roxanne, farm and from i on a professor of modern middle east politics at the university of cambridge, a warm welcome to each and all of you. mohammed your intent, run. we're gonna start with you as the uranium presidents and perhaps more importantly be a range and supreme leader were being given in the last few hours as we record this in the last few hours. a precise damage assessment of israel's attacks on iran, given that they've been expecting this in some way, shape or form. how do you think they felt about these attacks? how do you think they analyze that? i think they steal that to the damage that was caused as a result of the attack was much less than they had anticipated to be run in miss alt defenses. were able to bring down a significant number of miss house. and also there are a lot of decoys and dummies using false intelligence given so that of some of the missiles mistook those decoys for the real thing. there was damage, of course, but to today we see that the markets across the country and in toronto in particular are very positive. so it would seem that the society at

london is roxanne farm and farm in who's a professor of modern, middle east politics at the university of cambridge and in berlin is a julian bond, stacy, who is the director of the middle east and north africa program as a year, a pin council for 4 on relations. hello o dot. and i'd like to talk with you if i'm a time perry and telling me that there's a piece that you wrote to, i'm guessing it must be in pretty soon off to the rainy and attacks last night, laying out 3 possible causes of action. and i think it'll help all discussion if i just very quickly go through them one more symbolic response against iran at taking into account the fact that iran did telegraphy attack and know is ready lives with last to a tactical strike on the wrong, perhaps against oral installations forcing around to reconsider for the retaliation or 3. a 3rd policy said an attempt to give a whole the regions balance of power where israel might use bunker busting bombs to cripple around nuclear facilities. destroyed oil facilities, blockade port, which would have cost. and my was a bring with it in place it danger of the

professor emeritus of mediterranean history at the university of cambridge, david abulafia, gave us hiso genoa, and you can go to what is said to be his house, it was part after he died, but you can see photographs of documents in the archives which do refer to a christopher columbus he was born in the city, who came from a family of weavers. so, one would really need to make sure this is not the same person because it has always been assumed that it is the same person, and this genovese connection, that is his identity. it is very complicated. i am not an expert in dna, but as faras i canjudge, a lot of the evidence is based on statistical comparisons, so you can never be absolutely sure. and when you actually look at the historical evidence, not the biological evidence, there really are questions that arise in connection with these claims. the idea that she came from valencia... there is a real problem there because they were expelled after the pogram from in 1391, surface family converted then, as manyjewish families did, that would mean that he did not convert. it would be his grand

let's speak to professor emeritus of mediterranean history at the university of cambridge, david abulafiaave historians traditionally believed? the evidence. _ traditionally believed? the evidence, if— traditionally believed? the evidence, if you _ traditionally believed? tue: evidence, if you were to traditionally believed? tue evidence, if you were to go to genoa, and you can go to what is said to be his house, it was part after he died, but you can see photographs of documents in the archives what you do refer to a christopher columbus he was born in the city, who came from a family of weavers. so, one would really need to make sure this is not the same person because it has always been assumed that it is the same person, and this genovese connection, that is his identity. connection, that is his identity-— connection, that is his identity. connection, that is his identi .~ :, , identity. what can you tell us about the _ identity. what can you tell us about the methods _ identity. what can you tell us about the methods of - identity. what can you tell us about the methods of this - abo

the university of cambridge, he joins me now from london. so on launched its 2nd direct attack on israel within uh, within 6 months, this off the whole series of assassinations against high profile. it goes including a small honey on it runs own soil. how might they be preparing now for the is writing response, as well as the running a presence in the asia saw that's being held by the cutter is important at this juncture. they are discussing the situation with their arab and golf colleagues, and the error of neighbors have been assuring you wrong that they will be neutral in any particular of conflicts that might arise as a result of as rarely retaliation. and i think this is very reassuring for iran. i think we are also hearing that there are other voices coming out of the region. the, you know, militias that are tied to the access of resistance. that is the allies in iraq of the iranian government are saying that uh, oil installation, should they be hit, will then be a major concern to iraq. and that so far we're hearing at least claims tha

in a pioneering study from the university of cambridge.n mri scanners uncovered long lasting brain changes linked to inflammation in covid 19 patients. the abnormalities were found in areas responsible they say, for breathing control, suggesting a potential link to fatigue, breathlessness and mental health issues reported by some patients . that's the latest some patients. that's the latest from the gb newsroom. for now, i will hand you straight back over to bev and andrew for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. >> sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom with andrew and bev. we'll see what you've been saying at home this morning. brent has got in touch and said can we as a country sue the echr? i don't think so. >> we can ignore them and that's what we should do. i mean, that bloke should be deported. to hell with the echr. it is. it is not binding. lots of countries ignore it. yeah, that's all the time. a

of god, whose memory is peaceful and hearts are calm. dear viewers , hello to the world . welcome to the world today. i am vahid modareszade. . sadegh do , a professor from cambridge university, a retired head of the french army and a former member of the lebanese parliament, along with mr. kathirinejad, are our guests in this they want a program. iran's missile response to the crimes of the zionist regime on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the gaza war once again brought a smile back to the faces of the oppressed palestinian people . iran's rockets, which were moving from the sky of the west bank towards targets in occupied palestine, caused a wave of happiness in most of the cities and the west bank and quds . we do not hide our happiness from anyone. the latter has a lot of influence. the palestinian people have not been this happy for a long time had not been this is a natural response to the terror attacks in lebanon, syria, the west bank and gaza. the occupying regime thought that its actions would go unanswered. as soon as the rockets reached the sky of palestine, a wave of happiness covered the palestinians due to their sighting, because it cooled their hearts

of rare plants. cambridge university botanic garden says the ideal candidate is someone who has a love of horticultureand a lot of smoke coming from the area where there was another strike this morning by israel. israel said its forces conducted a series of targeted strikes in a number of targeted strikes in a number of weapons storage facilities and terrorist infrastructure belonging to hezbollah. hezbollah has responded with some strikes. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. whilst yesterday brought us some sunshine and temperatures as high as 18 degrees for a few spots, today is looking a little bit cloudier for the rest of today. we've got quite a bit of cloud and some showery rain. there will be some blue skies, some brighter spells just breaking through that cloud at times, especially towards the east. further west it's low pressure that's dominating our weather. so that's moving in from the atlantic. and it's pushing these couple of weather fronts slowly northwards and eastwards. so quite a lot of cloud for most areas for the rest of the day. i think the heaviest of the rain will be for south

of the sadeq 2 operation. a professor from cambridge university, a retired colonel from the french army, and a former member of the lebanese parliament, along with mr. kathirinejad , will be our guests in this program. iran's missile response to the crimes of the zionist regime brought a smile to the face once again on the eve of the one year anniversary of the gaza war. returning the oppressed people of palestine, this operation has revived the hope of victory among the palestinians of gaza and the baghti bank. the observation of iranian missiles that were moving from the sky of the west bank towards targets in occupied palestine caused a wave of there was joy in most of the cities and capitals of west and quds. storm our spirit is so high, our heads are as high as the rockets that aim at the lowest people. we palestinians are proud of our partners. the palestinian people have not been this happy for a long time. this is a natural response to the terror attacks that took place in lebanon, syria, the west bank and gaza. the occupying regime thought that its actions would go unanswered. he engages in crime, kil

some experience with long covid, according to new research in a pioneering study from the university of cambridgeanges linked to inflammation in covid 19 patients. the abnormalities were found in areas responsible for breathing control, they say , suggesting control, they say, suggesting a potential link to extreme fatigue , breathlessness and fatigue, breathlessness and mental health issues. some patients experience . that's the patients experience. that's the latest from the newsroom for now. a full round up at 2:00. we will be back with tom and emily very shortly after this break. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward alerts >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:39. now the chancellor , rachel 1:39. now the chancellor, rachel reeves, is being pressured to cut free subscriptions prescriptions rather for those aged between 60 and 65. >> free subscription to netflix. >> free subscription to netflix. >> free subscription to netflix. >> free subscriptions. i mean, i know it would be nice, wouldn't it? free s

let's speak to professor hugh hunt — deputy director of the centre for climate repair at cambridge universitycause we saw in that report its cost reasons that councils have turned to come of this use of incinerators. it's an interesting situation, because 20 years ago when we started moving away from the landfill because of the methane issue, but the methane was being caused by food waste and other organic stuffed rotting in the landfills and releasing this methane gas. of these days we've got increasingly these anaerobic digester �*s taking food waste in dealing with that methane problem responsibly. these incinerators that were put in place of the landfills still need the food stock. there is a commitment that the local authorities have got to provide fuel for these incinerators and increasingly incinerators and increasingly in that makes more and more plastic, and that is what is leading to the problem of high c02 leading to the problem of high co2 emissions from these emissions. c02 emissions from these emission— emissions. particularly plastic. _ emissions. particularly plastic, the _ em

of the world's most influential intellectuals. his a lecturer at hebrew university and a fellow at the university. cambridge's center for the study of existential risk. he has also co-founded the social impact sapiens ship. tonight he will be in conversation. nicholas thompson, the ceo of the atlantic. thompson is worked as the editor in chief of and as the editor of newyorker.com. join me in welcoming yuval harari and nicholas thompson. hello, yuval how are you? i'm fine, thank you. it's a real pleasure to be here with yuval. he is not only a great historian, as you all know, he is a very kind in the green room. among his many duties, signing books, answering my about israeli politics. he also helped read a bedtime to my ten year old, who is a huge of unstoppable. so thank you, yuval? it's my pleasure pleasure. all right. so what i want to do in this book. is i want to go through some of the history, some of the stories you tell. i'm going to ask you a few questions about characters you introduce, the ideas they represent. we'll go through some of the arguments you make about history, about ai and about demo

today we're talking with laura freedman, president of the foundation for middle east peace and professor roxanne vermont from ion at cambridge university. listen, thank you both for joining me. this is a very heavy subject, lara. i have to ask you and i and i'm not being facetious. but you as the president of the foundation for middle east peace as you look at your agenda and you look at the question in prospect, the middle east peace, what do we need to do to get to what your, your mission is all about? a look. i think at this point, no one's talking about middle east peace. and frankly, we haven't been for a very long time. i mean, us policy has been about crisis in conflict management. at this point in this moment in time, what we're talking about is stopping genocide, preventing further genocide preventing ethnic cleansing. i think for folks we're focused on the day after and how we get back to piece. and i'm sure that's well intentioned, but unless you're doing everything you can right now to stop the bleeding and stop the escalation. so it kind of gives no credibility. it seems like a do loop. are we in a do loop now? i mean, if

university. and in 2024 through 2025, he will be the visiting professor of politics at the university of virginia. he's published five books on american constitutional ism and is at work on a volume for cambridge university press. on the political writings of the reverend john witherspoon was adams and franklin's preternaturally active colleague in the continental congress. and now i'm honored to introduce our james madison lecture this afternoon. distinguished author and pulitzer prize winner, mr. jesse schiff. mischief is a graduate of williams college in massachusetts. since she's authored many, many articles for various publications such as the new yorker, the new york times, the washington post and many others. mischief is also the author of six books dealing with a wide variety of topics, such as benjamin franklin, the salem witch trials, cleopatra and one of my personal favorite historical figures. pilot and author antoine de saint-exupery. her book entitled vera ms. vladimir nabokov won the pulitzer prize for biography in 2000. her incredible 2005 book on benjamin franklin, which i think most of you have. entitled a great improvization franklin, france and the birth of america won the

university. and in 2024 through 2025, he will be the visiting professor of politics at the university of virginia. he's published five books on american constitutional ism and is at work on a volume for cambridge university press. on the political writings of the reverend john witherspoon was adams and franklin's preternaturally active colleague in the continental congress. and now i'm honored to introduce our james madison lecture this afternoon. distinguished author and pulitzer prize winner, mr. jesse schiff. mischief is a graduate of williams college in massachusetts. since she's authored many, many articles for various publications such as the new yorker, the new york times, the washington post and many others. mischief is also the author of six books dealing with a wide variety of topics, such as benjamin franklin, the salem witch trials, cleopatra and one of my personal favorite historical figures. pilot and author antoine de saint-exupery. her book entitled vera ms. vladimir nabokov won the pulitzer prize for biography in 2000. her incredible 2005 book on benjamin franklin, which i think most of you have. entitled a great improvization franklin, france and the birth of america won the

andrew is a professor of american history and a fellow of clara college at cambridge university. he has published 10 books, including shield of faith, religion and american war and diplomacy. andrew? >> thanks. okay, so, i want to begin slightly differently in talking about emily's book. can i see your copy of the book? so, for those of you who haven't seen it, i highly recommend going to the book exhibit to actually see this book as an artifact, as an actual book, because it is extraordinary. it is really, really beautifully done. and the cover design is incredible. and it just sort of very artfully frames exactly the themes emily is going to be discussing. my first question to you, emily, and you may not have to answer this now, it is a complicated question, but was this something that lindsay, your daughter did? because in the acknowledgments, she talks about lizzie having drafted some of the first initial covers, and i am wondering if somebody that young was able to accomplish something like this. we can't judge a book by its cover, but i think in this case, we can judge a boo

of psychology at harvard. i teach introduction only -- introductory psychology and i teach on irrationality. i am from montreat trail, candida and went to university and montrealers. -- montreal. i spent most of my life in cambridgemassachusetts. peter: why do we believe conspiracy theories? it is not a new phenomenon. steven pinker: it is not nor is the belief in miracles or fake news. everything narrated in the bible would have been thought of as fake news. they transmitted the accounts and others transmitted it further. i think it comes to matters outside our day today [inaudible] where we can be perfectly rational. . bring up your kids, hold a job, you have to have an appreciation of how the world works and have rational positions but when it comes to where does disease originate, where do the human species come from, where does earth come from, what will it be like in 50 years, these are questions where for most of our existence there is no science, no math, there were no institutions or record-keeping agencies or journalism, so you believe the most interesting and uplifting story and educated people today tend to try to avoid that, thinking you should just believe things from our best science and journalist

of logical sense, if you think about it, right. there's multiple studies even one from cambridge university that show that, for instance, as rate of mexican immigration increase is in certain counties, white people's attitudes, their black neighbors becomes more positive and their attitudes, their latino neighbors becomes more negative. so all this to say that sometimes times that anti-immigrant sentiment can be so powerful, no one so visceral, that at times it can even sort of subdue, you know, this anti-blackness, that it obviously is very persistent in this country. and so what that means is that there is a group of latinos that not only sort of believe some of the anti-immigrant rhetoric, but on top of that journey, they have to sort of prove their belonging in this country. they have to prove that they, too, are american, that they, too, should be considered american, even though, as you and i know they're as american as anyone else is. i think that's of the formula. no, of into the anti-immigrant sentiment. but then also having to prove a sense of belonging in a white america that has a tendency to sort of discriminate again

of logical sense, if you think about it, right. there's multiple studies even one from cambridge university that show that, for instance, as rate of mexican immigration increase is in certain counties, white people's attitudes, their black neighbors becomes more positive and their attitudes, their latino neighbors becomes more negative. so all this to say that sometimes times that anti-immigrant sentiment can be so powerful, no one so visceral, that at times it can even sort of subdue, you know, this anti-blackness, that it obviously is very persistent in this country. and so what that means is that there is a group of latinos that not only sort of believe some of the anti-immigrant rhetoric, but on top of that journey, they have to sort of prove their belonging in this country. they have to prove that they, too, are american, that they, too, should be considered american, even though, as you and i know they're as american as anyone else is. i think that's of the formula. no, of into the anti-immigrant sentiment. but then also having to prove a sense of belonging in a white america that has a tendency to sort of discriminate again

physical transfer and the transformation in my habits, as well as absorbing years of my training, the sciences at cambridge university to to really absorb the science around this into a deep dive into. it it was head spinning in a positive way in a negative way. they were real and incredible, high points, incredible, low points. and real intellectual excitement. actually is going to have such a huge effect on not just the people, the drugs, obviously, which is going to be, i would predict, half of americans, ten years from now provided some of the really catastrophic side effects that i'm worried about don't end up being worse than we think. but also just just what it's going to do to how we think these very deeply, as you say, very charged issues. and how did you figure out how to strike this balance of talking about potential benefits and also the potential risks? and what are some of those risks? i think? actually, if you just look at the facts, people should be very wary of people whose response to these drugs, after looking at it in detail, is either, yeah, they're going to save us all or boo that the devil. the

it's not just noah carl at cambridge who got chased out of the university for, you know, researchinge have is a systemic crisis in the universities where if you are conservative or you are gender critical or you say , actually, critical or you say, actually, on balance, i think britain's history is not just full of slavery and imperialism. we did some good things . basically, some good things. basically, what happens is you're intimidated, you're bullied, you're harassed, you're sacked, you're harassed, you're sacked, you're thrown out of these institutions . we need the free institutions. we need the free speech act. i'm going to say to you, i really want your views on this. we need the free speech act that passed parliament and got royal assent. and now bridget phillipson, the labour education secretary, is saying she's going to basically not not see it through and she's going to turn it, turn it around or try and repeal it. labour doesn't believe in free speech. that's the message that bridget phillipson is sending. it's the same message, by the way, keir starmer sent after the pr

of rare plants. cambridge university botanic garden says the ideal candidate is someone who has a love of horticulture 'ob, rover! there! you should go to the 'ob, roger! shaufi there! you should go to the 'ob, roger! shall i i there! you should go to the 'ob, roger! shall i apply? i there! you should go to the job, roger! shalli apply? laughter that's cambridge _ roger! shalli apply? laughter that's cambridge university i roger! shalli apply? laughter. that's cambridge university botanic garden i believe. its that's cambridge university botanic garden i believe.— garden i believe. its good weather for the garden i believe. its good weather forthe plants- _ good morning. it's glorious out there that some of us especially towards the east, this is the picture in berwick—upon—tweed at the moment, a beautiful morning for walking the dogs. we had these really the sun rises, lots of pink and purple in the sky. further south, in felixstowe the sky is on fire. yes, it's looking very picturesque in the east but not quite the same for everyone. this might be a bit more representative of the weather where you ar

and in cambridge, in massachusetts, in united states is about 12, who's the samuel piece, a professor of holocaust and genocide, studies at brown university. welcome to you. oh, i'd like to start in new york. if that's right with you out a, well, let's get straight to the number. this is to be empty, zionist, anti semitic. thanks for having me. well, judaism is a religion. zionism is an ideology. they are 2 separate things. so anti zionism is not necessarily anti semitism, but the problem is that many jewish people are raised to believe that zionism is an identity that is fused with their judaism. and that's where the confusion comes in . we have been told in other social movements that we need to listen to people talking about their experiences and listen to them when they tell they are experiencing a kind of impression. uh, what is difficult about this is that use really feel that their identity is being challenged. when's i, and as, and as being challenged and uh for people who are not scientists. so it's very clear that they are challenging the ideology of zionism. so there is a, a lot of confusion, i will say that judaism is existed