International law british lawmakers agree and who poisoned a russian Opposition Leader saying of all me russian president Vladimir Putin thats what deval knee is now saying publicly the kremlin pushing back saying it had nothing to do with the poisoning that almost killed the bone. Im brink off its good to have you with us we begin tonight with the question who speaks for europe at a summit in brussels e. U. Leaders are trying to agree on an answer sanctions against the roofs a joint approach on turkey and how to distribute coronavirus recovery funds those are just some of the issues demanding attention and unity delegates are hoping that the 2 day summit will help break a deadlock over sanctions against bella reuss. He has become the unlucky center of attention at this 2 day summit in brussels nick us and asked us to add as the president of cyprus has caused a big stir lately cyprus is long been the only member state opposing sanctions against belarus officials and the e. U. Requires
Heard, andrews answers have been noted, with incredulity in some quarters and, one suspects, with something close to despair within the royal household. The reaction to his words in most cases has been negative. The consensus, in pr terms, the interview was extremely ill advised. Andrews denial of impropriety with the then 17 year old Virginia Roberts is based in part on his recollection that, on the night in question in march 2001, he was at this pizza restaurant in woking in surrey. How had he managed to remember a specific night so many years ago . Because going to Pizza Express in woking is an unusual thing for me to do. A very unusual thing for me to do. Ive never been. Ive only been through woking a couple of times, and i remember it weirdly distinctly. As soon as somebody reminded me of it, iwent, oh, yes, i rememberthat. In the united states, home to most of the young women who say they were trafficked to perform sexual favours, lawyers are saying andrew should now repeat his t
What does it mean daytoday . I write stuff, i speak, i talk to people. I work in social movements. Brian who pays you . Phyllis i work for the institute of policy studies. It is the longest lasting multiprogressive think tank in the country. Its been around since the early 60s. We raise money partly from foundations and partly from individuals. We do not take any government or corporate money. Brian when people give you money, what do they want from you . Phyllis usually what they want is access to information. Isis has been a good example. Who is isis . The reason i wrote a book about isis was because the book kept asking me where can i get some basic stuff . I dont need to be an expert. I just want the basics. So i said, ok. I guess ill write one. I think what people want is information. We cannot rely on Mainstream Media the way we used to be able to rely on it. The internet provides a huge amount of information but sorting through it, it is hard to know what is reliable and what is
Announcer this week on q a, institute for policy studies fellow Phyllis Bennis discusses her book, understanding isis and the new global war on terror. Ms. Bennis also talks about u. S. Foreign policy since 911 and the obama administrations recent negotiations with iran. Brian Phyllis Bennis, how would you describe what you do for a living . Phyllis ooh. It is one of those great privileges. I get to work my passion, which is working as a public scholar. For me, it means working against wars and occupation and bad foreign policy, mostly by our own government. What does it mean daytoday . I write stuff, i speak, i talk to people. I work in social movements. Brian who pays you . Phyllis i work for the institute of policy studies. It is the longest lasting multiprogressive think tank in the country. Its been around since the early 60s. We raise money partly from foundations and partly from individuals. We do not take any government or corporate money. Brian when people give you money, what
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