Accommodation to young, Vulnerable People in exchange for sex. And hold on tight, as we mark 200 years of thrills since the opening of the first Roller Coaster. Our main story at five. The syrian president Bashar Al Assad has said claims that his armed forces were behind the chemical weapons attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun are a 100 fabrication. The us launched missile strikes against an airbase in retaliation for the attack, which it blamed on the syrian government. In his first interview since the chemical weapons attack, president assad claimed that that the us worked Hand In Glove with Terrorist Groups to stage the attack as a pretext for the american air strikes. Theresa may said the evidence against assads regime was clear. Keith doyle reports. Hes been in powerfor 17 years. He says he is fighting terrorists. The us, the uk and their allies say he is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of refugees. In his first interview since the Chemical Attack whi
Put the words israel and apartheid in the same sentence, and you are stepping into a political minefield. Write a un report and accuse israel of systematically implementing apartheid policies, well, you can be sure there will be a diplomatic explosion. My guest today, rima khalaf, did just that, and promptly resigned from her un post, when the Secretary General refused to accept her work. Her motives have been widely questioned. So lets ask her what were they . Rima khalaf, welcome to hardtalk. Pleasure to be here. Now that the dust has settled for a few weeks on this episode, of you, the report you commissioned on israel, and apartheid, you have had some time to reflect on it all. Do you have regrets about the way you handled it . No, actually, not at all. First let me explain that i did not commission the report because i wanted to commission a report. Escwa, or the un economic and social commission for western asia, is an intergovernmental body. We are an intergovernmental agency. A
Put the words israel and apartheid in the same sentence, and you are stepping into a political minefield. Write a un report and accuse israel of systematically implementing apartheid policies, well, you can be sure there will be a diplomatic explosion. My guest today, rima khalaf, did just that, and promptly resigned from her un post, when the Secretary General refused to accept her work. Her motives have been widely questioned. So lets ask her what were they . Rima khalaf, welcome to hardtalk. Pleasure to be here. Now that the dust has settled for a few weeks on this episode, of you, the report you commissioned on israel, and apartheid, you have had some time to reflect on it all. Do you have regrets about the way you handled it . No, actually, not at all. First let me explain that i did not commission the report because i wanted to commission a report. Escwa, or the un economic and social commission for western asia, is an intergovernmental body. We are an intergovernmental agency. A
This is at the moment not the issue of. Tenure kramer reporting from gaza for us tania thank you very much. More of this story now with yosef yani hes the head of the Berlin Bureau of the European Council on Foreign Relations thank you for joining us in our studio is that weve seen very Strong International reaction here as we said a South African and turkey recalling their ambassadors and we should say the u. K. Said quote the large volume of live fire is extremely concerning were also seeing this u. N. Security Council Special meeting what can all of this actually do International Leaders are trying to signal to the Israeli Government that this is critical that their response is fueling the fire rather than controlling it and they are also deeply concerned particularly the europeans that now this leads to another period of hardening between the two sides which means there will be no progress whatsoever on any type of a negotiated solution between israelis and palestinians but will ex
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