the texture of the ministry of truth was based on his time working for the bbc. n he thought of the spanish civil war and saw the news reports in many of the papers, particularly the stalinist papers just bore no resemblance to what he'd seen. ingsoc was basically a satirical exaggeration of totalitarianism, the thing is that the world learned about hitler's germany and stalin's russia. so it is oppressive on multiple levels. the thought police, they obviously arrest people for things they haven't even done yet. you have surveillance through the two—way telescreen, and then you have the most pernicious form of all, which is doublethink, which basically teaches people to believe two contradictory things, and to have lost faith in objective truth. there is so much in the book that different aspects of it come to the surface at different periods in history, so when it came out and throughout the 1950s, it was seen as a study of totalitarianism. in the late ‘70s and in the ‘80s, people became far more interested in technology, which is not actually a huge part of the

the ministry of truth or going to and in bamako you know say that basically they are looking for ways to establish that of the bates they recognize that it's also difficult ok. join us to kill project director for west africa for the in geo crisis group on the security situation in mali we appreciate your insights thank you thank you now the upsurge in violence in mali has spilled over into neighboring book enough facile only last week dozens of gunman killed nearly 20 people in attacks in the north of the country and hundreds have been killed in recent weeks the dramatic spike in attacks since late last year forced displacement of around 150000 people in the country here too the government has failed to effectively tackle the violence that's also despite international military. now the africa cup of nations kicks off this week with egypt hosting the biggest soccer event on the continent attention is safe to be focused on the pitch as the best $24.00 teams fight it out before the final is decided on july 19th but in the background there is a different struggle going on the struggle to

the fictitious ministry of truth. of us who count ourselves as free to keep george orwell fiction in the 21 st century. that's your reality check. >> so important. it is not over yet. it is seeping through. thank you for bringing up the people in concentration camps largely forgotten? >> what a remarkable history lesson. thank you very much. >>> all right. what is it's over? james holzhauer's jeopardy winning streak is over. what are the people he defeated thinking? if you came up with the correct response, you are going to be the new jeopardy champion. did you? you did. what did you wager? oh, gosh, $20,000. what a payday, $46,801. what a fame. >> down goes james holzhauer, the jeopardy contestant who couldn't be beat saw his $2.4 million winning streak come to an end. joining us ask adam levin, he was a jeopardy contestant. until last night he came the closest to beating james. i want to play you sound we just heard for the first time of james holzhauer talking about his defeat. i think you will find it interesting.

of the middle east arms race. china's foreign ministry has responded to the accusations but hasn't clearly denied helping saudi arabia but their missile program. the truth. the chinese government has always opposed the use of weapons of mass destruction as well as their proliferation trying to has been very strict with its export of missile technology china and saudi arabia our strategic cooperation partners we've maintained good cooperation in many fields including the arms trade and this cooperation does not violate any international law and does not involve any proliferation issues of weapons of mass destruction a group of u.s. senators is trying to block weapon sales to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan president donald trump bypass congress last month by declaring an emergency because of growing tensions with iran and he approved $8000000000.00 worth of arms sales which the bipartisan group of senators wants stopped. ceremonies are being held in northern france to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the d.-day landings u.s. president on iraq is joining the french president to pay respects at a cemetery earlier than will knock on the

riyadh president donald trump is accused of not disclosing the information to congress china's foreign ministry has neither confirmed nor denied their reports. the truth. the chinese government has always opposed the use of weapons of mass destruction as well as their proliferation trying to has been very strict with its export of missile technology toner in saudi arabia our strategic cooperation partners we've maintained good cooperation immediate fields including the arms trade and this cooperation does not violate any international law and does not involve any proliferation issues of weapons of mass destruction the parliamentary committee investigating sure longest charge bombings that killed more than 250 people in april is meeting senior government officials looking into the causes that led to that series of coordinated bombings on easter sunday 12 member team also look into what action needs to be taken ceremonies are being held in northern france to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the d.-day landings as president trump is joining the french president as you can see there to pay respects that ceremony. the headlines keep it here on al-jazeer

ministry, but my last paper at catholic university was same-gendered marriages. and what we do not realize is that what we need is a vehicle of veracity with a capacity to uphold those self-evident truths. and so what we would like, i would think we need, with all the talk and everything is good about the reparations, about voting rights, about equal access -- i got fired by trinity church standing up for a south african transgendered woman to use the women's bathroom, that we need human rights courts. steve: i will stop you there. thank you for sharing your story. marc stein? marc: one of the things the caller emphasized was religion and the oppressive role played by religion and potentially liberating role played by religion. before the stonewall riots, religious leaders were important allies of the lgbtq movement, along with, i would say the , american civil liberties union, perhaps the most important ally for the pre-stonewall movement. in san francisco there was a very influential council on religion and the human -- the homosexual, which featured a number of ministers who allied with activists of that day and made important, groundbreaking efforts in california, and those efforts

ministry, but my last paper at catholic university was same- gendered marriages, and what we do not realize is that what we need is a vehicle of veracity with a capacity to uphold those self-evident truthsand so what we would like, i would think we need, with all the talk and everything is good about the reparations, about voting rights, about eight trinity i got fired by church standing up for a south african transgendered woman to use the women's bathroom, that we need human rights course. host: i will stop you there are thank you for sharing your story. marc stein? guest: one of the things the religiond the size was and the potentially liberating role played by religion. before the stonewall riots, religious leaders were important allies of the lgbtq movement, along with the american civil liberties union, an important ally for the pre-stonewall movement. there was a council on religion and humans actual, which ministers number of who allied with activists of that day and made important, efforts, andg those continued after stonewall. so i would not think of the religious community as hostile islgbt aspirations, but it divided, and we have for several decades have religious denominati