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Closed captions transcript: 00:00:04 And today is Monday June 24th and this is relays international edition I'm Steve 00:00:10 Miller in Washington coming up U.S. 00:00:12 President Donald Trump signs an executive order implementing new sanctions against 00:00:17 Iran these measures represent 00:00:20 a strong portion of response to Reds increasingly provocative actions also analysts 00:00:26 are examining U.S. 00:00:27 Secretary of State Maicon pail is meeting with Saudi King Solomon and it just where 00:00:32 the 2026 Winter Olympics will lay be held It's all ahead on today's international 00:00:39 edition. 00:00:46 U.S. President down from signed an executive order imposing new sanctions on Iran 00:00:51 a short while ago today's action follows is an aggressive behaviors by the Iranian 00:00:57 regime in recent weeks including shooting down of. Drone. 00:01:04 Yesterday when this so that one and many others said that many of the things aside 00:01:09 from the individual so the reason we know about the things that were done which 00:01:14 were not good and not appropriate the supreme leader of Iran is one who ultimately 00:01:20 is responsible for the hostile conduct regime he's respected within his country his 00:01:26 office oversees the regime most brutal instruments including the Islamic 00:01:31 revolutionary. Sanctions imposed to the executive order that I'm about to say. 00:01:38 Will deny the supreme leader in the supreme leader's office and those closely 00:01:42 affiliated with him and the office access to key financial resources and. The 00:01:49 assets of biotope Khamenei and his office will not be spared. 00:01:56 These measures represent 00:01:58 a strong and proportionate response to. As increasingly provocative actions we will 00:02:02 continue to increase pressure. Until the regime abandons its dangers activities 00:02:09 and as for 00:02:10 a change including the pursuit of nuclear weapons increased enrichment of uranium 00:02:15 development of ballistic missiles engagement in the oil for terrorism feeling of 00:02:21 foreign conflicts and belligerent acts directed against the United States and. The 00:02:27 president says that the United States does not seek military conflict with Iran the 00:02:32 U.S. Pulled out of 00:02:33 a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers signed with Iran and has already applied 00:02:41 previous crushing change ins on the country's economy I'm now joined by V.O.A. 00:02:46 Pentagon correspondent Carla bad Carla how are you hi yes it's a been 00:02:51 a very busy time over here we're still trying to sort out everything over the last 00:02:55 couple of days yes so what can you tell us about what has been transpiring over at 00:03:02 the Pentagon over these past few days since the president called off the military 00:03:06 action against Iran and has now issued these new sanctions Well I will say that 00:03:13 news accounts have said that there were U.S. 00:03:16 Cyber Command attacks on an Iranian intelligence group's computer system the one 00:03:21 that's used to control missile and rocket launches I have not been able to confirm 00:03:26 that with my sources here at the Pentagon I suspect that this is being leaked from 00:03:31 the White House or the State Department because I can tell you U.S. 00:03:35 Cyber Command never talks about what it does what I did hear from the Department of 00:03:40 Defense is that as 00:03:41 a matter of policy we do not discuss cyberspace operations intelligence or planning 00:03:46 so mom is definitely the word over here but it does appear that several several 00:03:51 computer systems were hit with attacks on Sunday now all this activity is taking 00:03:55 place with the top position at the Pentagon. Not being failed former secretary of 00:04:02 defense Jim Matta stepped down on December 31st of last year acting secretary of 00:04:06 defense Pat Chan had just resigned is that affecting at all the mood and the 00:04:13 moral over at the Pentagon surprisingly no this just is another obstacle to 00:04:20 overcome from this building it was a little 00:04:24 a little surprising to hear that the Shanahan was going to be stepping down but 00:04:29 acting secretary of defense Mark Asper has been in this building he was the 00:04:33 secretary of the army and still neighbor turned to be secretary of the army if he 00:04:38 is not nominated to be the next defense secretary he is very familiar with this 00:04:44 building he has 00:04:44 a military history himself he went to West Point with Secretary of State Mike 00:04:48 Pompei Oh actually so he is sitting right in and he's actually going to be 00:04:52 traveling overseas in the coming days to handle some military at affairs with that 00:04:58 top post not being filled of this juncture and the president being very much 00:05:04 a hands on individual is he 00:05:06 a more direct communication with the leadership that is there than perhaps an other 00:05:11 administrations I believe so I mean it's no secret I was planning on going to the 00:05:16 Middle East with the top U.S. 00:05:19 Military general over the weekend chairman Joe dumped bird that trip was canceled 00:05:25 because I believe General Dunford feels that he needs to be in Washington the exact 00:05:30 reasoning that they provided us the reporters was that there were other people 00:05:35 traveling but I think that the real inside look into it is not only were other 00:05:40 people traveling but I think that he wanted to remain close to the president to 00:05:43 advise him with everything going on with Iran and you're seeing with the attacks 00:05:47 that were announced over the weekend from U.S. 00:05:49 Cyber Command you're seeing with the sanctions that you just let our listeners hear 00:05:54 from President Trump you're seeing things come into action I think the military 00:05:58 wants to be ready for whatever comes next. Just. Bad as V.O.A. 00:06:02 Is Pentagon correspondent joining me on the phone thank you so much for your time 00:06:06 thank you. In the Middle East today analysts are examining U.S. 00:06:11 Secretary of State Mike pump Ale's meeting with Saudi King Solomon and his lunch 00:06:16 with his son and heir Crown Prince Mohammed bin Solomon at 00:06:20 a restaurant in Jeddah Edward Uranian reports for V.O.A. 00:06:24 From Cairo and I know as you know that Israel and I can i Phone by oneone that lets 00:06:29 us on on yells audio Dollar Idea T.V. 00:06:32 Show Peo and his entourage meeting with the Saudi king at the summer royal palace 00:06:38 in the Red Sea port city had just done immediately after that meeting Pompei all 00:06:45 met with his son Crown Prince Mohammad Ben Silva and correspondence traveling with 00:06:51 POMPEI O indicated that the crown prince appeared to make Pompei a wait for 00:06:56 a short while before meeting him hill out and who teaches political science at 00:07:03 the American University of Beirut tells V.O.A. 00:07:07 That the Saudi reception for pay 0 appeared to be 00:07:11 a sign of displeasure that President Trump had backed off on retaliating for Rudd's 00:07:17 downing of a U.S. 00:07:19 Drone in the Gulf of Hormuz last week how do you think you. 00:07:27 Mean. You're going to be I'm quite. Sure I mean keeping on and 00:07:34 on certainly. How did your work on. The banquet for you 00:07:41 because Shan said that he expected POMPEI O would get 00:07:45 a warmer reception in the United Arab Emirates because the U.A.E. 00:07:49 Is more realistic and understands that President Trump might not want to retaliate 00:07:55 against Iran and I don't think. 00:08:09 Pretty. Good thing. 00:08:18 But. Pompei owes visit came less than 00:08:22 a day after Yemen's who tease used Iranian built drones to bomb airport in the 00:08:29 south of Saudi Arabia Saudi media reported that one man was killed and close to 00:08:35 several dozen wounded at 00:08:37 a McDonald's restaurant which had been hit by the drone and it was not clear if the 00:08:43 attack was related to Pompei owes visit coming to kind of the one I kind of news I 00:08:48 found in Miami and it's in that new commissioner of the Saudi coalition spokesman 00:08:55 Turkey Maliki lashed out at the who tease and Iran for hitting nonmilitary 00:09:01 targets and killing and wounding civilians on Saudi soil 00:09:07 a senior State Department official told journalists after Secretary pump Ayos 00:09:12 meetings in June that the U.S. 00:09:15 Was hoping to counter Hooty and Iranian attacks against civilian targets inside 00:09:21 Saudi Arabia as well as shipping targets in the Gulf he said in a new U.S. 00:09:28 Program dubbed Sentinel will involve keeping close tabs on Iranian activities and 00:09:35 involved a number of U.S. 00:09:36 Allies including Saudi Arabia Edward you're rainy and for V.O.A. 00:09:42 News Cairo. 00:09:50 Among other top stories in the world authorities around the French capital have 00:09:54 issued an orange alert for intense heat as temperatures could reach 40 degrees 00:09:59 Celsius. In her columns as the 21000 feet 00:10:02 a women's World Cup continues marching towards the finals 00:10:06 a blackout of mobile phone data in 9 Taiwan ships and Mia Mars were kind in chain 00:10:11 States maybe covering up human rights abuses according to UN SPECIAL REPORT 2 or 00:10:17 young he 2 men were pulled alive from the rubble of 00:10:21 a collapsed can boat in building according to an A.F.P. 00:10:24 Reporter at the scene more than 2 days after the construction site accident left at 00:10:29 least 28 people dead expanded coverage of these stories and more on the V.O.A. 00:10:34 News dot com website and on our mobile app this is video ways international edition 00:10:40 . Turkey's opposition has dubbed President 00:10:46 Tayyip Erdogan a stinging blow by winning control of is Stamboul in 00:10:51 a rerun may oral election breaking his aura of invincibility and delivering 00:10:57 a message from voters unhappy over his policies Reuters at Giles reports 00:11:03 fog Turkey's political opposition has switched to victory in 00:11:08 a rerun of the mayoral race that the stand both and its dealt 00:11:11 a stunning blow to Turkish president type I don't want. A Grammy mama who of the 00:11:17 opposition Republican People's Party secured more than 54 percent of votes in the 00:11:22 race on Sunday with nearly old ballots of them that's according to Turkish 00:11:27 broadcast us. We will embrace everyone we will build the democracy and the city we 00:11:33 will build justice in the city Sunday's victory gives 00:11:36 a Mama Lou an even bigger margin than his narrow win in the initial disputed vote 3 00:11:42 months ago and the winning results and tens of thousands of opposition supporters 00:11:46 into the streets in celebration of the original March vote was 00:11:50 a knowledge of the protests from earlier ones conservative A K party which claimed 00:11:54 they had been widespread voting irregularities the decision to rerun the vote 00:11:59 criticised widely by Western governments and domestic opponents Turkey's high 00:12:04 electoral board was still to announce formal results but by Light Sunday President 00:12:09 had already congratulated him on 00:12:11 a loop on his victory and the candidate for the ruling party wished him mammal or 00:12:15 luck as men barely 2 hours after the polls closed Istanbul's been 00:12:20 a longstanding paleface photo op but tough economic times in Turkey and 00:12:24 a recent financial crisis have eroded that support and the opposition had 00:12:28 a strong showing even in the cities traditionally pious and conservative districts 00:12:33 that have long been strongholds Turkey's lira has been down nearly 10 percent the 00:12:38 seed in pots over election juices and age slightly higher off the Sunday night. 00:12:44 Result. And that was Reuters reporter ED GILES this is international 00:12:51 edition. I am Larry London and I'm the host of 00:12:58 border crossings inviting you to join me for one of the best hours of request music 00:13:03 possible on the radio we've got all of your favorite songs by your favorite singers 00:13:08 tell us what the play it's requests and dedication and it happens every weekday 00:13:14 right here on The Voice of America. 00:13:25 Listen to 00:13:25 a panel of prominent Washington journalists as they deliberate the week's headlines 00:13:30 including President Trump officially kicking off his 2020 Alexion campaign and 00:13:35 escalating tensions between Iran and the U.S. 00:13:38 Join moderator Michael Williams Tom De Frank of the National Journal and Tracy 00:13:43 Wilkinson as they discuss these and other issues in the news Saturday and Sunday on 00:13:49 the Boyce of America. 00:13:56 On the Voice of America this is international edition I'm Steve Miller the alleged 00:14:01 leader of Saturday's coup attempt in Ethiopia's northern I'm Horace state has been 00:14:06 shot and killed a reporter in the state capital by here Dhar tells V.O.A. 00:14:11 As Horn of Africa service that General. New Seagate was killed in the capital 00:14:18 today while trying to escape from security forces also 00:14:21 a 5th official wounded during the coup attempt has died from his injuries come and 00:14:26 broke into 00:14:26 a meeting and by here Dar on Saturday killing regional president to McConnell and 00:14:33 one of his advisors state media named General Hossam new states head of security as 00:14:39 the leader of the coup attempt hours later easy as army chief of staff will. Killed 00:14:44 by his bodyguard and as Ababa officials have said that the 2 attacks are linked the 00:14:51 motive for the attacks remains unclear analysts say awesome news was and I'm hungry 00:14:56 nationalist who was likely facing the loss of his job because of efforts to form 00:15:01 a militia he was released from prison just last year after receiving and the city 00:15:07 from a 2009 coup attempt. U.N. 00:15:11 Human rights chief Michelle Bombshell they says all individuals suspected of crimes 00:15:16 even former Islamic state fighters are entitled to due process guarantees she warns 00:15:21 failure to do so risks further radicalization and violence these are shrine reports 00:15:27 for V.O.A. From Geneva with 00:15:28 a high commissioner spoke at the opening of the 41st session of the Human Rights 00:15:33 Council. But reports more than 55000 suspected Islamic state fighters and 00:15:40 their families are detained in Syria and Iraq following the collapse of the 00:15:45 militant group among them are foreign alleged fighters from nearly 50 countries 00:15:50 including thousands of families and children the U.N. 00:15:54 Children's Fund estimates there are $29000.00 children of foreign fighters in Syria 00:15:59 most under the age of 12 but it says foreign family members should be repacked 00:16:05 created unless they are to be prosecuted for crimes in accordance with 00:16:10 international standards children in particular have suffered by elation of their 00:16:15 rights including those who may have been indoctrinated 00:16:19 a recruit of the by to perpetrate acts the primary nation must be there when they 00:16:25 should protection best interests over the coming 3 weeks the UN Human Rights 00:16:30 Council will examine more than 100 reports they include the records of individual 00:16:36 countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo Myanmar Sudan and Venezuela 00:16:42 global phenomena such as torture extrajudicial killings arbitrary detention as all 00:16:48 us topics crucial to women's enjoyment of Human Rights at Work old age in climate 00:16:54 change will be discussed in her speech Bachelet highlights 00:16:57 a number of these issues for example she voices her outrage at the brutal crackdown 00:17:02 by Sudanese security forces this month against peaceful protesters more than 00:17:08 $100.00 people reportedly were killed and scores injured earlier this month on June 00:17:14 3rd I regret that the woman has not responded to our requests for access to 00:17:18 investigate allegations of serious human rights violation by the joint security 00:17:22 forces during the crackdown we have received allegations of sexual abuse of both 00:17:27 women and men during the crackdown formation alleging that 100 separate tasters 00:17:33 maybe me sane. The high commissioner denounces the rising tide of hate speech and 00:17:38 misinformation leading to attacks on religious minorities in recent months she 00:17:43 notes Muslim mosques Jewish synagogues in Christian churches have been attacked by 00:17:48 gunmen with large loss of life she deplores the vilification of migrants in the 00:17:54 criminalization of people trying to help them she says more than 100 ordinary 00:17:59 people in Europe have been arrested or prosecuted this year for feeding hungry 00:18:04 migrants and finding them shelter she says similar prosecutions of ordinary people 00:18:10 trying to help individual migrants in distress also have taken place in the United 00:18:16 States and elsewhere they sit in for V.O.A. 00:18:19 News Geneva in Britain conservative politician Boris Johnson screaming quarrel 00:18:25 a few days ago with his girlfriend has turned the spotlight on his character and 00:18:29 chaotic private life Johnson is the leading candidate as the conservatives get 00:18:34 ready to select 00:18:35 a new leader to replace Theresa May as prime minister Johnson has refused to answer 00:18:40 questions about the argument he into the 25 year all year long marriage to move in 00:18:46 last year with his girlfriend Johnson also faces criticism for being reluctant to 00:18:51 lay out his policy proposals he has appeared in only one T.V. 00:18:56 Debate and granted only 00:18:57 a few interviews his rival foreign minister Jeremy Hunt says the public wants 00:19:02 a fair and open contest that is open to scrutiny on says he doesn't want to quiz 00:19:08 Johnson former London mayor and foreign minister about his private life but about 00:19:13 his pledge to guarantee Britain will leave the European Union by October 31st prime 00:19:19 minister Theresa May resigned after repeatedly failing to get 00:19:22 a breakfast agreement through parliament. Attorneys official today said Chinese and 00:19:28 US trade negotiators are discussing ways to resolve disputes before presidents 00:19:32 Donald Trump and she isn't paying. Meet at the G. 00:19:35 20 summit in Japan later this week the 20 meter you know soccer is going to be an 00:19:41 opportunity to talk to President Xi Jinping and U.S. 00:19:44 President Donald Trump. And may be hash out some of the issues that are departing 00:19:50 tomorrow on trade and technology the US president has already imposed 25 percent 00:19:57 tariffs on $250000000000.00 in Chinese imports China has retaliated with tariffs on 00:20:02 U.S. 00:20:03 Goods Trump is threatening to impose tariffs on $300000000000.00 worth of additional 00:20:09 goods Christine Legarde head of the International Monetary Authority warns that the 00:20:14 tariffs have implications for the global economy and the I.M.F. 00:20:18 Indicates that we could fear every division of point 5 percent of global growth 00:20:25 in 2020 as 00:20:27 a result of the 25 percent tariff increase on all the trade that there is between 00:20:34 the United States and China talks have stalled after 11 rounds that failed to 00:20:38 overcome U.S. 00:20:39 Concerns over China's acquisition of American technology and its massive trade 00:20:44 surplus China says it does not force U.S. 00:20:47 Companies to hand over trade secrets and also says the surplus is 00:20:51 a much smaller than it appears at the trade in services and the value extracted by 00:20:55 U.S. 00:20:56 Companies are counted amid uncertainties in the world economy more investors are 00:21:02 putting their money into safe havens such as gold mining companies in Australia are 00:21:06 preparing to dig out more of the precious metal to meet the world demand fill 00:21:11 Mercer reports gold is often seen as 00:21:14 a hedge against risk in capital an equity markets Australia is the 2nd largest 00:21:20 producer of gold behind China and has the world's largest known Reza. Australia 00:21:26 will produce an estimated $10700000.00 ounces this year the equivalent of about 00:21:32 $13000000000.00 worth of. The precious metal global output has increased 40 percent 00:21:39 in the past decade with production hitting more than 100000000 ounces in 2018 00:21:46 mining companies in Australia have never spent more on prospecting for gold prices 00:21:52 have recently been pushed to rank old highs more than $1300.00 an ounce Warren 00:21:58 Pearce is the head of the Association of mining and exploration companies. Really 00:22:05 saying that it's been late the recovery of the industry certainly back of record 00:22:12 gold prices and expected that stroke while the prices will continue 00:22:17 a lot of call that is the future that industry brought However analysts warn that 00:22:22 as Australia's biggest gold mines get home there aren't enough new discoveries 00:22:26 being made to replace them and that overall production will likely fall as 00:22:32 facilities age costs increase because mine is have to dig deeper to extract the 00:22:38 gold the valuable commodity has had 00:22:41 a transformative effect on Australia discoveries in the $850.00 started 00:22:46 a series of rushes that saw prospectors arrive from all over the world expanding 00:22:52 Australia's population and boosting the economy of the former British penal colony 00:22:58 gold is a rare element so is more valuable than ion for example it's 00:23:03 a metal that doesn't readily oxidized So gold coins maintain 00:23:08 a constant weight film 00:23:11 a set of veil way news Sydney the International Olympic Committee has selected 00:23:16 Italy's Milan court Tina as hosts for the 2026 games in the winter 00:23:23 representatives from Stockholm Sweden and Milan Cortana made the final bed 00:23:27 presentations to the I.O.C. 00:23:29 Today those are the only beds left in the race after 4 others have pulled out 00:23:34 earlier. The process scared off by the cost and size of the games Sweden they went 00:23:39 to or sports powerhouse host of the Summer Games in $1012.00 but has never staged 00:23:44 the Winter Olympics Italy has hosted the Winter Olympics on 2 separate occasions 00:23:50 most recently in 2006 Enteron just over half of the Swedes were in favor of their 00:23:56 country getting the Olympics compared well over 80 percent in education according 00:24:00 to a recent I.O.C. 00:24:02 Commissioned poll and before I go on this date back in 1983 the space 00:24:09 shuttle Challenger carrying America's 1st woman in space Sally Ride coasted to 00:24:14 a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California and that is going to do it 00:24:19 for me on behalf of our producer Nadia Tata and our engineer John Dryden thank you 00:24:24 so much for joining us now if you like to take these stories with you be sure to 00:24:28 download the video 00:24:29 a mobile app or you can follow us on social media like Facebook Twitter and 00:24:33 Instagram for pictures videos stories and more until next time I'm Steve Miller in 00:24:39 Washington have 00:24:40 a magnificent Monday. Welcome 00:25:02 to learning English 00:25:04 a daily 30 minute program from the Voice of America I'm Jonathan evidence and I'm 00:25:10 Ashley THOMPSON This program is aimed at English learners so we speak 00:25:16 a little slower and we use words and phrases especially written for people learning 00:25:23 English. Today on the program 00:25:30 you will hear from Susan Shane and and Brian Lynn. Later Steve ember will present 00:25:37 our American history series The Making of 00:25:40 a nation. But 1st. A group of ocean experts have been 00:25:47 helping 00:25:47 a baby to go on and survive off the southern coast of Thailand do go on 00:25:54 our large ocean mammals the experts named the baby 00:26:01 Merriam she has developed an attachment to humans since her accidental 00:26:07 separation from her mother the experts hope Mariyam will soon be able to 00:26:14 survive on her own Mariyam is about 5 months old 00:26:21 she has become popular on social media in Thailand since images spread of the 00:26:27 biologist feeding her milk and sea grass the dew gonged is 00:26:34 a kind of sea mammal similar to the American manatee and can grow to about 3.4 00:26:41 metres in length the nonprofit group International Union for the 00:26:47 Conservation of Nature lists do go on as vulnerable 00:26:54 Mariyam was found alone near 00:26:56 a beach on Copa island in April 29th teen officials later 00:27:03 tried to release or into 00:27:05 a do gong habitat near the coast of another island but she swam away that an 00:27:11 area ends and volunteers go in boats each day to find Merriam near the do gong 00:27:18 habitat off Coley bald island she does not swim with the do Gong group 00:27:26 usually she goes immediately to the boats then follows them to shallower water 00:27:34 there the experts feed her as many as 15 times 00:27:39 a day. They give her milk and to see grass similar to her natural diet 00:27:47 the experts also examined her health Merriam's caregivers think the animal 00:27:54 has formed 00:27:55 a bond with he mentions the experts also think she likes the shape of the 00:28:01 bottom of the boats possibly seeing them as 00:28:05 a mother substitute. Johnson who is director of the aquatic animal 00:28:12 research center of true Long Kong University's Faculty of veterinarian science 00:28:19 she advises Merriam's caregivers she said Marion is emotionally 00:28:26 attached to her caregivers and always swims close to and stays with the boat as 00:28:33 if it was her mother she added that when the vets are swimming Mariyam goes 00:28:39 under their arms as if she would with her mother Merriam is now famous on social 00:28:46 media and images of her bonding with her human friends have been widely shared by 00:28:53 Thai media agencies crowds of people now also visit Island to 00:28:59 watch her feedings the veterinarians say they need to continue caring for 00:29:06 Miriam for at least another year until she can be weekend from milk after 00:29:13 that they hope she will be able to care for herself without their help. 00:29:21 Said Do Gong's typically stop drinking milk at around 18 months and usually 00:29:28 spend around 8 years under their mother's care she said Merriam will 00:29:34 have to be trained later to live without help from humans. But at this 00:29:41 point all attention must go toward her survival. 00:30:01 Hundreds of small town newspapers across the United States have been forced 00:30:08 to close down but the Berkshires Eagle has been revived 00:30:16 the western Massachusetts daily newspaper has added employees to its 00:30:23 investigative team it has new 12 pages of lifestyle information 00:30:31 it reports on the area's new eating places and its advisory board 00:30:37 includes famous musician Yo-Yo Ma and Prize winning writer Elizabeth 00:30:44 Colbert 3 years ago for investors with 00:30:49 a lot of money and ties to the area saw an opportunity they bought the 00:30:56 Berkshire Eagle and 3 newspapers in nearby Vermont from digital media 00:31:03 1st 00:31:04 a large media company it had become known for destroying small newspapers 00:31:11 by cutting costs and dismissing reporters the investors 00:31:18 hired 50 new reporters for the 4 newspapers and readers are 00:31:24 returning the long term success of the newspapers is not 00:31:31 guaranteed but the new owners and employees are working hard to bring high 00:31:37 quality local journalism to their community. I want our 00:31:44 newspaper to love its readers and I want its readers to love the newspapers 00:31:51 back said Kevin Moran executive editor of the Berkshire Eagle 00:31:58 Frederick Rotberg is one of the Eagles' investors he was 00:32:03 a judge nearing retirement when he pulled together the team of investors in the 00:32:09 spring of 2016 now he is the Eagles' owner publisher and 00:32:16 president in the 3 years under his ownership the newspaper has 00:32:23 won awards for its investigative reporting of 00:32:27 a local museums art sale the struggle to bring Internet connection to the area 00:32:34 and the poor condition of the area's bridges Rotberg often 00:32:41 travels to Vermont to visit the other newspapers too he also looks for different 00:32:47 ways to make money such as putting on paid events that bring experts to discuss 00:32:54 national and international issues the local Miller family own and 00:33:01 the Berkshire Eagle for more than 100 years but they took on too much debt and 00:33:08 decided to sell the paper to digital media 1st in 1995 00:33:15 Rotberg and his 3 partners returned to the newspaper to community ownership for the 00:33:22 1st time 00:33:23 a sense of the sale they quickly made changes such as buying better quality 00:33:29 paper and adding employees positions Rotberg and his partners wanted 00:33:36 world class arts and culture information for local readers. 00:33:43 Today features editor Lindsay Holland bio has 7 employees her 00:33:50 reporters have written recent stories about 00:33:53 a theater rehearsal with Hollywood actor Jon Hamm they have followed around 00:33:59 a pizza delivery worker on the coldest night of the year and they have explained 00:34:05 how on duty fire men get and cook their food we feel like we 00:34:11 won the lottery said Holland. I'm Susan Shand. 00:34:35 Dog lovers are well aware of the ability of 00:34:39 a dog to communicate with its eyes now scientific 00:34:46 research suggests this ability developed over time as dogs 00:34:52 learned to live with humans just like humans the 00:34:59 AIs can be one of the most appealing things about dogs the animals known in 00:35:06 many cultures as man's best friend but 00:35:12 a new study found evidence that dogs developed in physical ways to 00:35:19 present puppy dog eyes as 00:35:22 a way to help connect with humans researchers in 00:35:28 Britain and the United States did the study results were published in the 00:35:35 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study 00:35:41 compared the facial muscles of dogs and wolves which share and c'est real 00:35:48 history dogs broke off from wolves after being domesticated about 00:35:55 33000 years ago during that time dogs 00:36:01 changed physically and behaviorally to fit life with humans 00:36:09 the researchers examined the heads of 6 dogs and 2 wolves for comparison 00:36:17 they found the facial structure of both animals was mostly very similar 00:36:24 but one major difference was found above the eyes. The dogs 00:36:31 were found to have to well formed muscles around the eye that were not present in 00:36:37 the wolf's these small muscles permit dogs to intensely 00:36:44 raise their inner eyebrow The study found and Burrows is 00:36:50 a professor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania she was the 00:36:57 lead researcher on the study you don't typically see such muscle 00:37:04 differences in species that are closely related she told The Associated Press 00:37:12 comparative psychologist Julianne Kaminski from Britain's University of 00:37:18 Portsmouth led the research the team suggests this eyebrow 00:37:25 raising movement causes 00:37:27 a nurturing feeling in humans because it makes the dog's eyes appear larger 00:37:36 this expression also makes the dog look more like 00:37:40 a human baby. The eye movement is similar to that which make 00:37:47 when they are sad the statement said the evidence is compelling that dogs 00:37:54 developed 00:37:54 a muscle to raise the inner eyebrow after they were domesticated from wolves 00:38:01 Kaminski said in 00:38:04 a separate part of the study the researchers observed how $27.00 dogs and 9 00:38:10 wolves interacted with 00:38:13 a human we also studied dogs and wolves behavior 00:38:20 and when exposed to 00:38:21 a human for 2 minutes dogs raised their inner eyebrows more and at higher 00:38:28 intensities then wolves Kaminski said the researchers 00:38:35 suggest that the eye movements developed over time as 00:38:39 a way for dogs to get humans to do things for them this could involve humans 00:38:46 giving them food care were attention Brian hair 00:38:53 from America's Duke University edited the study he called the 00:38:59 findings profound for showing that these muscles likely developed to help in 00:39:06 their interactions with people the proof has been in their puppy dog eyes 00:39:13 all this time hair said the only dog species in the 00:39:20 study that did not have the muscles was the Siberian Husky which is an ancient 00:39:26 kind the husky could be the best living example of what the link 00:39:33 between dogs and wolves looked like and Burrows said the main 00:39:40 limitation of the study was the small number of dogs and wolves used. 00:39:47 This means further study will be required and should include other ancient dog 00:39:53 breeds the work could also be extended to other animals with 00:40:00 which humans have developed close relationships including horses and 00:40:06 cats Burrows said I am Brian LAN. 00:40:25 Welcome to the making of a nation American history in 00:40:30 a special English I'm Steve vender the day we tell about life in the United 00:40:37 States during the 1960 S. 00:40:39 . 00:40:53 The 1960 S. 00:40:54 Began with the election of the 1st president born in the 20th century John 00:41:01 Kennedy. For many Americans the young president represented 00:41:06 a spirit of hope for the nation when Kennedy was murdered in 1963 00:41:13 and many felt that their hopes died too this was especially true of young people 00:41:20 and members and supporters of minority groups at 00:41:25 a time of innocence and hope soon began to look like at time of anger and violence 00:41:32 many Americans protested to demand an end to the unfair treatment of black 00:41:39 citizens many more protested to demand an end to the war in Vietnam 00:41:46 and many protested their demand full equality for women by the middle 00:41:53 of the 1960 S. 00:41:55 It had become almost impossible for President Lyndon Johnson to leave the White 00:42:01 House without facing protestors against the war in Vietnam. In March of 00:42:07 1968 Johnson announced that he would not seek another term in office. 00:42:15 In addition to President Kennedy 2 other influential Americans were murdered during 00:42:22 the 1960 S. 00:42:24 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr was shot in Memphis Tennessee in 00:42:30 1968. Several weeks later Robert Kennedy John Kennedy's 00:42:37 brother was shot in Los Angeles California he was campaigning to win his party's 00:42:44 nomination for president it was. A 2 00:42:51 murders resulted in riots in cities across the country. Be on rest then 00:42:57 violence affected many young Americans the effect seemed especially bad 00:43:04 because of the time in which they had grown up by the middle 19 fifties most of 00:43:10 their parents had jobs that paid well they expressed satisfaction with their lives 00:43:18 they taught their children what were called middle class values basing clue to the 00:43:24 belief in god hard work and service to their country later 00:43:31 many young Americans began to question these beliefs they felt that their 00:43:37 parents values were not enough to help them deal with the social and racial 00:43:43 difficulties of the 1960 S. 00:43:47 They rebelled by letting their hair grow long and by wearing out unusual clothing 00:43:54 their dissatisfaction was strongly expressed in music rock N roll music had 00:44:00 become very popular in America in the 1950 S. 00:44:05 Some people however did not approve of it they thought it was too sexual these 00:44:11 people disliked but rock N roll of the 19 sixty's even more they found the words 00:44:18 as especially young pleasant the musicians themselves thought the words were 00:44:24 extremely important as thing are and songwriter Bob Dylan said there would be no 00:44:31 music without the words Bob Dylan produced many songs of social 00:44:37 protest. He wrote antiwar songs before the war in Vietnam became 00:44:44 a violent issue in the United States one was called Blowin In The Wind. 00:44:51 Must walk down the for. Him and. 00:45:04 Say. This. Isn't. 00:45:13 The can't. Have 00:45:18 a band of. Some offramp this longing 00:45:25 we. Will see blowing. In addition to songs of social 00:45:32 protest rock N roll music continued to be popular in America during the 1960 S. 00:45:40 The most popular group however was not American it was British The Beatles 00:45:47 Rock N Roll me as 00:45:48 a Sherman's from Liverpool. The 00:46:12 Beatles song I Want To Hold Your Ham went on sale Ian video mounted stage Sheppey 00:46:17 end of 1963 within 5 weeks it was the biggest selling record in the 00:46:24 country. 00:46:54 Other songs including some by the Beatles sounded more revolutionary they spoke 00:47:01 about drugs and sex although not always open like. 00:47:18 In the 1960 is do your own thing became 00:47:21 a common expression it meant to do whatever you wanted without feeling guilty. 00:47:32 500000 young Americans did their own thing at the Woodstock Music Festival in 00:47:39 1969. 00:47:46 They gathered at 00:47:47 a farm in New York State. They listened to musicians such as Jimi Hendrix and Joan 00:47:54 Baez and to groups like The Who and Jefferson Airplane. 00:48:12 Woodstock became 00:48:13 a symbol of the young people's rebellion against traditional values. 00:48:23 Many young people call themselves if it's hippies believe there should be more love 00:48:29 than personal freedom in America. In 1967 poet 00:48:36 Allen Ginsberg helped lead 00:48:38 a gathering of hippies in San Francisco no one knows exactly how many people 00:48:45 considered themselves hippies but 20000 at tended by gathering. 00:48:52 Another leader of the event was Timothy Levy. And he. 00:49:00 He was 00:49:00 a former university professor and researcher Leary urged the crowd in San Francisco 00:49:07 to tune in and drop out this man they should use drugs and leave school 00:49:14 or their job. 00:49:24 One drug that was used in the 19 sixty's was lysergic acid diethylamide or 00:49:30 L.S.D. 00:49:31 . He causes the brain to see strange colorful images 00:49:38 it can also cause brain damage. 00:49:53 Some people say the Beatles' song Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds was about L.S.D. 00:50:00 . Well now take that. And add in the 00:50:07 whole we may not be given day but don't you. As many Americans were 00:50:13 listening to songs about drugs and sex many others were watching television 00:50:19 programs with traditional family values these include in the end the Griffith Show 00:50:26 and The Beverly Hillbillies at the movies some films captured the rebellious 00:50:32 spirit of the times these included the graduate and Dr Strangelove the 00:50:39 tell us is the opposite for True think in the mind of. The fear threat or. 00:50:48 Because of the ultimate effect of the system and process. Out 00:50:54 human meddling but the instant machine is that final. Simple to 00:51:01 understand I'm not completely credible. She I wish we had 00:51:06 a lot of doomsday machine. 00:51:32 Other films offered escape Spidey adventures like the James Bond films 00:51:39 many Americans refuse to tune in and drop out in the 1960 S. 00:51:45 They took no part in the social revolution instead they continued leading normal 00:51:52 lives of work family and home. Others the activists of American 00:51:58 society were busy fighting for peace and racial and social justice and. 00:52:16 Women's groups for example were seeking quality with men they wanted the same 00:52:22 chances as men they get a good education and 00:52:26 a good job they also demanded equal pay for equal work 00:52:33 a widely popular book on women in modern America was called The Feminine Mystique. 00:52:40 It was written by Betty for than and published in 1963 the idea 00:52:47 known as The Feminine Mystique was the traditional Lybia that women have only one 00:52:53 part to play in society they are to have children and stay at home to raise them 00:53:01 in her book MS for Dan urged women to establish professional lives of their own 00:53:09 in the early 1960 S. 00:53:11 a Committee was appointed to investigate the condition of women it was led by 00:53:18 Eleanor Roosevelt she was 00:53:20 a former 1st lady the committee's findings helped lead to new rules and 00:53:27 laws the 1964 Civil Rights Act guaranteed equal treatment 00:53:34 for all groups this included women after the law went into effect however 00:53:41 many activists said it was not being enforced 00:53:46 a National Organization for Women now was started in an effort to correct the 00:53:52 problem the movement for women's equality was known as the women's liberation 00:53:59 movement activists were called women's libbers they called each other sisters 00:54:06 early activists were usually rich liberal white women later 00:54:12 activists included women of all ages women of color rich and poor 00:54:19 educated and educated they acted together to win recognition for the work 00:54:26 done by all women in America. 00:54:34 And that's our program for today listen again tomorrow to learn English 3 stories 00:54:41 from around the world I'm Jonathan Evans and I'm Ashley Thompson. 00:55:00 This is the only news I'm a recent Melton U.S. 00:55:03 President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday targeting Iran's supreme 00:55:08 leader seeking to put additional pressure on the country's economy The move comes 00:55:13 amid rising concerns about 00:55:15 a potential armed confrontation between the 2 nations U.S. 00:55:19 Officials recently blamed Tehran from mine attacks on to oil tankers in the Strait 00:55:24 of Hormuz allegations Tehran denies Iran did admit to shooting down a U.S. 00:55:29 Drone last week but President Trump says the U.S. 00:55:32 Is not interested in a confrontation with Iran America's 00:55:36 a peace loving nation we do not see conflict with Iran or any other country I look 00:55:41 forward to the day when sanctions can be finally lifted and Iran can become 00:55:45 a peaceful prosperous and productive nation that can go very quickly it can be 00:55:50 tomorrow it could also be in years from now late last week President Trump said he 00:55:54 had cancelled 00:55:55 a retaliatory strike against several Iranian targets the alleged leader of 00:56:00 Saturday's coup attempt in Ethiopia's northern am Hora state has been shot and 00:56:05 killed 00:56:06 a reporter in the state capital tells the always Horn of Africa service that general 00:56:11 awesome news was killed in the capital Monday while trying to escape from security 00:56:17 forces meanwhile state media says an official wounded during Saturday's coup 00:56:21 attempt regional prosecutor made Barak a bad day has also died gunmen broke into 00:56:27 a meeting and behind by here Daryn Saturday killing regional President Obama Chuma 00:56:32 Khan and one of his senior advisers state media names general Assan knew as the 00:56:37 leader of the coup attempt the 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Milan 00:56:43 and courts Italy Milan beat Stockholm for the right to host the games in 7 years' 00:56:49 time after 00:56:50 a vote by the International Olympic Committee this is the news. Clashes 00:56:57 erupted in southern West Bank between Israeli security services and Palestinians on 00:57:02 Monday against the upcoming feast of prosperity workshop in Bahrain 00:57:07 a $50000000000.00 U.S. 00:57:08 Dollars economic plan published on Saturday calls from massive infrastructure 00:57:13 projects and job creation for Palestinians Palestinian prime minister Mohammad 00:57:18 Chatah points out the plan does not address the core value of the core issues of 00:57:24 the conflict between Israel and Palestine what this wire and United States is 00:57:28 trying to do now is they simply don't normalize relations with the tops of the 00:57:32 expense of that but it seems this is something that we don't accept and this is 00:57:36 something that is not that 00:57:37 a joke that neither Israel nor the Palestinians will have official representation 00:57:42 at the 2 day summit the U.S. 00:57:44 Delegation is to be led by Secretary Treasury Stephen the Newton the United Nations 00:57:49 High Commissioner for Human Rights is urging Hong Kong authorities to consult 00:57:54 broadly before passing or amending an extradition bill or any others legislation as 00:57:59 protests in the autonomous territory continue Michelle Bachelet made this statement 00:58:04 speaking at the opening about 3 weeks session of Human Rights Council in Geneva 00:58:09 Switzerland. Meanwhile Hong Kong protesters blocked access to 00:58:15 a Hong Kong government office building for about 2 hours on Monday they plan 00:58:19 another demonstration on Wednesday to raise awareness among leaders attending the 00:58:24 G. 00:58:24 20 summit this week in Japan. Turkey's opposition won decisively in the controversial 00:58:30 re vote of the Istanbul and may your election provisional results indicate at 00:58:36 grandmama Glu defeated president race that. Erda one's hand-picked candidate by 00:58:42 more than 700000 votes speaking to 00:58:45 a large crowd of enthusiastic supporters on Sunday night in Mama glow said his win 00:58:50 was 00:58:50 a boost for democracy the we will embrace everyone we will build the democracy in 00:58:55 the city we will build justice in the city observers say that resentment has been 00:59:00 growing over Edwin's increasingly a authoritarian style of leadership after 00:59:05 a failed coup attempt in 2016 that was marked by mass purges and sweeping 00:59:10 crackdowns against businessmen journalists and human rights activists at least 26 00:59:16 construction workers are confirmed dead after a building under construction in 00:59:20 a Cambodian coastal city collapsed another 24 people were injured rescue workers 00:59:26 continued on Monday to search the rubble of 00:59:29 a collapsed building for survivors the workers were sleeping on the 2nd floor of 00:59:33 the 7 story building early Saturday morning survivor said at least 50 to 60 workers 00:59:39 used the building as their housing project was to be 00:59:42 a condominium and is owned by Chinese investor Marissa Melton Vila news. 00:59:56 Who was in the meringue pie in the oil. 01:00:03 And the out.