That the charges against him as i have described it are observed, that he is not a spy, he is a journalist and his arrest they argue very firmly is simply a sign of the crackdown on free speech and free expression and on the Freedom Of The Press Inside Russia, and that he himself was always a political hostage taken because russia wanted a trade. Ultimately that is what has happened. He spent more than a year in prison. A young journalist, extremely ambitious, just in a new job with the Wall Streetjournal, extremely good at thatjob. He was then arrested. It now looks like he is going to be heading home. I know there have been a huge number of his friends. Otherjournalists and people who work with him in moscow and elsewhere have been campaigning and elsewhere have been campaigning and getting people to write letters and getting people to write letters and translating those letters tirelessly, even one of his Friends Reading Books together with him in prison, sending books to him and th
Of his presidency as some of americas closest allies look to see if u. S. Foreign policies have really changed since Donald Trump left the White House. Tomorrows speech comes on a heel of a series of setback for the biden administration On Friday. The pentagon announced a drone Strike Targeting terrorists mistakenly killed Tens Of Millions and including seven children. The fda Advisory Group voted against the Booster Shot, it was only approved for seniors or high risk groups. And finally, france recalled its ambassador to the united states over President Bidens to provide nuclear well get overall of that. The administration had hoped Todd Pivot back to his domestic agenda which has been jeopardized by some members of his own party. Whitehouses aides discussed curtailing the u. S. Travel. With us we have White Houses reporters, Jonathan Lemire whos up way too early for us and David Ignious is joining us. Jonathan, you traced Joe Bidens problem, hes obviously going to be dealing with for
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. The world of fashion, with its often scantily clad women in seductive poses, is not where you would expect to find a somali born Fashion Editor who wears a hijab. Well, Rawdah Mohamed has taken up a senior role at the soon to be launched Vogue Scandinavia. After moving to norway as a child, she became a model, and in april created a social Media Storm with a Post Called Hands off my hijab. How far can she use fashion to overturn negative stereotypes of muslim women . Rawdah mohamed, welcome to hardtalk. So there you were at the age of eight, your family fled the conflict in somalia and moved to norway as refugees. That must have been a bit of a Culture Shock, no . Yes. Thank you for having me, by the way. Yes, it was Culture Shock because i was only used to the refugee camp, my family and the people around. So when i came, it was. Everything was different not only the culture, but also the cl
Taken up a senior role at the soon to be launched Vogue Scandinavia. After moving to norway as a child, she became a model, and in april created a social Media Storm with a Post Called Hands off my hijab. How far can she use fashion to overturn negative stereotypes of muslim women . Rawdah mohamed, welcome to hardtalk. So there you were at the age of eight, your family fled rawdah mohamed, welcome to hardtalk. So there you were at the age of eight, your family fled the conflict in somalia and moved to norway as refugees. That must have been a bit of a Culture Shock, no . Yes. Thank you for having me, by the way. Yes, it was Culture Shock because i was only used to the refugee camp, my family and the people around. So when i came, it was. Everything was different not only the culture, but also the climate was very different, and i knew it was very far away from home. And so, it was a bit of a traumatic experience at first, really. Ok, so traumatic experience, because you moved to skien,
Worrying what with the new government he like those rules regulations. Many others are asking ever so anxiously, how can they escape. Japan is the first nation to host the Paralympic Games twice but whats it like to be a disabled person living there . And its abbas first album of new material for forty years backed up by a series of virtual concerts. Its seven in the morning in singapore and seven in the evening in New York, where the tailend of Hurricane Ida caused major flooding in the North East of the us last night. More than a0 people were killed in the flash floods. The governors of New York and newjersey have declared states of emergency, and President Biden has promised federal aid. Our Correspondent Nada Tawfik is in newjersey. Cascading waterfalls rushed through the platform is down to the tracks of new York City subway. The sudden deluge from idas Move Up North shutdown the network and didnt stop there. A State Of Emergency was called as the city became paralysed by record b