welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. china s treatment of the uyghur muslim minority living in xinjiang has stirred loud condemnation in the west. us government uses the word genocide to condemn systematic abuse and repression, china calls that the lie of the century. my guest nury turkel is at the centre of the uyghur experience personally and professionally, his family is from xinjiang, he now lives in exile and chairs the us commission on international religious freedoms. can international pressure save the uighurs? nury turkel welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me back. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. now your home is in the united states, your homeland is xinjiang in china. are you able today to get information from xinjiang to get a clear picture of what today s china strategy in that region is? yes, i have been able to get information through publicly available chinese government official statements and also leaked documents. have r
in western japan. he s said to be unconscious. local media reports say a sound like a gunshot was heard at the time. a male suspect has been detained. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. china s treatment of the uyghur muslim minority living in xinjiang has stirred loud condemnation in the west. the us government uses the word genocide to condemn systematic abuse and repression, china calls that the lie of the century. my guest, nury turkel, is at the centre of the uyghur experience, personally and professionally, his family is from xinjiang, he now lives in exile and chairs the us commission on international religious freedoms. can international pressure save the uyghurs? nury turkel, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me back. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. now, your home is in the united states, your homeland is xinjiang in china. are you able today to get information from xinjiang to get a clear pict
a statement said the 96 year old monarch had enjoyed the birthday parade and fly past at the palace, but experienced some discomfort. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. uruguay is a beacon of prosperity and democratic stability and sometimes turbulent south america. a decade ago under left wing leadership, it was also a pioneer of progressive social policies. the legalisation of cannabis and abortion rights. my guest today is president luis lacalle pou. now, he is a fan of unfettered free market economics. does that swim against the tide of public opinion in latin america? president luis lacalle pou, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr president, what is it like being a centre right politician on a continent which is quite clearly moving to the centre left? you are swimming against the political tide. we have a strong a coalition of five parties that supported this government. you have for the right, centre r
done before the fighting is set to resume? later, loved ones reunited. how the families torn apart by that october 7th attacks i hope no one will ever have to go through, any nation, any nationality, to go through this situation where innocent civilians we just woke up that morning, just snatched from their beds. also happening right now, attorney general merrick garland expected to address both the ongoing hostage negotiations and the increase in violence against the jewish and muslim communities here at home. hello. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news, the fourth and what could be the final day of the final truce between israel and hamas. any moment we re expecting more israeli hostages to be released by hamas in exchange for more palestinian prisoners to be set free by israel. this on the heels of 17 hostages released by hamas yesterday including young israeli american abigail edan who celebrated her four
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are arejessica elgot, deputy political editor of the guardian and katy balls, deputy political editor of the spectator. welcome back. let s look at what is in. the metro, which headlines prince philip leaving hospital after 28 days to be reunited with the queen at windsor. an exclusive in the huffington post which says the foreign secretary told officials that britain would seek trade deals with countries that have breached international human rights standards. the financial times follows up on that story which it says have led to accusations from some tory mps that borisjohnson is going soft on china. the vaccine chaos in europe is the top story in the telegraph with brussels blaming eu governments of stockpiling jabs. the guardian headlines the growing pressure on borisjohnson to launch a public inquiry into britain s handling of covid 19. and the mail leads with the con