and suggested mr netanyahu risked making his country a pariah. republicans have already hit back at his words. schumer is one of america s highest ranking jewish politicians and a close ally of president biden. here s some of what he had to say in the senate. the fourth major obstacle to peace is israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who has all too frequently bowed to the demands of extremists like ministers smotrich and ben gvir and the settlers in the west bank. the state department has responded to chuck schumer s comments, stressing they are not a reflection of president biden s position. obviously, congress is an independent branch of government. i think the government of israel understands quite well how the us government works. they interact frequently, notjust with members of the executive branch, but with members of congress, including senator schumer, who has travelled to israel a number of times over the years. and i m sure they fully understand that he
republicans have already hit back at his words. schumer is one of america s highest ranking jewish politicians and a close ally of president biden. here s some of what he had to say in the senate. the fourth major obstacle to peace is israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who has all too frequently bowed to the demands of extremists like ministers smotrich and ben gvir and the settlers in the west bank. the state department has responded to chuck schumer s comments, stressing they are not a reflection of president biden s position. obviously, congress is an independent branch of government. i think the government of israel understands quite well how the us government works. they interact frequently, notjust with members of the executive branch, but with members of congress, including senator schumer, who has travelled to israel a number of times over the years. and i m sure they fully understand that he speaks for himself. he s obviously someone we are in close contact
claudejoseph in port au prince, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, mr sackur. it s a pleasure. thank you forjoining us in what is still a very difficult situation in your country. tell me, since ariel henry, the prime minister, told the nation that he was quitting, has anything really changed around you in the capital port au prince, or in haiti? has any of the violence, any sense of the crisis changed? i must say that, of course we ve seen a change, days are calm. the. the people now are trying to move to. ..to the specific activities. it s a new page. it s a new chapter. it seems that people were waiting for this decision to be made. er. let me ask you something very simple- if you were to walk outside your own home right now onto the streets of port au prince, would you feel safe? i mean, are the police on the streets or are the armed gangs still running the streets? people, haitian people are not safe. i must say that. the situation is still a scary situation. people are s
gunfire in this amount of darkness, there is a light still burning. still we see individuals fighting this oppression through their own talent. horns blare gunfire after 20 years of a deadly war, the taliban return to power for the second time. ..rapidly introducing sweeping changes. restricting life for women becomes a top priority. chanting as the world watches on, two sisters in afghanistan, who we won t identify for their own safety, witness first hand the new taliban regime tightening its grip on the country. but the sisters have a plan. chanting at a huge risk to their lives, the sisters started a movement on social media and called it the last torch. she sings a few days after the taliban s takeover, wearing blue burqas, the sisters released a song which quickly went viral, even though no one knew who they were. she sings soon after, they posted their next song, performing a famous poem by the late poet nadia anjuman. she protested the taliban when they first took powe
test flight yet. the starship rocket made it halfway around the globe before it broke up as it headed back to earth. but the mission is still being declared a big success. here s our science correspondent pallab ghosh. new objectives that ll eventually get us to that glorious, rapid, reusable future. twice before, starship blew upjust minutes after launch. was this going to be third time lucky? so far, so good. we are feeling the rumble. we are seeing 33 out of 33 raptor engines ignited. and now the critical part, where it blew up before the successful separation of the upper and lower sections. 0k, we got a starship on its way to space and a booster on the way back to the gulf. oh, man, i need a moment to pick my ijaw up from the floor because these i views are just stunning. and here s a view of the lower section falling back to earth. but then, communication is lost. and acquisition of signal, we ll see if we can get some other video. but back in space, it s all going fi