now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi, from florida, where my guest is american psychologist james mitchell. he helped draw up and carry out the cia s enhanced interrogation program after the september 11th attacks. he personally interrogated some of the top terror suspects using the techniques, including waterboarding. his critics say he is a torturer. he says he has nothing to apologise for, and what he did was harsh but legal and necessary. so this is your study? yes. the thing that is useful about a library like this is, like, for example, this is this is reliance of the traveller. it s a book of sharia law from a salafist position. i ve got a couple of different versions of the koran because the translations are not always the same. what kind of insights, using the knowledge you ve gained from these books, as well as your training as a psychologist, about what motivates the kind of people you ve interrogated into carrying out the deeds, o
using the techniques, including waterboarding. his critics say he is a torturer. he says he has nothing to apologise for, and what he did was harsh but legal and necessary. so this is your study? yes. the thing that is useful about a library like this is, for example, this is this is reliance of the traveller. it s a book of sharia law from a salafist position. i ve got a couple of different versions of the koran, because the translations are not always the same. what kind of insights, using the knowledge you ve gained from these books, as well as your training as a psychologist, about what motivates the kind of people you ve interrogated into carrying out the deeds, or wanting to carry out the deeds that we know about? i ve heard people say that these terrorist suspects that we are seeing in europe, great britain and the united states have nothing to do with islam, but having spent years with men like khalid sheikh mohammed and abu zubaydah, and ramzi bin al shibh, and al na
wheelchair basketball. good afternoon. if you ve just joined if you vejustjoined us, welcome if you ve justjoined us, welcome to bbc news. the chief executive of one of prince charles charities the prince s foundation has temporarily stepped down following claims that he helped secure an honourfor a major donor. the sunday times and the mail on sunday allege that michael fawcett used his influence to assist a saudi businessman. mr fawcett was until 2003 the prince s valet. here s our correspondent simonjones.. and a warning his report does contain some flashing images. he was once one of prince charles closest aides, but now michael fawcett is facing questions about his conduct. good morning, mr fawcett. did you secure honours for cash? any comment on the allegations in the newspapers today? three years ago, he became chief executive of the prince s foundation, an umbrella group for a number of prince charles s charitable interests. newspaper reports allege that mr
the airport are in contact with the taliban as evacuation efforts are once again underway there. we have fox team coverage tonight. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon with more on the efforts to exit kabul including some new information just out. but we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich on where things stand with the taliban, the afghan government and this administration, good evening, jackie. good evening, bret. president biden will return to the white house tonight from camp david after reporters got the first briefing room q and a since the taliban took afghanistan. we learned at least 11,000 american citizens are stranded throughout the country trying to get now to the only sight under u.s. control without transportation from the u.s. military. the white house again defended the withdrawal and also maintained that they planned for every scenario. we were clear-eyed going in when we made this decision that it was poss
as longtime conservator of her estate, seen a major victory for the singer. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe britain and the united states are sending troops back into afghanistan to help their nationals leave. the taliban continue their rapid advance across the country. it now appears that the militants have captured the country s second biggest city, kandahar giving them control of about a third of afghanistan s main cities, as well as much of the countryside. let s get the latest from kabul and our correspondent, yogita limaye. we woke up talking about the fall of city hundred miles north of campbell and we are now talking about many falling to the taliban. many of them significant cities for the afghan government. herat, fiercely contested between the two sides but the afghan government was not able to hold onto it. staring at defeat in kandahar, the second largest city in this country, lashkar gah the capital of the helmand province falling