Hardtalk with Stephen Sackur Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Joe biden prepared for his Geneva Summit with vladimir putin by reassuring his partners in nato that america is back in the saddle, committed to the defence of European Allies and determined to lead the Alliances Response to evolving geographical and technological threats. But how convincing is all of this reassurance . Well, my guest is Nato Secretary general jens stoltenberg. Is rhetoric being used to paper over nato S Cracks . Jens stoltenberg at Nato Headquarters in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. Jens stoltenberg at Nato Headquarters in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much for having me. Now, Mr Secretary general, thejust finished Nato Summit had plenty of talk about challenges coming from russia, but also challenge coming from china. It left some people a little bit confused about your strategic vision. So you tell me, as you sit at headquarters right now, what is perceived to be nato s number one thr
In Americas Relationship with its main regional ally. Well hear from americans in israel about how attitudes are shifting. Music ill be there for you by the rembrandts and with the Friends Cast Reuniting for The One off special, we talk to the man who first commissioned and developed the series back in the 90s on the making of a global phenomenon. Hello. Im Jane Obrien in washington. Christian fraser is in london. We have discovered so much about the covid virus. We have developed a vaccine to beat it, a test to identify it, a system to track the variants that are developing. The one question we Cant Answer not yet, at least is where it came from. But suddenly The One theory that was drided for so long is back in play. That was derided. And that is the theory that covid 19 escaped a lab in wuhan, china in 2019. When President Trump first voiced that opinion in may last year, there were many scientists who discounted it. But the us Intelligence Agencies have continued to pursue it. In
France has called for a u. N. Security Council Resolution on the violence between israel and Palestinian Militants. The body has held its third meeting in a week but the United States is still holding back, claiming a public Pronouncement Wouldnot Help pronouncement would not help calm the crisis. In the latest violence, three palestinians have been killed and many others injured in clashes between protesters and israeli Security Forces in the west bank. Israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeated his warning that the operation against hamas will take as long as needed to restore calm, as a barrage of rockets was fired into israel killing two thai workers and injuring seven others. Our middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen reports now from jerusalem. And just a warning there are some images you may find upsetting. Explosion the israeli Army Blow up the car the Israeli Army blew up the car of a man who attacked them with grenades. Soldiers shot him dead. It was the centre of hebron
From 28 June. We will opt to maintain restrictions for a further three weeks from 28 June and use that time to vaccinate with both doses as many more people as possible. Former Bbc Director general, Lord Hall, admits it was the Wrong Judgement in hindsight not to Sack Martin Bashir over his behaviour in the Run Up to his 1995 interview with Princess Diana. And ever wondered how Water Shrews can breath underwater . Scientists uncover the genetic secrets of the worlds smallest diving mammals. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. An independent report into the unsolved killing of a private investigator, Daniel Morgan, over 30 years ago has concluded that the metropolitan police s failings in the case amounted to A Form Of Institutional Corruption. Daniel morgan, who was 38, was found dead in a Pub Car Park in South London in 1987, with an axe in his head. The panel has spent eight years investigating corruption claims linked to the metropolitan polices handling of the case. The report
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