enough seats to form a majority government. now on bbc news: it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. the united states is a secular republic, there is no state religion. but many americans have nonetheless come to see their country as a beacon of muscular christian values. my guest today is franklin graham, a christian evangelist with a nationwide following and influence to match. his father, billy, was perhaps the most famous evangelist of them all, but franklin has taken the family ministry in a more political direction why? and from abortion to gay marriage, is he deepening america s divisions? franklin graham, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. your family name is synonymous with preaching, with evangelism. you ve been at it for, what, four decades and more. as you look at your own country, america, today. how do you feel about its moral and spiritual health? i think morally, no question, our nation is in great decline. the world is, mor
taken the family ministry in a more political direction why? and from abortion to gay marriage, is he deepening america s divisions? franklin graham, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. yourfamily name is synonymous with preaching, with evangelism. you ve been at it for, what, four decades and more. as you look at your own country, america, today. how do you feel about its moral and spiritual health? i think morally, no question, our nation is in great decline. the world is, morally. and it s one of these things that we see. but we don t we don t get discouraged. we keep preaching the truth. and the truth is that god loves us, that he cares for us, that he s sent his son from heaven to this earth to take our sins. he didn t come to condemn us, he came to save us. and this is a message that we preach to every generation. why are you so convinced that you are living through an era of moral decline? just watch the news, and you see the moral decline all around us. of course, churc
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Defence of his bombardment of gaza and insisted preparations for a Ground Invasion were under way. At the same time, the United Nations says hospitals and other services in gaza which is under an israeli blockade are running out of fuel, and that its aid agency there may have to stop working tonight if it doesnt get a fresh supply. But israel has accused hamas designated as a terror group by the uk government of Stockpiling Hundreds Of Thousands of litres. Israel has allowed limited supplies of food, water and medicine in but Charities Say vast amounts more are needed. And all this takes place amid a bitter diplomatic row between israel and the un. 0urfirst report tonight is from our special correspondent, fergal keane, who is injerusalem and has been working with teams on the ground in gaza. And a warning his report contains some distressing images. Each climbing cloud a marker of destruction. Relentless airstrikes. Thousands of bombs dropped. Hamas started this war. Israel responds w