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i m stephen sackur. there was a time last year when it seemed that president maduro‘s grip on power in venezuela was loosening. yet here we are, two months away from a presidential election with maduro oozing confidence and his opponents seemingly in disarray. my guest today is one diehard anti regime activist, david smolansky, who was the mayor of a district in caracas until he fled the country to escape a jail term for aiding the street protests last year. why does venezuela s opposition so consistently promise more than it delivers? david smolansky in washington, dc. welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me. we re glad to have you on the show, albeit via satellite in washington, dc. how does it feel to be a venezuelan, a politician, an activist who currently is living in the us capital? do you feel uncomfortable? obviously it is not comfortable because i want to be in my country. i am a public servant. i was removed from office with no justification a ....
time for hardtalk welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. there was a time last year when it seemed that president maduro‘s grip on power in venezuela was loosening. yet here we are, two months away from a presidential election with maduro oozing confidence and his opponents seemingly in disarray. my guest today is one diehard anti regime activist, david smolansky, who was the mayor of a district in caracas until he fled the country to escape a jail term for aiding the street protests last year. why does venezuela s opposition so consistently promise more than it delivers? david smolansky in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me. we re glad to have you on the show, albeit via satellite in washington, dc. how does it feel to be a venezuelan, a politician, an activist who currently is living in the us capital? do you feel uncomfortable? obviously it is not comfortable because i want to be in my country. i am a public servant. i was remo ....
attacks on the president, describing his administration as reckless, outrageous and undignified. that was from senatorjeff flake of arizona who announced he would not seek re election and would not remain silent or complicit. earlier, another senator, bob corker, described president trump as an utterly untruthful president and said he had also decided not to seek re election next year. peter bowes reports. a hostile reception on many fronts. donald trump arrived on capitol hill to talk about tax reform with republican leaders, but he had to run the gauntlet. a protester accusing him of being treasonous. treason! treason! it was a minor outburst can pad with what was to come. a searing takedown from the floor of the senate. i rise today to address a matter which has been very much on my mind. at a moment when it seems that our democracy is more defined wire discord and our dysfunction than by our own values and st and principles. dysfunction than by our own values a ....
russia has demanded the us provide evidence of its claim that chemical weapons were stored at a syrian air base targeted in a missile strike on friday. meanwhile, the uk foreign secretary, borisjohnson, said the chemical attack has fundamentally changed the situation in syria. he has called off a visit to moscow. the us secretary of state has had a phone conversation with his russian counterpart ahead of face to face talks next week. this was president trump s message to the syrian government and its russian backers yesterday, delivered with force. the united states and her allies reject syrian denials they used a chemical weapon against civilians, including children. now britain s followed up with a diplomatic rebuke. boris johnson s called off talks in moscow on monday and issued a written statement instead. developments in syria have changed the situation fundamentally. the planned visit by borisjohnson to moscow would have been the first by any british foreign secre ....
police say the man arrested in connection with the lorry attack in stockholm on friday, was known to the security services. he is a 39 year old man from uzbekistan. the attack on friday killed four people and wounded 15 others. swedish detectives also say they found a suspicious device inside the truck. danjohnson reports from stockholm. late last night, a glimpse of the ordinary delivery truck that was turned against people in a moment of terror. it was towed away to be examined and police made a worrying discovery. we have found something in the truck, where the in the driver s seat. a technical device which should not be there. i cannot at this stage say that this is a bomb. the man they think was at the wheel has connections here, a poor suburb, north of the city. he hasn t been named, but he s a 39 year old from uzbekistan. we understand he was registered at one of the addresses in this block, although we don t know if he actually lived here. people have told u ....