scott lucas from the university of birmingham in the u. k. thank you so much for your time. thank you. the kremlin has revised upwards the death toll from a ukrainian air strike on a russian military barracks from 63 up to 89. keith says the real figure is in fact, in the hundreds and the thought to be the deadliest single attack by ukraine against a russian target. and it has fuel domestic criticism against russia's army commanders . moscow says the unauthorized use of mobile phones by its soldiers allowed ukraine to pinpoint their location. russian crowns gather in somber ceremony in the city of samara to mourn soldiers killed in ukraine. people who lived here or among those who died in a new year's eve bombing in the cave care so that we get there to honor the memory of all dead soldiers of the special military operation. we get there because it's hard for everyone with when it's hot, we should be together, which mr. huge piles of rubble of all that remains from the bombing. now, russian nationalists and some lawmakers, a demanding punishment for commanders, they say igno

scott lucas from the university of birmingham in the u. k. thank you so much for your time. thank you. ok, let's take a look now. some of the other stories making headlines around the world. hope francis has used his weekly audience to protect praise his predecessor benedict as a great communicator of the roman catholic faith. frances is due to preside over the form up hope vented its funeral mass at the vatican on thursday. thousands of mourners continued to pay their final respects ahead of the service men, maurice marking 75 years of independence from britain with the military parade and mass pardons. of more than $7000.00 prisoners, it's not clear whether this will include people jailed as part of a crackdown on descent. the country's military leader also outlined clowns for elections this year. ex crypto boss, sand bank, and fried, has pleaded not guilty to u. s. criminal fraud charges. the 3rd year old former digital currency billionaire is accused of choosing investors and looting customer deposits on his crypto currency trading platform. f t x. the kremlin has revised

scott lucas is a professor of the american studies at the university of birmingham in the u. k. i asked him if this is, in fact a sad day for democracy as we just heard in that report. so simply a legal and democratic process is playing out in the house right now. now it's a sign that american democracy is under strain. but it's been unrestrained for years, not just because of the hard, right republicans in the house. but of course, because of the trump list, continued to back donald trump. denial of the 2020 election who continued to try to bury any accountability of the capital attack, which occurred almost exactly 2 years ago. 18 of the 20 republicans who objected to kevin mccarthy as how speaker last night also happened to be election deniers. so this is assigned, there is a faction within the united states which has, is committed not just stopping the democrats, were stopping aloft, is almost committed to stopping the system from working. and that will be a challenge of course, for the, by the ministration to continue to govern, which it will do. but i think more importantl

broadcast last year, reported widespread allegations of bullying and intimidation of staff at university hospitals birminghamanction being struck off the register. the allegation that this organisation — that�*s essentially here to ensure that doctors behave both ethically and safely — is being used to intimidate doctors is a serious one. a newsnight investigation reveals a culture of fear in one of england's biggest hospital trusts. late last year, we reported that of 26 doctors referred to the gmc by the university hospitals birmingham trust, not one had any action taken against them, and we�*ve now learned that regulators were warned about the culture at uhb a year ago. you could see that people were being bullied, you know, by the threat of referrals to the gmc about whistle—blowing. the unison trade union says it was contacted by dozens of uhb staff, most of them medics and not unison members. initially, we just thought it wasjust, like, one or two, and then it got quite worrying, the number of people and the sorts of things that they were saying. so numerous and serious were the concerns the union was

broadcast last year, reported widespread allegations of bullying and intimidation of staff at university hospitals birmingham safely, is being used to intimidate doctors is a serious one. a newsnight investigation reveals a culture of fear in one of england's biggest hospital trusts. late last year, we reported that of 26 doctors referred to the gmc by the university hospitals birmingham trust, not one had any action taken against them, and we've now learned that regulators were warned about the culture at uhb a year ago. you could see that people were being bullied, you know, by the threat of referrals to the gmc about whistle—blowing. the unison trade union says it was contacted by dozens of uhb staff, most of them medics and not unison members. initially, we just thought it wasjust, like, one or two, and then it got quite worrying, the number of people and the sorts of things that they were saying. so numerous and serious were the concerns the union was hearing that they put together a confidential report, which they sent to the care quality commission. it was really clear that people were being discourag

university of alabama '63. and the civil rights direct action campaign in birmingham. and during the course of that campaign when martin luther king is taken to jail and writes the famous letter from the birmingham jail, the weight of the civil rights cause is coming down on kennedy in this presidency and looks like he's going to have to act. he's very reluctant to act, to do anything except to protect civil rights marchers and i've always wondered why he did it at that moment. it turns out that bobby kennedy who was his brother's chief aide, most trusted and close advisor, goes down south to alabama and meets with george wallace and meets with just horrific resistance down there. you know, people are hurling epithets at him and treating him certainly not like he's the attorney general of the united states. but interestingly enough, a more poignant episode for bobby kennedy comes when he meets with edwin, the novelist and entertainers at bobby kennedy's father's penthouse in manhattan and it is a very uncomfortable situation where they're confronting bobby kennedy with

scott lucas is a professor of politics, university college dublin. he joins his life in birmingham, in the united kingdom. welcome to the program. as a correspondent to adam fisher was just saying, he mccarthy seems to be presiding over a divided party. but one thing in his opening speech really struck me. he said if one thing over the last few days has been clear, it's that i never give up. do you think he goes into assuming this role looking stronger because of his determination or weakened by all this political infighting? wow. at a personal level, keller mccarthy finally gets to be speaker. his lifelong ambition. but at the level of significance, ah, as alan fisher pointed out, he's keeping that just wanted both eyes over his shoulder at a republican civil war. because here's the big takeaway that continues long after we finish discussing this vote. and that is that a trumpet st. and hard write minority is now holding not only kevin mccarthy hostage through a series of concessions he made to them. they are now holding the u. s. house hostage in terms of doing his business. and

. >> so, marcus rider, the director of the immediate diversity center at birmingham city university inhite and that shapes away stories -- some of this framing included describing meghan markle as a gangster of royalty from a crime ridden neighborhood -- let's talk about how race plays into the media coverage of meghan markle. and i frankly believe that the lack of diversity in newsrooms is to blame. what say you? >> i think that is definitely part of that. the fact that the newsrooms and great britain are so homogenous is definitely part of the issue. we saw when she mediately came on the scene, she was straight out of compton, harry's girl is from a gang scarred area of los angeles. that was not actually true. that is the way they framed it. the main thing was that she was different. she was a mixed, biracial american. she's an actress. she had formerly been divorced. and she was not what they were used to. and as some britons have said, she is not the english rose that they imagined for their ginger prince. she was wrong and all kinds of ways. again, this happened right on the heels

the same thing happens at university of alabama and 63 d then there's the civil rights movement direct action campaign in birmingham. during the course of that campaign when martin luther king is taken to jail and writes the famous letter from a birmingham jail, the weight of the civil rights cause is coming down onct kennedy and it looks like he's riot act. he's very reluctant to act come to do anything except to protect civil rights marchers. i've always wondered what he did at that moment. it turns out that bobby kennedy who was his brothers chief aide, most trusted and close advisor, goes downn south alabama and meets with the george wallace and meets with just horrific resistance down there. people are hurling epithets at him and treating him for cet like easy attorney general ofut the united states, but interesting enough a more poignant episode for bobby kennedy comes when heom meets wh james baldwin, a novelist, and a group of african-american entertainers anarchists at bobby kennedy's fathers penthouse in manhattan. and it is a very uncomfortable situation where they are confronting bobby kennedy with the

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