asked to 3 russian politicians what mikhail gorbachev means to them freedom fighter who visionary this is how mikhail gorbachev his new one in the west in germany people credit the russian politicians with media for cation but what does the last soviet president stand for in today's russia 3 young politicians think of when they hear gorbachev on a hunger and fear. perestroika changes something like that. for me the key word is freedom. it was a link to chairman of the communist party in 1994 no one had to cling high far reaching his reforms would be. painful the transition from a command economy to the markets economy would be for millions of soviet citizens. when i was 14 i had to earn money as a cleaner in my own school starting at 6 am then i quickly changed clothes and went to school with other children at 8 o'clock otherwise our family cannot afford to buy bread and i associate that with gorbachev which. gave the russians the opportunity to exercise political freedom is not to fear telling the truth or not to fear protesting in the streets or voting for outspoken politicians. just

freedom fighter peter visionary this is how mikhail gorbachev his new one in the way in germany people credit the russian politicians with money to this occasion but what does the last soviet president stand for in today's russia what do 3 young politicians think of when they hear gorbachev on a hunger and fear. perestroika changes something like that. for me the key word is freedom. was elected chairman of the communist party in 1905 no one had to claim high far reaching his reforms would be. painful the transition from a command economy to the markets economy would be for millions of soviet citizens. when i was 14 i had to earn money as a cleaner in my own school starting at 6 am then i quickly changed clothes and went to school with other children at 8 o'clock otherwise our family cannot afford to buy bread i associate that with gorbachev which. gorbachev gave the russians the opportunity to exercise political freedom us not to fear telling the truth or not to fear protesting in the streets or voting for outspoken politicians. was someone who just had to come to change the system at

mickell -- mikhail gorbachev, sort of the social reformer. mikhail gorbachev, the man who comes into power when the soviet union has dismal economic numbers, massive drunkenness problems, massive cultural and social decline, afghanistan, a war in afghanistan raging, which the americans are making extraordinarily difficult on the soviets, he has to do something about the condition of the soviet union. so his goal is to, right, implement these policies, to try to emphasize more consumer goods over military spending. but in order to do that he's got to have an easing of tensions with the united states. he's got to have an easing of tensions with the united states. another thing pushing gorbachev in this direction, of course, is the decline of oil prices. the soviet union had sort of rode the oil high in the 1970s, but oil prices had declined dramatically in the second half of the 19 80s, forcing the soviet union because of their loss of revenues to come to the table. and so reagan and gorbachev decide to meet at geneva in 1985. and like i tell m

he also gives margaret thatcher, helmut kohl and mikhail gorbachev credit. he wasn't sure if gorbachev had listened to him when he said, tear down this wall. he wasn't sure if gorbachev listened to him, but he nor the rulers in western europe couldn't ignore the much louder chants of the demonstrators, in the factories and on the farms, and people found their voice, and with it, a battering ram to knock down walls, real and imagined. because of them, the political map of europe has been rewritten. what about the museum? well, if you go to the reagan museum, which i highly recommend, i think it's wonderful. i've been to many of them, i think the reagan museum is exceptional. when you go there, you come upon -- you get to a large foreign policy section, and once you get through it, there are these doors, as you can see here from my amateur photography, and as you look through it, this big approximate sort of video playing of reagan and gorbachev and what they did to basically bring about an end to the cold war through peaceful negotiations, and there are exhib

next, former soviet union leader mikhail gorbachev's lecture at the college from may 1992. he talked about how the world could emerge from the cold war and shape the future. [ applause ] -- in which the sculpture's imagination and remarkable expression and reconnaissancism conveyed the drama of the cold war. the irrepressible human striving to penetrate the barriers of alienation and confrontation. it is symbolic that this was the grabbed daughter of winston churchill and that this sculpture should be in fulton. more than 46 years ago, winston churchill spoke in fulton and in my country this speech was singled out as the formal declaration of the cold war. this was indeed the first time the words iron curtain were pronounced and the whole western world was challenged to close ranks against the threat of tyranny in the form of the soviet union and communist expansion. everything else in this speech including churchill's analysis of the post-war situation in the world, his thoughts about the possibility of preventing a third world war, a prospect for progress and methods of r

few people have had such a dramatic impact on research in history as the last soviet leader mikhail gorbachev as he celebrates his one she'll birthday look at his legs. welcome to the program and we start with some good news the release of hundreds of schoolgirls who were kidnapped last week in northwest nigeria government authorities say the girls are safe and well students were abducted from their boarding school by an armed gang in some for a state last friday. but their ordeal is over. officials say the almost 300 school children are healthy however some did suffer physical wounds it's the psychological impact of their kidnapping thought may take longer to heal. if you didn't want it most of us injured our feet and we couldn't continue to walk our captors said they would shoot anybody who didn't continue we walked across the river and they hit us and let us sleep under bushes in a forest. and. for the families of the schoolgirls their relief is unsurmountable. i'm very happy. now that i can see a super not god has brought our or deal to an end like that he knew we were so happy as them is

to be the 1st formula one driver to win 8 world titles he's currently tied at 7 with german legend mikhail bach. and in the football fans at the netherlands latvia world cup qualifier in amsterdam on saturday got to witness history as stephanie became the 1st woman to referee a men's world cup qualifier for has previously officiated in the men's champions league and yes you heard that right around $5000.00 fans were in attendance as the dutch hate latvia 2 to nil all part of an experiment to test the feasibility of large events during the pandemic. you are watching data many news has a reminder of the top story we're following for you man maher is facing global condemnation after dozens of people were killed on saturday by security forces 12 nations released a joint statement announcing the bloodshed which happened on me and miles armed forces holiday it was the deadliest day so far since pro-democracy protests began in. early february. and to europe today up next our reporter series follows a surgeon battling the coronavirus in colombia michael okwu will be with you next hour and until th

s chief political editor mikhail a cosigner they kill up their cause party has taken a hit in 2 stable actions why. well 1st of all because the candidate threw around that and once again became state primaries were simply over the popular both the green candidate by the vote back when it collapsed fine and if the d. candidates model dry who actually went so much against the trend with the social democrats struggling to be in double digit figures and she takes home an election so that's quite remarkable so none of this is the political rule here but it shows everybody what is thinkable also when it comes to general elections that the greens can be way stronger than predicted and that it's by no means a given that the period after until america will even include her party at the federal level was talk about the what does yesterday's vote mean for that general election later this year coming up in september. but means that i'm going to machall c.d.u. party have to do their homework and that means better performance when it comes to corona did play a role that wasn't the overarching issue

to be the 1st formula one driver to win 8 world titles he's currently tied at 7 with german legend mikhail schumacher. while germany is moving ahead in its drive to abandon coal as a fuel for generating electricity a coal fired power station in the rule of invest area has been blown up after coming to the end of its working life the cooling tower boiler house and a 250 metre high chimney were all demolished in controlled explosions the german government is committed to phasing out coal by 2038 the site had been generating electricity for 80 years. coal by 2038 the site had been generating electricity for 8 years. you're watching the news up next a documentary lords of water and ceci or commodity a michael look of thanks for watching. people in trucks injured one trying to free the city center more and more refugees are being turned away or. at least critical of simply look straight as. closely extreme. 200 feet. below the more than.

to be the 1st formula one driver to win 8 world titles he's currently tied at 7 with german legend mikhail to mock. football now and fans at the netherlands latvia world cup qualifier in amsterdam on saturday got to witness history and stephanie for pot what became the 1st woman to referee a men's world cup qualifier from her has previously officiated in the men's champions league and yes you heard that right around $5000.00 fans were in attendance as the dutch beat lab latvia 2 to know all part of an experiment to test the feasibility of larger vents during the pandemic. you're watching database the news has a reminder about top story this hour man man is facing global condemnation often dozens of people were killed on saturday by security forces. 12 nations for at least a joint statement denouncing the bloodshed which happened on man most armed forces holiday it was the deadliest day since pro-democracy protests began in early february. that said you're up to date on tech shows shift is up next so stay tuned for that i'm back with more news headlines at the top of the hour and until then

to be the 1st formula one driver to win 8 world titles he's currently tied at 7 with german legend mikhail tomorrow. now for viewers in europe the clocks have gone forward by an hour across much of the continent over night and from winter to summer time and while many of our clocks change automatically base days some have a lot of time paces to change by hand. some people have partners children or pets for companies to cut through then a stick bought is crazy about clocks. around 300 in 65 of them. but who has time to count most people might be taught by the constant wall of noise not. as a minute ones and you can get my clocks of the love of my life and i love them above all else in the evening other people take sleeping pills so they can sleep i said to my comfy chair char never thing off look at my clocks listen to the ticking and watch the hands moving and then i feel so calm and relaxed i can go to bed and sleep suddenly off. having a massive collection of time pieces requires plenty of patients not least the rhondda clocks cleaning effort but so too the painstaking business of resear

next, former soviet union leader mikhail gorbachev's lecture at the college from may 1992. he talked about how the world could emerge from the cold war and shape the future.

next, former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev's lecture at the college from may 1992. the world could emerge from the cold war and shape the future.

with the rise of mikhail gorbachev came the end of numbing oppression. perestroika held out the better life and with a market economy. and real arms control came to pass. as an entire class of weapons was eliminated for the first time in the atomic age. within months, the soviet empire began to melt like a snow bank in may. one country after after overthrew the privileged kliegs and last month, germany was reunited in the shadow of the brandenburg gate and under the democratic umbrella of nato. i know something about that neighborhood. back in june 1987, i stood in the free city of west berlin and asked mr. gorbachev to tear down the wall. was he listening? whether he was or not, neither he nor the rulers of east earn europe could ignore the demonstrators in leipzig and dresden and other german cities. in the churches and the schools, in the factories, on the farms a once silent people thought found their voice and with it a battering ram to knock down walls real and imagined. because of them the political map of europe has been rewritten. the future has

with the rise of mikhail gorbachev came the end of numbing oppression. glasnost introduced openness to the world's most closed society. perestroika held out the promise of a better life, achieved through democratic institutions and a market economy. and real arms control came to pass, as an entire class of weapons was eliminated for the first time in the atomic age. within months the soviet empire began to melt like a snowbank in may. once country after another overthrew the privileged cliques that had bled their economies and curbed their freedoms. last month germany itself was reunited, in the shadow of the brandenburg gate and under the democratic umbrella of n.a.t.o. [applause] i know something about that neighborhood. back in june 1987 i stood in the free city of west berlin and asked mr. gorbachev to tear down the wall. was he listening? whether he was, or not, neither he nor the rulers of eastern europe could ignore the much louder chants of demonstrators in the streets of leipzig and dresden and dozens of other german cities. in the churches and

mikhail held was deputy head of the national park for many years and he knows the forest intimately he still poking around here. as a forest scientist and local he followed the beginnings of the national park very closely. in the confines of your early years of the national park no one really knew what national park actually meant and you may. clearings among the spruce trees for example and then planted furred trees because you wanted to make it more natural it was hard to imagine that and we are natural forest would develop in the direction of a primeval forest without human influence without forestry interventions in confession. but 2 years after the national parks integration a storm fell to 3000 spruce trees the park's manager at the time dr hans the belief decided to try an experiment. against massive resistance from the national park forestry office which was still responsible for the care of the forest at that time he made sure that a few 100 trees weren't removed from the forest and were simply left where they fell ringback ringback. then a process began around the dead trees

i want to go where chief political editor because that kirsner is the tracking that story for you mikhail culpa from the head of the government was there so much pushback. there was and seemed to have been idea that came up really very late into the night i was sitting outside those negotiations and it came from angela merkel's camp and it took everybody by surprise it was in none of the drafts that have been circulated before it was decided and then all sides found out that they should have probably consulted with those who have to implement it there were so many questions on how to put this into practice also to make it court proof that in the end angela merkel decided a u. turn on policy a very unusual one and at the same time stressing that it was her fault alone not the other 16 to vote she signed off on this document to blame and that now would take place pretty much as planned and she's now slowly relying on the emergency brake that she had already defined with state premiers weeks ago which means once the incidence rates hit $100.00 and above within the space of 7 days per 100000

draper really struggled with the heat and humidity in his match against mikhail kukushkin, collapsingcal attention but couldn't continue. he did recover though and was able to walk off unaided. after the pandemic cancelled now, after the pandemic cancelled the 2019 edition — the world figure skating championships are back this week, with stockholm hosting nearly 200 competitors from all over the world. and six of those will be from britain — but they have struggled to get time on the ice over the last year in the pandemic. so what about their hopes then? you can follow it all on the bbc and katherine downes is part of the coverage for us. it was a big campaign to get rinks to reopen i where it as giddy as could get that training and they have had some ice time but nowhere nearas have had some ice time but nowhere near as much as they want take their eyes and my chevy had plenty of competitions and they had their ranks open all the time and in the us they had plenty of access to the ice as well. it us they had plenty of access to the ice as well-— ice as well. it will be really difficu

political as a mechanic of the north on what is going to be an exciting election year here in germany mikhail thank you. it began as one of the arab spring xb oldest uprisings it became one of humanity's biggest crime scenes 10 years ago today in the blossoming of the arab spring people in syria began protesting against the rule of president bashar al assad in the city of durai 15 children were arrested for spring anti-government slogans and that sent people into the streets demanding greater human rights and democracy and the regime of bashar al assad responded with a brutal crackdown that would morph into an all out war where than half a 1000000 people have died more than 5 and a half 1000000 syrians have become refugees 6000000 were displaced within syria losing their home with nowhere to go. it started with a glimmer of hope in spring 2011 the people took to the streets of syria after watching the arab spring in other countries they decided to demonstrate for political reforms and democracy in their own country. but their story ended differently. president assad's regime brutally struck d

to be the 1st formula one driver to win 8 world titles he's currently tied at 7 with german legend mikhail to mock. football now and fans at the netherlands latvia world cup qualifier in answer dam on saturday got to witness history as stephanie became the 1st woman to referee a men's world cup qualifier for has previously officiated. the men's champions league and yes you heard 5000 fans were in attendance as the dutch beat lafayette to know all part of an experiment to test the feasibility of large events during the pandemic. you're watching news up next a documentary society torn apart the consequences of injustice i'll be back with more news as always at the top of the hour and don't forget you can always check out. our website dot com. for me and the entire team here thanks for watching. it's. been robbed of their soul that's what are people experiences when their heritage is taken from them countless cultural artifacts were stolen from africa by colonialists them carted off to europe. what should be done with the stolen north from africa. stolen sold on t w. bit further good wonderfu

to be the 1st formula one driver to win 8 world titles he's currently tied at 7 with german legend mikhail sumach. now for viewers in europe don't forget that clocks go forward by an hour across much of the continent as we move from saturday into sunday and from winter to summer time and while we're on the subject let's meet a man with a special interest in time passing. some people have partners children or pets for company seek out food bought is crazy about clocks. 365 of them. but who has time to count most people might be take tossed by the constant wall of noise not to. as a man who once an estimate if you can get my clocks of the love of my life and i love them above all else in the evening other people take sleeping pills so they can sleep i sit in my comfy chair turn everything off look at my clocks listen to the ticking and watch the hands moving and then i feel so calm and relaxed i can go to bed and sleep suddenly off. having a massive collection of timepieces requires plenty of patients not least the round the clock cleaning effort but so too the painstaking baseness of least

undesirable organisations and foreign interference. 0pen russia was set up by prominent kremlin critic mikhail before he was convicted in two controversial cases and spent a decade behind bars. he now lives abroad. police say the event also broke covid prevention rules — not all participants wore facemasks. those detained are likely to face a fine or a spell in police detention. 0rganisers say the forum was actually convened by a different group, the united democrats project. among those arrested are some of russia's most prominent opposition voices, who'd come together to talk about contesting local elections. the incident comes as authorities continue to crack down on opposition activity as elections loom. last month, alexei navalny, president vladimir putin's most prominent critic, was jailed for two and a half years. his arrest sparked mass protests and a tough response from police. on friday, dozens of countries called on russia to release navalny, saying actions by russia against the opposition leader were unacceptable and politically motivated. activists say laws on undesirable organisa

blunt welcome to old apartment mikhail gorbachev one of the most recognizable politicians of the 20th century has celebrated his 90th birthday this past week and while his legacy still remains the subject of hot ideological debates it's puzzling that his brainchild perestroika was unsteady more carefully by social scientists what happens to system when it reaches its structural limits this question is just as pressing for capitalism today as it was for socialism some 40 years ago genndy experience of this obvious collapse of for any celebration for the bursting at the seams capitalist system well to discuss that i'm now joined by a look at professor of social research and public policy at new york university abu dhabi and call author of das capitalism have a future professor though again it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you you know it never ceases to amaze me how that perception of a book may change with time and i think yours is a good example because when it was 1st published 7 years ago it caused quite a stir i think it was back with some a position

to be the 1st formula one driver to win 8 world titles he's currently tied at 7 with german legend mikhail schumacher. and you watching the news live from and then you can find much more news on our website all the latest news analysis and video up next though it's 12 stories through the week and reports i'm reading thanks very much lisa watching these public. because it's good to get a short short of who we are going to scream scream at me or you guys because i become somewhat difficult challenge to join me and mirrors around the world to speak out when they show. you the studio time switching off because. calculated is what join us for the 27th of march at 6 30 pm for those hours and speak up for me. in the light of climate change. africa's mix of. what's in store for players. to be used for the future and the 1st. to construct a mega city to do such a clear cut answer. 8. games played. this week on the world of stories. greece and home in karuna stricken verbum all. fighting for the rights of people with disabilities in brussels watch we begin in mozambique for the past 3 years an islam

charged on this case some undesirable going to zation for as they said for belonging to open a national mikhail khodorkovsky issue was under house arrest for 2 years she was facing real jail time but she was sentenced to a conditional sentence which is a huge victory in fortunes russia nowadays and the while we are always easy attacks on civil society activists absolutely continuous and never stopping to do. really marked a watershed moment in russia just identity because never before has the entire conference was detained you said it monta a watershed moment to you what is it likely to become increasingly difficult for opposition groups or even independent candidates to mobilize to organize themselves in the run up to the election. yes exactly our. september up elementary elections and elections that many other levels and. as many of them are elected municipal debit just from many regions actually over. participants from over 56 russian regions participated in that the round and this is one of the ways to hold russian activist could it dissipate. politike split axiom that and contribute to cha

mikhail gorbachev speaking at the college in may 1992 just after the collapse of the soviet union.nd enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >> american history tv on c-span 3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend we're marking the 75th anniversary of winston churchill's iron curtain speech regarded as one of the cold war's most iconic speeches. starting saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv and washington journal, a live discussion with timothy riley, and chief curator. he'll join us from fulton, missouri, the location of the 1946 speech and take your calls and tweets live on the air. at 10:00 a.m. the late margaret thatcher's lecture at westminster college as she marked the 50th anniversary of churchill's speech then on sunday at 2:00 p.m., artist edwina sands, reflect on their grandparents, and at 4:00 p.m., "real america" features an audio recording of churchill's entire speech accompanied by brief motion picture segments. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weeken

to mark the anniversary we begin with remarks by former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev speaking at the college in may of '92. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >> american history tv on c-span 3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend we're marking the 75th anniversary of winston churchill's iron curtain speech regarded as one of the cold war's most iconic speeches. starting saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv and washington journal, a live discussion with timothy riley, director of america's national churchill museum and chief curator. he'll join us from fulton, missouri, the location of the 1946 speech and take your calls at 10:00 a.m. the late margaret thatcher's speech at westminster college as she spoke about how the world changed in 50 years and the 1991 collapse of the soviet union. then on sunday at 2:00 p.m. an artist and an author reflect on their grandparents winston churchill and harry truman. and an audio recording of winston churchill

open russia was set up by prominent kremlin critic mikhail khodorkovsky, who now lives abroad.t month, alexei navalny, president vladimir putin's most prominent critic, was jailed for two and a half years. has arrest sparked mass protests and a tough response from police. on friday, dozens of countries called on russia to release alexei navalny, saying actions by russia against the opposition leader were unacceptable and politically motivated. activists say laws on undesirable organisations and foreign agent are being used to suppress dissent, but russia says the laws are needed to protect it national security from outside meddling. the number of new coronavirus cases is increasing in many european countries as a third wave of the pandemic gathers momentum. italy has reported 26,000 new coronavirus cases — and it's not the only european country seeing high numbers of infections. poland's 21,000 new coronavirus cases reported on saturday, is the highest figure since november. germany too has seen a big daily rise — the number there is up by more than 12,500 in the past 2a hours.

the 19—year—old desperately struggled with the heat and humidity in his match against mikhail kukushkinport website. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. the weather will be turning much colder today. we look at the temperatures we got to yesterday, in the warmer spots we had highs of around 15 celsius, for example, in sheffield. today, those temperatures quite widely across the uk down by about five celsius. from 15 to about ten later this afternoon. the change is brought about by an area of low pressure, this one here, and there are a couple of weather fronts on it. the first one an imposter bringing in a little bit of rain eastwards. the second one is the cold front and it is behind that that the colder air will be spreading its way in across the uk. over the next few hours, ourfirst band of rain moves from wales across into central and western england. our main band of rain, our cold front, will be bringing wet weather and gusty winds to scotland, western parts of wales and northern ireland as well. through friday morning, this band of rain will push eastwards and only rea

to be the 1st formula one driver to win 8 world titles he's currently tied at 7 with german legend mikhail sumach. now full view is in europe so forget that the clocks do go forward by an hour as we move from saturday to sunday and from winter and to summit time and while on the subject this lets me samantha with a special interest in time posse. some people have partners children or pets for company secrets that pot is crazy about clocks. around 300 in 65 of them. but who has time to count most people might be taught by the constant wall of noise not. as a minute once you can get my clocks of the love of my life and i love them above all else in the evening other people take sleeping pills so they can sleep while i sit in my comfy chair turn everything off look at my clocks listen to the ticking and watch the hands moving and then i feel so calm and relaxed i can go to bed and sleep soundly. having a massive collection of time pieces requires plenty of patients not least the round the clock cleaning effort but so too the painstaking business of resetting them twice a year for daylight sav

to mark the anniversary we begin with remarks by former soviet leader my mikhail gorbachev. watch tonight at 8:00 eastern. i. watch tonight at 8:00 eastern. >> american history tv telling the stories of the events every weekend. coming up we're marking the 75th anniversary of winston churchill's iron curtain speech. starting saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv and washington journal, a live discussion with timothy rilely, he'll join us from fulton, missouri the location of the 1946 speech. at 10:00 a.m., the late margaret thatcher's lecture, as she marked the 50th anniversary of the speech and talked about how the world changed in 50 years and the 1991 collapse of the soviet union. then on sunday, at 2:00 p.m., reflecting on their grandparents, winston churchill and harry truman. and reel america features an audio recording of winston churchill's iron curtain speech. exploring the american story, watch american history tv. this weekend on cspan3. >>> up next matt atkinson, a gettysburg national military park ranger discussing the post war life of general rob

to happen here world leaders continue to come to westminster college and and the museum we've had mikhail gorbachev president re margaret thatcher these great leaders in cold warriors if you will who helped end the war have followed in churchill's footsteps and the museum plays a great role in that the westminster college platform for world leaders to make remarks and speeches is quite extraordinary and it really is a ripple effect from what happened here on this campus 75 years ago. we're still living with it history is not old we live with it and see it and continue to be influenced by today. talk a little bit about that statue. you were just mentioning the breakthrough statue talk a little bit about it and tell us why it's there. well, you know edwina sands, who is winston churchill's granddaughter a very gifted internationally known artistic. saw the berlin wall fall on television like many of us did and had a notion to relocate eight sections of the berlin wall from berlin to fulton as a as a as a sculpture, but she did something interesting she carved through these these abstract ma

to mark the anniversary, we begin with remarks by mikhail gorbachev speaking just months after the collapse of the soviet union. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, we're marking the 75th anniversary of winston churchill's iron curtain speech, reguarded as one of the cold war's most iconic speeches starting saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv and "washington journal" a live discussion with timothy riley, director of the winston churchill museum. he'll join us from fulton, missouri, the location of the speech, and take your calls and tweets live on the air. at 10:00 a.m., the late margaret thatcher's speech as she marked the 50th anniversary and spoke about how the world changed in the 50 years and the 1991 collapse of the soviet union. then on sunday at 2:00 p.m., reflect on their grandparents, winston churchill and harry truman. and at 4:00 p.m., "reel america" features an audio r

the details is where a lot of debate still taking place this evening right deputy political editor mikhail excess near waiting like the rest of us to find out if and when this lockdown book will be extended yet again you cover thank you. australia is set to evacuate thousands more people from the suburbs of sydney as the region grapples with its worst flooding in decades every rains have swollen rivers across new south wales state causing widespread damage emergency services fear that more than 50000 people could be displaced as forecasts show more rain is on the way. a deaf person attempt to save a stranded ha'p'orth. to wrenshaw rain and flush floods in a strangely states of new south wales have cut onus off from that and the move for many creatures help has come too late. at least 18000 people have been evacuated from their homes as rivers and dams overflow. some i try to shore up their houses as best they can ahead of the looming waters. others have already seen their homes ravaged by the flooding. of everything can stay this tappets everything's. gone. but. it was worse than i am so i

the 19—year—old desperately struggled with the heat and humidity in his match against mikhail kukushkinnue. he did recover though and was able to walk off unaided. british number one and 2017 championjohanna konta is through to the third round. in only her second win of the season, she beat poland's magda linette in straight sets. konta has been struggling with an abdominal injury. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. you just couldn't resist, could you? thank you — i think. bring you up—to—date. .. two pilots are in a stable condition in hospital after a royal navy hawk jet crashed in woodland during a training exercise. the ministry of defence said both pilots ejected safely before the plane went down near the town of helston. it's thought engine failure was to blame, but there'll be an investigation. 0ur correspondent tamzin melville is in cornwall for us. —— jonathan beal has ——jonathan beal has been —— jonathan beal has been updating us on the story, he's been tweeting about this and has said that "all hawk t—1 jets flying have pau

we begin with remarks by former soviet leader mikhail gosh gosh speaking at the college in may 1992 just months after the collapse of the soviet union. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> american history tv on c-span 3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend we're marking the 75th anniversary of winston churchill's iron curtain speech regarded as one of the cold war's most iconic speeches starting saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on american history eastern and "washington journal" a live discussion with timothy reilly, director of america's national churchill museum and curator and will join us from fulton, missouri, the location of the 1946 speech and take your calls and tweets live on the air. at 10:00 a.m. the late margaret thatcher's 1996 lecture at westminster college as she mark the 50th anniversary of churchill's speech and spoke about how the world changed in the 50 years and the 1991 collapse of the soviet union and then sunday at 2:00 p.m. ardist sands and a

the first is the most dominant, and that is mikhail gorbachev. his policies deserves most of the credit with his ideas of glass knows. and he undermined the communist party, and the soviet system. and in doing so, sort of destroyed the fabric that held the soviet union and it satellites together, basically control, -- it's probably the largest school of thought. so within this school of thought, reagan is very given very little credit for the end of the cold war. there is another school of thought that claims that ronald reagan actually prolong the cold war. not only contributed, but he prolonged it because his sort of fiery rhetoric, was made it more difficult for someone like gorbachev, to enact his reforms. and the third school, this is mainly made up of conservative historians who claimed that ronald reagan won of the cold war by forcing the soviet union into bankruptcy. because their military buildup the united states put pressure on the soviets, they couldn't keep up and as a result it ended up in reforms, and those reforms and in the sovie

the 19 year old desperately struggled with the florida heat in his match against mikhail kukushkin, collapsinglike he's nearing the end of his career, but he didn't rule out walking away at the end of the season. i don't feel like i'm at the end. but only, you know, the next eight months or so will let me know, i'll find out whether i'm ready to stop or not. i don't think i will, personally. but you never know. the six nations finally ends tonight. scotland's trip to france was postponed last month due to a covid—19 outbreak in the french camp. and this one will now determine who wins the trophy. after beating wales last saturday to deny them the grand slam, france can now snatch the title too if they can score at least four tries against scotland, and win by 21 points or more. the french players have been full of confidence in the media about becoming this season's champions tonight, and that has certainly been winding up the scotland captain. we read a quote from one of the players saying that they've got a trophy to win. so as a proud scotsman, that hurt me a lot, and tomorrow, a lot has be

next former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev's lecture at westminster college. he talked about how the world could emerge from the cold war and shape the future. [applause]