you at king's college london came up with your own prognosis going forward for the economy.did you make of what was said yesterday? i felt the cross government analysis produced by the treasury and other departments was actually good, professional and thorough despite the political pressure, no doubt, it came under. what it said was theresa may's deal would cost us over the long run about to— 4% of gdp, to— 4% of our incomes, and that's not very far off what my report with colleagues at the lse came outwith, which is it might cost between 2% and 5.5% of gdp. similarly, in terms of the impact on public spending and finances, the government analysis said it might cost us about £24 billion a year. taxes would have to go billion a year. taxes would have to 9° up billion a year. taxes would have to 9° up by billion a year. taxes would have to go up by £24 billion, or spending would have to be cut by £24 billion, the equivalent of theresa may's entire promised for the nhs. that would be the rough consequence of theresa may's deal for the economy —— promise. that's in line with the

forefront of this research is my guest, robert plomin, a professor of behavioural genetics at kings college londonhat extent are our genes our destiny? theme music plays. robert plomin, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you have just written an extraordinary book. we are going to talk about it at length. it's called bluprint but the subtitle is, how dna makes us who we are. now, that is a very grand statement. do you mean it as a sort of engaging headline or do you actually mean it as straightforward fact? well, it needs another clause or two to make it a straightforward fact. so guilty as charged, i think, in terms of being eye—catching. evolutionary psychology studies what makes us human and they are focused on the 99% of the dna that we all share. i am talking about the i% of dna that makes us different so it really should say, "how dna makes us who we are as individuals". why are we different? why are some of us more vulnerable to mental illness and why are some of us more sociable or better in terms of spatial ability? it's those differences that interest me. so your contention is that, if we d

and a changing your initiative at king's college london so you will be a very busy man and then my when we have reached the stage of a draft withdrawal agreement being reached what does it reveal about the future of the u.k.'s relationship with the e.u. it reveals very little so i think the point of it and the way it's been sold politically is it doesn't really resolve anything it was meant to be a withdrawal agreement for everybody and that's what he meant ended up being for nobody in the house of commons today from all sorts sides from from labor from s.n.p. and from my trees amazin back benches there was frustration that i actually didn't resolve any of the key questions about bricks it. nicholas describes a blind for exit and that's that mean that was the idea they would get through the house of commons if it didn't really resolve all the issues and left them for later in the local there's a lot of opposition to it now politically and of course the agreement won't now has to be approved essentially by the u.k. parliament by certain e.u. institutions it's not going to mean anything i

a visiting professor at the war studies depth of kings college, london, the layerman distinguished electric-under at the he new york historical society and author of 13 books, including churchillians, the storm of war, masters and commanders, and napoleon. a trustee of the margaret thatcher archive trust, the national portrait gallery, and most importantly, the international churchill society. ladies and gentlemen, itself is my great pleasure to introduce andrew roberts. >> there's something i might draw attention to. >> i mentioned in the introduction that you had used a great many new sources and some might ask how you do possibly be in the sours after more than a thousand buy going -- biographs. >> there were 1,009 biographs of churchill and i included 11,000 tenth on the become. over the last decade an extraordinary cornucopia of new sources opened up. and the queen allowed me to the be thirst churchill buying a grapher to use her father's diaries and king george vi gave an interview to an audience, to churchill, every tuesday lunktime of the second world war and then wonderful by winston rot

he is a visiting department of the king's college london. a lecturer at the new york historical society and the author of 13 books, including the storm of war, masters and commanders and napolean. he is a trustee of the margaret thatcher archive trust. the national pourteral galealgiry and the national churchill society. it is my great pleasure to introduce andrew roberts. [applause] >> andrew: might it be possible to have a copy of the book displayed? also, there's something i might draw attention to. >> so i mentioned in my introduction that you had used a great many new sources and some might ask how could there possibly be new sources after more than a thousand biographies of churchill, but you found them can you tell us about those. >> andrew: there had been 1,009 of them. over the last decade a extraordinary cornucopia of resources has opened up. the queen allowed me to be the first churchhole biographer to use her father's diary. and king george vi, gave a speech to the audience and wrote down everything that churchill sidsch said. we

let's say to address craig he's the assistant professor at the defense studies department at king's college london he's joining us from london itself thanks for speaking to us on the news grid so as we're just hearing denmark has suspended future approval of weapons and military equipment exports to saudi arabia this follows germany doing the same thing just put this into context for us and tell us what it actually means for saudi arabia. right i mean the europeans like the americans have this choice between interest and values when it comes to arms sales to saudi arabia i think we have to be quite careful too so that two things is on one hand there is the political message that these countries say and states or germany scandinavian countries and spain the saying we're no longer will export to saudi arabia that's a political message with relatively little impact on the ground because saudi arabian arabia's operations in yemen in particular which we are so concerned about in europe and in the united states are basically not hindered by these kind of. sanctions on arms sales so the saudis will conti

he is doing his phd at king's college london about the afghan civil war which shows so much about what'soing on in afghanistan today to what happened in the mid-90s during the civil war. finally Ãbsenior program officer at the national endowment for democracy. he's also a former un official in afghanistan. and c-span is covering this if not live it will be live today. if you have questions make sure you wait for the mike and identify yourself with that i will turn it over to tricia. >> i think they are both going to give a presentation. i think they are both going to give a short speech. >> thank you to the american foundation for hosting this timely event on afghanistan. i want to think the audience for being here despite the rain. i would like to begin my remarks with the disclaimer that my views are my own and do not represent the views of my employer. as peter mentioned i returned from afghanistan over the weekend. i was there to observe the african elections it was not a formal observation. i sent most of my time in kabul and travel to some of the providences. before i discuss basic

he's doing his phd at king's college london about the afghan civil war which of course so much of what is going on in afghanistan today is traceable to what happened in the '90s during the civil war. arsalan, whohamid has just come back on friday. and is the senior program officer at the national endowment for democracies. he is also a former u.n. official in afghanistan, and c-span is covering this. it's not like but it be live to tapes would have a question please make sure you wait for the mic and identify yourself so c-span viewers can understand who is asking the question. so with that i'll turn it over. >> all right. thank you to the new america foundation for hosting this time event on afghanistan, and also what you think the audience for being here in spite of the rain. i i would like to begin my remarks with a disclaimer that my views are my own and do not represent the views of my employer. as peter mentioned, i returned from afghanistan over the weekend. i was there to observe the afghan elections in an informal capacity. it was not a formal observation mission. i spent most

africa programme at chatham house, and dr sam greene, director of the russia institute at king's college londons about us—saudi relations, following the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. according to president trump, the saudi—american relationship is very important. i think he is trying to find a way around this at the g20. it has been announced that trump will not have a formal meeting with muhammad bin salman. he said that is not being scheduled. however, they may meet informally. so that is one way around this tension. and other leaders may meet informally or formally? what is the schedule looking like at the moment? we know for sure that our own prime minister theresa may will meet him formally, and president macron of france said that he will meet with him. this is significant. it is far from the snub that many people perhaps expected. yeah, and on the russian side of things, the meeting between putin and trump off. we were hearing earlier in the programme that a lot of putin supporters and russian television, they are rather going off donald trump? well, they've been going

son joined in this year by an dress creagh who works at the defense studies department at kings college in london thanks so much for coming in so first of all just how credible is this version of events from the saudis that somehow the crown prince was not involved in the decision given that it happened right there in a consulate is that is that a credible the action of events you think no but i mean what is remarkable is that over the last six weeks we see an increasingly merger of these two stories in the initially we see the saudis denying everything saying we're nothing to do with it he would never came or you left and now we're at a point where saying actually he came he was he was killed and he was even dismembered was also significant is that someone exotic attorney was now somewhat incriminated in the prosecutor's statement but obviously what they're trying to do is they're trying to build a case that is somewhat detached from the crown prince himself and i think that's very problematic anybody who understands the system have been so man that has been built up over the last year and a hal

company and it has been involved in mining in afghanistan and security and is doing his phd at kings college in london about the afghan civil war and so much of what is going on in afghanistan is traceable to what happened in the 1990s during the civil war. finally, we had the senior program officer for democracy and he is also a former united nations official in afghanistan. c-span is covering this life, but live to tape. if you have a question, please wait for the microphone and identify yourself so that the c- span viewers can understand who is asking the question. >> i think the first thing is a short speech. >> thank you to the heritage foundation for hosting this event on afghanistan and also want to thank guardian for being here in spite of the rain. of a like to begin my remarks with a disclaimer that my views are my own and are not the views of my employer. as peter mentioned, i returned from afghanistan over the weekend and i was there to observe the afghanistan elections on a formal observation mission. i spent most of my time traveling through provinces. but before i discuss basically the

king's college london have been given funding to set up small choir. t kidzania in westfield as part of this year's children in need appeal tomorrow evening from 7:30. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. c2c trains are running at reduced speeds and with some delays following signal problems near dagenham dock. traffic on the m25 is slow heading clockwise towards junction 3 on the m20 following a collision, with delays at the darenth interchange. to the south of purley, the a22 is blocked at saint james' road following a collision, with delays between purley and kenley stations. now here's the weather with elizabeth. hello, good morning. plenty of sunshine around yesterday, but we may have to wait until saturday to see the sunshine again. today is going to be a rather grey affair, lots of mist, murk, low cloud around and that will persist for much of the rest of the day, but at least it is mild for november, certainly a mild start to the morning. watch out on some of the roads for mist and patc

as well as graduate studies in the department of war studies, king's college university in london. >> professor carpenter retired from the u.s. navy with the rank of captain after 30 years service, both active duty and reserve. attendees will remember that he talked to us just two years ago, on rule britannia, lives of the maritime empires. so, in a way this is a continuation i guess. in june 2009, he published resurrection of antimony, the first in a series of world war ii action-adventure historical novels, centered on a retired royal navy intelligence officer, brought back into the field to confront [null] germany. interesting. ladies and gentlemen, doctor stanley carpenter. >> [ applause ] >> thank you bob, and let me say it is a pleasure and an honor to be back, always a pleasure and thrill to be here. making one quick remark here, before we get started. a question earlier, here we are, a question earlier on the flag here, going back to the first one there, there we are. that actually is the imperial russian flag and the question was, why is it over here with the other central po

previous academics include university of london research fellow at king's college cambridge and a postdoctoral associate at princeton. he is also public commentary and foreign affairs the nation their times the "washington post" and all swear and i believe he is a forthcoming book in the works so you might all be getting a sneak preview. >> many thanks for inviting me here and thank you all the more now that i have had the opportunity to read professor steven walt's new book. "the hell of good intentions" demands wide reading and serious consideration. he delivers as you have heard a brazen challenge to american foreign policy in the past quarter century and if that weren't enough people and institutions that have shaped that foreign-policy. the book focuses our attention on the 1990s as a pivotal decade. he argues american foreign-policy went are right. it goes further back than the war and terror which many citizens might single out. on the other hand nearly as far back as 1945 which experts has invoked as they rally to defend what they have called the post-war international order. professor

and so, king 's college hospital, deep in the urban jungle of south london, is planning a new approachngs we are able to do is to build an outdoor intensive ca re is to build an outdoor intensive care unitand is to build an outdoor intensive care unit and we are putting, amongst the planting, medical gases, power, so that we will be able to ta ke power, so that we will be able to take patients still early on in recovery in their beds, to the outside world. shiv grewal's paintings are a window in the mental journey to the outer limits and evidence that perhaps the best way to return is a mix of machines, medicine and light, nature and the wind on yourface. david sillito, bbc news. fascinating. very fascinating. always interesting how people use their experiences so that —— experiences. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alice salfield. 0ver christmas there is expected to be a surge in calls to charities about children left alone in cold homes, without proper clothing. this week, the london eye and battersea power station wi