And stability. 14 people dead an ongoing cross border fighting between us and by john and armenia. We begin with breaking news from the International Court of justice at the hague its ruled in favor of qatar in a dispute with 4 out of countries that have imposed a blockade on the gulf state and that prevented qatari aircraft from flying over their airspace the court said the u. N. The Civil Aviation agency has jurisdiction in this case because of one. Unanimous. Rejected deal brought by the king of bahrain. Of egypt the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united. To. By 15 both you. Told me that the council of the international t. V. That the organization has been doing that they. Need to eat by the government of the 38 of. The 27 p. And the c. Of the occasion he said listen. A little began in june 27th teen saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt sever ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and air blockade doha then called on the international Civil Aviation organization to declare t
The government backtracked on plans to force them out if classes are taught online. And you me and you mean it on fear betrayers most of us have repeat polls question. Now china is evaluating retaliation after moves by the governments of the u. S. And the u. K. On 2 different fronts President Donald Trump has announced sanctions against chinese officials over the new National Security law thats been imposed on hong kong signing an executive order to hold beijing accountable hong kong is being stripped of its special trade in economic status and banks that deal with some chinese officials will also face sanctions. The hong kong or tanami act which i signed this afternoon passed unanimously through congress this law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kongs freedom weve all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights have been taken away and with it goes hon
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Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im Stephen Sackur stop for Many Americans, Donald Trumps incendiary tweets aimed at immigrants and citizens of colour show him to be a racist and White Nationalists. But maybe we exaggerate the importance of donald trump is my contribution to americas problem with race. The roots of racism run deep, and an honest assessment of their strength has barely begun. So says my gas, ibram kendi, prize winning writer on race and founder of the Antiracist Research and policy centre in washington, dc. Can the us avenue affects can be us everfix a problem so intimately bound up with its past . The us. Ibram kendi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me on the show. I think we have to start with donald trump, and the role he is playing today in the United States, seemingly inflaming race tensions gcioss seemingly inflaming race tensions across the country with his tweets aimed at immigrants, aimed at some of his political critics, women of colou
So i welcome you watching r. T. International this saturday morning where its just gone ten oclock here in moscow our top story the israeli Prime Minister has ordered the ordered the countrys withdraw from the uns culture and Heritage Organization unesco follows a similar move announced by the United States in october over a perceived bias against israel is that countrys envoy to the agency explained the decision. Unesco has broken records of people chrissie incitement and lies against israel and the jewish people while polluting its noble Core Principles with politicisation and diplomatic terrorism that sometimes bordered on and to semitism. On israels move. Comes on the heels of quite a bit of criticism from the United States and israel of you know ask those activities now you know asco is the uns Cultural Agency now the Israeli Foreign Ministry Spokesperson specifically cited what he called the attempts to disconnect the history of jewish history from the land of israel now you know