the officers allegedly fired tear gas into the crowds causing the stampede that killed 135 people. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. ever since the failure of the so called oslo process to deliver a lasting israeli palestinian peace, that conflict has been a matter of mutual recrimination and sporadic violence. but now the conditions seem ripe for something different, something worse. israel has the most far right government in its history. palestinian disillusion with the status quo seems to be stoking militancy. my guest is palestinian politician, physician and civil rights activist mustafa barghouti. what, if anything, can the palestinians do to improve their situation? mustafa barghouti, in ramallah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be with you. thank you. good to have you on the show. let s start with the situation in the west bank, where you sit, in ramallah. is there any semblance of political authority or control in the west
in the same boat. a day of sunshine and heavy showers with thunderstorms. at least one benefit of the strong wind is that the showers don t last in any one place for any length of time, really. we got more of the showers to come as we head into thursday. again, some will turn heavy with hail and thunder. still fairly windy as well. temperatures still on the mild side with south westerly winds dragging mild air from the south. a0 with south westerly winds dragging mild airfrom the south. a0 or 50 celsius also. into thursday night, we might see some more general rain pushing into eastern england. it stays very unsettled in the west with further showers. there is not a great deal changing with the weather pattern through friday on the weekend. loads more showers on the way with colder air in northern scotland. some of the showers will start to turn wintry. thanks, chris. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark which isjust getting underway o
of his cabinet, or a near cabinet level official could authorize other government officials to know the details of those special access programs. even more sensitive than we knew to this point, and, of course, kept in an unsecured facility. if confirmed, it means the documents containing another nation s nuclear secrets and some of the u.s. most highly guarded top secret operations were sitting in an unsecured country club for more than 18 months. after repeated requests to return those documents. and another major story we are following this morning, this one out of memphis, tennessee, the man now charged with the death of 34-year-old eliza fletcher is facing multiple murder charges in her kidnapping and death, expected in court, in the next hour. we re going to bring you updates live, more in a moment. first, we want to begin with our top story this hour, the washington post story reporting a document detailing a foreign government s military defenses including its nuc
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