Good morning, the committee will come to order. And without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that ill now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement. Two days ago, the entire world came together to Mark International holocaust Remembrance Day. In addition, 75 years ago this week, in january 1945 , the auschwitz broken out concentration camp was liberated from the nazis. It was one of the most infamous sites of the nazi genocide. More than 1 Million People were murdered there. The purpose of todays hearing is to commemorate these brave anniversaries remember the nose we lost and to honor those who are still with us. But it is not enough to simply recognize these things, we must also contemplate what led to these atrocities. We must remember the lholocaust in order to help combat bigotry, hate and violence of all kinds today i am so pleased to have our distinguished panel here today. I have asked them to help us come together on
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. President biden has reportedly paused arms sales to saudi arabia as his administration reviews relations with his long time strategic ally. Not long ago, candidate biden described the kingdom as a pariah, but is there any prospect of external or internal pressure challenging the authority of saudi arabias De Facto Leader, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman . Well, my guest is exiled saudi opposition activist, madawi al rasheed. What next for saudi arabia reform, repression or maybe both . Madawi al rasheed, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. You have become one of the highest profile saudi critics of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. I just wonder how you felt a couple of weeks ago when we saw the crown prince so warmly welcomed at the World Economic forum, the online davos event, where he was selling saudi arabia as an Investment Opportunity for the entire world. What did you make of that . Well, its a familiar image and a familiar trick. Saudi arabia ha
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. President biden has reportedly paused arms sales to saudi arabia as his administration reviews relations with his long time strategic ally. Not long ago, candidate biden described the kingdom as a pariah, but is there any prospect of external or internal pressure challenging the authority of saudi arabias De Facto Leader, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman . Well, my guest is exiled saudi opposition activist, madawi al rasheed. What next for saudi arabia reform, repression or maybe both . Madawi al rasheed, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. You have become one of the highest profile saudi critics of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. I just wonder how you felt a couple of weeks ago when we saw the crown prince so warmly welcomed at the World Economic forum, the online davos event, where he was selling saudi arabia as an Investment Opportunity for the entire world. What did you make of that . Well, its a familiar image and a fami
Reelected to the position. Is germanys Largest National Opposition Party the gathering so large crowds protest outside. Police in london say that was man come on the man who carried out fridays stopping attack had already served time in jail for terrorism the 26 year old killed 2 people one London Bridge and was shot dead by police. And thousands of activists have staged demonstrations in mexico in chile protesting violence against women with the chants and dance retain it was created by a collective but its universal message has made it popular in other countries. This is the news from berlin for more visit our website d. W. Dot com. Scupper that are left are escaped from africa i had to create a job for myself. A bit like a pioneer i guess. At the most shes proof that if theres a will theres a way. Oh yeah. But. This is the village of frosty longo and the valid him or came in the northern italian province of trentino. To a dear good ditech came to italy as a refugee 8 years ago but s
Resignation to parliament but its done little to calm protesters across the country i do a doormat he held an emergency meeting with his cabinet and also the lower house to debate his resignation he said he had no choice but to leave his post simona full time has more from baghdad on what might happen in the parliament on sunday. He has officially now sent his Resignation Letter Resignation Letter to the parliament we are still unclear whether that is in fact how he should be resigning the constitution does not really mandate to step in fact the bylaws of the Parliament Say that he should be submitting his Resignation Letter to the president who would then merely accept it and that there is in fact no need for the parliament to be voting on that now that the matter he has previously said that he would step down but he was basically pressured by the political establishment to stay on and it seems that following the call of grand ayatollah Ali Al Sistani on friday to resign he was basica