A Public Servant working for us c. C. He was in new york for the United Nations General Assembly denies corruption allegations describing them as allies sisi banned. Protests after he led the military coup which deposed president Mohammed Morsy 6 years ago tens of thousands of egyptians were arrested and jailed in the government crackdown which follow suit Human Rights Watch is calling on the Egyptian Government not to repeat past mistakes. To protect the right to peaceful protest in upholding egypts obligations under International Human rights law should immediately release all those arrested for soli exercising their rights. Analysts say its too early to say whether the armys relatively hanzal response suggest some commanders often pathetic to the protest movement by the way they say sisi should be. Victoria gate and be aljazeera. Aljazeera correspondent jamal sheil covered the 2011 uprising in egypt and the coup and 2013 and he joins me now jamal you were there in 2011 and weve been
To avoid collpase. The woman who claims she was abused by Prince Andrew speaks out. Buckingham palace emphatically denies the duke of york had any sexual contact with her. Confronting the past calls for the body of spains former dictator, general franco, to be removed from an official mausoleum. And a glittering Opening Ceremony in tokyo heralds the start of the first ever Rugby Union World cup in asia. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, one game in the premier League Tonight find out if bournemouth held onto their early lead. Good evening. Millions of people, including children and young teenagers, have taken part in demonstrations around the world, demanding tougher action on Climate Change. Huge crowds gathered in cities in more than 150 countries, calling for governments and businesses to do more to save the planet. The teenage activist Greta Thunberg, who protested alone outside the Swedish Parliament last year to draw attention to Climate Change, is tonight leading a march i
The storm is currently off the east coast of the united states. German chancellor Angela Merkel is on a three day visit to china to push for greater access to markets there. Over the past year, germany has called on the eu to adopt a tougher line on china, but analysts believe her government may be softening its stance to avoid economic damage. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Stephen sackur interviews lord falconer. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. British politics is in full on meltdown mode. Prime minister borisjohnson has lost a series of key votes on brexit, and hes lost his parliamentary majority. He is now seeking a general election in mid october to let british Voters Decide whether brexit should happen, come what may, at the end of next month. But will the labour 0pposition agree to a snap poll . Well, my guest is former labour cabinet minister lord falconer. Is labour in any fit state to win an election, amid britain . S brexit chaos . Lord falconer, welcome to hardtalk.
Stephen sackur interviews lord falconer. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. British politics is in full on meltdown mode. Prime minister borisjohnson has lost a series of key votes on brexit, and hes lost his parliamentary majority. He is now seeking a general election in mid october to let british Voters Decide whether brexit should happen, come what may, at the end of next month. But will the labour 0pposition agree to a snap poll . Well, my guest is former labour cabinet minister lord falconer. Is labour in any fit state to win an election, amid Britains Brexit chaos . Lord falconer, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Prime minister Boris Johnson right now is intent on ending the protracted brexit turmoil, crisis, call it what you will, in westminster. And your party, the labour party, appears to be intent on drawing out, prolonging, that crisis. Why . Well, i think the conflict between boris, the Prime Minister, and jeremy, the leader of the opposition, is that before there is an
To death hears that a witness heard that darren purcille held a phone to his face and said im going to kill this man. As the race to find theresa mays replacement continues, she makes it clear she wont automatically back her successors brexit strategy. Health concerns for the german chancellor, Angela Merkel, after shes seen shaking for the second time in two weeks. Her office say shes fine. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. Its the start of the womens wiorld cup quarterfinals today and the england lionesses are first up this evening, well have the latest from le havre ahead of their match against norway. Thomasz has more on the weather. It is hot out there. The sun is beating down on us and the wave of heat is encroaching, getting closer to the uk. We will talk about waves of heat, literally ways of heat gcioss of heat, literally ways of heat across europe in half an hour. Also coming up howzat the teenager in istanbul who scooped up and saved a toddler who fell from a windo