Welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. My guest is american journalist theo padnos. From october 2012 to august 2014 he was held hostage in syria by the nusra front, which is allied to alqaeda. He was beaten, abused, not knowing from day to day if he would be shot or spared by his captors. But was he the victim of his own actions . He says the most bitter moment of his captivity was the realisation that it was he himself who was mostly responsible for his ordeal. Theo padnos, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks very much for having me. Why did you decide to go to syria in 2012 to report on the conflict there . You know, it was a very dangerous place, it still is. It was certainly dangerous at the time, but i mean, i felt that i could avoid the worst of the dangers. I felt the real danger to me at the time, i thought, was the regime. I thought they were against western reporters coming in. I didnt have a visa for journalists, and i felt that they were going to come and arrest me. I felt t
The metro also leads on the snowy conditions. Its headline is white out travel misery, as snow sweeps britain. The telegraph leads on britains role in the trump dossier. It quotes an american source as saying the British Government gave permission to the fbi to speak to the former british spy who compiled the documents. The Financial Times says that, just one day after heavily fining volkswagen, the Us Government is turning its fire on fiat chrysler. The daily mirror front page is dedicated to the nhs, and features a young boy kept waiting in a e, lying on chairs, forfive hours. His case was referred to by labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn in the commons yesterday. The times front page features a warning from the Prime Minister of malta, currently holding the eu presidency, that any transitional brexit arrangements could leave britain under the rule of european judges for years. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. My guest is american journalis
The metro also leads on the snowy conditions. Its headline is white out travel misery, as snow sweeps britain. The telegraph leads on britains role in the trump dossier. It quotes an american source as saying the British Government gave permission to the fbi to speak to the former british spy who compiled the documents. The Financial Times says that, just one day after heavily fining volkswagen, the Us Government is turning its fire on fiat chrysler. The daily mirror front page is dedicated to the nhs, and features a young boy kept waiting in a e, lying on chairs, forfive hours. His case was referred to by labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn in the commons yesterday. The times front page features a warning from the Prime Minister of malta, currently holding the eu presidency, that any transitional brexit arrangements could leave britain under the rule of european judges for years. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. My guest is american journalis
Its 9am in singapore, iam in london, and 9am in the philippines, where Anti Terror Forces are searching for the militant group which first kidnapped, and then killed a german tourist. Juergen kantners death was apparently filmed by members of the abu sayyaf group. Its thought he was killed after their Ransom Demands were not met. Mr kantner had been abducted from a yacht last november. The philippines government says it lost some of its best men trying to rescue him. Our asia editor, michael bristow, reports. Its thoughtJurgen Kantner was beheaded. Abu sayyaf militants wanted 600,000 for his release, but the deadline for payment passed on sunday. The german yachtsman was kidnapped in november. His boat was found drifting in the sea in the southern philippines. His partner was killed in the abduction. The Philippine Army had spent the last few days looking for mr kantner. The insurgents could have killed him because he was too ill to move around. The German Government wondered what kind
Its 9am in singapore, iam in london, and 9am in the philippines, where Anti Terror Forces are searching for the militant group which first kidnapped, and then killed a german tourist. Juergen kantners death was apparently filmed by members of the abu sayyaf group. Its thought he was killed after their Ransom Demands were not met. Mr kantner had been abducted from a yacht last november. The philippines government says it lost some of its best men trying to rescue him. Our asia editor, michael bristow, reports. Its thoughtJurgen Kantner was beheaded. Abu sayyaf militants wanted 600,000 for his release, but the deadline for payment passed on sunday. The german yachtsman was kidnapped in november. His boat was found drifting in the sea in the southern philippines. His partner was killed in the abduction. The Philippine Army had spent the last few days looking for mr kantner. The insurgents could have killed him because he was too ill to move around. The German Government wondered what kind