Way for hundreds of thousands of people to go back to work. And germanys social democrats get set for negotiations to form another grand coalition with Angela Merkels conservatives. But the chancellor will not have an easy ride im brent goff. Its good to have you with us. U. S. Vice president mike pence has told the Israeli Knesset that the American Embassy will move to jerusalem by the end of next year, earlier than expected. It only adds to the controversy. Mike pence is the first u. S. Politician to visit the region since President Trump recognized jerusalem as israels capital last month. Israeliarab lawmakers made their opposition to the move clear from the start of tenses start of pences speech. Mark the protests kicked off before mike pence began his speech. Arabisraeli lawmakers were escorted from the knesset after waving signs following donald trump incendiary move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. They showing they sanctioned East Jerusalem as a message that we
Im stephen sackur. There is something especially distressing about the revelations of sexual explication and gross misconduct inside one of the worlds best known humanitarian aid organisations. Oxfam is at the centre of a storm of allegations of abusive behaviour, shoddy recruitment, and management cover up. Now the entire aid sector is under scrutiny for safeguarding failures which appear to go back decades. My guest is amira malik miller. Shes an experienced aid worker who experienced misconduct at first hand and is now prepared to speak out. So what went wrong, and why . Amira malik miller, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You now work for the swedish government youre based in stockholm but how expensive is your experience of aid work in the field . Well, i worked in the humanitarian assistance sector for over 15 years. Ive been based in liberia and west africa. Ive done a lot of work in in sudan. And ive travelled extensively. Ive had a lot of experience from hq but travelled extens
Show our deep remorse. 70 years on japans Prime Minister on the suffering inflicted during the second world war. Plus. In ramallah in the occupied west bank where its hoped this recent archeological discovery could lead to a boom in tourism. The u. S. And cuba start to hold regular meetings from next month. U. S. Embassy was officially reopened in havana on friday with a formal flag raising ceremony. The u. S. Broke off diplomatic ties in cuba in 1961. After its revolutionary leader fidel castro took the country closer to the soviet union. Despite the warming ties between the two cuban issues leaders say big issues remain. I discussed with the secretary of state that the total lifting of the embargo in our view is essential to be able to have normal relations between the countries. As well as a focus on the territory that is being usurped from our country and guantanamo and compensation from the u. S. To cuban citizens because of the human suffering that has come about over the course
Amnesty international accuses me of miles military of carrying out a systematic and Ruthless Campaign against the revenger. Cementing his authority chinas biggest political event gets underway with president xi looking stronger than ever. Last millions of women take to social media to protest against Sexual Harassment. Bob lets start in syria where the u. S. Backed Opposition Forces have driven i saw from its self declared capital rocka kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces raised their flag in the citys stadium after a four month battle from the tie on the turkey syria border whole bar report. Kurdish fighters triumphantly into iraq theyre celebrating the capture of the city which was eisel main stronghold in syria but taking iraq wasnt easy. The Syrian Democratic forces a coalition of kurds and arabs backed by the u. S. Began the offensive in june i said fighters held ground for five months but the armed groups defense lines were eventually broken by a continual wave of strikes and sh
Want to thank each of you for being here. We thank you. Its very timely. In 2009 the Obama Administration shifted the direction of u. S. burma policy. Taking a leap of faith that an approach combining engagement and pressure would help usher in democratic reform where sanctions alone had failed. Although many were skeptical burmas 2010 elections brought an opportunity to test a more proactive engagement approach. And in the ensuing years the United States worked to balance engagement with military and the democratic grass roots movement. Undoubtably this had a positi positivefect on the burmas democratic reforms including the 2015 election. And while the 2015 election was historic, burmas democratic transition has been a work in progress. Along with its complex, ethnic and cultural history, the Burmese Military continues to control key ministries in large swaths of the economy. Which is why there was some concern in 2016 when the obumau administration unilaterally rolled back most of t