or for more we can bring in our political correspondent simon young simon what more do we know about this phone call. well you've outlined it pretty much the two leaders welcomed this cease fire that spin announced between the separatists in donbass and the ukrainian government set to run over the christmas holidays and they said that they very much hope that could translate into more last thing moves for peace merkel is also welcomed this prisoner exchange that's been agreed between the two sides is said that she hoped that could happen soon poroshenko says he's working as hard as he can to make sure that it does and supposedly the moves for peace would really be welcome because in recent days we've seen pretty much the opposite on monday the russians announced they were pulling out military observers from the joint control center in ukraine accusing the ukrainian side of obstructing their work and on cheese day the o. s. c. reported that the situation on the ground has got a lot worse recently there's been more fighting for a long time so peace efforts are really needed what is ger

forum do we get all these belong to cough and that's got more from germany political correspondent simon young welcome simon tell us more about what martin short has been saying today you know phil schultz says that he's canceled the christmas holidays for himself and twelve senior s.p.d. politicians who are going to take part in these exploratory talks which he says can begin just after the beginning of the new year and he rather optimistically suggested they may only take a couple of weeks through to the middle of january at any rate there's going to be another meeting of the s.p.d. party membership to decide then whether to move to a full coalition talks with angela merkel and her conservatives so another meeting of the s.p.d. i don't get the feeling of deja vu way that we have the social democrats and conservatives meeting with the president about a month ago they bang their heads together they agreed to talk and s.p.d. party conference indorse that decision and then there were talks two nights ago now martin shields is talking about going back to his party why. well you're right phil is c

be longer coughing let's get more from our political correspondents covering the story simon young of berlin and kate brady who is at the very end the conservative party conference and nuremberg good to see both simon at let's start with you martin short sounds like he is driving a pretty hard bargain what exactly do the social democrats want. marty childes is it pains to keep stressing that these talks are beginning without any presumption that they will lead to a grand coalition with angle americans conservatives he says you know there could be in the minority government a that could be new elections who knows at this stage but he calls them pretty clear ideas of what he would want to see in a coalition agreement he was talking today about a new political culture in germany with dialogue between politicians and the general public he was also saying that germany needs a new dispensation a new new investment for in education care for seniors affordable housing and many other sort of specific policy ideas he's also said that the european union needs to be relaunched so you know he's go

political correspondent simon young in berlin and kate brady of the very conservative party conference in europe welcome both simon we'll start with you martin schulz looks intent on driving a hard bargain what do the social democrats want. you know phil all the martin schulz is saying that these talks are going to begin without preconditions without any presumption that they will lead to a new edition of the ground coalition with angle america's conservatives he seems to have some fairly clear ideas of what he wants he says there should be a new political culture in germany and more dialogue between the government in the public but he also was talking today about investing more in education in care for the aged. doing more to promote affordable housing on ing out to imbalances in germany's health insurance system and a number of other things you also say is a restart for the european union's importance so he's course of pretty cold creature ideas he's going to want to see some of that in any coalition agreement that he might ultimately sawing. to simon i would liming what the s.p.d. w

that was the german government spokesperson i'm joined now by our political correspondent simon young from a parliamentary food has some of the german ministers and the government making very tough statements there with that they want to send a very strong message on their. yeah i'm retired i think they want to make it clear that protest against the decision by president trump to recognize to root slim is israel's capital mustn't be allowed to spill over into anti semitic violence and of course there's always some potential for that here in germany especially in big cities like berlin where you've got a launch immigrant population with sympathy for the palestinian cause and it's pretty clear that some of these people demonstrating over the weekend in berlin outside the u.s. embassy were very angry and you know a longstanding opponents of israel and some flag burning is illegal in many countries what is the situation here in germany. yeah meters are as i understand it there's no special protection for israeli flags all foreign flags and state symbols enjoy a certain amount of protectio

the political correspondent simon young simon thank you for that analysis. australia's great barrier reef is one of our planet's great natural wonders but its survival is increasingly threatened by a phenomenon called coral bleaching now bleaching occurs when the coral a stressed by rising water temperatures after record bleaching in two thousand and sixteen and seventeen around fifty percent of the reef died off now scientists fear another bleaching event could be on the way as they race to protect the fragile ecosystem. this is got to be one of the world's best locations for university lecture and the professors assistants and students clad in black with suits are about to get to work. i've come to live that island to investigate the underwater world of the great barrier reef dr and hoggard has lived on the island for twenty seven years no one knows the reef as well as she does and she's deeply concerned. on its scientists to forecasting what is going to happen in the coming decades as they would the world warms up predicted that we would get back to back

our political correspondents, simon young and kate brady. thank you both.erman teenager is awaiting trial in baghdad after being captured in the stronghold of the islamic state. linda traveled to iraq after converting to islam. she married a fighter who was later killed. now, she says she wants to come home. even if she makes it back to germany, her future is uncertain. >> was a conscious reunion with a family who traveled from germany to baghdad to see the 17-year-old who is in custody awaiting trial. pictures of her arrest in july were beamed around the world. identified only as linda w, she left her home in eastern germany to join the so-called islamic state. now, she regrets it. >> i do not know how i came up with such a dumb idea. i've completely ruined my life. >> linda says she did not take part in any fighting. she's as after the death of the member she married, she stayed in various women's shelters and almost never stepped outside. hundreds of women have left europe to join is. many of them are now in custody in iraq. according to research by germ

the following these developments let me join our political correspondent simon young someone as we heard a strong reaction from a german ministers there they want to send a message with with their tweets on there. that's right amrita there's also also been reaction from gabrielle is the acting foreign minister he said that there is no right and no justification to burn israeli flags or call for hatred against jews or to question the right of the state of israel to exist so pretty clear words there from all these german politicians i think they just want to make it clear that although they can understand people's anger at the decision of donald trump to recognize to rue slim is israel's capital that that protests must not be allowed to spill over into violence and there's always potential for that to happen in cases like this particularly in cities like berlin where you've got large immigrant population with sympathy for the palestinian cause and some of the flag burning is against the law in some countries what is the legal situation here in germany. yeah i mean there's no special protec

joining me now is our political correspondent simon young at a parliamentary studios some of the s.p.d. modern shirts has just been talking tell us more about what he had to say. yami to martin schultz says that he's recommended to the s.p.d. leadership that they should move forward now and begin full exploratory talks with angle americal and the conservatives on the possibility of forming a government indeed he says that he's already identified his twelve person team to take part in those talks as he said they're expected to begin soon after the new year and he pretty optimistic lisa jested they might only take a couple of weeks he said that on the fourteenth of january the party membership could have the opportunity to vote and say whether they think it's there is a basis for moving forward to full coalition talks but given that the two sides are really not keen on a grand coalition to start with how difficult will it is if there are three talks the. well i think they are going to be very difficult as you say there's lots of people particularly in the s.p.d. who are very unhappy abou

political correspondents simon the young in berlin and kate brady of the bavarian conservative party conference in nuremberg welcome both simon we'll start with you martin schultz the intent on driving a hard bargain what is it that the social democrats want. yes phil despite the fact that these talks are supposed to begin without preconceptions that's to say without any presumption that they will lead to a new grand coalition government martin shields the s.p.d. leader today has been pretty clear about some of the stuff he wants he says any future german government should have a new political culture behind it and there should be dialogue forums he said with citizens to sort of promote communication between government and the people he talked about specific policies as well saying there should be. a reform of the housing market for instance of education he said more should be done to help young families he wants a reform of germany's health insurance system and so on and so on so there's a hell of a lot of detail already in martin short his mind at least going into these exploratory

simon jack, our business thank you very much. simonjack, our business editor. thank you. let's return to the political importance of this deal now, and our chief political correspondent vicki younghe relief in the business community, is relief one of the emotions at westminster? i think it is amongst theresa may and herteam. if you i think it is amongst theresa may and her team. if you think back a few days to monday, the humiliation at the hands of the democratic unionist party having to come back to london without a deal. how different it is now. from the point of view of theresa may's personal position, it was looking incredibly precarious, now, though, even though the dup are not entirely happy, she has looked them in the eye and said that we have to move on, a certain authority over them for now. now the sceptics, they were talking about mot handing a penny over to the european union, it looks like there will be a bill of maybe £35 billion. that is very different to the sums banning around of £175 billion euros, so the uk government see that asa win. euros, so the uk government see that as a win. and areas of contention, the european courts ofjustice. but we have heard peop

young. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. i played for many clubs over the gays so i know the game and so i guides. football isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money just kill you narrowness and spending stupidity twenty million up one player. it's an experience like no one else want to because i want to share what i think of what i know about the beautiful guy but great so one more chance for. the base it's going to. i'm asking police and open season stop shooting black man just like there's some kind of animal they were going to mess with that white now why they have they devalue the black man the black man is well let's put it this way in driving down a street in philadelphia on a hot friday night in august i was with a partner and of course hot august night in philadelphia it's a lot of people don't have air conditioning and and they're outside so there's a lot of people outside

young cask for bob to sample. >> mcewan: i would describe that as mellow yellow. absolutely pure. >> simonung whiskies are like young people-- they're vibrant, they're full of life. but, this for me is like coming home from work at the end of the day. i worked really hard-- nobody appreciates me, my wife doesn't appreciate me, my kids don't appreciate me, life's a bitch. >> simon: couple glasses of that and it doesn't matter. >> mcewan: couple of shots of that and i am the king of the world. >> simon: absolutely. you know, frankly, i never liked this stuff, but the way... you're talking me into it. >> mcewan: but you've got to check every barrel. >> simon: i certainly hope so. cheers. >> kroft: mcewan is the man responsible for the taste and consistency of the whiskies at bruichladdich, which requires a very personal involvement with the product. >> simon: i have heard you described as the "cask whisperer." >> mcewan: i do talk to casks. there's no doubt about it... >> simon: in what language? >> mcewan: mainly english. depends how many whiskeys i've had. if i've had a few whiskies, i tend

young. the you. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest in the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then . welcome back here in the u.k. prime minister of tourism a has taken robbie good from the state mandated b.b.c. to be communications director across the pond drums new communications chief has a different background antony scaramucci who speaks of political in a self-styled unconventional political convention in california within the next one eight hours is very much of the swamp of trump said he wanted to drain the new white house communications director now tapped for the fourth time by a team trump is a wall street hedge fund manager and goldman sachs alumnus expertise that is arguably suited to a climate of mainstream media speculation and watergate theory now after graduating from harvard law school scaramucci began his career at goldman sachs in one thousand eight hundred nine but after two years was fired only to be rehired by the same company months later after leaving in one thousand nine hundred seven before the asian fina

please join me in welcoming a young woman who is undoubtedly one of the stars of tomorrow, first captain simone astew. [applause] captin askew: not sure about superstar, ma'am, but we will see what the future holds for me. it is very humbling to be here today. the only to speak, but to west point. of the mostone distinguished graduates. as an aforementioned, the west point class of 1915 is most referred to as the class the stars fell on. as nearly as 40% of the classes 164 graduates attained the rank of general officer. most of the class included notable leaders such as five-star general omar bradley young david d. eisenhower. when general eisenhower and his classmates received their commission as army officers on that june day more than a century ago, they had no idea what history would have in store for them or what history would demand of them. yet they rose to the challenge, , answered the nation's call, and served when we needed them most. since then, generations of west point graduates have assumed, -- leading around the globe in places such as vietnam, panama, bosnia, and most recently i

simon saying such is the invasive business model of facebook they want to get young children hooked onhat for fb, facebook, is this just pointless pr because it is impossible to verify somebody‘s age. people pretend they are all sorts of things on social media. i know from personal experience, people‘s friends who have said they are over 13 in order goat on facebook when they are not. all that kind of thing is going on, isn‘t it? they are not. all that kind of thing is going on, isn't it? this move to get younger users eliminates that deceitful of signing up, but the bigger question you have young people messaging perhaps rather than doing what children maybe were doing in the past in as going outside and playing. yeah, ithink in the past in as going outside and playing. yeah, i think it would be a contentious issue for parents or teachers or anyone who is looking out for children, but if other apps are allowing kids to use it then perhaps this is facebookjumping on that as well. it is interesting at the same time you have got google announcing a 10,000 strong army to tackle extremists

there may be a lack of full understanding so what that goes and means for simon company count there's very few options for a young black man to be gainfully employeed and this is -- this is what everybody is doing. and nobody is -- very, very few people are getting in the situation are getting rich off this. >> yeah. like you know, i mean, if garner is saying sell a little crack or i'll sell a couple of cigarettes. i mean like he's in a box there either way. i mean like slowld we be fixated to how to take them seriously they're crack dealers or o say like you're not really seeing it properly? >> i think that's a really -- narrow minded way of looking at things i think you have to listen to people and ask them -- about things that i might have thought previously and turned out not to be true. drug dealers don't make affiliate money that's one thing you find out except for peel at the very whereby very top it's a -- it's a brutal difficult job. that involves extremely high risk. you're out there day and night you know rain or shine. you know hot or cold. and you're not making hardly flying. >> 40,000 a year? >> may

like david simon, being in a company town, there's very few options for a young black man, should he be gainfully employed and this is just what everybody does. and there's very few people getting in the situation getting rich off of it. >> as garner tells you about, i'll sell cracker a couple cigarettes. he's sort of in a box there either way. should we be fixing it all like, how can we say these and they're all crack dealers. or like david says, you're not seeing it properly? >> that's a really narrowminded way of looking at things. listen to the people and ask them about their are things that you just said, a couple things i found out that i might've thought previously. that turned out not to be true. dealers don't make a lot of money, that's one of the first things you find out. except for the people at the very top, it's a brutal, difficult job that involves extremely high risk. you are out there day and night, rain or shine, hot or cold and you are not making hardly anything. >> $40,000 a year? >> maybe, sometimes less than that. you have to worry about getting robbed all the t

simon & schuster. what did you discover about the link between sleep and your memory? >> what we found is in young adults the deep sleep wavelengths are perfectly synchronized in time and that sin ckoconizatio christian iizas you. as you get older, it's mistimed. it's like a drummer one beat off the rhythm. so you can't cement the memories into your brain, so you end up forgetting the next morning rather than remembering. >> matthew, what age are we talking about here? >> your definition of aging, yeah. >> let's be clear. it's a progressive decline. here in this city we were looking a people 65 and older, and that's where we saw a marked change in that sin conny of brain rhythms. but we know it starts into >> why does it decline? >> well, part of the reason is the deep sleep generating portion above your eyes in the brain starts to deteriorate. we lose brain cells as we get older and as you lose the brain cells you can't generate the same depth and quality of sleep, nor can you synchronize them. >> anything to get the drummer back on time to get the synchronicity back? >> that's exactly what we're

simon: i'm now past 30, harvey. and i start to understand, round about this age, that this is a business where anyone can buy your products. you can be youngat can i do which sets me apart from everybody else? - so what could you do? - tv. and in the studio to pursue these points, morris veronique and simon cowell. simon: i started to see there was television, there was music, and how can i be the bridge between things being on tv and then selling records? it's just sort of-- i wouldn't say it was a light bulb moment. i just saw this massive opportunity. a friend of mine whose son had, um... had gone to see the wrestlers? they were called the wwf in those days. he said, "you know they've sold out wembley stadium, 82,000 seats in 27 minutes?" no artist in the world's doing that. i said, "let me have a look at it," and i watched the show, and it's like music everywhere, and i called up vince mcmahon, you know, blind call. i went, "can i have a conversation with someone about the music?" i just bought the music rights to the wwf. didn't know what i was gonna do with it. when i told my boss, she said, "what? they're wrestlers. what are you gon

young girls with a bit of glamour and a greater message of empowerment this holiday season. kristen holmes explains how the organization is helping girls feel good about themselves - inside and out. simonerader: i picked this one because red is my favorite color and it makes me feel happy. simone mitchell grinning ear to ear--showing off her brand new designer dress - just in time for the holidays. simone mitchell/4th grader: i felt surprised because i didn't know i was going to get a dress. nats where's the medium? this is not a small. simone is just one of hundreds of girls across the countrypicking out new dresses--tags still on-- this holiday. i picked this dress because it's gold and white and it's my favorite color.i like the colors and all the designs on iti feel like i'm on a red carpetall thanks to the "believe in yourself" project -- a non- profit charity that donates unworn designer dresses to girls whose families have limited means. hoping to give the gift of confidence and empowerment. sam sisakhti/founder, believe in yourself project: everything is brand new, so i think that's the kind of what makes it unique. 00:39:45 i felt very strongly about it being stuff with the tag

young girls with a bit of glamour and a greater message of empowerment this holiday season. kristen holmes explains how the organization is helping girls feel good about themselves - inside and out. simonei picked this one because red is my favorite color and it makes me feel happy. simone mitchell grinning ear to ear--showing off her brand new designer dress - just in time for the holidays. simone mitchell/4th grader: i felt surprised because i didn't know i was going to get a dress. nats where's the medium? this is not a small. simone is just one of hundreds of girls across the countrypicking out new dresses--tags still on-- this holiday. i picked this dress because it's gold and white and it's my favorite color.i like the colors and all the designs on iti feel like i'm on a red carpetall thanks to the "believe in yourself" project -- a non- profit charity that donates unworn designer dresses to girls whose families have limited means. hoping to give the gift of confidence and empowerment. sam sisakhti/founder, believe in yourself project: everything is brand new, so i think that's the kind of what makes it unique. 00:39:45 i felt very strongly about it being stuff with the tags on it

aimed at young people and their parents and posing a stark question: when children broadcast live to the world from their own bedrooms, can they really stay safe? angus crawford, bbc news. simonabout live streaming apps? i'm very concerned. your piece this morning, it demonstrates the risks that young people are facing when they use these live streaming apps. through this week of activity in october and november, we demonstrated just how significant the police services task is. we are doing more in this space than any other law enforcement agencies in the world, tackling the threat posed to young people, child sexual exploitation and how technology is being used to exploit young people. whilst we are doing that, we have to accept that we need to ensure that the parents are educating their children and not simply having that conversation just once because technology is changing so rapidly that there needs to be an ongoing dialogue. we need to ensure that schools are taking their responsibility seriously as well, around educating their pupils to ensure they are reinforcing the message is that i hope parents are giving, we also have to start asking the questions to companies tha

simone, you are first captain, first african-american woman to lead the corps cadets, 4400 of them on to this field today. what inspired you about seeing that when you were a youngpline of 4400 cadets that i saw five years ago starting in fifth grade actually the first time and that really drew me to the academy and showing the embodiment of everything that west point valued. so you see the discipline on the field as you march on. you see the relentlessness as the team fights with grit to the end of the bralgts and you sattt in any way that we can. >> qualities and character tists that we can only aspire to have. what is it about this match-up that makes it so special? >> you can see the snow. this won't deter us at all regardless of the environment or the conditions. we're here to fight to the end. but the great thing about this specific game is that we are competitors on the field and as soon as the clock strikes zero, we are brothers and sisters in arms. so it is a very friendly rivalry, but it is a rivalry. >> tell me your favorite memory watching this gaming ase with y mom. >> did he havely tdefinitely th. we spent two hours a day preparing to this exact mo

simon: excuse me. damion: he helps with the website and the financial side. lemonis: and he invested how much? damion: $120,000. when we originally came over, we were vulnerable, youngh guys. he said, "i'm gonna help you guys out, and i think we can grow it." he invested three years ago when we moved over from the u.k. we're from england, by the way. lemonis: oh, i didn't -- damion: you didn't pick up the accent? [ laughs ] lemonis: i thought you were faking it. damion: yeah. i'm from texas originally. [ laughing ] yeah. lemonis: why did you come to the united states? damion: i was the top salesman for a company in the u.k. selling gazebos. simon said to me, "i can make this." and i said, "and i can sell this." and we said, "let's put some money together, all of our life savings, $60,000." lemonis: between the two of you. damion: between the two of us. lemonis: how do you acquire your customers? damion: 99% of our business comes from these fairs. lemonis: is it typically people that just buy these for their home? nobody buys them for commercial businesses? no vineyards, no parks, no city districts, schools? none of that? damion: 99.9% is just consumer. lemonis: dami

young girls with a bit of glamour and a greater message of empowerment this holiday season. kristen holmes explains how the organization is helping girls feel good about themselves - inside and out. simonene because red is my favorite color and it makes me feel happy. simone mitchell grinning ear to ear--showing off her brand new designer dress - just in time for the holidays. simone mitchell/4th grader: i felt surprised because i didn't know i was going to get a dress. nats where's the medium? this is not a small. simone is just one of hundreds of girls across the countrypicking out new dresses--tags still on-- this holiday. i picked this dress because it's gold and white and it's my favorite color.i like the colors and all the designs on iti feel like i'm on a red carpetall thanks to the "believe in yourself" project -- a non- profit charity that donates unworn designer dresses to girls whose families have limited means. hoping to give the gift of confidence and empowerment. sam sisakhti/founder, believe in yourself project: everything is brand new, so i think that's the kind of what makes it unique. 00:39:45 i felt very strongly about it being stuff with the tags on it so they feel r

simone and lillian. i'm happy to say they are in college and both of them have chosen to pursue s.t.e.m. fields. this the one piece of advice i give them, and i give to any young person, get a role model. it doesn't need to be your mom. just find someone who can inspire you. seek out accomplished women in your field and talk to them. do research on the internet. read books about successful women. and to everyone here, i say, be an intentional role model and mentor. you don't have to be perfect to have an impact. just be deliberate. encourage women to speak up in meetings. select women on your teams to lead complex projects and encourage them to get outside their comfort zones. finally, support them along the way. make sure others in your organization do the same. over the course of my career, i've seen a change for the better. when i think about my daughters, i'm excited for them. i'm excited for what their generation has ahead of them. i'm optimistic about the future. the challenge of getting more women involved in s.t.e.m. and advancing them throughout our organizations is not simple. one company or one person won't solve this alone. it's up to all of us to