He was a very divisive and controversial figure. He was a very divisive and controversialfigure. What he was a very divisive and controversial figure. What has been the reaction to his death? as you might expect, mixed reactions. He was incredibly divisive and so many people praising his legacy, many people calling him the best president peru ever had. He was celebrated by his followers for defeating the left in the early 19905 defeating the left in the early 1990s and also putting the economy back on track after massive hyperinflation at the end of the 1980s that round to 7000%. Hit the tractors also make his detractors also making the point he was a very authoritarian leader and also convicted of human rights violations and sentenced to 25 years also by rampant corruption in 2009. And to death squad massacres for which the family members are still demanding justice and they say never received an apology from fujimori or any reparations that he was obliged to pay as part of his senten
Now, come The End of the week, we are anticipating the winds to ease, and thats because High Pressure will be building in from the southwest this is the Azores High and this time of the year. When that happens, we do tend to see some somewhat warmer Weather Streaming in from the south. So perhaps the temperatures rising a little bit, maybe 16, maybe 17, in one or two spots and back to about 12, i think, in the north of scotland, not that youll particularly notice the difference. But you should notice the difference as we go through the weekend. Thats because Weather Fronts are coming closer towards us. That also means a change in the wind direction. It will mean the temperatures will rise, but well have to pay for that. There will be some cloud and rain. So yes, slightly more unsettled, but the temperatures for some of us at least will rise. So back into the 20s we go as we head into next week, not everywhere, but it will feel just that little bit warmer. Bye bye. This is bbc news, wel
The attacks left craters several metres deep. In the north of the territory, the un says a convoy of its staff carrying out polio vaccinations was held at gunpoint for eight hours by the israeli army on monday. The staff have now been released, but the un says it s not sure whether it can continue the vaccination campaign as planned. Meanwhile, syria says at least 18 people have been killed and dozens injured in a series of israeli air strikes. Syrian state media says multiple sites were targeted, including scientific research centres. Monitoring organisations say that one of the sites in the city of masyaf was housing pro iranian weapons experts. Iran rejected reports that iranian sites were hit. Israel says it will not comment on reports of the strikes. But israel has previously acknowledged carrying out hundreds of strikes in recent years on targets in syria that it says are linked to iran. Frank lowenstein served as united states special envoy for middle east peace under president
Senator lindsey graham, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Senator, why has the Replacement Ofjoe Biden with Kamala Harris, on the democratic side of this president ial race, why has it knocked the Trump Campaign so badly off balance . I think it was a. Its taken a while for them to get their sea legs, but i think theyre good to go now. I thought he would be replaced. You know, we were all saying, as republicans, the guy is not capable. Hes in decline. And all of a sudden he leaves. You know, itsjust switching up candidates that late, it took a while to absorb that, but i think hed be ready. This coming tuesday is the debate, and i think itll be probably the most consequential debate maybe in a long time, if not ever. You talk about the way in which, for so long, the Trump Campaign was built around the Idea Thatjoe Biden was too old, he wasnt competent. Yeah. Right, right, right. Theres a big problem now for trump, isnt there . Hes the old guy. Hes 78 years old. And people looking at him