to you and your buddies has that russia has tracked propaganda hash tag syria so far we've not heard from the u.k. media regulator ofcom about wednesday's programme but scrutiny of a different kind was levelled at british t.v. interviews this week of a so-called isis bride trapped unarguably rented stay close by to resume home secretary such a java joining me now is one of the world's greatest human rights lawyers geoffrey robinson q.c. jeffrey welcome back to going underground just before we get on to other things what you make of the child abuse summit it's the top and the pope is the top and boy does he have a problem. it was in day make tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of children have been abused by catholic priests and even catholic bishops and so i think the first thing the church has to do if it really wants to be serious about this epidemi

underscore komati dot com has take syria hash tag propaganda when i ask birmingham university about awareness of u.k. defamation law professor lucas tweeted sorry i can't chat i'm with some folks from off gone right now they say hello to you and your buddies hashtag russia has tracked propaganda hash tag syria so far we've not heard from the u.k. media regulator ofcom about wednesday's programme but scrutiny of a different kind was levelled at british t.v. interviews this week of a so-called isis bride trapped unarguably rented stay close by to resume home secretary such a java joining me now is one of the world's greatest human rights lawyers geoffrey robinson q.c. jeffrey welcome back to going underground just before we get on to other things what you make of the church. summit it's the top and the there is now so much evidence out there that child abuse was in day make tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of children have been abused by catholic priests and even catholic bishops and so i think the first thing the church has to do if it really wants to be serious about this epidem

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in any event, we were both student members of birmingham university conservatives, and he sent me a text fight them, it is those of us from the ken clerk wing of the tory party. them of which he spoke are the right, the anti—wing of the conservative party. yesterday, sirjohn major spoke about describing the more extreme of their number as zealots. —— v and te wing. he has called them far worse but correctly identified the hollowing out of traditional tories in the membership of the conservative party. well, as my friend, and he is my friend, tew carmona said on monday, you do not joina carmona said on monday, you do not join a political party to fight it. —— chuka umunna said on monday for you do not stay in it and skirmish in the margin when the truth is the battle is over and the other side has won. the right—wing, the hardline, anti—eu awkward squad that have destroyed every leader the last 40 yea rs have destroyed every leader the last 40 years are now running the conservative party from top to toe. they are the conservative party. dear friends, they are the conservative party. dearf

birmingham in the u.k. is scott lucas professor of american studies at the university of birmingham political strategist silva thought is in istanbul and in manchester we come and vice chairman of republicans overseas u.k. welcome to you all drool a common mr donald trump has missed this deadline what does that mean well i think there's two things to note about trent missing the deadline and i want to say i'm someone who's very strong supporter of article one of the constitution congressional powers and presidential powers and i think president trump should respond to the deadline but this government shutdown of well over a month definitely put a dent in time needed to do an actual thorough investigation and the second thing to note is that congress is still the state department political appointments in the state department are still frequently updating congressional leaders democrats and republicans and should hopefully soon have a letter out in who knows what that letter will say maybe we'll say. they say for who is responsible ok a letter from the state department isn't quite an answer to my question what

s man professor of democrats the at the university of birmingham thank you very much for the time my pleasure. now every african or remember this nigerian or at least his voice. is known for bringing a social message into his music oh a new generation of musicians is following in his footsteps the project voice to rap is helping young artists to get their voices head and encouraging listeners to get involved and go to the polls. rehearsal's are underway at the chocolate city music studios and. these ten young musicians were selected from over four hundred hopefuls to join the project voice to represent which mentors up and coming artists with the social message they've taken part in what shops aimed at promoting political engagement among young people . i say that it's important to always speak out. when you have. and i feel like after. this is going to be a great difference because the songs that i put out more conscious of it was spoken about but it's about different things and there's no better time to talk about it than now you know it's been four years since i last election and.

iam likely enough to be on the council of the university of birmingham.at with some quite senior political figures. only a few years ago, they said it was rubbish boy breakaways from parties. now, it is happening. it has always been that the labour party had economic base, discuss negative party had economic base. —— the conservative party had economic base. if they do party would not have an economic base. my thought was that the 19205, there was a conservative party, labour party, liberty party, and yes, this time there is a green party. the 5tructure there is a green party. the structure is the same as it was in the 19205. life has changed, ha5 structure is the same as it was in the 19205. life has changed, has it not? yet to look at them much more recent history. there was a party that one national election, they wa nt that one national election, they want the national european election. they got something of a million votes. i think that they change one of the big party's forces. and they ended up but the one mp at the back election. that shows how h

birmingham u.k. quinn senior lecturer in american politics of the university of birmingham also in washington arena a republican strategist and consultant welcome to all mr stacey bernie sanders is someone known for shaking the foundation of the democratic party in two thousand and sixteen the question now will he be able to replicate what that which he achieved in two thousand and sixteen because ultimately it was the want to win twenty states. he was indeed his remarkable american but unfortunately for mr sanders he's unlikely to meet his mark again this time around he's facing a far different country a far different field of democratic candidates he's not able to stand out as much as he did last time now granted he's raised in an incredible amount of money right off the get go but unfortunately for him there is a tendency in american politics to not give someone another shot at the top and less you become a vice president but that wasn't the case with bertie he's got a really tough road to hoe. this is someone who says that he will rely on a grassroots movement with one million volunteers in each

formerly based and yemen's capital saana joining us via skype from birmingham scott lucas professor of international politics at the university of birmingham and editor of the a world view a website specializing in news coverage and analysis of the middle east and then berlin catherine shacked m. who has consulted the un security council on yemen as a researcher at the center for strategic studies so i'll come to all of you scott i want to start with you is the timing right for u.s. congress to pass this resolution ending support for this war. well you believe something like this should have been done back in two thousand and fifteen before the saudi led intervention escalated of the deaths and yemen but politically what you have right now is a donald trump who has weakened on a number of fronts democrats have taken control the house of representatives that means that sort of the house republicans who have held off previous congressional attempts to kobach american intervention in yemen well that is now shifted donald trump is at war with the own intelligence agencies those intelligence agencies believe for example that the s

birmingham in the u.k. is scott lucas professor of american studies at the university of birmingham political strategist silva thought is in istanbul and in manchester we truly come and vice chairman of republicans overseas u.k. welcome to you all drool a common mr donald trump has missed this deadline what does that mean well i think there's two things to note about transmitting the dad one and i want to say i'm someone who's very strong supporter of article one of the constitution congressional powers and presidential powers and i think president trump should respond to the deadline but this government shutdown of well over a month definitely put a dent in time needed to do an actual thorough investigation and the second thing to note is that congress is still the state department political appointments in the state department are still frequently updating congressional leaders democrats and republicans and should hopefully soon have a letter out in who knows what that letter will say maybe we'll say. they say for who is responsible ok a letter from the state department isn't quite an answer to my question

birmingham u.k. them quinceañera latter are in american politics of the university of birmingham also in washington arenaa republican strategist and consultant welcome to all this or stacy bernie sanders is someone known for shaking the foundation of the democratic party in two thousand and sixteen the question now will he be able to replicate what that which he achieved in two thousand and sixteen because ultimately it was the want to win twenty states. he was indeed he's a remarkable american but unfortunately for mr sanders he's unlikely to meet his mark again this time around he's facing a far different country a far different field of democratic candidates he's not able to stand out as much as he did last time now granted he's raised in an incredible amount of money right off the get go but unfortunately for him there is a tendency in american politics to not give someone another shot at the top and less you become a vice president but that wasn't the case with bernie he's got a really tough road to hoe. this is someone who says that he will rely on a grassroots movement with one million volunteers

birmingham in the u.k. is scott lucas professor of american studies at the university of birmingham political strategist silva thought is in istanbul and in manchester we truly come and vice chairman of republicans overseas u.k. welcome to you all drew look i'm in mr donald trump has missed this deadline what does that mean well i think there's two things to note about transmitting the dad one and i want to say i'm someone who's very strong supporter of article one of the constitution congressional powers and presidential powers and i think president trump should respond to the deadline but this government shutdown of well over a month definitely put a dent in time needed to do an actual thorough investigation and the second thing to note is that congress is still the state department political appointments in the state department are still frequently updating congressional leaders democrats and republicans and should hopefully soon have a letter out in who knows what that letter will say maybe we'll say. they say for who is responsible ok a letter from the state department isn't quite an answer to my questio

senior lecturer and islamic studies at the university of birmingham. thank you. thank you.in norfolk. the duke, who is 97, gave up his driving licence following the accident in which his land rover collided with another vehicle. the crown prosecution service says it's decided further action isn't in the public interest. from buckingham palace, our royal correspondent, jonny dymond has the latest. no doubt something of a relief for the duke of edinburgh and for the royal family as the crown prosecution service decides and announces it is going to take no further action. it said it had looked at the circumstances of that crash — the crash that took place almost a month ago and left two people with minor injuries and the duke severely shaken after his car in return. in particular it looked like the level of culpability, how much the duke was to blame, the age of the duke — as you say he is 97 — and the fact that as he said he surrendered his driving licence on saturday. the duke came in for some criticism, not for the first time in decades of service for the way he acted after

joining me via webcam is kehinde andrews, a professor of black studies at birmingham city university,chris mills, chair of the charity organisation bristol black men. it has created an awful amount of discussion today in that is the key thing that it is important to air these views that are distasteful and very repellent but that somehow by opening the conversation, we have done something positive. this is the very worst way to open a distasteful conversation in a distasteful manner. the promotion of his may become a summit general conversation about revenge and he somehow thinks it is appropriate to use terms like what he used in the video to talk about horrible violence against black people that has a really strong historical precedents in terms of how black men are understood at least in the us. some kind of offhand, i have come to jesus moment. to be fair, it is completely inappropriate and offensive and nothing to be grateful for at all. what did you make of all this, chris? i tend for at all. what did you make of all this, chris? itend to for at all. what did you make of all thi

we are being joined now by dr leslie budd, a brexit professor from birmingham city university and theto have you with us today. leo varadker has been saying that brexit negotiations can only happen with the eu and ireland on one side and the uk on the other side of the negotiating table. so the eu 27 very much sticking together. is there any room for manoeuvre there in terms of getting something added on to the withdrawal agreement that will work for theresa may? that is the $64,000 question. it is a bit like david cameron went to brussels before the referendum and came back with very little. there is always room for negotiation. i'm an economist, not a constitutional lawyer. and there may be some margin within the backstop and the timing of it. we saw that with brexit, the last minute changes. but overall, i think there's a misunderstanding how the u works and how the member states work. it took along time to get to the withdrawal agreement which included the backstop, which does have the support of the federation of small businesses of northern ireland, because that would solve some

formerly based and yemen's capital saana joining us via skype from birmingham scott lucas professor of international politics at university of birmingham an editor of a world view a website specializing in news coverage and analysis of the middle east and in berlin catherine shacked m. who has consulted the un security council on yemen as a researcher at the alibi and center for strategic studies so i'll come to all of you scott i want to start with you is the timing right for u.s. congress to pass this resolution ending support for this war. well you believe something like this should have been done back in two thousand and fifteen before the saudi led intervention escalated of the deaths and yemen but politically what you have right now is a donald trump who has weakened on a number of fronts democrats have taken control the house of representatives that means that sort of the house republicans who have held off previous congressional attempts to kobach american intervention in yemen well that is now shifted donald trump is at war with the own intelligence agencies those intelligence agencies believe for example that th

birmingham, england. scott is the professor of international politics at the university of birmingham and founder and editor of "ea world view." always good to see you, scott. it looks like the gloves are off. president trump still doing what he likes to do to elizabeth warren, she has taken some hits for the native american situation, but she certainly did come out running and was quite feisty and articulate in her launch. what do you make of it? >> natalie, let's contrast what happened yesterday. that is elizabeth warren staked her candidacy for president by talking about women's rights, by talking about workers rights, by talking about the environment, by talking about dealing with corruption and special interest. in other words, raising a whole range of issues that are of concern to americans. donald trump's response was not to talk about the issues, not even to talk with warren's record, but to issue a tweet which was racist, which joked about the mass killing of native americans. you will notice in that tweet it said trail in all caps, a reference to the trail of tears. i think that's a contrast that

formerly based and yemen's capital saana joining us via skype from birmingham scott lucas professor of international politics at the university of birmingham and editor of e a worldview a website specializing in news coverage and analysis of the middle east and in berlin catherine shacked m. who has consulted the un security council on yemen as a researcher at the alibi and center for strategic studies so i'll come to all of you scott i want to start with you is the timing right for u.s. congress to pass this resolution ending support for this war. well there you believe something like this should have been done back in two thousand and fifteen before the saudi led intervention escalated of the deaths and yemen but politically what you have right now is a donald trump who has weakened on a number of fronts democrats have taken control the house of representatives that means that sort of the house republicans who had held off previous congressional attempts to kobach american intervention in yemen well that is now shifted donald trump is at war with the own intelligence agencies those intelligence agencies believe for example

today, another stabbing in birmingham, this time on a university campus. were doing all they can to keep people safe. the frequency of knife crime along with the decreasing age of the victims poses serious challenges for the authorities, as much as it presents anguish and grief for their families. sima kotecha, bbc news. the president of nigeria, muhammadu buhari, looks set for re—election, according to results from saturday's general election. with results in from most states, he has a lead of more than 3 million votes over his rival, atiku abuba kar. but mr abuba kar‘s people's democratic party has called for a pause in the count, alleging that irregularities have taken place. at least 20 people have been killed and a0 injured after a train crash sparked a large fire at cairo's main railway station. the train hit a buffer stop near the end of a busy platform at ramses station in the city centre. the collision caused the train‘s fuel tank to explode, setting the platform and nearby buildings alight. a woman from surrey is fighting in a landmark domestic a

today, another stabbing in birmingham, this time on a university campus.all they can to keep people safe. the frequency of knife crime along with the decreasing age of the victims poses serious challenges for the authorities, as much as it presents anguish and grief for their families. sima kotecha, bbc news. a father from warwickshire has launched a campaign to encourage more people to get tested for genetic cancers. raj singh rainu's wife nim died last year from a rare form of stomach cancer. mr rainu's three children could inherit the gene, but must wait until they are 16, before they can be tested. kevin reid reports. raj singh rainu says he is now both mummy and daddy to his three children since his wife nim died three months ago. she was being nursed for stomach cancer at their home in lymington, when she passed away late at night. he had to tell the children as they got up for school in the morning, and vividly remembers the five—year's reaction. isaid remembers the five—year's reaction. i said before you go give your children a kiss and good night.

scott teaches international politics at the university of birmingham and joins us from birmingham, england. >> thank you, george. >> without delay, this process is already started to find the money and make plans for this new wall. at the same time, lawsuits are coming to challenge the president's national emergency which will surely bring delay. how do you see this political tug-of-war playing out in the weeks ahead? >> it's not just a tug of war, it's a bat royale in three rings. the first ring is over the money itself because white house officials are saying that $2.5 billion will be taken from military counternarcotics programs which is kind of ironic since donald trump said a drugs invasion was the reason for the national emergency. and then they'll take $3.6 billion from military construction projects. now the acting defense secretary, patrick shanahan, said this won't be housing on military bases but that could be gymnasiums, schools, shops, other facilities. and given that military commanders are not very happy with donald trump right now, taking their money, that could cause one f

. >>> scott lucas is a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham in england. he joins us live. good to have you with us. >> good morning to you, rosemary. >> president trump isn't happy with this new compromised border security deal. but it looks like he might well sign off of it and add in funding from other sources to build his wall. why has he decided to accept this deal, despite being offered much more money by the democrats in december. >> he will play reality tv star with you. he will keep you guessing until friday, when the shutdown is scheduled. i'm not happy, but maybe i will sign it. maybe i will get something special for my rainbow unicornwa unicornwall. republicans, as well as democrats, are telling him, they will not support a shutdown. they will not support a declaration of national emergency. he has to accept the package for additional border security funds, which has zero -- i must emphasize zero, for his 30-foot high wall. it has increased border guards and fencing and beds or he vetoes it. if he vetoes it, he is back in the idea that he is c

birmingham in the u.k. is scott lucas professor of american studies at the university of birmingham political strategist silva thought is in istanbul and in manchester we are common vice chairman of republicans overseas u.k. welcome to you all drool a common mr donald trump has missed this deadline what does that mean. well i think there's two things to note about treatment in the dad one and i want to say i'm someone who's very strong supporter of article one of the constitution congressional powers and presidential powers and i think president trump should respond to the deadline but this government shutdown of well over a month definitely put a dent in time needed to do an actual thorough investigation and the second thing to note is that congress is still the state department political appointments in the state department are still frequently updating congressional leaders democrats and republicans and should hopefully soon have a letter out in who knows what that letter will say maybe we'll say. they say for who is responsible ok a letter from the state department isn't quite an answer to my question wha

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fallout from the meeting in more detail with scott lucas, professor of american studies at the university of birminghamwebcam from seoul by dr se—woong koo, editor of korea expose, an independent media outlet specialising in the korean peninsula. welcome to both of you and thank you for joining welcome to both of you and thank you forjoining us on bbc news at nine. doctor, first of all, south koreans have been anticipating the potential economic benefits of peace, so what is the early reaction to the breakdown of the summit? do they see this as an end of the process or merely a bump on the road? well, the early reactions had been along the line of complete shock and also a strong sense of devastation. there was a lot of hope riding on this particular summit, and everybody, including just about most experts on north korea, agreed that there would be some kind of deal in hanoi, even if it was not along the lines of com plete if it was not along the lines of complete denuclearisation, and there would be partial relief of sanctions and partial denuclearisation and this would be a step forward towards the u

we're joined now by kehinde andrews, who's a professor of black studies at birmingham city universityay this glibly comes out of his mouth. i am not sure glibly is the best way to describe it. he talked about the fact that it was a0 years ago. he also said that... he was appalled by the way that he felt and he was an angry young man and he has processed that anger and he has tried to deal with it and there are a lot of people out there this morning and in the last 2a hours saying that he is giving an honest opinion and now he is being torn to pieces. how do you react to that?“ we put it in the context of what he actually said, a0 years ago i went out to lunch a black person. the fa ct out to lunch a black person. the fact that he never saw a black person is irrelevant. that is a crime. that is serious. he didn't say the word lunch. but that is what we are talking about. the dialogue and this is wrong. that is a lynching. and this is a country where thousands of people were lynched. next month, we are having a celebration to commemorate that issue. so for someone to say that they were

a young american woman is speaking out after leaving the university of alabama, birmingham, and secretlyning isis in syria years ago. now she says she was brainwashed and is begging to be allowed back home. abc's james longman is in syria with the story. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, michael. as u.s.-led coalition forces are just days away from clearing isis territory in syria, a young american mother who was once part of the terror group is speaking out. she regrets fleeing her home four years ago and admits what she did was a big mistake. this morning, desperate pleas from a 24-year-old american mother who left alabama to marry an isis fighter. >> i don't know. i thought i was doing things correctly for the sake of god, and when i came here and i saw everything with my own eyes, i realized i had made a big mistake. and i know i've ruined my future and my son's future and i deeply deeply regret it. >> reporter: hoda mothana seen in exclusive photos claims she was lured and brainwashed by isis four years ago when she was just 19. believed to be the only american inside

he has the war room, this is birmingham, alabama, used by activists like martin luther king, he is crucial helping the first black student at the university of alabama, in the 1950s, a lot of people don't know about her. he provides her all sorts of financial support. anyway, his hotel, the fagade blown off his hotel in the early 60s because racist whites are so upset about what he's doing. he is a follower booker t. washington, he follows green power. he carries around washington's book with him. we see examples like that. again, the main focus of my recent work has been doctor howard, it comes from a larger context. >> that leads to my next question. the next slide here. i have a few pictures on there. so, howard is one that spent a long time researching and putting together for the book, i will ask why him? what drew you to write the book on doctor howard? >> i was writing about usual aid in african-americans, i found an amazing hospital called the tabori in hospital, they were providing mutual aid, 30 days of hospital care in the 1940s for $7.50 a year, which would be about $100 in today's money. they would provide a full menu of serv

he is a harvard university loeb fellow, and author of preserving african-american historic site. he has led efforts to create the birmingham civil rights national museum monument in alabama, which president barack obama designated in january 2007 pick he is the recipient of the 2018 robert g stanton national preservation award. but, other projects include reserving iconic aces, like the estate of madame cj walker in irvington new york, or joe frazier's gym in philadelphia, pennsylvania. or nina simone's birthplace in north carolina. and many more places. brent likes is also an assistant clinical professor at the university of maryland's graduate program in historic preservation. spencer crew is the clearance at j robinson professor of history at george mason university. his research interest in publication focus on african- american migration, slavery, and the underground railroad. he has been a leader in public history for several decades, serving formally as the president of the national underground railroad, freedom center in cincinnati ohio, and a little working as at the national museum of american history, smithsonia