death and what the story says about journalism in russia ukraine and beyond selective memories the persian language television channels that beam their way into iran from the u.s. you buy and london uganda imposes a special tax on social media is the government in it for the money or the control board. and the argentinean president provides cold comfort for his people and then feels the heat on social media. in more than eleven years of doing the listening post we've never covered a story quite like this one last week news spread of the murder of a russian dissident journalist our cuddy bob cenk oh shut and killed outside his apartment in kiev ukraine except as we all now know it never happened the killing had been staged his resurrection broadcast live at a press conference the following day that chancellor said he faked his own death as part of an operation led by the ukrainian security services to thwart a plot by moscow to kill him he said it was about survival for others though it was a mere stunt that undermined ukraine's credibility and could have serious consequences for other jour

and a persian lemon sauce. tuna and a chinese and pastry pockets and finally a dessert of olives and chocolate. germany's youngest female michelin star chef often adds an oriental touch to the dishes she creates. a fascination with arab culture and cuisine began when she was a child which was not so long ago given that she's now just twenty eight. as of immunity what if we had not always gone to the orient on holiday perhaps i wouldn't be so interested in all these countries perhaps i would have trained to be a chef who knows good manners what i saw there is that grandmothers and mothers would drive chilies on the roofs of their houses and grind them and invest a lot of love that's what we do in our kitchen we cook with love otherwise we could not survive that's what sensitize just recently wrote a few. words that the restaurant in the fifteenth century mirthful car from west of cologne she became

every friday night my new t.v. a persian language satellite channel based in london invites viewers to turn back the clock. into nelly's armaan or time time no delivers a feast of archival footage showcasing life even on under its last shot mohammad reza pahlavi. what the u.s. see is a vision of a liberal and stylish it i'm led by a benevolent king it's enough to make you wonder why the one nine hundred seventy nine revolution and the overthrow of the shah ever had. and you see women out and about on the beach on university campuses in the workplace participating in sports images of the shah and his wife his third wife usually the empress. always looking very beautiful looking very glamorous the idea is look at how how beautiful and happy and fashionable everybody was in the past unlike how we are now but. i found it quite extraordinary when i visited iran a few years ago to find out that almost every person in iran was familiar with monitor we're guaranteed the channel success with access to run an archive footage from the period before the revolution. that's muscle boffin makoto as w

persians is know to make the division complete. he said you will command the second division, but we will not have a division of marines. here's some of his dates. it gives you an idea. you have to valuate his service and what that meant to him in later years, particularly with the atomic bomb. of theget to see some occupations after the war, which is very important. and in services and artillery commander, after he commander. truman chasing germans. this was a cartoon done by one of his battery mates. it gives you a way of how they felt. just aggressive. marines, what was their attitude? and we are going to continue to fight. they go through until the last night of the war. they felt -- they were pushed across the world news. what they felt was a needless attack. this goes back to the casualties we talked about. whenid you push us across you know the truth is coming? we talked to a lot of men bridging the river, getting in the german artillery fire, until 11:00 when peace is declared, but why? investigation, the general who comman

the persian recruits are increasingly country children these are the fast steps towards conscription. even in childhood the soldiers are selected following fixed rules they're each given a symbol of belonging by their future regiment. in st come down be there was also foreign recruitment told all the world highlights the fact that the tactics also could involve deception violence and a lot of outgoing and not everyone who shows up is accepted into the army certain criteria must be fulfilled. this state archives in minster contain clues about prussian recruiting practice. a simple measure for example the soldiers had to have a minimum height one meter sixty nine at the ton of frederick the great. stunt told. me a measurements are taken every year some recruits only sixteen years old. as soldiers teeth are vital in war next only those with strong teeth can keep ripping open the powder cottages. only one in seven toss must. marry at ten days out also need soldier as her own and those of her allies. to force another prussians have been victorious in the up truck your majesty. and our troo

frederick knows there are only thirty nine thousand persians versus sixty six thousand austrians that's why he has to avoid a battle on an open site. this illusion of the famous obelisk order tactic. the enemy troops ought to be and counted and annihilated on the right flank until the enemy line relents. place. in the afternoon he gets there with their to attack the open right flank till. it's that key to victory even the king couldn't have expected that. since this battle frederick has been seen as the most brilliant military commander of his day. long term becomes legendary in prussian and german history and frederick himself becomes a legend among his own soldiers to. frederick adopted to the obelisk order from the military commanders of the antiquity it now went down in military history. old fritz says he will soon be called becomes a role model not least for a self-proclaimed greatest military commander of all times. the only the the cheap that it was bad at the end to end the. week the whole week the yeah in. this moment to becomes legendary twenty five thousand soldiers singing t

every friday night my new t.v. a persian language satellite channel based in london invites viewers to turn back the clock. into nelly's armaan or time time no delivers a feast of archival footage showcasing life even on under its last shot mohammad reza pahlavi. what the us see is a vision of a liberal and stylish it on led by a benevolent king it's enough to make you wonder why the one nine hundred seventy nine revolution and the overthrow of the shah ever had. and you see women out about the beach on university campuses in the workplace participating in sports images of the shah and his wife his third wife usually the empress. always looking very beautiful looking very glamorous the idea is look at how how beautiful and happy and fashionable everybody was in the past unlike how we are now. i found it quite extraordinary when i visited iran a few years ago to find out that almost every person in iran was familiar with monitor we're going to the channel success with access to run an archive footage from the period before the revolution that's muscle boffin mcwillie as well because any

every friday night my new t.v. a persian language satellite channel based in london invites viewers to turn back the clock. into nelly's armaan or time time no delivers a feast of archival footage showcasing life even on under its last shot mohammad reza pahlavi. what the u.s. see is a vision of a liberal and stylish it on led by a benevolent king it's enough to make you wonder why the one nine hundred seventy nine revolution and the overthrow of the shah ever had. and you see women out and about on the beach on university campuses in the workplace participating in and spore images of the shah and his wife his third wife usually the empress. always looking very beautiful looking very glamorous the idea is look at how how beautiful and happy and fashionable everybody was in the past unlike how we are now. i found it quite extraordinary when i visited iran a few years ago to find out that almost every person in iran was familiar with monitor what guarantee the channel success was the access to run an archive footage from the period before the revolution. that's marceau boffin macoutes la

>> between 2003 and 2011, we had one carrier strike group in the persian gulf. between 2000 -- twee 1991 and 2003, we had one, between 2003 and 2011 we had to. what i'm saying is, we should continue with the destroyers and cruisers, and amphibian ships in the persian gulf, but the aircraft carriers should remain outside. >> mister goldberg, let me go to you. in your written testimony, you described maximum pressure strategy using multiple lines of effort. what further sanctions do we need, in your opinion, and how do we know that these sanctions are working? priate the question. you for your leadership on this in the past. it will be very important for this subcommittee and other members to conduct oversight to make sure that we do have a maximum pressure campaign is exceeds. we measure this by the liquidity crisis in iran, the axis of the regime to cash, to hard dollars, to hard euros. what we saw in the leadup t the jc poa, the interim deal, was that under the central bank sanctions, the disconnection of iranian banks, the sectoral symptoms that congress enact

we said once again that we would work to resolve conflicts in the middle east, the persian gulf, cambodia and south africa. you will see a great deal about tomorrow's ions in headlines, but sometimes, maybe history is note, made in headlines. we don't recognize great turning until they are long past. his was an economic summit and in economics i believe today at summits, yes, profoundoader and more ways as well. this summit s held against the bo back drop as the oneouin the the rockies meet plains. less than a decade ago inflation ryan told us stagnation, decline and despair economies of the nearly all the summit nations. hope.we live in a time of i know that i don't needs it tell you this -- don't need to you this because canada is a leaders. among last four years industrial nations only japan economic growth while canada created more than a theion jobs and confounding experts a few years ago did it while keeping inflation in check. how? one answer, of course. you have been deregulating industry, moving government out of the ownership and management and reducing marginal tax rates. truer

said that we would work to resolve regional conflicts in the middle east, the persian gulf, cambodia, and south africa. see a great deal about our discussions in tomorrow's headlines. sometimes, maybe most of the time, history is not made in headlines. we don't recognize great turning points until their long past. this was an economic summit. and in economics, history is , yes, but ints broader and more profound ways as well. this summit was held against the backdrop of a transformation pastor medicare is the place on the prairie where the rockies meet the planes. less than a decade ago, -- stagnation decline and despair characterized in one measure or another, the economies of nearly all the summit nations. today, we live in a time of hope. i know that i don't need to tell you this because canada is a leader. in the last four years, among industrial nations, only japan matched canada's economic growth. created more than a million jobs and confounding the experts of just a few years ago, did it while keeping inflation in check. deregulating industry. moving government out of the owner

neighboring princes assert their clans the persian king to mung side to the south of his own territory. while hereditary claims are used to justify the invasion no one actually expects it . and indeed it's a clear breach of law. merrier ten days are initially shows no response easy prey for frederick and of high value . let's go. to ed that's because i leisure with the odor is its main river isn't just of strategic significance it's also a rich province with a flourishing economy the city of breslau now for thoughts while in poland with its university. dina. what does losing all this mean for maria teresa. she knows that she contacts at this brazen theft by the naval man as she calls him a. person who can help. a. she said because i have this task and i'll do everything to fulfill it she saw a solution in hungary gandhi now speaking in america today is our wants beyond garion to help after all she wears that crown she wants money and troops holding her son in her arms she hopes to soften hungary and hearts what she said let's wait and see time is of the essence but hide from us abandon

young mother is wholly inexperienced in government just like france's her husband closer ship to the persian king has marched into side leisure. now day. speech intrade also at least ca's al as i will never accept this brazen sassed name . far more than just sight easier as at stake it's about supremacies on german soil. he wants defenses to capitulate. brandenburg prussia is to become a major power at the expense of austria that's the will of the king. the air can count is an opponent he has massively underestimated she's ready to fight back whatever the cost this means a new wall. a european war that frederick is no longer in control of by this time tomorrow he will have defeated our enemy or will never see each other again. it's a war that will lead to rivals to ruin and will change more than just germany. it for three hundred years the hapsburgs have been the leading power in the holy roman empire of the german nation. quite unlike the whole and sullens with that kingdom of fred's and patches as it was called at the time the two colors have territories both inside and outside of the empi

stands in seek matting and in swabian this is the home of the princes of hohenzollern a branch of the persian royal hounds. in eight hundred seventy the spanish off of the prince's eldest son polled the spanish crown nail poet hesitates but then accents but not entirely of his own volition as letters from bismarck and zeke manning and the state archives prove. lippold only agrees under pressure from bismarck bismarck knows that the french and print a poet in the third is against a member of the house of poland sala on the spanish throne because he fears any further increase in balance power but bismarck thinks a conflict with france is almost unavoidable if he wants to unify germany's north and south this not use his name appalled to deliberately provoke the french is going on the question is this is the solution of eight hundred sixty six permanent always at a stop gap on the way to a german empire in bismarck's view and it's probably irrefutable war with france is inevitable if he wants to achieve this often creaking from. the news of live holds acquiescence along as the french foreign mini

i am not so sure that the persians remember cyrus, but the jewish people -- we remember cyrus. this decision of the president trump will be remembered for generations to come, it is one of the great historic decisions that were made in the history of his presidency. you had the decision at the un, to recognize the jewish people, in 1947, and you the decision in 1948, president truman, it took an 11 minutes to recognize the established state of israel, and, because of what jerusalem means to the jewish people, we are going to carry this decision with us way out into the future. there is no people on earth that has a relationship with this city, like the jewish people's relationship with jerusalem, because it has captured her imagination, and captivated our imagination. even when, we were not a sovereign power there. for 2000 years, we were dreaming of jerusalem. we would turn prayers for jerusalem, if you have been to a jewish wedding, when a groom -- stamps his foot on the ground, and breaks a glass, he is remembering the destruction of the temple in jerusalem. you could actual

pontiac grand prix or grand am to your car if if you're sitting there or see someone else sit in the persian seat and you have to lean your seat forward first for the person to get the back seat you liked is two shots back where were these bullets placed in the head oakley i was sitting in the passenger seat. so he it turns out it was. but in your first statement you said the bullets were on the right of his head right that's why we get because he was like this probably going to hit him here below and probably hit in their i don't know exactly where they had him i just know they had him somewhere in the journalism and they had been left out they could have hit him on the left that's it that's in the papers. the. couldn't have had a minute that could have three sure. on his own the second murder. is my worry is that they came to the base ok david made a statement as well the forensics are so important because they have those and all they have is go to the testimony there's no d.n.a. there's no fingerprints me at two vehicles and life organs there's not one finger paraffin me. first you stated

slowly we slid into korea, vietnam, and now the persian gulf beckons. carter's weak and indecisive leadership has vacillated before ethiopia and afghanistan. weak leadership will lose the peace." >> of all the objectives we seek, first and foremost is the establishment of lasting world peace. we know only too well war only comes not when the forces of freedom are strong, it is when they are weak that tyrants are tempted. >> the message ronald reagan has carried to america is one of strength. >> economic, military, and strategic. >> the hostage crisis, the invasion were strongly damaging to president carter's standing. he desperately tried to negotiate an end to the iranian hostage crisis, and he would, but not until the election was over. after looking at plummeting poll numbers, his pollster reported "the hostage crisis symbols our impotence. ronald reagan's message is simple: take me, and you don't have to have that anymore." the carter campaign could not et the challenge, and behind-the-scenes there wasn't enough progress to deliver before the electi

the hope world peace roads. -- thnow the persian gulf beckons.ter's week and decisive leadership has vacillated for events in angola, ethiopia and afghanistan. jimmy carter does not know it takes strong leadership to keep the peace. weak leadership will lose it. >> of all the objectives we seek coppers and foremost is the establishment of lasting world peace. we know too well that war comes not when the forces of freedom are strong, it is when they are .eak that tyrants are tempted four times in my lifetime america has gone to war -- >> the message ronald reagan has carried is one of strength. >> peace is made by the fact of strength. economic, military. andhe hostage crisis invasion were damaging to president carter standing. carter tried to negotiate an end to the iranian hostage crisis and he would but he would not do it until after the election was over. after looking at plummeting poll addeds, his pollster zed our crisis symboli weakness. hawkish republicans and neoconservatives started to support reagan. the carter campaign could not meet t

capitalead, persian shares have declined as much as percent over the past three years.ckman has a plan to return them to their glory days. we have that story next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ amanda: this is "bloomberg markets." i'm amanda lang in toronto. shery: i'm shery ahn in new hedge fund mkman plans to ride back their persian squa holdings with help from a smart real estate purchase in philadelphia. for more, peggy collins leads bloomberg see u.s. investment coverage. bill ackman. he has not really done well when it comes to stockpicking. being a good landlord can save him. peggy: it is interesting becessa storied activist hedge fund manager. he has done incredibly well early in his career. he had great bets, including railroad stock several years ago. as of late, he has taken b losses, high personal losses on stock bets for valeant, a short on herbalife. gain back speed. one of the things that happens is his perfect -- persian square publicly traded entity. weret it trades like his hedge fund and it is discount ng to do is use his personal assets outside of his hedge

it lip which turkey may try to hold on to and of course the large kurdish region in the north that persian arab region about the bradys that the united states. presently holds with it skirted and the arab allies there so those are the three areas that assad has promised to take back it's beginning with this one because it seems to be the most. least well defended and the the most vulnerable because jordan ultimately wants to open the roads with damascus wants to get back on a regular footing damascus it wants to send refugees home the united states is not going to defend this region there are dozens of militias there including an isis and hideout. how would an american what would america's long term plan b. if they intervened to save these militias when they help them establish a state with a protect them forever it's unclear and america has made it very you know very i think very clear that it's not going to do that right is he completes the arrangement was negotiated a year ago took more to use the united states wanted to fight isis today isis destroyed so the object which was to get syr

the big surface engagement since the gulf took place in persian golf in 1988, april 18, 1988. iranian navy the sore tion guard element sortied against the united tates navy two guided missile cruisers and a gun boat were thecked by the iranian navy first with missile warfare. you think of world war i where engagement was by big guns 2,000-pound e a shell 20 miles. grows d war ii the range farther and now from 200 miles bombs and torpedos off an aircraft carrier. in the persian gulf i1988 the ominant form warfare was missiles fired from 500 miles away over a longer range and now sit inacdill air force base with a little console and a missile from a drone at a target 14,000 miles away. so the characteristic change in atal war far is the distance which the opponents fight. within it sail up to half pistol shot, 50 or 60 yards blast with smooth bore iron cannonballs. the range and accuracy increased and the big difference world war i and ii was the un to the airplane and now electronic and missile warfare that increases range to such a is almost no re theater. you can target an en

rhyme came into english from arabic and persian. the question had these people who knew hebrew, arabic, persian and their own french, old french. and they experimented. and in a way it's distorted our idea of what a poem is. a poem isnguage. a poem that is not in rhyme because it doesn't use end rhyme. this is by a poet from the best state, new jersey. [ laughing ] >> this is a poem by william carlos williams about seeing some guys doing roofing. probably looking out from the window of this doctor's office. it begins in the key of eh and ee modulates into um. now they are reflecting in light. like the stones stacked regularly about the flat roof really after lunch to be open and strewn. the copper in eight foot strips has been beaten length wise at right angles. one picks up a copper strip and runs his eye along it. the only thing you can call end e to edge the coping. one still chewing picks up the copper strip and runs his eye along it. that is like sounds and unlike sounds. it has nothing to do with there was an old man from eeli

traditions and we were all there ass trains and in fact many of the people's ancestors in azerbaijan are persian or turks are many and you know i it's multiple ethnicities so i thought what would be great is to do a project that sort of really questions this idea of homeland for a country that it's a cost of so many different type of people from different ethnicities religions languages but they're all cause that by your own home and this was very poignant for someone like myself again that i had there problematic relationship to home. i. spoke to every one of the my my subjects are men and women young. and really trying to in their simple way find out what is the definition to them. what is it that signifies and gives them that sense of security. what was really amazing. in the majority was that the idea of home is not the big thing this is not the bigger picture of the architecture of the city but this small things like the order of your mother's cooking or the first day of spring and the way that you feel the smell of the blossoms or the picnic in the fact with the family it's not a bad the b

population of about fifteen million the last saw juran commission be the all freedom tower to mount a persian empire steep thousand five hundred ton a person. i love the symmetry of that thing. that you just wait around this take to make sure you have a pretty good system and it is just about hits and aneurysms. another must bring in kieron ecologist alice which literally means the palace of flowers because of the beautiful gardens you have inside. for some it might be surprising how much iran and especially to run is a good example of that is the sheer amount of coffee shops you can find really to places a. good spot to go to fight is the search experience street where you can find all these families and food places. sometimes you see typically pregnant went in a very simple place and we've got a national dish just come up and he. just kind of it makes the soup. as iraq is located on the ground it's trading business always played a major role till today in iran this is why you should visit there because i am sure which is a true maze of moments that an ominous current. twenty with the. franc

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two naval vessels were almost sunk in the persian gulf, and no one remembers that. >> can talk about what was happening with first division in raleigh in -- in riley mid 1970's from the first edition in the vietnam era to the new improved version? >> first infantry division when i joined in may 1971, i had six tanks in my platoon. i had seven soldiers, counting me. one of those soldiers was signed to craig, where he literally handed out basketballs and towels. i could not start all six tanks. when i left seven or eight months in, i achieved a maintenance achievement, i got all six to start. the first time i got in my tank, i processed the coincidence range finder, which is like a rangefinder on the old-time cameras, where you bring the two images together. you achieve focus once you have achieved range. they took it out. 18 months later, it haven't been returned. -- it hadn't been returned. we had cardboard cutouts in my tank to prevent the rain where the rangefinder had been. stan was an executive officer. after that you can see the improvement. there was a lot of talk about the rea

. >> king cyrus was a persian emperor, pagan persian emperor who the israelites were in captivity and send them back to jerusalem to rebuild the temple. >> sabine i should know. >> you should know. evangelical speaker coined this term during the campaign. we do not come up with it, but it describes the notion among evangelicals that trump was perhaps someone who didn't sort of identify with them by experience. he wasn't evangelical. he struggled sometimes when he talks that christianity took said he never asked for forgiveness. talk about get my little cracker and weiner talks about communion and struggles to even explain what is the basic ritual for most christians. obviously the connection is not therefrom a biographical or cultural sense, but as tony burke into six runs a council research said i did not pick trump because of shared experiences. i picked him because of shared priorities or maybe shared values. priorities of self focus. a lot of catholics and evangelicals decided we have gone with republicans candidates who were one of us before and they didn't get it done. they didn

ways to reduce tension in areas around the globe -- southeast asia, africa, central america, the persian gulf, and the middle east. the withdrawal of soviet troops from afghanistan, of course, represents in a story extent in itself, when that the general couldary and i agreed serve as a model for settling other regional conflicts. a key part of my agenda for this moscow summit, as for my previous meetings with the general secretary, involved human rights. recently, the soviets have begun to show somewhat more respect for human rights. in the past year, for example, they have released some 300 political detainees from detention. it is my hope that what took ace in my moscow visit will lead to still greater individual freedom for the peoples of the soviet union. you see, in addition to my meetings with mr. gorbachev, i held other meetings with monks at a monastery in moscow, with newly 100 dissidents, men and women who have worked for years for the freedom to speak, to worship, to assemble, and to travel, and at moscow university with students. indeed, with the very students likely to beco

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so many people, approximately 400 officials, have been put in persian —— prisons for corruptions.the world, particularly in the post— soviet period, in the post— soviet area. particularly in the post— soviet period, in the post— soviet arealj ta ke period, in the post— soviet areal take your point. even as very senior economy minister, the young star in the government, was locked up for corruption but one of the opponents of the regime put it to me and almaty, it is not a question of individuals, it is the system, the system is rotten. i don't agree with him because of course, everybody is free to criticise the system but i don't believe that he is right. the system is good. we have a very good legal framework for fighting against corruption. one feature of the kazakh economy is that a small number of extraordinary wealthy individuals seem to dominate. there is one private company, eurasia resources, which it is said controls 496 resources, which it is said controls 4% of the country's assets. it looks to outsiders like an oligarchical system. is that healthy and sustainable for t

regime change the state department's budget for broadcasting in iran shared between voice of america's persian service and radio farda an offshoot of radio free europe is estimated at more than thirteen million dollars per year from the mental mission of venues like voice of america or radio free europe is to pick and choose certain events that have actually happened packaged in a way that dovetails with the regime change the narrative for example late last year we had a series of labor related demonstrations in iran people demanding living wages and so forth they pick particularly on certain kinds of the slogans that say if not tomorrow the day after tomorrow this regime will fall. you know a lot of people is for the. boy is for them in the usual bill clinton. don't you know we covered both sides of the issue we covered what the protestors were saying we probed covered what the government of iran was saying about the protesters we covered with the u.s. government was saying and what we discovered is even though in iran it's against the law to access our content we found the views of our conte

chinese,ch, german, eastern european, mexican, vietnamese, persian, syrian. we fret over language even though studies show second-generation americans are fully engaged legally and third generation american speak nothing of their old tongue. in our current debate, immigrant south of the border carry such worrisome traits as strong in the faith, close-knit families, hard-working, and small business entrepreneurs. as a conservative, it sounds like the things i stand for. as an american, it sounds a lot like the america i thought for. -- i thought for. -- i fought for. 30% of the soldiers i lost in iraq were immigrants or had immigrating parents. one earned his citizenship posthumously. and our nation has ever sustained by immigrants defending the newfound freedom, we must reject a dangerous proposal creeping into the immigration measures on this floor, namely that nonpermanent residents, can earn a residency, earn a residency by military service. we long accommodated permanent residents to earn their citizenship but to place people with no status or allegiance