Im stephen sackur. Donald trump broke with long established Diplomatic Convention by recognising jerusalem as israels capital. His recent tweets on the Israeli Palestinian conflict have been music to the ears of israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. So what do the palestinians do now . My guest today is Mahmoud Zahar, co founder of the islamist movement, hamas, which controls gaza and has been at loggerheads with the Palestinian Authority in the west bank for more than a decade. Are the palestinians staring defeat in the face . Theme music playing Mahmoud Zahar in gaza, welcome to hardtalk. Most welcome. I have to begin by asking you about your frame of mind, your spirit at the beginning of this new year, 2018. I look at the diplomatic, the political and the Economic Situation in gaza and i can barely imagine anything more bleak. Is that the way you feel too . First of all, id like to address that this is one of the most important points in our history. Yes, our life is very miser
Intervention from Carrie Gracie who has been the china editor, accusing your bosses of having a secretive and illegal pay culture. That is a major move. It is difficult. It is no doubt, there is no doubt there are major disparities in paid. Not just in the bbc. As we saw in the government statistics brought out, it happens in many companies. The difficulty is how do you quantify it . For example, carrie says here that the two male equivalents of people doing herjob are paid 50 more on average than she would use. The difficulty is that the employer will argue thatjobs are not comparable, that there are differences within the job, differences within the job, differences in experience. But let me give you another take, the two male equivalents she refers to were appointed at a time when the bbc had more money for pay. In recent years, the bbc has been trying to have more women in seniorjobs but is appointing them at a time when there is less money in the pay pot overall. Is that 0k . Is l
Reporter one of the Fastest Growing voter blocks and colorado, latino nails, less support for obama care and raising the minimum wage also harder to get millennial latinos to fill out the ballot. 15 coloradans is latino. The census estimates it will be closer to one in three. Soon we will no longer be the minority and people need to know t accept that fact. Reporter esmeralda rodriguez, latino millennials. We dont care about what party were we are sick of the twoparty system. What they think likely will decide who winds in colorado this year and beyond. How is latino electric going to act in the selection. Reporter the latino data project survey 2000 latinos including 400 between the ages of 18 and 33. Get this, less than half of registered democrat. They are not identifying with the party, they are not identifying with the candidate. They are identifying with issues. Reporter more likely to take part in a protest or rally than actually voting. They dont necessarily see voting is the m
Hardly be more different. The average Life Expectancy in north korea is 70 years. Whereas in south korea, its 80. In north korea, 24 out of every 1000 children die before the age of five, a result of poor medical care and nutrition. In the north, adults weigh just 52. 6 kilos on averge. Thats 12 kilos less than in the south. Hardly anyone in north korea has internet access. The country is virtually shut off from the rest of the world. And yet, despite the odds, some North Koreans do manage to escape. Chanyang ju wanted very simple things enough to eat every day, a chance to spend time with her family, a boyfriend. My name is chanyang ju. I am 25 years old. Her incredible story begins here in north korea, where she was born and grew up in the midst of a famine. According to estimates, 2 Million People in the peoples republic have died of malnutrition since the 1990s. North korea followed communist ideology with a planned economy. We had a Food Distribution system, but it wasnt working.
Hardly be more different. The average Life Expectancy in north korea is 70 years. Whereas in south korea, its 80. In north korea, 24 out of every 1000 children die before the age of five, a result of poor medical care and nutrition. In the north, adults weigh just 52. 6 kilos on averge. Thats 12 kilos less than in the south. Hardly anyone in north korea has internet access. The country is virtually shut off from the rest of the world. And yet, despite the odds, some North Koreans do manage to escape. Chanyang ju wanted very simple things enough to eat every day, a chance to spend time with her family, a boyfriend. My name is chanyang ju. I am 25 years old. Her incredible story begins here in north korea, where she was born and grew up in the midst of a famine. According to estimates, 2 Million People in the peoples republic have died of malnutrition since the 1990s. North korea followed communist ideology with a planned economy. We had a Food Distribution system, but it wasnt working.