Our guest is now igor eisenberg professor of New York University welcome mr. Igor and lets talk lets talk about the results of the visit of the secretary of state of the United States states to kyiv because many different estimates, including contradictory and russian disinformation, have already been included in the list, in fact, and not a billion and did not bring and it doesnt really matter what idea you have about the meaning of this trip, well, i dont have a very positive idea at all, and to reduce it to the fact that uh, the american media, i especially meant television, before all such news channels as signanta msn, they are very detailed covered from the secretary of state to ukraine, and usually visits to secretaries abroad well, they are either not covered at all, or so, er, somewhere, a couple of words were said. There were reports from kyiv, well, blinken gave an interview to a cis correspondent who is in to ukraine, not even only from kyiv. And when he was in chernihiv ob
Time for hardtalk welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. There was a time last year when it seemed that president maduros grip on power in venezuela was loosening. Yet here we are, two months away from a president ial election with maduro oozing confidence and his opponents seemingly in disarray. My guest today is one diehard anti regime activist, david smolansky, who was the mayor of a district in caracas until he fled the country to escape a jail term for aiding the street protests last year. Why does venezuelas opposition so consistently promise more than it delivers . David smolansky in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. Were glad to have you on the show, albeit via satellite in washington, dc. How does it feel to be a venezuelan, a politician, an activist who currently is living in the us capital . Do you feel uncomfortable . Obviously it is not comfortable because i want to be in my country. I am a public servant. I was removed from office wi
Im stephen sackur. There was a time last year when it seemed that president maduros grip on power in venezuela was loosening. Yet here we are, two months away from a president ial election with maduro oozing confidence and his opponents seemingly in disarray. My guest today is one diehard anti regime activist, david smolansky, who was the mayor of a district in caracas until he fled the country to escape a jail term for aiding the street protests last year. Why does venezuelas opposition so consistently promise more than it delivers . David smolansky in washington, dc. Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. Were glad to have you on the show, albeit via satellite in washington, dc. How does it feel to be a venezuelan, a politician, an activist who currently is living in the us capital . Do you feel uncomfortable . Obviously it is not comfortable because i want to be in my country. I am a public servant. I was removed from office with no justification at all. But at the
Think thats now been are we the future leaders of america went out. To buy those of last weeks School Shooting in florida that calls for gun reform to the state capital. Benjamin netanyahu increasingly vulnerable and that reports a longtime ally has turned state witness against him. Im brazilian troops deployed across Rio De Janeiro to fight rising crime in the city. Despite growing condemnation Syrian Government bombs continue to rain down on the rebel held district of eastern boots anea damascus nearly three hundred people have been killed since sunday and all indications are that this is just the beginning the bombardment involves as strikes rockets shelling and barrel bombs a crude unguided device filled with explosives and sometimes shrapnel and oil according to medical sources eight hospitals were attacked on tuesday alone all the civilian buildings have also been attacked like bakeries targeted to cut off food sources and syrias government seems intent on a bigger operation as i
Down on these things. But if irans political leaders are prepared to help a more secure, more stable, more inclusive iraq and syria, we should welcome their engagement. Let me give way to my honorable friend. Clearly there is one given the consent from the Iraqi Government. But can you confirm there is the responsibility to protect from genocide, which is on the table, and capable of application . My honorable friend is actually right. There are a variety of legal arguments that can be deployed. In this case, it couldnt be clearer were acting at the request of a sovereign state, and if we were to act in syria, i believe that would be the legal basis, too. Collective selfdefense against isil that threatens iraq. But hes absolutely right. And ive said this in the house before. That it is a legal base if you are averting a humanitarian catastrophe, that you can act. And let me be clear again. Even though were right having this debate and vote, if there was a moment when it looked as if th