it is just that the imperial family cannot make that change.uld have to come from the government, and the government skews to the far right, or at lease plays to that constituency, many of whom are traditionalists and don't want any change, don't want women to take over the throne, even though that is in their history going back centuries. so, it's inevitable, but a public very often is ignored. hashem: speaking of that, princess mako's father was reportedly have said three years ago i will only give my consent of the people of japan give consent to this marriage. who should change their mind first, the royal family or the japanese people? seijiro: both. obviously the marriage should be focused on the people who are getting married rather than the surrounding families or whoever. so, i think his statement itself already tells you how embraced and how locked these people are. quite unfortunately, partly because the japanese public as a whole has a very strong conservative nature. in fact, amongst old people in the world, we have the highest leve

it's just that the imperial family can't make that change. it would have to come from the government and the government skews to the far right or at least place to that constituency. many of whom are traditionalists and don't want any change. don't want women to take over the throne even though that's in their head. interesting. all right, back centuries. so it's inevitable, but the public will here is often ignored to speak of the public will says 0 no. the princess michael's father was reported to have said 3 years ago, i will give my consent only when the people of japan give the consent to this matter is do i want to think should change 1st, the royal family was it's up on his people both i would say both obviously on the marriage should be focused on the people who are getting married rather than surrounding you own families or whoever. and so i think, you know, his statement is self already tells you how embraced are, you know, and how long you know, these people are quite, unfortunately, partly because you know, the japanese public as

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interesting data| presented to sage by imperial couege presented to sage by imperial college london,s increase in numbers? a number of things going _ increase in numbers? a number of things going on. — increase in numbers? a number of things going on, and _ increase in numbers? a number of things going on, and importantly, | increase in numbers? a number of. things going on, and importantly, is the waning immunity to vaccines, and we have seen that especially with both the astrazeneca and the pfizer vaccine, and to a certain extent we pretty much knew that was going to happen right from the early stages, so that is a big part to play. the other thing, so that is a big part to play. the otherthing, even so that is a big part to play. the other thing, even with the prior infections, we don't see very prolonged immunity after the initial infection. what we do see is a more sustained protection against severe disease and that is crucial to protecting the health service. i think that has been a big impact. clearly, as we are moving through winter, that will provide extra pressures, school

the men stood for climate change and imperial college, london, marden, seger, welcome to the share. it's really great to have you with us. so martin, most of us agree that the climate is indeed changing and it isn't a hoax and that things are going to get worse with time. so how still we have last before optical? it takes scenarios like the ones we're seeing like, day after tomorrow, movies. well, so there was some nightmare stories that the out i think we have to look at the evidence of climate change and recognize that's the bell. the whole issue of climate change is scientifically extremely sound so that we know climate change is happening. we know that we are responsible for it for the emissions of greenhouse gases into atmosphere, and we know that we can do something about it. the question that we have is, how much time do you have? it's a very good question, is going to be more than just a few minutes to answer that. so we may be more, might want to em, unpack that question that under for a bit to give it a, a full on. so we can certainly look into the past to understand how c

>> commissioner imperial: aye. >> president koppel: aye. so moved.ioners, you're hereby recused commissioner diamond for the third street matter. i believe we should take that matter first. >> commissioner imperial: move to approve item 4. >> second. >> jonas: thank you on that motion to approve item 4, commissioner tanner. >> commissioner tanner: aye. >> commissioner fung: aye. >> commissioner imperial: aye. >> vice president moore: aye. >> president koppel: aye. that motion passes unanimously and the ethics commission requires that you submit the reason why you requested to be recuse, commissioner diamond, and submit that electronically. do i hear a motion for item 5? >> commissioner tanner: move to approve item 5. >> second. >> jonas: thank you, on that motion to approve item 5 under consent calendar? >> commissioner tanner: aye. >> commissioner fung: aye. >> commissioner imperial: aye. >> commissioner moore: aye. >> commissioner koppel: aye. so moved, that motion passes unanimously, 6-0 and will place us under commission matters. 6, commission co

. >> commissioner imperial. >> thank you. my comment on this on the original draft of the project sponsor, i cannot support because of the shadow findings on mission delores and the demolition. i do appreciate the planning department's modification in terms of making it less moving to units as what we have discussed in the last commission hearings. however, i do want to challenge all of us, the commission and the planning department when it comes to the issues of housing. i do believe there is a different type of housing that we can build, but not this kind of housing. we have seen a different kind of group housing where it was a group housing for people who were victims of violence or substance abuse. that is the kind of group housing that i would support, but not this kind of group housing. for that matter, although i do appreciate the planning department's modification on this, i will not support the project sponsor nor the planning department modification. thank you. >> is that a motion? >> second. yes. >> commissioner fu

and added some of the unlovely and tragic characteristics of an alien imperialism. the saturday evening post that caused a firestorm protest with cases against the jewish and an inflammatory article by nonpracticing. he closed the saturday evening post rejoinder to case for minorities with the warning that our way of living together and america is a strong but delicate fabric. for god sakes let us not tear it asunder or no man knows once it is destroyed men will find its protective warmth again. pearl harbor the lindbergh's for the time being here minded readers of what they espoused lay ready for new marching orders. to willkie channeling -- trump the new york governorship against dewey. august 26, 1942 he lifted off on a three month, 30,000-mile around the word -- world peace mission in ab 24 bomber. the leaders in turkey iran syria iraq followed by 10 days in the soviet union with stalin and his nomenclature and chiang kai-shek and madam chiang kai-shek. a picture-perfect gaze at the impact left in the train of willkie's progress was that of "christian science mo

such attitudes could be driving the japanese imperial family towards extinction. departure leaves the family with just 17 members, only four of whom are male. rupert wingfield-hayes, bbc news in tokyo. nuala: you have been watching "outside source." plenty more is always on our website, bbc.com/news. that's it r me and the team here in the bbc news room. thanks so much for your company. bye-bye. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watching pbs. ♪ ♪ narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: pediatric surgeon. volunteer. topiary artist. a raymond james financial advisor tailors advice to help you live your life. life well planned. woman: the rules of busin

how do they glue themselves together to make this imperial product?> the scaffold is a way to get the religious institutions in this process the archival project is that the heart of this book but to really look at you who was communicating with him across the atlantic people on both sides are talking about a product so school is communicating with whom and what are the boundaries so what i found is that it has channeled through those institutional mechanisms through private societies with a whole host of other voluntary organizations handling money back and forth communicating back-and-forth but the other piece of that is they are emphasizing places inside the empire. i expected i would find communications is not british protestants and then some communication to say german protestants are scandinavian. there is a little dead of that but the vast majority is channeled within the structure of the empire. so built around the empire , that emphasizes how much politics is determining the shape of what is going on. host: i'm curious of the political aspec

imperialism. in the u.s.tory classes, which i also took because i did my dissertation i had to do both. they never talked about imperialism. in fact they called it manifest destiny. that led me on the path of wanting to understand this further. then i got involved, came as a young professor of african american studies, he is a japanese-american. i volunteered to be a teaching assistant. i used it's a great of him in ethnic studies sitting outside of the university was asked to be an expert witness and a sovereignty case after wounded knee in 1973. i had to do a lot of studying might dissertation from precolonial times to the present. i knew about it because the american indian movement was very active. i tried to refuse who was the lead lawyer said well you're probably a quick study and handed me an arm load of documents and books. that experience that two week hiring and all of these people from pine ridge on the reservation came down didn't encampment along the missouri river. and learning, absolutely learn

governments across the board whether local establishment and imperial government, they don't get involved in say illogical fights between different branches in the presbyterian church, they are not goinghe to weigh in on my, there are serious disputes among different theological areas, that is acceptable disagreements. on the other hand, if you get a group really on the outside, a small group of people burning bibles in the town square, they are not afforded religious liberty, their individual committing crimes against a state supporting the i protestat religion so religious leaders don't need to go after them. the state can go after them and then there are all kinds of other privileges along with it. tax payments to churches, naturalization act colonies requiring protestants to have a certificate from an acceptable minister legitimate protestant minister. the role of the minister is held up , they have to be a church with ministers. you have to look at it a particular way and look what protestants meet the denomination and follow the rules in order to get that protection and the state pr

imperialism.el ratner died five years ago but his influence on the legal community can still be felt. o/r books recently published michael's posthumous memoir, "moving the bar: my life as a radical lawyer." it details his involvement in decades of legal battles while working at the center for constitutional rights. in a moment, we will be joined by three guests who knew michael well. but first, let's turn to michael ratner in his own words. he is speaking in 2007. michael: today, we are in the middle of a pitched battle to put this country back. on the page of fundamental rights and decency. the battle is difficult and the road is long and hard. on occasion, i get pessimistic. sometimes, i and my colleagues feel like sisyphus. twice we pushed the rock up the hill and won rights for guantanamo detainees, and twice, the rock was rolled back down by congress over those rights. so we pushed it back up again. five days ago, we were in the supreme court for the third time. it was difficult -- more diffi

martine at seager, it glassy ologist and co director of the grand institute for climate change at imperial college london discuss potential consequences of global warming. if nothing is done, stay with us. blue . ah, ah ah oh is your media a reflection of reality? ah, in a world transformed what will make you feel safer? isolation or community? are you going the right way or are you being led somewhere? direct. what is true? what is faith in the world corrupted you need to descend. ah, so join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. ah ah ah! and we're back with professor martin seger, it glassy ologist and co director of z grab him institute for climate change at imperial college london discussing the dangers of global warming work. martin, welcome back. so these days we can predict where and one and hurricane or it's not always going to hit several days in advance, mostly in there still bring such distraction and so much death. know you and your colleagues keep saying that climate change is going to make the weather unpredictable and completely erratic. are we going to be able to pre

a man who claims to be the heir to the imperial russian throne has married.knot with his italian fiance in the former imperial capital of st petersburg. they witnessed the grand duke and his fiancee exchanging rings as they were pronounced husband and wife. it's claimed this was the first burial wedding since the bolshevik revolution in 2017. a revolution which brought disaster for the family disasterfor the family stopping many of disaster for the family stopping many of the disasterfor the family stopping many of the main members were murdered by the revolutionaries. but some are sceptical about whether this really is a royal wedding. the marria . e really is a royal wedding. the marriage as _ really is a royal wedding. the marriage as such _ really is a royal wedding. the marriage as such is _ really is a royal wedding. the marriage as such is not really is a royal wedding. tta: marriage as such is not an imperial marriage because the bright, lovely though she is, is a commoner, and the equal marriages rule in russia was that any woman marrying into the ro

martini seager, it glassy ologist and co director of the graham institute for climate change at imperial college london discuss a potential consequences of global warming. it's nothing is done. stay with us. ah ah ah mm. the british and american governments have often been accused of destroying lives in their own interests. while you see in this, these techniques is to stay, devising methods to end, essentially destroy the personality of an individual. by scientific means. this is how one doctors, theories were allegedly used in psychological warfare against prisoners deemed a danger to the state. that was the foundation for the method of psychological interrogation, psychological torture, the ca, disseminated within the u. s. intelligence community and worldwide among allies for the next 30 years. and how the victim say they still live with the consequences today. oh ah. and we're back with professor martin seger, it glassy ologist and co director of the grant him institute for climate change at imperial college london discussing the dangers of global warming work. martin, welcome back.

imperialism in the u.s. history classes which i also took because i did my dissertation on the border, i had to do both they never talked about imperialism, they called it -- i learned about the invasion of mexico which i had little knowledge of before, i think that led me on the path in the direction of wanting to understand this further and then i got involved and i had young professor of african americans study through japanese-american film i volunteered to be a teaching assistant it was outside of the university i was asked to be an expert witness in the sovereignty case after 1973 and i had to do a lot of studying because really at the border in the southwest and specialize my dissertation of a history and mexico from precolonial times to the present. i was no expert of 1868, i knew about it because of the american indian movement was very active and gloria junior who was the lead lawyer said you're probably a quick study and handed me an arm load of documents and books, i learned pretty fast that that

japanese people's affection toward the imperial family will be gone.is sad. >> translator: she has been waiting for years and it must be painful. she hasn't been able to see him for years. but i think it's amazing to see the two have kept their love. >> reporter: after the wedding, the couple is set to move to new york where komuro works at a law firm. he arrived in tokyo earlier this week sporting this ponytail hairdo that caused an absolute media frenzy, isa, with many people seeing this as yet another sign that he is improper and unfit to marry the princess. but this marriage has also renewed concerns and discussion around japan's imperial law, which bars women from the throne. females have no right to the throne. right now there is only one young potential successor to the throne. it has again raised discussions about why women cannot be reigning female empresses. isa? >> thanks so much for us in tokyo. >>> monica lewinsky is opening up about her mental health during the clinton impeachment scandal. in a new interview with cnn with david axelrod, s

commissioner imperial? >> commissioner imperial: yes, i do have a question to mr.rding the 450 o'farrell regarding the comments of the supervisors. did they mention anything about group housing clarification or what they intend to result in this definition? >> they did -- thank you, commissioner. they did speak about the zoning administrator's interpretation and how they think it's being abused, and i think one of them, maybe ronen, mentioned that there needed to be some sort of legislative fix for the problem, so we'll look forward to that. >> commissioner imperial: thank you. i'll see it, i guess, then. >> yeah. >> clerk: okay. seeing no additional questions for mr. starr, the historic preservation commission did meet yesterday, and similarly, as you just did, passed a resolution to extend their remote hearings. they also considered a certificate of appropriateness for a rear horizontal addition and front reconstruction to one of the painted ladies at 714 spinor street. at the front, the garage door was going to be removed for habitable space to replace the garag

. >>> we begin with an announcement from japan's imperial household agency.rincess mako will marry her boyfriend komuro kei on october 26th. it comes after years of delay and intense public scrutiny. the couple will not hold a traditional wedding ceremony reserved for imperial family members. the 29-year-old princess mako is the eldest daughter ofrown prince and princess akishino. her boyfriend komuro returned to japan after living in new york to study law. once he finishes a self-isolation period as a precaution for the coronavirus virus the couple will see each other for the first time in lee years. their planned engagement was first announced in 2017, but it was postponed after media reported on a financial dispute between komuro's mother and her former fiance. princess mako declined to receive a lump sum of about $1.4 million, which she's eligible for upon her marriage. agency officials say behind that decision was the significant stress she had faced. they say it was caused by what appeared to be defamatory information about their families as well as pub

she has had to leave her imperial family and has turned down a dowry worth more than one million u.s.rs. earlier this year's, she was also diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder. but after a four-year engagement, this couple had made their decision. they will move to new york, where they hope to start their new life together, far away from royalty. >> well, a new book has just been published in the u.s. that deals with a vision for a more united u.s. nothing unusual in that, for it not for the book's two authors. the former u.s. president, barack obama, and rock music legend bruce springsteen. the book has its origins in a podcast both men took part in. ♪ >> nicely done. reporter: rockstar bruce springsteen and former u.s. president barack obama -- two american icons one the surface couldn't be more different. springsteen, a white working-class musician from a small town in new jersey. obama, a black man of mixed race, born in hawaii, who studied law d went into politics. but they still have a lot in common, and got together last year to talk about it. their conversations became

she will leave behind eight wednesday number of imperial family members, and big questions about whether the current imperial succession and marriage roles are too strict to ensure the japanese royal family's future. phil: now to afghanistan, where the seized power in august. the girls football team of the country spent weeks on the run in fear of their lives and managed to reach safety due to an international rescue effort. they have found new homes in portugal, where they received a surprise visit from one of their heroes. >> it may not have the mountains, the aroma, or the warm embrace, but lisbon will do as their new home for the football team. portugal granted asylum to the players who fled in fear, with about 50 family members. >> i feel i am free. >> at a prearranged gathering, these girls, destined to be role models, or surprised by their own role model, the captain of the afghanistan women's team, who plays professionally in canada. she had spent weeks coming to get them with the girls and working to help arrange their rescue through pakistan and then to portugal. >> they have d

underjapanese law, female imperial family members forfeit their status upon marriage to a "commoner,"low key wedding. a warning, this report by rupert wingfield—hayes contains flash photography. this is the moment princess mako left the imperialfamily, bowing to her mother and father. but then the rigid formality of the imperial household was broken for a moment, as princess kako stepped forward to give her sister a warm hug. a few minutes later, with her new husband by her side, the now former princess spoke of the couple's love and deep desire to make life together. it was clear that her choice of a commoner from a single—parent household did not meet with the approval of many here. japan's tabloids went after kei komuro relentlessly, digging up allegations that his widowed mother owed tens of thousands of dollars to a former boyfriend. to many injapan's deeply conservative establishment, this young man was just not fit to marry a niece of the emperor. but princess mako stood by her man, despite the relentless criticism on social media causing her to suffer post—traumatic stress. tr

mind, his illness but before he becomes mentally depraved, george the third exercise the greatest imperialer of any british king since the glorious revolution and he is the real scape goat. >> it was george washington a military genius to win the war but so few troops and sometimes the troops were not even barely there. or was he just lucky that the british fumbled their effort to win. was he a genius for the british fumbled are what. >> washington himself would say he was probably lucky he said putting the work understanding miracle like god's providence he called it was on his side. the way that i put it is as a general, washington was not that effective and he lost more battles than the one. but if you think about it, most of the great generals in world history starting with napoleon and rommel and robert e. lee, not losers washington was not a great general pretty and of a winner and at some point he understood the strategic reality that became all-consuming and crucial than he did it have to win the war. the british had to win the war so just not lose and as long as he kept the contin

japan's imperial household agency said the couple's marriage papers had been registered.t. the princess, who's lost her royal status by marrying a commoner, has also turned down a large payment that's customarily offered to women who leave japan's imperial household. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: it may be in short supply at the moment — but stay with us as we talk to a laughter therapist about the serious business of having a giggle. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. only yesterday, she had spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it. "every drop of my blood will contribute to the "growth of this nation." after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and lift off. of discovery with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. - this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the seven billionth person on the

to target any media that contravenes imperial us goals or advances, what's considered misinformation which can be advanced by anyone. francis, how again was pushing that agenda and yes, she is represented by bryson gillette. a public relations firm founded by a former obama aid. it's providing her with strategic communications advice, and that very same aid is a, a advisor to the center for humane technology, which she has worked at in which has been taking on facebook. so she's not as a in actual whistleblower. she is a political operative advancing a cohesive agenda around by looks like it's not just the democrat of the have taken a stand against facebook. and the whole of congress seems to have taken a unified stance. not, doesn't this testimony benefited the republican caused a i think of, you know, it could, it can benefit multiple causes. you could see it benefiting the religious. right. that doesn't like the kind of semi pornographic content on instagram and the way it degrades women of feminist could get behind it. but behind it all is a much more insidious agenda that how go

she was among the brightest students at imperial and got a first—class degree.ure as a physicist. i think once you look at the faculty, as well, you don't see people that look like you in those positions where they would recommend you for a phd, where they would support you, and, yeah, cos you don't see that, it becomes hard to imagine what your life would be like in that space. the latest data shows that 6.3% of black people who begin research drop out after a few years. that compares with 3.8% for white students. and it's harder to get the top jobs. 3.5% of black researchers are made professors. that compares with 11.9% for their white colleagues. i think that the research culture in the uk is definitely— institutionally racist, _ and i think at the root of all this is the idea that academia - and science and these very clever people are not representative of broader society, there's no discrimination amongst us - because we're clever and smart and we're progressive and liberal. but racism and racists persist within those networks, too. l senior black research

the latest departure least imperial family with just 17 members. only 3 are as to the throne. many, it wants to set sustained a status quo, especially amongst the emperor in his family. ah, the fact of the matter is that although the japanese emperor or the royal family do not have any autonomy over political issues, are you gonna mc issues there still remained to be a very strong symbol of the japanese. and for that reason, a lot of japanese walk to somehow keep the image that they want to keep. for some princess macos tumultuous engagement is perhaps a missed opportunity to mix symbolic changes to old traditions. as a couple prepares for a new life abroad bianca altogether. ah, i am hell am i? he do. the headlines on al jazeera sedans, military jones, her has made more arrests, falling in monday's qu, protest against the crew of continued late into the night.

a team from london, imperial college spotted the shelley's eagle out in a rain forest in gonna previous reported sightings in central african locations have not been confirmed. shirley's eagle owl was 1st identified as a species in 18. 72 by british wall interested. yeah. seems to enjoy being photographed ah, which is far recap the the top stories that we've been covering this allen out at least for taliban security forces have been killed in a day of multiple attacks in the eastern province of non gall, in a separate incident to roadside bombs killed at least 2 people, including a child for others, have been injured. official say the bombs with targeting a taliban vehicle, but no taliban members were harmed. comes as security operations continue against. i feel stephanie decker has more from cobble multiple security incidents on saturday. angela about that is the capital of manga har province in the east of the country. it is believed to be the area weisel enough chemist on has their main presence. the taliban has been carrying out operations against the group in that area. what we saw

finest service in all the world and on the entire colonies in positions of western policy rested, imperial policy based in merit based on examinations. so pac sun had dead the csp, the central civil services. and i joined this in 1966, and as a member of this. so is this god, i served in various posts in the tribal areas of the frontier province. and in baluchistan, i was commission on 3 divisions in but just on which is along the record because very different postings. and then the most interesting, i was head of the was easiest on agency, which was considered the most turbulent and most dangerous of all the postings in all of south asia. and at one stage, not because in the viceroy i ran this directly himself. that's how dangerous it was considered. so even for those of us who don't know us as much about pakistan, i'm in office and one of the, the mistakes we make is for gardening, pakistan is a homogeneous society. but for, for someone, for your back then these tribal alias of pakistan with the tribal traditions and loyalties and of course, ana, a, prevailed, they must have presented pa

can you not see that even in 2021 a lot of the global south see this is an imperial imperial li issue of countries that have a help destroy the climate, the most telling countries in it and the resources to somehow reduce growth. they're not doing it to liberate growth, they're doing to promote the kind of growth doesn't make the problem worse, but i don't want to take away from what you just said. many countries see this definitely as a failure to recognize historical injustice. rich world countries are primarily responsible for this crisis, and therefore the steps that we take and the amount of money that we invest in it must be proportionate to historical responsibility. you can't get around that and to argue that isn't the case is ready. demeaning on the part of a lot of rich countries. slightly different issue about debt forgiveness. these 2 things are pursued through different diplomatic routes if you like, but they're all tied up when a lot of these countries see the way in which the financial system is still preferences, the interest of the rich world against their interests.

we shouldn't shy away from the imperial history, but we should bring its contemporary relevance aliveouse just over here. that plant has played an extraordinarily influential role in many people's lives, taken from new guinea, obviously to the caribbean, the slave trade empire wealth. many afro—caribbean living in britain today are possibly here because of that plant, and we would be remiss, if you stood in front of that plant and read the sign about it, not to tell those economic, historic and cultural stories. and that's what i mean about the relevance of our storytelling. i suppose it's about how far you take this and the way you frame it. i mean, i think there's one remarkable statement in one of your manifesto documents, which says that kew has a declared aim now to "tackle structural racism in plant and fungal science." structural racism in plant science? is that a problem? i think, to me, this is about equity, ultimately. and i said before, kew is a public body available for everyone. i had a very interesting conversation with one of the young scientists working at kew. she's a

rob said this was a speech marking the overthrow of china as last imperial dynasty. but how does that sit against the backdrop of today's regional tensions involving china? it comes with a very interesting time in cross straight relations with the herd from she, jane ping, and also from other speakers. the kind of speeches that you would expect at an important event, like this full of patriotic references full of the achievements of the a chinese people. this marks the, the revolution in 1911, which basically was the ending of feudalism in china at the end of dynastic rule by the emperor as it was the start, if you like, of modern china. it led in 1912 to the establishment of the republic of china, which of course lives on to day in the island of taiwan to morrow sunday it is then national day will be celebrated there. but this gives the chance to the communist party of china who defeated them and set up the peoples republic of china. and they ging, the chance to lay claim to the aspirations, to the spirit of those early revolutionaries. and we've heard from various