With stephen sackur. Urges lawmakers to hold him to account for an alleged abuse of power. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Come on. Come on, then its tempting to ask what almost two decades of American Intervention in afghanistan have achieved. Shocking, shameful and dangerous borisjohnson faces even now, the death toll the fury of opposition mps, after his defiant return in the afghan conflict far outstrips to the house of commons. The losses in syria and yemen. And a dark world of child slavery and prostitution we report from bangladesh but the grim statistics tell only and one of the Worlds Largest licenced brothels. A part of afghanistans story. Also important is the testimony of my guest today, kimberley motley, sam jackson im always ready an American Lawyer who went to kabul in a training capacity and stayed alexa showtime to become a respected litigator, the relentless rise of alexa. Fighting for the rights of the abused and powerless, especially women. Does her experien
Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Its tempting to ask what almost two decades of American Intervention in afghanistan have achieved. Even now, the death toll in the afghan conflict far outstrips the losses in syria and yemen. But the grim statistics tell only a part of afghanistans story. Also important is the testimony of my guest today, kimberley motley, an American Lawyer who went to kabul in a training capacity and stayed to become a respected litigator, fighting for the rights of the abused and powerless, especially women. Does her experience give grounds for hope or despair . Kimberley motley, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. I want to take you back a little bit. Im just wondering whatever prompted you as a young lawyer in the United States to sign up for this Us Government programme to go to afghanistan. It seems quite a remarkable decision to take as a young woman . It definitely was. I went to afghanistan in 2008, basical
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Its tempting to ask what almost two decades of American Intervention in afghanistan have achieved. Even now, the death toll in the afghan conflict far outstrips the losses in syria and yemen. But the grim statistics tell only a part of afghanistans story. Also important is the testimony of my guest today, kimberley motley, an American Lawyer who went to kabul in a training capacity and stayed to become a respected litigator, fighting for the rights of the abused and powerless, especially women. Does her experience give grounds for hope or despair . Kimberley motley, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. I want to take you back a little bit. Im just wondering whatever prompted you as a young lawyer in the United States to sign up for this Us Government programme to go to afghanistan. It seems quite a remarkable decision to take as a young woman . It definitely was. I went to afghanistan in 20
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk, with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Its tempting to ask what almost two decades of American Intervention in afghanistan have achieved. Even now, the death toll in the afghan conflict far outstrips the losses in syria and yemen. But the grim statistics tell only a part of afghanistans story. Also important is the testimony of my guest today, kimberley motley, an American Lawyer who went to kabul in a training capacity and stayed to become a respected litigator, fighting for the rights of the abused and powerless, especially women. Does her experience give grounds for hope or despair . Kimberley motley, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. I want to take you back a little bit. Im just wondering whatever prompted you as a young lawyer in the United States to sign up for this Us Government programme to go to afghanistan. It seems quite a remarkable decision to take as a young woman . It definitely was. I went to afghanistan in 2
As it heads towards the islands. Hello, and welcome to world news today. Its 4am in hong kong where police have just finished a press conference defending themselves against accusations of Excessive Force against protestors. Its been one of the most violent days since demonstrations began 13 weeks ago. Several hours ago, riot police entered a metro station. They say they made a0 arrests. Officers used batons and pepper spray as they entered the train carriages. Two main underground lines were closed as the police moved in. Police are still out on the streets, and in the past hour they have threatened to use force to disperse crowds they say have moved into a residential area. The Hong Kong Police say the actions of rioters actions forced them to shut down the underground stations. In the past few minutes, theyve said civilians werent attacked by police but rather, protestors vandalised the stations, then changed outfits to pretend to be civilians. Police also confirmed that officers fi