Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The human preoccupation with sex is nothing new, but the internet has made it so much easier to explore and exploit every shade of desire. The online porn industry makes billions of dollars in profit every year, but the big winners are corporate players, not the women and men performing the sex acts. My guest today is mia khalifa. She was briefly a porn actress, garnering worldwide notoriety when she appeared in a sex video wearing the islamic hijab. After years of threats and insecurity, shes speaking out. What does her story tell us about the porn industry and 21st century culture . Mia khalifa, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. By many measures, you are a very famous woman. For instance, you have, what, more than 16 million followers on instagram. But the origins of your fame lie in your brief involvement in the porn industry. Is that hard for you to deal with . Absolutely. After i
Were looking back to june and the events to mark the 75th anniversary of the d day landings. Robert hall followed 300 veterans as they boarded a ship to return to the beaches. It is duty make it is duty to go back. What this man did was the most important moment, just wanted to. In june 191m allied forces invaded nazi occupied france by marking the beginning of the end of hitlers nomination of europe. 75 years on the following group of five veterans as they return to the beaches of what could be the last time. You never forget. Its there. What could be the last time. You neverforget. Its there. I sometimes lay in bed and you go there at all. I sometimes lay in bed and you go there at all. Theyre here to pay tribute to everyone who never made it back. I hope its going to bring it home to all the people exactly what happened. Not what i did what we did. By the man, salute hello, ken, how are you . 75 years ago, these men set sail for the normandy beaches. I was wounded on sword beach, th
Were these demonstrations over the Christmas Period targeted in small pockets or widespread . Dan mostly small pockets. Targeted at shopping malls in particular, looking to hit the retail sector, which has really been battered by six months of protests. We saw clashes at shopping malls. 20 people were injured. There is another rally tonight, in a suburban area of hong kong, and a couple over the weekend, all pointing to the big rally downtown on new years day. Matt what are the plans for that big rally, further protest . How organized is this movement . Dan the Group Organizing the een convening some of the largest rallies we have seen. There are various elements of the protesters. Siderganized side, the that tries to abide by laws, and then the frontline protesters, the ones lighting fires and battling the police, and a sort of work in parallel. On january 1, thats organized by a group that tries to get police permission. That is pending right now. We are likely to hear about 48 hours
Hello and welcome to bbc news. A plane crash in Central Asian country of static site. The country of static site. The country of static site. The country of kazakhstan. Its understood the aircraft was a fokker 100, carrying 95 passengers and 5 crew. It went down shortly after taking off from almaty en route to nur sultan. In the last few minutes, the government updated the official death count to m. These pictures we received in the last hour show the scene of the crash. The Kazakh Aviation Authority said the plane lost altitude during take off and broke through a concrete fence. There was a collision with a two storey building. There was no fire and much of the fuselage of the plane is still intact. Rescue operations and the evacuation of passengers and crew began immediately. All flights of this type of aircraft have now been suspended in kazakhstan until the circumstances of the accident are clarified. And in the past few minutes, the president of kazakhstan has tweeted his condolen
Of fraud, bribery and breach of trust it was a big test of his hold on power. But the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, has retained control of the governing likud party, in an internal election, and will now lead israel into its Third National election within a year. It is due in march. Mr netanyahu has tweeted that hes achieved a huge win, and his rival, gideon saar, has admitted defeat. Rich preston reports. This was the first serious challenge to Benjamin Netanyahus leadership in ten years. But he seemed to still have the support of party loyalists, winning more than 70 of the votes. A huge win , mr netanyahu tweeted shortly after polls closed. Confidence in israels longest serving Prime Minister had been shaken after two failed general elections and an indictment on corruption charges, accused of accepting gifts in exchange for political favours and doing deals to get good press coverage. Charges he denies, calling the whole thing a witch hunt. His challenger and a leade