Demonstrators at the made in the Political Prisoners should be freed into the government should stop spending millions on foreign wars. There is seething discontent with iranians spending money on wars abroad, on spreading shiaism broad, supporting hezbollah abroad. Abroad, on spreading shiaism abroad, supporting hezbollah abroad. And that has changed the character of the demonstration into a political one, undermining the whole clerical regime now. Irans relatively moderate president , hassan rouhani, has promised the benefits of Economic Growth after an International Deal to limit its nuclear activities. But those promises have failed to materialise. It is too early to say if the regime is under serious threat. These are the biggest protest in a run for almost a decade and the government will use greater force if it feels it is losing control. Officials in new york say a fire which tore through an apartment block in the bronx appears to have been started by a young boy playing with a
This year, and asks what we can expect in the coming 12 months in review 2017 the business year. It was a year of crucial negotiations. No dealfor britain is better than a bad dealfor britain. We would all love to have europe a la carte and a year of bold promises in the Worlds Largest economy. And i can think of no better Christmas Present for the American People than giving you a massive tax cut. It was a year where some of the worlds most Influential Companies hit a bump in the road. The taxi app uber will not have its licence renewed by transport for london. It says the firm is not fit and proper to operate. But others defied the critics to post record breaking results. Welcome to review 2017 a year in business. We have all that to come, but we are starting here in westminster, the home of the British Government, where big ben isnt the only thing under construction. What about that brexit deal . Back in march, the uk Prime Minister, theresa may, triggered article 50, and negotiatio
The Us State Department has condemned the arrest of Peaceful Protesters during a second day of Anti Government demonstrations in iran. A wave of protests has spread to some of the countrys biggest cities. Demonstrators have been demanding basic rights and an end to corruption. Thousands of people are said to have participated in demonstrations on friday, including in the capital tehran. People came out onto the streets in rasht, and kermanshah in the west, with smaller protests in mashhad, shiraz and elsewhere. Wyre davies reports. These are extremely rare sights cities across iran hit by large and sometimes violent Anti Government protests. This is the western city of kermanshah. And despite the repressive action taken against demonstrators by the police, the protests have quickly grown and spread across the country. Iranians have suffered tremendous Economic Hardship with a huge fall in Living Standards over the last decade. But what started as a protest against rising prices has gro
Welcome to my look back at the best of hardtalk, 2017. So many personalities, so much passion, and more than a little anger. There is a lot of pain in america, and donald trump addressed that pain. He said, im going to be a different type of republican. Ihearyour pain. The only trouble was donald trump lied. I work inside the white house, and i will tell you, there is no crisis, we are creating the results expected of us and which got the president elected. He can build as many walls as he wants. But what he will never ever achieve, is mexico paying for the wall. We do not want to have islam claiming political power in our country. They are preaching against our values, our constitution, our people, our culture the worst thing that could happen in terms of the north korea is to move into a kind of escalation and then all of a sudden we are sleep walking into war. It is the entitlement of too many men, and it is epidemic. And when theyre famous and theyre powerful like harvey, then it g
Of srebrenica, where europes worst atrocity since the Second World War took place. There are images from the start of this programme which some viewers may find distressing. Haunting music throughout. We didnt believe that we would be killed because there are so many people and i couldnt believe they could kill all of us. Srebrenica, the setting for europes worst atrocity since world war two. Gunfire. Injuly atrocity since world war two. Gunfire. In july 1995, atrocity since world war two. Gunfire. Injuly 1995, Bosnian Serbs soldiers gunfire. Injuly1995, Bosnian Serbs soldiers are sick of thousands of unarmed muslim men and boys here. Massacred. A small number of survivors have since returned. massacred. A small number of survivors have since returned. I had nightmares. And i didnt. Ever get rid off. Returning here and is living here maybe it is therapy for me. But the genocide verdicts of the International Court are being questioned by local politicians and the towns new mayor, even h