Manchester, the most magical place to be this Christmas.

Soak up the amazing atmosphere and discover the perfect gift at Manchester's world famous Christmas markets.

With over 200 stalls, a giant covered ice rink, festive

light trails and fully licensed bars and food outlets. Plus with special festive Sundays

filled with free entertainment.

There's truly something for everyone.

Make it a festive season to remember with Manchester Christmas markets.

Open every day from the 10th of November to the 21st of December.

Find out more at Manchester.gov. UK slash Christmas.

I'm John Batcher with Germanicus, Mark of Leos, I'm Gaius, and we're in Lundidium reflecting

upon 2,000 years from now the quandary of the powers involved in two wars and a third war threatened, maybe even underway given

the alarming headlines I get out of the distinguished publications like Foreign Affairs that artificial

intelligence war is underway, it's not the future, it's now. Contest between

the People's Republic of China and the United States and its European allies

to transform the battlefield into AI.

However, we look at Washington now overwhelmed by Ukraine and the turn to accommodation in Ukraine,

while it is also dealing with the demands of the Gaza War and the danger of a wider war which may be underway

the provocations of these last days, the Houthis firing. The Huthi's firing weapons, drones and missiles at a lot into Israel,

Hezbollah routinely firing and harassing Israeli forces along the north, the word of a Hezbollah

assassination team in Brazil looking to kill Jewish citizens, other possibilities of bad conduct by the forces allied with

Tehran, we're told that the president will ask Shijin Ping at the San Francisco area meeting

to help convince Tehran not to continue to provoke Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad Hezbollah in an Iraqi

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