Now its time for dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london, the programme bringing together bbc expertise with correspondents filing around the world. Im geeta guru murthy. This week, we heard President Biden s new take on us Foreign Policy ending support for the saudi offensive in yemen, a tougher line on russia and a still strong stance against china. The challenges ahead are many. In the last few days alone, we have seen protests crushed and heard deeply unsettling evidence of the Human Capacity for evil. In china, horrifying news emerged of atrocities against the muslim uighurs. In russia, thousands were arrested for protesting in support of alexei navalny. And in myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi and civilian leaders were put in detention in a military coup. But there is a new leader in the white house, which, for many, is grounds for hope, and across the world we see almost unbelievable acts of individual bravery from those who will not be cowed. With me this week are the chi
Streaming further westwards. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. The Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine offers limited protection against mild disease caused by the south african variant of covid 19. But Scientists Say it will still help to beat the pandemic. The uk government has no plans to introduce vaccine passports according to the Vaccines Minister who says the focus should remain on the Inoculation Programme itself. The collapse of a himalayan glacier causes Flash Flooding in Northern India three people are dead and at least 150 are missing. Now on bbc news, Geeta Guru Murthy presents dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london, the programme bringing together bbc expertise with correspondents filing around the world. Im Geeta Guru Murthy. This week, we heard President Biden s new take on us Foreign Policy ending support for the saudi offensive in yemen, a tougher line on russia and a still strong stance against china. The challenges ahead are many. In the last few days al
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After words is a weekly Interview Program with relevant guest host interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All after words programs are available as podcasts. Hi ruth, it is so nice to be here to discuss your interesting and timely new book. Strongmen, i thought i would start having read some your previous work on italian fascism, italian culture, italian colonialism, immigration, immigration and other aspects of italian political history, what prompted you to write a book that maybe starts with mussolini but adds a subtitle goes all the way up to the present day. A few things, first i thought it was a good time to look back of years of authoritarianism and not only because we have such a flock in power now and especially i think a lot of people who work on this are trying to classify and figure out whether its a nature of the liberal role today, that was one reason i wanted to flip through this history and the history of the evolution in the authoritarian role, th