"the ballistic panel itself is a tool," hawkins said.'s just an extra level of protection that we can provide for our children along with education and how to properly respond should one of these incidents occur."the panel stopped the bullet fired from a .357 revolver and a glock 19 9mm, both with and without textbooks inside the backpack. when the ar-15 fired a 9mm round, used for handguns, it failed to penetrate the panel. the test showed how the type of ammunition will have different results. hawkins fired the ar-15 twice, using a 5.56 carbine round. with textbooks in the bag, the bullet did not penetrate the panel but without the textbooks, it shot through the backpack, and through the dummy that was wearing it."the books did provide an additional ballistic value in slowing or reducing the velocity of the bullet, which we expected," hawkins said.out of seven shots, only one made it through the backpack. the ballistic panel did have deformations from each round, which can still injure a person."if it's on the back and we look at what

in this one john hawkins was one of these new entrepreneurs for whom only profits matter. this privateer was a pioneer the first to understand that you could make a fortune by shipping black captives to the new world he convince queen elizabeth the first to lend him a ship the jesus of new back. for the expedition hawkins conspicuously set the tone by choosing a trussed up black man as his coat of arms. i confirm your room highness i will respond to you a profit of forty thousand mosques without causing offense to any of your friends and i as i will operate this enterprise for the benefit of your power if you give me agreement the expedition i propose involves say to me was to give me on sunday in the west indies in exchange for gold and enrolls that i intend to bring back in abundance. sixteen twenty a century after sugar plantations were introduced in brazil the atlantic became the battleground for the sugar war holland england in france wanted to break spain in portugal had germany over the new world they call eyes the caribbean an archipelago suitable for cultivating s

for talks with angela merkel among the pressing issues on the agenda are syria and sanctions daniel hawkins joins me now live from berlin and daniel good to see you what more do we know about their meeting at this point. well as the second meeting between chancellor merkel and president putin in just a few months the last one taking place of course in the russian city of sochi which merkel visited back in may the message from a short seller so far don't hold your breath this is a working visit and no major announcements to come nevertheless the media has been speculating what can be gained from this meeting if you're going to come out on top can progress being made on the key issues of the day. namely while remaining the only realistic. michael stating that a working functioning relationship with russia is necessary it's necessary to keep up the dollar and communication to resolve the issues of day one of them no doubt will of course be siri. with the military phase of the conflict drawn so close differences still do remain between global leaders some of these it's hoped can be fired out to

daniel hawkins where we have asked facebook to comment on why it so far they've chosen not to respond. tell about militants have overrun a military base in northern afghanistan killing seventeen soldiers and that is as the un confirmed over one hundred civilians were killed in the latest clashes between the taliban and afghan forces in the city of galveston let's take a look it's long been considered a strategic area situated on the road connecting the capital kabul fighting there escalated on friday when the taliban attempted to storm cows me and take control taliban fighters have been blocking the roads in not of the city to prevent the afghan military getting reinforcements residents have described seeing dead bodies on the streets and buildings on fire and he looks at how almost two decades of the american led war in afghanistan has failed to make the country it appears and he say for. this is what's happening just a little more than one hundred kilometers from the capital kabul there's barely a camera in gaza any available to film this dreadful battle locals say there are stronge

in this one john hawkins was one of these new entrepreneurs for whom only profits matter. was privateer was a pioneer the first to understand that you could make a fortune by shipping black captives to the new world he convince queen elizabeth the first to lend him a ship the jesus of new back. for the expedition hawkins conspicuously set the tone by choosing a trussed up black man as his coat of arms. i confirm your rule mine is i will respond to you a prophet of forty thousand mosques without causing offense to any of your friends and i as i will operate this enterprise for the benefit of your power if you give me your agreement the expedition i propose involves saving me was to get me on sunday in the west indies in exchange for gold that never was but i intend to bring back in abundance. sixteen twenty a century after sugar plantations were introduced in brazil the atlantic became the battleground for the sugar war holland england in france wanted to break spain in portugal had gemini over the new world they call as the caribbean an archipelago suitable for cultivating

and hawkins reporting there the migrant crisis is once again causing divisions within the e.u. with italy now threatening to halt its payments to the block it comes after italy refused to allow a migrant ship to dock in sicily while demanding the share more of the burden because the e.u. does not respect agreements and does not meet its commitments we as a political force and no longer ready to give them twenty billion a year. let's not engage in finger pointing we also believe in constructive comments less alone threats are not helpful and will not get us any closer to solution well the boat at the center of the rabble has been stuck important able to dock since monday night with one hundred seventy seven migrants on board they've now begun a hunger strike to protest and with the tensions growing even the united nations has decided to weigh in and its latest report the organization doesn't all e.u. states take part in the relocation process and then italy in particular to allow all the refugees on board the boat to disembark italian government and meantime has allowed sixteen

ok thanks dan i was down hawkins forests in berkeley. now the u.s. department of defense is planning to spend up to fifteen million dollars enhanced in the performance and insurance of its soldiers but is now explains history does show there is reason to be wary. actually does. hollywood science fiction often depicts the soldiers of the future with all the talk of a space force from donald trump and fighting robots across the silver screen our imagination has plenty of places to go i. now on the surface a new grant from the pentagon for extramural biomedical research and development doesn't sound so bad the object is to create soldiers who can withstand even the harshest circumstances take a listen develop technologies to maximize the physiological performance of s.o.f. operators including enhanced in durance enhanced senses tolerance to environmental extremes and enhanced overall fitness in order to maintain operational posture ability in high stress scenarios without noticeable augmentation and without hampering personnel mobility additionally the

the afghan president saw for this cease fire during the muslim holiday which starts today telling hawkins reports on current relations between afghanistan and the taliban that the three month cease fire proposed by president danny is not the first such motion in afghanistan it probably won't be the last that has the blessing of the u.s. time for peace has a better ring to it than war on terror regardless the taliban are firmly rejected it instead continuing a countrywide military offensive. i saw my friend dying he was among thirteen people including children and women who were killed during a near street last night and there is no attention from the government no facilities for the residents the dead bodies are still on the road signs i've also been injured. military commanders say the truce will only benefit the u.s. led forces. they've also been clear no peace will be possible in afghanistan as long as the foreign occupation carries on and as coalition forces approached their seventeenth year of operations in the country how simple things seemed all those years ago we acted and the tal

updates from those talks as they come in could have caused that all important meeting far as daniel hawkins thanks for now don you know. the syrian army reestablishing control of the country a new war is being four to nothing the destruction by militants and terrorists during seven years of conflict the rebuilding of key infrastructure is under way we travel to syria to witness the recovery efforts firsthand. much of the city of aleppo is still in ruins reviving it to its former glory is a task of gargantuan proportions and of immense political and economic importance the citadel of aleppo has become the symbol of the city's resistance. but our lipo is much more than just a maze of antique streets and attractions from history books. the militants have stolen computer units with chips for the machines they destroyed the factory on purpose they wanted to damage syrian industry as a home and specifically in the street in aleppo reviving this that. would. see one rebel control of this area. and feet and basically very dysfunctional hunker. down want to be immense but now that the former industr

that was cat hawkins, reporting from the tour de france. bike frame anything like this. not only is this incredibly light, just 600 grams, but it's loaded with technology. and it's being developed here in rural england, just by the duckpond. yep, just past the hartney whitney village green in a converted cow barn, an ex—rolls—royce aerodynamicist has designed this revolutionary new frame. stuart abbott has embedded sensors inside it which sends live data into the cloud to be analysed by cycling teams or casual cyclists alike. an accelerometer in the rear chain stay here. also, temperature, pressure and humidity. the frame is made in a mould like this from many layers of this carbon composite. but on one layer of the composite, they print the circuitry for the sensors and the conductive pathways which sends the data around the frame. all of this is made from graphene. we have connected the sensors using graphene—printed circuitry. i know the temperature, the humidity, the air pressure, the amount of watts you're pushing. i know how much you'

and hawkins there now at the migrant crisis is once again causing divisions within the e.u. with italy now threatening to halt its payments to the block it does come after italy refused to allow a migrant ship to dock in sicily while demanding the e.u. share more of the burden because the e.u. does not respect agreements and does not meet its commitments we as a political force and no longer ready to give them twenty billion a year. let's not engage in finger painting we also believe in constructive comments less alone threats are not helpful and will not get us any closer to solution while the boat at the center of the route here has been stuck in port unable to dock since monday night with one hundred seventy seven migrants on board they've now begun a hunger strike two in protest and with tensions growing even the un has decided to weigh in in its latest report the organization urges all e.u. states to take part in the relocation process in italy in particular to allow all the refugees on board the boat to disembark italian government in the meantime has now allowed sixte

in this one john hawkins was one of these new entrepreneurs for whom only profits matter. was privateer was a pioneer the first to understand that you could make a fortune by shipping black captives to the new world he convince queen elizabeth the first to lend him a ship the jesus of new back. for the expedition hawkins conspicuously set the tone by choosing a trussed up black man as his coat of arms. i confirm your rule mine is i will respond to you a profit of forty thousand mosques without causing offense to any of your friends and allies i will operate this enterprise for the benefit of your power if you give me your agreement the expedition i propose involves sailing was to get me on sunday in the west indies in exchange for gold that never was but i intend to bring back in abundance. sixteen twenty a century after sugar plantations were introduced in brazil the atlantic became the battleground for the sugar war holland england in france wanted to break spain portugal's had germany over the new world they call eyes the caribbean an archipelago suitable for cultivatin

costa hawkins is one of those ways and municipalities that administer rent-contro statutes. the l effect allows landlords to manipulate the system to take units out from under rent control. for years we've been seeing the d. you might remember the landlord that raised rent to $8,000 on the lady with cancer -- >> my nrhood actually. >> in burnall heights, exactly. we see landlords committing fraud to do fake transfers toat rees and convert to condominiums when they're not clowed to becausedominiums are exempt from rent control. rent control works in the perfect form. the state statutes have perverted this. this proposition 10 is an opportunity to give control back to the municipalities, to let th decide how their citi will look. >> i think you have a different point of view on what tkengs he acts have done to the market. can you briefly tell us your response to joe? >> sure. act.entioned the ellis that state law says you can't stop a property owner from going out of business. unfortunately, under strict foreign policies. rent control, owners leave. and with, again, if prop 10

there are things banned by the state for the past dades because of cost of hawkins that could be repealed by this. two things that people are fobusing on -- n one, around single-family homes. cannot be rent controlled berrently. condos cannot rent controlled currently. and also when a tenant moves out of a unit, land lords currently can then hike up the rent. all those things would be bann by if proposition 10 passes. >> really opening up a lot more options to cities who choose to exerchem. before we move to the other panelists, who put this on the ballot and who's puttingto mone oth sides? >> the yes side is being driven by the ai health care foundation. this is based in l.a. they've taken on big ballot initiatives around prescription drug prices, state and local slow-growth measures. they're the big financial backers. they put in $10 million ca the aign last week. they're still going to be expected to be outspent by the no side.lo we have devers up and down the state opposing this measure. >> so joseph, you represent tenants who are being evicted and having tro with landlords. tell me w

use firearms for an antigovernment mission with the course decision sparking a loud debate on the hawkins takes a closer look. a missing boy exorcism rituals and alleged child terror training the stories riveted the american media this is the makeshift compound in the remote new mexico desert where eleven children disheveled and malnourished were found by police along with five adults a collection of guns and ammunition and a child's body your thirties were left shocked it was disheartening to see there in this dinny. that people could live that way. no running water no electricity it was. they were in bad shape the man behind this set up is alleged to be syringe even waage the body is believed to be that of his child. although the corpse is yet to be identified siraj abducted this son who was severely ill before taking him to the compounds to the horror of the mother. this is a good thing for me is the root of the internet for. prosecutors say the children now in protective custody received weapons training with a view to committing mass shootings they had open access to the firearms in

the panic, hawkins stumbled to the waters edge and stepped into shallows or so he thought. the bottom fell away pitching him into the river. the kit flew from his grasp. before bradley could get into the water it singed his mustache. from above the camp powell heard cries. peering over the cliff edge he was astounded to see his party in complete disarray. his men, tumbling helter-skelter in both spiritually frantically pushed off the bank and into the current. attempts to land further down the beach field as the fire outrace them. the boat shot into a rabbit. the men unable to direct their course. they flew through the rapids backward and sideways, somehow emerging unscathed below the torrent. one of the crew came in hatless and another short list in the third without his pants and a hole burned into the posterior portion of his drawers. another nothing but drawers and shirt and another had to pull off his handkerchief from his neck which was all ablaze. but these men were not easily spooked.bradley's countenance sent them into laughter. it is just one part of the trip. the

in this one john hawkins was one of these new entrepreneurs for whom only profits matter. is privateer was a pioneer the first to understand that you could make a fortune by shipping black captives to the new world he convinced queen elizabeth the first to lend him a ship the jesus of new back. for the expedition hawkins conspicuously set the tone but using a trussed up black man as a coat of arms. i confirm your rule mine is i will respond to you a profit of forty thousand mosques without causing offense to any of your friends and i as i will operate this enterprise for the benefit of your power if you give me your agreement the expedition i propose involves say to me was to give me on sunday in the west indies in exchange for gold that never was but i intend to bring back in abundance. sixteen twenty a century after sugar plantations were introduced in brazil the atlantic became the battleground for the sugar war holland england in france wanted to break spain and portugal had gemini over the new world they call as the caribbean an archipelago suitable for cultivating su

terror training to children to carry out gun attacks but the court's decision provoking search area hawkins's been taking a closer look at a missing boy exorcism rituals and alleged child terror training the stories riveted the american media this is the makeshift compound in the remote new mexico desert where eleven children disheveled and malnourished were found by police along with five adults a collection of guns and ammunition and a child's body your thoughts he's left shocked it was disheartening to see that in this d.n.a. . that people could live that way. no running water no electricity it was. they were in bad shape the man behind this set up is alleged to be syringe even waage the body is believed to be that of his child. although the corpse is yet to be identified siraj abducted his son who was severely ill before taking him to the compounds to the horror of the mother. this is a good thing for me is the reason for the. prosecutors say this children now in protective custody received weapons training with a view to committing mass shootings they had open access to the firearms and

no working throughout the international just going for him here in hawkins review our thanks for joining us this hour. the first arrests have not been made in portland oregon during a rally which has seen the right wing group patriot prayer face off against self described anti fascist counter protesters police have ordered crowds to disperse after some protesters threw rocks and bottles at them officers used flash bangs in an attempt to control the demonstrators. i. i. i. i. i know there are already several injured as hundreds of demonstrators many of whom have vowed to bring guns are gathered in madrid from park in the city center as mentioned others calling themselves anti fascist activists have also gathered for a counter protest is the third paid for a rally in portland this summer previous to also descended into violence as its members clashed with police and counter-demonstrators police say the extra security measures that have been set up this time include barricades and screening for illegal weapons. that event also comes ahead of the one year anniversary of the now infamous you

international i'm daniel hawkins welcome to the program we start with news from the united states where three people have been arrested on sunday ahead of a right wing rally and a counter protest in berkeley california and. according to local police those arrested had items and protests in their possession including metal pipes baseball bats and knives earlier this week two groups of rights activists announced plans to protest at berkeley park in response up to four hundred counter protesters gathered at eleven am and marched along streets downtown towards the site of the proposed rally some of the marchers were dressed in black the typical uniform of activists last year berkeley experienced similar protests which led to violent clashes. the canadian government has acknowledged the disturbing practice stating back to the postwar period when single mothers were forced to give up their children the babies were then given to married couples in a bid to promote traditional families some women were even tricked into giving up their children we spoke to one of the victims. as soon as they fou

fresh russian meddling allegations in the media ahead of the american midterm elections i don't know hawkins picks up this story less than two years after the twenty sixteen us presidential election the russians are at it again the n. word this time it's the us mid-term elections in the crosshairs of kremlin meddling another russian attack on our elections a serious warning about russian meddling in future us elections there are also hacking or attempting to hack political campaigns russia is added again it's clear for all to see what happens after all how can one refute such a mass of sources intelligence sources tell him b.c. news there is no doubt the russians are trying to influence the presidential election a source tells n.b.c. news law enforcement and democratic sources telling c.n.n. that in a fired sources two sources with links to the counter intelligence community anonymous sources according to anonymous washington post source now we may not even have those. according to the new york times they've gone to ground gone quiet what's happened there could be a couple of reasons it's ok

are coming under fire with american outlets even suspected of cooperation with the kremlin daniel hawkins looks into the claims we've all heard about trump russian election collusion you know the great scam that brought the us president to power investigation as an accusation of collusion eagerly intending to collude possibly with russia something that looks and smells a whole lot like collusion there was ample evidence of collusion between russia and the trump campaign where is the closure you know they're still looking for clues or where is the draw. finds a loser little did we know the conspiracy goes deeper now it's in the media it started with a trump tweet on proposed land expropriations and alleged murders of white farmers in south africa covered prior to this by fox news president of south africa posed has begun and you may have seen this in the press seizing land from his own citizens without compensation because they are the wrong skin color that is literally the definition of racism it's a story that's been making headlines for quite some time in different outlets multiple coun

has implicated him as the organ straighter of campaign financial violations hawkins with more in what we know. impeachment then list discussed in mainstream media discourse today it seems became a little more realistic for trump although it's not exactly what you might think nefarious links to russian agents or collusion with the kremlin something far more mundane as his former lawyer michael cohen pleaded guilty to franken tax fraud he also admitted guilt in campaign finance charges allegedly paying off former mistresses of trump for their silence or not orders of the now president in a double whammy trump's former campaign manager paul minor four was also found guilty of numerous personal fraud charges potentially facing years in prison what about the russian links that after all that's what the attorney general authorized special counsel moola to dig up coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of president trump seemingly nothing they could do the right huge which we got our. where is that go loser you know there's no looking for coll

supposed at plans for the midterm elections but the cia's kremlin contacts have gone quiet i don't know hawkins picks up the story. less than two years after the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election the russians are at it again the end words this time it's the u.s. mid-term elections in the crosshairs of kremlin meddling it's a fact russia is already not trying but actually meddling in our twenty term elections another russian attack on our elections a serious warning about russian meddling in future u.s. elections there also hacking or attempting to hack political campaigns russia is at it again it's clear for all to see what happens after all how can one refute such a mass of sources intelligence sources tell n.b.c. news there is no doubt the russians are trying to influence the presidential election a source tells n.b.c. news law enforcement and democratic sources telling c.n.n. . sources two sources with links to the counter intelligence community anonymous sources according to anonymous washington post source now we may not even have those through a lawyer according to the new york ti

international i'm daniel hawkins rather you are today welcome to the program. and now it's a weekly top stories facebook's offering the ante and its crusade against fake news on another buying spree in a bid to stamp out the phenomenon thereby limit efforts to sway political opinion you know has more. thanks for joining us millie but franco with your latest news in the world of social media facebook and twitter have gotten rid of suspicious accounts doing fakes and propaganda from iran the troll factories not only after the minds of the americans but users all over the world it's claimed to be run by iran's government media. not the us of those by. some of them through. facebook already enables users to check if they've been exposed to russian vaults and trolls how many trolls does it take to incite i've evolution scores of so-called russian bots took over twitter and facebook well this facebook slash twitter online police rate is an actual news story this week yeah you can take plenty of the earlier reports replace the word russia with iran and get pretty much

this year and the outlet is not alone and being sidelined by the social media giant artist daniel hawkins looks into a possible new trend of censorship. a news outlets activist old radio host banned by a social media platform for violating terms of use some familiar nowadays just as one scandal over suspending or banning subsides another one brews this time it's the latin american news channel tell us stewart that's been on the receiving end of a facebook blackout and not for the first time back in january this year the news outlet temporarily disappeared from facebook allegedly due to an internal mistake on the platform today though things got more serious your beach tellus are english has been removed for violating our terms of use telesur a say they received no further explanation of why exactly their page was removed they see this incident as no coincidence but rather a pattern of censorship by social media giants now in case you're wondering this isn't a case of deja vu just last week in fact in four was an alternative controversial media platform run by alex jones was also banned by

my colleague daniel hawkins something about it today at the top of the hour. what holds his hands to something that. he put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and three. more somehow want to be rich. and should like to be first that's what before three of them or ten people that i'm interested always in the waters in the. first city. it's only natural that baby boomers are vote for policies that help them i house price boom the stock price of things and if disenfranchised the bottom you know age groups but this looks oh right tough luck buddy get a job kids get a job. my brother could write a review yes carried it for mamma the whole of south east. that. all of us. are moving toward a shoot on google so he went on the first date. our son was born on it was the ace two thousand and eight the danger which is started a war against some of the sensor residential areas was shown by how the system grant multiple rocket launches. it was so georgia tried to regain control of the rebellious republic. we were here at th

germany for talks with angela merkel among the major issues on the agenda syria and functions trying to hawkins' reports from berlin this is the second meeting between chancellor merkel and president putin in a matter of months the last one being a visit by the chancellor to the city of sochi back in may her message has been very clear this is a working visit don't expect any concrete results the media though have already been speculating as to what can be gained from these talks can progress be made on key issues on who can come out on top now while remaining realistic merkel has emphasized the importance of having a relationship with russia having functional dialogue and communication syria will be one of the key topics where this will be important as the scale of the conflict simmers down differences between leaders very much remain and mrs merkel has an opportunity to find some common ground he says that's what's going on and a meeting on syria between germany france russia and turkey could be useful if he's to be well prepared that's the reason why there is no date for it yet we are workin

international coming up with all the latest headlines of the top of the hour my colleague daniel hawkins. it was you know provision on my back on it i wanted to. ask but i. owe. you for your title i lost his boss because i just got the. resources you know . any. better but the best honest i didn't think this video. showing us is you know what i was you're not. you know just i mean what i'm already but it was just going to go easy i mean. if it up as i might be i mean really feels i just don't get it i'm getting worse but those were the almost. all of this but i was just this well is part of this i'm with. my family fussy about my just but that's already yes it will be in the thought of getting up there calling with you just implementing my thought aloud you just got to go you. chose seemed wrong. wrong just don't call. me if you get to see palin she still comes to educate and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. thank you. thank you was who was was going to to. if you. believe the elite in. the cinema see the reasons i

solution to a decades long cycle of violence something that today looks as this didn't as ever daniel hawkins will we discuss the prospects of the talks between the taliban and the afghan government with political analyst into dean and investigative journalist nicholas davis. the afghan government just recently understood the crucial rule by the us other superpowers in that region in russia of course is one of the strongest country. in mediating between the taliban and the afghan government and everybody in afghanistan is hoping that something good will happen after the conference in moscow in russia. will be also invited goldman could be also a participant of the conference so there could be some more progress in afghanistan because the different the negotiation in the introduction between the afghan government and taliban it just on the very first speech the taliban have obvious on their side have concluded that you know they need to apply more pressure to force the u.s. to talk to them in a sense it's ironic because you know the u.s. have always talked about applying enough military pressu

and wolf we're in a watergate moment but there is i think a lot for the president to fear daniel hawkins takes a closer look nod what's been called donald trump's most damaging day in office yet . impeachment endlessly discussed in mainstream media discourse today it seems became a little more realistic for trump although it's not exactly what you might think farris links the russian agents or collusion with the kremlin something far more mundane as his former lawyer michael cohen pleaded guilty to bank in tax fraud he also admitted guilt in campaign finance charges and legibly paying off former mistresses of trump for their silence on the orders of the now president in a double whammy trump's former campaign manager pulled out of fort was also found guilty of numerous personal fraud charges potentially facing years in prison but what about those russian links after all that's what the attorney general authorized special counsel to dig up coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of president donald trump they found buying ten tax fraud evas

training to children to carry out gun attacks with the court's decision provoking search outraged hawkins has been taking a closer look at a missing boy exorcism rituals and alleged child terror training the stories riveted the american media this is the makeshift compound in the remote new mexico desert where eleven children disheveled and malnourished were found by police along with five adults a collection of guns and ammunition and a child's body your thoughts were left shocked it was disheartening to see. in this d.n.a. . that people could live that way. no running water no electricity it was. they were in bad shape the man behind this set up is alleged to be syringe with waage the body is believed to be that of his child. although the corpse is yet to be identified siraj abducted his son who was severely ill before taking him to the compounds to the horror of the mother. this is a good thing for me is the reason for the. prosecutors say that children now in protective custody received weapons training with a view to committing mass shootings they had open access to firearms and in a

came shortly after the president offered a ceasefire during the muslim holiday eat all other dinner hawkins has the details . the three month ceasefire proposed by president garny is not the first such motion in afghanistan it probably won't be the last that has the blessing of the us time for peace has a better ring to it than war on terror regardless the taliban are firmly rejected it instead continuing a countrywide military offensive. and . militant commanders say the truce will only benefit the u.s. led forces they've also been clear no peace will be possible in afghanistan as long as the foreign occupation carries on and as coalition forces approach their seventeen year of operations in the country how simple things seemed all those years ago we acted and the taliban no longer is in power in afghanistan which is not only good for the security of the free world it is incredibly good for the people who suffered in afghanistan under barbaric rule a decade and a half later the taliban controlled large swathes of territory and are able to strike at security forces and civilians almost that

in this one john hawkins was one of these new entrepreneurs for whom only profits matter. privateer was a pioneer the first to understand that you could make a fortune by shipping black captives to the new world he convince queen elizabeth the first to lend him a ship the jesus of new back. for the expedition hawkins conspicuously set the tone by choosing a trussed up black man as his coat of arms. i confirm your rule mine is i will respond to you a profit of forty thousand mosques without causing offense to any of your friends and allies i will operate this enterprise for the benefit of your power if you give me your agreement the expedition i propose involves saving me was to get me on sunday in the west indies in exchange for gold that never was but i intend to bring back in abundance. sixteen twenty a century after sugar plantations were introduced in brazil the atlantic became the battleground for the sugar war holland england in france wanted to break spain in portugal had germany over the new world they call eyes the caribbean an archipelago suitable for cultivating

international law from moscow just gone midnight here in the capital on the new hawkins welcome to the program. and german chancellor angela merkel has said vigilante justice will not be tolerated after hundreds took part in demonstrations in the german city of both right and left wing activists gathered for a second consecutive day after a local was stabbed to death in an incident involving people of various nationalities that's according to authorities no major incidents. been reported but there is a huge police presence after some israeli turned violent protesters held bottles at police who tried to disperse the crowd. was. was. artie's peter oliver has more now on how a small case sparked a massive protest wave which reflects an overall trend across western europe well that crowd that we saw there of around eight hundred people including it said members of the far right football hooligan outfit marauding through central came that all was sparked following the stabbing to death of a thirty five year old man in the early hours of sunday morning two other people were seriously wounded