Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. It is not clear when or even if israels prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will deliver on his pledge to annexe a major chunk of the occupied west bank. Even less clear is how the palestinians will respond if that happens. Well, my guest today is the Palestinian Ambassador here in london, husam zomlot. Does the palestinian leadership have the vision, the imagination and the credibility to mount an Effective Response . Husam zomlot, welcome to hardtalk. You palestinians were preparing, onjuly 1, to hear the announcement from the Israeli Government that they were going ahead with the annexation of a major chunk of the west bank. It hasnt happened. Do you have any reason to believe it wont happen . No, i dont have any reason so far to believe it wont happen. The calculus with netanyahu, the calculus in israel is still the same. The net gain for this government is clear for neta nyahu. Its simply a way of assuring his re elections, his control of th
Finished on time. Also coming up this hour, minister the brains behind getting chemical weapons out of syria. We will get his reaction to the syrian peace conference on now in switzerland. For years, a quirk in the french system has led politicians hold threetwo or even positions at a time. That policy is about to change. First up, president Hassan Rouhani is wasting no time trying to draw up new oil business for iran. Aan has begun implementing nuclear deal with world powers, a step toward a broad settlement that could lead to the end of sanctions. He wants western companies to revive giant aging oilfields and develop new ones once the. Anctions are lifted with the implementation of the geneva agreement and subsequent steps, relations with europe will be normalized. And thent with Iran United States have entered a new phase. During the past month and for the first time, politicians from both countries have exchanged views and made decisions to resolve differences in relation to nuclea
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This is bbc news, the headlines. Some of twitters top users have had their accounts hacked. A post urging people to send cryptocurrency appeared on the feeds of high profile names including joe biden, bill gates, barack obama and jeff bezos. Verified users were temporarily stopped from tweeting. The compa nys investigating. President trumps leading advisor on the coronavirus pandemic, dr anthony fauci, has described efforts by some in the white house to discredit him as bizarre. He said a series of attacks on him reflected poorly on the Trump Administration. Chinas revealed its gdp figures for the Second Quarter showing a modest 3. 2 growth in its economy after lockdown measures ended and policymakers stepped up stimulus packages. It comes after a 6. 8 decline in the First Quarter the first contraction since at least 1992 when its records began. Now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. It is not clear when or even if israels prime minister,
He had a close friendship but he did nothing wrong. Listen to what he had to say. Let me be very clear. Very clear. I have always conducted myself appropriately and in accordance with the law. Every action that i and my office have taken for the last 23 years that i have been privileged to be in the United States congress has been based on pursuing the best policies for the people of new jersey and of the entire country. Now, i should say that the senator didnt take any questions, anderson because he said he couldnt answer because it is an ongoing inquiry. The corruption charges. Theyve been brewing for years though havent they . For years. Thats part of what evan perez got from his sources that were learning about this now. Some of them are running up against the statute of limitations and thats why he was told that this was going to potentially come in a matter of weeks but it is actually interesting when you look at the timing. Senator menendez has been in the news big time lately b