can. and to you, the british public, i know that there will be many people who are relieved and perhaps quite a few who also will be disappointed and i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the best job in the world. but them s the breaks. remarkable developments, just three years after his party won a huge mandate in parliament, it is important to note that johnson gave no timetable for exactly when he will leave office, saying that will be announced next week. let s bring in cnn s nic robertson, outside number 10 downing street. so tell us, first of all, your reaction to johnson s words as he finally under intense pressure, we should note, from inside his own party, to step down. this feels like a place holding resignation and less a resignation from power, because it is behind the doors there, appointing replacement ministers for all those who have quit. more a he is resigned to the fact that his party no longer wants him. last night he was talking about and ev
welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. china s treatment of the uyghur muslim minority living in xinjiang has stirred loud condemnation in the west. us government uses the word genocide to condemn systematic abuse and repression, china calls that the lie of the century. my guest nury turkel is at the centre of the uyghur experience personally and professionally, his family is from xinjiang, he now lives in exile and chairs the us commission on international religious freedoms. can international pressure save the uighurs? nury turkel welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me back. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. now your home is in the united states, your homeland is xinjiang in china. are you able today to get information from xinjiang to get a clear picture of what today s china strategy in that region is? yes, i have been able to get information through publicly available chinese government official statements and also leaked documents. have r
mystery. who bombed a controversial landmark in georgia good evening, everyone it was a brazen act of violence that has stunned japan and the world. shinzo abe, former prime minister of japan, ally to the u.s., and friend of american presidents, murdered in broad daylight by a lone assassin, shot in a country where gun violence is exceedingly rare it happened in the city of nara as the long-serving leader was appearing at an outdoor event in support of a fellow politician abe felled by two gunshots the shooter wrestled to the ground. authorities say he used a homemade gun and has confessed to the murder in washington, president biden reacting to the news saying he was stunned and outraged this afternoon, traveling to the japanese embassy where he signed a book of condolences. janis mackey frayer has our report we must warn you, some of the images are graphic. reporter: it was 11:30 in the morning former japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, was giving a campaign speech whe
in western japan. he s said to be unconscious. local media reports say a sound like a gunshot was heard at the time. a male suspect has been detained. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. china s treatment of the uyghur muslim minority living in xinjiang has stirred loud condemnation in the west. the us government uses the word genocide to condemn systematic abuse and repression, china calls that the lie of the century. my guest, nury turkel, is at the centre of the uyghur experience, personally and professionally, his family is from xinjiang, he now lives in exile and chairs the us commission on international religious freedoms. can international pressure save the uyghurs? nury turkel, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me back. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. now, your home is in the united states, your homeland is xinjiang in china. are you able today to get information from xinjiang to get a clear pict
book. the only side effect is me craving bamboo shoots 24 hours a day. enough of that we are learning more about the july 4th themed, i m not showing the guy but we have a replacement for him. this is a pile of horse [bleep]. and trust me it s an improvement. we aren t saying his name but that s not good enough, from now on it s just horse [bleep] from us. my apologies to the horses and their [bleep]. thank you. the fact is for every minute his face is on a screen, you create more like it, it s a power of the media. ask any woman who had a jennifer aniston haircut in the 90s. or me. enough with the guy s face, he s a mass killer, not the plus sized cover girl. of mass shootings are almost always linked to previous ones, they keep stats and record the damage like goals and a demented fantasy league. it infuriates me to see the new slap that face right up there all the time as they repeat the same b.s. we are ready heard before. meanwhile the victims get a quick mention like