of excessive force. britain s government is accused of utter failure over its plans to stop migrant boats but the prime minister says they re the people s priority . and australia looks set to become the first country in the world to totally eliminate cervical cancer. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the former soviet republic of georgia, where large crowds have been protesting against new laws which critics say will limit freedoms. the biggest demonstrations were in the capital, tbilisi, where police used water cannons and tear gas to try to disperse the crowds. our correspondent rayhan demytrie is in tbilisi in the last hour, she sent us this report. every big moment in history has its iconic image this may be georgia s. on tuesday, thousands of protesters stood for europe and stood their ground against water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray. and they even fought back. 55 police officers were injured, but pro
the collision was not intentional and that the russian pilots, they were justeurs.an pilots, they were ma and incompetent. amateurs, make no mistakke ne, t was no accident. and i can guarantee you that vladimir putin personally signed off on this military aggression. now, here s our very owngenn jennifer griffin with senator mike rounds. take a look. t i just like to geto what hap your reaction to what happened today in the black sea.d . sec i mean, let s just be honeston about this for a second.omin the report coming out of our government is that this was an unperfects act in environmentally unsound. i m sorry, folks. folks. they shot down a unitedrplane. states war plane. ey took they took it out of actr and that s the response wees get back. it. so, yeah, not very happy about it. and the cannote bottom line is . cannot allow that to happen. we can allow that to happen. that s right. we can t allow t this to happen russia and putin s hostility and aggression against our c
all along this pathway. an urgent international appeal is launched to help the millions of people affected by the flooding in pakistan. just look at all this water. it s like being in the middle of the ocean, except those are people s houses, and the water levels here are rising. and japan declares war on retro technology after discovering almost 2,000 government processes are still carried out using minidiscs, floppy disks and cds. president biden has made an impassioned speech in defence of american democracy. he warned that donald trump and what he termed maga republicans represent a form of extremism that threaten the us way of life. he urged all americans to come together to defend american democracy regardless of their ideology. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. i want to be very clear. applause. very clear up front. not every republican, not even the majority of republicans are maga repub
a climate catastrophe . now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. never has it felt more important to remember the lessons of the greatest crime of the 20th century, the nazi genocide of thejews. europe is again witnessing a war of aggression, anti semitism is on the rise and young people, according to the surveys, have an alarming level of ignorance about the holocaust. well, my guest today is tova friedman, one of the youngest survivors of the auschwitz death camp. now in her 80s, she s written a memoir and is using social media to tell her story. so is the world ready to listen and learn? tovah friedman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a great pleasure to have you with me here in this synagogue. i am mindful that it is 77 years since you, as a six year old girl, were finally freed from auschwitz. why have you chosen to tell the world your story in the form of a memoir now? well, i ve been speaking for a very long time, since i
and japan declares war on retro technology after discovering almost 2,000 government processes are still carried out using mini disks, floppy disks and cds. hello and welcome to the programme. in the last couple of hours, police in argentina have arrested a man. the country s vice president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, was threatened with a gun outside her home in the capital, buenos aires. a gun was held just inches from her head, but no shots were fired and she was unharmed. argentina s economy minister has called the incident an attempted assassination. with me is our bbc reporter louisa pilbeam. tell us what happened. what we know is that video has emerged, and absolutely terrifying video if you are watching this, terrifying for anyone in public office for any politicians, and what happens in this video is that a gun is literally put to cristina fernandez de kirchner s face, her head, and it clicks as if somebody is pulling the trigger. so she then puts her hands to h