should be released and that would follow on from there ok i thought today mcquay from the university of london thanks very much for joining us here today on our ten. after a break we'll tell you why british banks need billions of pounds to stay afloat also. join make a few live coverage on the same pieces by international economic forum i'll have exclusive interviews from some of the world's biggest players in the financial well . speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the r.p. interviews intriguing story to tell you. the arabic to find out more visit our big. dog called. u.k.'s financial health is at risk with its top banks in need of billions of pounds to fill a hole in that balance sheets revelation by the country's financial regulator come shortly after reports according to a criminal punishment for bank reckless misconduct all to ease a test series in london to look at the troubles of britain's banking sector. this twenty seven billion pounds that's about forty two billion u.s. dollars that banks need to find

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the men who signed a letter to president obama has done today the mcallen academic at the university of london he says that letting prisoners have a traditional process is the only way to end hunger strike which has dragged on there for nearly six months there are. operating in guantanamo but those who are really operating on the instruction of military personnel and conducting procedure is really unlawful by international law the force feeding of people who have chosen to undertake a hunger strike has been determined by. george bush's. council itself as a form of torture itself. so what we're asking for is independent external doctors from the outside able to assess the condition of these hunger strikers and toshi work hand in hand with the medical personnel in quite a number of this hunger strike is being undertaken by many of the business. with thought and consideration it's been expressed as openly and is about there are only real protesting what is really an illegal tension is not about their release right now it's really about providing them with recourse to judicial process. so that's a

bashar al-assad and his wife are graduates of the university of london. they have great columns supporting people they do not like. that would run counter to the idea that people commit student rights violations would be punished. instability in syria and israel. if all were an israeli leader, i would prefer a centralized state where there are discreet buttons that i can push work their institutions like to take actions against and get a predictable reaction. that would be more stable for me than this maelstrom of activity. i'm sorry these are not cheerful answers. this is the truth as i see it. >> sharon, here are two for you. what is the use of chemical weapons in chemical constitute a "red line" all the deaths of tens of civilians has not thought to the same? same how do syrians view this distinction of what is acceptable by the syrian government? and further on that, with regard to iraq, is not the case that syrian took in 1.3 million iraqis in the early years of the occupation and invasion. the u.s. until now, correct me if i'm wrong, has yet to allo

might wind up in moscow, you know, both bashar al-assad and his wife are graduates of the university of london his wife is a british citizen, you know. the british government recently has great problems deporting people they don't like it if they can someone make their way there they would probably be there at least 15 years, but that would run counter to the idea in western people who commit human rights violations should be punished. that being said, idi amin led that is based peacefully. instability in syria and israel, this is just an etiquette because and only a marginally educated guess, but it would seem to me if i were an israeli leader, i would prefer having a coherent central is a state where there are discrete buttons that i can push whether our institutions that i could take actions against and get a predictable reaction, that that would be more stable for me than this maelstrom of uncertainty. which is basically the nature of the syrian opposition. i'm sorry if these are not cheerful answers, but it's the truth as i see it. i would be happy to engage afterwards with anybody who ca

i'm joined by george samuel in new york he is a fellow at the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and in washington we cross to bruce stokes he is the director of global economic attitudes at the pew research center all right gentlemen it's just the three of us crosstalk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want and i really encourage it george the broad question is the united states a force for good in the world today. no i don't really think so. if we think of the post cold warrior of the began since one nine hundred eighty nine which would also call the uni polar air of american global hegemony i think the record of this is is really very poor. economically and financially i mean we've had from one financial crisis to another and politically it's been an air of extraordinary instability and an extraordinary number of military interventions and attacks led by the united states sometimes alone sometimes with its various satellites so i just thought the record all of the united states is since the end of the cold war has been really very poor so one look at it right

i'm joined by george samuel in new york he is a fellow at the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and in washington we cross to bruce stokes he is the director of global economic attitudes at the pew research center all right gentlemen it's just the three of us crosstalk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want and i really encourage it george the broad question is the united states a force for good in the world today. no i don't really think so peter. if we think of the post cold warrior of the began since one nine hundred eighty nine which would also call the uni polar air of american global headroom an a i think the record of this is is really very poor. economically and financially i mean we've had from one financial crisis to another and politically it's been an air of extraordinary instability and an extraordinary number of military interventions and attacks led by the united states sometimes alone sometimes with its various satellites so i thought the record all of the united states is since the end of the cold war has been really very poor so if one looks at

arear al-assad and his wife graduates of the university of london.hey have great columns supporting people they do not like. that would run counter to the idea that people commit student rights violations would be punished. instability in syria and israel israe. leader, ie an israeli would prefer a centralized state where there are discreet buttons that i can push work their institutions like to take actions against and get a predictable reaction. that would be more stable for me than this maelstrom of activity. not cheerfulse are answers. this is the truth as i see it. here are two for you. chemicalhe use of weapons in chemical constitutesa all the deaths of tens of civilians has not thought to the same? same how do syrians view this distinction of what is acceptable by the syrian government? with regardon that, is not the case that syrian took in 1.3 million iraqis in the early years of the occupation and invasion. correct mentil now, to allowong, has yet one as many as 30,000 iraqis, many of whom have put their lives on the line for the united tra

bashar al-assad and his wife are graduates of the university of london. columnse great supporting people they do not like. that would run counter to the idea that people commit student rights violations would be punished. instability in syria and israel. if all were an israeli leader, i would prefer a centralized where there are discreet buttons that i can push work their institutions like to take actions against and get a predictable reaction. that would be more stable for me than this maelstrom of activity. i'm sorry these are not cheerful answers. this is the truth as i see it. >> sharon, here are two for you. what is the use of chemical weapons in chemical constitute a "red line" all the deaths of tens of civilians has not thought to the same? same how do syrians view this distinction of what is acceptable by the syrian government? and further on that, with regard to iraq, is not the case that syrian took in 1.3 million iraqis in the early years of the occupation and invasion. the u.s. until now, correct me if i'm wrong, has yet to allow one as many a

an english woman and the war came so we were out of london and then i live outside london for a while with my mother and i went to cambridge university to study english which was important and i got my first job in publishing, came back to london and i've lived there ever since. what did you ask me? >> you're first job. >> publishing. >> i got a job as an editorial assistant and when i finished my father said it's very well but women need to do short hand typing so he made me. this was 1954. i went into publishing. i didn't do much shortened or typing but it's very useful for a researcher. and so i was reading manuscripts and doing all these the you do in a publishing firm. i got married. >> host: who was? >> guest: he was a very good journalist, he covered the vietnam war and he was killed in covering the sunday times. we had quite a complicated marriage through the swinging 60's and we had -- well we actually had five children, but when he was killed -- i had been working in publishing during journalism and reviewing and some television and those sort of things you can do and i started doing children's books so that was lawfully be

david zurawik and in new york, emily bell, who is at columbia university's graduate school of journalism and former digital director at london's "guardian." emily, to the extent ed snowden has been painted by the media at least by some elements of the media as a man who was acting out of conscience, the fact that he is now in moscow could very dramatically change that media narrative, could it not? >> well, i think that one of the thirngz which will be frustrating about this story is how initially the focus was on the surveillance techniques about our phone records being collected, about the prism, if you like, arrangement whereby large caches of data were being taken and scrutinized and now the focus is entirely on the persona and the movements of ed snowden. as you say, that's going to be where we see, i think, a really laser-like focus of the media in the next week. it's a shame really because the story needs to be taken very much in two parts, one of which is ed snowden and the other of which is actually the substance of what he revealed, which is a serious and substantial story that goes to the discussion. >> that is exac

it's one of the top ten global cities in the world, and when you compare it to london, for example, it's university priced. >> compare it to other global cities, it's underpriced and that's what's driving. a lot more room in manhattan. >> residential markets, do you see that kind of overpricing -- i'll ask you the same thing. is there a bubble? >> no, i think new york is catching up. i think it's about time new york and the rest of the eyes is playing at the same level as others are playing at. n new york now you have security of title, right, no tax levees like in asia. won't buy in land op, too expensive. >> high taxes here in lorkt. >> it's property, it's the american dream and now too expensive to rent. >> more expensive to rent than it is to build. >> is that a change in the last four months. >> january 1st the world flipped on its edge and everybody that's been sitting for the last year years -- >> you believe collectively this thing can keep going on. we'll let the "new york times" write up the pes milk side but the reis the is that can go on for two or three years. >> we're actually at the

for the first half hour from london we have been talking with author stewart lansley uzi research visiting fellow at the center for international poverty of the university of bristol and the author of the book londongrad and the most recent book the cost of any quality three decades of the super rich and the economy. he has been our guest on book tv. .. >> as you read the book this month, post your thoughts on twitter with the hash tag btv book club, and write on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. and then on june 25th at 9 p.m. eastern, join our live, moderated discussion on both social media sites. and if you have an idea for next month, send your suggestion on which books you think we should include in our online book club via twitter, facebook or e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. here's our

universities in this country, it is a silly and presence in the history of the country. >> those people -- the term has been sufficiently widened for almost anyone born in london or even outside for that matter for the people that have adopted. >> you said people born in london. would you? >> i would, not by the literal meaning that from where i may in fact not have been able to hear the bells of the church. >> you mentioned william blake twice. islamic they are misunderstood in his lifetime, but after his death in the last 100 years he has come to be held as one of the greatest of all english writers and artists. >> u.s said he was a visionary. how so? >> he saw the vision and a better way of putting it which you then drew but he had a visionary imagination. he saw beyond the secular world and he saw the invisible forces. >> peter ackroyd, how do you read tell the canterburry tales? >> by ian imagination. you have to be able to understand the kind of interior logic the meaning of the tails. and then what you have to do is bring it back to life to give it a response if you like in the modern world, the modern language. almost every text needs to be revived in that sen

of economic advisers. in fuhrman earned his phd economics from harvard university and a masters from science and economics from the london school of economics. if confirmed, he would succeed alan krueger him who is stepping down this fall. this is about 10 minutes. >> it has been about five years since an economic crisis and recession has cost americans their homes in the sense of security that built up over time. by the time i took office, my team and i were facing bubbles that had burst, markets that had cratered, bank after bank on the verge of collapse, and the heart of american manufacturing, the auto industry, was flat lighting. this meant hundreds of thousands of americans were losing their jobs each month. this was a scary time and nobody had any idea where the bottom would be. four and a half years later, businesses have created 7 million new jobs over the past 36 months. the american auto industry has come roaring back. we are producing more of our own energy and consuming less that we import from other countries. our deficits are shrinking rapidly. the cost of healthcare is slowing. the housing market is rebou

university of florida and his ph.d. at the university of michigan. i am utterly biased as a moderator. bob geyser along with david ignatius, partly to of the most important reasons why work for the london post. thomas mann is someone -- i come from massachusetts where politics is not always on the level. tom is on a specialist i have which is people would commit felonies for. fortunately he has never asked me to. no one on that list has ever asked me to commit one. and one of the themes of bob kaisers book is that senator dodd was one of the most popular people in congress. people like senator dodd a lot. and i have always been taught us suppose i should not confess this as a journalist. bob has been one of those people. and so is great to have you will hear. welcome and thank you for coming. >> thank you. [laughter] responsible and timely. very proud. there is i felt those circulating on the internet. maybe somebody have seen it. a handmade sign, the kind that cheap motels used to advertise free hbo. but this was a pointed message that said, can we just throw congress of the fiscal cliff? i found this -- ipod someone deserved a price for capturing the spirit of the times. as you know,

of the u.s. experts say north korea will often propose talks after igniting tension to earn some concessions from other nations. >>> scientists may have discovered why cancer spreads. researchers at university college in london say there is a chase and run effect where a disease and healthy cells follow each other around the body. the group says the next step is to develop a treatment to stop the chase and run effect, which would keep cancer tumors have spreading. >>> what are you having for dinner tonight? chances are you're going to have fish and not beef. a new report from the u.n. and the department of agriculture shows more people are eating fish than beef. listen to this. the number of fish coming out of farms has increased six-fold over the last 20 years. doctors are not too shocked by that. they say more and more people realize that fish is a healthy protein. >>> this morning, a finalist in the miss usa competition is drawing attention for her response for her question against income and equality. look at how she answered that question. >> really goes back to education. and how we are continuing to try to strive to -- figure out how to create jobs right now that's the biggest problem right now. and i

universal superstardom. years later in the 1960s, it's rock years, and jimmy was discovered playing in the cafe wa. he was jimmy james at that point, discoveredded, went to london, made a big star out of him. andy warhol saw the velvet underground in the village, and the thugs who still don't get credit for being thugs, they were a great band, were in residence. it was for 1800 performs or something. in the 1970s when the beatles break up, where do they flee? grenich village. in 1969, the stonewall uprising, the riots, the bunker hill of gay liberation happens in the village, and only could have in the village. up until then, gay liberation had been -- had the people involved in it had modeled themselves on the civil rights movement and nonviolence movement and very polite and dressed nicely when they picketed in fluent of the department of defense or wherever they were picking, and as they said to me, we're not trying to act out. they wanted to be accepted in. by 1969, younger gay men, a lot street transvestites and younger lesbians as well were sick of being pushed around by the cops, the mob who owned or backed every gay bar in the village went nuts. there was not three consecutive