points, britain and the british army were transitioning those loyalist court to redcoats matching the british regulars. 1781 his troops were supposed to be switching to scarlet coats. it could be an even tighter window when this portrait was painted. regardless, it was painted during the war which is a particularly rare thing to find for loyalist. it's attributed to john durand artist an itinerant working in america during the europe.onary phase unfortunately a lot of uncertainties in what we know about john durand but the best available information at this point is that he was probably born in london about 1746 the parents with french roots. his father jonas was an artisan who died in 1775. john was probably an apprentice to the painter charles cap in london to 1767 as the apprenticeship was about seven years typically. he was best known for landscapes, animals, and coach painting. not so much on easel paintings or portraits. this is how durand was trained. he arrived in america about 1767 after his apprenticeship. he settled in new york and began painting immediately with trips to c

wanted to serve as an officer in the british army, so it was part of the deal, as the word. e british were very cagey about what they were going to do for him. he was in a field officer for a while because of his serious injury, and they kept saying, don't worry. we will take care of you. he knew that as soon as he went to the british that he was going to lose all of his property, everything, his property in pennsylvania and in connecticut, and so he really needed to have some kind of position, and he wanted a military position and so it was part of the arrangement. then he was on, had these two short campaigns, one in connecticut and one in virginia, one of which had jefferson fleeing from this area. >> other questions or to mark last chance. -- other questions? last chance. one more. >> perhaps there is a lesson in the motivations that superior commanders have. have you noticed that the plot of the iliad follows the story of benedict arnold so closely? the center of which is a woman. [laughter] dr. malcolm: yes, helen. but that noticed that, is interesting to yeah -- intere

but around 350 killings, some of unarmed civilians, were attributed to police or the british army.question about killings during the troubles prompted this answer. the fewer than 10% that were at the hands of the military and the police were not crimes. they were people acting under orders and under instruction, and fulfilling their duties in a dignified and appropriate way. she later clarified her comments, but faced a barrage of criticism. you've got to be very careful when you're making statements on such a sensitive series of subjects as the killings during the troubles. you've got to get it right, and she didn't get it right. after calls for her to resign, today, karen bradley said sorry. i did not mean to say it in that way. or at all. i did not mean to say... it's not what i think, it's not what i mean. so i said something wrong and i have apologised. her comments could hardly have come at a more delicate time. next week, british army veterans will be told whether they will face prosecution for the deaths of 13 civilians on bloody sunday. for families of victims and some pol

but around 350 killings, some of unarmed civilians, were attributed to police or the british army.g investigated today. a commons question about killings during the troubles prompted this answer. the fewer than 10% that were at the hands of the military and the police were not crimes. they were people acting under orders and under instruction, and fulfilling their duties in a dignified and appropriate way. she later clarified her comments, but faced a barrage of criticism. you've got to be very careful when you're making statements on such a sensitive series of subjects as the killings during the troubles. you've got to get it right, and she didn't get it right. after calls for her to resign, today, karen bradley said sorry. i did not mean to say it in that way. or at all. i did not mean to say... it's not what i think, it's not what i mean. so i said something wrong and i apologised. her comments could hardly have come at a more delicate time. next week, british army veterans will be told whether they will face prosecution for the deaths of 13 civilians on bloody sunday. for famil

but around 350 killings, some of unarmed civilians, were attributed to police or the british army.ons question about killings during the troubles prompted this answer. the fewer than 10% that were at the hands of the military and the police were not crimes. they were people acting under orders and under instruction, and fulfilling their duties in a dignified and appropriate way. she later clarified her comments, but faced a barrage of criticism. you've got to be very careful when you're making statements on such a sensitive series of subjects as the killings during the troubles. you've got to get it right, and she didn't get it right. after calls for her to resign, today, karen bradley said sorry. i did not mean to say it in that way. or at all. i did not mean to say... it's not what i think, it's not what i mean. so i said something wrong and i apologised. so i said something wrong and i have apologised. her comments could hardly have come at a more delicate time. next week, british army veterans will be told whether they will face prosecution for the deaths of 13 civilians on blo

already bitter divide between the communities all that irish catholics quickly turned against the british army seeing it no longer as a protective force but as a tool of oppression. nearly five decades on from the killings in londonderry northern ireland's public prosecution service is about to decide whether those soldiers from the parachute regiment should face charges for murder but the very idea has been criticized by army veterans as well as pro british unionists who shouldn't be a particular were charmed against. the section of the military given the fact that they themselves have suffered at the hands of terrorists as well so we have to look at all of those contacts there's a lot of hurt has been caused and also at almost half a century british the british army i mean killed people kate nash is nineteen year old brother william was killed at the march her father shot and wounded was trying to save him she hopes that justice will eventually prevail i want the word to know that my brother really was regardless of the way we were treated bateman i felt the pain i want to know though i want

and in motor sports a team of british army veterans are aiming to become the first all disabled outfit to race in the famed twenty four hours of lamont team brought to or british racing injured troops drive in specially equipped cars. martin compton suffered seventy five percent burns when his convoy was attacked in afghanistan in two thousand and six now the former british army soldier has trucks for racing tracks and has his sights set on the limb on the ground for. this a great process of the from a. step turned on which is. lost both of his legs while on deployment in afghanistan but thanks to a specially designed car fitted with high tech hand controls he's also training with team brits and he too hard to achieve his lofty goals. never wear off or be this. sort of a team of disabled drivers they say things like this is well for us it's amazing they are also on board is nicholas hamilton who has cerebral palsy and is the brother of furlong great spain he's involvement has helped to raise team brit's profile the academy is certainly ambitious but it's still a long way to get more. n

sports and then motor sports team of british army veterans is planning to become the first the disabled fit to race in the famed twenty four hours of limo british racing injured troops known as team grit the race in specially equipped cars which allow them to compete on equal terms with able bodied drivers they're aiming for the top and want to compete at the malls as early as twenty twenty five martin compton suffered seventy five percent burns when his convoy was attacked in afghanistan in two thousand and six now the former british army soldier has what tank tracks for racing tracks and has his sights set on the limb on graeme tree. it's a great buzz from a. step on which is. lost both of his legs while on deployment in afghanistan but thanks to a specially designed car fitted with high tech hands controls he is also training with team brits and he too hopes to achieve his lofty goals. never with. this. team or the same as the same thing for us is amazing also on board is nicholas hamilton who has cerebral palsy and is the brother of the great luis he's involvement has helped to rais

just next week, former british army soldiers are due to find out whether they will face prosecution forement in bloody sunday in which 14 civilians we re bloody sunday in which 14 civilians were killed. she has faced a lot of criticism for this and today karen bradley has issued a sincere apology, saying she is profoundly sorry that her words were wrong but it is not the first time she has slipped up and she will have work to do to regain the confidence of people in northern ireland. now to westminster and ben. i gather amber rudd was trying to defend diane abbott? she was, yes, amber rudd was saying the online abuse suffered by black minority ethnic women was particularly nasty. —— black and minority ethnic. but she was sticking up diane abbott but at one point described the labour mp asa at one point described the labour mp as a coloured woman. it definitely is worse if you are a woman, and it's worst of all if you are a coloured woman. i know that diane abbott gets a huge amount of abuse and i think that's something we need to continue to call out. that prompted a furious response fr

already bitter divide between the communities all that irish catholics quickly turned against the british army seeing it no longer as a protective force but as a tool of oppression. nearly five decades on from the killings in londonderry northern ireland's public prosecution service is about to decide whether those soldiers from the parachute regiment should face charges for murder but the very idea has been criticized by army veterans as well as pro british unionists who shouldn't be a particular word chant against. the section of the military given the fact that they themselves have suffered at the hands of terrorists as well so we have to look at all of those contacts there's a lot of her has been called the also at almost half a century british the british army i mean people kate nash is nineteen year old brother william was killed at the march her father shot and wounded was trying to save him she hopes that justice will eventually prevail i want the word to know that my brother really was regardless of the way we were treated to a man i felt the pain i want to know though i want to order

but we heard from the sister of a man this morning he was shot by the british army who said she camein the role. the murders were not conducted in a way, or carried out in an appropriate manner, nor were they dignified. they were murders — and they should be investigated as such. and the secretary of state for northern ireland, karen bradley, has a duty to ensure that those investigations take place. so what the families this morning told her is that we have no confidence in her, we believe her position is completely and utterly untenable and we have asked her to resign. prove ten other families of victims refused invitations to meet karen bradley this morning. mrs bradley said she will continue to work to rebuild trust but that is a very difficult task. thank you. our top story this lunchtime. the pilot whose plane crashed at shoreham airshow, killing 11 people, has been cleared of manslaughter by gross negligence. and still to come... celebrations around the world for international women's day. coming up on bbc news. no place in the australia quad for cricketers steve smith and dav

contacts there's a lot of hurt has been caused and also at all most half a century british the british army i mean people kate nash is nineteen year old brother william was killed at the march her father shot and wounded was trying to save him she hopes that justice will eventually prevail i want the word you know that my brother really was regardless of the way we were treated became a knife at the time i want to know though i want to warn to know that there you go . murder people on bloody sunday and that can only happen if prosecutions and convictions. there is also the theory that whatever the prosecutor's decision it will reopen old wounds and reignite tensions which have been festering below the surface of this fragile peace all right wing go live there. who's in london darien sagna from listening to your piece in the conversations you had with some of the relatives of those who died it seems very clear that there is a a great demand for justice no matter it's forty seven years since the event. well indeed in the as you heard from the relatives of the victims in the report that they f

i have a statement from the british army, oui’ a statement from the british army, our thoughts remain changes are needed. you say further changes are needed. you say further changes definitely needed? definitely, a number of failings we re definitely, a number of failings were found in this regiment to do with welfare, suicide risk, vulnerability, lack of welfare support that these soldiers are more widely there is a much greater problem about stigma. the stigma of having a mental health problem or if you are struggling are suffering mental distress in the army, soldiers don't feel they can come forward for some dill. some of the units are not providing the right environment for people to come forward. there were comments from some senior members of staff that meant they would not support people who came forward? yes, one described welfare services as pink and fluffy. very flippant. the army welfare services are brilliant, they were there and ready to help and it took them months to even get a meeting with the head of the regiment. when they did go in, they found that the helpline tha

on sunday january thirtieth nine hundred seventy two british army paratroopers opened fire on people protesting britain's detention of suspected irish nationalists in a mainly catholic neighborhood of londonderry killing thirteen and wounding fifteen thirty eight years later a government inquiry determined that the paratroopers fired without warning and none of the victims had been armed or posed a threat. victim's family said they were disappointed that after forty seven years only one soldier was being charged you know the public prosecution service of a long long time to consider the evidence and we believe the evidence that they're going to. slip by. basically. we believe and we've always believed that the evidence is there to convict it's an every soldier who murders. mistress'. some army veterans who served in northern ireland assailed the decision to bring charges against a soldier f. . think it's appalling absolutely appalling that after all these years the bring these charges up. on the soldiers just doing their jobs it's a very difficult job when you're in a war like situat

phil: in motorsport, british army veterans are planning to become the first disabled outfit in the famed 24 hours. british racing engine troops known as team britt allow them to compete on equal footing with other drivers. they are aiming at the top and theyey want compete as early as 2020. martin faced them to 5% burns when his convoy was attacked in 2006. now he has swapped tank tracks for raci traracks. >> for me, it is more impmportat -- this is our goal. >> he lost both of hisis legs while on deployment in afghanistan. thanks to a specially designed to car, he is also training with team britttt. he too hopes to achieve his lofty g goals. >> i i never thought i would get this far. not alone, let alone with a team . it is amazing. >> alslso on boardrd is nicholas hamilton who has cerebral palsy. his involvement has helped to raise team britt's profile. the academy is certainly ambitious but it is still a long way away. >> thousands of dancers from brazil have been taking part in the world-famous rio de janeiro carnival. it is the first carnival since the election of bolsonaro. he came

judgement i would guess that the next steps will be that our family willing gates with both the british and the army's government we welcome the reaction of the tea soak in the holy city a public inquiry and i think we will engage with the british government and we will see what they propose to do i should say the leader of the opposition jericho been is for a public inquiry geraldine do you see then this week's decision as a culmination of the thirty is. it's it's sort of puts together the last period of time when we were saying what you're doing is wrong and they were continuing to do that and i think that must stand because the supreme court has said government you are doing it wrong over all these years that the new you didn't listen to them but we're telling you you didn't get it right so now i they have to move forward and get it right there are things in life that you don't want to do no matter how small or high big and the longer you leave it the worse it is but when you've done that all you have to do is take the first step and then when you've done that. it's fine but are you frightened that

british armies triumphed over italian army on the course -- coast of north africa and a small band oferman troops booted the british into full retreat. in april and may of 1941 in a virtuoso performance german armies overran yugoslavia and greece despite its excellent defensive terrain and in a holy form of warfare, seized the island of crete by airborne assault defeating superior numbers of british troops and inflicting severe loss on the british fleet. 1941, hitler's had the greatest land invasion in history. millions of soviet soldiers were killed or captured and most of them would perish. in early december 19 41, the soviets counterattacked and drove the germans away from moscow and other locations but it was not clear at that time that this is a permanent deliverance or merely a reprieve. nor did anyone know whether stalin might think another agreement with hiller. the battle of the atlantic entered its waterfront phase as new flotillas of books floated out to the oceans. that eclipse would endure for a and produce the highest shipping losses of the war. then came the blow by the

war and as the food stop the final lines of desmond a silver said collusion between i five the british army and police was rocking yes the up was sold that that was the end of the pot from a kiss that there was nothing more to see and that was the definitive truth behind the myth was ripped to pieces and the judgment of the supreme court the supreme court have effectively described. this review with one hand tied behind his back he didn't have the party compel witnesses he didn't have the power to see documents he relied on the goodwill of those relevant government departments and to meet the obligations of what we have asked for for a number of years is that there must be a transparent and fully a kind of the process which is what happened and it was incapable of reaching the silly in fact the judgment of the supreme court it's hugely significant were that a political decision comes in as. that this night would bark very firmly on the desk of dining st they have failed to live up to their obligations for thirty years a police or if you didn't cut up a review by children review by a barrist

to raise her baby in better conditions british army secretary such a job that revoked her citizenship to prevent her from returning. tens of thousands of demonstrators have marched across algeria and the biggest protest yet against president abdullah sisi beautifully his bid for a fair.

and go against the british army the british army initially were seen when when they came here initially were seen by the northern irish catholics as being as taking a protective role or bloody sunday completely reversed that there was seen as an oppressive force and that didn't really stop after bloody sunday recriminations upon the community continued so many people feel extremely bitter there not only have they been victims of this oppression they've had to live with the fact that. they've been implicated in other situations from that as well and of course when people say yes there are terrorists on the other side that won't have that same kind of justice response as will be were members of the british armed forces they will uniforms they were there to protect citizens except they didn't protect the citizens from the from the catholic communities so they see it is having putting one rule for one part of the of of the population here and another rule for another where they were incriminated and where they were made to suffer b

it be intervening for the european parliament which has already calculated how the seats of the british army piece can be distributed through the twenty seven countries remaining yes of course that would be the case about the lesser evil of course is that they do participate heartbreaks it a no deal a disorderly breaks it can be avoided. of course if this disorder broke. on the twelfth of april how long will it be before brits start to see a difference and a what will this. one cut top conservative put it the u.k. will be in a state of emergency and i think that as the brits will notice it right away and immediately so they're going to be issues at the border basically you are going to have a hot border between northern ireland and ireland something the e.u. and the u.k. have been trying to avoid while they negotiated this deal the u.k. is going to run short of food supplies and medication supplies we could see food rotting at the border and lorries piling up that are bringing the food they could be transport issues so a number of issues really that immediately affect people's life here to g

to motor sports now and a team of british army veterans are aiming to become the first all disabled outfit to race in the famed twenty four hours of lima team brit or british racing injured troops drive in specially equipped cars. suffered seventy five percent burns when his convoy was attacked in two thousand and six the former british. racing tracks and has his sights set on the tree. from. both of his legs while on deployment in afghanistan but thanks to a specially designed car fitted with controls he's also training with the brits. to achieve his lofty goals. this. is very good news for us is. nicholas hamilton who has cerebral palsy and is the. great. he's involvement has helped to raise team. the academy is certainly ambitious but it's still a. top story. of a tough struggle of the country's economy slows down at the opening of the country's parliament. said china was facing. a trade war with the u.s. and what he called the growing pains of economic transformation. coming up. highlights from twenty four. from. the. kick off. shugart in freefall dismal showing against me promoting to

who's covered conflicts across the middle east and colonel tim collins a former commander in the british armyand founder of new century a private military consulting company. ladies and gentlemen please welcome erik prince. prince is currently the deputy chairman that executive director from two years services group a hong kong based security and the just. erik prince thank you for joining me on head to head. your back in the news with a new plan to privatize basically the u.s. led war in afghanistan but you were the founder and c.e.o. of blackwater perhaps the world's most notorious private security firm which during the iraq war became a byword for violence corruption lawlessness and yet you've never apologize for any of. i think that's an unfair characterization of the company did exactly what the u.s. government asked us to do which was to protect diplomats reconstruction officials visiting. u.n. or or other congressional delegations we did more than one hundred thousand missions no one under our care was ever killed or injured and people try to characterize the company as overly aggressi

a british army veteran will face murder charges over the killing of two people back in one thousand nine hundred seventy two during a civil rights demonstration in northern ireland known as bloody sunday another sixteen people allegedly involved will face no action but prosecutors citing is insufficient evidence thirteen people died and fifteen were injured when british paratroopers opened fire at protesters in the our city of derry demonstrators were railing against a government law to imprison people without trial. we go live now to make field the editor of leading northern irish current affairs blog slugger o'toole you're very welcome to the program now what's your reaction to today's charges against the former paratrooper. well i think the first reaction is just to note the dignity of the families involved because there were something like seventeen soldiers who were on duty that day who were all investigated with the public prosecutor's office looking at the evidence weighing it and at the end of the day there's a lot of disappointment because only one of those soldiers will face pr

welcome back a british army veteran will face murder charges over the killing of two people back in one thousand nine hundred seventy two during a civil rights demonstration in northern ireland known as bloody sunday another sixteen people allegedly involved will face no action with prosecutors citing insufficient evidence thirteen people died and fifteen were injured when british paratroopers opened fire at protesters in the irish city of derry demonstrators were running against a government law to imprison people without trial the editor of a leading northern irish current affairs blog mick keelty believes the principle that security forces cannot be investigated has been breached. at the end of the day there's a lot of disappointment because only one of those soldiers will see this prosecution i think it's a victory in a sense for the stoicism of the the dairy families my own personal view is that none of these people whether they be victims of the british security forces the provisional ira or the various loyalist organizations none of these victims volunteered to be victims and all

british army veteran will face murder charges of the killing of two people in one thousand nine hundred seventy two during a civil rights demonstration in northern ireland known as bloody sunday another sixteen people allegedly involved face no action with prosecutors citing insufficient evidence thirteen people were killed and fifteen injured on monday when protest paratroopers opened fire at protesters in the irish city of derry demonstrators were rallying against the government law to imprison people without trial alicia mccallion and pay for the file constituency that includes the city of derry told us that families in the city have shown great dignity chairing the inquiry. i think it's first that we should recognize that a lot of these families in the world and indeed a lot of people throughout the city didn't ever believe that we would ever get one stage to see the change love and the prosecution so the families today were very very dignified but there was a lot of evidence gathered as part of that inquiry and as a say there was an expectation that there would have been more prose

on sunday january thirtieth nine hundred seventy two british army paratroopers opened fire on people protesting britain's detention of suspected irish nationalists in a mainly catholic neighborhood of londonderry killing thirteen and wounding fifteen thirty eight years later a government inquiry determined that the paratroopers fired without warning and none of the victims had been armed or posed a threat. victim's family said they were disappointed that after forty seven years only one soldier was being charged you know the public prosecution service of a long long time to consider the evidence and we believe that the evidence that they're going to. slip by is basically. we believe and we've always believed that the evidence is there to convict it's an every soldier who murders our loved ones. some army veterans who served in northern ireland assailed the decision to bring charges against a soldier f. . think it's appalling absolutely appalling that after all these years the bring these charges. on the soldiers just doing their jobs it's a very difficult job in a war like situation

to find and treat this cripples on a bench just happened to be the chief nursing officer of the british army we on this program last legendary pulitzer prize winner who has uncovered conspiracies from my lai to abu ghraib he has not investigated the story but said this i've written about it so yes my something i have written the story i always had about it from my friends in america is. those two were helping your british intelligence services with information about the russian mafia that's what they were doing here in other words the people that would high on the list that would want to hurt them would be the russian mafia russians but not the russian gov to read the script. i mean that was the understanding and there's also been some reporting in europe of it that it's been pretty much wiped widespread there was a story about the same after same thing that they were actually were doing work for the marriage for the british intelligence committee activities i mean there is a big russian mafia let's face it well joining me now is espionage story and and former k.g.b. operative alexander vass

bloody sunday fuels hostility towards the british army. an initial inquiry cleared the soldiers of any wrongdoing but a freshh investigation ordered by tony blair in. nineteen ninety eight concluded us soldiers that fight on just unarmed protesters. this point sixteen soldiers being investigated the pps said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute them. i'm relieved. that at least one soldier who's responsible. for those actions. which will be prosecuted. but i'm extremely saddened -- because we are a family the police on the families. a judge for jim which i think this is one thing. but my heart is broken. the rest of our offices is being a for a black day for them. lawyers for the family said they would challenge the prosecution's decision. whereas the british government has said they will offer a full legal support to so jeff. air raid sirens have gone off in the israeli city of tel aviv after an apparentt rocket attacs from the hamas controlled gaza stripp it would be the first tie the coastal citity had been tatargeted. by rocket

welcome back a british army veteran will face murder charges over the killing of two people back in one nine hundred seventy two during a civil rights demonstration in northern ireland known as bloody sunday and of the sixteen people allegedly involved will face no action prosecutors citing insufficient evidence thirteen people died and fifteen were injured when british paratroopers opened fire at protesters in the irish city of derry demonstrators were rallying against the government law to imprison people without constituency that includes the city of derry very good evening to you as i understand you have tweeted that there are many sore hearts today what is your reaction to these charges against the former paratrooper. well i think it's the first three over the set they didn't ever believe that we would ever get the states to see if i had the strength at that they had to hire and say and that won't conviction as a conviction for all of them was very very stark i ever we can't we can't dispute the fact that there is a lot of sore hearts and our city today there are a lot of families

who's covered conflicts across the middle east and colonel tim collins a former commander in the british army and founder of new century a private military consulting company. ladies and gentlemen please welcome erik prince. prince is currently the deputy chairman the executive director from two years services group a hong kong based security and the gist of. erik prince thank you for joining me on head to head. your back in the news with a new plan to privatize basically the u.s. led war in afghanistan but you were the founder and c.e.o. of blackwater perhaps the world's most notorious private security firm which during the iraq war became a byword for violence corruption lawlessness and yet you've never apologize for any of it. i think that's an unfair characterization of the company did exactly what the u.s. government asked us to do which was to protect diplomats reconstruction officials visiting. un or or other congressional delegations we did more than one hundred thousand missions no one under our care was ever killed or injured and people try to characterize the company as overly aggr