is how to change it. my guest is bryan stevenson, civil rights lawyer and founder of the equaljustice initiative. will equality ever be more than a dream? bryan stevenson in montgomery, alabama, welcome to hardtalk. it s great to be with you. it s a pleasure to have you. bryan, i think i m right in saying that you yourself were brought up, raised, at the tail end of segregation. that is a reality that you experienced. we now live in the era of deeply polarised politics in the united states, but also of black lives matter. as a civil rights lawyer and advocate, do you feel america is travelling in the right direction? well, we ve made some progress, but we have enormous challenges to overcome. you re absolutely right, i was born at a time when black children were not allowed to attend public schools. i started my education in a coloured school. there were no high schools for black kids when my dad was a teenager and it took an intervention of law lawyers coming in and enforc
welcome to newsday it s 8am in singapore, and 7pm in washington, where the us state department has ordered eligible family members of its embassy staff in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, to leave. it said there were reports that russia was planning significant military action against ukraine and urged us citizens to leave the country now, using commercialflights. us secretary of state antony blinken has promised a significant response if moscow invaded its neighbour. later on monday, european union foreign ministers are to discuss ukraine at a meeting in brussels. here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. in california, fresh supplies of american weapons destined for ukraine. hardly enough to defeat an invading russian army, but the message to moscow is clear if you do this, it ll come at a price. but now the foreign office says it s seen signs of a russian plan to install a puppet government in kyiv after an invasion, pro russian politicians, in contact with russian
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. black and white americans have always had vastly different experiences within their country s justice system. you see it in so many different data sets, from police violence to incarceration to sentencing. it s impossible to understand without reference to america s history of institutionalised racism. understanding it is one thing, the real challenge is how to change it. my guest is bryan stevenson, civil rights lawyer and founder of the equaljustice initiative. will equality ever be more than a dream? bryan stevenson in montgomery, alabama, welcome to hardtalk. it s great to be with you. it s a pleasure to have you. bryan, i think i m right in saying that you yourself were brought up, raised, at the tail end of segregation. that is a reality that you experienced. we now live in the era of deeply polarised politics in the united states, but also of black lives matter. as a civil rights lawyer and advoca
understanding it is one thing, the real challenge is how to change it. my guest is bryan stevenson, civil rights lawyer and founder of the equaljustice initiative. will equality ever be more than a dream? bryan stevenson in montgomery, alabama, welcome to hardtalk. it s great to be with you. it s a pleasure to have you. bryan, i think i m right in saying that you yourself were brought up, raised, at the tail end of segregation. that is a reality that you experienced. we now live in the era of deeply polarised politics in the united states, but also of black lives matter. as a civil rights lawyer and advocate, do you feel america is travelling in the right direction? well, we ve made some progress, but we have enormous challenges to overcome. you re absolutely right, i was born at a time when black children were not allowed to attend public schools. i started my education in a coloured school. there were no high schools for black kids when my dad was a teenager and it took an
that s russia. also on the programme a warmer world the last seven years have been the hottest ever according to new climate data. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and ”am in melbourne where all eyes are on serbian tennis star novak djokovic. he s back in training after a court overturned the australian government s decision to revoke his visa. but his presence at the australian open is not certain yet. the country s immigration minister is still considering whether to use his personal powers to deport djokovic. shaimaa khalil reports on the latest dramatic developments. within hours of today s judgment, novak djokovic posted this picture on twitter, saying he was pleased and grateful that the judge had overturned the visa cancellation. and despite all that has happened, he wants to say and try to compete at the australian open. cheering. and this is the moment his supporters found out about his victory. he won