Welcome to hardtalk from rome. Im stephen sackur. Across europe, Political Parties once regarded as too far right to get a sniff of political power are now winning elections, or getting mighty close. But what happens when they do achieve National Office . Well, the best case study in Western Europe right now is here in italy, where Prime Minister Giorgia Melonis far right coalition has been in power for almost two years. My guest today is nicola procaccini, a meloni confidante who is a member of the European Parliament. How is far right rule changing italy . Nicola procaccini, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for your invitation. Its great to have you on the programme. Now, your party, Brothers Of Italy, led by Giorgia Meloni, has been in power here in italy for almost two years now. Would you say that power and responsibility have moderated the ambitions of your party . Have they tamed your party . No, i dont think so. I think that when you are in charge, obviously you have to. To chang
Im sorry we so much got to thank you for joining us germany is marking the end of the 2nd world war on the 8th of may 1905 the heads of the german army signed the articles of Unconditional Surrender to the allied powers in berlin the day is marked as victory in europe day by the western allies in germany the date has come to be seen as a day of liberation from nazi dictatorship now the main ceremony is about to start in berlin its being held at the german central memorial for the victims of war and dictatorship and we are following the ceremony there as we said about to begin in central berlin. And we have our chief Political Correspondent and a crane with us here in our studio and on the ground in central and following the commemorations for us is a simon young and simon i want to start with you tell us more about how this day is being remembered in germany. Well as you mentioned the 8th of may is the day of liberation in germany as its now referred to this year its been made for the
A legal body. Gives the green light. To no platform. Complaints from trans activists. Some members have agreed to fight back and. They would not appear. So they asked me if i would like to. Come. There live from russia around the world this thursday the 5th of march is kevin owen here for half an hour taking Headlines International and this is a big one tonight following 6 hours of high stakes negotiations in moscow thursday the leaders of russia and. He finally agreed on a ceasefire in syrias war torn province to come into effect very soon the 2 International Powers are backing opposing sides of course in the conflict which has brought them perilously close to direct confrontation in recent weeks has got the details. It took a total of 6 hours 3 of them tete a tete between ludmer put unedited to type at 11 thats a lot for top men and then the 2 countries delegations including foreign and defense ministers joined their leaders and the discussion continued it was clear from the beginnin
At least 5 people are killed as Hurrican Dorian moves across the caribbean. We are in the mid century to start tragedy. Parts of northern bahamas. Battle coming to a head in the next hour or so with a showdown in parliament that could seriously undermine Prime Minister Boris Johnsons orthorexic the opposition parties want an emergency debate to take place to try and stop a new deal exit from the e. U. Some conservative m. P. s say they will support this but they face threats from their own party if they cross the line if legislation passes the Prime Minister has said he may seek parliamentary approval for a snap election on october the 14th floor as johnson insists the United Kingdom will leave the e. U. With or without a deal by october 31st the former attorney general Dominic Grieve is one of the conservative leading critics on brics it he believes those opposed to no deal have the numbers they need to defeat the government. I hope so never certain because there are lots of pressures
My name is rita smith and on behalf of the Charles Koch Institute i like to thank you for joining us today for what promises to be a substantive and timely discussion about the applicability or lack thereof of existing legal authorities to the use of force against iran. Its great to see so many staffers here today. We are encouraged to see a full house. You guys have so much to do with the way we approach the broader matter of congressional war powers. Its encouraging to see an interested room looking to get informed by expert jurists up here today. For the sake of time and discussion im going to keep the introductions perfunctory in no small part because our panelists reputations undoubtedly precede them. To my far left Stephen Vladek is the a dalton cross professor and law at the university of texas school of law in austin. A graduate of Amherst College and yale law school. But distinction is teaching and Research Focus on federal jurisdiction, constitutional law, National Security l