you just received the jane fonda humanitarian award, glamour uk women of the year, latino power list. and now us, bbc 100 women, it s a pleasure having you with us. thank you. and thank you for the, for the honour of being on the list with such incredible other women. 0k. let s start with an easy question. let s talk about your name, america. mm. what s the true story behind your name? yeah. well, i m named america after my mother, who is also named america. and it s true, growing up in the united states of america, everyone assumed that it was a, it was a patriotic homage by my immigrant parents. but the truth is, is that in latino america, the name america is much more common. and so my mother is actually named after a very obscure holiday that she was born on, called dia de las americas. and i was due on her birthday. and so i was also named america. so that, so my name is very central american and latino americana. that s a name that you didn t love when you were younger,
gideon levy in tel aviv, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s such a pleasure to be back in hardtalk with you, stephen. well, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. let s begin with a very basic fact you are one of your own israeli government s fiercest critics. you have been for a long time. you ve certainly been an arch critic of the israeli military strategy in gaza. given all of that, i just wonder how you feel sitting in tel aviv watching the international court ofjustice consider the case of genocide filed against israel. i was watching it with a lot of sadness, depression and also a sense of shame, i must tell you. you know, my parents came here as refugees, really the ashes of the biggest genocide in history. and here, 80, 90 years later, israel is accused for genocide. i mean, i wish more israelis have at least watched the scenes, at least watch the scenes of gaza. they don t see gaza. i wish they would have seen more of the children on the grounds of the hospita
this time, it s much closer to the fishing town of grindavik. people living nearby have already left the area and local authorities have declared an emergency. jessica parker has this report. this was a worst case scenario that s now unfolding in front of the world s eyes. a wave of molten rock is carving its way into what was a thriving fishing town. grindavik s been evacuated, again, but abandoned homes and businesses lie in the path of an overwhelming natural force. this, it appears, was the first house to fall. translation: while this is a bit surreal to watch your family - homejust disappear, i m still realising what s happening. trucks building defensive barriers against the lava suddenly found it surging towards them. fiery liquid burst out into the open on sunday morning. another fissure then tore up through the earth. tonight, iceland s president addressed the nation. translation: today is| a black day for grindavik and a black day for iceland. but the sun will rise
from england and the guy next to me goes. he looks at the book and he says, i read that book. and i said, oh. and before i could stop him, he says, cynical both laugh we spent. it was a seven hour flight. seven hours, and he s playing 20 questions, trying to figure out who i was, and he was getting closer and closer and closer. and it was just horrendous! did you manage. by the time you landed, he didn t figure it out? no, he hadn t figured it out. shall we go on in? i mean, i used to live in washington, so. i know. it s lovely. this is my favourite book shop in dc. well, i can see why. so, this is interesting because your books were all over the store. you got to just make sure people don t miss that one. it is the author s instinct, isn t it? it is. actually, it s. .. but it s put in the right position. put it over someone else s. yes. katty laughs i shouldn t do that. here. no, i think it shows up enough. you write about such an eclectic group of subjects, but you wr
around the world and keeping the internet free and fair. the big boss of web browser, firefox, tells me how herfoundation is trying to compete with the deep pocketed rivals like google and apple and still have an influence. wherever you rejoining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. china it s the world s second biggest economy. it trails only the united states and is more than four times the size of the next on the list, japan. so what happens there certainly matters. but a year since the government abandoned coronavirus lockdowns, it s an economy that s still struggling. the challenges for president xi jinping s government include vast debts in the property market and local government, soaring youth unemployment, an ageing workforce and ongoing trade tensions with the united states. his government set a target of around 5% for economic growth this year. it was the lowest in decades, and some say that was deliberate, but it will