was it being in stratford or could you tell us some more about the birth of this book? >> well, you know, i had -- i had moved up here when i left new york and i actually walked up here from the new york times. really, it's the dumbest thing to have done. [laughter] >> and so, your question was? >> my question was, was it living here that-- >> oh, yeah. >> that knowing the penknocks and being involved in the history of stratford that first got you interested in ethan allen as your career-- >> you know, i'd become a foreign correspondent or a reporter from the new york times to satisfy my curiosity and i'd been assigned to cover conflicts in a number of places around the world, across multiple time zones and i thought, well, if you could cover them across time zones, can you cover them across centuries. where i looked back at what happened in the battle of bennington and or what was happening in the development and say, what would i look for if i were-- if i were living here, if i had the opportunity to cover that. what would i want to look, and it game me quite a differ

workers are in factories that make things like clothes carpets and hand rolled cigarettes charles stratford has more on this now from bangladesh. this is a cigarette manufacturing factory in bangladesh but there are a few if any machines working. al-jazeera secretly filmed these pictures the reason the factory owner refused to spy mission to film is because of the children working here. the bangladesh government says it's doing all it can to crack down on child labor but there is little evidence of that in this factory. some of the children making these cheap cigarettes non-locally as babies look barely ten years old. but the money they earn helps their families survive many children work at home making the paper choose which is sent to the factory to be filled with tobacco they get around forty cents for every three thousand chooks the average wage is around a dollar a day. fifteen year old male some of the sheets a cartoon works with the younger brothers and sisters making babies four days a week. but unlike many others in the industry she also goes to school you guys go to the our we wor

stratford al-jazeera it's the final weekend of campaigning in turkey ahead of next sunday's parliamentary and presidential elections turkish president. and the opposition h d p have been holding separate rallies in istanbul sinan costello has this update from. listen check out the state see that's the stuff. i have every right to show how much the city's response to. what i feel like that is going to take place went to war using pretty much x x one spends less for checks that are specially prepared for stumbles such as. knows that this number is there. for the elections because what its population. is like the heart of this. place it is not only is it not there it is also the culture of the mind that the political parties have gained support for the stuff that. lost using them for the. six percent. yes for his prescription. which means the scam. john. timmer said plus. when the majority as a response to. the fate of migrants is at the center of a heated political debate in the united states as part of president donald trump's new zero tolerance policy thousands of children have been separ

stratford al-jazeera. final weekend of campaigning in turkey out of next on these parliamentary and presidential elections it's a. lot of the opposition they have been holding separate rallies and istanbul. who has this update from. first attack of the state saying that the stuff was love has every right to show how important the city is for disposable career also for the action that is going to take place on the way to for an easy transition for jackson cultural projects was most of us but projects for that are specially prepared for the stumble such as. no sound just the way it is very important for the elections because what it's right to the full plate should tip the lid to the stuff that is like the heart of turkish politics because it is not all that it is about for it is also the culture also the find out that the political parties do still has to gain support house or service support stuff that's going to look at last year's a failed to hold to eight point six per cent of people. yes for his presid

>> my question was wasn't living here, being involved with the history of stratford that got to firstnterested in ethan allen? >> i had become a foreign correspondent, i had reported to the new york times and had been assigned to cover conflicts across multiple time zones and i thought if you can cover them across time zones, can you cover them across centuries where i look back in the battle of bennington and what was happening. he gave me quite a different perspective from a lot of different historians. who are the characters? i look to see who would tell the story best. there was also a set up that my son gave me of letters, there's a lot of material about this, frank moore in 1860 made a copy of all the informal documents he could find about the american revolution and he wrote this book in 1860 and 1861 and i gotnto that so i was looking for the informal accounts. one of the problems with the early historians is that they steal from one another. you see one account and then you say here's where it checks out, here's another document. but if another document comes up it doesn't me

votes and those of displaced people in some provinces it's the election commission as well charles stratford reports from baghdad. allegations of voter fraud have been mounting since the may the twelfth parliamentary elections but no one expected this iraq's parliament voted for a total manual recount of all ballots across the country and to cancel results gannett's through the electronic voting system that was used in the poll there if it is for the political stability of the country if the recount is vastly different to the original result. of iraq i believe we are about to witness much changing dynamics and variables and could also be dangerous some political blocs might agitate the iraqi street and the country weapons are not restricted to the government alone there are proofs of frauds according to reports. the warnings have been clear from prime minister hydrilla body in his weekly news conference on tuesday he banned all high ranking members of the election commission from traveling abroad he said a ministerial committee had found what he called dangerous violations jury in the electi

all saw that was the surprise winner of the election well let's get more on this now from charles stratford who is live for us and baghdad achiles we knew there'd been a partial vote recount but this this whole vote recount is a huge deal. yeah it's come as a big surprise to everybody here that the build up to this vote from parliament today calling for this total manual recount has been quite a long time coming there were initial complaints made by a number of different parties in various different areas across the country as those results started coming through. around the twelfth may the thirteenth especially in areas in the chaos g. the kurdish regional government ministered areas areas of. the dean of a predominately sunni areas and kirkuk as well where we have seen the oil rich city of kirkuk where we've seen protests among the arabs of the one of the kurds there since those election results were announced but the real the real build up it really sort of kicked in yesterday with prime minister. announcement endorsing the findings of the recommendations of this ministerial committee th

thousand of the twenty one thousand workers with children some as young as four years old charles stratford al-jazeera now muslims around the world the celebrating the age holiday and of the holy month of ramadan but had little to cheer about in syria especially for the many orphans from the seventy a war charity work of the giving hope says some of ahmed about reports. sometimes a meal smile can be the hardest thing to do some of these little faces are exactly in the type of night these children were born under fire in the north and syrian countryside they have lost both parents and their homes in missile strikes and the . real experiences are hard to get over but one charity organization has come to the rescue of these often and their lives have started to change a sense. our primary objective is to draw on the faces of these orphans as we buy them closer shoes for instance we're trying to help them come out of the trial that you war the loss of parent the psychological trauma i personally feel as if they're all my own children and having myself grown up an orphan i don't want them to go

thousand of the twenty one thousand workers with children some as young as four years old child stratford al-jazeera. oscar winning actress and u.n. special envoy angelina jolie has visited the iraqi city of mosul to meet families who were left destitute after the defeat of i saw the armed group was pushed out almost a year ago it occupied mosul for three years and turned it into a stronghold of their so-called caliphate. so in the united states women are being encouraged to put pen to paper and write about their hopes for the future a pop up art exhibition in washington d.c. seeks to build on momentum from the global women's march last year highlighting issues ranging from reproductive rights to empowerment in the workplace dion estabrook reports. women of the future i hope they have listened and i value to live free from. heather thompson is writing a letter to the daughters she may one day have describing a world she hopes will be different from her own made to like germany on a night how an office who are. thompson is among hundreds of visitors to washington's hirshhorn museum penning

thousand of the twenty one thousand workers with children some as young as four years old charles stratford al-jazeera at least thirty one people have died in twin suicide blasts in northeast nigeria the bombs went off in the town of dumbo in borno state local officials suspect armed group boko haram of carrying out the attack but no group has claimed responsibility. the fate of migrants is at the center of a heated political debate in the united states as part of president donald trump's new zero tolerance policy thousands of children have been separated from their parents at the us mexico border and it's this image of a two year old honduran girl that's gone viral the little girl is crying as she watches her mother getting searched and detained at the texas border while attempting to claim asylum the white house says the crackdown will quote send a message to future asylum seekers not to bring their children to the border if they don't want to be separated from them by kana as more from washington. looming in the background to the ongoing debate about immigration is the administration's z

thousand of the twenty one thousand workers with children some as young as four years old charles stratford al-jazeera. still to come on this al-jazeera news hour back to the top roger federer reclaims the world number one spot beat up will have. a history of guerrilla warfare. a place on. gaining strength the revolutionaries. the splinter groups the palestinian cause. insurance are. chronicling the turbulence in the struggle for palestinian. history and a revolution on al-jazeera. running six continents across the globe. al-jazeera is correspondents live in bringing the stories they tell you that this was not good enough to let the scouts. were at the mercy of the russian camp for palestinian refugees i'll just zero in world news. headlines. cape town's pool to running out of city hall for a g.c. people should use no more than fifty liters of time water per person per day. about the third of the city's residents live in informal settlements like this one and you can see in about four percent of the water for generations they've already been collecting it and communal times also as you say

stratford al-jazeera. you're watching are just their arms their whole rom and these are all top news stories hundreds of refugees and migrants have started arriving in spain a week after italy and mulder turned them away these are pictures from the spanish port city of valencia where the first of three boats is now docked the other two including aquarius which rescued them off the coast of libya will arrive later. greece and its neighbor macedonia are due to sign a document shortly that their leaders hope will resolve a longstanding dispute under the deal macedonia will change its name to distinguish itself from a greek province with the same name however there is fierce opposition to the agreement in both countries greece's government had to overcome a no confidence motion on the issue in parliament late on saturday. fighting is intensifying between the saudi led coalition and who the rebels are yemen's red sea port of data with both sides now claiming to control the airport thousands of residents are now

found dangerous violations which should could prolong the formation of a new government charles stratford is in baghdad. yesterday we heard from prime minister all our body in his weekly news conference that he gives it during the findings of a ministerial committee that investigated these allegations of voter fraud and as you say he said that there was evidence of dangerous violations having taken place but he also interestingly said or story senior members of the independent iraqi election commission from leaving the country and said it would not be suitable to possibly see even arrests of people responsible if indeed these allegations of vote rigging found to be true the president of argentina's football association has apologized for canceling a friendly match with israel saying the players' safety was at stake there's been widespread palestinian protest against the match being held in jerusalem over fears it will normalize israel's claim to the contested city but israelis say the palestinians are crossing a red line by politicizing the issue. health ministry says israeli troops have

more than one thousand polling stations because it had evidence of fraud there speak to chinese stratford in baghdad for us last week we knew there was going to be a partial recount but now it looks like a full recount al significant is. what is usually significant for the political future and indeed according to analysts the stability of this country we had a feeling in the last few days that this may well happen as you mentioned their prime minister la body yesterday saying that he was indorsing the findings and recommendations of a ministerial committee that recommended a partial recount of around five percent of the votes manually and he also endorsed the fact that the this committee had recommended that all i.d.p. votes and votes cast abroad work canceled as well and as you say he said that there was indication or evidence of dangerous violations having taken place now in the last half an hour iraq's parliament has voted for a manual recount right the way across the country it's also voted very importantly on freezing the work of i hack certainly the top officials in i had the iraqi

the process of building an alliance to form a government has now been thrown into disarray charles stratford reports now from the capital baghdad. allegations of voter fraud have been mounting since the may the twelfth parliamentary elections but no one expected this iraq's parliament voted for a. total manual recount of all ballots across the country and to cancel results gathered strew the electronic voting system that was used in the poll there are fears for the political stability of the country if the recount is vastly different to the original result of the new york when i learnt of it up here i believe you are about to witness my changing dynamics and variables it could also be dangerous some political blocks might agitate the iraqi street and the country what plans are not restricted to the government alone there are proofs of frauds according to reports of. the warnings have been clear from prime minister hydrilla body in his weekly news conference on tuesday he banned all high ranking members of the election commission from traveling abroad he said a ministerial committee had found

votes and those of displaced people in some provinces and itzhak the election chemists and charles stratford reports from baghdad. allegations of voter fraud have been mounting since the may the twelfth parliamentary elections but no one expected this iraq's parliament voted for a total manual recount of all ballots across the country and to cancel results gannett's through the electronic voting system that was used in the poll there if it is for the political stability of the country if the recount is vastly different to the original result of the new up when. i believe we are about to witness my changing dynamics and variables it could also be dangerous some political blocs might agitate the iraqi street and the country what plans are not restricted to the government alone there are proofs of frauds according to reports. the warnings have been clear from prime minister hydrilla body in his weekly news conference on tuesday he banned all high ranking members of the election commission from traveling abroad he said a ministerial committee had found what he called dangerous violations juror i

on the tube — the london overg round has minor delays between stratford and richmond and out to claphamlaced across the network. and on the roads, rosslyn hill in hampstead is still shut because of a burst water main between willoughby road and downshire hill. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. yesterday was the hottest day of the year, record over at hampton. temperatures reached 30.1. a similar day today, it's dry and hot and again very sunny. first thing this morning, a little bit of missed out towards the thames estuary which will burn back quickly leaving a day of blue skies and sunshine, a gentle easterly breeze, temperatures in the high 20s, 2829. one of two spots could reach 30 by the end of the day. a lovely warm evening in the sunshine and overnight, a bit of low cloud and missed moving in again from the east. reasonably warm, temperatures between 11 and 13. similar for temperatures between 11 and 13. similarfor wednesday, temperatures between 11 and 13. similar for wednesday, and even though crowded miss will burn back to blue skies and sunshine. temper

banks of the river tigris steering a renewed they were found during a renewed search efforts charles stratford reports from baghdad. it's been eleven months since iraqi prime minister hydrilla body declared victory over eisel in mosul much of what was iraq's second biggest city lies in ruins the fighting was described as the most intense urban combat since world war two. the search for bodies goes on civil defense search and rescue teams are concentrating on areas close to the banks of the river tigris it was here that the iraqi government forces supported by international coalition airstrikes flushed out and killed most of the last remaining leisel fighters in the city i saw bodies that were covered around seven hundred these bodies were all i saw all that used to hide in these houses are obstacles and clearing these bodies unexploded munitions hidden bombs explosive vests and rigged houses with i.e.d. as we are trying our best to overcome these obstacles. to the remains of eisel fighters are being found close to dead civilians who were on able to escape it's estimated around ten thousand civ

ninety others were injured in wednesday's blast which destroyed surrounding buildings cars charles stratford reports now from the iraqi capital. the crater and surrounding devastation shows how powerful the explosion was in the heart of sort of a city in north eastern. homes and businesses destroyed. the area is the stronghold of the influential shia cleric. so are you a fool and a little mad that you knew they were missiles grenades and other mena shin stashed and they exploded on civilians my son's house was had to be three missiles my son's family was hit his house and his cow were destroyed and some of our neighbors were killed and injured and we appealed to our latest to help us and the peace but guides they need to hold the ones behind this accountable. iraq's ministry of interior has launched an investigation into what it says was an explosion of a weapons cache hidden in a mosque. i have no words left to express this calamity if i start speaking i will lose my temper no cleric or religious man except such think not even an official or an m.p. what did these innocent people do to dese

for a manual recount of around ten million votes following allegations of electoral fraud charge stratford has more from baghdad. thick black smoke over the reason for districts in eastern baghdad iraq's ministry of interior say the fire started in a building used to store ballot boxes and electronic voting machines from the disputed parliamentary election a month ago. iraq's parliament voted last week for a countrywide to manual recount of all ballots after allegations of voting fraud one in peace that the fire was started deliberately and called on the government to better protect buildings where ballot boxes are being stored and i imagine the brunt of this three warehouses there are important but it's boxes and firefighters are inside trying to put out the fire earlier in the day nine judges were appointed to oversee the manual recount of votes nationwide the process is expected to take at least a couple of weeks. the government sacked senior members of the election commission which oversaw the vote counting. prime minister hydrilla body has banned them from leaving the country and warn

anbar province the largest in iraq but that's a fraction of the reconstruction bill nationwide john stratford reports. it's estimated that up to eighty percent of ramadi lies in ruins. around three hundred seventy five thousand people mostly sunni muslims used to live here before the capital of the province was seized by isis fighters. after months of fighting and repeated i saw counter-offensive the government announced victory in ramadi in february two thousand and sixteen. the most two and a half years later reconstruction has barely begun. iraqis who have returned since then to live amongst the rubble of the struggling to rebuild their lives coming out of the out of circuit. more than a thousand houses were flattened the rest are almost destroyed people are trying their best to rebuild their properties but they don't have enough money no government official has visited us and listen to our problems they just came briefly before elections and promised us the same promises but nothing happened. the iraqi government says large scale reconstruction across the country hasn't started yet becaus

stratford zero let's take you back now to the spanish port city of valencia worries in the first people disembarking from the first of three ships carrying hundreds of refugees and migrants arriving there in spain getting health checks before starting their asylum claims to stay in europe this is after a long journey where they were rescued off the coast of libya a week ago many of these people are refugees coming from south sudan and eritrea just arriving there in spain. at least eight people have been left injured after a taxi was driven into a crowd in russia it happens near red square in moscow where many world cup tourists were gathered witnesses say the driver of the taxi ran from the scene before bystanders caught him although as you say the driver lost control of the vehicle but was not drunk. well the challenge has more from moscow. while there are certainly some peculiarities to saturday's incident in moscow in the immediate aftermath of the news first breaking that a taxi and driven into protests ruins walking in central moscow course the assumption that a lot of people jumps

also approved the cancellation of overseas votes and those of this place people in some provinces stratford has more now from back that . the the whole process of putting a coalition government together has now been further delayed and we've been speaking to analysts here don't mince their words it's a fact that there are a lot of guns in this country there are a lot of people with big interests in this election and there are fears that jury in this recount but most especially fear is that after this manual recount if there is a big disparity between the electronic vote and that manual recount that we could indeed potentially see violence and instability across the country. well meanwhile a double explosion in baghdad sad that a city this street this as killed at least ten people and injured nineteen others in a statement to iraq's interior ministry said the bombing was a terrorist aggression on civilians it's believed have targeted a mosque in the predominantly shia area souther city is a stronghold of the nationalist cleric mucked about assad that whose political bloc won the most parliam

thousand of the twenty one thousand workers with children some as young as four years old child stratford al-jazeera. you what you are just there i'm still robin these are all top news stories three ships carrying refugees arrived in the spanish port city of el and syria this is the scene live where the third ship has just arrived within the last half of the immigrants had been turned away from by italy and well to i spent more than a week in the mediterranean. a potentially historic name changing deal has been signed on the border between greece and macedonia it will become the republic of north macedonia if both parliaments approve the deal which is fiercely opposed by nationalists the greek government won a no confidence motion in parliament before the deal was signed. that issue of are now done up to shine your toes him out by signing the final agreement for a settlement of the name dispute and for a strategic partnership between our two countries indeed we have moved mountains at times when many voiced their doubts we have proven that yes it can be done it is possible today we are pu

thousand of the twenty one thousand workers with children some as young as four years old troll stratford zero zero egypt has increased fuel prices by as much as fifty percent as part of all thirty measures as well as the rising cost of petrol and cooking gas people pay higher taxes from sunday is the third time the government has increased fuel prices since i started measures were announced in two thousand and fifty. well then seven hundred palestinian residents of a neighborhood in occupied east jerusalem awaiting for a decision from israel's high court which could determine their right to live in their own homes challenging overlaying that transfer ownership of the land under their homes to a jewish trust more than a decade ago many of them have already been given of action it says high force that reports. the steep slopes of civil war on an occupied east jerusalem have in recent years become ever more dotted with jewish settler homes now one palestinian community within this neighborhood is coming under further pressure so here as are these family has lived in but on the howard for mo

thousand of the twenty one thousand workers with children some as young as four years old charles stratford al-jazeera security forces and even minister in kashmir have fired bullets and tear gas at hundreds of stone throwing protesters on demonstrators being killed at least a dozen others injured in the reports. the latest protests against india moon started after pres to celebrate the end of ramadan and quickly spread to other towns outside the capital srinagar muslims in indian administered kashmir have been fighting indian rule for almost thirty is tens of thousands of people have been killed every day. about their own. and that is. what he said. by. separatists want indian administered kashmir to be united with pakistan or gain independence but many kashmiris also say they want the opportunity to live a peaceful life. for the entire world this is a day of happiness for the people of kashmir there is gloom everywhere there's mourning people are crying they feel helpless we've been left on our own. sentiments echoed by thousands of kashmiris at the funeral of shisha. the editor of an eng

stratford reports now from baghdad. allegations of voter fraud have been mounting since the may the twelfth parliamentary elections but no one expected this iraq's parliament voted for a total manual recount of all ballots across the country and to cancel results gathered strew the electronic voting system that was used in the poll there if it is for the political stability of the country if the recount is vastly different to the original result of the new up when i learnt of it at the theater i believe you are about to witness my changing dynamics and variables it could also be dangerous some political blocks might agitate the iraqi street and the country what plans are not restricted to the government alone there are proofs of frauds according to reports. the warnings have been clear from prime minister hydrilla body in his weekly news conference on tuesday he banned all high ranking members of the election commission from traveling abroad he said a ministerial committee had found what he called dangerous violations j

for a manual recount of around ten million votes following allegations of electoral fraud trial stratford has more from baghdad. thick black smoke over the reason for districts in eastern baghdad iraq's ministry of interior say the fire started in a building used to store ballot boxes and electronic voting machines from the disputed parliamentary election a month ago. iraq's parliament voted last week for a countrywide to manual recount of all ballots after allegations of voting fraud. one m.p. said the fire was started deliberately and cooled on the government to better protect buildings where ballot boxes are being stalled cannot imagine how did. this three warehouses there are important but it's boxes and firefighters are inside trying to present the fire earlier in the day and nine judges were appointed to oversee the manual recount of votes nationwide the process is expected to take at least a couple of weeks the government sacked senior members of the election commission which oversaw the vote counting prime minister hydrilla body has banned them from leaving the country and warned

stratford al-jazeera and you can follow all the stories that we're covering here by logging on to our website at al-jazeera dot com. you're watching i was there i was the whole robin these are all top news stories the refugee ship aquarius has pulled into the spanish port of the land sea a week after it's only a multi-talented away it's the second of three boats carrying hundreds of people who were seeking asylum the migrants were stranded at sea for more than a week also a historic deal has been signed along the grease macedonia border under they preliminary agreement to the government in scorpio except to change the country's name to the republic of north of macedonia that will differentiate it from a greek province also called macedonia this has been at the center of a twenty seven year dispute between the two countries yes paul says most e-mail after our aim is to make sure that this song of joy and happiness will be sung for centuries to come by many generations in both languages in your country in our country from our people to your people and that will be a song celebrating pea

approve the cancellation of overseas votes and those of this placed people in some provinces charles stratford has more now from fact that. the the whole process of putting a coalition government together has now been further delayed and we've been speaking to analysts here their words that there are a lot of guns in this country there are a lot of people with big interests in this election and there are fears that jury in this recount but most especially is that after this manual recount if there is a big disparity between the electronic vote and that manual recount that we could indeed potentially see violence and instability across the country. the president of argentina's football association has apologized for counseling a friendly match with israel saying the players' safety was at stake there had been widespread palestinian protests against the match which had been moved from haifa to each of them over fears they will normalize israel's claim to the contested city but israelis a say the palestinians a crossing a red line by politicizing the issue. meanwhile palestine health ministry say

the battle against leisel in mosul was one the search for a recovery of the dead continues charles stratford al jazeera. israel says it will take money from the taxes it collects for palestinians to compensate israelis for five damage to their land israel says palestinians protesting in gaza carried out awesome attacks damaging forests and agricultural land where the one hundred twenty palestinians have been killed by israeli soldiers since protests at the border began back in late march burnous myth has more now from west jerusalem israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu wants to make the deductions for damage he says has been caused to agricultural fields and nature reserves and forests by the burning kites that have been floated over from gaza into israeli territory the palestinian authority says to do this would be robbery and they cowardly aggression israel collects sometimes says and revenues on behalf of the palestinian authority and sends them over to the p.a. every month and previously israel has threatened to withhold taxes for actions taken by the p.a. that israel doesn't appro

for a manual recount of around ten million votes following allegations of electoral fraud trial stratford has more from baghdad. thick black smoke over the risk of a district in eastern baghdad iraq's ministry of interior say the fire started in a building used to store ballot boxes and electronic voting machines from the disputed parliamentary election a month ago. iraq's parliament voted last week for a countrywide to manual recount of all ballots after allegations of voting fraud one in peace and the fire was started deliberately and cooled on the government to better protect buildings where ballot boxes are being stalled and then i imagine how much. of this three warehouses there are important but it's books and that firefighters are inside trying to present the fire earlier in the day nine judges were appointed to oversee the manual recount of votes nationwide the process is expected to take at least a couple of weeks. the government sacked senior members of the election commission which oversaw the vote counting prime minister hydrilla body has banned them from leaving the country a

thousand of the twenty one thousand workers with children some as young as four years old child stratford al-jazeera in the united states women are being encouraged to put pen to paper and write a rather hopes for the future a pop up on exhibit in washington d.c. seeks to build on momentum from the global women's march last year highlighting issues ranging from reproductive rights to empowerment in the workplace. has a story. women of the future i hope they have listened. heather thompson is writing a letter to the daughters she may one day have describing a world she hopes will be different from her own made to generally go out on a night how. thompson is among hundreds of visitors to washington's hirshhorn museum pending letters to the next generation of women to future women is a six month pop up art installation inspired by the women's march of twenty seventeen visitors write letters then taped them to a window overlooking the mall where marchers met in washington last year when i was at letters make it yourself because i thought it. the project is the brainchild of artist georges sax

ten billion dollars is needed to rebuild the capital of on bar that's the largest province in iraq stratford reports . it's estimated that up to eighty percent of ramadi lies in ruins. around three hundred seventy five thousand people mostly sunni muslims used to live here before the capital of a province was seized by isis fighters. after months of fighting and repeated i saw counter-offensive the government announced victory in ramadi in february two thousand and sixteen. it was two and a half years later reconstruction has barely begun iraqis who have returned since then to live amongst the rubble of the struggling to rebuild their lives coming out of the out of. more than a thousand houses were flattened the rest are almost destroyed people are trying their best to rebuild their properties but they don't have enough money no government official has visited us and listen to our problems they just came briefly before elections and promised us the same promises but nothing happened. the iraqi government says large scale reconstruction across the country hasn't started yet because it doesn't

thousand of the twenty one thousand workers with children some as young as four years old child stratford al-jazeera. a former cambodian prime minister has been seriously injured in a road crash that killed his wife and injured at least seven other people prince norodom runner it was travelling in a convoy along with senior figures of his party when a taxi slammed into his s.u.v. cambodia will hold a general election next month in which both runner it and his wife were standing as candidates the seventy four year old was cambodia's co prime minister for four years in an uneasy power sharing arrangement with the current prime minister and sen now in the united states women are being encouraged to take pen to paper and write about their hopes for the future pop art exhibition in washington follows the global women's march last year that advocated everything from reproductive rights to empowerment in the workplace by an estabrook has more from washington. women of the future i hope they have listened and i value. heather thompson is writing a letter to the daughters she may one day have desc

and severe delays between stratford and gunnersbury and barking and gospel 0ak. 0n the trains — greate west. now, it won‘t be until later on this afternoon we might start to see something a bit brighter, some sunshine just as we head towards the evening. the temperature, though, despite the cloud is still reaching 24 celsius. so, some sunshine potentially before it sets, then overnight, clear spells at first, then the cloud will start to increase again from the south and the west. quite misty and murky. minimum temperature again feeling humid, between 14 and 16 celsius. so a rather grey start tomorrow, it looks like the cloud‘s going to stay around during the course of wednesday. still have the humid air, though — 24 the maximum. then a cold front sweeps through overnight wednesday into thursday morning, so the temperature feeling a bit fresher for thursday. still plenty of dry weather and temperatures warming up into next week. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello this is breakfast,

, there is disruption to greater anglia and tfl services to and from london liverpool street via stratford roadworks on lower clapton road at the junction with clarence road could cause delays. finally, in finchley the north circular road has one lane closed for gas main works near to henly‘s corner. let‘s have a check on the weather now, with kate kinsella. good morning. it‘s a bright start out there this morning. variable amounts of cloud but some decent spells of sunshine to enjoy today, as well, and it is feeling just a little bit warmer than it did yesterday. we‘ve lost the northerly, chilly breeze from yesterday, and picked up a south—westerly. through the afternoon, again, still a little bit of cloud around, but should stay dry. the temperature backup in the low 20s, so feeling warmer. 22 celsius the maximum in central london. now, overnight tonight the wind will slowly start to strength and has a deep area of low pressure sweeps and has a deep area of low pressure swee ps a cross and has a deep area of low pressure sweeps across the north of the uk. we get the cloud, there be one o

if you are coming into london you might want to go visit where shakespeare was born on stratford—upon—avonther and further down the line. even if it gets the go—ahead we? as you touched on, many airports around the world have already stolen the lead on heathrow. yes, and that is the problem. we will be leaving the eu next and we wa nt to will be leaving the eu next and we want to be given a boost at a time when we can say london, we are open for business in london and the uk, and by saying that, by putting the shovels on the ground and giving the green light, we can say that, we can invest in our key infrastructure, in regional connectivity in the north as well but also in london through crossrail 2. all these particular incentives and ambitions will be good for you take plc. we will get that decision or suddenly an update on it within the hour. thank you very much, matthew jaffa from the federation of small businesses. let me show you what is happening with the numbers. the ftse 100 me show you what is happening with the numbers. the ftse100 not too happy today, but one of the biggest fol