cooper coles who advocated open dialogue with the taliban it was a strong critic of u.s. led search. the seizure of st petersburg during world war two took the lives of over seven hundred thousand people next we meet those who survived stay with us. this is no ordinary tram it's a rest site on the streets of st petersburg historians the economy of a remembers what it was like writing these trams nearly seventy years ago in one hundred forty one german troops encircled the city then cold leningrad to isolated from the rest of the country the siege lasted for nine hundred days. leningrad was the country's second most important city off to moscow at the time. nazi leader outof it looked for details troops to counter the soviet union's european territories by november nine hundred forty one leningrad was a priority objective in that plan a. million strong german army hundreds of tanks and thousands of backup were massed against the city. at the same time finish troops advanced from the notice the nazi advance was halted in september nineteenth. then enemy troops had already i

afghanistan has stepped down from his position amid speculation he was forced out sir sure wanted cooper coles was an outspoken critic of the military policy in the country advocating opening dialogue with the taliban responsible for coordinating the strategy in the region he was well known for his strong criticism of the u.s. led surge in afghanistan. is the world about to experience a double dip recession some insiders would seem to think so that debate is coming up next right here on our team on peter costello. if. he. and you can. follow and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle when it comes to the global recession three letters say it all deb u l n u economic recovery in the developed world is sluggish at best and there are fears of a double dip recession hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent to stimulate economies why hasn't it worked. can you. discuss the state of the global economy i'm joined by martin henniker in hong kong he's an associate director at the tyke group in frankfurt we go to william endo economic researcher and the author of the new book gods of