Midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where the firestorm following President Trumps latest comments blaming both sides for the violence in charlottesville, virginia continues to burn. Business leaders have joined two former republican president s in condemning his stance. The bbcs North America Editorjon Sopel reports. Amazing grace. The Memorial Service for Heather Heyer, an anti racism protestor mown down by a white supremacist in charlottesville on saturday. But far from this being an occasion when a nation comes together, america seems more bitterly divided than ever. They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well, guess what . You just magnified her. Applause this was charlottesville on friday night racist groups chanting jews will not replace us, carrying ku klux klan style torches, and also marching to the slogan white lives matter. Yesterday, the president blamed both sides for the violence that ensued. You had a group on one side and you had a group on the other and th
Im stephen sackur. When the Aljazeera News Network was launched in qatar in 1996, it had a seismic impact on the media landscape in the middle east. Here was an arab broadcaster refusing to play by local rules. It was ambitious, punchy and provocative in its coverage of the region and the world. Two decades on, maybe its time for payback. Saudi arabia and its closest allies recently demanded qatar close the network down. My guest is mostefa souag, director general of aljazeera. Do his channel have a future . Mostefa souag, welcome to hardtalk. Good day, stephen. We have to start with the threat of closure that appeared to be hanging over aljazeera just a few short days ago. The threat of course which came from saudi arabia and its allies, which demanded the closing of the Aljazeera Network as a condition for lifting an economic blockade on qatar. Be clear with me. Is there still a risk you may have to shut down . Well, first of all i would like to say that aljazeera has created a new m
Im stephen sackur. When the Aljazeera News Network was launched in qatar in 1996, it had a seismic impact on the media landscape in the middle east. Here was an arab broadcaster refusing to play by local rules. It was ambitious, punchy and provocative in its coverage of the region and the world. Two decades on, maybe its time for payback. Saudi arabia and its closest allies recently demanded qatar close the network down. My guest is mostefa souag, director general of aljazeera. Do his channel have a future . Mostefa souag, welcome to hardtalk. Good day, stephen. We have to start with the threat of closure that appeared to be hanging over aljazeera just a few short days ago. The threat of course which came from saudi arabia and its allies, which demanded the closing of the Aljazeera Network as a condition for lifting an economic blockade on qatar. Be clear with me. Is there still a risk you may have to shut down . Well, first of all i would like to say that aljazeera has created a new m
The circumstances around the disappearance of journalist kim wall, last seen on his submarine. What do you think happened . I have no idea, i have. I mean, its really bizarre, its really bizarre. I mean, hes been out there a lot with people, ive been sailing with him in the submarine. Obviously, he had girls out with him sailing and all that, but what happened that particular day, ive absolutely no idea. Today, the government published another Position Paper in the long running brexit negotiation saga. Buckle up we with have at least two more years of Negotiating Positions to go. This briefing, following hot on the heels of proposals regarding the customs union, concerns the uks position on the irish border and focuses on the need to avoid a hard border. Northern ireland is the only part of the uk that will share a land border with an eu state post brexit. The government stresses that there should be no new physical infrastructure such as Customs Posts or cctv at the 300 mile long bord
Midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where the firestorm following President Trumps latest comments blaming both sides for the violence in charlottesville, virginia continues to burn. Business leaders have joined two former republican president s in condemning his stance. The bbcs North America Editorjon Sopel reports. Amazing grace. The Memorial Service for Heather Heyer, an anti racism protestor mown down by a white supremacist in charlottesville on saturday. But far from this being an occasion when a nation comes together, america seems more bitterly divided than ever. They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well, guess what . You just magnified her. Applause this was charlottesville on friday night racist groups chanting jews will not replace us, carrying ku klux klan style torches, and also marching to the slogan white lives matter. Yesterday, the president blamed both sides for the violence that ensued. You had a group on one side and you had a group on the other and th