written by i mean it's it's the iconic association with the british empire system and. we report on how the latest additions to the u.k. citizenship test proved to be tricky not only for those seeking a new passport but a story in full details in just a couple of minutes. looking at some talks you simply do not believe they come speak and goodness how they can wrong oh. it's an international sled dog race with those driving the dogs. coming from as far away as a strength in canada and the u.s. they come to russia and everybody is so very friendly they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like alaska and so i felt at home the first blood joke was brought here from a straight analysis chance come to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this trail i am maisie but even more amazing is the story of how racing first started here at school it wasn't the top. gracing who set the trail ablaze but a nun and for those who brought their idea to life. five years ago mother put us care of a bill to

i mean it's the iconic association with the british empire testing the. citizenship test proved to be tricky not only for those seeking a new passport story. in just a couple of. the beauty of reindeer gracefully. more than just a scenic image it is a way of life traditionally the people are. herders and though in many ways they. are also highly skilled and organized. depending. on the day we found this particular camp they were settled near the coast of the tata see here for families work together to manage nearly a thousand reindeer herding reindeer is not just a job people in fact they say it's a part of their culture and way of life and they say that they can use almost every single part of the reindeer to help them survive. a deer is a means of transportation. and clothes and. the life in the tundra is harsh and so before winter hits many of the children are helicoptered to the center of the district and not for boarding school. students learn different languages utilize modern technologies through specialized grant programs and even learn arts skill

written by home i mean it's it's the iconic association with the british empire with your testament. but we report on how the latest additions to the u.k. citizenship test proved to be tricky though only for those seeking a new passport this story in detail many others as well in just a couple of. guys . in this remote siberian village people still sing the songs which russians sang in the media agents and they cherish the ancient rituals practiced by the rules that our church be food. the seventeenth century the old believers here is sign the area are conservative community. the by the way believe me here yes i feel like i know i'm the right fredricka by. the. people here are happy to show their way of life to tourists and to see them how to dance in the local star. seventeen year old nadia is from the same village she now studies in the city and dances at a club. she puts on her costume and the traditional amber necklace only when she comes to visit her grandmother. thing actually i didn't ask on time pronouncing this because i want to keep up to date with this morning world but st

written by home i mean it's the iconic association with the british empire for your testament. i'll go i'll go for magnet florida literally means great for the great charter and as we wondered out the seeds of democracy really brittania which is a beautiful refrain. based on appalled by james thompson a familiar with james thompson well i'm not. the british media had a field day over the oxford an eton educated lead as epic fail over the questions about the magna carta and the rule britannia one of the real questions on the u.k. citizenship test all six how many parliamentary constituencies there are in the united kingdom the correct answer six hundred and fifty now we've come to the u.k.'s national library to find out if the londoners hit can answer that question correctly thirty constituents you saw there in the three hundred sixty five three hundred somewhere around sixty group. fifty something in that region. would you be able to tell me how many constituencies there are in the united kingdom constituencies i have no clue about fifteen. fifteen is a lot. so it looks like da

but i mean it's the iconic association with the british empire. plus a report on how the dishes to the u.k. citizenship test proved to be tricky not only for those seeking a new passport story in full in just a couple of minutes. i never thought i could earn a living this way. small arms. building plant a lot of these lost count of all the weapons she's fired over the past. years. i got so used to it sometimes my friends ask me to join them at the rifle range and i say no way i'm so tired of shooting. the planet's history goes from making firearms doing world war two to ballistic missiles from nuclear submarines during the cold war the bulk of the soviet industry was moved here in the 1940's to flee the advancing germans cells here also became the heart of soviet military production closed off to foreigners for half a century it's thrived on the massive moods of the soviet military when the u.s.s.r. collapsed but life here was shaken to the core but some adapted to better than others. this is the truck factory russia's number one truck made for gi

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it took two world wars to bring down the british empire. across the span of time, obama believes in a smaller america, smaller economy and obama says this directly. he says we have 5% of the world's population, but we use 25% of the worlds resources. obama implicitly sets forward his standards. so in a beer around 1945, it can actually come to an end in 2016. quite honestly, if it does, obama has nothing left to do. he will have actually achieved his goal, if i am correct, but that is actually his goal. >> i was wondering what your thoughts are about why president obama authorize the military action -- [inaudible question] >> the question is obama, in his his book, the advisory of hope, makes a very interesting observation about the modern. he says, and i quote him now, quoting from my book "obama's america", he is no ho chi minh. think about that for a minute. he is no ho chi minh. think about that. ho chi minh was a good guy. ho chi minh was a true nationalist and a true freedom fighter and he was trying to push the french and then the am

it took two world wars to bring down the british empire. but overtime obama believes been a little america, a smaller economy, a smaller american role and he says this and directly, we are 5% of the robes population but we use 25% of the world's resources. energy, oil. he says we are consuming beyond our share. he wants us to each 5% of the world's food and eat 5% -- and whereby% of the close. it is not ratio but it is global reparations. that is a realizable goal in on the eight years. we have only been a superpower for 20 years. this era could come to an end by 2016 and quite honestly if it does, obama has nothing left to do. he will have achieved his goal that that is his goal. >> what your thoughts why obama authorize military action that ultimately killed loathsome a bin laden? was a political or other considerations? >> in the "audacity of hope", obama's makes an observation about bin laden "he is no ho chi minh. ". think about that. he is saying to liberals ho chi minh was a good guy. and nationalist, freedom fighter, pushing the fre

britain, britain was at the peak of his influence between the british prime minister and his opponent william gladstone about the issue of empire. what makes us great is we are a world power. what makes us great is the largest economy in the world. we matter and this is what defines british greatness. gladstone said no. he said i am for little england. he said we should give up this empire. we don't need it. we should go back to small plots of land and grow our petunias and tends to our vegetable gardens and be content that way. gladstone could not realize his own vision. it took two world wars to bring down the british empire but across the span of time we get insight into obama. obama believes in little america. by that he means a smaller economy, smaller american role in the world. obama says this in directly. he says we have 5% of the world's population but we use 25% of the world's resources and energy and oil. he is saying we are consuming beyond our share. he would like us to eat 5% of the world's food and 5% of the world's) 5% of the world's wealth. obama implicitly set forward the standard which is not racial reparatio

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it took two world wars to bring down the british empire. across the span of time i think we did hear. obama believes in little america , and by that he means a smaller economy, smaller american role in the world. he says this in directly. we are 5% of the world population, but we use 25 percent of the world's resources and energy and oil. what do you think? we are consuming beyond their share. he would like us to 85% of the world's food and where 5% of the world's ) pop. obama implicitly set forward his standard. and it's not racial reparations. its global reparations. i think that's are realizable goal in the years. remember, america has only been the world's sole superpower for 20 years. a super parses world war ii, so this american air could actually come to an end by 2016. quite honestly, if it does, obama has nothing left to do. maybe he just wants to enjoy the trappings of power, but he will have actually achieved his goal, if i'm correct that that is actually his goal. yes. >> was wondering what your thoughts are about one president

forged in the first age of global commerce, it received the bounty of the british empire.ut containerized shipping technology has drastically reduced the labor force, permanently changing the urban and economic geography here. can liverpool make the transition from an industrial-revolution seaport to a center of the information revolution and the service economy? ( kids actively conversing ) merseyside in the beginning of the 21st century. this is the small city of bootle, just north of liverpool. neighborhoods like this have fallen on hard times. what never changes is the love of soccer. ( crowd cheering ) in a pub around the corner, the grownups root for the liverpool football club. it's a passion. ( yelling, cheering ) the old men here once worked the docks downtown. for the young men, that's rarely an option now. ( oohing ) this is a tale of two nearby cities, united perhaps only by their support of liverpool soccer. one is the story of gritty neighborhoods that once housed the dock workers of a major european seaport. the other is the reformed, revitalized downtown, w

the differences between the nations of the u.k., the size of population and the extent of the british empire and the date and place where the magna carter was signed. but much to his embarrassment, he was not able to say what magma carter meant -- magna carvin mending was. >> the literal translation? >> again, you are testing a. >> it would be good if you knew this. >> i think it is good for the american public to be able to see him. >> i did not really have a view of them before this but i sort of like him. i am going to look him up on wikipedia. >> 3 million -- when david cameron returns on next week, he will be hoping he will not be asked to complete a citizenship test. >> a 17-year old australian boy is recovering after being bitten by one of the world's most poisonous snakes. doctors say he is lucky to be alive. it packs a enough of them to kill 100 people. it is a mystery as to how he came across the snake and the small town to the north of sydney. they are normally found hundreds of miles north of there. >> we have not seen them before. they are not from this area. to have somebody di

because the english canadians under the british empire always ruled the roost the french canadians began to become very bitter about this and inevitably over time that's caused many problems and they want autonomy so it is going to revive a passion because of sorceress the right way to put it that's putting it just a little bit emotionally but obviously it will and some english canadians feel very strongly about this i know as of course to some french canadians were clearly the people who feel passionately that quebec should remain part of a canadian nation and never going to trust her because she belongs to a party which believes in the maximum amount of autonomy so of course. there was a hearty eyes close of the interview with president vladimir putin is coming your way shortly after the headline. news.

because the english canadians under the british empire always ruled the roost the french canadians began to become very bitter about this and inevitably over time that has caused many problems and they want more tommy lee is going to revive a passion in the way to put it that's putting an emotional obviously it will and some english canadians feel very strongly about this and of course to some french canadians well clearly the people who feel passionately that quebec should remain part of a canadian nation are never going to trust her because she lost to a party which believes in the maximum amount of autonomy so-called. to some other international news in brief now a wave of blast killed at least four people in iraq according to reports from reuters the most serious was in a city north of baghdad when gunmen and the suicide bomber attacked a military base or giving eleven soldiers meanwhile in the south a car bomb exploded outside a french consulate building wounding two people others were killed in a string of further bloss across the country no one has yet claimed responsibility . egy

because the english canadians under the british empire always ruled the roost the french canadians began to become very bitter about this and inevitably over time that has caused many problems and they want autonomy and i think that it is going to revive a passion of the person or a way to put it that's putting in a little bit emotional obviously it will and some english canadians feel very strongly about this i know of course some french but i don't think the. it's going to change us long term view of that situation of quebec in canada tactically obviously she isn't going to want to stir up passions in in quebec while we're certainly hope not well clearly the people who feel passionately that quebec should remain part of a canadian nation and never going to trust her because she lost her party in the believes in the maximum amount of autonomy so correct they can get a referendum through voting for independence at the moment and maybe in their hearts that's not really what they want but they have achieved the autonomy in language and in other things which has been very important to them

because the english canadians under the british empire always ruled the roost the french canadians began to become very bitter about this and inevitably over time that has caused many problems and they want more tommy so it is going to revive the passion of years of sorceress the right way to put it that's putting in just a little bit emotional obviously it will and some english canadians feel very strongly about this i know this of course to some french canadians well clearly the people who feel passionately action remain part of a canadian nation and never going to trust her because she belongs to a party which believes in the maximum amount of autonomy so-called. time now for the r.t. world update will start in iraq where a spate of attacks basically hit at least eleven iraqi cities at this point killing at least forty four and one car bomb targeted police recruits lining up for a job at a company's office in the northern city of cook outside the capital ten soldiers were killed in a dorm ambush other car bombings hit cities from the southern port of basra to the northwest border with

because the english canadians under the british empire always ruled the roost the french canadians began to become very bitter about this and inevitably over time that's caused many problems and they want autonomy so it is going to revive a passion in the civil service the right way to put it that's according to the typical bit emotionally but obviously it will and some english canadians feel very strongly about this as of course to some french canadians work to the people who feel passionately remain part of a canadian nation and never going to trust her because she belongs to a party which believes in the maximum amount of autonomy so-called. right there was the main bullets and then you've been watching our t.v. i'll be back with a shelf recap of the headlines stay with us. the . line in motion would be so much brighter if you knew me about songs from funniest impressions. these films don't talk t.v. dot com. world. science technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future covered. more news today violence is one.

because the english canadians under the british empire always ruled the roost the french canadians began to become very bitter about this and inevitably over time that's caused many problems and they want more tommy and i think it is going to. revive passions of their own way to put it that's putting an emotional obviously it will. feel very strong as of course some french canadian climbers incident happened police said there there was also a fire lit outside the venue when the suspect was arrested so what is this suggests i mean is there a concern that this may not be an isolated incident. well you see i think i think mentally if you like many english canadians feel very strong about it but as you know not very not very many canadians are going to take a gun into a press conference given by a more moderate or. even so yes clearly looks as if there was somebody with the him to distract the police while he got into the into the meeting but it's very early days yet and previous incidents of this kind of throughout the world of indicated that over a quick judgment is very often wrong now in

that this war served in the interest of napolean, and the federalists wanted to trade with the british empireland. they wanted to trade generally. republicans tenned to try to cut off trade as a way of bringing economic pressure to bear on the british about interest of federalists merchants in pots like boston and new bury port. the war was not in their interests as they understood it and as they experienced it, and they were pretty vocal about it. eventually, that opposition culminates in the bottle called the hartford convention which met in hartford in 1814. extensively, the purpose of the hartford was to pressure the federal government to provide better defense than new england, which england did not think they were doing a good job of by 1814 and doing more by getting tax money to pay for the defense of new england. that sort of thing, but so the republicans suspected that this was really a plot, and what the federalists in the hartford convention wouldn't do is either succeed from the union or make some sort of arrangement with the british that declared new england neutral in the war, w

is to split america into two countries, one in the blue state and one in the red state so the british empire can rise again? >> that was actually it. i believe that americans are more similar than dissimilar. fundamentally i think america is more moderate than many republicans and democrats would have us believe. that's why it is known as the 51-49 percent country. you have a great political system and it involves compromise. that's why in poll after poll after poll 85% wanted republicans and democrats to work together in congress to get stuff done that's why congress' approval rating is so low. as far as this survey, i don't have much to go by. >> zero percent of this is on twitter, by the way. all of the people who want compromise, none are on twitter jie. or in washington for that matter. >> this study was only done on humans. is that unfair to creatures like you? >> i am human, hear me roar. it was all about human rights. it just says that everyone falls under the same cliche. they said liberals had lots of travel memorabilia because they were open to the outside world, and their uh part

winston churchill was obsessed with the mediterranean, he saw the mediterranean as the british empire he gained a and retained over. they give lip service to the invasion across the english channel, that he and his mother to recovery said the shipping lanes were too long from the united states to great britain and the the troops were not tested and it was too early for them to go up against the germans. the time magazine taunted the president saying we have been in this war over six months and we have yet to take an inch of territory from the germans or launch a single offensive. so roosevelt becomes convinced that he has to put american troops at war against germany somewhere and he goes along with churchill's's pressure to do it in north africa. general marshall makes clear the plan that had been devised and that the president approved which was 4 a.m. invasion of western europe in 1943 is finished for now. invaded north africa you are not going to be able to mount an invasion from britain in 1943. you have to put it off. before that, north africa campaign is even over, churchill is

. >> the designation of british empire, now, in the days o colonization, britain really did rule the didn't they? the sun never sets on the british. >> it was a moment where the globe was like a -- and that was -- >> historically, do we look back on that period now as just awful, don't we? i think there was se- e wasome -- there was some good bits and there was some less than good bits. obviously, you kw, we had a bit of a falling out. >> good bits, bad bits. and if you read only one thing this morning, ask any big city police department what's been keeping them really busnd theytet' t rg nu o robberies and muggings targeting smart phone, ipads, and other personal electronics. wa until you read about the chaotic string of events after one recent theft. it's crazy. it's up on our facebook page at facebook/jansingco. lovevein abthou! including prilosec otc. you know one pill each morning treats your frequent heartburn so you can enjoy all this great land of ours has to offer like demolition derbies. and drive thru weddings. so if you're one of the people who gets heartburn block the ac

behind the scenes to preserve, for example, the commonwealth which is the farmer -- the former british empire which could easily have fallen apart over issues like a partner. she carries very much about the assignment, about the small nations in the commonwealth that face particular challenges, like the island nations. there's only things that she has contributed to that the british people feel indebted to her for having done. and as i've been going around the country talking to groups, i detected a kind of whistle is almost on the part of people. why don't we have somebody like this who can unify the country, who can be the light above politics? she performs a really valuable service. >> "elizabeth the queen" is the name of the book. sally bedell smith is the author. thank you for joining us on booktv today. thank you all for being here. and that's going to close out our coverage of the 2012 national book festival. thanks for being with us. >> you're watching the tv on c-span2, 40 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. spent we're here on the national mall in washington, d.c. a

kinds of things behind the scenes to preserve, for example, the commonwealth which is a former british empire that could have easily fall apart over issues like apartheid. she cares very much about the environment, about the small nations and the commonwealth that face particular challenges like the irelands nation's. so many things that she has contributed to that the british people feel indebted to her for having done. and as i have been going around the country talking to groups i detected a kind of list fullness almost on the part of people. why don't we have somebody like this can unify the country, to the light above politics. she performs a very valuable service. >> host: "elizabeth the queen" is the name of the book. sally bedell smith is the author. thank you for joining us on book tv today. thank you all for being here, and that is going to close out our coverage of the 2012 national book festival. thanks for being with us. this will all read-share overnight on book tv on c-span2. >> that even part of the 2011 national book festival here in washington, d.c. to find out more visit lo

from the dominant power of the british empire to the american empire -- a term the used loosely. and that is russia, that is iran. . >> anything that anyone would like to add? >> briefly. the opening bergen for the struggle left on the people, it needs to be about -- it will be a complicated battle and they can in 2012 we are in a much stronger position than we were in 2006 in the middle east, when we were trapped in a civil war in iraq and iran was moving forward with a nuclear program. when our ally was being attacked by hezbollah. is it that we are so much better now that he is dead and it all functional? we're at the first start of offsets. we can have debates a partisan here at home. but if we keep focused on the strategy and bigger issues of how we actually continue to try to end these machines are -- authoritarian and autocratic. the people of the region were in prison. the u.s. still needs to stay in asia as a vendor and the initiative of the main military and her rent -- military intervention. it means tools like the people had been trying to use. >> we are running late,

it's the iconic association with the british empire. britain rules the world.rote that, do you know? >> you're testing me there. >> set to music in 1740 where the magna carta was signed. >> running me. >> yes. >> right. >> and the literal translation was what, you have magna -- >> again, you're testing me. >> magna carta litter means great charter. >> are you popular? >> not very popular, now. >> in that spirit, we're going to quiz ross on some culture rap questions. how many parliamentary constituencies are there? >> 630 odd. >> you're not far off. 646. this is remark be. >> i'm within 15. >> is the following statement true or false? a dialect spoken in northern ireland. >> true. >> look at this. two for two. okay. i'm getting excited now. in which year did mattered women get the right to divorce their husba husband. >> this happened after the first -- i think between the wars. >> he's off by a good century. 1857. charlotte will be relieved. in which two of the following places does the european parliament meet? do we show the options here? london, strasburg,

the british and french empire resources. they've been disputing this ever since 1807.ed this dispute could be negotiated by diplomacy by december of 1811 they've come to the realization that the diplomacy is not going to solve this problem. the british are not going to remove these orders. until basically they've got napoleon where they want of the dominant position to begin to violate the british control. they realize the call congress into the 30's for the congress. as a tactic to try to force the british to the neutrality and by 1812, the diplomacy had been exhausted and medicine thinks the only way is to go to the war to force the british to sign a treaty which will come at them on paper and its interests. >> so very familiar writing. >> so the u.s. declared war on great britain in this case? >> yes. >> did the british troops in the north american area. >> there's the troops in canada, and troops in the various colonial possessions, but the troops actually own the territorial limits of the united states in 1811 and 1812. there have been for a number of years after