the charges have been brought not by federal prosecutors, but by the manhattan attorney alvin bragg, a democrat now a key figure in the trump campaign s claim that this is politics, notjustice at work. as he eyes the white house again, donald trump may see electoral advantage in all this. his opponents, though, will be hoping that a man who s long overridden the usual rules of the political game is about to be brought down with a bump. john sudworth, bbc news, new york. live to washington with barry moore, who is an alabama republican congressman. the same party as donald trump, of course. thank you for coming on the programme. i course. thank you for coming on the programme- programme. i appreciate you having me on. programme. i appreciate you having me on- what programme. i appreciate you having me on- what is programme. i appreciate you having me on. what is your programme. i appreciate you having me on. what is your reaction - programme. i appreciate you having me on. what
that has been relatively safe in terms of its health and social harm, and also a drug that is already controlled within the psychoactive substances act. controlled within the psychoactive substances act. ., ., , substances act. among other measures unveiled today. substances act. among other measures unveiled today, people substances act. among other measures unveiled today, people vandalise i unveiled today, people vandalise public spaces will have to repair damage within 48 hours. the government trying to break what it calls the scourge of drugs and anti social behaviour. yetunde yusuf, bbc news. for more on this i m joined by alex mayes, external affairs manager at victim support. what do you make of these plans outlined? hi what do you make of these plans outlined? . ~ what do you make of these plans outlined? ., ,, , ., ., outlined? hi there, thank you for havin: outlined? hi there, thank you for having me outlined? hi there, thank you for having me on- outlined? hi the
thornton is manager for bookshop.org. thornton is managerfor bookshop.org. thank you for joining us. some children won t be enjoying world book day, but they would be a school because of teacher strikes. but for those who are, how will it help the children s publishing the child ren s publishing industry? the children s publishing industry? industry? thank you for inviting industry? thank you for inviting me industry? thank you for inviting me on. - industry? thank you for inviting me on. the - industry? thank you for - inviting me on. the children public publishing industry is in somewhat of a golden age. we have a fantastic array of more diverse authors than ever, wonderful books, probably, you know, every month, fantastic array of books being published. but two out of three books are bought online. and so there it is a roadblock between this amazing creative boom of which this country still clenches way above its weight, and then an almost restricted way that children can buy b
ainsley: and how did it go? what was the response? they were so nice, and it was fun. they were egging me on. it was great to be back on stage during stand up with my own jokes and stuff that i had written, and i had stuff to say and they got to explain myself, which i never got to do before, so that was great. ainsley: you talked about that, because you were canceled in 2018, is that right? it was, yeah. ainsley: you talked about how you talked to other comics have also been canceled, and you have a pact with each other to be even more offensive when you come back. why is that? we have to be more offensive when we come back, because we can t be beaten down. we can t let them kill comedy. we can t let these people who are censors and book-burners have the last say for comedy. it s the last free-speech art form. it s the nature of art form and it s the last place you can get up and say what you want to say to the people who want to hear
situation is nowhere near normal just yet. it is farfrom normal, and it is never going to get back to the situation prior to the protests. thank you very much for coming in and talking to us. i m joined by dr haideh moghissi in toronto. she s the founder of the iranian national union of women and member of its first executive and editorial boards, before leaving iran in 1984. dr moghissi is now a professor at york university. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme- thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you for having me on. we the programme. thank you for having me on- we just the programme. thank you for having me on. we just heard the programme. thank you for having me on. we just heard a the programme. thank you for having me on. we just heard a brief - the programme. thank you for having | me on. we just heard a brief summary me on. we ust heard a brief summary about what me on. we just heard a brief