the united belgian states). they failed. the austrians returned, and were soon replaced by the french. after the collapse of the napoleonic empire, the vienna congress established the united kingdom of the netherlands, which included both the catholic southern netherlands and the protestant northern netherlands. but the different languages ​​and cultures of the regions led to an uprising in august 1830. the king of the netherlands , willem i, used force. his troops carried out a massacre in brussels, but the rebels won. of course, the great powers also influenced the achievement of independence. all of them, including russia, great britain, austria, france and prussia, agreed to belgium’s withdrawal from the united kingdom of the netherlands and guaranteed the independence and neutrality of the belgian kingdom. in 1910, on the night of october 4, a revolution began that swept away portuguese monarchy. it was constitutional for centuries, but the republicans demanded its complete liquidation, due to economic decline, social inequality, dominance of the church and international failures, the royal power failed to defend the interests of portugal in africa, to unite its colonies of angola and mozambiq

the european union. welcome to each of you and to the diplomats representative from canada, sweden, luxemburg and the netherlands. i want to thank ambassador pierce of the united kingdom for hosting a lovely dinner last evening for our awardees. it was greatly appreciated. i want to welcome and recognize u.s. government officials who are here this morning from the white house, the state department and usaid. welcome all. [applause] we are also very happy to have dean hellmann of our school of foreign service with us and he will join us later on stage for the awards presentation. lastly, let me add a very warm welcome to the georgetown ambassadors for our institute. they have traveled from across the united states and overseas to be here today. and now, it is always a great personal pleasure for me to introduce secretary clinton and we are so happy to have her back on the hill top. she has been extremely supportive of the institute as our founding chair and it was in 2011 that she came here as secretary of state to launch the united states national action plan for women, peace and security here. her leadership has had a profound impact around the world. she's achieved

of the emergency services and the regional government. european countries are evacuating their citizens from lebanon amid ongoing attacks by israel. on friday , the united kingdom, belgium, france, ireland and the netherlandsts by plane. special flights from beirut will continue today. israel attacked a southern suburb of the lebanese capital this night, and is ready to fire missiles at other areas. residents have been warned to leave their homes. middle eastern events are increasingly taking up space in the public statements of american politicians; journalists at the white house asked joe biden about the possibility of israel striking iranian oil facilities. the us president said he would not recommend doing so. donald trump has a different opinion. at a meeting with voters, the presidential candidate said that israel could strike the nuclear infrastructure of the islamic republic. against this background, the bloomberg agency published an article about how the situation in the middle east is increasingly less controlled by washington, and this surprised the western allies of the united states. a month before the presidential elections , a thirteen-meter-tall donald trump appeared in arizona, an unusual