so lots of people with different hopes. joining us on sky from london is martin plough torn of africa. i'm list and senior research fellow at the university of london. many thanks for joining us on news. if we listen to the narrative from the european government, the military have been in control of mckayla and the region since last november. so how, when did this major turn of events come about? what a very good question. i mean, you know, when the 2 grand flayed from mckellen and they were pushed, shocked at last november, everyone they were finished. they were just small reparation from the hill in the mountains of 2 grand the best day. indeed have a reformed and, and then reorganized themselves. but 10 days ago they launched an offensive life, which i think we haven't seen in many years, but they simply swept everything head of them. and yesterday they marched a back into their own capital. and that was just an extraordinary achievement on their behalf. they say that they have taken something like 6000 ethiopians prisoner, and killed 33000 enemy troops. i mean, this is just on a scale we haven't seen in africa pro very long time. so w

further, i take the evidence, i've gathered to forensic architecture a research agency at the university of london. so we can, the cation, son is a project coordinator here, part of a team that investigates cases of state violence and human rights violations. so usually when we investigate incident, we are looking for photographs, testimony, satellite imagery, which all brings together in a 3 d model in wanted to like investigate and analyze crimes. a local resident sent me to photographs of the main entrance facility. we identify key features in the photography in satellite industry as well based on those costs in the ground. so this cell tower behind the gate is visible in it's triangular shadow cost on the ground here. and then as these 2 utility poles, one in front of the gate and one behind the gate, which again visible their shadows. when we 1st imagine 3 d, this godson extra level verification this form of detainees helped his pinpoint the precise location where they were held within the compound. the building is very, very new. like i think it was just dofer's only satellite images show, t

web al jazeera martin cloud is a horn of africa analyst and a senior research fellow at the university of london. he explains how to grand forces managed to take back control of the region. when the 2 brands fled from mikella and they were pushed out at last november, everyone thought they were finished. they would mount a small group authoration from the hills in the mountains of 2 grand, the best day is indeed how they reformed and then reorganized themselves. but 10 days ago, they launched an offensive life, which i think we haven't seen in many years. but they simply swept everything head of them, and yesterday they marched it back into their own capital. and that was just an extraordinary achievement. on their behalf, they said that they have taken something like 6000 pins, prisoner and killed 33000 enemy troops. i mean, this is just on a scale we haven't seen in africa for a very long time. however, morgan has reported extensively on the refugee crisis, is tens of thousands of to grands crossed into saddam. she has more on their reaction to the sci fi from cartoon. a majority of them who'v

place was given the situation. sanjay sharma is a professor of cardiology at saint george's university of london. he says cardiac arrest, they're incredibly rare and elite athletes that the quick reaction of the medical staff would save to erickson's life. it's absolutely crucial to get the haul started once there's a sudden, claudia, correct? because for every minute that lapses the chances of survival drop by and between 7 and 10 percent. so when someone has a cardiac arrest, the important thing is to stall a cpr, immediately within 2 minutes, which was the case to keep all the other organs profuse, such as the brain. clearly, if the brain doesn't get an option for enough time, then the individual could be left with brain damage in the future. and of course, was keeping that recitation process going, if there is a shock of rhythm such has been curricular preparation, which was the case. it's probably some lumber, the important thing is to deliver an electrical shock within 2 or 3 minutes to try and get that whole started as quickly as possible. and it seems that this is what happened in that q

situations allow it to go to sunny as a clinical epidemiologist and senior electra at queen mary university of london. she says it's now a matter of waiting and seeing what happens. this is sort of just a few days after the government has announced the cotton for an age funding. and we also know that do key has posed we were on page and vaccine. so it quite contradictory to those messages. the u. k. has cured about 4 times of acting supply that it needs to vaccinate its entire populations about $400000000.00. see. so we can certainly afford to donate a large supply of vaccines in many other countries in europe by the us and canada. but it remains to be seen what the complete arrangements will be under this setting . and it's easy to make promises but much harder to deliver on them. i think we're seeing the small sort of pledges and feel like, like we just heard of the story with us having us have awkward to do a 25000000 vaccines, i think call back. but i think again, these every drop in an ocean, we need to remember that the majority of vaccines are still very much with the high in some world and th

he is a clinical epidemiologist and senior lecturer, queen mary university of london. she says, it's not a matter of waiting and seeing what happens. this is sort of just a few days after the government is announced, carton for an age funding, and we also know that he had supposed we were on, on patient vaccine. so it quite contradictory to those messages. the u. k. has procured about 4 times of acting supply that it needs to vaccinated some type of sedation. so that's about $400000000.00 vaccine. so it can certainly afford to donate a large supply of vaccine fast and many other countries in europe by the us and canada. but it remains to be see what the complete arrangement will be under this setting. and it's easy to make promises, but much harder to deliver on them. i think we're seeing a small sort of pledges and feel like we just heard of the story with us having us have awkward to donate 25000000 vaccines. i didn't call back. but i think again, these ever dropped in an ocean, we need to remember that the majority of vaccine will still very much with the high in som

thought as the horn of africa analyst, a horn of africa and listen senior research fellow at the university of london who explained to us earlier how the to crane forces managed to take back control of the region when the. ready 2 brands fled from mikella and they were pushed out at last november. everyone thought they were finished. they would mount a small group authoration from the hills in the mountains of t grand. the best day is indeed how they refold and, and then reorganized themselves. but 10 days ago they launched an offensive life, which i think we haven't seen in many years, but they simply swept everything head of them. and yesterday they marched it back into their own capital, and that was just an extraordinary achievement on their behalf. they said that they have taken something like 6000, been prisoner, and killed 33000 enemy troops. i mean, this is just on a scale. we haven't seen in africa for very long time. on to other news, now, israeli forces have demolished a palestinian business in the sil, one neighborhood of occupied east jerusalem. a butcher's shop is knocked down on tuesda

or the sony is a chemical epidemiologist and senior electro queen mary university of london. she joins me by skype from cambridge. so old remark staff from british prime minister bars johnson about the importance of vaccinating the world against cove at 19 bought, unlike other countries in the g 7, the u. k. hasn't specified what it's willing to contribute. yes, i mean i think if you need to make them up, but i think we have to see where this leads us to. this is sort of just a few days after the government is announced. cotton for an age funding. and we also know that you can have the pause that we were on, on patient back to you. so it's quite fantastic treated with messages. the u. k. has procured about 4 times of active supply that it needs to vaccinated the entire population. so that's about $400000000.00 of vaccine. so it can certainly afford to donate a large supply of vaccine back in many other countries in europe by the us and canada. but it remains to be see what the concrete arrangements will be under this setting. and it's easy to make promises, but much harder to

georgia is university of london, and he also works with premier league clubs, including tottenham, where erickson once played, enjoys now, and skype sunshine. we've seen this sort of thing happen before with the preschool member who we heard from there and tragically with mock. because in fairway, what causes the sudden collapses? i'll start, i'd like to start by saying that they are a column, their effect wanting 50000 athletes. but when they do occur, they usually due to an underlying, heartfelt, usually a genetic fault that was in families or a congenital fall that son was born with. and these faults may affect the muscle of the heart, the electrical system of the heart, or even the blood supply the heart. so, you know, as you, as the commentator just said that to people that are high level sports, people on tested for these talks of conditions because of the impact that a claudia career has not just on them and their families, but also in the general population. and questionnaire action certainly was tested for several years while he was a player at 1st. and then we're going to have

dr deepti gurdasani is a clinical epidemiologist at queen mary university of london. clear before when you've been talking to us, you don't think we should be rushing to any further easing of restrictions. why would it be, in your view, easing of restrictions. why would it be, in yourview, an easing of restrictions. why would it be, in your view, an unreasonable risk to go ahead with the proposed lifting of restrictions? 50 i risk to go ahead with the proposed lifting of restrictions?— lifting of restrictions? so i think there's been — lifting of restrictions? so i think there's been a _ lifting of restrictions? so i think there's been a scientific - lifting of restrictions? so i think. there's been a scientific consensus on the fact that 21st ofjune reopening will be a really bad idea for several reasons. even with stage three reopening, we could have a level of hospitalisations that would even exceed january on stage for the opening would make matters much worse. there's been a clear consensus for a long time. i'm not exactly sure what the government has taken so lon

kawther hashem, the campaign lead at action on sugar and nutrition researcher at queen mary university of londonignificant impact. we know over the last couple of years, since 2010, advertising online had increased significantly. and to change the environment online which children are exposed to through unhealthy food ads we are currently seeing, we could limit that or remove that exposure, it's likely children will see an impact on what they prefer when it comes to eating, theirfood preferences, immediately after seeing an ad and their long—term food preferences. we know that is likely to have a huge impact, if we have this total restriction on these types of ads. when you talk about what we prefer when it comes to eating, our habits are built up over a period of time and when you look at the statistics, the uk population's weight has risen with more than 60% of the adult population now overweight or obese. and the stats are one in three kids is leaving primary school overweight. so, how much does the ban on advertising, which, as you say, suggests what someone might fancy at that moment, have

dr deepti gurdasani is a clinical epidemiologist at queen mary university of london. cination seem like a sensible way out of self isolation or quarantine?— or quarantine? sadly not. double vaccination _ or quarantine? sadly not. double vaccination provides _ or quarantine? sadly not. double vaccination provides full - or quarantine? sadly not. double l vaccination provides full protection against transmission, and that's far from true. there have been over 4000 cases of the delta variant and we also know from singapore and israel that they have been outbreaks with fully vaccinated people getting infected and in singapore those people are infected. so it's quite a dangerous strategy, it's not backed up dangerous strategy, it's not backed up with any evidence at this point in time and the thinking appears to be that we look to be pushing people back to other places while putting others at risk.— others at risk. that is a negative wa of others at risk. that is a negative way of looking — others at risk. that is a negative way of looking at _ others at risk. that is a neg

. >> ben: now to a student led campaign to oust a university of london politics professor period eric has been a vocal critic of woke culture on campus. a student group is accusing him from being an "what's a pharmacist and apologist" -- there is a white's a premises professor in the halls teaching and grading and supervising migrant and students of color. how can our school call itself a diverse and truly diverse university if it employs such an important figure for whites of pharmacy and seen a phobic hostility? the professor is the author of "white shift" and he's here to respond. your book is phenomenal and it explains so much that has happened in politics in the past several decades. had some point i assumed that the council culture would come cometo for you. are you surprised at the nature of it and what is your response to it? >> i'm really not surprised and this is certainly not their first attempt. it's a small group of radical students with some faculty that they are linked with and some people on twitter. they've gone for me before. i mean, this one got somewhat more public

of st. georgia university hospital in london. thank you so much for your time. thank you for having me and time for more of your questions now over to derrick. oh, what are the recommendations for breast feeding? mothers who contract coolard 19 o studies have shown that baby is born to mothers infected with source covey to very rarely become severely l themselves according to the world health organization. even if infants do contract over at 19, it generally takes a quite mild or, or a symptomatic course. but in the panoramic, babies have often been separated from their infected mothers in an attempt to prevent the child from getting it as well for newborns. however, both breast milk and skin to skin contact are crucial components of healthy early development. and the evidence indicates pretty convincingly that the virus can't spread through breast milk directly. the recommendation is therefore clear that whenever possible mothers should continue to breast feed their babies. but even though the risks to the ends and if it does catch cove in 1900 from its mother a

of monarchy and director of the centre for the study for modern monarchy at royal holloway, university of london has to do better at this stage?— palace to say it has to do better at this stage? well, i mean it has set a tar: et this stage? well, i mean it has set a target for — this stage? well, i mean it has set a target for 1096 _ this stage? well, i mean it has set a target for 1096 by _ this stage? well, i mean it has set a target for 1096 by the _ this stage? well, i mean it has set a target for 1096 by the end - this stage? well, i mean it has set a target for 1096 by the end of- this stage? well, i mean it has set. a target for 1096 by the end of 2022, a target for 10% by the end of 2022, and that target was set before the allegations from harry and meghan that surrounded racism or at least the implication of racism within the royal palace. the spotlight is clearly on buckingham palace, and this issuers and so for many people this issuers and so for many people this will not go far enough. it is certainly below the percentage of ethnic minorities within the population and indeed within c

absolutely. professor kelly from the fatal medicine unit of saint george's university hospital in london. thank you so much for your time. thank you for having me and time for more of your questions now over to derrick. oh, what are the recommendations for breast feeding? mothers who contract coolard 19 o. studies have shown that babies born to mothers infected with source covey to very rarely become severely l themselves according to the world health organization. even if infants do contract cove at 19, it generally takes a quite mild or, or a symptomatic course. but in the pan demick, babies have often been separated from their infected mothers in an attempt to prevent the child from getting it as well for newborns. however, both breast milk and skin to skin contact are crucial components of healthy early development. and the evidence indicates pretty convincingly that the virus can't spread through breast milk directly. the recommendation is therefore clear that whenever possible mothers should continue to breast feed their babies. but even though the risks to the ends and if it does

was doing this reporting period when i realized dennis came out of this program at the university of college london. this blend of neuroscience and ai. founded by jeff. and there were all of these moments that i discovered in my reporting where jeff was there. talking about the moment when he and two students really showed image recognition. jeff, two years earlier had been instrumental in making this idea of speech recognition in a completely different part of the world. he was at microsoft. a great story about him traveling by train because he does not sit down. making this work. and on top of all of that, this tiny group suddenly became enormously valuable when the idea started to work. you see this at the opening of the book. he literally auctions his services to the high bidder. and it set the price for the talent. you had this tiny group of people and each, you know, they are people. they are interesting in their own particular ways. and then there is certainly a demand and they move into these companies. that sort of became the center of the book. this tiny group that moved into the industry

of the pregnancy. absolutely. professor kelly from the fatal medicine unit, st. georgia university hospital in london. thank you so much for your time. thank you for having me and time for more of your questions now over to derrick. oh, what are the recommendations from breast feeding? mothers who contract coded 19 o study for shewn the baby born to mothers infected with source covey to very rarely become severely l themselves. according to the world health organization. even if infants do contract over at 19, it generally takes a quite mild or, or a symptomatic course. but in the pan demik, babies have often been separated from their infected mothers in an attempt to prevent the child from getting it as well for newborns. however, both breast milk and skin to skin contact are crucial components of healthy early development. and the evidence indicates pretty convincingly that the virus can't spread through breast milk directly. the recommendation is therefore clear that whenever possible mothers should continue to breast feed their babies. but even though the risks to the infant, if it does catch cov

made vaccines waste concerns about their effectiveness with the new variance of sana physic, his electro university college london, global citizenship program on outbreaks of infectious diseases. she says the report will damage trust in the sputnik job. this is going to have a big blow to the general russian wall out of the vaccines because there is already a great deal of hesitancy amongst a russian citizen with a pole showing that about 2 3rd saying that even prior to this that we took her luminary investigation, she 3rd said that they would not take the back the so i think this is going to further hamper their role as the dummy chair went onto the site to investigate this before. of course, giving your standards approval and the issue around contamination shows that the system is working in it. and this particular plan is actually a feeling plant. so it would be one part of the vaccine process in making us put in the 5. but again, really concerning, given the fact that moscow currently is going through a huge increase in cases one of the highest in the european region. so i can, i think they're going to have a

of ransomware attacks and other cyber enabled attacks. ah, well, let's bring in august and amsterdam tv for apple, who's an assistant professor in economic law at utrecht. university in london, delray mcconnell, why chair of cybersecurity and the department of computer science at the university of york. and in new york, john big journalist, entrepreneur, and full editor of coin, desk site, specializing in but coin and digital currencies. welcome to all on the program, john, can i begin with you in new york because in theory and opportunity for the disenfranchised to be included in the process that will make it easier for them to receive money from abroad without the middleman taking a huge cut on the surface, it seems like quite a game changer for el salvador. sure, absolutely. does. i mean the, the ultimate dream for a lot of big klein fans crypto currency fans in general was the ability to do remittances. remittance is the crypto currency are a sensually free. there's still associated fees, but they're definitely not the $20.00 to $30.00 to even 50 percent fees associated with like a western union. those fees are just for pages. so for el salvador to, to accept bitcoin as

absolutely, professor kelly from the fatal medicine unit of saint george's university hospital in london. thank you so much for your time. thank you for having me and time for more of your questions now. which are derek? oh, what are the recommendations for breast feeding? mothers who contract coolard 19 o studies have shown that baby born to mothers infected with source code to very rarely become severely l themselves according to the world health organization. even if infants do contract cove at 19, it generally takes a quite mild or, or a symptomatic course. but then the panoramic babies have often been separated from their infected mothers in an attempt to prevent the child from getting it as well for newborns. however, both breast milk and skin to skin contact are crucial components of, of healthy early development. and the evidence indicates pretty convincingly that the virus can't spread through breast milk directly. the recommendation is therefore clear that whenever possible mothers should continue to breast feed their babies. but even though the risks to the infant, if it does

mike one they have a lot of university graduates and a _ have a lot of university graduates and a lot — have a lot of university graduates and a lot of people who commute from londone who might have once voted conservative but who don't seem _ have once voted conservative but who don't seem to be attracted to the party— don't seem to be attracted to the party in _ don't seem to be attracted to the party in quite the same way so i think— party in quite the same way so i think it — party in quite the same way so i think it is — party in quite the same way so i think it is the flip side of labours— think it is the flip side of labour's problem in its heartland seats _ labour's problem in its heartland seats you — labour's problem in its heartland seats. you could see the conservatives, you know, there has been _ conservatives, you know, there has been analysis that has been done which _ been analysis that has been done which looks at, you know, even with 'ust which looks at, you know, even with just a _ which looks at, you know, even with just a 10%_ which looks at, you know, even with just a 10% swing from conservative to liberal— just a 10% swing from conservative

he's a senior electra and middle eastern politics and international relations university of bradford to join us now from london. actually, i want to talk about the timing of all of this. us sanctions have been in place for some time now and with these new negotiations on the brink. why are we seeing these website seizures now? is this meant to be a message for, right. you see, i'm not entirely sure if you see a get a message because, you know, we kind of look at the issue from a couple of but we can look at that from kind of the ethical. i mean, we can talk about what freedom of expression is and how freedom of expression should be safe guard on. at the same time, we can talk about the fact that obviously that these a fine line between freedom of expression, promotion, or by any government, probably going to talk about the fact that we like the fact that you're not reaching the goal for freedom of expression. now on reminding you, you need your home to really ex, where they're at the same time. they are actually not on the mining freedom of expression year because the lady in government using the thoughtful fo

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let now speak to steve thong, the director of the china institute at so us university here in london. and were you at all surprised by some of those scenes in hong kong, the, the level of perseverance in light of that new secure zillow. i was slightly surprised that hundreds of people were still showing up, knowing full well that they could potentially phase of the consequences. very admirable, brave people. they are there. i think that we're likely to see any more protests in the coming weeks or months. could this be a trigger or some sort of renewal of unrest against the authorities or people just is that just perhaps too intimidating? well, i think is much too intimidating. now, the remembrance of d. tellerman, mexico is something that people in hong kong have been doing for 32 years, is largely a remembrance of what happens in beijing in 989 is not meant to be anti chinese government or anti chinese communist party. but with the passing of the national security law, in the event a new which is put in place for the administration of justice and is a very harsh routine. i understand

of form and find a vac jobs. when i speak talks on a picnic, she is electra and also the lead at university college london, global citizenship program on outbreaks of infectious diseases. she joins us now from london. o'connor. let's start with these concerns around production and contamination. just how worried should the countries be who are actually receiving and distributing this funding vaccine? well, this is going to have a big blow to the general russian wall out of the vaccine because there is already a great deal of hesitancy among russian citizens with a pole showing that about 2 3rd saying that even prior to this that we took her luminary investigation, she said that they would not take the vaccine. so i think this is going to further hamper their whole lives. however, this, the process that the devil was doing emergency listing this approval system really is like a green light which can help to accelerate the importation of a vaccine with that particular countries that don't have a regulatory body that need international standards. so passerby and other issues and so this is one way to help expedite t

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deputy dean of academic studies and education in the defense studies department of kings college london educated. it's a university of saint andrews. he's taught at saint andrews the world military academy join the staff college in 2000 his main research interest concerns the anglo-american alliance in world war ii and he's he has published numerous works, but the one that we're really be jermaine to today's discussion is his excellent history of the battle of alamine, or should i say the three battles of el alamein called pendulum of war so if you will gentlemen, let's start with john we'll go in roughly chronological order midways june and at least a third battle of alamine is oktober 1942. so let's start with john marshall john talk to us about the battle of midway. very well. thank you if you could put my first slide up for me in in following with rob's sort of skepticism or guarded usage around the words turning point. my title is midway turning point in the pacific and as you can see, i've got a question mark at the end of that statement, which should be your clue that you know, i think we have to use the wo

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neil is a professor of military history in education in the defense studies department at kings college london. educated at the university of st. andrews. he's taught at st. andrew, joined the staff college in 2000. his main research interest concerns the anglo american alliance in world war ii and he has published numerous works. but the one that is germane to today's discussion is his excellent history of the battle of -- or should i say the three battles called pendulum of war. if you will, gentlemen, let's start with john. we'll go in chronological order. let's start with john. tell us about the battle of midway. >> thank you. in following with rob's skepticism, my title is midway turning point in the pacific. as you can see, i've got a question mark at the end of that statement which should be your clue that, you know, i think we have to use the word turning point in a very careful manner within the context of a large war like world war ii. and it's near cousin divisive battle. that's another phrase that gets trotted out with respect to midway on a frequent basis. what do those really mean within the context of a wa