when the keen don mclean came to the throne _ macro.mclean came to the throne in 1952 the _ macro. when the keen don mclean came to the throne in 1952 the prime _ to the throne in 1952 the prime minister was sir winston churchill who had known her as a little girl and in the 1920s had actually sat her on his knee and she had been the prime ministerfor her her on his knee and she had been the prime minister for her father, her on his knee and she had been the prime ministerfor herfather, king george vi for the second world war, the grand old man of british politics. nonetheless they had their weekly meeting, their audience, when he was asked what they talked about, he was asked what they talked about, he said racing, mostly. but in fact every prime minister has spoken of the value of their weekly audience with the sovereign, an opportunity to talk somebody when you know it is not going to be leaked, you can unburden yourself to them and the queen, by all accounts, unburden yourself to them and the queen, by allaccounts, listened with goo

we're gonna cross live 2 geopolitical analyst and author don mclean. gil, thanks for joining us on the program. don, thank you so much for having me. it's a true pleasure. well, the 1st thing i want to ask you is, is basically what can we expect from the summit? the main takeaways road. thank you. now we have to understand that the f seal with its roots in the shanghai 5990, has come a long way in terms of presenting itself as a significant component of international politics. so we look at the total world trade value of s t o members states, you know, it has significantly increased from $667000000000.00 in 2001 to around 6 trillion dollars and 2020, and the scope and compasses. 2 thirds of the ration landmass, and over 40 percent of the world population. now this meeting comes at a critical time when a plethora of geopolitical issue is, you know, have been directly and indirectly impacting the permanent members of dialogue, part of the observer member states. additionally, iran submission as the field 9 member also expounds on the significance followed by saudi arabia and egypt, inclu

. _ don mclean's song vincent is probably the most well known.ics are up for auction and they could fetch more than $1 million. the bbc�*s tim allman has the story. # starry, starry night # paint your palate blue and grey...# if this was your second best song, you might feel a little pleased with yourself, too. this tribute to the troubled mind and timeless genius of one of history's greatest painters has become a modern classic, and these are the lyrics to that poignant, heartfelt ballad. almost indecipherable, by the looks of it, but the man who wrote them had a plan. isaid, gee, i know what i'll do, i'lljust look at the starry night painting and see if it speaks to me, and lo and behold, it almost wrote the whole song! it told me what to say, and how to say it. # so bye—bye, miss american pie # drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry.# this isn't the first time don mclean has put some of his work up for auction. in 2015, he sold the lyrics to his most famous song, american pie, for $1.2 million. also up for grabs, some 300 items, inclu

in the somewhat limited canon of pop songs about famous painters, don mclean's vincent is probably theogh. now, the hand—written lyrics are up for auction, and they could fetch more than a million dollars. the bbc�*s tim allman has the story. # starry, starry night... # paint your palate blue and grey... feel a little pleased with yourself, too. this tribute to the troubled mind and timeless genius of one of history's greatest painters has become a modern classic, and these are the lyrics to that poignant, heartfelt ballad. almost indecipherable, by the looks of it, but the man who wrote them had a plan. isaid, gee, i know what i'll do, i'lljust look at the starry night painting and see if it speaks to me, and lo and behold, it almost wrote the whole song. it told me what to say, and how to say it. # so bye—bye, miss american pie. # drove my chevy to the levy, # but the levy was dry. this isn't the first time don maclean has put some of his work up for auction. in 2015, he sold the lyrics to his most famous song, american pie, for $1.2 million. also upfor grabs, some 300 items, includi

with geopolitical analysts and offered don mclean. gill says that the shanghai cooperation organization represents the future of international politics for us to say that russia is isolated is far from reality. is there have been the strong call for self reliance and potentially de dollarization in order to address the trivial in nature of our political, economic landscape. and really, highness the capacity of states to secure the growth, to ensure the welfare of their people and to maintain a favorable outlook in this system. f e o represents the reality of the present and future of international politics and that your inching closer towards multi polarity and the material balance of power. fully shifting from the west to the east. you know, the narratives towards important geo political issues around the world will not be solely continued and contain based on western understanding, but really low income varying degrees of understanding of a number of regional powers. and major powers versus foreign minister said gala. ralph said that talks between russia and china are going well, i've

this isn't the first time don mclean has put some of his work up for auction. love, but ijust don't love them enough to want to warehouse them all the time and never play them. the auction takes place in november, and a portion of the proceeds will be given to charity. # starry, starry night... # it will be a chance to understand the creative process of both painter and songwriter. tim allman, bbc news. almost 200 whales have now died following the latest mass stranding in tasmania. rescuers have been scrambling to float around 35 surviving pilot whales after the pod was discovered at ocean beach on wednesday. the main challenge has been lifting the animals to float them, with pilot whales weighing up to 2.5 tonnes. 0nce floated, they are moved by boat to deeper water and released. there are fears some of those which have survived so far there was a stranding of whales a few years ago. i think it's inevitable that we may lose a few more of these animals. they've been stranded now for over 24 hours. they are in a really highly exposed, stressful location. they'r

as this is the 4th time to leaders, met this year. geopolitical analyst and author, or don mclean, gil says that iran is a very significant state in many terms, including g o, economics and energy security. iraq is a significantly important and regional power in west asia because not only of its pivot location but also because of its significance in terms of g o 2 nomics and energy security. now while there have been critics that have been labeling the inclusion as a form that is, you know, anti west in nature and all of these things. but we have to understand that the f c o represents the reality of the present and future of international politics. and that you're inching closer towards multi polarity and of the material balance of power. fully shifting from the west to the east. you know, the narratives towards important geo political issues around the world will not be solely continued and contained, based on western understanding, but really will in compassed varying degrees of understanding of a number of regional powers and major powers in the east. in another development, united

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don? >> tom, derrick, thank, you stand by gentlemen, we have a lot to talk about. i want to turn out to at mclean, in march and the management chief for sarasota florida. thank you so much for joining, us chief mcclain, we appreciate you. we know it's a busy time for you. it's looking like ian is on track to strike, sarasota county, biggest concerns at this hour? >> don, thank you for this opportunity. my biggest concern is enough people are taking this seriously in our area. i have about 150,000 people that encompass at the level of any of the evacuation areas, that we called for four this emergency. and just this moment with my 12 evacuation salters by they tell me that we have about 3000 people. so i don't know where all these people bent, i hope that they left the area. but we are putting out messages, we put out one of those ipods messages, basically like an amber alert. they want to every cell phone. and we are hoping to tell people that you don't have as much time as you think you do. i think people look to the track and said, oh we got monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. well that was g

scott mclean has been talking to folks gathered at windsor castle. hello to you. what are they saying? >> reporter: hey, donto them quickly. these two ladies have heard the speech, listened to it, seen it. what did you think? >> i thought it was a really sincere speech. it must have been so hard for him at a time like this to do that. first of all, i would like to offer all of our condolences to our new king charles and all of his family at this time. we thought the speech was great. he's got really big shoes to fill, so it will be difficult. it seems like he's going to give it his best shot. >> what stood out to you? >> i was just happy that he mentioned harry. >> huge rift in the family. a lot of people noticed that. thank you both. i appreciate it. there's a couple more people who have heard the speech. what did you think of charles' first speech as king? >> i think he did very well, actually. i think he was loyal, devoted and he's carried out his mom's legacy. he's promised to serve the nation. >> were you nervous at all before this? >> no, he's going to be a very good king, very good king. >> when you