african-american man he has enslaved. they start in missouri. they traveled to and live in free territory for a time, and then ultimately they move back to slave state missouri. all right, when the white man died, the african-american man who had been enslaved to him, he tried to buy his own freedom from the dead man s family, from the dead man s widow, and the family refused to allow him to buy his freedom. the enslaved man then decided he would sue for his freedom. he would turn to the courts. and the basis for him suing for his freedom was that time in the free territory of wisconsin and the free state of illinois. if an enslaved person was moved into free territory, into a free state, they re freed from enslavement, and that is something that can t be reversed, even if you go back to missouri. once free, always free. so he sued on that basis in 1846, and it took forever, but finally 13 years later in 1859, the case was the subject of a ruling in the united states supreme
important in human history. the final communique has just been released but we know already there s a commitment to move away from coal fired power stations. we ll have the latest. i m ben mundy. the other main stories in the uk and around the world this hour. a decision on whether lockdown restrictions will be lifted in england will be announced tomorrow with boris johnson urging caution ahead of a possible four week delay. denmark s christian eriksen remains in a stable condition in hospital after collapsing during a match at the european championship. and the gates are open here at wembley ahead of england s opening match and the european championship kick off against croatia it is just two hours away. hello, good afternoon. i m here at tregenna castle the resort in st ives in cornwall which is hosting the g7 summit, where a row between the uk and the eu over northern ireland is threatening to overshadow this meeting of world leaders. the british foreign secretary, d
the democratic republic of congo. the journalist at the center of the controversial interview with princess diana has a message for her sons, prince william and prince harry. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with robyn curnow. it is 10 a.m. in gaza. u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken plans to visit the region in the coming days. in gaza city they parade through the streets to show they are in control. much of gaza s basic infrastructure was crippled in the conflict. as humanitarian aid arrives, they say safeguards remain in place to keep militants from getting it. there are mechanisms in place, one in particular is the gaza reconstruction mechanism which was established after 2014. it s an agreement between the palestinian authorities, israelis and united nations. we have mechanisms to monitor to make sure the assistance does not fall into the hands it s not intended to be directed towards. now the people of gaza are burdened of trying to recover f
joins us now. you ve written a piece for cnn.com where you call biden s decision-making right now a high wire act. what does that mean? yes, this pertains to the infrastructure negotiations. the president obviously put a $4 trillion dew of economic proposals on the table. the infrastructure negotiation with republicans a piece of that. but guys, the president is getting pressure from progress he was. the talks aren t amounting to anything break it off and let s go it alone. he gets pressure from moderates saying clearly you need to continue the bipartisan negotiations. obviously republicans are questioning his broader plans. all of these things come together. and i think it underscores why this is a complicated moment for the white house, why the president is in the negotiations, even though as you point out they are still hundreds of billions of dollars apart. there is no clear consensus on how to pay for anything. he needs to ensure if any go uni letellierly from a democr
award for the father. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. wherever you look in geopolitics today, there s an overwhelming sense of uncertainty, and it s notjust because we re still grappling with a global pandemic. russian troops amassing on ukraine s border, china and the us are locked in cold war style hostility, cyber warfare makes states, systems and individuals feel newly vulnerable. my guest, sir peter westmacott, was britain s ambassador in washington, paris and ankara. are we right now at a point of peak geopolitical risk? peter westmacott, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. let me start with a big question. do you think the assumptions that underpinned your very long diplomatic career still hold good today? i m thinking about britain s place in the world, its place in europe, relationships with the united states, the way multilateral institutions work. do all of those assumptions still hold good? i think a lot of it