The uk will pay double what it offered the eu just two months ago in the hope it will pave the way to trade talks. Get in touch with us using the hashtag beyond100days. Hello, i am katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london and donald trump is causing outrage on both sides of the atlantic. We dont know why the president of america chose to retweet incendiary, unverified, anti Muslim Videos posted by the convicted leader of a far right British Group but we do know that doing so has incensed americas closest ally. The videos are from the account of the british fascist jayda fransen, the deputy leader of the group, britain first. She was convicted last year of a hate crime on a muslim woman. Currently, she is on bailfacing four charges of religiously aggravated harassment. Membership that often endades to raise its profile. Early this morning, it received a huge propaganda gift from donald trump, the America First president. On his twitter feed, he retweeting three inflammator
Donald trump has told britains Prime Minister theresa may to focus on terrorism in the uk after she criticised his sharing of far right videos. Mr trump tweeted dont focus on me, focus on the destructive radical islamic terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. The us president earlier retweeted three inflammatory videos posted on line by a british far right group. Mrs mays spokesman had said it was wrong for the president to have done this. Lets speak to our correspondent, laura bicker, in washington. This is rather undiplomatic, isnt it . Was now for the special relationship between the us and uk for a number of years . What now. Theresa may was given a warm welcome by President Trump. He is expected in the uk for his state visit. But now, it seems the night, certainly, that donald trump has decided to hit back. This comes after he retweeted a video from a far right group in britain called britain first. The video apparently shows muslim immigrants beating up white pe
To focus on terrorism in the uk after she criticised his sharing of far right videos. Mr trump tweeted dont focus on me, focus on the destructive radical islamic terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. The us president earlier retweeted three inflammatory videos posted online by a british far right group. Mrs mays spokesman had said it was wrong for the president to have done this. Earlier i asked the bbcs washington correspondent laura bicker about his latest tweets. What now for the special relationship that has been between the us and the uk for a number of years . When theresa may was here she was given a warm welcome by President Trump. He is expected in the uk for a state visit but now it seems, tonight certainly, that President Trump has decided to hit back. This came after he re tweeted videos from a far right Political Group called britain first. The videos purport to show, allegedly show muslim immigrants beating up white people in the United Kingdom. They h
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon, please find a comfortable seat and before we begin i need to tell you that theyll be a book signing afterwards and its outside on table h and all the authors will be there with their books and let me introduce the speakers for today. The first speaker will be darrell pinckney, and then i dont know who wants to be the second speaker but we might as well do it in order. Yasmine el rashidi, the bottle of egypt, and important pieces for the new york review and lastly on my right, masha gessen who has written several books about russia, including the man without a mace, totalitariaism. We will be talking about immigration, theres so many different ways to address it. We will start with darryl. Oh, god, i cant ad lib so i will do something to read sorry. I dont know anything about immigration. You live with an immigrant, my boyfriend said but i think of you as englishman in new york just passing through, yes, im an immigrant just passing through. Its
Tls and panamerica, and its a total delight to discuss the issue of free speech which never seems to go away. As i edit a literary magazine, i thought id begin things with a literary angle. In britain he wrote the polemic against [inaudible] and in it he said this which has continued to resound, give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience above all liberties. But before we get mistyeyed though, he also said this those which otherwise come forth, if they be found mischievous and libelous, the executionist will become the remedy to follow. He was the godfather of i believe in Free Expression but, which has been active as a brigade ever since. As were going to discuss over the next 50 minutes, free speech is never in practice absolute. The question before us today is how much it should be championed over other rights, especially in universities. And those rights might include the right not to be offended, but also the right to live free from abuse and