welcome to this special year ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. it s our chance to look back on some of the most telling and compelling encounters of 2023. how will this past year be remembered? well, a grim new phase in an intractable conflict will loom large. on october the 7th, hamas the islamist group which controls gaza and is proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the uk and the us launched a murderous attack on southern israel. 1,200 israelis were killed. israel s response was a ferocious assault on gaza, now in its third month, which has already inflicted tens of thousands of palestinian casualties. we cannot guarantee 100% safety for the people in gaza who will be around hamas militants. and that s why i keep saying, move out, move out from those neighbourhoods, because we are coming to hunt down hamas and we will do whatever is necessary from the air, from the sea, from the land. we will get to those people and we will kill them. you cannot d
until the polls open. ukraine s most senior security official tells the bbc the country is ready to launch its long expected counteroffensive against russian forces. hello, i m nancy kacungira. the home office says a nationwide issue with uk border force e gates is creating longer waiting times at passport control at airports across the country. it s understood the problems started on friday evening. there have been reports of long queues at arrivals in several british airports. this picture, tweeted on saturday morning from london heathrow s terminal 5, gives an idea of some of the delays which have been building up. heathrow has issued a statement, saying we are aware of a nationwide issue impacting the e gates, which are operated by border force. our teams are working closely with border force to help resolve the problem as quickly as possible. the issue is being felt at all points of entry to the uk although airports with passport e gates seem to be worst affected. th
hello, i m lukwesa burak. president biden has said a deal with republicans to raise the us government debt ceiling is very close and he s optimistic it will be achieved. the two sides have a little more breathing room after the treasury secretary, janet yellen, extended the deadline slightly, saying the government would not run out of money untiljune 5. they re working on an agreement that would ensure no repeat of the stand off before next year s presidential election. as the clock ticked down to the midnight deadline which hasjust passed mr biden hinted a deal might be not be too far away. with regards to the debt limit, things are looking good. i m very optimistic. i hope we ll have some clearer evidence tonight, before the clock strikes 12:00, that we have a deal. but it s very close and i m optimistic. and our north america correspondent nomia iqbal sent us this update. lawmakers have now been given a little more time to find that much needed solution. many of them h
. mark: hello america i am mark levin this is life, liberty and levin. welcome on this sunday and thank you for being here. two great dust later in the program a fantastic lawyer and litigator richard goldberg one of the top experts when it comes to the middle east and the iranian regime will get to that in a moment but first i want to talk about impeachment. what is impeachment? what is it mean? where does all the stuff come from? high crimes and misdemeanors what does that mean? high crimes and misdemeanors you will find it section four of article two of the united states constitution. quotes, the president, vice president all civil officers of the united states shall be removed from office when impeachment for and conviction of treatment, or other high crimes and misdemeanors only want to focus in on the phrase high crimes. there is a lot of confusion about this and i m here to fix it. it has a meaning i doesn t have a meeting at some people might suggest. what is a h
katie pavlich and raymond if arroyo, and welcome to the big weekend show. the big story tonight, president trump s takedown. he surprised a packed house at the ufc fight in las vegas. [cheers and applause] and they are all rising inside t-mobile arena to pay their respects. to the former leader of these united states of america. donald trump is a massive ufc fan, he s watching our fight nights at home, but he had been omni present at our fight nights this year. that s an entrance. he went after president biden moments ago. joe biden and the democrat party are incapable of solving new problem. there s any problem. there s not a problem they re been able to so. crooked joe is a low iq individual. [cheers and applause] and he is truly the worst, most incompetent and most corrupt president in the history of our country. in a brand new fox news poll giving trump a whopping 57-point lead e over desantis who is far back in second place, and trump has a strong lead