that stiff and wolf from the university of birmingham with the russian president has spoken by phone to the leaders of kyrgyzstan and touch extern urging them to prevent further fighting along their disputed border. the to blame each other for the latest flare up of violence. thousands of people have been killed since wednesday. will ukraine's presidents is evidence of widespread torture has been found. as more bodies on earth did a mass burial site in the east. the city of assume it was retaken from russian forces last week. the czech republic, which holds the e u presidency as calling for an international war crimes tribunal to be established. the head of the pro russian forces that retreated from his zoom has accused ukraine of staging atrocities. the pro russian forces in the eastern city have done its say at least 4 people have been killed by shelling. the said he is on the russian control, and it's me, as is the central part of done, it's was attacked. and one of the main electricity lines in this upper region nuclear power plant and southern ukraine has been reconnected. it's n

was let's speak to stefan wolf about this is a professor of international security at the university of birmingham is joining us now live on. jesse, i thank you so much for being with us. so right now we have again, each side accusing the other starting the latest hostilities. what sparked this recent flare up and why now? well, that's very difficult to judge at the moment. i have been quite a few hostilities over the past 10 days to 2 weeks, i would say, and this is now fully escalated earlier this morning into quite significant fighting. the armenians have reported 49. this man being killed, if not, apparently, russian, while broken seats file in place since around 9 o'clock most good time this morning at 6 o'clock g and t. but that still appeared fairly shaky, but fighting currently still going on both sides playing each other for the most recent outbreak for lunch. but as i said earlier, this has been going on for, for quite some time. it seems to enlarge extender reflection on the fact that there is no proper peace agreement in place. right. and tell us about the areas where this recent fight

at the moment, i'm chancellor. of the university of birmingham, we have one of the biggest medical schoolsbut also... couldn't agree with you more. ..we need to bring them in from abroad as well. i this is another little nutshell thing here, can you just explain to me in a nutshell why there are such constraints on the number of people that can go to medical school? it is all... it's artificial. well, is, it is also funding. it's expensive. it's very expensive, but again, to me, it's expensive, - but we need to invest in this, i for our future, for the security of our citizens we need to do it. i have a question for you, so, if we're going to get rid of this national insurance tax, which you're so happy about, where is the money going to come from to support the increase in investment in the nhs, which is what that money was for, and for social care? yeah, that was £13 billion a year, wasn't it? so, this where is the money- going to come from question... where did the £400 million- that we spent to save businesses and the economy in the pandemic...? we borrowed it. borrowing. exactly. we c

are joined by lord karan bilmoria, a member of the house of lords and chancellor of the university of birminghamyou so much for joining us. we were talking during the break that it has been two months of not knowing who will be the next leader of the u.k. come up the conservative party government. i wonder who among your constituency if there is any relief we will get some form of leadership, some form of policy put in place? karan: we cannot wait for the leadership challenge started on july 12. here we are two months later and we know who are prime minister is going to be. this is good news that we can now get on with the urgent matter of helping businesses and consumers who desperately need help. the analogy i would use time after time is the government of the u.k. provided 400 billion pounds worth of support to our economy and our businesses, to our individuals. we have very low unemployment. i expect the chancellor going back a year and a half ago, do not raise taxes. if you raise taxes it will stifle a recovery and stifle growth. he did not listen. now we have liz truss saying she will cut

see, still breaks out periodically 7 wolf as a professor of international security at the university of birmingham. he says, the conflict between the 2 countries appears to have been ratcheting up in recent weeks. this has been going on for, for quite some time, and i think to enlarge extender reflection on the fact that there is no proper peace agreement in place yet also by john still keen to regain more territory that is still currently held by me. and they're welcome to be a proper washer peacekeeping presence in the area of around 2004. but some of the reports that i have seen is that this is very much been depleted as a result of rush us for your queen. russia basically needed to bring troops in from a variety of locations on a, by john also, i think it's feeling a little bit on the ascendant because of its recent agreement with the european union on additional deliveries of natural gas. so in that sense, i think the diminished russian presence and as a by john, in much, much better terms now with the european union than it has been for many years. this may have created window of opportunity

of europe. so yeah, it's difficult to imagine a scenario quite like that at the moment. although it thank you very much for putting this into perspective for us from birmingham university before the russian invasion in february, ukraine had gained a reputation for its thriving night life. one of the most popular clubs was k $41.00 and the capital. keith then utilized a d j's from around the world. now, 6 months since roches invasion, the beats back, but this time outdoors, and a little earlier to to keeps 11 pm curfew. ah, it's mellow at k $42.00. 1 is soft free birth of the famous key f club. they put on parties in the garden for a few weeks. now. the 1st green shoed of a normal life abruptly halted by russian rockets, 6 months ago. and despite the relief of being in a group at a party, there's a certain ambiguities, everyone knows that the war is continuing from moral side. i still don't know if they allow it one more time. you know, if it's something i i feel to know before the war k 41 was inside and intense organizers gave d w with this wrap, pre walk footage. now they are outside. it all looks different, but the feeling of inclusion has expanded. it's a place of refuge

paul norman is a professor of nuclear energy at birmingham university. here's his assessment of the situation. it's certainly a slightly elevated cause for concern than we had previously. and i still believe that the chances of some sort of wide spreads nuclear instance, a pretty small ah, but the issue with the power lines is that you require electrical power in order to provide cooling to the reactor. that that would be to stable for sort of meltdown type situation. and what we had is the, so you have the main power line switcher. and now off, you have a reserve power line which is where we are at the moment. and then you have back up diesel generators as your sort of last main option. if he likes, obviously we've knocked out one of the 3. i think, you know, that raises the level a little bit. if you're headed to the beach, any time soon, consider this, chances are they'll be a sharp, not too far away. sidings are becoming more and more frequent in waters around populated areas. but scientists say humans aren't on the menu footage. that's likely to make

monitoring the site which was damaged in the fighting pull. norman is a professor of nuclear energy at birmingham university. his, his assessment of the situation. it suddenly a slightly elevated cause for concern than we had previously. i still believe that the chances of some sort of widespread nuclear incident, a pretty small but the issue with the power lines is that you require electrical power in order to provide cooling to the reactor. that would be to stave off a sort of meltdown situation. what we have is the, so you have the main power lines which are now off. you have a reserve power line, which is where we are at the moment. and then you have back up diesel generators. as your sort of lasts main option if he likes, obviously we've knocked out one of the 3. so i think, you know, that raises the level a little bit. in sports news, bioclinic has failed to win for the 2nd weekend in a row. the buddhist could champions were held to a one old drawer by when young belinda, who was swiftly becoming one of german football's new forces, who knew on berlin's entire squad is worth 90000000 euros. that's not

i spoke to paul norman, a professor of nuclear physics and nuclear energy at birmingham university. his, his assessment of the situation at the plant it's certainly a slightly elevated cause for concern than we had previously. i still believe that the chance is of some sort of wide spreads nuclear incident of pretty small. but the issue with the power lines is that you require electrical power in order to provide cooling, to the react, that would be to stable for sort of meltdown type situation. and what we had is the, so you have the main power line switcher, and now you have a reserve power line which is where we are at the moment. and then you have back up diesel generators as your sort of last main option if you like. so obviously we've knocked out one of the 3. so i think, you know, that raises the level a little bit. so after the, the last stage, the back up there, there's nothing else or other, any other measures that are in place or protocols in case of a meltdown. no, those are the main real back up mechanisms, you know, as long as most back up diesel generators working, the

jamie locke is at the university of alabama birmingham where she is a professor in the chief of the division of transplantation among other positions. she graduated from duke university and completed her medical degree at carolina university and her surgical residency at johns hopkins. we want to thank all our guest for their participation and we will begin with mr. brian sheppard. >> thank you mr. chairman and members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to discuss our organ by nation and transplant system and the role of the unos and our community's ongoing efforts to increase transplantation. my name is brian sheppard and i am the ceo of unos, the nonprofit which holds the federal contract to serve as the working donation and transplant network. i have seen up close the power of organ donation and transplant, the thing and sustaining the families of organ donors and restoring the fire into transplant recipients. unos worked with transplant hospitals, opos and patients to address the most important issues and we leverage experts in the field to continually improve the national syste

amy: for more, we go to birmingham, england, where we're joined by kehinde andrews, professor of black studies in the school of social sciences at birmingham city universitythe u.k.'s first professor of black studies. author of "the new age of empire: how racism and colonialism still rule the world." his recent piece for politico is headlined "i don't mourn the queen." in it, he writes -- "my paternal grandmother was born in colonial jamaica in 1914 and was raised on the fairy tales of the mother country and nobility of british royalty. she migrated to britain in search of better opportunities in the mid 50's as part of the so called windrush generation, who helped to rebuild the nation after the second world war. a picture of the queen had pride of place in her front room and were she alive today, she would have wholeheartedly joined in the collective grief. but my father grew up in the 1960's, facing the cold realities of british racism and could never feel any warmth to either the nation or its figure head." professor kehinde andrews, welcome to democracy now! instead of me reading your words, why don't you tell us that story and talk about the coverag

unanimous consent to do so and doctor jaime locke is abdominal transplant surgeon at university of alabama birmingham where she is a professor, and chief of the division of transportation among other positions. graduated duke university, she completed her medical degree at eastern -- university and a johns hopkins, and so we want to thank all of our guests for their participation, and we will begin with mr. bryan shepard. >> thank you mister chairman, members of the committee, i different biting me to discuss our nations organ donation and transplant system and the role of the united network for organ sharing, or unos, and our committees ongoing efforts increased transplants. my name is brian shepard and i'm the ceo of unos which serves the federal contract told the transplant now. eric and i, roll i've seen oppose the power of organ donation transplant lifting and sustaining the families of organ donors, and restoring and inspiring transplant recipients. congress intentionally put organ allocation policy in the hands of the clinical professional impatient community. unos works with hospitals, opos,

daniele albertazzi is a professor of politics at the university of surrey and hejoins me now from birminghamitaly which has only existed for about ten years. it's less surprising if we look at the right wing coalition as a whole, notjust one party but three parties that make up the right. they have gained this level of support, 43% it seems at the moment, for 30 years, sometimes even more. up to 48%. but what happens now is within the right, the party that is by far the largest is the radical right brothers of italy. this party gets about 25%, we will see exactly how much when the votes have been counted. there are lies, again radical right, the league of matteo salvini, gets around nine, when in the last election they got 17, so a huge drop. and the party of berlusconi around 8—9%. it is huge, and we know this from the data, basically it means the right—wing voters are very much moving to brothers of italy, which causes a lot of problems to the other two. 50 which causes a lot of problems to the other two.— to the other two. so in terms of change — to the other two. so in terms of change go

of republican overseas u.k. and a former federal prosecutor. in birmingham, u.k., a professor of international politics at the clinton institute at the universityublin. i welcome you all. i want to begin in washington dc. this is a civil lawsuit, not a criminal one. is there a smoking gun here? is there something that can put donald trump and his family in real difficulty? >> from the former president's perspective, this may be the most troubling investigation he has to deal with. he's facing the possibility of being barred from real estate in new york for five years and having the leadership of the trump organization taken away from him. i'm sure he's worried about that . in addition, this case has also been referred to the u.s. attorney for the district of new york and the internal revenue service. there is a possibility of tax fraud. the sheer number of allegations of improper valuation of his properties could well have serious tax consequences for the former president. host: but this is all part of the rough-and-tumble of new york real estate. i can't imagine somebody in that business -- honesty is not a word we associate with those people.

of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. may her pain be excruciating." twitter removed her tweet. birmingham city universityfessor kehinde andrews, who is of british african-caribbean heritage, also reflected thursday on the queen's legacy. >> i guess it depends what you think a good job of being queen is. if it is to represent white supremacy and colonialism, then yeah. if you look at the royal family institution, it is still very strong, weathered heavy storms including prince andrew. had she kept the image of the royal family very established, that think she's done a good job. amy: to talk more about the death of queen elizabeth ii and the future of the british monarchy, we're joined by british journalist ash sarker, harvard professor maya jasanoff whose new york times guest essay is headlined "warn the queen, not her empire," and university of cambridge professor priya gopal, author of "insurgent empire: anticolonial resistance & british dissent." we welcome you all to democracy now! professor go paul, let's begin with you. your thoughts on the death of the longest-reigning british monarch, queen elizab

birmingham u. k. scott lucas, a professor of international politics of the clinton institute at university college dublin. a welcome to you. all. i want to begin in washington dc. with melanie sloane, this is a civil lawsuit. it's not a criminal one. however, is there a smoking gun here? is there something that could put donald trump in and his family in real difficulty? well, a, from a former president's perspective, this may be the most troubling at investigation that he has to deal with. he's facing the possibility of being barred from real estate in new york for 5 years and having the leadership of the trump organization taking away from him. so i'm sure he's quite worried about that. in addition, this case has also been referred to the u. s. attorney for the southern district of new york and the internal revenue service, there is the possibility of tax fraud. the sheer number of allegations of improper valuation of his properties could well have serious tax consequences for the former president. but melanie, this is all just part the rough and tumble of you know, neil real estate. i mean, i can't im