economic forum in davos. my guest is humanitarian, activist and hollywood actor forest whitaker. he s probably best known for his oscar winning role ten years ago as the ugandan dictator idi amin in the last king of scotland, and he s remained deeply involved with uganda through his work with the whitaker peace & development initiative, which helps young people living in communities affected by violence across several continents. he s also a special envoy for unesco and a member of the un s advocacy group on sustainable development goals. but can celebrity activists like him be real agents for change? forest whitaker, welcome to hardtalk. it s great to be here with you. now, in your acting career, you ve been a very, very versatile actor. mainstream, popularfilms like rogue one: a star wars story, and also the great debaters, back in 2007, about black students striving for equality. mm hm. do you like to act in any genre of films? i m trying to continue to grow as a person, s
economic forum in davos. my guest is humanitarian, activist and hollywood actor forest whitaker. he s probably best known for his oscar winning role ten years ago as the ugandan dictator idi amin in the last king of scotland, and he s remained deeply involved with uganda through his work with the whitaker peace & development initiative, which helps young people living in communities affected by violence across several continents. he s also a special envoy for unesco and a member of the un s advocacy group on sustainable development goals. but can celebrity activists like him be real agents for change? forest whitaker, welcome to hardtalk. it s great to be here with you. now, in your acting career, you ve been a very, very versatile actor. mainstream, popularfilms like rogue one: a star wars story, and also the great debaters, back in 2007, about black students striving for equality. mm hm. do you like to act in any genre of films? i m trying to continue to grow as a person, s
from the world economic forum in davos. my guest is humanitarian, activist and hollywood actor forest whitaker. he s probably best known for his oscar winning role ten years ago as the ugandan dictator idi amin in the last king of scotland, and he s remained deeply involved with uganda through his work with the whitaker peace & development initiative, which helps young people living in communities affected by violence across several continents. he s also a special envoy for unesco and a member of the un s advocacy group on sustainable development goals. but can celebrity activists like him be real agents for change? forest whitaker, welcome to hardtalk. it s great to be here with you. now, in your acting career, you ve been a very, very versatile actor. mainstream, popularfilms like rogue one: a star wars story, and also the great debaters, back in 2007, about black students striving for equality. mm hm. do you like to act in any genre of films? i m trying to continue to grow
allowed to keep herjob with greater manchester police after drunkenly baring her breast to a junior colleague and criticising her boobjob . good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. more thani million people have signed a petition calling on the government to cancel a planned state visit to the uk by president trump. it follows his temporary ban on visitors from seven, predominantly muslim, countries from entering the usa. labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the visit should be postponed. but downing street said that would undo everything achieved in mrs may s recent visit to washington. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. the demonstrations in america against president trump s imposition of a temporary travel ban are likely to be repeated here, with protests planned outside downing street later today and in other uk cities. although the foreign office have clarified that british citizens are exempt from the ban, the foreign secretary has been under pressure to say
and the media. the subject of mr trump s anger reports, based on security sources, that his team had frequent contacts with russian intelligence during the election, just as the russians were being accused of trying to influence the election. later, israel s prime minister was at the white house, trying to make the middle east, not russia, the centre of attention. this from our north america editorjon sopel. these are not the best of times. not yet four weeks in, his travel ban has been blocked, his national security adviser has been fired, and the questions about his links with russia are piling up. and when the president is angry, the place he vents is on twitter, and, boy, did he let rip this morning. and, on the reporting of this: the president of the united states and the prime minister of israel. at his news conference with the israeli prime minister, no mention of concerns about links with russia and you d never have guessed that it was the president who had forced g