now, her sister was a local politician and anti racism activist, murdered five years ago. so, has that personal tragedy given her unstoppable political motivation? anielle franco, in brasilia, welcome to hardtalk. it s my pleasure to be here, and thanks for the invitation. well, it is great to have you on the show. let me ask you when president lula offered you this very high profile position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because it s a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we need to take care very carefully. even though i voted for lula since my first election, i was very happy but, at the same time, i had a conversation with my parents first just because, you know, my mum and my daddy had just lost another daughter in politics f
the conduct of former deputy chief whip chris pincher shows the continuing hangover for the government of the era of borisjohnson. is rishi sunak holding back from being more critical of his predecessor? he s not suited to this kind of confrontation, so i think his idea is, if i don t engage with the provocations of borisjohnson s supporters, maybe the story will burn out that little bit quicker. how do we clean up the culture in parliament? the conservative chair of the commons equalities committee, caroline nokes, is here. and on the tunisian border, the migrant crisis turns violent amidst beatings and abuse. what happens now? we ll ask the tunisian human rights league. good evening. we open tonight with a story which some believe could be the next big miscarriage ofjustice in this country one for which there is evidence of a state led cover up. this is 43 year old tom hayes. he didn t see his young sonjoshua grow up because mr hayes was jailed in 2015 when joshua was j
this is bbc news, the headlines seven people are injured in a car ramming and knife attack in tel aviv, as un agencies voice alarm at the scale of israel s military operation in the west bank. the fighting is continuing. gunfire the crowd are scattering down there. seven people are injured in a car ramming and knife attack in tel aviv, as un agencies voice alarm at the scale of israel s military operation in the west bank. the uk metropolitan police reopen their investigation into potential breaches of covid rules at an event at conservative headquarters in the winter of 2020 un says countries should prepare for extraordinary weather event as el nino climate effect, as the natural phenomenon has begun the united nations has warned countries to start preparing for the effects of an el ni o weather event. the world meteorological organisation says the naturally occuring phenomenon has begun. it involves warmer water rising to the surface of the pacific ocean, pushing heat into
position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because it s a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we need to take care very carefully. even though i voted for lula since my first election, i was very happy but, at the same time, i had a conversation with my parents first just because, you know, my mum and my daddy had just lost another daughter in politics five years ago and, of course, it would be important to talk to them but at the same time, it was a great opportunity. i was very honoured to be invited and i knew that we had a lot of work to do and as i am compromised to everything that i do, i accepted. yeah. the clear majority of brazilians who are living in poverty are black. when we look at the number of homicides every year, 80%
activist murdered five years ago. so, has that personal tragedy given her unstoppable political motivation? anielle franco in brasilia, welcome to hardtalk. it s my pleasure to be here, and thanks for the invitation. well, it is great to have you on the show. let me ask you when president lula offered you this very high profile position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because it s a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we need to take care very carefully. even though i voted for lula since my first election, i was very happy but, at the same time, i had a conversation with my parents first just because, you know, my mum and my daddy had just lost another daughter in politics five years ago and, of course, it would be important to ta