Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Eight decades after the slaughter of Millions Ofjews began in Eastern Europe, the truth of what happened is still denied by some. My Guest Today is a silvia foti, an american writer whose grandfather was lithuanian a man hailed as an heroic patriot who paid with his life resisting the soviets. But according to his granddaughter, Jonas Noreika was no hero. He had the blood of thousands ofjews on his hands. Now she has chosen to speak out, angering many in lithuania. So, what happens when truth trumps Family Loyalty . Silvia foti in chicago, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, thank you. Yours is an extraordinary story to tell. Lets begin by establishing why you chose to dig so deep into the life of your grandfather who, of course, was a man you had never met because he was executed by the soviets in 1910. So, why did you go so deep into his life . I kind of a sort of stumbled into it, to be honest. I got the story from my mother
Three more people were shot dead in a separate incident in texas. Now on Bbc News its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Eight decades after the slaughter of Millions Ofjews began in Eastern Europe, the truth of what happened is still denied by some. My Guest Today is a silvia foti, an american writer whose grandfather was lithuanian a man hailed as an heroic patriot who paid with his life resisting the soviets. But according to his granddaughter, Jonas Noreika was no hero. He had the blood of thousands ofjews on his hands. Now she has chosen to speak out, angering many in lithuania. So, what happens when truth trumps Family Loyalty . Hello, thank you. Was a man you had never met because he was executed by the soviets in 1910. So, why did you go so deep into his life . I kind of a sort of stumbled into it, to be honest. I got the story from my mother on her deathbed. And i thought i was going to write about a hero when i started this. I had no idea about his dar
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travelled by armoured train, he is paranoid about security and so trips are fraught with dangers and it is possible that that is the reason that the us decided to release this, that the us decided to release this, that they hope to spook kim jong un by making this meeting so public and putting the eyes of the world on him and on this travel, that he will decide it is just too dangerous to go and by thwarting the meeting they probably hope they can thwart the arms deal. the us priority in all this right now seems to be to stop these weapons getting to the front line, but here in south korea, the concern runs deeper, it is want what does this mean for future north korea russia cooperation? russia is desperate and it is expected that mr kim would put a high price on any weapons he would sell the russian leader, the things that people here worry about could this mean increased military cooperation between north korea and russia, would desee military drills like the us, south kore
with karin giannone and tom donkin. we start with our breaking news from the north west of england. police say at least 19 people have been killed and more than 50 others injured in an explosion at manchester arena. they re treating it as a terrorist incident. witnesses reported hearing a loud bang in the venue at the end of an ariane grande concert. eyewitnesses reported nuts and bolts strewn around the floor and the smell of explosives. britain s prime minister theresa may has said her thoughts are with victims and their families, describing it as an appalling terrorist attack. downing street says an emergency cobra meeting is expected to take place in the morning at around 9am local time. sarah corker is with me to update us. what has been confirmed about what happened in manchester arena? we know it is a fast moving situation. we have been told emergency services are still at the scene, at manchester arena, treating casualties. also, police officers are trying to piece