so actually at the beginning of the war west, the west, the military. so focusing on, oh, this dash, the key of didn't work out. what they ignored was that the russian army go a lots of territory very quickly. in other parts of you, frank, i know that you're an expert on a soviet military history and, and so many times um there was such a phrase as a manageable uh confrontation. uh, this'll be in to the russians to i think of, i paid a lot of attention to making sure that even if there are in, in rivalry or inimical relationship with the west, that it's within the control. i wonder if the current level of conflict could be described as manageable? well, yeah, i mean, obviously there's a, there's a, there's a continued escalation that seems to be going beyond cold. well, no, i mean, obviously in the cold war there were many, many proxy was and that seems to have been in the construction, particularly of the, the sort of sketches of the cuban missile crisis that you reach a certain point. and you don't go any further of interested in. yeah. right. yeah. y

west. i think as of now the natural boundary would be um, acceptance by you cried in the west of russia, the cooperation of crime it until the before before additional provinces. and that in any way, that's the only absolutely for cause and fost rush. why is that this guy rush, those, those territories apart? also part of a problem that's all right in the house you choose your. yeah. so that's that, that, that, that, that's, that's, that's the minimum. how far you go beyond that. yeah, it depends on, on the, on the war and, okay, some people argue that, that maybe you should go as far as hawk of as far as a desa problem with that is yes, that may will, in a way that may, will be a natural cause historical cultural political badly, but it will be enormously costly for russia to actually occupied stock of down to the end, the end of the desa. okay, but the bottom line is i, i don't see russia expanding any further into your cry then under the need for that you also suggested that in the crimi

so add for west to west for stage it will be critical. be cried to be or has of prices rise? not but no i, i think the west of all just we know at night. so we are the west and palace of i think what will remind unless the wall goes on. yes. and russia penetrates even multi plan to frank rush. it comes to occupy the whole deep. right. and then the wall, continuation of yeah. and that kind of extreme situation. yeah. that, that, that then possibly we are looking at the a much more laptop elliptic outcome. let's discuss something that you and the number of other western schoolers proposed recent fan data is a compromise to this war. in fact, you suggested in one of your recent articles that budget reports and could stop this war by negotiating a peace deal that includes ukraine's membership of mater. why do you believe that this proposal, which is the underlying premise for, for this call? so it has any complying power not only in moscow, but 1st and foremost in keys and in washington, the if the is going to be negotiated into the peace settlement, then that you got this going

it be in the west. i think of the george or little game. it was the answering his 1984. the ministry of truth is creating or recreating the boss. so that is why, because of the currents of political issues or political agendas, they are a minuscule in the middle of the soviet union. they don't want to mention that almost 30000000 a soviet mostly russian citizens died, were killed or died liberating europe. and especially now that we have this a revival of naziism in the, in the west, in general. but especially on the european content 1st and started with the eastern europe, but then it spread. uh so uh, if the rumors are true, uh, the symbolism of the victory, the russian flags, the soviet flags wouldn't be bad in, in berlin for the 9th of may. but we'll see anyways, uh that is a is a issue that they have a problem with and also uh well when we talk about historical revisionism, it is germany that is not as k that came out with a resolution that wants the slander ser herbs. and that was the germans who

they came from the west. unfortunately, it took cold in it, and i'm just expressing my opinion in russia. russia is recovered from that promoters experience. but these are western ideas. they brush it this had to confront. yeah, that is uh to uh, i'd like to go back to the, the issue of broader here a be a west here to be a close as a guest against russia. this is in a way, a unique situation that we are witnessing now that the west is almost completely united or completely united against russia. but it was not the 1st time only 90. essentially, there was a try me of war uh, look at the quotation of a broader coalition of western countries. but also before that, the napoleonic wars, we always see it as the russians versus the french. but in fact, the french army consisted of many other western european peoples and, and small armies that were uh there were joining in. so in a sense, there is a cycle, a historical cycle of the component that you mention ideas result is also very important because russia was um,

you go furer west and they ultimately went as far west as they could. the foothills of the appalachian mountains. and th said this is our place. it was a vacant land. they built their own city. they called it carlisle. and that was the of the scots irh in pennsylvania. now things were going well for them until the fifties, when war broke out. war between britain, france, the great seven years. war for global domination. and the way france chose to fight that war here in ameri was through strategic alliances with native peoples of the west, particularly the lenni lenape, the delaware, the shawnee and, the mingo peoples who lived in western, those warriors were given weapons, they were given supply, and they were basically told, your job is to cause chaos. the frontier soldiers will handle the fighting you raid. you pillage, you take captives. and those scots, iri learned that when you cross over the mountains, they were the first people in line to be attacked. so the scots irish in 1756 begged for support. it never came because the english who controlled

west. the old, if the older public opinion died. so we have, you know, it's just suggest that, you know, pop popular opinions, moving in the direction of a why, from one direction of peace in simple some kind of a compromise based on what the nights. so particular western countries to do to do something rack those lines just you, it's ok to get more involved threatening cause it's still been a no most kind of like out this the popular opposition, black dress, certainly a restraining factor. so how strong are these voices in favor of direct tensional it's, it's difficult to say how many did that does beside the law of them at the moment? i mean, they're out there on concert their accounts, voices and, but i, you know, i think so, i think it was, we might assist a whole ton of this conflict from the point of view of the west proxy why russia has been a kind of, you know, persistent escalation, one escalation off to the other, so they've done it so often it's almost become the actual so i thin

it be in the west. i think of the george or little game. it was the answering his 1984. the ministry of truth is creating are recreating the boss. so that is why, because of the currents of political issues or political agendas, they are a minuscule in the middle of the soviet union. they don't want to mention that almost 30000000 a soviet mostly russian citizens died, were killed or died liberating europe. and especially now that we have this a revival of naziism in the, in the west, in general. but especially on the european content. first, it started with the eastern europe, but then it spread. uh so uh, if the rumors are to the symbolism of the victory, the russian flags, the soviet flags wouldn't be bad in, in berlin for the 9th of may. but we'll see. anyways, uh that is a is a issue that they have a problem with and also uh well when we talk about historical revisionism, it is germany that is not as k that came out with the resolution. the once the slander ser herbs and it was the germans who duri

well, west and observe is ignored. the is the actually things went quite well elsewhere, you know, in the don't boss, russia getting a lot of territory. and the important thing to remember is russia didn't have overwhelming number of troops. they only have roughly the same numbers ukrainian. so actually at the beginning of the war, what's the west, the military, so focusing on, oh, this dash, the key of didn't work out. what they ignored was the russian army go a lots of territory very quickly. in other parts of you, frank. i know that you're an expert on soviet military history and in soviet times um there was such a phrase as a manageable uh, confrontation uh the solid against the russians to i think of, i paid a lot of attention to making sure that even if they're in a in rivalry or inimical relationship with the west that it's within the control. i wonder if the current level of conflict could be described as manageable. well, yeah, i mean, obviously there's a, there's a, there's a continued escalation. that seems

it was allied with and it was a collective west, not the united states yet, but in the collective west, under the rule of the nazi germany invaded the soviet union. now let's go up to today. russia is facing a wide coalition of western countries, almost exactly the same ones. and it stand off over you crate a lot. you know, if you say that, that's all that's heresy for a lot of people. because, you know, with, with russia is saying, and bottom air is already touched upon and, you know, wave after wave. where is of invasions, where do they come from? they come from the west is still head alexander, i'm, yes, exactly. i just recently watched um the great movie um, alexander mer steep. i said okay, um eisenstein, which actually premier then 19 um, i guess it was 1941 um, shortly before the start of operation. but most of the not situation of the soviet union, which actually had this very topic that's there is a long history of westland aggression against russia. of course, coming from the west to russia. it because the west is not able to accept russia as the other as a different civiliza

west. to come back to london, we are waitin: for west. for the result _ west. to come back to london, we are waiting for the result to _ west. to come back to london, we are waiting for the result to be _ waiting for the result to be confirmed, we're waiting for the final results, do you think that if the conservatives had chosen perhaps a more prominent figure, someone who had a more public track record, that they could have challenged sadiq khan for his third term in a more positive way? i khan for his third term in a more positive way?— positive way? i think another candidate — positive way? i think another candidate would _ positive way? i think another candidate would potentially l positive way? i think another i candidate would potentially have done better. you talk about someone with high profile or a national profile but it's difficult to see within the current conservative party who would have had sufficient support from the leadership of the party machine and also sufficiently appeal to the kind of people in london that they wou

but what about the west? well, i mean though, the token anomaly is the introduction of western troops in some phone. that issue seems to be on the agenda again. there's also i talk about not know slice ons. yeah . old kind of stuff is being be discussed at the beginning of the war and which yeah. west the latest, the refuse to contemplate of that, that time. but that back on the agenda and you know, the but they seem to be, i mean more and we talk about seriously and, and that'd be more multiple patch of sex. now i don't, i don't think the intention of those kind of actions troops on the, based on the ground or some kind of, um, app our intervention it one bates us a lot precipitated why it was rushed to that won't be the, the intention of goals that will be the danger that they know because obviously rusher, i don't think well will allow that. those actions you, i'd wonder if, if there was some truth on the ground, wherever you crying that will be attacked, but by russia and the same goes for western apples

last night the head of south west water said she was| of south west water said she was truly sorry forpeople here are saying it's just not good enough. as mentioned first of all there was confusion about whether there was even an issue with south west water saying early in the week there was nothing to worry about after many people were reportedly coming down with a stomach bug and they acknowledge there was a problem. last night the local mp for the area said south west water needed to communicate better with businesses and vulnerable people who were expecting deliveries yesterday and didn't get anything. this morning i spoke to a couple of business owners who have been coming in here to collect water and they said they haven't had any deliveries as promised, they had to come to the collection point. they say it's not good enough. for them it is really impacting trade. this is a massive tourist town and actually they are seeing trade down about 40%. significant disruption for locals notjust in sickness but own business as well.— for locals notjust in sickness but own business as well.

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so and for west west, for stage it will be critical. be cried before highs. of prices rise enough, but no i, i think the west of all just we know at night. so we're west and palace of i think what will remind unless the wall goes on and on. this and russia penetrates even multi p into frank. russia comes to occupy the whole decry, and then the walk, continuation of yeah, in that kind of extreme situation. yeah. that then possibly we are looking at the a much more the baptist elliptic outcome. let's discuss something that you and a number of other western schoolers proposed wisdom found that is a compromise to this war. in fact, hughes suggested in one of your recent articles that budget reports and can solve this more by negotiating a peace deal that includes ukraine's membership of mater. why do you believe that this proposal, which is the underlying premise for, for this call? so it has any complying power not only in moscow, but 1st and foremost in keys and in washington, the if the is going to be negotiated into the peace settlement, then that you got thi

so you chose to write that broad order history of the west rather just an history of the west from the indigenous perspective. so i want you to talk a little bit about what motivated you to write this broader synthesis. i mean, i'm thinking as a graduate student reading walter prescott webb's great plains and more recently, richard white's book, which is more of a textbook, how does your synthesis actually differ from that? and what motivated you to write this broader history? well i certainly have been very interested in indigenous native history. more recently, but earliest interests were in different areas. i was fascinated with social history, with history, the family and childhood and community fascinated with environmental history and in other areas sort of jumped around a lot and then picked up a lot of other worlds, of course, to tomorrow will be my 79th birthday tomorrow. so happy birthday. so your well, you know, you accumulate a lot of information over your work catalog. and so i thought to try to bring that together and to try to give it some shape, try to it's a very compl

so all of these are contradictory, but the west or west or media will say them, oh, really, uh, almost simultaneously. but they don't recognize me. they don't recognize that none of these things fit together. logically speaking in a single narrative, without a doubt that we will have the constitution has the answers for all different cases than the 1980s. we lost the president due to an assassination by a terrorist group that space in the west as we speak. and then we had election in accordance with the constitution and the president was rep, replace, and we moved on. we will have a new president within weeks. the 1st vice president right now is assuming the roles of the, of the president in accordance with the constitution. and you're on, we'll continue. okay, profess them are under. we have to think of very short break right now, but we will be back in just a few moments. stay to the, the in a modern pragmatic world of smartphones and tech upgrades. our terminal crafts and hand painted traditions of yesteryear seemed to be fading away. particular stuff outside of the bustling metropo

they came from the west. unfortunately, it took cold in it, and i'm just expressing my opinion in russia. russia is recovered from that promoters experience. but these are western ideas they, russia is had to confront. yeah. that is, uh to, uh, i'd like to go back to the, the issue of broader you're a, be a west here to be a coalition as a guest against russia. this is in a way, a unique situation that we are witnessing now that the west is almost completely united or completely united against russia. but it was not the 1st time, only 19th century, there was a try me of war. uh, look at the quotation of a broader pollution of western countries. but also before that, the napoleonic wars, we always see it as a russians versus the french. but in fact, the french army goes listed of many other western european peoples and, and small armies that were there were joining in. so in a sense, there is a cycle, a historical cycle of the component. if you measure the ideas, he's all is also very important because russia

the west midlands.en my honour to serve and to lead this place _ been my honour to serve and to lead this place for the last seven years. i this place for the last seven years. i hope _ this place for the last seven years. i hope i_ this place for the last seven years. i hope i have done it with dignity and integrity, and i hope i have bequeathed to richard a combined authority— bequeathed to richard a combined authority and indeed a role to which young _ authority and indeed a role to which young aspiring leaders will want to aspire _ young aspiring leaders will want to aspire one — young aspiring leaders will want to aspire one day. in a sense, i can have _ aspire one day. in a sense, i can have done — aspire one day. in a sense, i can have done no— aspire one day. in a sense, i can have done no more than that. it has been _ have done no more than that. it has been a _ have done no more than that. it has been a great — have done no more than that. it has been a great privilege. but tonight, i 'ust bee

which, in the west bank, is the settlers. which is, in the west bank, the settlers.half a million jewish settlers living inside the west bank. they're said to control 40% of the territory and that's increasing. the settlements they live in are considered illegal under international law and an obstacle to peace. they sit on land that could be used to form a palestinian state. what used to be a fringe movement has now reached the highest levels of government, influencing not only the role the military plays but also the future of this conflict. many here want to expand settlements and the government is supporting that. since the start of 2024, more than 2,500 acres of land in the west bank has been seized. some of that may be used to build settler homes. it'll be the army's job to protect them. others want to go even further and build settlements inside war—torn gaza. all the arabs will go... ..all over the world. arabs will not stay. after the 7th of october, no arab can stay here. what is yourjustification for calling for the total erasure of an entire population and

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of course, the west will not react to these violations, the west admits that everything was democraticything is good, there is not even any doubt about this, of course, they are always wrong, the republic of belarus, the russian federation, everything that happens there always happens wrong, but the fact that in the west everything is happening cleanly, smoothly, correctly, but something... that she made some kind of slander and does not want to cement this gap, as it were, well, but you said above that there were violations during elections, but what should the west do in general as a result of these elections, whether it recognizes legitimacy or not, of course, it certainly does, there isn’t even any doubt here, i don’t remember a single case where , in spite of everything, this is different, oh well of course it’s different and i don’t remember. won't be long, next in line a renewed president of lithuania, who will be elected without the osce. this means that whoever it is, he must be illegitimate for the west. same rules. well, why did he call himself a milk mushroom, reaching into

and as a compromise, there was an agreement and they to the west to agreed to live up to that. that's in the tow. 2 of you members of sale was still ok with that new members. no significant armed forces will be deployed in this tow trees. this was old and trying to within the nature of russia council, this mac and is and also worked on various tracks. there were 2 groups on account shing television, the on assisting of got us to and, and many of the big country. it has all been the real, dismantled by the west, a phone it's unilateral decision but we altered for compromise. there would be no permanence, significant forces deployed and then you to trace of me. so off to that, we started noticing that these forces are being deployed and new. the west started saying that there's an old significant sufficient forces and they're not permanent . this one, re gauge is coming that, but on the rotational basis, this pre gauge is leaving. and immediately the 2nd brigade comes. that means that that is a permanent presence. and we said ok, let us reach an agreement about the, the temp sign

military academy and west point. while this is his third commencement address, it's his first as president and commander-in-chief of the u.s. armed forces. about 1000 cadets receive their commissions as second the commencement. >> thank you thank you thank you. ■ you. secrp&ar general, members of congress. fellow graduates. [applause] faculty, staff, soldiers, fil and friends, most of all, west in■á 1776, general washington's army went to new york city. the british navy dominated the coast of new england. if they could control the hudson, they could cut the colonies in half, divide and conquer. classic strategy. ral washington saw it coming. he knethhudson, with a plateau . american artillery batteries ale water, at a place called west point. 's west point was the key to america. he wasthe british never capture. they failed to divide and conquer. a few years later, they surrendered at the battle of yorktown. [applause] an army of o■mrdinary people. the sacred cause of freedom. you are about to become fulle ers of the

and that is that the west midlands.nd that is that the council declared itself bankrupt not too long ago. council tax bills went through the roof for people here. it is a labour run authority. and many conservatives including andy street so that that was an example of bad management by the labour party. labour said it was an example of the conservative government not funding properly local government. another issue of course was also the conflict in gaza. we had an independent candidate here in birmingham who basically ran on a platform just about gaza, and he won around 42,000 votes here, and really, many people say that he impacted that vote. we are waiting for the result now. it could be any moment now. we will come back to this as and when it happens, but this has been a very closely fought race, and we are hearing that labour are calling it for themselves. all right, rajini, we will come back to you when you have more on that, because as you have been stressing there, these are labour sources who are claiming victo

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that west midlands result _ west midlands. nick. that west midlands result sounds - west midlands.ands result sounds like it i west midlands. nick. that west midlands result sounds like it isj west midlands. nick. that west i midlands result sounds like it is on a knife edge. we don't actually have enough data to show you how we think it is going, but speaking to people on the ground, it sounds like it's extremely close. it could go either way at the moment. we are going to keep very close eyes on that one. let me just remind you of the big story so far that we have confirmed. london mayor, sadiq khan has won it comfortably. a majority there of about 270,000. all the talk that it could be close was wrong. this is exactly how it's panned out. what is interesting is that sadiq khan's vote has actually improved. i told you earlier that the lib dems and the greens were close. the greens actually came third last time, so thatis actually came third last time, so that is a slight reversal of fortune, but there is only 70 votes in it. i will correct myself there. this is the story i want t

we are watching the west midlands. of all on that, i don't know if you have heard anything but what... how disappointing would it be to lose that for andy street? we disappointing would it be to lose that for andy street?— that for andy street? we saw teesside's — that for andy street? we saw teesside's mayoral— that for andy street? we saw teesside's mayoral election l that for andy street? we saw| teesside's mayoral election as that for andy street? we saw - teesside's mayoral election as well and because we have three extra elections occurring this week that effectively it meant that there was a lot more for the conservatives to lose and what is really interesting in regard to the local elections as well is that they have been a kind of area where there is so much more for them to lose. because they did so well in 2021, it was the height of the vaccine roll—out and so support for the conservative party has significantly increased. if they were to lose west midlands, it would be usually damaging when it comes to how